---
type: "Bill"
title: "including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools."
description: "including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 571"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 571 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristine Perez"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef1eab7-4de6-4741-9337-fba91d277e3b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0290&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "524ce484c55d7915b66bd09f197536acb51bb9917e626774d4acafaeadb69b9c"
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 571 (2025) — including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Kristine Perez — primary (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- James R Thibault — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Louise Andrus — cosponsor (person)
- Ron C Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Yury Polozov — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 04:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-05** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 11:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-05** Executive Session: 02/12/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2025-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/12/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** ==ROOM CHANGE== Hearing: 04/02/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 16
- **2025-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025, Vote 3-1; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
- **2025-06-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 70; 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/1ef1eab7-4de6-4741-9337-fba91d277e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).