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Bill requiring the secretary of state to create, post on the secretary of state's website, and otherwise distribute notice of proposed constitutional amendments. requiring the secretary of state to create, post on the secretary of state's website, and otherwise distribute notice of proposed constitutional amendments. us/states/nh New Hampshire General Court 2026 HB 1247 New Hampshire HB 1247 (2026)
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3 12 0 2025-12-01 2026-06-01 openstates ocd-bill/fd09278a-da35-4043-894c-86000419479d https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1947&inflect=2 7de3ad019d5ba16f38cb3061eee59cb85214680567180c52bec8ed646811c7ed 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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New Hampshire HB 1247 (2026) — requiring the secretary of state to create, post on the secretary of state's website, and otherwise distribute notice of proposed constitutional amendments.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (committee substitute) — source
  3. Version adopted by both bodies (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Robert J Wherry — primary (person)
  • Claudine R Burnham — cosponsor (person)
  • Clayton D Wood — cosponsor (person)
  • Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
  • Linda McGrath — cosponsor (person)
  • Mary Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-12-01 Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 12 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 02:20 pm GP 158
  • 2026-02-18 Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 158
  • 2026-03-04 Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 14 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-11 Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 21 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-03-17 Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-25 Hearing: 04/01/2026, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 12
  • 2026-04-02 Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/09/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 13 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-03 Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/09/2026; SJ 8 committee-passage-favorable, passage
  • 2026-05-18 Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 enrolled
  • 2026-05-18 Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
  • 2026-06-01 Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 91; eff. 07/27/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd09278a-da35-4043-894c-86000419479d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).