---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of a child with a disability under special education laws and providing funding for special education costs for students over age 21 to age 22."
description: "relative to the definition of a child with a disability under special education laws and providing funding for special education costs for students over age 21 to age 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 394 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Kahn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb78a21a-4b11-4d84-9c21-04fa29420519"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3046&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c2fdbfd9363bf9f51f6b67b381d08c534b2b8916a536bbe62a926e10523ba18a"
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 SB 394 (2022) — relative to the definition of a child with a disability under special education laws and providing funding for special education costs for students over age 21 to age 22.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1770h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1770h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Jay Kahn — primary (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Hearing: 01/25/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 2
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0590s, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0590s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0590s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/11/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-04** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1538h(NT) (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 1538h: AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1538h: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/22/2022 01:00 pm LOB 209
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/25/2022 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1770h(NT) (Vote 20-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1770h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1770h: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0230; Effective 06/17/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb78a21a-4b11-4d84-9c21-04fa29420519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).