---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring criminal history record checks for the renewal of teaching licenses."
description: "requiring criminal history record checks for the renewal of teaching licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1795"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1795 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Noble"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/176e45f9-e712-41a6-9e89-4b9b48f0bf68"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2280&inflect=2"
source_hash: "f7e81c4df58af7229bbe4d80e3aad685caa942b6b7a693b9d939bad1411fce8e"
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 1795 (2026) — requiring criminal history record checks for the renewal of teaching licenses.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Kristin Noble — primary (person)
- Lisa M Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa A. Litchfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 36 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/28/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- **2026-02-25** Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- **2026-02-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing: 03/24/2026, Map Room, SL, 09:15 am; SC 11
- **2026-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 76; eff. 07/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/176e45f9-e712-41a6-9e89-4b9b48f0bf68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).