---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study violence in schools directed at staff members and the obstacles to disciplining or expelling students in such circumstances."
description: "establishing a committee to study violence in schools directed at staff members and the obstacles to disciplining or expelling students in such circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 507"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 507 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-21"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b10d5452-d563-4459-bc11-0d4d710ea489"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1291&inflect=2"
source_hash: "b6d7092681f0aab53fc6c5c4b54147f2d45fd6bf0b5ee4029f154b1a1be7ee42"
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 507 (2026) — establishing a committee to study violence in schools directed at staff members and the obstacles to disciplining or expelling students in such circumstances.

## 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=22068&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26547&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=33982&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32830&q=billVersion)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-21** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-22** Hearing: 01/22/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:55 am; SC 47A
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0378s, 02/05/2026; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0378s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; SJ 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee Amendment # 2026-0378s, AA, VV; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- **2026-02-26** Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 5 P. 124 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Public Hearing: 03/30/2026 01:00 pm GP 232
- **2026-04-29** Executive Session: 05/04/2026 10:30 am GP 232
- **2026-05-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/04/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 19 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 `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 the Governor on 06/19/2026; Chapter 191; Effective 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/b10d5452-d563-4459-bc11-0d4d710ea489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).