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---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices."
description: "requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 270 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claudine R Burnham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc9562f1-fac7-442c-bcc7-a0e2b2f1c3d6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0546&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "62026b855df6f5ae84aa834b765d28916ea8da3bb5a47098f30fbd42660998cb"
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 270 (2025) — requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2025-1834s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1834s&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Claudine R Burnham — primary (person)
- Aidan Ankarberg — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton D Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person)
- Robert J Wherry — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Susan G DeRoy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 10:20 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-06** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-12** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1053h 03/18/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-1053h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 18
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1053h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 19
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1834s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1834s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1834s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1834s (Rep. Berry): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 174; eff.09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc9562f1-fac7-442c-bcc7-a0e2b2f1c3d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).