---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, relative to certain adequacy grants, and requiring mandatory reporting by school districts of school expenses."
description: "relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, relative to certain adequacy grants, and requiring mandatory reporting by school districts of school expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1265 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sallie D. Fellows"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d18e661f-ca43-431d-8501-aa4291e6c7eb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2011&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "18d02ab86ac183426857f956a31a60b6ba6fb5fd418951dd62d7fdb05071fed0"
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 1265 (2024) — relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, relative to certain adequacy grants, and requiring mandatory reporting by school districts of school expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2105s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2105s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1098&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt CofC Report — **183–172** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sallie D. Fellows — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/24/2024 03:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-31** Executive Session: 02/07/2024 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 09:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/20/2024 (Vote 13-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Sen. Murphy Moved to Remove HB 1265 from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to the end of the calendar on 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Special Order to after Judiciary, Without Objection, MA; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Sen. Murphy Floor Amendment # 2024-2105s, AA, VV; 05/23/2024; SJ 15
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-2105s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2105s and Requests CofC (Reps. Ladd, Cordelli, Drye, Cornell): MA VV 05/29/2024 HJ 14 P. 179
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Ward Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Lang, Murphy, Prentiss; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-04** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/04/2024 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2024-06-04** Conferee Change; Senator Bradley Replaces Senator Prentiss; SJ 17
- **2024-06-06** Conferee Change: Rep. Osborne Replaces Rep. Cornell 06/06/2024 HJ 15 P. 35
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2274c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2274c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2274c: Adopted, RC 183-172 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 25
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 332; eff. I. Sec 3 eff 7/1/25 II. Rem eff 10/1/24 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/d18e661f-ca43-431d-8501-aa4291e6c7eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).