---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to ages for special education services."
description: "relative to ages for special education services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 501"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 501 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy A. Murphy"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ec9ec2-28c4-47fe-bf4e-d4e4fbf8f49f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0605&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "4a29c2fcc4001b7f95f9c7320d26e9e040c5eebf874e44e645f13f089a1dcc85"
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 501 (2023) — relative to ages for special education services.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Nancy A. Murphy — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemarie Rung — 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: 01/27/2023 11:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-01-31** Executive Session: 02/06/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/06/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/30/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/13/2023); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/06/2023
- **2023-05-02** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/26/2023; Chapter 7; Eff: 06/25/23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83ec9ec2-28c4-47fe-bf4e-d4e4fbf8f49f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).