---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to vacancies in county offices."
description: "relative to vacancies in county offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 127"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 127 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-21"
last_action: "2017-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c958da-33ce-4f8a-b70f-9348af01325a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0060&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "59dc23632e9ab4c5dd9dbc1e8f5a33b0c2ba6088b0325d211053296f9b1cf0cd"
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 127 (2017) — relative to vacancies in county offices.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-21** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/11/2017 02:15 PM LOB 301
- **2017-01-11** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/24/2017 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2017-01-12** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/25/2017 01:00 PM LOB 301
- **2017-01-19** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 01/25/2017 01:00 PM LOB 304
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/09/2017 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 10 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/09/2017 HJ 6 P. 4 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing: 03/08/2017, Room 102, LOB, 10:20 am; SC 12
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/16/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2017; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Enrolled 03/23/2017 HJ 11 P. 2
- **2017-03-27** Enrolled (In recess 03/16/2017); SJ 10
- **2017-04-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 03/31/2017; Chapter 5; Eff. 5/30/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c958da-33ce-4f8a-b70f-9348af01325a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).