---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty and making an appropriation to the public school infrastructure fund."
description: "establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty and making an appropriation to the public school infrastructure fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1415"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1415 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Heath"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-03"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d75354b-fb62-4e25-b50e-0a2a9de360bb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2522&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e0c8e59afe1befe5109fcfd070f8faaa7b73f71e8a3593ce3e3da4c80e024410"
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 1415 (2018) — establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty and making an appropriation to the public school infrastructure fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2118e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2118e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1569&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **176–161** (pass) · lower
- Suspension of Rule 3-17 — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Adopt CofC — **262–76** (pass) · lower
- Laid on Table — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1791s — **18–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mary Heath — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James L. Grenier — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Berch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-03** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 02:00 PM LOB 306
- **2018-01-11** Executive Session: 01/30/2018 10:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-01-31** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0398h for 02/07/2018 (Vote 11-6; RC) HC 5 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-02-08** Amendment # 2018-0398h: AA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 37
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0398h: MA RC 176-161 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 38 `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Finance 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 40
- **2018-02-21** ==RECESSED== Division I Work Session: 03/01/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-03-02** Executive Session: 03/14/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-03-05** ==CONTINUED== Division I Work Session: 03/09/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0897h for 03/21/2018 (Vote 26-0; RC) HC 11 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment # 2018-0897h: AA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 43
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0897h: MA VV 03/22/2018 HJ 10 P. 43 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Introduced 03/22/2018 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/04/2018, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 04/26/2018; SC 18
- **2018-04-26** Inexpedient to Legislate, MF, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Offered Floor Amendment # 2018-1791s; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2018-1791s Non-Germane, 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Suspend Rule 3-17 to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2018-1791s; RC 14Y-10N, MF, Lacking 2/3 Necessary; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-10N, MA; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Pending Motion Ought to Pass; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Soucy Objected to the Suspension of Senate Rule 3-17; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2018-1791s; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Offered Floor Amendment # 2018-1791s; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2018-1791s Non-Germane, 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2018-1791s; 2/3 Necessary, MA; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-1791s, RC 18Y-6N, AA; 04/26/2018; SJ 14
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1791s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1791s and Requests CofC (Reps. McGuire, Kurk): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Proulx, H. Marsh, Goley, L. Ober 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Carson Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Daniels, Bradley, D'Allesandro; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-11** ==TIME CHANGE== Conference Committee Meeting: 05/16/2018 09:00 AM LOB 306
- **2018-05-17** Conferee Change; Senator Morse Replaces Senator Daniels; SJ 18
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-2028c; 05/17/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2028c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2028c: Adopted, RC 262-76 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2118e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2118e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-11** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-07-10** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/02/2018; Chapter 349; I. Sec 1 eff 01/01/2019;II. Rem eff 07/02/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d75354b-fb62-4e25-b50e-0a2a9de360bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).