---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the delivery of absentee ballots."
description: "relative to the delivery of absentee ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katelyn Kuttab"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cbfc603-d0e1-496c-b929-0db4c5924706"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0467&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "98d2743c26bd6d1147209ab74f0239d0d764b635c58c6400ccb0c9bbc922e2c7"
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 244 (2023) — relative to the delivery of absentee ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1421s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1421s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Katelyn Kuttab — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Kristine Perez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Public Hearing: 02/21/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/28/2023 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-02-21** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/28/2023 02:30 pm LOB 206-208
- **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 # 2023-0957h 03/15/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 16 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-22** Amendment # 2023-0957h: AA VV 03/22/2023 HJ 10 P. 14
- **2023-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0957h: 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, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1421s, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1421s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1421s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1421s (Rep. Berry): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 2
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 184; eff: 10/03/2023 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/0cbfc603-d0e1-496c-b929-0db4c5924706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).