---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables."
description: "requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 170 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb L. Hobson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b11ad7e2-8f77-44ff-b435-c8c8efd73e40"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0513&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8e19808923ea634808ba8cb3faf7846f7d504bea4439cadc4b1b106df1171493"
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 170 (2023) — requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0316h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0316h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Deb L. Hobson — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Lorie Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/11/2023 02:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/03/2023 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-22** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/24/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-03** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/24/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 15 P. 12
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0316h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 39
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0316h: MA DV 199-174 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 39 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **2023-03-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/04/2023; Chapter 17; eff: 07/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b11ad7e2-8f77-44ff-b435-c8c8efd73e40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).