Bill Commons

NH SB 588

died on adjournment

requiring that all municipalities that are served by a school district vote on the closure of schools.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did NH SB 588 pass?

No. NH SB 588 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4

What is NH SB 588 about?

NH SB 588 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “requiring that all municipalities that are served by a school district vote on the closure of schools.”.

Who sponsors NH SB 588?

Daniel E. Innis is the primary sponsor of NH SB 588, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-11-25
Latest action
2026-02-12 — Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Daniel E. Innisprimary
  • Keith R. Murphycosponsor
  • Kristin Noblecosponsor
  • Ruth Wardcosponsor
  • Sharon M. Carsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-12

    Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 02/19/2026; SJ 4

    referral

  2. 2026-02-10

    Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 02/19/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6

  3. 2026-01-28

    Hearing: 02/03/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 4

  4. 2025-11-25

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1387&inflect=2

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-08-09T02:55:39.277482Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NH&identifier=SB 588. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.