---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education."
description: "relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1305 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Popovici-Muller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7f957f-e312-4ea3-a8f9-2b6e7283d2cb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2251&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e260d753c6880299d4df8aaba69700cafbeeab10cfa583050fa911f09fe25203"
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 1305 (2024) — relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1623s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1623s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1338&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Floor Amendment — **197–175** (pass) · lower
- Concur — **201–160** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider — **189–183** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **206–169** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Popovici-Muller — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Jonah O Wheeler — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Len P. Turcotte — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie E McDonnell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Education HJ 1 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/31/2024 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2024 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-05** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/14/2024 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-15** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 09:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2024-02-29** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/20/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC)
- **2024-03-14** Amendment # 2024-0654h: AF DV 181-182 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 21
- **2024-03-14** Reconsider Amendment 2024-0654h (Rep. Osborne): MA RC 189-183 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 22
- **2024-03-14** Amendment # 2024-0654h: AA DV 192-182 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 24
- **2024-03-14** FLAM # 2024-1094h (Rep. Popovici-Muller): AA RC 197-175 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 24
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0654h and 2024-1094h: MA RC 206-169 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 26 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Education; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/09/2024, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1623s, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** Committee Amendment # 2024-1623s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-04-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1623s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1629s (Rep. Ladd): MA RC 201-160 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 12
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 232; eff. 08/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b7f957f-e312-4ea3-a8f9-2b6e7283d2cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).