District 08 - Senator Ruth Ward

Senator Ward
State House
Room 302
107 North Main Street Concord NH  03301
603.271.2609
Staff: Aaron Jones

66 Total Bills Sponsored by Senator Ward

6 Prime Sponsored Bills
Title: relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
NONCONCURRED
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
4/9/2025 12:00:00 AM

SB420
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the state commission for human rights.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
INTERIM STUDY
Latest Status:
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
1/21/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB432
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) authorizing the application of sunscreen in schools and camps without a licensed health care provider's note or prescription and establishing a skin cancer prevention education program.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
1/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB446
Bill Docket
Title: requiring animal care center operators to notify dog owners when a dog will be left unattended and to report injuries to animals or people which occur on the premises of the animal care center.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
1/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB452
Bill Docket
Title: enabling health care providers to offer certain complementary and alternative health care services.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
INTERIM STUDY
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/11/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB523
Bill Docket
Title: establishing the registration and oversight of builders.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
CONSENT CALENDAR REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Commerce
Next/Last Hearing:
1/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

61 Cosponsored Bills
Title: making best interest placements within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny the placement.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
4/15/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB121
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) relative to school district financial requirements and district probation processes.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
2/12/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB131
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
11/5/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB191
Bill Docket
Title: (Second New Title) providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy without parental permission.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
Senate Judiciary
Next/Last Hearing:
5/6/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB257
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) relative to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child or incompetent.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Children and Family Law
Next/Last Hearing:
1/22/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB349
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB563
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseFinance
Next/Last Hearing:
1/30/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB564
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
2/12/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB648
Bill Docket
Title: relative to insurance coverage for glucose monitoring.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
INTERIM STUDY
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseCommerce and Consumer Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
1/29/2025 12:00:00 AM

HB1121
Bill Docket
Title: defining the cost of an adequate education.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Funding
Next/Last Hearing:
2/10/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1152
Bill Docket
Title: designating the funds account for donations and bequests received by the department of military affairs and veterans services to be non-lapsing funds.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
CONSENT CALENDAR REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/18/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1155
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the home education advisory council.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/24/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1183
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the mathematics requirement for high school graduation.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
REPORT FILED
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/2/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1202
Bill Docket
Title: relative to dual and concurrent enrollment requirements for courses at institutions within the community college system of New Hampshire.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
1/22/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1270
Bill Docket
Title: clarifying the definition of part-time teacher.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
1/14/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1299
Bill Docket
Title: permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
REPORT FILED
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseJudiciary
Next/Last Hearing:
2/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1370
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the reporting requirements for the identification and accommodation of gifted and talented students.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
REPORT FILED
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/2/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1374
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/9/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1379
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
3/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1401
Bill Docket
Title: amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/18/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1468
Bill Docket
Title: relative to municipal flood resilience planning and the use of planning grants.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
1/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1623
Bill Docket
Title: requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
REPORT FILED
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Funding
Next/Last Hearing:
1/29/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1644
Bill Docket
Title: permitting towns to unilaterally withdraw from a cooperative school district.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/9/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1658
Bill Docket
Title: relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseCommerce and Consumer Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
1/29/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1706
Bill Docket
Title: repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
2/24/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1788
Bill Docket
Title: holding state contracts with DEI provisions to be void as a matter or law and establishing a right of action for taxpayers where public entities or state agencies engage with contracts with DEI provisions.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseExecutive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
1/15/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1804
Bill Docket
Title: consolidating school administrative units, making chief school administrator jobs an elected position, and defining education roles.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/24/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1816
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Funding
Next/Last Hearing:
1/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1828
Bill Docket
Title: requiring the department of education to establish an auditing process relative to teacher preparation programs at the post-secondary educational level.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

HB1836
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/2/2026 12:00:00 AM

Title: relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
CONCURRED
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
4/23/2025 12:00:00 AM

Title: relative to establishing an alternative driver education program.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
INTERIM STUDY
Latest Status:
Senate Transportation
Next/Last Hearing:
1/28/2025 12:00:00 AM

SB186
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) preventing portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
NONCONCURRED
Latest Status:
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
4/16/2025 12:00:00 AM

SB211
Bill Docket
Title: relative to biological sex in student athletics.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
4/23/2025 12:00:00 AM

SB408
Bill Docket
Title: relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. 
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
1/21/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB430
Bill Docket
Title: (New Title) relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/3/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB434
Bill Docket
Title: relative to regulation of public school materials.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
HouseEducation Policy and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/3/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB448
Bill Docket
Title: modifying the definition of veteran and relative to lifetime hunting and fishing license fees for disabled veterans.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
1/8/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB453
Bill Docket
Title: authorizing advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates to make certain certifications.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
3/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB475
Bill Docket
Title: including a determination of the best interest of the animal in the definition of foster home.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Next/Last Hearing:
2/17/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB501
Bill Docket
Title: relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
HouseHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
2/11/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB503
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the use of spruce-pine-fir lumber.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
HouseResources, Recreation and Development
Next/Last Hearing:
1/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB508
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
HouseMunicipal and County Government
Next/Last Hearing:
1/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB512
Bill Docket
Title: relative to fees to annul criminal records related to charges that do not result in conviction.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Judiciary
Next/Last Hearing:
1/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB521
Bill Docket
Title: relative to unauthorized camping on private property.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
HouseCriminal Justice and Public Safety
Next/Last Hearing:
1/8/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB549
Bill Docket
Title: prohibiting the state or local government from distributing or funding organizations that distribute drug paraphernalia.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/4/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB570
Bill Docket
Title: relative to the legislative ethics committee and legislative ethics.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
HouseExecutive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
1/28/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB573
Bill Docket
Title: establishing certification standards for facility comfort dogs.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Latest Status:
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
1/14/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB574
Bill Docket
Title: establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education
Next/Last Hearing:
2/17/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB586
Bill Docket
Title: requiring school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
CONSENT CALENDAR REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
1/27/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB588
Bill Docket
Title: requiring that all municipalities that are served by a school district vote on the closure of schools.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
INTERIM STUDY
Latest Status:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Next/Last Hearing:
2/3/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB609
Bill Docket
Title: relative to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots, or venous thromboembolism, and establishing a statewide venous thromboembolism registry.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
CONSENT CALENDAR REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/11/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB644
Bill Docket
Title: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
HouseEnvironment and Agriculture
Next/Last Hearing:
1/20/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB655
Bill Docket
Title: relative to employee leasing companies and workers' compensation coverage options.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Commerce
Next/Last Hearing:
2/10/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB656
Bill Docket
Title: establishing a web-based occupational license application portal for veterans and military spouses.
General Status:
HOUSE
House Status::
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
PASSED/ADOPTED
Latest Status:
HouseExecutive Departments and Administration
Next/Last Hearing:
2/11/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB659
Bill Docket
Title: relative to education financing.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Education Finance
Next/Last Hearing:

SB662
Bill Docket
Title: making an appropriation to the department of natural and cultural resources for renovations to the Northwood Meadows Lake Dam.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
REPORT FILED
Latest Status:
Senate Finance
Next/Last Hearing:
2/10/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB664
Bill Docket
Title: limiting hospital executive compensation in communities designated as distressed place-based economies under certain circumstances.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/18/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB669
Bill Docket
Title: relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Commerce
Next/Last Hearing:
2/17/2026 12:00:00 AM

SB670
Bill Docket
Title: establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to membership and duties of the incapacitated and vulnerable adult fatality review committee; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.
General Status:
SENATE
House Status::
Senate Status:
IN COMMITTEE
Latest Status:
Senate Health and Human Services
Next/Last Hearing:
2/18/2026 12:00:00 AM