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                        IntroducedJan 09, 2021
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                        Passed HouseFeb 25, 2021
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                        Passed SenateApr 08, 2021
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                        Signed into LawAug 03, 2021
 
                    
                    
                    requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement.
                
                
            
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                         House • Aug 03, 2021: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 157; Eff: 07/01/2023
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- Howard Pearlcosponsor
 - Claire Rouillardcosponsor
 - Deborah Hobsoncosponsor
 
Votes
                        YES: 208
                                                
                                        - Abbas, Daryl
 - Abrami, Patrick
 - Abramson, Max
 - Acton, Dennis
 - Adjutant, Joshua
 - Aldrich, Glen
 - Alexander, Joe
 - Allard, James
 - Alliegro, Mark
 - Altschiller, Debra
 - Ammon, Keith
 - Andrus, Louise
 - Ankarberg, Aidan
 - Aron, Judy
 - Avellani, Lino
 - Ayer, Paul
 - Bailey, Glenn
 - Baldasaro, Al
 - Baxter, Tim
 - Bean, Harry
 - Belanger, Cody
 - Berezhny, Lex
 - Bernardy, JD
 - Berry, Ross
 - Bershtein, Alan
 - Binford, David
 - Blasek, Melissa
 - Boehm, Ralph
 - Bordes, Mike
 - Boyd, Stephen
 - Burt, John
 - Callum, John
 - Cambrils, Jose
 - Chase, Wendy
 - Comtois, Barbara
 - Copp, Anne
 - Cordelli, Glenn
 - Creighton, Jim
 - Cushman, Leah
 - Davis, Arnold
 - DeLemus, Susan
 - DeSimone, Debra
 - Dodge, Dustin
 - Dolan, Tom
 - Dostie, Donald
 - Doucette, Fred
 - Dutzy, Sherry
 - Edgar, Michael
 - Edwards, Jess
 - Elliott, Robert
 - Emerick, Tracy
 - Erf, Keith
 - Folsom, Beth
 - Ford, Oliver
 - Foster, William
 - Freitas, Mary
 - Gagne, Larry
 - Gay, Betty
 - Gordon, Edward
 - Gorski, Ted
 - Gould, Linda
 - Graham, John
 - Green, Dennis
 - Greene, Bob
 - Greeson, Jeffrey
 - Griffin, Barbara
 - Griffin, Gerald
 - Groen, Fenton
 - Gunski, Michael
 - Guthrie, Joseph
 - Ham, Bonnie
 - Harb, Robert
 - Harley, Tina
 - Harrington, Michael
 - Harvey-Bolia, Juliet
 - Hayward, Peter
 - Healey, Robert
 - Hill, Gregory
 - Hobson, Deborah
 - Homola, Susan
 - Hopper, Gary
 - Horgan, James
 - Hough, Gregg
 - Howard, Raymond
 - Infantine, William
 - Janigian, John
 - Jeudy, Jean
 - Johnson, Dawn
 - Kaczynski, Thomas
 - Katsakiores, Phyllis
 - Kelley, Diane
 - Kelsey, Niki
 - Kennedy, Margaret
 - Kilanski, Ben
 - Kimball, Mary Ann
 - King, Bill
 - Kittredge, Mac
 - Klose, John
 - Kofalt, Jim
 - Ladd, Rick
 - Lang, Timothy
 - Lanzara, Tom
 - Lascelles, Richard
 - Layon, Erica
 - Leavitt, John
 - Leishman, Peter
 - Lekas, Alicia
 - Lekas, Tony
 - Lewicke, John
 - Litchfield, Melissa
 - Littlefield, Richard
 - Love, David
 - Lundgren, David
 - Lynn, Bob
 - MacDonald, John
 - MacDonald, Wayne
 - Mackie, Jonathan
 - Maggiore, Jim
 - Major, Norman
 - Marsh, William
 - Marston, Dick
 - Massimilla, Linda
 - Mayville, Mary
 - McConkey, Mark
 - McGuire, Carol
 - McLean, Mark
 - McMahon, Charles
 - Melvin, Charles
 - Merner, Troy
 - Milz, David
 - Moffett, Michael
 - Mooney, Maureen
 - Nelson, Bill
 - Newton, Clifford
 - Notter, Jeanine
 - Nunez, Hershel
 - O'Hara, Travis
 - Ober, Lynne
 - Osborne, Jason
 - Packard, Sherman
 - Pauer, Diane
 - Pearl, Howard
 - Pearson, Mark
 - Pearson, Stephen
 - Piemonte, Tony
 - Pitaro, Matthew
 - Pitre, Joseph
 - Plett, Fred
 - Ploszaj, Tom
 - Post, Lisa
 - Potucek, John
 - Pratt, Kevin
 - Prout, Andrew
 - Prudhomme-O'Brien, Katherine
 - Qualey, James
 - Renzullo, Andrew
 - Rice, Kimberly
 - Rollins, Skip
 - Rouillard, Claire
 - Roy, Terry
 - Sanborn, Gail
 - Sanborn, Laurie
 - Santonastaso, Matthew
 - Seaworth, Brian
 - Shaw, Barbara
 - Sheehan, Vanessa
 - Silber, Norman
 - Simon, Matthew
 - Smith, Denise
 - Smith, Jonathan
 - Somero, Paul
 - Somssich, Peter
 - Soti, Julius
 - Spillane, James
 - Spilsbury, Walter
 - Stapleton, Walter
 - Sweeney, Joe
 - Sylvia, Michael
 - Sytek, John
 - Tausch, Lindsay
 - Terry, Paul
 - Testerman, Dave
 - Theberge, Robert
 - Thomas, Douglas
 - Thompson, Dennis
 - Torosian, Peter
 - Tripp, Richard
 - Trottier, Douglas
 - True, Chris
 - Tudor, Paul
 - Turcotte, Leonard
 - Ulery, Jordan
 - Umberger, Karen
 - Vandecasteele, Susan
 - Verville, Kevin
 - Von Plinsky, Sparky
 - Vose, Michael
 - Wallace, Scott
 - Walsh, Thomas
 - Welch, David
 - Wells, Natalie
 - Weyler, Kenneth
 - White, Nick
 - Wilhelm, Matthew
 - Wolf, Dan
 - Wuelper, Kurt
 - Yakubovich, Michael
 - Yokela, Josh
 
NO: 141
                                            - Abbott, Michael
 - Abel, Richard
 - Almy, Susan
 - Ames, Richard
 - Bartlett, Christy
 - Beaulieu, Jane
 - Bixby, Peter
 - Booras, Efstathia
 - Bordenet, John
 - Bouchard, Donald
 - Bouldin, Amanda
 - Bouldin, Andrew
 - Bradley, Amy
 - Bunker, Lisa
 - Burroughs, Anita
 - Cahill, Michael
 - Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline
 - Cannon, Gerri
 - Caplan, Tony
 - Chretien, Jacqueline
 - Cleaver, Skip
 - Cloutier, John
 - Conley, Casey
 - Connors, Erika
 - Cornell, Patricia
 - Crawford, Karel
 - Cushing, Robert Renny
 - Deshaies, Brodie
 - DiLorenzo, Charlotte
 - Ebel, Karen
 - Egan, Timothy
 - Ellison, Arthur
 - Espitia, Manny
 - Faulkner, Barry
 - Fellows, Sallie
 - Fenton, Donovan
 - Fontneau, Timothy
 - Fox, Dru
 - Frost, Sherry
 - Gallager, Eric
 - Gilman, Julie
 - Goley, Jeffrey
 - Gomarlo, Jennie
 - Gottling, Suzanne
 - Grassie, Chuck
 - Griffith, Willis
 - Grossman, Gaby
 - Grote, Jaci
 - Hakken-Phillips, Mary
 - Hamblet, Joan
 - Hamer, Heidi
 - Harriott-Gathright, Linda
 - Harvey, Cathryn
 - Hatch, William
 - Heath, Mary
 - Herbert, Christopher
 - Horrigan, Timothy
 - Hunt, John
 - Hyland, Stephanie
 - Jack, Martin
 - Kelley, Eamon
 - Kenney, Cam
 - King, Mark
 - Klee, Patricia
 - Klein-Knight, Nicole
 - Knirk, Jerry
 - Labranche, Tony
 - Laflamme, Larry
 - Lane, Connie
 - Laughton, Stacie-Marie
 - Levesque, Cassandra
 - Ley, Douglas
 - Long, Patrick
 - Loughman, Tom
 - Luneau, David
 - MacKay, James
 - Malloy, Dennis
 - Mangipudi, Latha
 - Mason, James
 - McAleer, Chris
 - McGhee, Kat
 - McWilliams, Rebecca
 - Merchant, Gary
 - Meuse, David
 - Moran, Melbourne
 - Muirhead, Russell
 - Mullen, Sue
 - Murphy, James
 - Murray, Kate
 - Murray, Megan
 - Newman, Ray
 - Newman, Sue
 - Nutter-Upham, Frances
 - Nutting-Wong, Allison
 - O'Brien, Michael
 - O'Hearne, Andrew
 - Ober, Russell
 - Oxaal, Ariel
 - Paige, Mark
 - Parshall, Lucius
 - Pedersen, Michael
 - Perez, Maria
 - Pickering, Daniel
 - Piedra, Israel
 - Pimentel, Roderick
 - Porter, Marjorie
 - Query, Joshua
 - Read, Ellen
 - Rhodes, Jennifer
 - Rich, Cecilia
 - Rung, Rosemarie
 - Salloway, Jeffrey
 - Schapiro, Joe
 - Schmidt, Peter
 - Schuett, Dianne
 - Schultz, Kristina
 - Shurtleff, Steve
 - Simpson, Alexis
 - Smith, Marjorie
 - Smith, Suzanne
 - Smith, Timothy
 - Soucy, Timothy
 - Stavis, Laurel
 - Sullivan, Brian
 - Sykes, George
 - Tanner, Linda
 - Telerski, Laura
 - Toll, Amanda Elizabeth
 - Toomey, Dan
 - Tucker, Edith
 - Vail, Suzanne
 - Vann, Ivy
 - Veilleux, Daniel
 - Wall, Janet
 - Wallner, Mary Jane
 - Walz, Mary Beth
 - Wazir, Safiya
 - Weber, Lucy
 - Weston, Joyce
 - Woodcock, Stephen
 - Woods, Gary
 
NOT VOTING: 8
                                                        EXCUSED: 41
                                                        - Baroody, Benjamin
 - Berch, Paul
 - Bergeron, Paul
 - Buco, Thomas
 - Cohen, Bruce
 - Cote, David
 - Craig, Kevin
 - Cross, Kenna
 - Danielson, David
 - DiSilvestro, Linda
 - Dontonville, Roger
 - Eaton, Daniel
 - Ellis, Donna
 - Fargo, Kristina
 - Fedolfi, Jim
 - Gourgue, Amanda
 - Griffin, Mary
 - Khan, Aboul
 - Langley, Diane
 - McBeath, Rebecca
 - McBride, Everett
 - McKinney, Betsy
 - Myler, Mel
 - Oxenham, Lee
 - Pantelakos, Laura
 - Petrigno, Peter
 - Richards, Beth
 - Rogers, Katherine
 - Ruprecht, Denny
 - Sandler, Catt
 - Schamberg, Thomas
 - Schmidt, Janice
 - Smith, Steven
 - Snow, Kendall
 - Sofikitis, Catherine
 - Southworth, Thomas
 - Stevens, Deb
 - Treleaven, Susan
 - Van Houten, Constance
 - Varney, Peter
 - Vincent, Kenneth
 
YES: 24
                                                
                                        - Avard, Kevin
 - Birdsell, Regina
 - Bradley, Jeb
 - Carson, Sharon
 - Cavanaugh, Kevin
 - D'Allesandro, Lou
 - Daniels, Gary
 - French, Harold
 - Gannon, Bill
 - Giuda, Bob
 - Gray, James
 - Hennessey, Erin
 - Kahn, Jay
 - Morse, Chuck
 - Perkins Kwoka, Rebecca
 - Prentiss, Suzanne
 - Reagan, John
 - Ricciardi, Denise
 - Rosenwald, Cindy
 - Sherman, Tom
 - Soucy, Donna
 - Ward, Ruth
 - Watters, David
 - Whitley, Rebecca
 
NO: 0
                                            OTHER: 0
Actions
            - Aug 03, 2021 | House
- Signed by Governor Sununu 07/29/2021; Chapter 157; Eff: 07/01/2023
 
 - Jul 12, 2021 | House
- Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
 
 - Jul 12, 2021 | Senate
- Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
 
 - Jun 10, 2021 | House
- House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1052s (Rep. Ladd): MA DV 202-161 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
 
 - Apr 08, 2021 | Senate
- Committee Amendment #2021-1052s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 04/08/2021; SJ 11
 - Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1052s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/08/2021; SJ 11
 
 - Mar 30, 2021 | Senate
- Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2021-1052s, 04/08/2021; SC 18
 
 - Mar 17, 2021 | Senate
- Remote Hearing: 03/23/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 16
 
 - Mar 04, 2021 | Senate
- Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Education; SJ 7
 
 - Feb 25, 2021 | House
- Amendment #2021-0271h: AA VV 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22
 - Ought to Pass with Amendment : MA RC 208-141 02/25/2021 HJ 4 P. 22
 
 - Feb 18, 2021 | House
- 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
 - Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2021-0271h (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 12 P. 27
 - Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
 
 - Jan 27, 2021 | House
- 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 initially convened.
 
 - Jan 09, 2021 | House
- Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 43
 
 
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