---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting the employment or volunteering of a revoked or suspended educator."
description: "prohibiting the employment or volunteering of a revoked or suspended educator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 136 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04546b39-5201-4175-a875-b227b8ebf30d"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0915&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "8c40b4d7d7e9109d42cf69095506911285c649ee71f28873d21fb4e9f563b630"
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 136 (2023) — prohibiting the employment or volunteering of a revoked or suspended educator.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1812h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1812h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2023-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0678s, 03/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0678s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0678s, AA, VV; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/11/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-10** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1396h: 05/30/2023 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-10** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1744h: 05/30/2023 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-17** Executive Session: 05/30/2023 10:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-17** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2023-1812h: 05/30/2023 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-31** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/30/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0164; Effective 09/26/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04546b39-5201-4175-a875-b227b8ebf30d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).