---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to national guard educational benefits."
description: "relative to national guard educational benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fe6d763-2a1c-4918-b6f3-a5cca5293c10"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0864&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "24d33ec71406483830e6d97034e7239f9313971f1567d226ae0f0f83211271a8"
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 45 (2023) — relative to national guard educational benefits.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 6
- **2023-01-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/26/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-14** Executive Session: 03/29/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0057; Effective 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fe6d763-2a1c-4918-b6f3-a5cca5293c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).