---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote."
description: "requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 323"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 323 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald S McFarlane"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1723d426-9ae4-4807-a013-38214a5e1149"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "5ad8c0fc8550545aeda85b6cd5fdcaa487c394be7912315f76cd9b24c4c522ac"
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 323 (2026) — requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTPA — **190–148** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass — **16–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald S McFarlane — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- John Sellers — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Julius F Soti — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 15 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2025 09:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-20** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2025 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-04** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/07/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-06** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-12** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-12** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/14/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/18/2025 09:00 am LOB 307
- **2025-03-18** Retained in Committee
- **2025-08-25** Executive Session: 09/16/2025 10:15 am GP 158
- **2025-11-17** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2940h 09/16/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 31 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-17** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-2940h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 158
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2940h: MA RC 190-148 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 160 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:35 am; SC 5
- **2026-02-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 2
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 20; eff: 06/02/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1723d426-9ae4-4807-a013-38214a5e1149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).