---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters."
description: "relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 365 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Lynn"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a4180b-3c6d-40b1-873b-7aa10a0ae0e3"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "8962885c72c8a9a059695aa52ec77c574aee6a372880daeca5d6a31a22139907"
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 365 (2026) — relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- OTPA — **195–142** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Lynn — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — 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. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm 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
- **2025-02-27** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-05** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/04/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Finance 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 69 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA DV 200-169 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 69 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Division I Work Session: 03/24/2025 09:00 am LOB 212
- **2025-03-26** Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- **2025-04-02** Retained in Committee
- **2025-08-28** Division I Work Session: 09/18/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- **2025-09-18** Division I Work Session: 10/02/2025 01:00 pm GP 230
- **2025-10-14** Executive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230
- **2025-11-06** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2994h 10/30/2025 (Vote 16-9; RC) HC 51 P. 35 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-06** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2026-01-08** Amendment # 2025-2994h: AA VV 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 2
- **2026-01-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2994h: MA RC 195-142 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 6
- **2026-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026; Vote 3-2; CC; SC 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/05/2026; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026, Vote 5-2; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Sen. Perkins Kwoka Floor Amendment # 2026-1407s, AF, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8
- **2026-04-09** 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 68; 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/40a4180b-3c6d-40b1-873b-7aa10a0ae0e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).