---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests."
description: "relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 223 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Sweeney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff2b092-dd36-46a0-b47a-0ad1ff964336"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0231&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "0534a0b2576c145d4f7500eddeb5164a112d8f214959d56a6b97441f3e4ee28a"
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 223 (2021) — relative to political party access to a list of absentee ballot requests.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1380s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1380s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Joe Sweeney — primary (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — 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 Election Law HJ 2 P. 39 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Public Hearing: 01/29/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/93706238627 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day ( time permitting) fromthe time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-17** Executive Session: 02/17/2021 01:30 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/95842759377
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: MA DV 202-169 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 51 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Remote Hearing: 04/19/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1380s, 05/20/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee Amendment # 2021-1380s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1380s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1380s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 132; Eff: 09/21/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff2b092-dd36-46a0-b47a-0ad1ff964336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).