---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing an office of the advocate for special education."
description: "establishing an office of the advocate for special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 381 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Reagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-21"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3cbb0a9-bcc9-4b73-8a28-41d5a1a39571"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3096&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "a3148a467af01c184597e7cb61f996fcb83af7cfec185a9c19e50dba9e0debb2"
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 381 (2022) — establishing an office of the advocate for special education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1857h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1857h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **170–155** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Reagan — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H Watters — cosponsor (person)
- James A. Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-21** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Hearing: 01/25/2022, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 2
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/11/2022 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-04** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 15 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/25/2022 10:00 am LOB 209
- **2022-04-27** Division Work Session: 04/27/2022 11:00 am LOB 209
- **2022-04-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1857h (Vote 15-6; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1857h: AA DV 163-152 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1857h: MA RC 170-155 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Ward Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** President Appoints: Senators Ward, Hennessey, Prentiss; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Ladd): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-12** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Cordelli, Hobson, Litchfield 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2022, 9:00 a.m., Room 100, SH
- **2022-05-18** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2011c Filed 05/16/2022; House Amendment
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report 2022-2011c: Adopted, VV 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2011c, Adopted, VV; 05/26/2022; SJ 13
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2022; Chapter 0316; 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/f3cbb0a9-bcc9-4b73-8a28-41d5a1a39571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).