New Hampshire HB 1373: relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.

Bill Text

HB 1373 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2026 SESSION

 26-3030

 12/09

HOUSE BILL 1373

AN ACT relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.

SPONSORS: Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Nadeau, Rock. 4; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill extends criminal history record checks for applicants seeking educator credentials by adding additional crimes to the record check.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-3030

 12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to background check disqualifications for applicants seeking educator credentials.

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

 1 Additional Crimes; Criminal History Records Check. Amend RSA 189:13-c, V to read as follows:

 V. Any person who has been charged pending disposition for or convicted of any violation or attempted violation of RSA 318-B:2 for possession of a controlled drug with the intent to sell, felony level, within the last 10 years, RSA 630:1; 630:1-a; 630:1-b; 630:2; 630:3; 631:1; 631:2; 631:2-b; 632-A:2; 632-A:3; 632-A:4; 633:1; 633:7; 636:1; 638:1; 638:15-a; 639:2; 639:3; 645:1, II or III; 645:2; 649-A:3; 649-A:3-a; 649-A:3-b; 649-B:3; or 649-B:4; 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 of the United States, shall not be granted a teaching credential by the department nor shall candidates be granted clearance.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.