---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1627"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1627 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory G. Hill"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-27"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5b9b62-8f14-4ff1-9284-89407e66473f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2818&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "aecd6ee772b8bb35f4988fcda9cc7ef0f6bd2e2ee03ee36001d7012c935b4998"
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 1627 (2022) — establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1836s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1836s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **76–258** (fail) · lower
- Table — **161–177** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Table — **152–181** (fail) · lower
- OTPA — **204–131** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregory G. Hill — primary (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth L. Weyler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-27** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/18/2022 11:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-01-25** Executive Session: 01/25/2022 08:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** ==CANCELLED== Division II Subcommittee Work Session: 03/15/2022 10:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-14** Division Work Session: 03/21/2022 10:30 am LOB 209
- **2022-03-02** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2022-0875h: 03/08/2022 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1163h (NT) (Vote 17-3; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Amendment # 2022-1163h: AA DV 182-148 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** Lay HB1627 on Table (Rep. Plett): MF RC 161-177 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** FLAM # 2022-1246h (Rep. Sylvia): AF DV 78-247 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** FLAM # 2022-1248h (Rep. Blasek): AF DV 95-235 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** Lay HB1627 on Table (Rep. Spillane): MF RC 152-181 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1163h: MA RC 204-131 03/31/2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** FLAM # 1252h (Rep. Prout): AF DV 89-241 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-04-01** FLAM # 1259h (Rep. Comtois): AF RC 76-258 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-04-01** FLAM # 1282h (Rep. Johnson): AF DV 60-270 03/31/2022 HJ 9
- **2022-04-05** Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/12/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 15
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 04/21/2022; SC 16
- **2022-04-21** Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Ward Floor Amendment # 2022-1673s, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1673s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1836s, 05/05/2022; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1836s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment # 2022-1836s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-06** Referred to Finance 02/16/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2022-1836s 2022-1673s and Requests CofC (Reps. Ladd, Cordelli, Weyler, Mullen): MA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 12
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** President Appoints: Senators Ward, Bradley, Prentiss; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/17/2022 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-05-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2022-2059c; 05/26/2022
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2059c, Adopted, VV; 05/26/2022; SJ 13
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report 2022-2059c: Adopted, VV 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2022; Chapter 309; eff. 07/01/2022 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/5f5b9b62-8f14-4ff1-9284-89407e66473f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).