---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the close of a county's books of records."
description: "relative to the close of a county's books of records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 101"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 101 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. MacDonald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2e826bb-2a4f-48ec-8f60-c9c7d12aacae"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0101&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "aab0e118e8d09a9992e75339bd70039eb941301f8de59da395fa865163fa44c3"
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 101 (2021) — relative to the close of a county's books of records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1146s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1146s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- John T. MacDonald — primary (person)
- Bill G. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brodie S. Deshaies — cosponsor (person)
- Karel A. Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M. Avellani — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 35 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 02/01/2021 10:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95927066667 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-01-27** Executive Session: 02/08/2021 02:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/96815613466
- **2021-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0164h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0164h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 43
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0164h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 43 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 09:50 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1146s, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Committee Amendment # 2021-1146s, RC 23Y-1N, AA; 04/22/2021; SJ 12
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1146s, RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1146s (Rep. Dolan): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 13
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/30/2021; Chapter 162; Eff: 09/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2e826bb-2a4f-48ec-8f60-c9c7d12aacae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).