---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to presidential nominations."
description: "relative to presidential nominations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 588 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c07fe73-e349-40b3-b6ae-245dd6d23184"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0609&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "ce6e55c49c3b58facc61745ac108c7acef38c9a3b35334fdb50cb69c063faced"
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 588 (2019) — relative to presidential nominations.

## 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.

- **2019-01-15** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/30/2019 10:30 am LOB 308
- **2019-02-06** Executive Session: 02/13/2019 11:00 am LOB 308
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/27/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 13 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced 03/14/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Hearing: 05/16/2019, Room 102, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 22
- **2019-05-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/23/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2019; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
- **2019-06-12** Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
- **2019-07-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 177; Eff: 09/08/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c07fe73-e349-40b3-b6ae-245dd6d23184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).