HB1330 • 2026

allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Matthew Coker (R), Matthew Hicks (D), Daniel Veilleux (D), Nicholas Bridle (R), Alissandra Murray (D), Kimberly Rice (R), Dale Girard (R)
Last action: 2026-03-11
Official status: HOUSE
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

What This Bill Does

allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-11 H
Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 23
2026-03-04 H
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/17/2026 (Vote 13-3; CC) HC 10 P. 15
2026-02-17 H
Executive Session: 02/17/2026 01:40 pm GP 158
2026-02-05 H
Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 11:00 am GP 158
2025-12-01 H
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 15

Official Summary Text

allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1330 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2911
08/06

HOUSE BILL
1330

AN ACT
allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Coker, Belk. 2; Rep. Bridle, Rock. 29; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Hicks, Merr. 24; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

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26-2911
08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
allowing all registered voters to vote in state and presidential primaries regardless of declared party affiliation.

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

1 Primary Voting; State and Presidential Primaries; All Voters May Vote. RSA 659:14 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
659:14 Special Provisions for State and Presidential Primary Elections. A person desiring to vote at a state or presidential primary election shall, at the time of announcing the person’s name, request the ballot of the party in whose primary the person wishes to vote. Any registered voter, regardless of declared party affiliation or undeclared status, may choose to vote in the primary election of any recognized political party. No person shall be permitted to vote in more than one party’s primary during the same election.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.