---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to criminal history checks for school transportation monitors."
description: "relative to criminal history checks for school transportation monitors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 39 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill M. Gannon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc0600bf-c0b0-4921-ad66-6edf3ae53311"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0913&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "ef140f35f411c68b66afcc9633e0870c8b71f8ff78f1c6f3ddd2dc9967178279"
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 39 (2023) — relative to criminal history checks for school transportation monitors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0054s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0054s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bill M. Gannon — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Prentiss — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Piemonte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** Hearing: 01/10/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 5
- **2023-01-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/19/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Sen. Ward Floor Amendment # 2023-0054s, AA, VV; 01/19/2023; SJ 4
- **2023-01-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0054s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/19/2023; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Sen. Ward Moved to Remove SB 39 from the Consent Calendar; 01/19/2023; SJ 4
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/30/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 04/11/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/11/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0055; Effective 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/cc0600bf-c0b0-4921-ad66-6edf3ae53311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).