---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline."
description: "requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 234 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e2c415-8a9c-4df7-9c0a-8fdba0e0bfd8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2905&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b649b93d22f99bbe4348d5f775f45dad9441ffbd50e473aefc620e3791e31d7a"
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 234 (2022) — requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1801h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1801h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/11/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0068s, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0068s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0068s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-20** Executive Session: 04/26/2022 09:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1801h (Vote 18-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Special Order SB234 (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Amendment # 1801h: AA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1801h: MA VV 05/05/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-01** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-01** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/03/2022; Chapter 0344; Effective 07/31/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e2c415-8a9c-4df7-9c0a-8fdba0e0bfd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).