---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations."
description: "requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 16 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-30"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c27dab-3572-431d-9464-c577b3a9f7c1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0682&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "df140b3648ee11efe89084d9fc63ee7c6466d5d19c9dce07879c457698e77334"
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 SB 16 (2025) — requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0259s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0259s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-30** Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Hearing: 01/14/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:40 am; SC 5
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0259s, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Amendment # 2025-0259s, AA, VV; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0259s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2025; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 109 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-23** Executive Session: 04/22/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/22/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 22 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/10/2025; Chapter 0079; Effective 08/09/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c27dab-3572-431d-9464-c577b3a9f7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).