---
type: "Bill"
title: "apportioning county commissioner districts."
description: "apportioning county commissioner districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 54 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara J. Griffin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77de2e6b-ff6a-493d-9f64-b3f6c7177f45"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0632&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c14bdd01af1a7628487d8ca8e7e4e4f833bb7d586b6caf54b92895c094fa55c2"
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 54 (2022) — apportioning county commissioner districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0713s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0713s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=649&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment 0713s — **11–13** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara J. Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Special Committee on Redistricting HJ 2 P. 55 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Public Hearing: 03/09/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94125334680 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-23** Retained in Committee
- **2021-11-09** Executive Session: 11/16/2021 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2021-11-22** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2273h 11/16/2021 (Vote 10-5; RC) HC 48 P. 44 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-22** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2276h
- **2022-01-10** Special Order To next order of business (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Reconsider Special order (Rep. Cali-Pitts): MF RC 35-316 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Amendment # 2021-2273h: AA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Amendment # 2021-2276h: AF DV 157-182 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2273h: MA DV 184-159 01/05/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-10** Reconsider (Rep. Doucette): MF VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing: 01/26/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 4
- **2022-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-0713s, RC 11Y-13N, AF; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/16/2022); SJ 4
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/17/2022 HJ 3
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 02/24/2022; Chapter 4; eff. 02/24/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77de2e6b-ff6a-493d-9f64-b3f6c7177f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).