---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have applied for absentee ballots available to candidates upon request."
description: "requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have applied for absentee ballots available to candidates upon request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 326"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 326 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Berry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72412bf1-67d2-42ab-ac36-26815ffcb67a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0313&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "3d098e16440e758b3aadb803a92dd545f728dfdc1b6a8a8b20d6861d3c5e86d0"
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 326 (2021) — requiring town and city clerks to make electronic lists of persons who have applied for absentee ballots available to candidates upon request.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1525s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1525s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Ross Berry — primary (person)
- Timothy J. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Travis J. O'Hara — 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. 43 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/95709405955 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the 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
- **2021-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 43 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: MA DV 202-165 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 61 `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Remote Hearing: 05/10/2021, 09:30 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 23
- **2021-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1525s, 05/20/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee Amendment # 2021-1525s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1525s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-08** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1525s and Requests CofC (Reps. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Torosian, Groen, Berry): MA VV 06/04/2021 HJ 9 P. 52
- **2021-06-10** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-06-10** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Birdsell, Soucy; 06/10/2021; SJ 19
- **2021-06-15** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/15/2021 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2021-06-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2021-2035c; 06/24/2021
- **2021-06-24** Conference Committee Report # 2021-2035c, Adopted, VV; 06/24/2021; SJ 20
- **2021-06-24** Conference Committee Report 2021-2035c: Adopted, DV 208-166 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/10/2021; Chapter 187; Eff: 10/09/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72412bf1-67d2-42ab-ac36-26815ffcb67a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).