---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to education financing."
description: "relative to education financing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1815"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1815 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d3e6b3-705f-47cd-875d-3a70a605ef8d"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1534&inflect=2"
source_hash: "ac21865ed9887b1a2dfb7dc66eeac1d75b50c0f36abe83e68c921276705ed85e"
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 1815 (2026) — relative to education financing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=24628&q=billVersion)
2. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30254&q=billVersion)
3. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30109&q=billVersion)

## Votes

- OTP — **188–162** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-18** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1 P. 37 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/13/2026 01:00 pm GP 232
- **2026-02-11** Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- **2026-02-24** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2026 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 9 P. 34 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass: MA RC 188-162 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 60 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-05** Reconsider OTP (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 63
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Hearing: 03/13/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 9A
- **2026-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Without Objection, Sen. Birdsell Moved the Question, MA; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-26** Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 17
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled, Without Objection, MA; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 03/27/2026; Chapter 19; eff.05/26/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01d3e6b3-705f-47cd-875d-3a70a605ef8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).