New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 97 — relative to intra-district public school transfers.

Last action — Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0293; Effective 07/01/2025

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte (Republican) on August 04, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0293; Effective 07/01/2025

  2. Conferee Change: Rep. Terry Replaces Rep. Tenczar 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 22

  3. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18

  4. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18

  5. Conference Committee Report # 2025-2770c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17

  6. Conference Committee Report 2025-2770c: Adopted, DV 207-163 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 16

  7. Removed from Consent (Reps. Cornell, Selig, Weinstein, Kluger, Balboni, M. Hall, Damon, Luneau, M. Murray, Burton) 06/25/2025 HJ 18 P. 2

  8. Conference Committee Report # 2025-2770c Filed 06/19/2025; As Amended by the House HJ 17

  9. Conferee Change; Senator Abbas Replaces Senator Altschiller; SJ 17

  10. Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 12:00 pm, Room 100, SH

  11. Speaker Appoints: Reps. Noble, Freeman, Morse, Tenczar 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171

  12. House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171

  13. President Appoints: Senators Sullivan, Ward, Altschiller; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16

  14. Sen. Ward Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16

  15. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1980h: MA DV 199-165 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 18

  16. Amendment # 2025-1980h: AA DV 193-164 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 18

  17. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  18. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1980h 05/07/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC)

  19. Executive Session: 05/07/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207

  20. Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 11:00 am LOB 205-207

  21. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 11 P. 110

  22. Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9

  23. Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-1; CC; SC 14

  24. Sen. Prentiss Floor Amendment # 2025-0844s, AF, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7

  25. Committee Amendment # 2025-0735s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7

  26. Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0735s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/13/2025; SJ 7

  27. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0735s, 03/13/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 12

  28. Hearing: 01/28/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:50 am; SC 7

  29. Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 412 not signed on · 163 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (412)

412 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 199 Yea · 165 Nay · 32 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1842020
Democrat 1157012
Unaffiliated 11500
Independent 0100
Total 196165032
% of votes cast 50%42%0%8%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Yea
Kimberly A Rice — Yea
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Nay
Patrick N Long — Yea
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Michael P Murphy — Yea
Sandra L Panek — Yea
Suraj Budathoki — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tom D Mannion — Yea
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Alice Wade Democrat Nay
Alicia Gregg Democrat Nay
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Nay
Allison Knab Democrat Nay
Amy Malone Democrat Nay
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Bill Bolton Democrat Nay
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Buzz Scherr Democrat Nay
Carrie Sorensen Democrat Nay
Carry Spier Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Nay
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Nay
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Nay
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
Chris McAleer Democrat Nay
Chris Muns Democrat Nay
Christal Lloyd Democrat Nay
Christine Seibert Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Nay
Connie Lane Democrat Nay
Dale Swanson Democrat Nay
Dan Bergeron Democrat Nay
Daniel LeClerc Democrat Nay
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Nay
David Fracht Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
David Nagel Democrat Yea
David Paige Democrat Nay
David Preece Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Nay
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Nay
Eileen Kelly Democrat Nay
Eleana Colby Democrat Nay
Ellen Read Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Eric Turer Democrat Nay
Erica de Vries Democrat Nay
Erik Johnson Democrat Not Voting
Erin Kerwin Democrat Nay
Fred Davis Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Gregory Sargent Democrat Nay
Heath Howard Democrat Nay
Heather Baldwin Democrat Nay
Heather Raymond Democrat Nay
Hope Damon Democrat Nay
James Gruber Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
James Newsom Democrat Nay
James Roesener Democrat Nay
Janet Lucas Democrat Nay
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jared Sullivan Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Not Voting
Jerry Stringham Democrat Nay
Jessica Grill Democrat Nay
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Nay
Jim Maggiore Democrat Nay
Jim Snodgrass Democrat Nay
Jodi Newell Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
John Larochelle Democrat Nay
John Stone Democrat Nay
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Nay
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Karen Hegner Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Nay
Kate Murray Democrat Nay
Kathy Staub Democrat Nay
Kris Schultz Democrat Not Voting
Laura Telerski Democrat Nay
Laurel Stavis Democrat Nay
Lee Ann Kluger Democrat Nay
Lily Foss Democrat Nay
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Nay
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Linda Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Ryan Democrat Nay
Loren Foxx Democrat Nay
Loren Selig Democrat Nay
Louis Juris Democrat Nay
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Luz Bay Democrat Nay
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Nay
Marc Plamondon Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Nay
Mark Vallone Democrat Nay
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Georges Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Hicks Democrat Nay
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Molly Howard Democrat Nay
Muriel Hall Democrat Nay
Myles England Democrat Nay
Nancy Murphy Democrat Nay
Ned Raynolds Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicole Leapley Democrat Nay
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Paul Berch Democrat Nay
Peggy Balboni Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Philip Jones Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Nay
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Nay
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Nay
Santosh Salvi Democrat Nay
Seth Miller Democrat Nay
Stephanie Grund Democrat Not Voting
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Not Voting
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Not Voting
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Susan Elberger Democrat Nay
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Nay
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Nay
Terry Spahr Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Oppel Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Tim Hartnett Democrat Nay
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Nay
Timothy Soucy Democrat Nay
Toni Weinstein Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Nay
Tracy Bricchi Democrat Nay
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Nay
Wayne Burton Democrat Nay
Wayne Pearson Democrat Not Voting
Wendy Thomas Democrat Nay
Will Darby Democrat Nay
William Dolan Democrat Not Voting
William Palmer Democrat Nay
Zoe Manos Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Nay
Aboul Khan Republican Yea
Adam Presa Republican Yea
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bill Boyd Republican Nay
Bill Ohm Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Yea
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Brian Taylor Republican Yea
Bryan Morse Republican Yea
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Yea
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dale Girard Republican Yea
Dan McGuire Republican Yea
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
Darrell Louis Republican Not Voting
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Yea
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Denis Murphy Republican Yea
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Yea
Dillon Dumont Republican Yea
Donald McFarlane Republican Yea
Donald Selby Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Yea
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Yea
James Thibault Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Not Voting
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Suiter Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Not Voting
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Joseph Hamblen Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Yea
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Not Voting
Kathleen Paquette Republican Not Voting
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Yea
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Lilli Walsh Republican Not Voting
Linda Franz Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Linda McGrath Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Not Voting
Liz Barbour Republican Yea
Lori Korzen Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Yea
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Not Voting
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Proulx Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Not Voting
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Aron Republican Yea
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Bridle Republican Yea
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Yea
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Pierre Dupont Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Raymond Peeples Republican Yea
Raymond Plante Republican Yea
Rich Nalevanko Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Riché Colcombe Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Ricky Devoid Republican Yea
Rita Mattson Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Robert Wherry Republican Yea
Robley Hall Republican Yea
Ron Dunn Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Yea
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Yea
Scott Bryer Republican Yea
Sean Durkin Republican Yea
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sheri Minor Republican Not Voting
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Sly Karasinski Republican Not Voting
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Tanya Donnelly Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tim Mannion Republican Not Voting
Tom Dolan Republican Not Voting
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Yea
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea
Yury Polozov Republican Yea

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Who sponsors SB 97?
SB 97 is sponsored by Erica J Layon, Howard Pearl (Republican), and Victoria Sullivan (Republican).
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