---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the one-year certificate of teaching eligibility."
description: "relative to the one-year certificate of teaching eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 654 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837651ef-e687-437b-a7e6-1f951b7d7aa2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1052&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "9950b7d209fa4c17abdc0371859f0b41e5e577b3555afd6e1fc1dfbd25dc0240"
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 654 (2023) — relative to the one-year certificate of teaching eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0338h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0338h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver J. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/03/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-22** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/03/2023 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-08** Full Committee Work Session: 02/13/2023 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-02-22** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/24/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0338h 02/24/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0338h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 6
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0338h: MA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2023-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-06-02** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/01/2023; Chapter 64; Eff: 07/31/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/837651ef-e687-437b-a7e6-1f951b7d7aa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).