---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a deaf child's bill of rights and an advisory council on the education of deaf children."
description: "establishing a deaf child's bill of rights and an advisory council on the education of deaf children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 631 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5d8add-d608-4510-bbdf-5b848522125a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0725&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "4fec994b883637e07cd23c40ed6cf76ee86d571349cb9b8dee12d759c86cf6ed"
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 631 (2019) — establishing a deaf child's bill of rights and an advisory council on the education of deaf children.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1745s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1745s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Public Hearing: 02/13/2019 01:45 pm LOB 205
- **2019-02-13** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 02/19/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-02-20** Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 02/26/2019 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2019-02-20** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2019-02-27** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 202
- **2019-02-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0638h for 03/07/2019 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0638h: AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 8
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0638h: MA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 04/16/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 18
- **2019-04-24** ==RECONVENE== Hearing: 04/30/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 20
- **2019-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1745s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Special Order to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1745s, 05/23/2019; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Special Order to the beginning of the regular calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Committee Amendment # 2019-1745s, AA, VV; 05/23/2019; SJ 17
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1745s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2019; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1745s (Rep. Weber): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 9
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 217; Eff: 07/12/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e5d8add-d608-4510-bbdf-5b848522125a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).