---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 primary and general election."
description: "requiring an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 primary and general election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 366"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 366 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-12-17"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a2578f7-641f-477d-91aa-d929db51c9e2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3066&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8b2617a2bf1b1fad1e90cbd4d16dbf19e03561b5586198589615f291d4444298"
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 SB 366 (2022) — requiring an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 primary and general election.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0563s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0563s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **177–139** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Benjamin C. Baroody — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-17** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 103, SH, 02:20 pm; SC 50
- **2022-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0563s, 02/16/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0563s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022;
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0563s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/24/2022; SC 8A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/24/2022; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 10:45 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-04** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 202201408h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 1408h: AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1408h: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/26/2022 11:30 am LOB 212
- **2022-04-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 12-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA RC 177-139 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Birdsell, Soucy; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-05-12** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2022, 11:30 a.m., Room 100, SH
- **2022-05-12** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-12** Speaker Appoints: Reps. W. MacDonald, Bergeron, Qualey 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-19** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2020c Filed 05/16/2022; House Amendment + New Amendment
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report 2022-2020c: Adopted, VV 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-05-26** Conference Committee Report # 2022-2020c, Adopted, VV; 05/26/2022; SJ 13
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-07-07** Signed by the Governor on 07/01/2022; Chapter 0248; Effective 07/01/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a2578f7-641f-477d-91aa-d929db51c9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).