---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to school district emergency special meetings."
description: "relative to school district emergency special meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 71 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ralph G. Boehm"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f87e37-5aeb-4e8b-a4e9-a53e7132a996"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0042&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "cf51166c65ac9ad9a74771f8cc6d04be9ac3f10c4a5112cd99c6592d294aa9c6"
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 71 (2021) — relative to school district emergency special meetings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0498h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0498h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **193–181** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ralph G. Boehm — primary (person)
- Mark McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 34 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Public Hearing: 02/23/2021 02:15 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** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0498h (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 38 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Amendment # 2021-0498h: AA VV 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 12
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0498h: MA RC 193-181 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 12 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Remote Hearing: 04/20/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **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`
- **2021-06-11** 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 77; 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/66f87e37-5aeb-4e8b-a4e9-a53e7132a996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).