---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application."
description: "requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 287 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/326e7805-4302-4325-980e-9e31831c6a58"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1097&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "2e4f54670f5611002a03f443f00634e8a486e50f64ef182c8ca4f86f5732234a"
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 287 (2025) — requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2414h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2414h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **187–149** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Amendment — **184–146** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory G. Hill — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** Hearing: 03/11/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 12
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/27/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9 `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 02:40 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-08** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-05-14** Executive Session: 05/27/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-05-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2414h 05/27/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 27 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-06-05** Amendment # 2025-2414h: AA RC 184-146 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 132
- **2025-06-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2414h: MA RC 187-149 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 134 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Burnham, Wood 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
- **2025-06-12** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 09:13 am, Room 103, SH
- **2025-06-16** Conferee Change; Senator Rochefort Replaces Senator Perkins Kwoka; SJ 17
- **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2797c Filed 06/18/2025; As Amended by the House HJ 17
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2797c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 11
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2797c; RC 16Y-8N, Adopted; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18
- **2025-08-04** Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0302; Effective 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/326e7805-4302-4325-980e-9e31831c6a58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).