---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs."
description: "establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 106 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan Fenton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e35a36c-49ee-447e-acf0-d32ab7a99fcd"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0831&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "3f990e24c3ce41262fcbaeeb3e8edb0e550c1b8d12dbd530b1a0e9fe0f985649"
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 SB 106 (2024) — establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0665s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2023-0665s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donovan Fenton — primary (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0665s, 03/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0665s, AA, VV; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0665s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 01:45 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-01** Executive Session: 05/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-01** ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/03/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-11** ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-25** Retained in Committee
- **2023-09-18** Executive Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-11-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass SB106-FN 11/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 49 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 53 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/08/2024); SJ 4 `enrolled`
- **2024-02-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 47
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the Governor on 02/21/2024; Chapter 0003; Effective 02/21/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e35a36c-49ee-447e-acf0-d32ab7a99fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).