---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to establishing a corrections education and vocational planning group."
description: "relative to establishing a corrections education and vocational planning group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 376 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/901c7943-d352-4c22-9d04-32553bcb9353"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2987&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "7cff2a1671e7c6d46517d2109bad9e887275439a364391f4f1d16a048f403674"
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 376 (2024) — relative to establishing a corrections education and vocational planning group.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0149s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0149s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2078&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing: 01/16/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 3
- **2024-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0149s, 01/18/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-0149s, AA, VV; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0149s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 6 P. 138 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Public Hearing: 03/20/2024 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2024-03-21** Executive Session: 03/29/2024 01:30 pm LOB 202-204
- **2024-04-08** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/29/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC) HC 17 P. 16
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA DV 192-170 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2024); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/23/2024 HJ 14 P. 176
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor on 05/31/2024; Chapter 0037; Effective 07/30/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/901c7943-d352-4c22-9d04-32553bcb9353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).