HB 722 · 2025 · House · Judiciary Committee
Lawsuits over excessive college tuition
AI-generatedrelative to establishing causes of actions against educational institutions that charge excessive tuition rates.
Creates criminal penalties and civil rights of action against educational institutions that charge excessive tuition rates.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025- ✓Introduced
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Analysis
This bill: I. Creates criminal penalties for educational institutions that charge excessive tuition rates. II. Creates civil rights of action against educational institutions that charge excessive tuition rates.
From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.
In the bill's words
Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site
“Any educational institution that charges a tuition rate for a degree that has a total cost (including tuition and fees, but excluding room, board, and transportation) calculated over the average number of semesters required to attain the degree that exceeds the threshold set in paragraph III shall be in violation of RSA 358-A:2.”
“Educational institutions shall be immune from criminal or civil actions under this section if the person or persons involved in the purported transaction with the educational institution:”
“Educational institutions that charge tuition rates that exceed the permissable statutory threshold under paragraph III shall, in addition to all other fines, penalties, and remedies provided for in this chapter, be liable to any person for the total cost of tuition and fees paid, plus interest, for the degree program or programs in which the person was enrolled.”
“The statute of limitations for civil actions under this section shall be 10 years from the date from which a final tuition or fee payment was credited to a person's educational institution account.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
Public testimony
9 signed in online · 2 wrote testimony
0% support89% oppose11% neutral
In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted
“The schools that intentionally defraud, especially those that force the federal government to forgive student loans, they should be criminally charged with fraud.…”
“While I commend the novel approach of this bill, and its intent, I am skeptical of its broad application in practice and of the likelihood of its prevailing in court.…”
Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.
Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026
Votes
yeanay- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate16–2Overall89% yea
- Mar 26, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted
Hearings and debates
- Feb 3, 2025Public hearingHouse Judiciary3:43:00–3:44:091m 9slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
- Mar 12, 2025Public hearingHouse Judiciary5:10:01–5:13:453m 44slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
- Mar 26, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 3 P. 24
- Feb 3, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 02/03/2025 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- Mar 12, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/12/2025 11:00 am LOB 206-208
- Mar 12, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/12/2025 (Vote 16-2; CC) HC 17 P. 21
- Mar 26, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 39
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Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.