---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to funding for open enrollment schools."
description: "relative to funding for open enrollment schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 771"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 771 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katy Peternel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4aa84d-1195-4dc3-9470-e2ac9e782514"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0788&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "bfbe9dd190df486921d4e66f9d881953c9cd066b41514e71268a1530f5bf3f6e"
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 771 (2025) — relative to funding for open enrollment schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1881s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1881s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **205–169** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **15–8** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **189–160** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katy Peternel — primary (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Paul A Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 3 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/07/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-25** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 14 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA RC 205-169 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 35 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Finance 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 37 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 46
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 04/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:20 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-09** Hearing: 04/17/2025, Room 103, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 17
- **2025-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1881s, 05/15/2025, Vote 4-2; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-1881s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1881s, RC 15Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1881s (Rep. Ladd): MA RC 189-160 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 4
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 211; eff.09/13/2025 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/4a4aa84d-1195-4dc3-9470-e2ac9e782514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).