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Bill requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes. requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes. us/states/nh New Hampshire General Court 2025 HB 474 New Hampshire HB 474 (2025)
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Claudine R Burnham
1 14 0 2025-01-13 2025-06-06 openstates ocd-bill/c93f2ac5-e547-4bcb-b38b-e8c2ca398218 https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0736&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025 752780730bf5db6dc382aae7a3c4541cf74e91c8a3d91e86241f01183692f99d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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New Hampshire HB 474 (2025) — requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment #2025-0216h (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Claudine R Burnham — primary (person)
  • Clayton D Wood — cosponsor (person)
  • Glenn Bailey — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 12 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
  • 2025-01-29 Executive Session: 02/04/2025 10:10 am LOB 306-308
  • 2025-02-06 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0216h 02/04/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-06 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  • 2025-03-20 Amendment # 2025-0216h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 44
  • 2025-03-20 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0216h: MA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 44 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2025-03-24 Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 9 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-09 Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 17
  • 2025-04-16 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/01/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 19 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-01 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2025-05-23 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/22/2025); SJ 15 enrolled
  • 2025-05-23 Enrolled (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 51
  • 2025-06-06 Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/02/2025; Chapter 65; eff.08/01/2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c93f2ac5-e547-4bcb-b38b-e8c2ca398218. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).