---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to notice to school districts of out-of-home placements."
description: "relative to notice to school districts of out-of-home placements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 359 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee20a261-1efc-46ef-a8dc-0673eed90c0b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2928&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "bd81683b06045a1d775e0e9138e11c24ee2dc010509523bb1fdd49d0639f0e84"
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 359 (2018) — relative to notice to school districts of out-of-home placements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0487s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0487s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1944&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-12-14** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 48
- **2018-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0487s, 02/15/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2018-0487s, AA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0487s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 7 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Public Hearing: 03/20/2018 01:00 PM LOB 206
- **2018-03-22** Executive Session: 03/20/2018 LOB 206
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/05/2018 (Vote 8-0; CC) HC 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/05/2018 HJ 11 P. 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled (In recess 04/12/2018); SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Enrolled 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 2
- **2018-05-17** Signed by the Governor on 05/15/2018; Chapter 0051; Effective 07/14/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee20a261-1efc-46ef-a8dc-0673eed90c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).