---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to filing for office and witnessing affidavits."
description: "relative to filing for office and witnessing affidavits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 327 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald S McFarlane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59b51c9-66e9-4fba-9f6f-bcc3a33a7d67"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0507&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "f60ff9b913e1dd1f437e629dcd689f86da737a168a99cdf0d8f1158046446867"
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 327 (2025) — relative to filing for office and witnessing affidavits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0237h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0237h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donald S McFarlane — primary (person)
- Barbara Comtois — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Franz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Warden — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 11:40 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 02/04/2025 10:10 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0237h 02/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; RC) HC 12 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0237h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 41
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0237h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 42 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-04-01** 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`
- **2025-05-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2025); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59
- **2025-05-30** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 47; eff. 07/28/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f59b51c9-66e9-4fba-9f6f-bcc3a33a7d67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).