---
type: "Bill"
title: "extending the time of the party filing period."
description: "extending the time of the party filing period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1381"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1381 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew B. Wilhelm"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-04"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88413677-c8a5-4a1b-9548-29885ed7a495"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2376&inflect=2"
source_hash: "854d700d7cd3cfe3ce30534b3f1695b7b187ce6f7e58799b5850ba9846022b7f"
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 1381 (2026) — extending the time of the party filing period.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Matthew B. Wilhelm — primary (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-04** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 11:20 am GP 158
- **2026-02-11** Executive Session: 02/10/2026 11:00 am GP 158
- **2026-02-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/10/2026 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 9 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 15 `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, 02:00 pm; SC 12
- **2026-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1325s, 04/16/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Committee Amendment # 2026-1325s, AA, VV; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
- **2026-04-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1325s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-06** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1325s (Rep. Berry): MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **2026-05-06** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Lane, Wilhelm 04/23/2026 HJ 11
- **2026-05-18** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-18** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13
- **2026-05-27** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 10:30 am GP 228
- **2026-05-28** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2093c; 06/04/2026
- **2026-05-29** Conference Committee Report # 2026-2093c, Adopted, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
- **2026-06-04** Conference Committee Report 2026-2093c: Adopted, VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2143e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2143e: AA VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15
- **2026-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14 `enrolled`
- **2026-06-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/11/2026; Chapter 129; eff. I. Sec 2 eff 1/1/28 II. Rem eff 6/11/26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88413677-c8a5-4a1b-9548-29885ed7a495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).