---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to changing a pupil's school or assignment because of a manifest educational hardship."
description: "relative to changing a pupil's school or assignment because of a manifest educational hardship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 388 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e866e550-a612-4217-b7cf-560d3d94ce03"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0517&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "c39cd1ae59641f9274efa99c85787d83d2c1a4342b0ba0ef5cb94ed7c4b2706e"
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 388 (2021) — relative to changing a pupil's school or assignment because of a manifest educational hardship.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1890e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1890e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **199–175** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Pitre — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G. Boehm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 45 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Public Hearing: 03/04/2021 11:15 am 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
- **2021-03-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0923h (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 40 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Amendment # 2021-0923h: AA DV 359-13 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 33
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0923h: MA RC 199-175 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 33 `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, 09:15 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** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1890e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/03/2021); SJ 19
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2021-1890e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 52
- **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
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2021; Chapter 84; Eff: 08/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e866e550-a612-4217-b7cf-560d3d94ce03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).