---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the focus and components of New Hampshire kindergartens."
description: "relative to the focus and components of New Hampshire kindergartens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1499 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria L. Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b280459-8e54-4a45-bf11-d5649fd30d99"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2539&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "cd956779827bf6414bc1c2a2e672d65a8680021e58c549676f32cef17fe14af1"
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 1499 (2018) — relative to the focus and components of New Hampshire kindergartens.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1370s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1370s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1537&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **13–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Victoria L. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Alfred P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Prout — cosponsor (person)
- Chris True — cosponsor (person)
- Claire A. Rouillard — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Testerman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M. Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne M. Ober — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)
- Sean D. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 10:00 AM LOB 207
- **2018-02-14** Executive Session: 02/14/2018 LOB 207
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0606h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Removed from Consent (Rep. Stone) 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 4
- **2018-03-08** Suspend House Rule 65 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 125
- **2018-03-08** Special Order to 3/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 49
- **2018-03-16** Suspend House Rule 65; extending deadline for action to 3/22/2018 (Reps. Hinch, Shurtleff): MA VV by necessary two-thirds vote 03/15/2018 HJ 8 P. 69
- **2018-03-22** Amendment # 2018-0606h: AA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 13
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0606h: MA DV 328-8 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 13 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:10 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:20 am, on proposed amendment # 2018-1370s; SC 16
- **2018-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: RC 13Y-11N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/18/2018; Chapter 269; Eff. 8/17/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b280459-8e54-4a45-bf11-d5649fd30d99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).