---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study certain aspects of the school bus driver shortage."
description: "establishing a commission to study certain aspects of the school bus driver shortage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 566 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna M. Soucy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/397749cb-a0c4-4e95-9e06-99afaf1c7469"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2728&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "234a3ad2404e53e847c59d6a4fb6095c0eb773d8fd53eb975abb1f2d73bf1077"
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 566 (2018) — establishing a commission to study certain aspects of the school bus driver shortage.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2094e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2094e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1744&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Donna M. Soucy — primary (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kermit R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. DiSilvestro — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J.. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Sean D. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 4
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0982s, 03/08/2018; SC 10A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment # 2018-0982s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0982s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 7 P. 54 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 10:15 AM LOB 302
- **2018-04-03** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/10/2018 01:45 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-11** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2018 10:00 AM LOB 302
- **2018-04-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/17/2018 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2018-04-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/24/2018 10:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-04-25** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 04/18/2018 LOB 302
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1735h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 15-3; CC) HC 17 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1735h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1735h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2094e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2094e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0333 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2018
- **2018-06-29** II. Remainder Effective 06/25/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/397749cb-a0c4-4e95-9e06-99afaf1c7469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).