---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to dementia training for direct care staff in residential facilities and community-based settings."
description: "relative to dementia training for direct care staff in residential facilities and community-based settings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 255 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2020-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ead1719-9fdb-44a7-b0ca-4fe6de4217c0"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0874&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "b8ecffa2a669f4ddeeeff494c4044380d472efda99ee5d0699066c6b92583b0d"
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 255 (2020) — relative to dementia training for direct care staff in residential facilities and community-based settings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2020-0336e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2020-0336e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/06/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 9
- **2019-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0872s, 03/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Amendment # 2019-0872s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8
- **2019-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0872s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 9 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Public Hearing: 04/23/2019 02:15 pm LOB 205
- **2019-04-17** Division I Subcommittee Work Session: 04/25/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-04-30** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-05-08** Retained in Committee
- **2019-09-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/01/2019 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2019-10-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/10/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-10-10** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/22/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-10-22** Executive Session: 11/06/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-11-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2771h (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 50 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-08** Amendment # 2019-2771h: AA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 48
- **2020-01-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2771h: MA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 48 `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Sen. Carson Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 01/30/2020; SJ 2
- **2020-01-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-0036e: AA VV 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 59
- **2020-02-03** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-0336e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 01/30/2020); SJ 3
- **2020-02-05** Enrolled (In recess 01/30/2020); SJ 3
- **2020-02-05** Enrolled 01/09/2020 HJ 2 P. 60
- **2020-02-11** Signed by the Governor on 02/06/2020; Chapter 0002; Effective 02/06/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ead1719-9fdb-44a7-b0ca-4fe6de4217c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).