---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the vote to withdraw from a cooperative school district."
description: "relative to the vote to withdraw from a cooperative school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1598 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James L. Grenier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-13"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c14a190-7f5b-44f7-990c-78fafbc08267"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2393&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "6574477840494e46cb1a648413d4988dac1ab14569fbd5e6d493983f8d41b22e"
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 1598 (2018) — relative to the vote to withdraw from a cooperative school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0578h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0578h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1406&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James L. Grenier — primary (person)
- Dan Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Belanger — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne H. Gottling — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas W. Laware — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia O'Brien Irwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-13** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/10/2018 10:15 AM LOB 207
- **2018-01-17** Full Committee Work Session: 01/24/2018 10:30 AM LOB 207
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 10:00 AM LOB 207
- **2018-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0578h for 02/22/2018 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 7 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment # 2018-0578h: AA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 7
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0578h: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 7 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/03/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 78; Eff. 7/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c14a190-7f5b-44f7-990c-78fafbc08267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).