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HB 58 · 2025 · House · Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee

Study on long COVID protections

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establishing a committee to study legislative protections and accommodations for individuals with long COVID.

Establishes a legislative committee to study protections and accommodations for individuals affected by long COVID in workplace and public settings.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 13, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill establishes a committee to study legislative protections and accommodations for individuals with long COVID.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“There is established a committee to study legislative protections and accommodations for individuals with long COVID.”
Section 1
“Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.”
Section 2
“Ensure that any legislative solutions take into consideration the fact that long COVID disproportionately affects certain populations, including those from marginalized communities who may already face barriers to health care and economic stability.”
Section 3
“The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.”
Section 4

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Wendy ThomasDPrime
  • Rep. Christine SeibertDRanking Member· State, Federal, and Veterans Affairs

Also: Rep. Cassandra LevesqueD, Rep. Suzanne VailD

Public testimony

11 signed in online · 2 wrote testimony

82% support18% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“I am speaking up for my neighbors in NH who have been impacted by Long Covid, in support of Bill HB58. Its critically important to assess, acknowledge and respond to the ways in which the economic impact of Long Covid damages communities, businesses and individuals.…”
— Stacia Cooper, Kennebunksupports
“Another useless open-ended study commission with qualitative reporting that is unusable for lack of quantifiable data.”
— Daniel Richardson, Nashuaopposes

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Jan 29, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate17–1
    Overall
    94% yea
  • Feb 13, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 23, 2025Public hearingHouse Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs31:54–33:031m 9slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing; Executive Session
  • Feb 13, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 8, 2025HouseIntroduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 4
  2. Jan 23, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 201
  3. Jan 23, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 01/23/2025 10:00 am LOB 201
  4. Jan 29, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2025 (Vote 17-1; CC) HC 11 P. 6
  5. Feb 13, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 10

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.