---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to making an appropriation to the culinary arts program at the Wilbur H. Palmer Regional Career and Technical Education Center."
description: "relative to making an appropriation to the culinary arts program at the Wilbur H. Palmer Regional Career and Technical Education Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 396 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon M. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd126aae-f1bf-497e-bd0b-ccb00d93d79e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2994&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "cf0c5f5edd535655b105a11aadb5ae32a226323a3a2c651cda948af116b20090"
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 396 (2024) — relative to making an appropriation to the culinary arts program at the Wilbur H. Palmer Regional Career and Technical Education Center.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0697s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0697s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2085&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **177–185** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew J. Prout — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Renzullo — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Lekas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-27** Hearing: 01/16/2024, Room 103, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 1
- **2024-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0697s, 02/21/2024, Vote 5-2; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee Amendment # 2024-0697s, AA, VV; 02/21/2024; SJ 5
- **2024-02-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0697s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/21/2024; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Finance HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/17/2024 11:30 am LOB 210-211
- **2024-04-17** Division II Work Session: 04/23/2024 11:00 am LOB 209
- **2024-05-08** Executive Session: 05/14/2024 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2024-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/15/2024 (Vote 21-4; RC) HC 20 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** FLAM # 2024-2135h(NT) (Rep. Luneau): AF RC 177-185 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 66
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 69 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 45
- **2024-07-10** Signed by the Governor on 07/03/2024; Chapter 0155; Effective 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/fd126aae-f1bf-497e-bd0b-ccb00d93d79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).