---
type: "Bill"
title: "including in the commissioner of the department of education's rulemaking authority the authority to make rules regarding collection of fees for criminal background check processing."
description: "including in the commissioner of the department of education's rulemaking authority the authority to make rules regarding collection of fees for criminal background check processing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1655"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1655 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Popovici-Muller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb8748e-2c57-408e-a5f8-6c14c03eacaf"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2617&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c0b605a4f3e1aa0673a3d8673aab9246e5cba499a61fc11d7dce45f5eb1f0e1a"
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 1655 (2024) — including in the commissioner of the department of education's rulemaking authority the authority to make rules regarding collection of fees for criminal background check processing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1470s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1470s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1704&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Daniel Popovici-Muller — primary (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. 28 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Public Hearing: 01/29/2024 09:00 am 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
- **2024-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/31/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 6 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Ways and Means 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 6 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Public Hearing: 03/05/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-02-28** Full Committee Work Session: 03/06/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-07** Executive Session: 03/11/2024 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-07** Full Committee Work Session: 03/11/2024 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1017h (NT) 03/11/2024 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment # 2024-1017h (NT): AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 21
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1017h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/09/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 14
- **2024-04-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1470s, 04/18/2024, Vote 3-0; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-1470s, AA, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1470s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1470s (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 14
- **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 207; 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/2bb8748e-2c57-408e-a5f8-6c14c03eacaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).