republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2021/hb-320.md

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Bill	requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.	requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2021	HB 320	New Hampshire HB 320 (2021)	bill		enacted	Michael Moffett	1	16	3	2021-01-09	2021-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354	http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0357&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021	0ecea8d3aba3437564937be13e62909e595c65f339a31313aaa1a7995350531c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire HB 320 (2021) — requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2021-1052s (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• OTPA — 208–141 (pass) · lower
• Committee Amendment 1052s — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Ought to Pass w/Amendment — 14–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael Moffett — primary (person)
• Claire A. Rouillard — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
• Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-09 Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 43 introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Public Hearing: 02/04/2021 01:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/93534264563 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day time permitting from the time the committee is initiallyconvened.
• 2021-02-18 Executive Session: 02/18/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95029670134
• 2021-02-18 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0271h (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 12 P. 27 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-18 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
• 2021-02-25 Amendment # 2021-0271h: AA VV 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22
• 2021-02-25 Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA RC 208-141 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22 passage
• 2021-03-04 Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Remote Hearing: 03/23/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
• 2021-03-30 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1052s, 04/08/2021; SC 18 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Committee Amendment # 2021-1052s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/08/2021; SJ 11
• 2021-04-08 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1052s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/08/2021; SJ 11 passage
• 2021-06-10 House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1052s (Rep. Ladd): MA DV 202-161 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
• 2021-07-12 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
• 2021-07-12 Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
• 2021-08-03 Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 157; Eff: 07/01/2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).