---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings."
description: "relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 415"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 415 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c3e665-b455-444b-a444-ff51d9f9db02"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0564&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "1406d54a05d6f82cee08f8494ca98fa599d5fdd63adc2555ae2330121999de74"
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 415 (2019) — relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.

## Version chain

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


## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/30/2019 01:30 pm LOB 301
- **2019-02-15** ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 301
- **2019-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/14/2019 (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 15 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Removed from Consent (Rep. Warden) 03/14/2019 HJ 9 P. 1
- **2019-03-14** Special Order to 03/19/2019 Without Objection HJ 9 P. 51
- **2019-03-20** Ought to Pass: MA DV 235-122 03/20/2019 HJ 11 P. 16 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Hearing: 04/25/2019, Room 102, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 19
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2019; Chapter 131; Eff: 08/24/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5c3e665-b455-444b-a444-ff51d9f9db02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).