---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to public comment periods at school district meetings and meetings of the state board of education."
description: "relative to public comment periods at school district meetings and meetings of the state board of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 410"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 410 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e0798ad-ebe7-4d1a-a159-327df8ba05c4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3107&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2afb6c1cf0be2182ec36776df2293bec5a77144b60ee3bcbc525f6967c05199a"
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 410 (2022) — relative to public comment periods at school district meetings and meetings of the state board of education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0721s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0721s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M Carson — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — 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`
- **2022-01-26** Hearing: 02/08/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 5
- **2022-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0721s, 02/24/2022; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Committee Amendment # 2022-0721s, AA, VV; 02/24/2022; SJ 4
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0721s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **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
- **2022-07-13** Signed by the Governor on 07/08/2022; Chapter 0333; Effective 09/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e0798ad-ebe7-4d1a-a159-327df8ba05c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).