---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to verification of voter affidavits."
description: "relative to verification of voter affidavits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 418"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 418 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob J. Giuda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-23"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/650a5df8-e179-4c37-a616-2c465bf3869a"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3015&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8916a8865890f6c9b921986a67c8143c1426c5da1e432db0268f9a30e1cfef95"
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 418 (2022) — relative to verification of voter affidavits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1870h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1870h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment 1096s — **13–11** (pass) · upper
- Concur — **14–9** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **180–154** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **13–11** (pass) · upper
- OTPA — **164–155** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob J. Giuda — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Harold F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-23** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing: 01/20/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:30 pm; SC 2
- **2022-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1096s, 03/24/2022; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
- **2022-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1096s, 03/31/2022; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Committee Amendment # 2022-1096s, RC 13Y-11N, AA; 03/31/2022; SJ 7
- **2022-03-31** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1096s, RC 13Y-11N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/31/2022; SJ 7 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Introduced 03/31/2022 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Public Hearing: 04/08/2022 11:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-04** Executive Session: 04/13/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1487h (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 15 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-04-21** Amendment # 2022-1487h: AA VV 04/21/2022
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1487h: MA RC 180-154 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Referred to Finance 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-22** Executive Session: 04/27/2022 03:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2022-04-22** Division Work Session: 04/26/2022 01:00 pm LOB 212
- **2022-04-28** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1870h (Vote 12-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study
- **2022-05-04** Amendment # 1870h: AA VV 05/04/2022 HJ 11
- **2022-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1870h: MA RC 164-155 05/04/2022 HJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Sen. Gray Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, RC 14Y-9N, MA; 05/12/2022; SJ 12
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022
- **2022-06-22** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2022; Chapter 0239; Effective 01/01/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/650a5df8-e179-4c37-a616-2c465bf3869a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).