---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to high school students serving as school board members."
description: "relative to high school students serving as school board members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Rochefort"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-01"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929a386c-ae59-46c0-bd81-777181f55671"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2181&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e3b7ae0735eda6b4d1dc371e21712d3a0db651b7f2cbeb89a12e4ae9dec0d202"
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 1235 (2024) — relative to high school students serving as school board members.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0646h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0646h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1269&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David Rochefort — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- Corinne E Cascadden — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-01** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/06/2024 02:15 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-05** Executive Session: 02/13/2024 09:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0646h 02/13/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 9 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment # 2024-0646h: AA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 9
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0646h: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Hearing: 04/02/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:10 am; SC 13
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 69; eff. 8/13/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/929a386c-ae59-46c0-bd81-777181f55671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).