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SB 645 · 2026 · Senate · Health and Human Services Committee

Expand child care scholarship eligibility

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relative to income eligibility for the New Hampshire child care scholarship program and reallocating certain revenue to fund the program.

Directs the department of health and human services to increase income eligibility for the child care scholarship program and reallocates revenue to fund the expanded eligibility.AI-generated

Status

Died on the table in the Senate · March 26, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill directs the department of health and human services to amend its policy to increase eligibility for the child care scholarship program and directs revenues to fund the eligibility increase.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as amended by the Senate. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“Except as provided in paragraph II, the state treasurer shall credit all gross revenue derived by the commission from the sale of liquor, or from license fees, and interest received on such moneys, to a special fund, to be known as the liquor commission fund, from which the treasurer shall pay all expenses of the commission incident to the administration of this title.”
Section 3
“A fee of 5 percent of the wholesale price per case of any specialty beverage sold or transferred for retail sale or to the public shall be required for licenses issued to wholesale distributors or beverage manufacturers.”
Section 4
“Except that for any surplus funds over that period's planned revenue, 50 percent of the surplus shall be transferred to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the child care scholarship program pursuant to RSA 167:83, II(r)(4), and the remainder shall be deposited in the general fund.”
Section 5
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 percent of all revenues received by the lottery commission under RSA 284, 287-D, 287-E, 287-H, 287-I, 287-J, or pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be distributed to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the child care scholarship program pursuant to RSA 167:83, II(r)(4).”
Section 6

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Tara ReardonDPrime
  • Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
  • Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader

Also: Sen. Pat LongD, Sen. David WattersD

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 14, 2026Public hearingSenate Health and Human Services4:31:02–4:36:365m 34slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 5, 2026Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0839s; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0839s — adopted, voice vote; Committee Amendment # 2026-0839s — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 26, 2026Floor debateSenate floor1:29:25–1:33:073m 42slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote; Sen. Gray Moved Laid on Table — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 1
  2. Jan 14, 2026SenHearing: 01/14/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 47
  3. Mar 5, 2026Sen: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0839s, 03/05/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 8
  4. Mar 5, 2026SenCommittee Amendment # 2026-0839s, AA, VV; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
  5. Mar 5, 2026SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2026-0839s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
  6. Mar 26, 2026Sen: Ought to Pass, 03/26/2026, Vote 7-0; SC 11
  7. Mar 26, 2026SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
  8. Mar 26, 2026SenSen. Gray Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
  9. Mar 26, 2026SenPending Motion OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.