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---
type: "Bill"
title: "apportioning state senate districts."
description: "apportioning state senate districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 240 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James P. Gray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/389073d2-9cec-4790-be90-8b1904a95811"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2890&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "55adbc41f6a29f52cb5be75486711bd90c7ffab14bf40590fcde5026bb362f3c"
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 240 (2022) — apportioning state senate districts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2022-0709s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0709s&txtFormat=amend)
## Votes
- Floor Amendment 0709s — **1014** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment 0718s — **1014** (fail) · upper
- Table — **143170** (fail) · lower
- OTP — **172149** (pass) · lower
- Ought to Pass w/Amendment — **1410** (pass) · upper
- Committee Amendment 0565s — **1410** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James P. Gray — primary (person)
- Chuck Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-14** To Be Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-20** Hearing: 01/10/2022, Room Representatives Hall, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 50
- **2021-12-29** Amendment # 2022-0013s to SB 240 will be proposed and can be accessed via the General Court Website http://gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/committees/Redistricting/billsandsubmissions.aspx SC 1
- **2022-02-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0565s, 02/16/2022; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment # 2022-0565s, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-0718s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-0709s, RC 10Y-14N, AF; 02/16/2022; SJ 3
- **2022-02-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0565s, RC 14Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/16/2022; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Introduced 03/17/2022 and referred to Special Committee on Redistricting `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Public Hearing: 04/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-14** Executive Session: 04/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 201-203
- **2022-04-14** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 8-7; RC) HC 15 P. 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-14** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-04-21** Lay SB240 on Table (Rep. T. Smith): MF RC 143-170 04/21/2022 HJ 10
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA RC 172-149 04/21/2022 HJ 10 `passage`
- **2022-04-29** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/21/2022
- **2022-04-29** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/28/2022); SJ 11
- **2022-05-09** Signed by the Governor on 05/06/2022; Chapter 0045; Effective 05/06/2022 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/389073d2-9cec-4790-be90-8b1904a95811`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).