---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board."
description: "relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 275 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3ceee5d-fbc5-4d1d-bab4-d453e148e7f0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0156&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "b445f2a05298ebca740b1b659feaaf86099d050c5c15a6f98c198712eec1e6e8"
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 275 (2023) — relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1435s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1435s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report — **15–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Deb L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
- Julius F. Soti — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Coulon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/10/2023 11:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/08/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 16 P. 18
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0839h: AA DV 212-158 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 57
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0839h: MA DV 201-181 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 58 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Hearing: 04/04/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1435s, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1435s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1435s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1435s and Requests CofC (Rep. Ladd): MA DV 363-12 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 4
- **2023-06-15** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Ladd, O. Ford, Myler, Drye 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 4
- **2023-06-19** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/19/2023 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Ward, Lang, Prentiss; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Ward Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-06-16** Conferee Change; Senator Fenton Replaces Senator Prentiss; SJ 20
- **2023-06-19** Conferee Change; Senator Bradley Replaces Senator Fenton; SJ 20
- **2023-06-19** Conferee Change: Rep. Cordelli Replaces Rep. Myler 06/19/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-06-22** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2023-2196c; 06/29/2023
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report 2023-2196c: Adopted, DV 187-185 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2023-06-29** Conference Committee Report # 2023-2196c; RC 15Y-9N, Adopted; 06/29/2023; SJ 20
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 185; eff:10/03/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3ceee5d-fbc5-4d1d-bab4-d453e148e7f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).