---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner."
description: "requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 78 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Len P Turcotte"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7b5f5a-5226-4f7a-8f4c-9ef756c82e7b"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0098&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "53fdff54f17552f04d5679bdb50c6dd465d98522dab28f3fc68d3e13e5cb0703"
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 78 (2025) — requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0034h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0034h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Len P Turcotte — primary (person)
- Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
- Claudine R Burnham — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E Granger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2025 01:35 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-15** Executive Session: 01/23/2025 01:40 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-01-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0034h 01/23/2025 (Vote 13-5; RC) HC 10 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-02-06** Amendment # 2025-0034h: AA DV 325-30 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 32
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0034h: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Hearing: 03/18/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 13
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-29** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/17/2025); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 163
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2025; Chapter 6; eff. 05/08/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7b5f5a-5226-4f7a-8f4c-9ef756c82e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).