---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors."
description: "relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 354 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M Ladd"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b587d1e8-b0bb-456d-8820-83957c2d1a15"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0401&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "258f42d05131be9cf60fbd06401aee980ffb223adc5199fa911a6aecad09a391"
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 354 (2025) — relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Rick M Ladd — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Peter R Leishman — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Vacated and Referred to Education Funding (Rep. Cordelli): MA VV (in recess of) 01/09/2025 HJ 3 P. 11 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 02/04/2025 09:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-27** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-03-05** Executive Session: 03/12/2025 10:30 am LOB 201
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/12/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Hearing: 04/22/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 18
- **2025-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-03** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/01/2025; Chapter 147; eff. 08/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b587d1e8-b0bb-456d-8820-83957c2d1a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).