---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the director of the division of archives and records management of the department of state."
description: "relative to the director of the division of archives and records management of the department of state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 780"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 780 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary R Gilmore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3bb563a-5877-4e02-adc2-a767228f349f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0815&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "8c68a6eba657826f43305b573e67b514f258e27a71302053be381e0c12660860"
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 780 (2025) — relative to the director of the division of archives and records management of the department of state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0496h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0496h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Gary R Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-03** Executive Session: 02/19/2025 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0496h 02/19/2025 (Vote 15-1; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment # 2025-0496h: AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 13
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0496h: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Introduced 03/13/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/09/2025, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 16
- **2025-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 58
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 212; 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/e3bb563a-5877-4e02-adc2-a767228f349f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).