---
type: "Bill"
title: "changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections."
description: "changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 367"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 367 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert J Wherry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aba8613e-6b05-4da9-9756-7fd0a6dbfad9"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0414&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e8ae4c8891ad7470f7b18d2d7b42562d5379db21d4f841aac544eebb25c5f6ea"
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 367 (2025) — changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2881e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2881e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Robert J Wherry — primary (person)
- Deborah Aylward — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pauer — cosponsor (person)
- James L Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G Boehm — 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. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Public Hearing: 02/25/2025 10:40 am 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 03/11/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 17 P. 56 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-27** FLAM # 2025-1354h (Rep. Berry): AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 29
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1354h: MA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 30 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Hearing: 05/06/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 20
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2881e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-27** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2881e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 56
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 181; 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/aba8613e-6b05-4da9-9756-7fd0a6dbfad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).