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---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots."
description: "prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 464"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 464 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erica R de Vries"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27350545-ec6d-495c-87e0-05f3f2942634"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0746&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "a55def4ba90603f20011de5f44ca7457b47b515db806aa23e08a7df6b9174e77"
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 464 (2025) — prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2025-2918e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2918e&txtFormat=amend)
## Sponsors
- Erica R de Vries — primary (person)
- Heath Howard — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 11:40 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-07** Executive Session: 02/11/2025 10:10 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-02-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0196h (NT) 02/11/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0196h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 8
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0196h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-12** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-30** Hearing: 05/06/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am, on proposed amendment # 2025-1807s; SC 20
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2184s, 05/22/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** HB 464 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2025-2184s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2184s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2184s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Burnham, Lane 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 10:40 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-06-10** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-10** President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. Wood Replaces Rep. Lane 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2851c; 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2851c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 22
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2851c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2918e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2918e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 277; eff. I. Sec 9 & 10 eff 12/31/2025 II. RSA 654:12 VI as ins. by sec 5 eff 2/01/2026 III. Rem eff 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27350545-ec6d-495c-87e0-05f3f2942634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).