---
type: "Bill"
title: "changing references from \"votes\" to \"ballots\" in the laws regarding elections."
description: "changing references from \"votes\" to \"ballots\" in the laws regarding elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 212 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Rochefort"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f06a10b-8cfb-42d1-a294-3634c04c1bfe"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1039&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "c651f896f0aac794d0f5a2a230983cb7dc1af95e2a93cf6d1ef42def817569b4"
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 212 (2025) — changing references from "votes" to "ballots" in the laws regarding elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1695h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1695h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David Rochefort — primary (person)
- Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 8
- **2025-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0393s, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0393s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0393s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 10:20 am 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 10:20 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1695h 04/22/2025 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 22 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1695h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 3
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1695h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0102; Effective 06/17/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f06a10b-8cfb-42d1-a294-3634c04c1bfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).