---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to conferring degree-granting authority to the New England Aeronautical Institute."
description: "relative to conferring degree-granting authority to the New England Aeronautical Institute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 24 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8006e4c-93ad-4608-bb98-f43bdda5bb83"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0865&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "305ba382557e9ba58208d3efd8c4e0598d2205bfff8f0490fefbc3b9b685194d"
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 SB 24 (2023) — relative to conferring degree-granting authority to the New England Aeronautical Institute.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon E. Chandley — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** Hearing: 01/10/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 5
- **2023-01-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/19/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-01-19** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/19/2023; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-05** Executive Session: 04/11/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/19/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/18/2023 HJ 14
- **2023-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor on 06/01/2023; Chapter 0051; Effective 06/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8006e4c-93ad-4608-bb98-f43bdda5bb83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).