---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the merging of school administrative units."
description: "relative to the merging of school administrative units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1579 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W Tierney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e9f02e-bb7a-4e8b-bf0c-0d36c7f8a2c1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2183&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "fc1d4ccb7f1f3cf4904194c230a0fd682e963adaf5440899a0ca9c5ba9728c23"
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 1579 (2024) — relative to the merging of school administrative units.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1624s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1624s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1271&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- James W Tierney — primary (person)
- Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Lundgren — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E. Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Katy Peternel — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Public Hearing: 01/22/2024 02:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-03-06** Full Committee Work Session: 03/11/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1128h 03/13/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 12 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1128h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1128h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Hearing: 04/16/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:10 am; SC 15
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1624s, 05/02/2024, Vote 3-1; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2024-1624s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 5-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1624s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to the present time, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1624s (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 14
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 250; eff. 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77e9f02e-bb7a-4e8b-bf0c-0d36c7f8a2c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).