---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prescribed studies on health, physical education, wellness, and personal finance literacy in schools."
description: "relative to prescribed studies on health, physical education, wellness, and personal finance literacy in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1263 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry L. Knirk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-19"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e058635f-1b66-4743-9342-abff5cdec5ad"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2838&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b57aaab24a1fd59ad055310e5d1c59992beb0b176050ddf2f4b475f9152a3c28"
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 1263 (2022) — relative to prescribed studies on health, physical education, wellness, and personal finance literacy in schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0942h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0942h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jerry L. Knirk — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- James Michael Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Linda L. Tanner — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Schamberg — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-19** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 01/18/2022 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0942h (NT) (Vote 19-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0942h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0942h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Executive Session: 03/07/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-30** Hearing: 04/05/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-24** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/27/2022; Chapter 112; Eff. 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e058635f-1b66-4743-9342-abff5cdec5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).