---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to transferring statutory authority from the department of education to the department of military affairs and veterans services regarding educational support services."
description: "relative to transferring statutory authority from the department of education to the department of military affairs and veterans services regarding educational support services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 120 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James L Creighton"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91bf6c2-2c2d-4dfe-9175-9840ccecf8c1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0088&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "538fb4a6f1473149c7f066b9a5f48eb895f2bcbb3dc23a14e66b0d94518b4732"
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 120 (2025) — relative to transferring statutory authority from the department of education to the department of military affairs and veterans services regarding educational support services.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- James L Creighton — primary (person)
- Arnold G Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Larry G Gagne — cosponsor (person)
- Linda J Haskins — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas A Germana — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W Bixby — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Terry W Roy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs HJ 2 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/31/2025 01:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/31/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 11 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59
- **2025-05-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 42; eff. 07/28/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d91bf6c2-2c2d-4dfe-9175-9840ccecf8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).