---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to absentee voting and relative to the statewide centralized voter registration database."
description: "relative to absentee voting and relative to the statewide centralized voter registration database."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 527"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 527 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Birdsell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a433889b-4a92-465d-8e2f-c3e3f26e1ccf"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2964&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "b65f34abf3997cadd06975698dc8d2032658da96fd7129875c58cbdf0a581f77"
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 527 (2018) — relative to absentee voting and relative to the statewide centralized voter registration database.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-2110e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-2110e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1980&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report 1999c — **14–9** (pass) · upper
- Adopt CofC — **182–159** (pass) · lower
- Nonconcur and Request a C of C — **13–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regina Birdsell — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen M. Hoelzel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 01/16/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 3
- **2018-01-16** ==RECONVENE== Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 4
- **2018-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0717s, 03/08/2018; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment # 2018-0717s, AA, VV; 03/08/2018; SJ 6
- **2018-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0717s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/08/2018; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Election Law HJ 7 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2018 11:30 AM LOB 305-307
- **2018-04-05** Full Committee Work Session: 04/11/2018 12:30 PM LOB 308
- **2018-04-11** Full Committee Work Session: 04/19/2018 01:00 PM LOB 308
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/19/2018 LOB 308
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1656h for 05/02/2018 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Removed from Consent (Rep. Kurk) 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-03** Amendment # 2018-1656h: AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-03** FLAM # 2018-1800h (NT) (Rep. Kurk): AA VV 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1656h and 1800h: MA VV 05/03/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, RC 13Y-9N, MA; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Birdsell, Gray, Woodburn; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-15** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/15/2018, 11:30 am, Room 103, SH ==RECESSED==
- **2018-05-14** Conferee Change: Rep. Negron Replaces Rep. Silber 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/17/2018, 11:00 am, Room 103, SH
- **2018-05-16** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Speaker Appoints: Reps. B. Griffin, Freeman, Hill, Silber 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Conferee Change; Senator Bradley Replaces Senator Woodburn; SJ 18
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1999c Filed 05/17/2018; House Amendment + New Amendment
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1999c: Adopted, RC 182-159 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Sen. Avard moved to call the question, MA, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1999c; RC 14Y-9N, Adopted; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2110e: AA VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-06** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-2110e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-11** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0329 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** I. Section 8 Effective 06/25/2018
- **2018-06-29** II. Sections 1 and 9 of this act shall take effect as provided in Section 10
- **2018-06-29** III. Remainder Effective 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a433889b-4a92-465d-8e2f-c3e3f26e1ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).