---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement."
description: "requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 320 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Moffett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0357&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0ecea8d3aba3437564937be13e62909e595c65f339a31313aaa1a7995350531c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 320 (2021) — requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2021-1052s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1052s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **208–141** (pass) · lower
- Committee Amendment 1052s — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Moffett — primary (person)
- Claire A. Rouillard — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
- Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/04/2021 01:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/93534264563 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day time permitting from the time the committee is initiallyconvened.
- **2021-02-18** Executive Session: 02/18/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95029670134
- **2021-02-18** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0271h (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 12 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-02-25** Amendment # 2021-0271h: AA VV 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22
- **2021-02-25** Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA RC 208-141 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Remote Hearing: 03/23/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1052s, 04/08/2021; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Committee Amendment # 2021-1052s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/08/2021; SJ 11
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1052s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/08/2021; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1052s (Rep. Ladd): MA DV 202-161 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 157; Eff: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).