---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to chain of custody of ballot boxes after an election."
description: "relative to chain of custody of ballot boxes after an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1457"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1457 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Yakubovich"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c2020db-46e8-4fe6-9747-dd8a276e6d3e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2319&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "2675282d8bc7104fb86ad9b21d3e9ae05a956c9d118b7dfac8d735e916425380"
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 1457 (2022) — relative to chain of custody of ballot boxes after an election.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0967h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0967h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael Yakubovich — primary (person)
- Erica J. Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Ted Gorski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Public Hearing: 01/20/2022 11:30 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 # 2022-0967h (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0967h: MA VV 03/15/2022 HJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Amendment # 2022-0967h: 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`
- **2022-03-31** Hearing: 04/04/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:45 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 73; 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/4c2020db-46e8-4fe6-9747-dd8a276e6d3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).