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HB1401 • 2026

amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Melissa Litchfield (R), Susan Porcelli (R), Ruth Ward (R), Jodi Nelson (R), Bill Gannon (R), Timothy Lang (R), Raymond Peeples (R)
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

What This Bill Does

  • amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 H

    Majority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study 03/02/2026 (Vote 13-4; RC) HC 10 P. 84

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 03/02/2026 09:30 am GP 232

  4. 2026-02-11 H

    Public Hearing: 02/18/2026 10:45 am GP 232

  5. 2025-12-04 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 18

Official Summary Text

amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1401 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-3243
04/09

HOUSE BILL
1401

AN ACT
amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

SPONSORS: Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Nelson, Rock. 13; Rep. Peeples, Hills. 14; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Lang, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows the department of education to select for-profit scholarship organizations.

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26-3243
04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Education Freedom Accounts; Scholarship Organization. Amend RSA 194-F:1, XII to read as follows:
XII. "Scholarship organization" means a scholarship organization approved under RSA 77:G
or a qualified entity approved by the department of education
that administers and implements the EFA Act.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.