CHAPTER 72
HB 753-FN - FINAL VERSION
2025 SESSION
25-0855
09/05
HOUSE BILL 753-FN
AN ACT relative to expedited due process hearings to enforce special education rights.
SPONSORS: Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4; Rep. Ball, Rock. 25; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 10; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that expedited due process hearings must not exceed the timelines applicable to regular due process hearings in actions to enforce special education rights.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0855
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to expedited due process hearings to enforce special education rights.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
72:1 New Paragraph; Special Education; Due Process Hearing. Amend RSA 186-C:16-b by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. In no case may an expedited due process hearing pursuant to 34 C.F.R. section 300.532(c)(2) exceed the timeline for conducting a regular due process hearing pursuant to 34 C.F.R. section 300.515(a).
72:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 02, 2025
Effective Date: August 01, 2025
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 3, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 10, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 10, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote |
June 6, 2025: Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 72; eff. 08/01/2025
May 23, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15
May 23, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15
May 1, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
April 17, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 19
April 3, 2025: Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 16
March 26, 2025: ==RECESSED== Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 15
March 24, 2025: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 9
March 20, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 9 P. 11
March 12, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/10/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC)
March 6, 2025: Executive Session: 03/10/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 29, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/03/2025 11:15 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 26