---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel."
description: "requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1827"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1827 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick M Ladd"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-18"
last_action: "2026-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b3b3de-0a4e-4968-872f-a5ffe9389c64"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1839&inflect=2"
source_hash: "b34c5729bfa5db7cb28dbdbb6fa25689de2380e72c3c2abb214b40d7ec9f4fc2"
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 1827 (2026) — requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Rick M Ladd — primary (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. 38 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Executive Session: 02/06/2026 10:00 am GP 232
- **2026-01-29** Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 01:00 pm GP 232
- **2026-01-29** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2026-0255h: 02/03/2026 10:45 am GP 232
- **2026-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0573h (NT) 02/06/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 7 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment # 2026-0573h: AA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 11
- **2026-02-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0573h: MA VV 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Finance 02/19/2026 HJ 5 P. 39 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Division II Work Session: 03/09/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- **2026-03-13** Executive Session: 03/17/2026 10:00 am GP 230
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/17/2026 (Vote 24-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-30** Introduced 03/26/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room Map Room, SL, 09:35 am; SC 13
- **2026-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/23/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/05/2026; Chapter 123; eff.07/01/2027 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b3b3de-0a4e-4968-872f-a5ffe9389c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).