---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of political advocacy organization."
description: "relative to the definition of political advocacy organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 195 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connie Boyles Lane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee33db9-c588-4413-bf6a-c2ac1da706ec"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0493&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e979cf94d8389ea22f457e81f2b0e90692d3ec1ba5a7f9b830da542f1e694d0e"
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 195 (2023) — relative to the definition of political advocacy organization.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0986h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0986h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Connie Boyles Lane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-01-25** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/31/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-08** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/15/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0986h 03/15/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0986h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 14
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0986h: MA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-24** Introduced 03/23/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/30/2023; Chapter 118; EFF: 08/29/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dee33db9-c588-4413-bf6a-c2ac1da706ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).