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HB1325 • 2026

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Katelyn Kuttab (R), Robert Wherry (R), Denise Ricciardi (R), Diane Kelley (R)
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

What This Bill Does

  • enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/28/2026; Chapter 93; eff. 05/28/2026

  2. 2026-05-18 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13

  3. 2026-05-18 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13

  4. 2026-04-07 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14

  5. 2026-04-07 S

    Ought to Pass : MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9

  6. 2026-03-25 S

    Hearing: 04/01/2026, Room 103, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 12

  7. 2026-03-17 S

    Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7

  8. 2026-03-11 H

    Ought to Pass : MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 23

  9. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 10 P. 15

  10. 2026-02-18 H

    Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:00 am GP 158

  11. 2026-01-29 H

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 10:40 am GP 158

  12. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 15

Official Summary Text

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 93
HB 1325 - FINAL VERSION

2026 SESSION
26-2991
08/06

HOUSE BILL
1325

AN ACT
enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. D. Kelley, Hills. 32; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows the supervisors of the checklist to hold a meeting to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2991
08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

93:1 Voters and Checklists. Amend RSA 669:5 to read as follows:
669:5 Voters and Checklists. An updated checklist shall be used at all town meetings and elections for the same purposes a checklist is used at a state election and to insure that only qualified voters participate in town meeting discussions and votes, by voice or otherwise. The supervisors shall prepare, post, and revise the checklist for a town meeting or election in the same manner as for a state election as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31[
, provided, however, that the session for correction shall be held on Saturday 6 to 13 days prior to the election
]. The supervisors shall also hold one session for correction of the checklist on the day immediately prior to the first day of the filing period for candidates for town office, as provided in RSA 669:19 or 669:42, as applicable, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and at the discretion of the supervisors for extended hours.

93:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 28, 2026
Effective Date: May 28, 2026