---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to election audits."
description: "relative to election audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 157 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0be6454f-0fff-41fd-ad52-4155552f19b4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0819&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "404e6920a5897c29a434b3da2cfef9f39414a2e80911184f5d2a62e9133c4fff"
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 157 (2023) — relative to election audits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1385h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1385h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 01/31/2023, Room 103, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 8
- **2023-02-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0248s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0248s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0248s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-02-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/22/2023; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Election Law `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Public Hearing: 04/11/2023 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-12** Executive Session: 04/18/2023 10:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1385h 04/18/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1385h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 7
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1385h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-15** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Birdsell, Soucy; (In Recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19
- **2023-06-15** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Berry): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 10
- **2023-06-15** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Lane, Muirhead, Boehm 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 10
- **2023-06-20** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/20/2023, 11:00 a.m., Room 103, SH
- **2023-06-27** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0be6454f-0fff-41fd-ad52-4155552f19b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).