---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the degree granting authority of Signum university and relative to the authority of the higher education commission."
description: "relative to the degree granting authority of Signum university and relative to the authority of the higher education commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 513"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 513 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James C. Allard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241e8d7f-701a-49f4-b3cb-7e8e661d47f8"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0788&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "f54c59790a775e2ce08de3e55eba0c8e885a1f9689fd9a7921be4b6da76c1577"
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 513 (2021) — relative to the degree granting authority of Signum university and relative to the authority of the higher education commission.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTP — **190–155** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **21–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James C. Allard — primary (person)
- Alicia D. Lekas — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G. Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/26/2021 11:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91325381640 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-8; RC) HC 12 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-02-25** Ought to Pass: MA RC 190-155 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 28 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Remote Hearing: 03/16/2021, 09:45 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 15
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/25/2021; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Ought to Pass: RC 21Y-3N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/25/2021; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 99
- **2021-04-12** Enrolled RC 24Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 04/08/2021); SJ 12
- **2021-08-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 159; Eff: 07/29/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/241e8d7f-701a-49f4-b3cb-7e8e661d47f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).