---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a parental bill of rights."
description: "establishing a parental bill of rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 10"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 10 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4004f719-50f8-4cb0-a201-36fe8459424d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0042&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e5f3e5bfb516c89eeb964e7102b6e701295d04a75840257e936fa9a95a124e7e"
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 10 (2025) — establishing a parental bill of rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2646s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2646s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **212–161** (pass) · lower
- Concur — **210–160** (pass) · lower
- Table — **162–211** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (person)
- Debra L DeSimone — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa C.M. Post — cosponsor (person)
- Paul A Terry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-03-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0695h 03/04/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0695h: AA DV 210-162 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 20
- **2025-03-20** FLAM # 2025-1152h (Rep. Raymond): AF DV 163-209 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 23
- **2025-03-20** Lay HB 10 on Table (Rep. Petrigno): MF RC 162-211 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 26 `deferral`
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0695h: MA RC 212-161 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 15
- **2025-05-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2150s, 06/05/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2150s (Rep. DeSimone): MA RC 210-160 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 71
- **2025-06-05** Reconsider Concur (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 73
- **2025-06-05** Committee Amendment # 2025-2150s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-06-05** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2025-2646s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-2150s and #2025-2646s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-05** Special Order to beginning of regular calendar, Without Objection, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-06-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/10/2025; Chapter 74; eff. 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4004f719-50f8-4cb0-a201-36fe8459424d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).