---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to construction of the terms \"resident,\" \"inhabitant,\" \"residence,\" and \"residency.\""
description: "relative to construction of the terms \"resident,\" \"inhabitant,\" \"residence,\" and \"residency.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1264 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman A. Packard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44b768d1-1365-47bd-bd08-bdd600809bc5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2352&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "53b13b17a473c69d7dcb074cb3d1062ad3d1d88815c81bfb28012b69c2cdbbaf"
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 1264 (2018) — relative to construction of the terms "resident," "inhabitant," "residence," and "residency."

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1890s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1890s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1365&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Concur — **182–156** (pass) · lower
- Laid on Table — **10–14** (fail) · upper
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **14–10** (pass) · upper
- Table — **148–167** (fail) · lower
- OTP — **171–144** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sherman A. Packard — primary (person)
- John A. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen M. Hoelzel — cosponsor (person)
- Richard W. Hinch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/25/2018 11:00 AM LOB 308
- **2018-02-06** Executive Session: 02/13/2018 11:00 AM LOB 308
- **2018-03-01** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/06/2018 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 9 P. 51 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-03-06** Lay HB 1264 on Table (Rep. Dyer): MF RC 148-167 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 132
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA RC 171-144 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 134 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2018-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Birdsell Floor Amendment # 2018-1890s, AA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Feltes Moved Laid on Table, RC 10Y-14N, MF; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1890s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/02/2018; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1890s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA DV 182-156 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-16** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-07-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/13/2018; Chapter 370; Eff. 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44b768d1-1365-47bd-bd08-bdd600809bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).