---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study whether the department of education should be required to conduct criminal history records checks, via a fingerprint check, on all applicants for teacher certification."
description: "establishing a commission to study whether the department of education should be required to conduct criminal history records checks, via a fingerprint check, on all applicants for teacher certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 360 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9475dbab-e2eb-46fe-9992-2af34a7a1799"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2929&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "715873ef970ead0ff09446cb8ad94d34e93e77e2a1095be6cd7a584c8fc240aa"
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 360 (2018) — establishing a commission to study whether the department of education should be required to conduct criminal history records checks, via a fingerprint check, on all applicants for teacher certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0065s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0065s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1945&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — 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: 01/09/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 48
- **2018-01-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0065s, 01/18/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2018-0065s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
- **2018-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0065s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Education HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 10:45 AM LOB 207
- **2018-04-03** Executive Session: 04/03/2018 LOB 207
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/12/2018 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 14 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/12/2018 HJ 12 P. 2 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-31** II. Remainder Effective 05/25/2018
- **2018-05-31** Signed by the Governor on 05/25/2018; Chapter 0110 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-31** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9475dbab-e2eb-46fe-9992-2af34a7a1799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).