NH HB 131

enacted

relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NH HB 131 pass?

Yes. NH HB 131 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-09): Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 205; eff. I. Sec 3 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 8/1/2026

What is NH HB 131 about?

NH HB 131 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.”.

Who sponsors NH HB 131?

Rick M Ladd is the primary sponsor of NH HB 131, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-01-06
Latest action: 2026-07-09 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 205; eff. I. Sec 3 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 8/1/2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-07-09
Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 205; eff. I. Sec 3 1/1/2027 II. Rem eff 8/1/2026
2026-06-17
Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
2026-06-17
Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 45
2026-06-17
Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14
enrolled
2026-06-03
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2131e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14
2026-06-03
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2131e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/21/2026 HJ 14 P. 37
2026-06-03
Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2131e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/21/2026); SJ 14
amendment-passage
2026-05-07
House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1396s (Rep. Noble): MA DV 169-133 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 2
2026-04-16
Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1396s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-04-16
Committee Amendment # 2026-1396s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
2026-04-10
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1396s, 04/16/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 14
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-17
Hearing: 03/24/2026, Map Room, SL, 09:35 am; SC 11
2026-01-30
Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Education; SJ 3
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-07
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3071h: MA RC 190-149 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 135
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2026-01-07
Amendment # 2025-3071h (NT): AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 133
2025-11-19
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
2025-11-19
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3071h (NT) 11/05/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 51 P. 28
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-22
Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-3000h: 11/05/2025 09:30 am GP 232
2025-10-22
Executive Session: 11/05/2025 02:00 pm GP 232
2025-03-06
Executive Session: 03/12/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207
2025-03-05
Retained in Committee
2025-02-25
Subcommittee Work Session: 03/03/2025 11:00 am LOB 203
2025-01-15
Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 02:00 pm LOB 205-207
2025-01-06
Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 7
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

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Amendment: #2025-3000hCompare
Amendment: #2025-3071hCompare
Amendment: #2026-1396sCompare
Ought to Pass with AmendmentCompare
Amendment: #2026-2131eCompare

Documents

Votes

OTPA
2026-01-07 · pass · 190-149
Member-level votes (386)
- Phyllis M Katsakiores: yes
- Mary Jane Wallner: no
- John B. Hunt: yes
- Janet G Wall: no
- Wayne M. Burton: no
- Gary R Gilmore: no
- Kenneth L Weyler: yes
- Gary L. Daniels: other
- Sherman A. Packard: other
- John J Sytek: yes
- John R Cloutier: no
- James R MacKay: other
- Susan W Almy: no
- Joseph A. Guthrie: yes
- Peter R Leishman: no
- Marjorie K. Smith: no
- Michael D Harrington: other
- Charles E McMahon: yes
- Maureen C. Mooney: yes
- Peter B Schmidt: no
- Ralph G Boehm: yes
- Jordan G. Ulery: yes
- Thomas L Buco: other
- Jean L. Jeudy: no
- Lucy McVitty Weber: no
- Debra L DeSimone: yes
- Larry G Gagne: other
- Timothy O. Horrigan: no
- Rick M Ladd: yes
- Carol M McGuire: yes
- Timothy A. Soucy: no
- Susan C DeLemus: yes
- Jack B. Flanagan: yes
- Gregory G. Hill: yes
- David C Lundgren: other
- Dan McGuire: yes
- Jeanine M Notter: yes
- Bill H Ohm: yes
- Mark L Proulx: yes
- Brian Seaworth: yes
- Steven D Smith: other
- Marc D Tremblay: yes
- Mark Warden: yes
- Dick Ames: no
- Paul S. Berch: no
- Peter W Bixby: no
- Efstathia S Booras: other
- Michael D Cahill: other
- Karel A. Crawford: other
- Linda A. DiSilvestro: no
- Karen E Ebel: no
- Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
- Martin L. Jack: no
- Aboul B Khan: yes
- Dennis J Malloy: no
- David E Milz: yes
- Chris Muns: no
- Skip A. Rollins: yes
- Thomas C Schamberg: no
- Joe Sweeney: yes
- George E Sykes: no
- Thomas C Walsh: other
- Gerald W.R. Ward: no
- Glen C Aldrich: other
- Keith Michael Ammon: yes
- Lino M Avellani: yes
- Russell Dumais: yes
- Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
- Mark McLean: yes
- Jason M. Osborne: yes
- John Michael Potucek: yes
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: yes
- Kimberly A Rice: yes
- James A Spillane: yes
- Douglas W. Thomas: yes
- Len P Turcotte: yes
- Peter R. Varney: other
- Michael Vose: yes
- Patricia Cornell: no
- Linda R Gould: yes
- Christopher J. Herbert: yes
- David J. Luneau: other
- Alexis H Simpson: other
- Thomas L Southworth: no
- Michael A Edgar: no
- Michael I Moffett: yes
- Barry Faulkner: no
- Barbara Comtois: yes
- Jim L Fedolfi: other
- Gerald Griffin: yes
- Lisa M Freeman: yes
- Richard W. Lascelles: yes
- Kevin J Scully: yes
- Andrew J. Prout: yes
- John A Leavitt: yes
- Kevin G. Verville: yes
- Jess Edwards: yes
- Richard P Tripp: yes
- John C Janigian: yes
- Cathryn A Harvey: no
- Mark S MacKenzie: no
- Sue A Newman: no
- Catherine M Sofikitis: no
- Beth S. Richards: no
- Ellen D Read: no
- Julie D Gilman: no
- Kate Rushford Murray: no
- Mark A Pearson: yes
- Kris Schultz: no
- Charlie G. St. Clair: other
- Brian M Sullivan: no
- Anita D Burroughs: no
- Stephen L Woodcock: no
- John T MacDonald: yes
- Jerry M. Stringham: no
- Sallie D Fellows: no
- Laurel Stavis: no
- Keith Erf: yes
- Nancy A Murphy: yes
- Rosemarie Rung: yes
- Wendy Ellen N Thomas: no
- Ray E Newman: no
- Fred E Davis: other
- Laura Damphousse Telerski: no
- Matthew B. Wilhelm: no
- Connie Boyles Lane: no
- Gary L Woods: no
- Tom Dolan: other
- David C Love: yes
- Stephen C. Pearson: yes
- Mark A Vallone: other
- Robert D Harb: yes
- Charles R Melvin: yes
- Gaby M Grossman: other
- Jim V. Maggiore: no
- David James Meuse: no
- Terry W Roy: yes
- Cassandra N Levesque: other
- Judy F. Aron: yes
- Megan A Murray: no
- Kat McGhee: no
- Joe H. Alexander: yes
- Paul P Dargie: no
- Peter Petrigno: yes
- Tom Ploszaj: yes
- Mike Bordes: other
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia: yes
- Douglas R. Trottier: other
- Jonathan H Smith: yes
- Chris R McAleer: no
- Dru Fox: no
- Lucius Parshall: no
- James R Qualey: yes
- Jennifer M Rhodes: yes
- Arnold G Davis: yes
- Lex Berezhny: yes
- Mary A Hakken-Phillips: no
- Russell Muirhead: no
- Jim A Kofalt: yes
- Lisa C.M. Post: yes
- Ted Gorski: yes
- Daniel T. Veilleux: no
- Vanessa L Sheehan: yes
- Diane E. Kelley: yes
- Diane Pauer: yes
- James L Creighton: other
- Ross Berry: yes
- Louise Andrus: yes
- Tony M Caplan: no
- Jose E Cambrils: yes
- Eric B Gallager: no
- Matthew Pitaro: yes
- Stephen E. Boyd: yes
- Paul D Tudor: yes
- Erica J Layon: yes
- Julius F Soti: yes
- Bob J. Lynn: yes
- Susan J Vandecasteele: yes
- Melissa A. Litchfield: yes
- JD Bernardy: yes
- Mark Paige: no
- Glenn Bailey: yes
- Aidan Ankarberg: other
- Walter Spilsbury: yes
- Wayne D. MacDonald: yes
- Paul A Terry: yes
- Bill Boyd: other
- Muriel C Hall: no
- Catherine A Rombeau: no
- Jodi L Nelson: other
- Cyril Nicholas Aures: yes
- Deborah Aylward: other
- Peggy Balboni: no
- Heather P Baldwin: no
- Lorie Ball: yes
- Luz Bay: no
- Steven T Bogert: yes
- Bill R Bolton: no
- Richard R Brown: yes
- Claudine R Burnham: yes
- Matthew Coker: other
- Riché Colcombe: yes
- Travis James Corcoran: yes
- Thomas H Cormen: no
- Hope E Damon: no
- Will Darby: no
- William Dolan: other
- Tanya Donnelly: yes
- Mike Drago: yes
- Margaret M Drye: yes
- Ron C Dunn: yes
- Susan A Elberger: no
- Charles H Foote: other
- Loren E Foxx: no
- Nicholas A Germana: no
- Merryl Gibbs: other
- Michael E Granger: yes
- Alicia C Gregg: no
- Jessica Grill: no
- Matthew S Hicks: no
- Molly C Howard: no
- Heath Howard: other
- Allan Howland: no
- Philip M Jones: no
- Louis C Juris: no
- Catherine M Kenny: yes
- Seth King: yes
- Allison Knab: other
- Katelyn T Kuttab: yes
- Jessica Finn LaMontagne: no
- Nicole M Leapley: no
- Daniel J LeClerc: no
- Christal R Lloyd: no
- Peter Lovett: no
- Tom D Mannion: yes
- Dennis Mannion: yes
- Zoe R Manos: no
- Lisa R Mazur: yes
- Valerie E McDonnell: yes
- Alissandra Murray: no
- David J Nagel: other
- Jodi K Newell: no
- Kristin Noble: yes
- Mike Ouellet: yes
- David Paige: no
- William S Palmer: no
- Stephanie R Payeur: no
- Kristine Perez: yes
- Katy Peternel: yes
- Yury Polozov: yes
- Daniel Popovici-Muller: yes
- Susan M Porcelli: yes
- Kelley L Potenza: yes
- Heather Raymond: no
- Ned Raynolds: other
- James Leon Roesener: no
- Linda V Ryan: no
- Alvin B See: yes
- Christine Seibert: no
- Loren Selig: no
- John Sellers: yes
- Shane A Sirois: other
- Geoffrey Smith: other
- Carry Spier: no
- Kathy Staub: no
- Jared Sullivan: no
- James Summers: yes
- Trinidad Tellez: no
- Jeffrey Tenczar: other
- Eric S Turer: no
- David E Walker: yes
- Lilli M Walsh: yes
- Jonah Orion Wheeler: no
- Robert J Wherry: yes
- Clayton D Wood: yes
- Dick H Thackston: yes
- James W Tierney: yes
- Brian D Cole: yes
- Mike S Belcher: yes
- Marc W Plamondon: no
- David Fracht: no
- Paige Beauchemin: no
- Sean C Durkin: yes
- Erik R Johnson: no
- Jennifer Mandelbaum: no
- Michael Aron: yes
- Liz F Barbour: yes
- Joseph J Barton: yes
- Calvin Beaulier: yes
- Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
- Dan H Bergeron: other
- Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
- Tracy Anne Bricchi: no
- Nicholas D. Bridle: yes
- Pam Brown: yes
- Scott R Bryer: yes
- Manoj Chourasia: no
- Suzanne L Chretien: no
- Eleana Marie Colby: no
- Erica R de Vries: no
- Denise DeDe-Poulin: other
- Susan G DeRoy: yes
- Sayra Lynn DeVito: yes
- Ricky J Devoid: yes
- Matt Drew: yes
- Dillon J Dumont: yes
- Pierre M Dupont: yes
- Myles England: other
- Samuel G Farrington: yes
- Mary J Ford: other
- Lily M Foss: no
- Linda Franz: yes
- Mary Ngwanda Georges: yes
- Henry R Giasson: yes
- Dale R Girard: yes
- Ernesto L Gonzalez: yes
- George C Grant: yes
- James Gruber: no
- Stephanie Grund: no
- James H Guzofski: yes
- Robley Hall: yes
- Joseph Hamblen: yes
- Tim Hartnett: no
- Karen A Hegner: no
- Wayne J Hemingway: yes
- Samantha Jacobs: other
- Sly Karasinski: yes
- Eileen S Kelly: no
- Erin Kerwin: no
- Steven Kesselring: yes
- Lee Ann Kluger: no
- Lori E Korzen: yes
- Brian H Labrie: yes
- John H Larochelle: no
- Patrick N Long: no
- Darrell A Louis: yes
- Janet Marie Lucas: no
- Amy L Malone: other
- Tim E Mannion: other
- Sanjeev K Manohar: no
- Jay D Markell: yes
- Rita G Mattson: yes
- Donald S McFarlane: yes
- Linda McGrath: yes
- Peter L. Mehegan: yes
- Julie Miles: yes
- Seth B Miller: no
- Laurence A Miner: other
- Sheri Minor: other
- Pete Morency: yes
- Bryan Morse: yes
- Mary Murphy: other
- Denis Vincent Murphy: yes
- Brian G Nadeau: yes
- Rich M Nalevanko: yes
- James Newsom: no
- Terri O'Rorke: no
- Thomas Oppel: no
- Kathleen Paquette: yes
- Wayne Pearson: no
- Raymond C. Peeples: yes
- Raymond S Plante: yes
- Adam Joseph Presa: other
- Sherri L Reinfurt: yes
- Ellen B Rockmore: no
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière: yes
- Santosh Salvi: no
- Gregory M Sargent: no
- Buzz Scherr: no
- John Schneller: yes
- Donald Evan Selby: yes
- Jeremy Slottje: yes
- Jim Snodgrass: no
- Carrie Sorensen: no
- Terry Spahr: no
- John Joseph Stone: no
- John W. Suiter: yes
- Dale Swanson: no
- Brian R. Taylor: yes
- James R Thibault: yes
- Travis J Toner: other
- Alice Wade: no
- Toni Weinstein: no
- Vicki A Wilson: yes
- Billie Butler: no
- David John Preece: no

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