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type: "Bill"
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title: "requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement."
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description: "requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
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legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 320"
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citation: "New Hampshire HB 320 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael Moffett"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-01-09"
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last_action: "2021-08-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354"
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source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0357&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
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source_hash: "0ecea8d3aba3437564937be13e62909e595c65f339a31313aaa1a7995350531c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
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---
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# New Hampshire HB 320 (2021) — requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment #2021-1052s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1052s&txtFormat=amend)
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## Votes
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- OTPA — **208–141** (pass) · lower
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- Committee Amendment 1052s — **24–0** (pass) · upper
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- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael Moffett — primary (person)
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- Claire A. Rouillard — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah L. Hobson — cosponsor (person)
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- Howard C. Pearl — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **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
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- **2021-02-18** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0271h (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 12 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-18** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
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- **2021-02-25** Amendment # 2021-0271h: AA VV 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22
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- **2021-02-25** Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA RC 208-141 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22 `passage`
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- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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
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- **2021-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1052s, 04/08/2021; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Committee Amendment # 2021-1052s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/08/2021; SJ 11
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- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1052s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/08/2021; SJ 11 `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1052s (Rep. Ladd): MA DV 202-161 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
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- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
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- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
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- **2021-08-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 157; Eff: 07/01/2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8439076-84bb-42a6-ac02-1848cca0d354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).
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