---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to special education definitions."
description: "relative to special education definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 699"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 699 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katelyn T Kuttab"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50825f2d-a8e4-448b-9332-f1abcbd5fd3f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0563&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "fcfb4a7e2f8b792c787d34abed4f405805bad1eeb288bb506bd21b55773d02d7"
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 699 (2025) — relative to special education definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0606h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0606h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **14–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katelyn T Kuttab — primary (person)
- Margaret M Drye — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/03/2025 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/12/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-27** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/05/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-03-19** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0606h 03/12/2025 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 17 P. 52 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-27** Amendment # 2025-0606h: AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 12
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0606h: MA DV 200-168 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 19
- **2025-04-30** Hearing: 05/06/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 20
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: RC 14Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-08** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025; Chapter 156; eff. 09/05/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50825f2d-a8e4-448b-9332-f1abcbd5fd3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).