---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to safe school zones and relative to syringe service programs."
description: "relative to safe school zones and relative to syringe service programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 357 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6525823f-7c9c-413e-b5db-474233eba8d2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2924&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "1097886cb5c8acc603cba0adff44892438470cdf79edb5b7e216d8d1f7397859"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 357 (2018) — relative to safe school zones and relative to syringe service programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-1386h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1386h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1940&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Sen. Hennessey Floor Amendment 1173s — **9–14** (fail) · upper
- Ought to Pass — **22–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 48
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0369s, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Daniels Moved to Remove SB 357 from the Consent Calendar; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0369s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Special Order to 02/22/2018, Without Objection, MA; 02/15/2018 SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0369s, 02/22/2018; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Sen. Giuda Moved to Rerefer, MA, VV; 02/22/2018; SJ 5
- **2018-03-09** Hearing: 03/13/2018, Room Reps Hall, SH, 10:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2018-0875s; SC 11
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2018; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Sen. Hennessey Floor Amendment # 2018-1173s, RC 9Y-14N, AF; 03/21/2018; SJ 9
- **2018-03-21** Ought to Pass: RC 22Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/21/2018; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Education HJ 10 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 10:00 AM LOB 207
- **2018-04-03** Executive Session: 04/17/2018 09:30 AM LOB 207
- **2018-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1386h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 17 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1386h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1386h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Reagan Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/12/2018; Chapter 0254; Effective 08/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6525823f-7c9c-413e-b5db-474233eba8d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).