---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to department of corrections procedures concerning the requirement for restoration of the voting rights of felons."
description: "relative to department of corrections procedures concerning the requirement for restoration of the voting rights of felons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 486"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 486 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13dbe0c-feeb-4f16-9514-8a9239cb33da"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0507&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "88b88277fed549282de3e0638837c58d68344883371afb93f51f489545ca078f"
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 486 (2019) — relative to department of corrections procedures concerning the requirement for restoration of the voting rights of felons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-0361h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-0361h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Public Hearing: 01/23/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-23** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/29/2019 10:30 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-29** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/06/2019 09:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-01-30** Executive Session: 02/07/2019 10:00 am LOB 204
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0361h for 03/07/2019 (Vote 18-2; RC) HC 14 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Amendment # 2019-0361h: AA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 17
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0361h: MA VV 03/07/2019 HJ 8 P. 17 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2019, Room 103, SH, 02:40 pm; the committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of session; SC 17A
- **2019-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/30/2019; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18 `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-18** Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 170; Eff: 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13dbe0c-feeb-4f16-9514-8a9239cb33da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).