---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to prisoners' voting rights."
description: "relative to prisoners' voting rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 555"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 555 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew J. Bouldin"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b91540-74b0-43c4-9717-e5632a9b2809"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0761&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "ccac690aa7af7bde8047dc75a37773cbed65ffef6ba5359d996d839f39fac5e2"
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 555 (2021) — relative to prisoners' voting rights.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Andrew J. Bouldin — primary (person)
- Allison R. Nutting-Wong — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda C. Bouldin — cosponsor (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Donald J. Bouchard — 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. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Public Hearing: 02/17/2021 10:30 am Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/95842759377Executive 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** 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`
- **2021-05-04** Remote Hearing: 05/10/2021, 09:00 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 23
- **2021-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/20/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-25** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-07-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2021; Chapter 96; Eff: 08/30/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5b91540-74b0-43c4-9717-e5632a9b2809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).