---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to town meeting warrants."
description: "relative to town meeting warrants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1309"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1309 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley L Potenza"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8999a87-08ab-4ce2-b403-0a48500de59a"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2103&inflect=2"
source_hash: "d8be6cbb0f8b2e08d292bd0f4a2aa74b19964a51626b81393d68fa000d0649a5"
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 1309 (2026) — relative to town meeting warrants.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Kelley L Potenza — primary (person)
- Claudine R Burnham — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lori E Korzen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (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. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 11:20 am GP 154
- **2026-02-11** Executive Session: 02/17/2026 09:00 am GP 154
- **2026-02-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0411h 02/17/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment # 2026-0411h: AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 27
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0411h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 27 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-06** Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:15 am; SC 12
- **2026-04-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-01** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 92; eff. 07/27/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8999a87-08ab-4ce2-b403-0a48500de59a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).