---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to a special purpose school district for Bridgewater, Hebron, and Groton."
description: "relative to a special purpose school district for Bridgewater, Hebron, and Groton."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 349 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21dd080b-c4e2-4932-8722-ecf0f54d5d98"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0279&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "1153069adbae59bcbecbb4470e78f26a9c37242c5b8b0fdc95147afb48a48636"
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 349 (2023) — relative to a special purpose school district for Bridgewater, Hebron, and Groton.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1437s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1437s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — 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. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/10/2023 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-01** Executive Session: 03/08/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/08/2023 (Vote 18-2; CC) HC 16 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 9 `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, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2023-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1437s, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1437s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1437s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1437s (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 2
- **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 190; eff: 08/04/2023 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/21dd080b-c4e2-4932-8722-ecf0f54d5d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).