---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the format of election ballots."
description: "relative to the format of election ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 336"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 336 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D. Cahill"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a37832b0-03c6-4aad-b7bf-2a4b83762eeb"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0153&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "e9567947384fbe0e1a93ab9121b26d7a6446153d6e72002d105a8130f642f101"
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 336 (2023) — relative to the format of election ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-0736h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-0736h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael D. Cahill — primary (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 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public Hearing: 02/28/2023 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2023-03-02** Executive Session: 03/07/2023 03:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0736h 03/08/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment # 2023-0736h: AA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 4
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0736h: MA VV 03/16/2023 HJ 9 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced 03/16/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 103, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 15
- **2023-03-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/11/2023); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/04/2023
- **2023-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/19/2023; Chapter 43; Eff: 07/18/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a37832b0-03c6-4aad-b7bf-2a4b83762eeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).