---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of accessible voting systems."
description: "relative to the definition of accessible voting systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1264 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Paige"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb5672c-ddd4-4ce2-9269-50813317d6b6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2009&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "81263c9ee464256432fb882192cb55cca7f88bf374e3b83af9d6a60c0ea0ec57"
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 1264 (2024) — relative to the definition of accessible voting systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1041h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1041h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1096&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Mark Paige — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Guthrie — cosponsor (person)
- Marjorie K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A Vallone — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 10:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-27** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/05/2024 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-05** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/11/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1041h 03/11/2024 (Vote 20-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Amendment # 2024-1041h: AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 65
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1041h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 65 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 17
- **2024-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 3-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Special Order to 05/16/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024 SJ 12
- **2024-05-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/16/2024; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 123; eff. 01/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb5672c-ddd4-4ce2-9269-50813317d6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).