---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 26th amendment, granting the right to vote to 18-21 year olds and celebrating youth voting and office holding."
description: "relative to the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 26th amendment, granting the right to vote to 18-21 year olds and celebrating youth voting and office holding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 273 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Renny Cushing"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9c40545-b311-4764-b505-3f970d8701d5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0110&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "f1f195a6aed18722e5b49580769aaf30730f8c82c9e2d94a35cd23ef16bffa8c"
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 273 (2021) — relative to the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 26th amendment, granting the right to vote to 18-21 year olds and celebrating youth voting and office holding.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Robert Renny Cushing — primary (person)
- Casey M. Conley — 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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 41 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Public Hearing: 02/22/2021 01:30 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/97378434787Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-0; RC) HC 18 P. 44 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: MA DV 330-33 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 67 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Remote Hearing: 04/28/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-04-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/06/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/06/2021; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Enrolled RC 23Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 14
- **2021-05-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 103
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/11/2021; Chapter 30; Eff: 05/11/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9c40545-b311-4764-b505-3f970d8701d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).