---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to one year certificates of eligibility to teach."
description: "relative to one year certificates of eligibility to teach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980a973f-80d4-4ca4-b1d5-d42c3d7c0716"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0871&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "06d495a71efadeccdb7d95a1bab00aad3ded9f7f02e4f8d8dd4bb01972c10971"
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 20 (2021) — relative to one year certificates of eligibility to teach.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** To Be Introduced 01/06/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** Remote Hearing: 01/12/2021, 09:45 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 6
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/04/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/04/2021; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Introduced (in recess of) 02/25/2021 and referred to Education HJ 4 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Public Hearing: 03/25/2021 09:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/96421714087 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 11 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 101
- **2021-04-29** Enrolled RC 24Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 04/22/2021); SJ 13
- **2021-05-10** Signed by the Governor on 05/06/2021; Chapter 0028; Effective 07/05/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/980a973f-80d4-4ca4-b1d5-d42c3d7c0716`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).