---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections."
description: "relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1340"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1340 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia O'Brien Irwin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8d360a-a51c-49cc-ba33-99b1cb302742"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2242&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "4777e2f83813db1bdb9cd97cfcf1831243922de31a7d0404bf99fcdf5b986afc"
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 1340 (2018) — relative to absences among officers required to be present at school district elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0584h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0584h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1255&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Virginia O'Brien Irwin — primary (person)
- James L. Grenier — cosponsor (person)
- Karen E. Ebel — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-06** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** ==ROOM CHANGE== Public Hearing: 02/06/2018 01:30 PM LOB 305-307
- **2018-01-11** ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/14/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
- **2018-02-28** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0584h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 28 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0584h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 50
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0584h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 50 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Hearing: 03/28/2018, Room 102, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 13
- **2018-04-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/26/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/26/2018; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled (In recess 05/03/2018); SJ 17
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled 05/03/2018
- **2018-06-12** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 178; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc8d360a-a51c-49cc-ba33-99b1cb302742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).