---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees and the role of cooperative school district board member representatives on such committees."
description: "relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees and the role of cooperative school district board member representatives on such committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 394"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 394 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter Spilsbury"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb8d65c2-6ee0-440d-81ea-6b4d2213f83a"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0793&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "af2b9cc8de9c59d0c7c7e3587a9c41f031536950db391c7e38f0dfffc06faa60"
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 394 (2025) — relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees and the role of cooperative school district board member representatives on such committees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0467h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0467h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Walter Spilsbury — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0467h 02/19/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0467h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 5
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0467h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 19
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/23/2025; Chapter 128; eff. 07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb8d65c2-6ee0-440d-81ea-6b4d2213f83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).