---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas."
description: "relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 520 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5403dea-d197-4b3e-a6ee-3e28976e947f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0062&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "7c78a0b43697e1c4092392de2ef10e90aebbe0dba1c47f6187b64a5a93d823d9"
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 520 (2025) — relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0842h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0842h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **154–190** (fail) · lower
- OTP — **193–155** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)
- James R Thibault — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 09:45 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-20** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 03/07/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-20** Public Hearing: 03/05/2025 09:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-03-03** Executive Session: 03/10/2025 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-03-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/10/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0842h `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0842h: AF RC 154-190 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 73
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass: MA RC 193-155 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 76 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Hearing: 05/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 21
- **2025-05-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 194; eff.01/01/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5403dea-d197-4b3e-a6ee-3e28976e947f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).