---
type: "Bill"
title: "directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems."
description: "directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 626 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald S McFarlane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcb2ded7-a87a-4565-9bdc-7bd8b6e160a1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0617&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e4417b42162303a955fd04c87baea0032abc3018af3130582e07ff999a5babed"
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 626 (2025) — directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1696s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1696s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Donald S McFarlane — primary (person)
- Daniel Popovici-Muller — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 11:20 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 # 2025-0217h 02/04/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment # 0217h: AA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 8
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0217h: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 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`
- **2025-04-09** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1696s, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1696s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-01** Committee Amendment # 2025-1696s, AA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1696s (Rep. Berry): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 200; eff. 07/15/2025 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/fcb2ded7-a87a-4565-9bdc-7bd8b6e160a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).