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HB1695 • 2026

(New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

(New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Connie Lane (D), Luz Bay (D), Tara Reardon (D), Russell Muirhead (D), Gerald Ward (D), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)
Last action
2026-05-05
Official status
SENATE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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(New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

(New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

What This Bill Does

  • (New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2026-0476h : AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 24

Plain English: Amendment #2026-0476h : AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 24 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-05 S

    Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  2. 2026-04-22 S

    Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17

  3. 2026-04-15 S

    Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:15 am; SC 15

  4. 2026-03-17 S

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

  5. 2026-03-11 H

    Amendment #2026-0476h : AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 24

  6. 2026-03-11 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0476h: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 24

  7. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0476h 03/03/2026 (Vote 16-1; CC) HC 10 P. 15

  8. 2026-01-29 H

    ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/03/2026 10:10 am GP 158

  9. 2026-01-22 H

    Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 02:40 pm GP 158

  10. 2025-12-12 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 31

Official Summary Text

(New Title) preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1695 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

11Mar2026... 0476h
2026 SESSION
26-2526
08/09

HOUSE BILL
1695

AN ACT
preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

SPONSORS: Rep. Lane, Merr. 16; Rep. Muirhead, Graf. 12; Rep. Bay, Straf. 21; Rep. Ward, Rock. 27; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prevents any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2026... 0476h 26-2526
08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.

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

1 Questions to Voters; Constitutional Amendments; Form of Ballot. Amend RSA 663:3 to read as follows:
663:3 Form of Ballot.

I.
The following words shall be printed above the constitutional amendment questions on all ballots containing such questions: "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Convention to Revise the Constitution" or "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Legislature to Revise the Constitution," whichever is appropriate. A constitutional question shall include, in the text of the question, the text of the article of the constitution as it is proposed to be amended, and the results of the vote taken on ordering the proposed amendment to third reading in both the senate and the house of representatives or at the constitutional convention, whichever is appropriate.

II. In instances where the general court or constitutional convention proposes a constitutional amendment in which the constitution would be amended, the proposed amendment shall be displayed on the ballot by way of bracketing and striking text that would be removed and bolding and italicizing text that would be added.

2 Voter's Guides; Constitutional Amendments. RSA 663:3-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
663:3-a Voter's Guides. If the general court or constitutional convention proposes a

constitutional amendment, no explanation or voter's guide to the text of the amendment shall be included on any ballot in which a vote on the adoption of the constitutional amendment takes place.

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