---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public."
description: "requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 243 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katelyn Kuttab"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4345a102-da4e-4294-8136-c08e11595d2e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0465&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "3519c227b3c1ded6208cb35d16c6e1b2f38ed403461b9583f06f3c1e979c976d"
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 243 (2024) — requiring the tabulation of votes in elections to be done in public.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1522s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1522s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Katelyn Kuttab — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D. Read — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Julius F. Soti — 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 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **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
- **2023-03-15** Retained in Committee
- **2023-10-17** Executive Session: 10/31/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308 HC 42
- **2023-11-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2394h 10/31/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 49 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-03** Amendment # 2023-2394h: AA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 50
- **2024-01-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2394h: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 50 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced 02/15/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Hearing: 03/12/2024, Room 103, LOB, 09:50 am; SC 10
- **2024-04-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1522s, 04/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 15A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-1522s, AA, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1522s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1522s (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 14
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 178; eff. 09/10/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4345a102-da4e-4294-8136-c08e11595d2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).