---
type: "Bill"
title: "enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted."
description: "enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 154 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvin B See"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2d0a71-6de7-4df7-a454-f24858566ff0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0558&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e7587cb26c4114405c306cfb09c62ba883b7152e9983addab0a67207130b12e5"
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 (2025) — enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1828s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1828s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Alvin B See — primary (person)
- Clayton D Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Ricky J Devoid — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 01:40 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-27** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-19** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/04/2025 (Vote 13-5; RC) HC 17 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 54 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Committee Amendment # 2025-1828s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-04-23** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 19
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1828s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1828s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1828s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-10** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1828s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168
- **2025-06-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Burnham, Lane 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 168
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 10:35 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. Wood Replaces Rep. Lane 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2768c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2768c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2768c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 18
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 271; eff.09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2d0a71-6de7-4df7-a454-f24858566ff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).