# New Hampshire SB98: extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs. New Hampshire SB98, extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by David H. Watters (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-07-22 (Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0228; Effective 09/13/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB98-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New Hampshire SB98 - State: New Hampshire - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-07-22, Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0228; Effective 09/13/2025 - Sponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 17 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Business tax break for career donations extended: benefit, low. New Hampshire extends its business tax credit for qualifying donations to regional career and technical education center programs. The program’s end date moves from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2031. Existing limits remain: total credits are capped at $500,000 per fiscal year. Each taxpayer’s credit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Debra Altschiller (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Regina Birdsell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon M. Carson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donovan Fenton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill M. Gannon (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Keith R. Murphy (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Timothy Lang (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Pat Long (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate - Cosponsor: Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rick M Ladd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cindy Rosenwald (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Ruth Ward (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steven D Smith (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Susan W Almy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Victoria Sullivan (Republican), Senate ## Actions (15) - 2025-07-22: Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0228; Effective 09/13/2025 (Senate) - 2025-06-30: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58 (House) - 2025-06-30: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 4 (House) - 2025-05-13: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/06/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) (House) - 2025-05-01: Executive Session: 05/01/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-04-23: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/02/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-03-31: Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-03-28: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 11 P. 111 (House) - 2025-03-20: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/20/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Hearing: 01/28/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:10 am; SC 7 (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3 (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-06-30: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1112&inflession=2025) - Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7787) - CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16958) - Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14977) ## Related bills - HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire tu… (became law) - HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed) - HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed) - SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed) - CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed) - HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1112&inflession=2025) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7787) - [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16958) - [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=14977) ## Related - [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026) - [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026) - [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026) - [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026) - [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026) - [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026) - [New Hampshire bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire/bills) - [New Hampshire state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB98-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).