---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting a parent's refusal to vaccinate a child from being used as evidence in any proceeding to terminating parental rights and enacting the 2009 interstate compact for the placement of children."
description: "prohibiting a parent's refusal to vaccinate a child from being used as evidence in any proceeding to terminating parental rights and enacting the 2009 interstate compact for the placement of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1280 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Roy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-11-19"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fc8930-46c6-4819-a2ec-2dbd130326b8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2795&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "e1b26f941d6c07d98e895a8d6208fb4a5f5f7df325929155da3270c33723e3c2"
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 1280 (2022) — prohibiting a parent's refusal to vaccinate a child from being used as evidence in any proceeding to terminating parental rights and enacting the 2009 interstate compact for the placement of children.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1859s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1859s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment Sections — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Roy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-19** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Public Hearing: 02/15/2022 11:15 am LOB 206-208
- **2022-02-23** Executive Session: 03/01/2022 0900am LOB 206-208
- **2022-03-09** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 8-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-03-15** FLAM # 2022-0912h (Rep. Yokela): AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0912h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Hearing: 04/26/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 17
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1859s, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on Committee Amendment #2022-1859s: Sections 1 and 7 and then the remainder of the amendment with the effective date; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment #2022-1859s: Sections 1 and 7, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment #2022-1859s: Remainder of the Amendment with the Effective Date, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1859s: Sections 1 and 7, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1859s: Remainder of the bill with the effective date, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on Ought to Pass with Amendment #2022-1859s: Sections 1 and 7 and then the remainder of the bill as amended with the effective date; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Rice): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-07-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/08/2022; Chapter 324; I Sec 2 3 & 6 eff. as provided in sec 4 II. Sec 5 eff. 07/08/2022 III. Rem eff. 01/01/2023 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fc8930-46c6-4819-a2ec-2dbd130326b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).