---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies."
description: "prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 206 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707004be-b71d-4814-88a8-fcd9622211a2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0932&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c86909b621eeef2356325f9cd74855fa5fe7e40c8aef05d36c0686067ada2738"
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 SB 206 (2023) — prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1973e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1973e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Mark McLean — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:15 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Children and Family Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/28/2023 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 03/28/2023 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/28/2023 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1973e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/18/2023
- **2023-05-31** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1973e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 14
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0146; Effective 08/29/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/707004be-b71d-4814-88a8-fcd9622211a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).