---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to fines and penalties for election law violations and relative to consequences resulting from election official misconduct."
description: "relative to fines and penalties for election law violations and relative to consequences resulting from election official misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 405"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 405 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2657bdd-3b8c-42ec-b5a8-bde27aba9e19"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3052&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "0ebb38c48388591a15b6a00b468d6cac4bf471f359c04e1de7d3f790b3811129"
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 405 (2022) — relative to fines and penalties for election law violations and relative to consequences resulting from election official misconduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1512h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1512h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- John T. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing: 01/20/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 2
- **2022-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1101s, 03/24/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Committee Amendment # 2022-1101s, AA, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1101s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 11:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/08/2022 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1512h(NT) (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 15 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 1512h: AA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1512h: MA VV 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0234 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-22** I. Sections 1-4 Effective 01/01/2023
- **2022-06-22** II. Remainder Effective 08/16/2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2657bdd-3b8c-42ec-b5a8-bde27aba9e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).