---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to career readiness credentials for high school students."
description: "relative to career readiness credentials for high school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 276 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa28b0c-8807-4a48-a60e-c75cb002b733"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0833&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "097b7ed3e907f3b68e4932f6eeca88ad9363db0b2759bd1c85a1d03ed9850225"
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 276 (2019) — relative to career readiness credentials for high school students.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2641e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2641e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Education and Workforce Development; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing: 02/19/2019, Room 103, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0661s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0661s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0661s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2019; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Sen. Kahn Floor Amendment # 2019-1189s, AA, VV; 03/21/2019; SJ 9
- **2019-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1189s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/21/2019; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Education HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/10/2019 01:30 pm LOB 207
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 207
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1558h for 05/02/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 22 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment # 2019-1558h: AA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 4
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1558h: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 4 `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 # 2019-2641e: AA VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 54
- **2019-07-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2641e 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
- **2019-08-13** Signed by the Governor on 08/12/2019; Chapter 322; Effective 10/11/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fa28b0c-8807-4a48-a60e-c75cb002b733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).