---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to standards for determining an adequate education."
description: "relative to standards for determining an adequate education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1495"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1495 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M. Ladd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa7d18c3-693a-4050-bf89-48f3b610658e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2533&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "9a18961d11b2e6482dcad9359d16a3a2c984b311376f6cd50a2ac85102101fdd"
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 1495 (2018) — relative to standards for determining an adequate education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2080e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2080e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1520&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Rick M. Ladd — primary (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- James L. Grenier — cosponsor (person)
- Mel Myler — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Terry M. Wolf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 09:50 AM LOB 207
- **2018-01-24** Full Committee Work Session: 02/06/2018 10:30 AM LOB 207
- **2018-01-31** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 10:00 AM LOB 207
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0796h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 9 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0796h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 24
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0796h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 24 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing: 03/27/2018, Room 103, LOB, 09:20 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1248s, 04/19/2018; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Committee Amendment # 2018-1248s, AA, VV; 04/19/2018; SJ 13
- **2018-04-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1248s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/19/2018; SJ 13 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1248s (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2080e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2080e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 299; Eff. 8/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa7d18c3-693a-4050-bf89-48f3b610658e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).