---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing the New Hampshire health professionals' program administration fund and making an appropriation therefor, and relative to state board of education rulemaking regarding criminal history records checks."
description: "establishing the New Hampshire health professionals' program administration fund and making an appropriation therefor, and relative to state board of education rulemaking regarding criminal history records checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1520 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry L. Knirk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-03"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a0e372-b38e-4239-9c13-83b63d6d6325"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2490&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "c3d24621f4c2e53d0b4bd7b864e61e01a48e8d10aa4094a4134592567114c36a"
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 1520 (2020) — establishing the New Hampshire health professionals' program administration fund and making an appropriation therefor, and relative to state board of education rulemaking regarding criminal history records checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2020-1581s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2020-1581s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jerry L. Knirk — primary (person)
- Gary L. Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Greg L. Indruk — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina M. Fargo — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-03** Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/30/2020 01:30 pm LOB 205
- **2020-02-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/18/2020 01:00 pm LOB 205
- **2020-02-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/03/2020 10:00 am LOB 205
- **2020-03-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-0953h for 03/11/2020 (Vote 15-5; RC) HC 10 P. 58 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2020-03-12** Amendment # 2020-0953h: AA VV 03/12/2020 HJ 8 P. 116
- **2020-03-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-0953h: MA DV 178-115 03/12/2020 HJ 8 P. 116 `passage`
- **2020-06-22** Introduced 06/16/2020 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Remote Hearing: 06/25/2020, 02:40 pm; SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** Remote Hearing: 06/25/2020, 02:45 pm, on proposed amendment # 2020-1564s; SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** Committee members will receive secure Zoom invitations via email. SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** Members of the public may attend using the following links: SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 1. To sign-in and/or speak in support or opposition, please register in advance by using this link: https://www.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTTnQnIkQP-k8rHDlcyGiw SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 2. To submit your testimony to the committee, please send all documents via email to remotesenate@leg.state.nh.us SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 3. To listen via telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): 1-301-715-8592, or 1-312-626-6799, or 1-929-205-6099, or 1-253-215-8782, or 1-346-248-7799, or 1-669-900-6833 SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 4. Or iPhone one-tap: 13126266799,,91777487582# or 19292056099,,91777487582# SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 5. Webinar ID: 917 7748 7582 SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** 6. To view/listen to this hearing on YouTube, use this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBZdtrjRnQdmg-2MPMiWrA SC 24A
- **2020-06-22** The following email will be monitored throughout the meeting by someone who can assist with and alert the committee to any technical issues: remotesenate@leg.state.nh.us or call (603-271-3043). SC 24A
- **2020-06-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-1581s, 06/29/2020; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-29** Committee Amendment # 2020-1581s, AA, VV; 06/29/2020; SJ 9
- **2020-06-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1581s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/29/2020; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2020-06-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Weber): MA DV 222-82 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 47
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 71
- **2020-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/17/2020; Chapter 19; Eff: 09/15/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a0e372-b38e-4239-9c13-83b63d6d6325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).