---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs."
description: "prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 427 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Altschiller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/886b382a-6555-4367-bc65-c627a21ac6c4"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0603&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "0d09d6e37502ef509c4c1a687e05c0f9dfc0a403e9c9ee3f789b73d176fae456"
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 427 (2022) — prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0194h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2021-0194h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=670&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Debra Altschiller — primary (person)
- Amanda Elizabeth Elizabeth Toll — cosponsor (person)
- Jaci L. Grote — cosponsor (person)
- Kendall A. Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Berch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 2 P. 47 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/28/2021 10:45 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92889961863 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1494h (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 12 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Amendment # 2021-0194h: AA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 4
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0194h: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Remote Hearing: 03/23/2021, 02:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
- **2021-05-05** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/13/2021; SC 23
- **2021-05-13** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/13/2021; SJ 15
- **2021-12-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-05** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/05/2022; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 01/05/2022); SJ 2
- **2022-01-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 01/06/2022 HJ 2
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 01/26/2022; Chapter 2; Eff. 03/27/22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/886b382a-6555-4367-bc65-c627a21ac6c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).