---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to electronic ballot counting devices."
description: "relative to electronic ballot counting devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 154 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juliet Harvey-Bolia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f3a45e-3647-40c6-ab2c-d56476e26e4f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0554&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e253f359bc7298eb0e783b9874ef91253b9b37cd735283c99956ecb45bda221b"
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 154 (2024) — relative to electronic ballot counting devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0845e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0845e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Reconsider — **162–201** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — primary (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa C.M. Post — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2023 and referred to Municipal and County Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2023 12:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-08** Executive Session: 02/15/2023 10:30 am LOB 301
- **2023-02-13** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/16/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-27** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/15/2023 (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 14 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2023-03-09** Lay HB154 on Table (Rep. Stavis): MF DV 180-191 03/09/2023 HJ 9 P. 64 `deferral`
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass: MA RC 192-180 03/09/2023 HJ 9 P. 65 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Reconsider HB154 (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 177-195 03/09/2023 HJ 9 P. 66
- **2023-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Hearing: 04/11/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 17
- **2023-04-19** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/11/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21
- **2023-05-11** Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-19** Hearing: 10/31/2023, Room 100, SH, 10:10 am, on proposed amendment # 2023-2337s; SC 40
- **2023-12-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2403s, 01/03/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 49 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Committee Amendment # 2023-2403s, AA, VV; 01/03/2024; SJ 1
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2403s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/03/2024; SJ 1 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-2403s (Rep. Berry): MA VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 54
- **2024-02-16** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-2403s and Requests CofC (Rep. L. Turcotte): MF VV 02/15/2024 HJ 5 P. 54
- **2024-02-16** Notice of Reconsideration (Rep. McCarter) 02/16/2024
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-0845e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 02/21/2024); SJ 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Reconsider (Rep. McCarter): MF RC 162-201 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 20
- **2024-02-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-0845e: AA VV (in recess of) 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 137
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/21/2024); SJ 6 `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 137
- **2024-03-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 03/06/2024; Chapter 4; eff. 02/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f3a45e-3647-40c6-ab2c-d56476e26e4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).