New Hampshire SB 533: requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.

Status: Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-8N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 02/16/2026; SJ 4 (as of 2026-02-19)

State: New Hampshire · Session: 2026 · Bill: SB 533

Sponsors: David H. Watters, Cindy Rosenwald, Suzanne M. Prentiss, Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Donovan Fenton, Debra Altschiller, Peggy Balboni

Bill Text

SB 533 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2138

 07/06

SENATE BILL 533

AN ACT requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.

SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Rep. Balboni, Rock. 38

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires the education freedom account administrator to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2138

 07/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT requiring the state to seek bids for contracts to oversee and operate the state's education freedom account program every three years.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 The State and Its Government; Department of Education; Education Freedom Accounts; Administrator. Amend RSA 21-N:7-a, II to read as follows: 

 II. Contract with, and seek multiple contract bids from, scholarship organizations every 3 years, subject to the approval of the governor and executive council. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

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