---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to election procedures, delivery of ballots, and assents to candidacy."
description: "relative to election procedures, delivery of ballots, and assents to candidacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 44 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2020-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c46177-a1b7-42de-b97b-ad7775160838"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0871&sy=2020&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2020"
source_hash: "ef2d3ab0e0e4ad226b915bc40b4fa2ef679c48dff66b1656f7a95b0ac22a2171"
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 SB 44 (2020) — relative to election procedures, delivery of ballots, and assents to candidacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2020-1615e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2020-1615e&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing: 01/30/2019, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 8
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/07/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 69 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/10/2019 01:30 pm LOB 308
- **2019-04-16** Executive Session: 04/25/2019 11:00 am LOB 308
- **2019-04-25** Retained in Committee
- **2019-09-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/03/2019 01:00 pm LOB 305
- **2019-10-04** Executive Session: 10/31/2019 11:00 am LOB 308
- **2019-11-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2803h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 50 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-08** Amendment # 2019-2803h: AA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 39
- **2020-01-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2803h: MA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 39 `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Sen. Levesque Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/29/2020; SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-1615e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-10** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-1615e: AA VV 06/30/2020 HJ 10
- **2020-07-16** Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 74
- **2020-07-16** Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9
- **2020-07-29** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2020; Chapter 0035; Effective 09/26/2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c46177-a1b7-42de-b97b-ad7775160838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).