---
type: "Bill"
title: "allowing the department of education to allocate funds to create a database of maps of public schools for emergency use cases."
description: "allowing the department of education to allocate funds to create a database of maps of public schools for emergency use cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1503 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M Ladd"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83e6c2b5-c25c-423d-9894-b6adb5e2f329"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1696&inflect=2"
source_hash: "62230f3d7a103f277fe3c6dc1ca2cd5bdb73279555b5d9fc418cc4c0fada3973"
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 1503 (2026) — allowing the department of education to allocate funds to create a database of maps of public schools for emergency use cases.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Rick M Ladd — primary (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- Hope E Damon — cosponsor (person)
- Jim A Kofalt — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond C. Peeples — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/22/2026 11:30 am GP 158
- **2026-01-29** Executive Session: 01/22/2026 11:30 am GP 158
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 5 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:45 am; SC 9
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 56
- **2026-04-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/22/2026; Chapter 38; eff. 04/22/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83e6c2b5-c25c-423d-9894-b6adb5e2f329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).