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HB341 • 2026

requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gerald Ward (D)
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
HOUSE
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.

requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50

  2. 2025-11-17 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 09/16/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 8

  3. 2025-08-25 H

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

  4. 2025-03-18 H

    Retained in Committee

  5. 2025-03-12 H

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

  6. 2025-03-06 H

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

  7. 2025-02-12 H

    Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 10:40 am LOB 306-308

  8. 2025-01-08 H

    Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 15

Official Summary Text

requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

Current Bill Text

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HB 341-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION
25-0645
07/08

HOUSE BILL
341-FN

AN ACT
requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ward, Rock. 27

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the secretary of state to check voter records at least 90 days prior to certain elections.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0645
07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

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

1 Elections; Voters and Checklists; Centralized Voter Registration Database
. Amend RSA 654:45, IV(d) to read as follows:
(d) Beginning July 1, 2022, the secretary of state shall
annually and no later than 90 days before any town, municipal, general election, or state or presidential primary,
[
, no less than annually,
] cause voter records to be checked with the United States Postal Service for changes of address. All records identified as moving shall be provided to the city or town supervisors of the checklist for verification pursuant to RSA 654:39, III.

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

LBA
25-0645
12/9/24

HB 341-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
requiring the secretary of state to check voter records prior to every election.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2028.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of State