---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to tallies of votes on budget items or warrant articles."
description: "relative to tallies of votes on budget items or warrant articles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1392"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1392 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank H. McCarthy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f58153e-0c7a-4898-909b-47e0829234d7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2056&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "99d4def4f8cd4c0c9e9310fbed7517a0ce12b1c284edffc48fd8ad51cd87fb51"
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 1392 (2018) — relative to tallies of votes on budget items or warrant articles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1855s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1855s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1069&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Frank H. McCarthy — primary (person)
- Ed Comeau — cosponsor (person)
- Francis Gauthier — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Cordelli — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Verville — cosponsor (person)
- Lino M. Avellani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-01-03** Executive Session: 01/16/2018 12:30 PM LOB 301
- **2018-01-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0152h (NT) for 02/07/2018 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 5 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Amendment # 2018-0152h: AA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 10
- **2018-02-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0152h: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 10 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: 03/14/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:10 am; SC 10
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1802s, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Gray Moved to Remove HB 1392 from the Consent Calendar; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/03/2018
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1802s, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Committee Amendment # 2018-1802s, AF, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2018-1855s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1855s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1855s (Rep. J. Belanger): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-29** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-18** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/12/2018; Chapter 246; Eff. 8/11/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f58153e-0c7a-4898-909b-47e0829234d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).