---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the authorization for forensic audits by a county convention."
description: "relative to the authorization for forensic audits by a county convention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1304"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1304 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank H. McCarthy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333a0d32-49cf-43df-b418-e6e4706a0303"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2218&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "bfb7cab0351bed1a0727f4fae043d6e7174fb61050b7197a2b26a80c5361693b"
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 1304 (2018) — relative to the authorization for forensic audits by a county convention.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1231&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Frank H. McCarthy — primary (person)
- Ed Comeau — cosponsor (person)
- Francis Gauthier — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M. Avellani — cosponsor (person)
- Mark E. McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen J. Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas L. Buco — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/30/2018 01:30 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 01/30/2018 03:00 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-11** ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/06/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/22/2018 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 7 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/22/2018 HJ 5 P. 14 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing: 04/04/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2018-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/12/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/12/2018; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled 04/26/2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
- **2018-05-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 61; Eff. 7/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/333a0d32-49cf-43df-b418-e6e4706a0303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).