---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the length of terms for Coos county officers."
description: "relative to the length of terms for Coos county officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1345"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1345 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnold G. Davis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441c0dc7-9dd8-484c-af84-2839bcb5a0ed"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2177&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "c6163844b66517dbbd7ba0c4f4b54425eed0d990ed6725b5e3eb6019ecce078c"
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 HB 1345 (2024) — relative to the length of terms for Coos county officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1265&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Arnold G. Davis — primary (person)
- James W Tierney — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Ouellet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Public Hearing: 02/21/2024 01:40 pm LOB 307
- **2024-03-06** Executive Session: 03/11/2024 09:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2024-03-15** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/11/2024 (Vote 16-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2024-03-21** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 122 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 103, LOB, 10:30 am; SC 17
- **2024-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024, Vote 3-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Special Order to 05/16/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024 SJ 12
- **2024-05-16** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/16/2024; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 43
- **2024-07-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 128; eff. 09/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441c0dc7-9dd8-484c-af84-2839bcb5a0ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).