---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorizing a parent to exempt his or her child from participating in the statewide assessment program."
description: "authorizing a parent to exempt his or her child from participating in the statewide assessment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1744"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1744 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria L. Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-20"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22f9616f-9921-4c7a-91c3-06da819fda3d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2006&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "10049f54f995bf6b8f9964cc2150097a818f886ee4fedd87860c48c74e54a3cd"
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 1744 (2018) — authorizing a parent to exempt his or her child from participating in the statewide assessment program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0365h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0365h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1019&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Victoria L. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Brenda Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M. Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-20** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/18/2018 10:45 AM LOB 207
- **2018-02-27** Executive Session: 02/21/2018 LOB 207
- **2018-02-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0365h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 12-7; RC) HC 9 P. 38 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0365h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 78
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0365h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 78 `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, 09:30 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, 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
- **2018-05-31** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 91; 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/22f9616f-9921-4c7a-91c3-06da819fda3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).