---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to parties on certain election forms and ballots."
description: "relative to parties on certain election forms and ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 390 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc54825d-ff80-42a5-bb49-f1af6bfabfa5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0690&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "3af067d5ea58ce8aca2d2889649c5760664c50f55d25384b0c173474cd7ff5ab"
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 390 (2018) — relative to parties on certain election forms and ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2540s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2017-2540s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=627&txtFormat=html)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/25/2017 10:15 AM LOB 308
- **2017-01-25** Executive Session: 02/01/2017 11:30 AM LOB 308
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/15/2017 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 11 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 10 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 102, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19
- **2017-04-20** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-12-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-2540s, 01/03/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2017-2540s, AA, VV; 01/03/2018; SJ 1
- **2018-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-2540s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2540s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 04/26/2018 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 165; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc54825d-ff80-42a5-bb49-f1af6bfabfa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).