---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to over voted ballots."
description: "relative to over voted ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1163 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marjorie A. Porter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-17"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32af2b6e-6529-4beb-839a-6c8928bd639a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2367&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "aa2fa9a18f321b4d22a27dc9793e045cddcad833933433b510f2467276cde0f8"
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 1163 (2022) — relative to over voted ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1990e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1990e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Marjorie A. Porter — primary (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W.R. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Julius F. Soti — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Santonastaso — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Berch — 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`
- **2022-02-23** Public Hearing: 02/23/2022 9:30 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-02-19** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2022-0735h: 02/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-03-09** Executive Session: 03/09/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-03-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0741h (Vote 19-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0741h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0741h: AA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Hearing: 04/18/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 15
- **2022-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/28/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-19** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1990EBA: AA VV (in recess of) 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-05-19** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-1990e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/07/2022; Chapter 134; eff.I Sec 1 & 3 eff. as provided in Sec 4 II Rem eff 07/07/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32af2b6e-6529-4beb-839a-6c8928bd639a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).