---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire operating budgets."
description: "relative to the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire operating budgets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 409"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 409 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e52c53-8ef0-429a-8552-4d7cb51ffc34"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0603&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "ca6073b3deaa41041d6f5b3911aa38cae360bf9690f91731a9fbf4e61ddbdfa5"
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 409 (2017) — relative to the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire operating budgets.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0656h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0656h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Finance HJ 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/31/2017 01:45 PM LOB 210-211
- **2017-01-31** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2017-02-01** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/07/2017 01:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2017-02-01** ==RECESSED== Division II Work Session: 02/08/2017 11:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2017-02-08** ==CONTINUED== Division II Work Session: 02/14/2017 10:00 AM LOB 209
- **2017-02-15** Executive Session: 02/28/2017 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2017-02-15** Division II Work Session: 02/21/2017 02:30 PM LOB 209
- **2017-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0656h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 14 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0656h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 30
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0656h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 30 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Finance; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 103, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 16
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/06/2017; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/06/2017; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Enrolled (In recess 04/06/2017); SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled 04/06/2017 HJ 13 P. 63
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 04/25/2017; Chapter 25; Eff. 6/24/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e52c53-8ef0-429a-8552-4d7cb51ffc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).