---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken before his or her registration to vote is complete."
description: "requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken before his or her registration to vote is complete."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 523 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betty I. Gay"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b59d93c-ebc1-445b-bdf4-f4649684af9a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0757&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "b81d30ccb1052b03bda2746e1fca8237e5c5dfeaa19a01a6ac8f63c5221f84b7"
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 523 (2021) — requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken before his or her registration to vote is complete.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1384s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1384s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **197–172** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betty I. Gay — primary (person)
- David C. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Fred G. Doucette — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- John C. Janigian — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Leah P. Cushman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J. Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 12:00 pm 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.
- **2021-03-05** Executive Session: 03/05/2021 12:00 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/99327579520
- **2021-03-03** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/10/2021 10:10 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/95087806399 (if necessary)
- **2021-03-29** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 43 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2021-04-08** Ought to Pass: MA RC 197-172 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 63 `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, 09:50 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 22
- **2021-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1384s, 05/20/2021; SC 24 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee Amendment # 2021-1384s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1384s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1384s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA DV 199-160 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9
- **2021-07-07** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-13** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/09/2021; Chapter 111; Eff: 09/07/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b59d93c-ebc1-445b-bdf4-f4649684af9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).