---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions and agencies."
description: "relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions and agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 94 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bef6401-47e7-4a67-8c10-42be829a86c4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1025&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8db527fcc80586958acd88ffc2614f320740e72bbfe1ef16a4c38d9d0c9925d5"
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 94 (2023) — relative to residential child care licensing of child care institutions and agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1810h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1810h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0307s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0307s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0307s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Special Committee on Childcare `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Public Hearing: 05/10/2023 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2023-05-04** Full Committee Work Session: 05/10/2023 11:15 am LOB 104
- **2023-05-10** Full Committee Work Session: 05/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2023-05-11** Executive Session: 05/17/2023 10:15 am LOB 104
- **2023-05-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1810h 05/17/2023 (Vote 9-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-1810h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1810h: MA DV 329-34 06/08/2023 HJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0209; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bef6401-47e7-4a67-8c10-42be829a86c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).