---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study ways to improve civic engagement in New Hampshire."
description: "establishing a committee to study ways to improve civic engagement in New Hampshire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 429 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3510312c-993e-475c-9bab-cdfa41ea0fcc"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0659&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "0b837ffc113b11f5cdc701c0f6bc4d076de278fc0a9b0d1ff5bd0f26bb32f2f2"
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 429 (2019) — establishing a committee to study ways to improve civic engagement in New Hampshire.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1885s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1885s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2019 10:00 am LOB 308
- **2019-01-23** Executive Session: 02/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 308
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 10 `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/17/2019, Room 102, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 18
- **2019-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1885s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2019-1885s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1885s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1885s (Rep. Moynihan): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 3
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2019; Chapter 212; Eff: 07/12/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3510312c-993e-475c-9bab-cdfa41ea0fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).