---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring school districts and chartered public schools to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education."
description: "requiring school districts and chartered public schools to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 206 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denise Ricciardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2d960f-ba71-48ce-8b57-f26941753002"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1036&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "3defcc9548e0c1525c4c3c2849867f9fc83fd812c772b86845cd7376759268ec"
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 SB 206 (2025) — requiring school districts and chartered public schools to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2603h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2603h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **164–192** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denise Ricciardi — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 8
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0742s, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0742s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0742s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 11 P. 112 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-05-12** Executive Session: 05/20/2025 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-05-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2249h (NT) 05/20/2025 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 27 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2603h `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2249h (NT): AA DV 345-9 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 111
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2603h: AF RC 164-192 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 111
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2249h: MA DV 314-42 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 113 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Ward Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Ward, Ricciardi, Fenton; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Cordelli, Noble, Litchfield, Nadeau 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** ==CANCELLED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 10:30 am, Room 100, SH
- **2025-06-12** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/17/2025, 02:00 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2025-06-17** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/19/2025, 02:00 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2025-06-17** Conferee Change: Rep. Osborne Replaces Rep. Noble 06/17/2025 HJ 17 P. 25
- **2025-06-20** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be2d960f-ba71-48ce-8b57-f26941753002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).