---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts."
description: "relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1817"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1817 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valerie E McDonnell"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5768b244-a8d4-483d-bfe4-c02383ddc9cd"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2071&inflect=2"
source_hash: "55a1ce2f3d4545b719b74d93dfc1322c5d64f822a999a79c5ded3e80d6dd97ca"
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 1817 (2026) — relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTPA — **179–156** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **15–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valerie E McDonnell — primary (person)
- Bryan Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- James R Thibault — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-18** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 37 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 10:45 am GP 232
- **2026-02-27** Executive Session: 03/02/2026 09:30 am GP 232
- **2026-03-04** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0911h (NT) 03/02/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 38 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-03-11** Amendment # 2026-0911h (NT): AA DV 177-150 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 134
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0911h: MA RC 179-156 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 135 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:25 am; SC 12
- **2026-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1733s, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Sen. Ward Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
- **2026-05-07** Pending Motion Committee Amendment # 2026-1733s; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
- **2026-05-14** Sen. Abbas Moved to Remove From Table, MA, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
- **2026-05-14** Committee Amendment # 2026-1733s, AF, VV; 05/14/2026; SJ 12
- **2026-05-14** Ought to Pass: RC 15Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/14/2026; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-24** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/19/2026; Chapter 183; eff.08/18/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5768b244-a8d4-483d-bfe4-c02383ddc9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).