---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study violence in schools."
description: "establishing a committee to study violence in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 141"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 141 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/066e7128-af7f-4676-ae3d-284dd6a5c746"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1097&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "c01fcfb877fbfe10398d36c7c1b962526d46ca9c8dbd2ca47a8b004b76ef0f22"
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 141 (2019) — establishing a committee to study violence in schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2550e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2550e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: 02/05/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 9
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0646s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0646s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0646s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Education HJ 11 P. 70 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Public Hearing: 04/03/2019 10:45 am LOB 207
- **2019-04-18** Executive Session: 05/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 207
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1824h (NT) for 05/23/2019 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 25 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Amendment # 2019-1824h (NT): AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 12
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1824h (NT): MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 12 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Kahn Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2550e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 54
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2550e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-07-12** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56
- **2019-07-30** Signed by the Governor on 07/29/2019; Chapter 305; Effective 07/29/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/066e7128-af7f-4676-ae3d-284dd6a5c746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).