---
type: "Bill"
title: "apportioning delegates to state party conventions, and relative to the form for declarations of candidacy for delegates to state party conventions."
description: "apportioning delegates to state party conventions, and relative to the form for declarations of candidacy for delegates to state party conventions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 55 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara J. Griffin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f135fb4-a81b-4664-99ea-cece8dcfc66d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0630&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "b882fe9552b2255583f85d1b86547e986abb5b9a4831180bea89a25f7de96763"
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 55 (2022) — apportioning delegates to state party conventions, and relative to the form for declarations of candidacy for delegates to state party conventions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0569s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0569s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=647&txtFormat=html)

## 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 Recessed
- **2021-11-10** Executive Session: 11/17/2021 10:00 am LOB 210-211 Continued
- **2021-11-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2247h 11/16/2021 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 48 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-11** Amendment # 2021-2247h: AA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2247h: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **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 with Amendment # 2022-0569s, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0569s, AA, VV; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0569s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV HJ 1
- **2022-03-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/17/2022); SJ 6
- **2022-03-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-03-25** Signed by Governor Sununu 03/23/2022; Chapter 10; Eff. 03/23/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f135fb4-a81b-4664-99ea-cece8dcfc66d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).