---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to domicile for voting purposes."
description: "relative to domicile for voting purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 3 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c2572b-63b6-4551-84c0-c00b5dd62efb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0883&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "fcad24ea8c876c34c8d415e7290549ede8ee848ec53dab982f31c412bd6dd469"
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 SB 3 (2017) — relative to domicile for voting purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1775h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1775h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Concur — **14–9** (pass) · legislature
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **14–9** (pass) · legislature
- Commitee Amendment 1016s — **14–9** (pass) · legislature
- OTPA — **191–162** (pass) · legislature
- Table — **166–191** (fail) · legislature
- Adopt Amendment — **155–198** (fail) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Hearing: 03/07/2017, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 12
- **2017-03-02** Hearing: 03/07/2017, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2017-0478s; SC 13
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1016s, 03/30/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Committee Amendment # 2017-1016s, RC 14Y-9N, AA; 03/30/2017; SJ 12
- **2017-03-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1016s, RC 14Y-9N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/30/2017; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Introduced 03/23/2017 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/18/2017 10:00 AM Representatives Hall
- **2017-05-10** Executive Session: 05/16/2017 10:20 AM LOB 308
- **2017-05-19** Full Committee Work Session: 05/09/2017 10:00 AM LOB 308
- **2017-05-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1775h for 06/01/2017 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 26 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-06-01** Lay on Table (Rep. Dyer): MF RC 166-191 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 108
- **2017-06-01** Amendment # 2017-1775h: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 110
- **2017-06-01** FLAM # 2017-2116h (Rep. Porter): AF RC 155-198 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 110
- **2017-06-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1775h: MA RC 191-162 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 114 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Reconsider SB 3 (Rep. J. Graham): MF DV 152-197 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 116
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 14Y-9N, MA; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **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 the Governor on 07/10/2017; Chapter 0205; Effective 09/08/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78c2572b-63b6-4551-84c0-c00b5dd62efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).