---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to election officers at additional polling place and relative to legalizing, ratifying, and confirming all actions, votes, and proceedings of the annual meeting of the town of Middleton."
description: "relative to election officers at additional polling place and relative to legalizing, ratifying, and confirming all actions, votes, and proceedings of the annual meeting of the town of Middleton."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 476 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betty I. Gay"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1858f03a-118f-455b-87b9-5909aa8b8114"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0648&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "88da3efc883431a8d10ffdceff0c18e4894d1eacaa42b50cf634d54d4ece3665"
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 476 (2021) — relative to election officers at additional polling place and relative to legalizing, ratifying, and confirming all actions, votes, and proceedings of the annual meeting of the town of Middleton.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1282s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1282s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Betty I. Gay — primary (person)
- Chuck Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Dan H. Wolf — cosponsor (person)
- Everett P. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Janigian — cosponsor (person)
- John Sytek — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Pitre — cosponsor (person)
- Peter T. Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 49 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 11:30 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
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 12 `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`
- **2021-04-21** Remote Hearing: 04/26/2021, 09:10 am, on proposed amendment # 2021-1127s; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 21
- **2021-04-21** Remote Hearing: 04/26/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 21
- **2021-05-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1282s, 05/13/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1282s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Committee Amendment # 2021-1282s, AA, VV; 05/13/2021; SJ 15
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1282s (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
- **2021-07-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/14/2021; Chapter 111; Eff: I. 1&2 eff 9/12/21 II. Rem eff 7/14/21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1858f03a-118f-455b-87b9-5909aa8b8114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).