New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1373: relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.
Status: Signed into law, April 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill extends criminal history record checks for applicants seeking educator credentials by adding additional crimes to the record check. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in.
From the chaptered text, April 3, 2026:
AN ACT relative to ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill extends criminal history record checks for applicants seeking educator credentials by adding additional crimes to the record check. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-3030 12/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to 630:1-b; 630:2; 630:3; 631:1; 631:2; 631:2-b; 632 632 632 633:1; 633:7; 636:1; 638:1; 638:15-a; 639:2; 639:3; 645:1, II or III; 645:2; 649 649 649 649 or 649 or any violation or any attempted violation of RSA 650:2 where the act involves a child in material deemed obscene in this state, or under any statute prohibiting the same conduct in another state, territory, or possession …
Sponsors
- Melissa Litchfield (R, 32) · primary sponsor
- Brian Nadeau (R, 4)