---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary."
description: "requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 265"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 265 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marjorie K. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b46b7c-0c3b-47c0-a193-41b9caee5798"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0331&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "7331af7b95fc012c86d5293e5e394d789533918bf2074093ee5ad1f807972d06"
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 265 (2025) — requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1544s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1544s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Marjorie K. Smith — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Judiciary HJ 2 P. 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 01:00 pm LOB 206-208
- **2025-01-22** Executive Session: 01/30/2025 10:00 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1544s, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Committee Amendment # 2025-1544s, AA, VV; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1544s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1544s (Rep. Lynn): MA VV 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 3
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-25** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/23/2025; Chapter 112; eff.08/22/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4b46b7c-0c3b-47c0-a193-41b9caee5798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).