---
type: "Bill"
title: "enabling towns to establish a 3-year term for town moderators."
description: "enabling towns to establish a 3-year term for town moderators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1113"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1113 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denis Vincent Murphy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/777753c8-b507-4340-89ee-fc01a9425abd"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1852&inflect=2"
source_hash: "48754f8f1a32a3ffc65b23aa8cd0b1a49dea0d4518cda8b2f092138d5210bb4f"
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 1113 (2026) — enabling towns to establish a 3-year term for town moderators.

## 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=22757&q=billVersion)
2. **As Amended by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=28634&q=billVersion)
3. **CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=32967&q=billVersion)
4. **Version adopted by both bodies** (committee substitute) — [source](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/pdf.aspx?id=30681&q=billVersion)

## Sponsors

- Denis Vincent Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 10:05 am GP 154
- **2026-02-11** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/17/2026 09:00 am GP 154
- **2026-02-18** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:30 am GP 154
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0806h 03/03/2026 (Vote 12-6; RC) HC 10 P. 63 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment # 2026-0806h: AA VV 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 28
- **2026-03-12** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0806h: MA DV 196-144 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2026-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/07/2026 HJ 12
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 70; eff.07/17/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/777753c8-b507-4340-89ee-fc01a9425abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).