---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to temporary layoffs of certain seasonal workers and establishing a commission to study school bus driver background checks."
description: "relative to temporary layoffs of certain seasonal workers and establishing a commission to study school bus driver background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 62 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9c317f-6f89-4648-a600-075a3d62edc6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1049&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "281a9f8cd7fad4a6abda64bcdbd20ac3801366642f964f99ef1699fe75e91986"
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 62 (2019) — relative to temporary layoffs of certain seasonal workers and establishing a commission to study school bus driver background checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-2463e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-2463e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Christy D. Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Kermit R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 10
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0584s, 03/07/2019; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee Amendment # 2019-0584s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0584s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 11 P. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Public Hearing: 04/10/2019 01:00 pm LOB 307
- **2019-04-10** Executive Session: 04/17/2019 02:30 pm LOB 307
- **2019-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/02/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 22 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2019 HJ 14 P. 7 `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1884e: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 100
- **2019-05-16** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-1884e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/15/2019); SJ 17
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2402e: AA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2402e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2463e: AA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 43
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2019-2463e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 227; Effective 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/cf9c317f-6f89-4648-a600-075a3d62edc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).