---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to eliminating voter identification exceptions."
description: "relative to eliminating voter identification exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1569"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1569 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac656fff-f45d-400e-a3c9-a205415fc268"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2111&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "e774d1d1fc9e8c0cd34db677f390396474fb153857aadcc8e7a584edeea183f8"
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 1569 (2024) — relative to eliminating voter identification exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2326e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2326e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1198&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **13–11** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass — **12–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 25 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 01:25 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-11** Executive Session: 03/05/2024 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-11** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/05/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC)
- **2024-03-14** Ought to Pass: MA DV 189-185 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 73 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-14** Reconsider HB1569 (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 186-188 03/14/2024 HJ 8 P. 73
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 103, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1821s, 05/16/2024, Vote 3-2; 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** Committee Amendment # 2024-1821s, AF, VV; 05/16/2024; SJ 13
- **2024-05-16** Ought to Pass: RC 12Y-11N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/16/2024; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 4-3; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: RC 13Y-11N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2326e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2326e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 46
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-09-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 09/12/2024; Chapter 378; eff. 11/11/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac656fff-f45d-400e-a3c9-a205415fc268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).