---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units and establishing a commission to study the costs of special education."
description: "establishing a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units and establishing a commission to study the costs of special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 57 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith R. Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7801db1-687c-46dd-b910-a1dc16735e4f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0993&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "17f34a5e54ad71ee84a8ffd126ad57a2dab317d468c8a6cbc5822018accca66e"
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 57 (2025) — establishing a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units and establishing a commission to study the costs of special education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1900h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1900h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Keith R. Murphy — primary (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Hearing: 01/21/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 6
- **2025-02-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0498s, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0498s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0498s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 11 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-05-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/20/2025 09:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-05-21** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/27/2025 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-05-21** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-2234h: 05/27/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-05-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1900h 05/27/2025 (Vote 15-2; RC) HC 27 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-1900h: AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 80
- **2025-06-05** FLAM # 2025-2569h (Rep. Cordelli): AA DV 354-0 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 80
- **2025-06-05** FLAM # 2025-2629h (NT) (Rep. Cordelli): AA DV 211-155 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 80
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1900h 2025-2569h and 2025-2629h: MA DV 214-154 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 82 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0220 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-22** I. Section 7 Effective 07/01/2026
- **2025-07-22** II. Remainder Effective 07/15/2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7801db1-687c-46dd-b910-a1dc16735e4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).