---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the implementation of Accessible Ballots."
description: "establishing a committee to study the implementation of Accessible Ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 539 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b94e185e-78c9-4066-afb6-6809dd0099f5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0379&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "89c25d3da9ac608a03962fa897c3ec5f8bb05e4a3d16d85b87b80431c375208f"
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 539 (2019) — establishing a committee to study the implementation of Accessible Ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1867s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1867s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Public Hearing: 03/05/2019 03:00 pm LOB 301
- **2019-03-06** Executive Session: 03/13/2019 10:00 am LOB 301
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0302h (NT) for 03/19/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 16 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0302h (NT): AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 28
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0302h (NT): MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 28 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing: 04/17/2019, Room 102, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 18
- **2019-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1867s, 05/15/2019; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2019-1867s, AA, VV; 05/15/2019; SJ 16
- **2019-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1867s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2019; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1867s (Rep. Carson): MA VV 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 10
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2019; Chapter 262; Eff: 07/19/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b94e185e-78c9-4066-afb6-6809dd0099f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).