---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings."
description: "relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 228 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Pauer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26803a2f-10b7-4d07-990a-d65f6e5d0cec"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0272&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "9d655ec031cb900b809f0a32ecd9a81383d765dd196d6cac5f64fd8dff6ab8e7"
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 228 (2025) — relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2165s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2165s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Diane Pauer — primary (person)
- Anita D Burroughs — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel T. Veilleux — cosponsor (person)
- James L Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Riché Colcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Public Hearing: 02/27/2025 02:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-05** Executive Session: 03/10/2025 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/10/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 17 P. 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 43 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Hearing: 05/13/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 21
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2165s, 05/22/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2025-2165s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2165s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2165s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 14
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 173; eff. 09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26803a2f-10b7-4d07-990a-d65f6e5d0cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).