New Hampshire 2023 Regular Session Status: Passed House 4 D cosponsors

HB 620 — establishing a division of early learning in the department of education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program.

Last action — Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study

  2. Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate HB620-FN 11/16/2023 (Vote 13-12; RC)

  3. Division II Work Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 209 HC 42

  4. ==CANCELLED== Division II Work Session: 11/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 209 HC 42

  5. Executive Session: 11/14/2023 10:00 am LOB 210-211 HC 42

  6. Division II Work Session: 09/12/2023 01:00 pm LOB 209 HC 36

  7. Retained in Committee

  8. Executive Session: 03/28/2023 09:00 am LOB 210-211

  9. Division Work Session: 03/07/2023 10:00 am LOB 209

  10. Referred to Finance 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 60

  11. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0376h: MA RC 183-174 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 58

  12. Amendment # 2023-0376h: AA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5 P. 57

  13. Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/08/2023 (Vote ; RC) HC 11 P. 22

  14. Executive Session: 02/08/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  15. Subcommittee Work Session: 02/02/2023 01:00 pm LOB 104

  16. Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308

  17. Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 23

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 406 not signed on · 173 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Not signed on (406)

406 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 183 Yea · 174 Nay · 39 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1123016
Unaffiliated 6049016
Democrat 117007
Independent 0100
Total 178173039
% of votes cast 46%44%0%10%
How each member voted (390)
Member Party Vote
Candace Gibbons — Yea
Alicia D. Lekas — Nay
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Yea
Amanda Bouldin — Yea
Amanda Elizabeth Toll — Yea
Amy Bradley — Yea
Andrew Renzullo — Nay
Angela Brennan — Yea
Arlene Quaratiello — Nay
Arthur S. Ellison — Yea
Ben Ming — Yea
Benjamin C. Baroody — Yea
Bill C. King — Nay
Bill Conlin — Not Voting
Brandon Phinney — Nay
Bruce L. Tatro — Yea
Cam E. Kenney — Yea
Candice M O'Neil — Yea
Carroll M Brown — Nay
Cecilia Rich — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Yea
Chris True — Nay
Clifford A. Newton — Nay
Corinne E Cascadden — Not Voting
Corinne Morse — Yea
Damond T Ford — Yea
Dan Hynes — Nay
Dan Wolf — Not Voting
Daniel A. Eaton — Yea
Daniel W Fitzpatrick — Yea
Dave Testerman — Nay
David A. Bickford — Not Voting
David O. Huot — Yea
Deborah L. Hobson — Nay
Dianne E. Schuett — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Yea
Eamon P. Kelley — Yea
Emily Phillips — Nay
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Yea
Fred G. Doucette — Nay
Fred R. Plett — Nay
Gail L Pare — Yea
Gary Merchant — Yea
Gerri D. Cannon — Yea
Glenn Cordelli — Not Voting
Harry H. Bean — Nay
Heidi M. Hamer — Yea
Henry W. Noël — Yea
J.R. Hoell — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Jacob Brouillard — Nay
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Yea
James Connor — Nay
James F. Horgan — Nay
James L. Mason — Not Voting
James Michael Murphy — Yea
Jane E. Beaulieu — Not Voting
Jason A. Janvrin — Nay
Jason Gerhard — Nay
Jeffrey Greeson — Nay
Jeffrey P. Goley — Yea
Jeffrey Rich — Not Voting
Jennifer Morton — Yea
Joan L. Hamblet — Yea
Joe Schapiro — Yea
John Lewicke — Not Voting
Jonathan F. Stone — Nay
Joseph A. Pitre — Nay
Josh S. Yokela — Nay
Judi Lanza — Yea
Juliet L Smith — Not Voting
Karen A Reid — Nay
Karen E Calabro — Yea
Kenneth S. Vincent — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Nay
Kimberly L Abare — Nay
Latha D. Mangipudi — Yea
Laurie J. Sanborn — Nay
Leah P. Cushman — Nay
Linda A. Massimilla — Yea
Linda L. Tanner — Yea
Lisa A Smart — Nay
Lorrie J. Carey — Not Voting
Maria Perez — Yea
Mary C. Freitas — Yea
Mary Heath — Yea
Matthew Coulon — Nay
Matthew J. Simon — Nay
Matthew Santonastaso — Nay
Mel Myler — Yea
Michael B. O'Brien — Yea
Michael Costable — Nay
Michael D. Abbott — Yea
Michael P. Pedersen — Yea
Nikki McCarter — Nay
Oliver J. Ford — Nay
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Yea
Rebecca McBeath — Yea
Renee M Monteil — Yea
Richard B Beaudoin — Not Voting
Robert V. Healey — Nay
Sandra L Panek — Nay
Scott Wallace — Nay
Sharon Nordgren — Yea
Shaun M Filiault — Not Voting
Sheila C Seidel — Nay
Shelley Devine — Yea
Sherry Dutzy — Yea
Sherry L Gould — Yea
Stephen J. Kennedy — Nay
Steve J. Shurtleff — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tim P Cahill — Nay
Tina L. Harley — Not Voting
Tom D Mannion — Nay
Tommy Hoyt — Yea
Tony Lekas — Nay
Tony Piemonte — Nay
Tracy Emerick — Not Voting
Travis J. O'Hara — Not Voting
Walter A. Stapleton — Nay
William J. Infantine — Nay
Zachary J Nutting — Nay
Alexis Simpson Democrat Yea
Alicia Gregg Democrat Yea
Alissandra Murray Democrat Yea
Allan Howland Democrat Yea
Allison Knab Democrat Yea
Anita Burroughs Democrat Yea
Barry Faulkner Democrat Yea
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Bill Bolton Democrat Yea
Brian Sullivan Democrat Yea
Carry Spier Democrat Yea
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Yea
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Yea
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Yea
Chris McAleer Democrat Yea
Chris Muns Democrat Yea
Christal Lloyd Democrat Not Voting
Christine Seibert Democrat Yea
Christopher Herbert Democrat Yea
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Yea
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Yea
David Luneau Democrat Yea
David Meuse Democrat Yea
David Nagel Democrat Not Voting
David Paige Democrat Yea
David Preece Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Yea
Dru Fox Democrat Yea
Efstathia Booras Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Read Democrat Yea
Eric Gallager Democrat Yea
Eric Turer Democrat Yea
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Yea
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Yea
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Yea
Heath Howard Democrat Yea
Heather Baldwin Democrat Yea
Heather Raymond Democrat Yea
Hope Damon Democrat Yea
James MacKay Democrat Yea
James Roesener Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jared Sullivan Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Yea
Jerry Stringham Democrat Yea
Jessica Grill Democrat Yea
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
Jodi Newell Democrat Yea
John Cloutier Democrat Yea
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Yea
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Kat McGhee Democrat Not Voting
Kate Murray Democrat Yea
Kathy Staub Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Yea
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Yea
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Linda Haskins Democrat Yea
Linda Ryan Democrat Yea
Loren Foxx Democrat Yea
Loren Selig Democrat Yea
Louis Juris Democrat Yea
Lucius Parshall Democrat Yea
Lucy Weber Democrat Yea
Luz Bay Democrat Yea
Marjorie Smith Democrat Yea
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Yea
Mark Paige Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Yea
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Yea
Matthew Hicks Democrat Yea
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Yea
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Yea
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Molly Howard Democrat Yea
Muriel Hall Democrat Yea
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Ned Raynolds Democrat Yea
Nicholas Germana Democrat Yea
Nicole Leapley Democrat Yea
Pat Long Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Peggy Balboni Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Yea
Peter Lovett Democrat Yea
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Philip Jones Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Russell Muirhead Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Yea
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Yea
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Yea
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Yea
Susan Elberger Democrat Yea
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Yea
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Yea
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Yea
Tony Caplan Democrat Yea
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Not Voting
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Will Darby Democrat Yea
William Dolan Democrat Yea
William Palmer Democrat Yea
Zoe Manos Democrat Yea
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Nay
Aboul Khan Republican Nay
Alvin See Republican Nay
Andrew Prout Republican Not Voting
Arnold Davis Republican Nay
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Bill Boyd Republican Not Voting
Bob Lynn Republican Nay
Brian Cole Republican Not Voting
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Catherine Kenny Republican Nay
Charles Foote Republican Not Voting
Charles McMahon Republican Nay
Charles Melvin Republican Nay
Claudine Burnham Republican Nay
Clayton Wood Republican Nay
Cyril Aures Republican Nay
Dan McGuire Republican Nay
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Nay
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Nay
David Rochefort Republican Nay
Deborah Aylward Republican Nay
Debra DeSimone Republican Nay
Dennis Mannion Republican Nay
Diane Kelley Republican Nay
Diane Pauer Republican Nay
Dick Thackston Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Nay
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Nay
Gerald Griffin Republican Nay
Glenn Bailey Republican Nay
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
JD Bernardy Republican Nay
James Creighton Republican Nay
James Qualey Republican Nay
James Spillane Republican Nay
James Summers Republican Nay
James Tierney Republican Nay
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Nay
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Nay
Jim Fedolfi Republican Nay
Jim Kofalt Republican Nay
Jodi Nelson Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Nay
Joe Sweeney Republican Nay
John Hunt Republican Not Voting
John Janigian Republican Nay
John Leavitt Republican Nay
John MacDonald Republican Not Voting
John Potucek Republican Nay
John Sellers Republican Nay
John Sytek Republican Nay
Jonathan Smith Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Nay
Jose Cambrils Republican Nay
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Nay
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Nay
Julius Soti Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Nay
Katy Peternel Republican Nay
Keith Ammon Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kelley Potenza Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Nay
Kristin Noble Republican Nay
Kristine Perez Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Nay
Len Turcotte Republican Nay
Lex Berezhny Republican Nay
Lilli Walsh Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Not Voting
Lino Avellani Republican Nay
Lisa Mazur Republican Nay
Lisa Post Republican Nay
Lorie Ball Republican Nay
Louise Andrus Republican Nay
Margaret Drye Republican Nay
Mark McConkey Republican Nay
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Nay
Mark Proulx Republican Nay
Matthew Coker Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Nay
Michael Granger Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Moffett Republican Nay
Michael Vose Republican Nay
Mike Belcher Republican Nay
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Nay
Mike Ouellet Republican Nay
Paul Terry Republican Nay
Paul Tudor Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Nay
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Nay
Ralph Boehm Republican Nay
Richard Brown Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Richard Tripp Republican Nay
Riché Colcombe Republican Nay
Rick Ladd Republican Nay
Robert Harb Republican Nay
Robert Wherry Republican Nay
Ron Dunn Republican Nay
Ross Berry Republican Nay
Russell Dumais Republican Not Voting
Seth King Republican Nay
Shane Sirois Republican Nay
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Skip Rollins Republican Not Voting
Stephen Boyd Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Bogert Republican Nay
Steven Smith Republican Not Voting
Susan Porcelli Republican Nay
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Nay
Tanya Donnelly Republican Nay
Ted Gorski Republican Nay
Terry Roy Republican Not Voting
Thomas Kaczynski Republican Nay
Thomas Walsh Republican Nay
Tim McGough Republican Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Nay
Tom Ploszaj Republican Nay
Travis Corcoran Republican Nay
Valerie McDonnell Republican Nay
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Nay
Walter Spilsbury Republican Nay
Wayne MacDonald Republican Nay
Yury Polozov Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 620?
HB 620 is sponsored by Alexis Simpson (Democrat), Karen Ebel (Democrat), Mary Jane Wallner (Democrat), Suzanne Chretien (Democrat), Mel Myler, Linda L. Tanner, Suzanne M. Vail, Mary Heath, and Heidi M. Hamer.
What is the current status of HB 620?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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