---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a private school that is approved as a tuition program."
description: "relative to a private school that is approved as a tuition program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 282 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecb7b1b-de49-4f9f-b979-33442c5a6d58"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0549&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "45edb5a69a13ac26abf1d272493831ec0ae25f68560ec9c978af6b43f9b64b1d"
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 HB 282 (2021) — relative to a private school that is approved as a tuition program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0616h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0616h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Laid on Table — **11–13** (fail) · upper
- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **198–178** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- Al P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Carol M. McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- James C. Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G. Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Walter A. Stapleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Public Hearing: 03/04/2021 01:45 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/97017007180 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-11** Executive Session: 03/11/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95090800832
- **2021-03-24** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0616h (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 18 P. 39 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Amendment # 2021-0616h: AA VV 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 21
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0616h: MA RC 198-178 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 21 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Remote Hearing: 04/27/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 21
- **2021-05-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/13/2021; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Sen. Sherman Moved Laid on Table, RC 11Y-13N, MF; 05/13/2021; SJ 15
- **2021-05-13** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/10/2021); SJ 19
- **2021-06-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2021-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/06/2021; Chapter 106; Eff: 08/05/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ecb7b1b-de49-4f9f-b979-33442c5a6d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).