---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the counting of defective ballots."
description: "relative to the counting of defective ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 146 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-26"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee8b262-3e7e-452e-bece-4d66661e17b2"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0081&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "e4da239b87d1585518ad6c3f53e2fcbf73a9b0330679ccbe540915d407b1efb5"
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 146 (2019) — relative to the counting of defective ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1629s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1629s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-26** Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 39 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/16/2019 11:20 am LOB 301
- **2019-01-16** Executive Session: 01/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 301
- **2019-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0049h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment # 2019-0049h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 19
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0049h: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 19 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing: 04/03/2019, Room 102, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 16
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1629s, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2019-1629s, AA, VV; 05/02/2019; SJ 15
- **2019-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1629s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1629s (Rep. Carson): MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 11
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-03** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/01/2019; Chapter 148; Eff: 08/30/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ee8b262-3e7e-452e-bece-4d66661e17b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).