---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to child care staffing ratios."
description: "relative to child care staffing ratios."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1407"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1407 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra L. DeSimone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01fcc151-0852-42c1-b598-076907737a5d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2686&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "11457955eee1163cae048a5ccde18f576bdb2b23f9212bbfa89e504954978506"
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 1407 (2024) — relative to child care staffing ratios.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0753h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0753h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1773&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Debra L. DeSimone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Special Committee on Childcare HJ 1 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 11:30 am LOB 209
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 104
- **2024-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0753h 02/21/2024 (Vote 9-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment # 2024-0753h: AA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 8
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0753h: MA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/03/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:15 am; SC 13A
- **2024-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 197; I. Sec 2 eff. 12/31/2026 II. Rem eff. 09/10/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01fcc151-0852-42c1-b598-076907737a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).