---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to investigation of voter verification letters."
description: "relative to investigation of voter verification letters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 552 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea755033-9bea-422a-8e8a-89398945f367"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0310&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "1aafdad70771bce26e34bf6af6861135ee96515ac4b4907ddb4cc6f010e21185"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 552 (2017) — relative to investigation of voter verification letters.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1683s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1683s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **181–163** (pass) · legislature
- Concur — **179–144** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/07/2017 10:45 AM LOB 308
- **2017-02-15** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/22/2017 10:00 AM LOB 308
- **2017-03-01** Executive Session: 02/28/2017 LOB 308
- **2017-03-01** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0634h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 11-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0634h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 95
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0634h: MA RC 181-163 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 95 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 17
- **2017-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1683s, 05/18/2017; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2017-1683s, AA, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1683s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/18/2017; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2017-06-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1683s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA RC 179-144 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 3
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 25
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2017; Chapter 222; Eff. 7/10/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea755033-9bea-422a-8e8a-89398945f367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).