---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner."
description: "relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1044 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Len P Turcotte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-11-07"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97fc9316-0cf6-41df-8d5e-80047098f008"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1605&inflect=2"
source_hash: "ec6a6269975b63b0629cbd033f34e85b810ca706c2a57d3a63b2967bf91ca326"
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 1044 (2026) — relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=20446&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=26481&q=billVersion)
3. **As Amended by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30137&q=billVersion)
4. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32464&q=billVersion)
5. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30661&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Len P Turcotte — primary (person)
- Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
- Claudine R Burnham — cosponsor (person)
- David E Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E Granger — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel G Farrington — cosponsor (person)
- Susan G DeRoy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Public Hearing: 01/13/2026 10:00 am GP 154
- **2026-01-22** Executive Session: 01/13/2026 10:00 am GP 154
- **2026-01-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0069h 01/20/2026 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 5 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Amendment # 2026-0069h: AA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 13
- **2026-02-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0069h: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced 02/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Hearing: 03/10/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 9
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1205s, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Committee Amendment # 2026-1205s, AA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
- **2026-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1205s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/26/2026; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1205s (Rep. Pauer): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2026; Chapter 48; eff. 07/07/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97fc9316-0cf6-41df-8d5e-80047098f008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).