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HB112 Requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test, take a course that covers fundamental American documents as part of the general education curriculum, or pass a civics course competency test.

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Requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test, take a course that covers fundamental American documents as part of the general education curriculum, or pass a civics course competency test.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

3
💰

Your Wallet

Colleges face $100K-$500K annual implementation costs for testing platforms and course development, which may be absorbed into operating budgets or passed to students through fees; no new state funding is appropriated.

4
🏘️

Your Community

College general education requirements will be restructured, potentially increasing degree completion time and curricular burden; exemptions for high school graduates from 2026+ and community college graduates from 2028+ limit disruption.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Students lose discretion over civics content in general education; degree conferral is withheld until the requirement is met, though multiple pathways exist and institutions must accommodate disabilities.

Status

Pending Motion Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1734s; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

185 R + 6 D

Voted No

5 R + 152 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Moffett (R)

The Short Version

Starting July 1, 2027, students in NH's university and community college systems must pass the federal civics naturalization test (score 70+), complete a civics course on American documents, or pass a civics competency test to graduate. The bill exempts certain groups and creates an estimated $100K-$500K annual cost to implement testing platforms and potentially new coursework.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Proponents of civics literacy standards
  • ▲ Students graduating from NH high schools after January 1, 2026 (deemed to have met requirement automatically)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Out-of-state and non-public NH high school graduate students entering USNH or CCSNH on or after July 1, 2027, who must pass an additional test or course
  • ▼ USNH and CCSNH institutions absorbing $100K-$500K annual costs for testing infrastructure and possible course development without new appropriations

Roll Call Detail (2 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 2 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 202 for , 3 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 3 for , 165 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-03-26
Passed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

185R + 6D
Voted to Pass (191)
5R + 152D
Voted Against (157)
25
Absent
20
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (191)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (6)

Voted Nay (157)

Republicans (5)
Democrats (152)
Absent (25)

Cathryn Harvey (D) , Christine Seibert (D) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Ellen Read (D) , James Summers (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Mark McLean (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Raymond Plante (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sheri Minor (R) , Steven Kesselring (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-07
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

190R + 2D
Voted to Pass (192)
3R + 155D
Voted Against (158)
31
Absent
14
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (192)

Republicans (190)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (158)

Republicans (3)
Democrats (155)
Absent (31)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Nagel (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heath Howard (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Linda Ryan (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Phyllis Katsakiores (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R)

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