---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to political expenditures and contributions."
description: "relative to political expenditures and contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 348"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 348 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cac1e56-3409-4cb1-b32e-c0d3c7001e0e"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3106&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "f1ddde2ce67c378432d87e2bbcfd264e45c4a9dec5e4221709adde5627362648"
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 SB 348 (2022) — relative to political expenditures and contributions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1299s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1299s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing: 02/14/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 7
- **2022-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1174s, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Special Order to the end of the Regular Calendar, Without Objection, MA SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1174s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-1299s, AA, VV; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2022-1174s and 2022-1299s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/08/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-04** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `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 the Governor on 05/20/2022; Chapter 0093; Effective 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cac1e56-3409-4cb1-b32e-c0d3c7001e0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).