---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal background checks for an applicant for a teaching credential."
description: "relative to criminal background checks for an applicant for a teaching credential."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1234"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1234 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue M. Mullen"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-18"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ba8676-f95a-4d6b-aa44-753967ba83d4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2433&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b7081fdda55c539e7e9dead6a831a4fa741cc521fbb9d969f0d1b9218a531982"
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 1234 (2022) — relative to criminal background checks for an applicant for a teaching credential.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sue M. Mullen — primary (person)
- James C. Allard — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen L. Woodcock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/19/2022 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-01-25** Executive Session: 01/25/2022 08:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-02-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: 03/22/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/31/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/21/2022); SJ 10
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/21/2022
- **2022-05-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/03/2022; Chapter 36; 07/02/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55ba8676-f95a-4d6b-aa44-753967ba83d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).