---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to parental consent to medical and dental treatments of children in schools."
description: "relative to parental consent to medical and dental treatments of children in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1244 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leah P. Cushman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-18"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e4a0ea-fa87-48ff-b5a3-6d93aafe5d36"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2610&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c733370f7bd99e0943dec9a66090effb80852bd9b363e3399024a33071264ae8"
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 1244 (2022) — relative to parental consent to medical and dental treatments of children in schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0979h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0979h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Leah P. Cushman — primary (person)
- Al P. Baldasaro — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa C.M. Post — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa L. Sheehan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/11/2022 11:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/07/2022 09:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0979h (Vote 20-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0979h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0979h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Hearing: 04/19/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 110; Eff. 07/26/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e4a0ea-fa87-48ff-b5a3-6d93aafe5d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).