---
type: "Bill"
title: "directing the department of health and human services to develop a plan relative to fostering sustainable childcare opportunities for working families and businesses."
description: "directing the department of health and human services to develop a plan relative to fostering sustainable childcare opportunities for working families and businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 446 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca G. Whitley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-30"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/225db531-3a5c-4e6f-9cad-5b543b69b619"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3049&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "ddeaec4494185de210fe80db184de843f7beb4957875240c77cf4d23ac45a53f"
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 446 (2022) — directing the department of health and human services to develop a plan relative to fostering sustainable childcare opportunities for working families and businesses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1125s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1125s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca G. Whitley — primary (person)
- Catherine Rombeau — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin J. Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jane Wallner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca J. McWilliams — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing: 01/27/2022, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 4
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1125s, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1125s, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1125s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1125s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2022 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-04-15** Executive Session: 04/12/2022 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2022-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 13-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by the Governor on 06/07/2022; Chapter 0179; Effective 06/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/225db531-3a5c-4e6f-9cad-5b543b69b619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).