---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to electronic ballot counting devices."
description: "relative to electronic ballot counting devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1157 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter E. Torosian"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a1bed33-0722-4c23-a7bc-b92a73dccb3f"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2430&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "05b8e9d994ec38897460bbed7ab0d261c8c5e11560295b13a5d13eb8a5c64c20"
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 1157 (2022) — relative to electronic ballot counting devices.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Peter E. Torosian — primary (person)
- John C. Janigian — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-17** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 02:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-02-03** Executive Session: 02/03/2022 10:30 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-02-03** Executive Session: 02/03/2022 10:30 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Hearing: 04/04/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 14
- **2022-04-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 62; Eff. 07/19/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a1bed33-0722-4c23-a7bc-b92a73dccb3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).