---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the rescheduling of elections and relative to absentee voter signatures."
description: "establishing a committee to study the rescheduling of elections and relative to absentee voter signatures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 248 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Woodburn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-15"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88d0bdfc-620b-48f8-8ba0-3d0de9f498c6"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1002&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "8cfc4f824b074dbbae1031454718dc168c0cf1669468ecbd42eb8082d057af9d"
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 248 (2017) — establishing a committee to study the rescheduling of elections and relative to absentee voter signatures.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2359e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-2359e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **21–2** (pass) · legislature
- Woodburn Floor Amendment #1221s — **9–14** (fail) · legislature
- Concur — **13–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeff Woodburn — primary (person)
- James P. Belanger — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Shurtleff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 102, LOB, 11:40 am; SC 15
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1086s, 03/30/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Committee Amendment # 2017-1086s, AA, VV; 03/30/2017; SJ 12
- **2017-03-30** Sen. Woodburn Floor Amendment # 2017-1221s, RC 9Y-14N, AF; 03/30/2017; SJ 12
- **2017-03-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1086s, RC 21Y-2N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/30/2017; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Introduced 03/23/2017 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 28 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Public Hearing: 05/16/2017 10:00 AM LOB 308
- **2017-05-17** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2017-1854h: 05/23/2017 09:30 AM LOB 308
- **2017-05-17** Executive Session: 05/23/2017 09:50 AM LOB 308
- **2017-05-24** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1854h (NT) for 06/01/2017 (Vote 18-1; RC) HC 26 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- **2017-06-01** Amendment # 2017-1854h: AA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 118
- **2017-06-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1854h: MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 120 `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 13Y-10N, MA; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-20** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2359e: AA VV 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 10
- **2017-06-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2359e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 25
- **2017-06-27** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-12** Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2017; Chapter 0216 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** I. Section 6 Effective 07/11/2017 at 12:01 am
- **2017-07-12** II. Remainder Effective 07/10/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88d0bdfc-620b-48f8-8ba0-3d0de9f498c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).