---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to changes in school placement for students."
description: "relative to changes in school placement for students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 77 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc75b69-2350-4a01-b7b0-06605cd0a9bf"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0975&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c582c1ab5d390e9591f3d8e955ee2a89f20d174a1805a37fe429d92ef3fc07dd"
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 77 (2023) — relative to changes in school placement for students.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTP — **187–183** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing: 01/24/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2023-01-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/26/2023; SC 7A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-26** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 01/26/2023; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **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 10:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 04/11/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 04/11/2023 (Vote ; RC)
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA RC 187-183 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 20 `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 HJ 14
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0059; 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/4cc75b69-2350-4a01-b7b0-06605cd0a9bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).