---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to suicide prevention education in schools."
description: "relative to suicide prevention education in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 282 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeb Bradley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c15eea9-a6ae-4a88-88f8-12a4d52d38ad"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1021&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "8e54b3083c7d4420ed55bc2fc9fd946c5f1286ae5c1b8b4ac8d924718f994923"
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 282 (2019) — relative to suicide prevention education in schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1845h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1845h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeb Bradley — primary (person)
- Chuck Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- Erin T. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Dietsch — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie Levesque — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing: 03/05/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 12
- **2019-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0821s, 03/14/2019; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0821s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0821s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Education HJ 11 P. 71 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 04/03/2019 01:30 pm LOB 207
- **2019-04-03** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 04/09/2019 01:30 pm LOB 207
- **2019-04-18** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 207
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1845h for 05/23/2019 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 25 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Amendment # 2019-1845h: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 13
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1845h: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 13 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Kahn Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-08-05** Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2019; Chapter 315; Effective 07/01/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c15eea9-a6ae-4a88-88f8-12a4d52d38ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).