---
type: "Bill"
title: "apportioning executive council districts."
description: "apportioning executive council districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 241 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b08639cb-76f8-40b9-8aba-c0ae6cfc39cd"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2891&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "31dccccc6e0be63522e8cf78d577ed53c0d6563f22f364859c2d710a5d1caaf9"
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 241 (2022) — apportioning executive council districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1543h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1543h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment 1188s — **12–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment 1189s — **9–13** (fail) · upper
- Adopt Amendment — **145–175** (fail) · lower
- OTP — **174–146** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Chuck Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-20** Hearing: 01/10/2022, Room Representatives Hall, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 50
- **2022-03-07** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/17/2022; SC 11
- **2022-03-17** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/17/2022; SJ 5
- **2022-03-17** Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/24/2022; SC 12
- **2022-03-24** Refer to Interim Study, MF, VV; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Gray Moved Ought to Pass; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2022-1188s, RC 12Y-10N, AA; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-1189s, RC 9Y-13N, AF; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1188s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Introduced 03/28/2022 and referred to Special Committee on Redistricting `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/14/2022 10:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/14/2022 10:30 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 8-7; RC) HC 15 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1543h RC
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 2022-1543h: AF RC 145-175 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA RC 174-146 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-29** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/21/2022
- **2022-04-29** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/28/2022); SJ 11
- **2022-05-09** Signed by the Governor on 05/06/2022; Chapter 0046; Effective 05/06/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b08639cb-76f8-40b9-8aba-c0ae6cfc39cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).