---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to campaign finance reform and increasing the threshold for reporting by political committees."
description: "relative to campaign finance reform and increasing the threshold for reporting by political committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Sweeney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb0f226-612b-42d8-83b3-b8a99029aaf1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0217&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "08e04173ab2b306cf2fd2ed8ae42df41acf63ea7b9bf6d7eedc812c38f319d3d"
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 263 (2021) — relative to campaign finance reform and increasing the threshold for reporting by political committees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1523s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1523s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **196–173** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Sweeney — primary (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 41 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/05/2021 10:15 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/93640014012 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initiallyconvened.
- **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
- **2021-03-08** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0333h (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 42 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Amendment # 2021-0333h: AA VV 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 51
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0333h: MA RC 196-173 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`
- **2021-04-27** Remote Hearing: 05/03/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 22
- **2021-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1523s, 05/20/2021; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee Amendment # 2021-1523s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1523s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1523s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA DV 198-161 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
- **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 168; 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/aeb0f226-612b-42d8-83b3-b8a99029aaf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).