---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the department of education to provide the house and senate standing committees responsible for education with copies of the laws and rules relative to education."
description: "requiring the department of education to provide the house and senate standing committees responsible for education with copies of the laws and rules relative to education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 492 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda L. Tanner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b81bdf-52b3-46f3-bfe9-0ff5f53b5790"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0375&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "6b0f8f7fdbd0e9784bf781e358460ab005cc449dafe9f179b214524861c76e76"
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 492 (2023) — requiring the department of education to provide the house and senate standing committees responsible for education with copies of the laws and rules relative to education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1498s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1498s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Linda L. Tanner — primary (person)
- Arthur S. Ellison — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen L. Woodcock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2023 09:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-01-24** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/24/2023 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/15/2023 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0151h 02/15/2023 (Vote 19-1; RC) HC 12 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0151h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 33
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0151: MA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 33 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Finance 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 33 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Division Work Session: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2023-03-23** Executive Session: 03/28/2023 09:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2023-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2023 (Vote 24-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/06/2023 HJ 12 P. 206 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-11** Introduced 03/30/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Hearing: 04/18/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 18
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1498s, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1498s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1498s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1498s (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 197; 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/c8b81bdf-52b3-46f3-bfe9-0ff5f53b5790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).