---
type: "Bill"
title: "enabling the Derry town council to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment."
description: "enabling the Derry town council to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1331"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1331 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erica J Layon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d621635c-90bb-46c5-9fb5-a0e3ef07048b"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2125&inflect=2"
source_hash: "01f7558f71d254fe3d02ccab113812c28a04099c81c8dceec0ac84fd711d3132"
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 1331 (2026) — enabling the Derry town council to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=22989&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28048&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33951&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32357&q=billVersion)

## Votes

- OTPA — **193–157** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Erica J Layon — primary (person)
- David C Love — cosponsor (person)
- John Michael Potucek — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P Tripp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/09/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- **2026-02-24** Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- **2026-02-24** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0581h (NT) 02/18/2026 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 9 P. 37 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-03-05** Amendment # 2026-0581h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 74
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0581h: MA RC 193-157 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 74 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-22** Hearing: 04/28/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2026-04-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 165; eff. 06/19/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d621635c-90bb-46c5-9fb5-a0e3ef07048b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).