---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the disqualification of certain persons from performing the duties of an election official."
description: "relative to the disqualification of certain persons from performing the duties of an election official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 242 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb3199f-c58e-49cb-b114-63dd40e34e9d"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2894&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "c273c93ce345ba9493f1cbffe1db6be91accb114195791f62f5e9338cac57021"
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 242 (2022) — relative to the disqualification of certain persons from performing the duties of an election official.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1353h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1353h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — 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`
- **2021-12-21** Hearing: 01/12/2022, Room 103, SH, 01:20 pm; SC 50
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/03/2022; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Public Hearing: 04/06/2022 09:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/08/2022 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1353h (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 15 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 2022-1353h: AA VV 04/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1353h: MA DV 176-151 04/21/2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0212; Effective 08/16/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bb3199f-c58e-49cb-b114-63dd40e34e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).