# New Hampshire SB99: relative to regional career and technical education agreements. New Hampshire SB99, relative to regional career and technical education agreements., 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 0229; Effective 07/01/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB99-2025-2026 - 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 SB99 - State: New Hampshire - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: relative to regional career and technical education agreements. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-07-22, Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0229; Effective 07/01/2025 - Sponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 13 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More classes and rides for career students: benefit, medium. Effective July 1, 2025, the law requires each regional agreement to develop a career education access program by January 1, 2026. Sending-school students accepted and enrolled in at least one career class can also take academic classes at the receiving school. Fewer than 3 non-career classes means… - Closer career centers for private, charter students: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, private-school and chartered public-school students can enroll at a closer regional career and technical education center. The comparison uses the location of the school they attend, not their home. The chosen center must be closer to that school than the center their home d… - Equal career classes and better school calendars: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, sending-district students get the same access to regional career and technical education as receiving-district students. Regional agreements must align calendars, including across overlapping regions and multiple career centers. Between Labor Day and the last student day, no… - More student funding, new district tuition payments: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, New Hampshire must fund students who qualify for the career education access program. Sending districts must pay receiving districts at least 80% of average per-student cost for full-time participants. For part-time participants, the minimum equals 80% of that cost, divided… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David H. Watters (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Debra Altschiller (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kevin A. Avard (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon M. Carson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donovan Fenton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Keith R. Murphy (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kristin Noble (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patricia Cornell (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Howard Pearl (r), Senate - Cosponsor: Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rick M Ladd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cindy Rosenwald (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Victoria Sullivan (Republican), Senate ## Actions (20) - 2025-07-22: Signed by the Governor on 07/15/2025; Chapter 0229; Effective 07/01/2025 (Senate) - 2025-07-08: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 (Senate) - 2025-07-08: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60 (House) - 2025-06-12: Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16 (Senate) - 2025-06-05: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1920h 2025-2654h: MA RC 206-167 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 78 (House) - 2025-06-05: FLAM # 2025-2654h (Rep. Kofalt): AA RC 203-169 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 75 (House) - 2025-06-05: Amendment # 2025-1920h: AA RC 208-159 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 73 (House) - 2025-05-28: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House) - 2025-05-28: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1920h 05/28/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 27 P. 16 (House) - 2025-05-20: Full Committee Work Session: 05/28/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-05-07: Full Committee Work Session: 05/20/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-04-30: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/06/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207 (House) - 2025-03-31: Public Hearing: 04/15/2025 10:15 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) - 2025-03-06: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0798s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2025-0798s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: SB 99 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 8 (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3 (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-07-08: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1114&inflession=2025) - Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7788) - CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16959) - Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16140) ## 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=1114&inflession=2025) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=7788) - [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16959) - [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=16140) ## 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-SB99-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).