---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to voters with physical disabilities."
description: "relative to voters with physical disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 389 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98504f0e-2a53-4349-953e-3844e77b2d27"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0689&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "ccce75f7313600f172fe58352796200cdd15ea4d9842ea2b883f56d133f758e2"
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 389 (2017) — relative to voters with physical disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1367s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1367s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **312–62** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2017 10:00 AM LOB 308
- **2017-01-25** Executive Session: 02/01/2017 11:30 AM LOB 308
- **2017-02-08** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/15/2017 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 11 P. 25 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-02-15** Special Order to 2/16/2017 Without Objection HJ 7 P. 57
- **2017-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA RC 312-62 02/16/2017 HJ 8 P. 9 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 16
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1367s, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Committee Amendment # 2017-1367s, AA, VV; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1367s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-06-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1367s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 3
- **2017-06-22** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 23
- **2017-06-22** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/05/2017; Chapter 196; Eff. 9/3/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98504f0e-2a53-4349-953e-3844e77b2d27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).