---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to election audits."
description: "relative to election audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 261 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Berry"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c8f2982-58d1-4f45-aedc-af923a3fc671"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0328&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "8cb9f64ff66ef605df9d7302fa8bae4e35a3ce4be5ccbf1936d9bb9805e3b782"
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 261 (2025) — relative to election audits.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Ross Berry — primary (person)
- Alvin B See — cosponsor (person)
- Brian D Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 10:50 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-06** Executive Session: 01/21/2025 10:50 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 11 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 14
- **2025-03-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 23; eff.07/13/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c8f2982-58d1-4f45-aedc-af923a3fc671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).