---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the duty of school superintendents regarding criminal history records checks."
description: "relative to the duty of school superintendents regarding criminal history records checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue M. Mullen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41afe862-c31b-40f6-8e47-a013b1799177"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0534&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "5652060ec3c7cf608184375a3c412b2851730b15e3359b67072cfa6abdaa4073"
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 401 (2021) — relative to the duty of school superintendents regarding criminal history records checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0148h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0148h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sue M. Mullen — primary (person)
- James C. Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Linda L. Tanner — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen L. Woodcock — 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. 46 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Public Hearing: 02/23/2021 12:45 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94382337363 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0148h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0148h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 9
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0148h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/13/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/06/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/06/2021; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/27/2021); SJ 18
- **2021-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/03/2021 HJ 8 P. 128
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/10/2021; Chapter 71; Eff: 07/01/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41afe862-c31b-40f6-8e47-a013b1799177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).