---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to school attendance in towns with no public schools."
description: "relative to school attendance in towns with no public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 8 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb17a8be-65b6-467b-b6e5-43167c533919"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0885&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "029a040691f9676690b3f80fb6156a10817d7573c1c40511e5d199b12f391b1f"
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 8 (2017) — relative to school attendance in towns with no public schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2375e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-2375e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **14–9** (pass) · legislature
- OTPA — **210–147** (pass) · legislature
- Ought to Pass — **14–9** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Education; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2017, Room 103, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 8
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/23/2017; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-9N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/23/2017; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Introduced 02/16/2017 and referred to Education HJ 8 P. 44 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Public Hearing: 03/15/2017 03:00 PM LOB 207
- **2017-04-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/02/2017 10:00 AM LOB 207
- **2017-05-03** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/16/2017 10:30 AM LOB 207
- **2017-05-17** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1786h for 06/01/2017 (Vote 13-6; RC) HC 26 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-06-01** Amendment # 2017-1786h: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 93
- **2017-06-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1786h: MA RC 210-147 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 93 `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Reagan Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 14Y-9N, MA; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2375e: AA VV 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 10
- **2017-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2375e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 25
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-03** Signed by the Governor on 06/29/2017; Chapter 0182; Effective 08/28/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb17a8be-65b6-467b-b6e5-43167c533919`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).