---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the governance of the Manchester school district."
description: "relative to the governance of the Manchester school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 544 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2cd9e88-d480-4945-9fcd-46bc24466be2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0405&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "b77330e085ea7c4ecdf0b1c27da018c6871ecf305cc972fed69969a28df72790"
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 544 (2019) — relative to the governance of the Manchester school district.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Public Hearing: 02/06/2019 11:00 am LOB 207
- **2019-02-06** Executive Session: 02/12/2019 10:30 am LOB 207
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/27/2019 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 13 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Hearing: 05/16/2019, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 22
- **2019-05-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/06/2019; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/06/2019; SJ 19 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 174; Sec. 2 Eff: as provided in Sec.3 II. Rem. Eff: 07/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2cd9e88-d480-4945-9fcd-46bc24466be2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).