---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives."
description: "relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 475 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f33ae7f9-ab1d-4425-87b5-a68209cd6452"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0120&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "c735217915fb500cd89d635b61e5139453e2b5b7f7fc12205ffad06c0628aa7e"
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 475 (2017) — relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1545e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1545e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **23–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Public Hearing: 02/21/2017 10:00 AM LOB 104
- **2017-02-23** Executive Session: 02/22/2017 LOB 104
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 14-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 40 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing: 04/04/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 17
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1545e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 04/20/2017); SJ 15
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-1545e: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 25
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled 05/04/2017 HJ 15 P. 47
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 73; Eff. 8/1/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f33ae7f9-ab1d-4425-87b5-a68209cd6452`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).