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---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools."
description: "prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 361"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 361 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristin Noble"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f99769a9-4969-45c1-8aea-2ae19155e707"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0399&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "391d53ec7e69cf917b945ebb2df855b47dd6a66994adba4ab02520938705d9b3"
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 361 (2025) — prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- OTP — **203–164** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **16–7** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kristin Noble — primary (person)
- Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Morse — cosponsor (person)
- James R Thibault — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person)
- Mike S Belcher — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M Ladd — cosponsor (person)
- Sayra Lynn DeVito — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Yury Polozov — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-20** Executive Session: 03/05/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-03-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/05/2025 (Vote 9-8; RC) HC 17 P. 50 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass: MA RC 203-164 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 19
- **2025-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 3-1; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** HB 361 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Special Order to 06/05/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2025 SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 3-1; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-7N, MA; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-05** Without Objection, the Clerk is authorized to make technical and administrative corrections which are necessary to reflect the intent of the Senate, MA; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 180; eff.09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f99769a9-4969-45c1-8aea-2ae19155e707`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).