---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program."
description: "relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 367"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 367 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alicia D. Lekas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a473cc-59b0-4d5b-9268-e0b4308fdfa5"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0200&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e9cab1eed46111980291b5f6bb18a78ad7291b41f93a7bb93fe871c72c688be6"
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 367 (2023) — relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2161s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2161s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **187–184** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment — **10–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alicia D. Lekas — primary (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — 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. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 02/01/2023 11:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/01/2023 HC 14
- **2023-02-13** Committee Report Without Recommendation: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0226h `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0226h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 31
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0226h: MA RC 187-184 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Reconsider OTPA (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 182-190 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 33
- **2023-04-11** Introduced 03/30/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/25/2023, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 19
- **2023-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/18/2023; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/18/2023; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/07/2023; SC 25 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-07** Sen. Altschiller Floor Amendment # 2023-2161s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 06/07/2023; SJ 17
- **2023-06-07** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 06/07/2023; SJ 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 16
- **2023-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/27/2023; Chapter 110; eff. 08/26/23 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75a473cc-59b0-4d5b-9268-e0b4308fdfa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).