republic-os/legislation/us/states/nh/2023/sb-216.md

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Bill	making changes to the requirements for civics education in schools.	making changes to the requirements for civics education in schools.	us/states/nh	New Hampshire General Court	2023	SB 216	New Hampshire SB 216 (2023)	bill		enacted	Sharon M. Carson	1	17	0	2023-01-24	2023-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a088a1b1-1380-457b-9f7b-94c82a402d2f	https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0969&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023	d6c295d0a5a4bde3e7046b377c22ba2c9245397627ea8fb231838b8e3dab2656	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nh

New Hampshire SB 216 (2023) — making changes to the requirements for civics education in schools.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment #2023-2183e (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Sharon M. Carson — primary (person)
• Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie L. Gendreau — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Abbas — cosponsor (person)
• David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
• Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
• James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
• Lou D'Allesandro — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Lang — 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
• 2023-02-07 Hearing: 02/14/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 10
• 2023-03-07 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0679s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-03-16 Committee Amendment # 2023-0679s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
• 2023-03-16 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0679s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-03-21 Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Education introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 02:00 pm LOB 205-207
• 2023-04-12 Executive Session: 04/19/2023 10:00 am LOB 205-207
• 2023-04-26 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1394h 04/19/2023 (Vote 18-2; CC) committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-05-04 Amendment # 2023-1394h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 6
• 2023-05-04 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1394h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 6 committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-01 Sen. Ward Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
• 2023-06-21 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2183e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
• 2023-06-21 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2183e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20 amendment-passage
• 2023-06-28 Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 16
• 2023-06-28 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 enrolled
• 2023-08-09 Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0226; Effective 07/01/2023 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a088a1b1-1380-457b-9f7b-94c82a402d2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).