---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to educational institution policies on social media."
description: "relative to educational institution policies on social media."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 213 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61bde25c-106b-4528-b611-8e2e0617c200"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0938&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c08d73079614642894d41bfeb8db5857163302689b97c27cb2a72d83a437398d"
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 213 (2023) — relative to educational institution policies on social media.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-2061h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-2061h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **201–175** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Cornell — cosponsor (person)
- Rick M. Ladd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 11
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0824s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0824s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0824s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public Hearing: 03/30/2023 01:45 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/11/2023 11:00 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-12** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/25/2023 10:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/17/2023 02:00 pm LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 05/03/2023 10:15 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-04-26** Full Committee Work Session: 05/03/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-05-17** Executive Session: 05/30/2023 10:45 am LOB 205-207
- **2023-06-01** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2061h 05/30/2023 (Vote 12-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023-2061h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 21
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2061h: MA RC 201-175 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0225; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61bde25c-106b-4528-b611-8e2e0617c200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).