---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections."
description: "repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 222 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peggy Balboni"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968d52b6-a449-4517-8da2-ba0200528e66"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "a1593d538a9a81098961626043db2f85a252f11b2463fa3f593c39a2028e018c"
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 222 (2026) — repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Peggy Balboni — primary (person)
- David J. Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen C. Mooney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/03/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 09:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2025-04-10** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17
- **2025-04-17** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 46 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** HB 222 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 01/07/2026; SJ 1
- **2026-01-07** Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2025-3113s, AA, VV; 01/07/2026; SJ 1
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-3113s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/07/2026; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-3113s (Rep. Noble): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-29** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/28/2026; Chapter 41; eff. I. Sec 1 eff 6/27/26 II. Rem eff 4/28/26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/968d52b6-a449-4517-8da2-ba0200528e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).