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HB281 • 2026

requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Robert Wherry (R), Clayton Wood (R)
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
PASSED
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2025-2939h : AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50

Plain English: Amendment #2025-2939h : AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026

  2. 2026-06-29 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 15

  3. 2026-06-04 H

    Conference Committee Report 2026-2095c: Adopted, VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  4. 2026-05-29 S

    Conference Committee Report #2026-2095c , Adopted, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14

  5. 2026-05-28 S

    Conference Committee Report Filed, #2026-2095c ; 06/04/2026

  6. 2026-05-27 H

    Conference Committee Meeting: 05/27/2026 09:10 am GP 228

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Conferee Change: Rep. Newsom Replaces Rep. Wherry 05/27/2026 HJ 14

  8. 2026-05-13 S

    Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12

  9. 2026-05-13 S

    President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Long; (In Recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12

  10. 2026-05-05 H

    House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1020s and Requests CofC (Rep. Berry): MA VV 04/23/2026 HJ 11

  11. 2026-05-05 H

    Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Wherry, Lane, See 04/23/2026 HJ 11

  12. 2026-03-06 S

    Committee Amendment #2026-1020s , AA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6

  13. 2026-03-06 S

    Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1020s , MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6

  14. 2026-03-04 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1020s , 03/12/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 9

  15. 2026-02-11 S

    Hearing: 02/17/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:30 am; SC 6

  16. 2026-01-30 S

    Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3

  17. 2026-01-07 H

    Amendment #2025-2939h : AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50

  18. 2026-01-07 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2939h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50

  19. 2025-11-18 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2939h 09/16/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 8

  20. 2025-08-25 H

    Executive Session: 09/16/2025 10:15 am GP 158

  21. 2025-03-18 H

    Retained in Committee

  22. 2025-03-12 H

    ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  23. 2025-03-06 H

    ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308

  24. 2025-02-12 H

    Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 11:00 am LOB 306-308

  25. 2025-01-07 H

    Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 13

Official Summary Text

requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

Current Bill Text

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HB 281 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

7Jan2026... 2939h
03/12/2026 1020s
4Jun2026... 2095CofC

2025 SESSION
25-0637
07/08

HOUSE BILL
281

AN ACT
requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

SPONSORS: Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

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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.
7Jan2026... 2939h
03/12/2026 1020s
4Jun2026... 2095CofC 25-0637
07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.

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

1 Absentee Voting; Procedure for Absence; Religious Observance; and Disability and Overseas Voting. Amend RSA 657:15, II - III-a to read as follows:
II. Candidates whose names appear on the ballot and persons bearing notarized requests or copies of notarized requests from candidates whose names appear on the ballot may obtain a list of absentee voter applicants from the clerk, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B. If requested this list shall be supplied electronically
in a sortable spreadsheet or comma-separated values (CSV) format
from the information in the statewide centralized voter registration database. If an electronic copy exists, it shall be provided without charge in accordance with RSA 91-A.

III. Candidates whose names appear on the ballot for statewide office and persons bearing a notarized request from candidates whose names appear on the ballot for statewide office may obtain a statewide list of absentee voter applicants, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B from the secretary of state. Information on the statewide absentee voter list shall be limited to voter name and address where registered, voter ID number, voter's party, the type of election the absentee ballot was requested in, the date the absentee ballot was requested, the date the absentee ballot was sent or handed to the voter, and the date that the absentee ballot envelope was returned.
III-a. Political parties and persons bearing notarized requests from political parties may obtain a statewide list of absentee voter applicants, excluding voters who have presented to the supervisors of the checklist valid protective orders pursuant to RSA 173-B from the secretary of state. Information on the statewide absentee voter list shall be limited to voter name, voter ID number,
voter address,
the date the absentee ballot was requested, and the date that the ballot was returned.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage
.