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Election Law and Municipal Affairs

The Senate Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs, chaired by James Gray.

Members

Bills Referred, 2025-2026

  • HB 67-FN-A: relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems. (Signed into law)
  • HB 78: requiring a person to have a domicile in the district from which they serve as county commissioner. (Signed into law)
  • HB 86-FN-LOCAL: increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail. (Signed into law)
  • HB 91: relative to the presence of a fire department at a fireworks display. (Killed)
  • HB 92: requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances. (Signed into law)
  • HB 99: relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans. (Signed into law)
  • HB 107: relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards. (Died on the table)
  • HB 110: authorizing counties to establish revolving fund accounts. (Signed into law)
  • HB 124: enabling a municipal forest committee or conservation commission to offer surplus money to the municipality for deposit in the municipal unreserved fund balance. (Signed into law)
  • HB 138-LOCAL: relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts. (Signed into law)
  • HB 151: relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist. (Signed into law)
  • HB 154: enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted. (Signed into law)
  • HB 158: requiring the secretary of state to review absentee ballot data biennially, forward certain requests to the election law unit for review, and make a report to the general court. (Signed into law)
  • HB 164-FN: relative to local records retention. (Signed into law)
  • HB 168: relative to including municipal public works facilities as eligible capital facilities for the assessment of impact fees. (Signed into law)
  • HB 173: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 200: relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap. (Signed into law)
  • HB 217: relative to absentee ballots. (Killed)
  • HB 228-LOCAL: relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings. (Signed into law)
  • HB 230-LOCAL: relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities. (Signed into law)
  • HB 244: updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code. (Signed into law)
  • HB 261: relative to election audits. (Signed into law)
  • HB 265: requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary. (Signed into law)
  • HB 269: relative to the date for correction of the voter checklist. (Signed into law)
  • HB 270-FN: requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices. (Signed into law)
  • HB 274: relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. (Killed)
  • HB 281: requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format. (Signed into law)
  • HB 284-FN: requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. (Killed)
  • HB 288: limiting how far in advance of an election an absentee ballot may be requested. (Signed into law)
  • HB 294: relative to the processing of absentee ballots. (Signed into law)
  • HB 317: allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person. (Signed into law)
  • HB 323: requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote. (Signed into law)
  • HB 327-FN: relative to filing for office and witnessing affidavits. (Signed into law)
  • HB 340-FN: relative to electioneering by public employees. (Signed into law)
  • HB 348: relative to eligibility for local assistance. (Signed into law)
  • HB 356: enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 365-FN: relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters. (Signed into law)
  • HB 367: changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections. (Signed into law)
  • HB 373-LOCAL: relative to the management and regulation of town real property. (Signed into law)
  • HB 374: relative to local tax cap and budget laws. (Signed into law)
  • HB 421-FN: relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices. (Died: conferees could not agree)
  • HB 426: relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year. (Signed into law)
  • HB 463: relative to the composition of the board of recount in elections for the select board and for the school board. (Killed)
  • HB 464: prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots. (Signed into law)
  • HB 474: requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes. (Signed into law)
  • HB 475-LOCAL: relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 481: relative to the state primary date. (Signed into law)
  • HB 488: relative to limiting conflicts of interest and concentrations of power for municipalboard and committee members. (Killed)
  • HB 546-FN: relative to financial disclosures and the public reporting of those disclosures by the secretary of state. (Killed)
  • HB 554: clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 569: relative to the establishment of county-wide communication districts. (Signed into law)
  • HB 590: relative to cooperative school district school board elections. (Killed)
  • HB 613: relative to use of accessible voting systems. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 626: directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems. (Signed into law)
  • HB 686-FN: prohibiting certain public entities from conducting or sponsoring political surveys, polls, or questionnaires in their official capacities. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1021: amending the date to provide written notice to a municipality of a taxpayer's election to be assessed under the low-income housing tax credit program. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1031: enabling candidates for state office to use campaign funds to pay for security measures. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1044: relative to the filling of vacancies in the office of a county commissioner. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1062: authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1066-FN: relative to warrant articles authorizing lease agreements. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1076: relative to authorizing or rescinding the use of electronic ballot counting devices. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1113: enabling towns to establish a 3-year term for town moderators. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1118: increasing the limit for moneys remitted to municipal treasurers. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1125: enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. (Killed)
  • HB 1131: relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 1134: relative to the town meeting form of local governance. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1135: prohibiting the acquisition of prescriptive rights in private roads through adverse use. (Killed)
  • HB 1137: relative to municipal budget committee membership. (Killed)
  • HB 1151: relative to conservation commission appropriations. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1161: removing the requirement for municipalities to have an advisory board for development districts. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1184-FN: relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. (Veto overridden, became law)
  • HB 1187-FN: relative to the time in which candidates for state representative may file their candidacy for a special election. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1195: relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1213: relative to the number, selection, and terms of town highway agents and relative to the appointment of an expert highway agent. (Killed)
  • HB 1224: relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1233: relative to the minutes of non-public sessions. (Killed)
  • HB 1234: identifying certain school district offices as incompatible for purposes of school district elections. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1246: relative to planning board members serving on other local boards. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1247: requiring the secretary of state to create, post on the secretary of state's website, and otherwise distribute notice of proposed constitutional amendments. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1266: allowing election moderators access to the area designated for counting votes during the performance of their duties. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1272: providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot. (Killed)
  • HB 1274-FN-LOCAL: relative to dog licenses. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1296: relative to the conditions for, and procedures for the adoption of, the elderly tax exemption. (Killed)
  • HB 1298: relative to the disposal of electronic ballot counting device external memory devices. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1300: establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general elections of 2026 and 2028 and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1306: relative to the counting of absentee ballots. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1309: relative to town meeting warrants. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1319: enabling towns, village districts, or school districts to adopt or rescind a local fiscal accountability committee for towns and schools. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1325: enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1331: enabling the Derry town council to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1355: relative to eliminating the default budget from the official ballot referenda. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1369: relative to the manner of posting the warrant for town meetings. (Veto overridden, became law)
  • HB 1381: extending the time of the party filing period. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1388: relative to the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1468: relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1494: increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit, optional combat service tax credit, and optional surviving spouse tax credit. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1505-FN: requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1516-FN: allowing municipalities to vote to require that pie charts, bar charts, and QR codes be placed on property tax bills depicting where and how tax dollars are being allocated. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1526: relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1541-FN: requiring the secretary of state to provide all voting precincts with secure containers for storing ballots. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1575: relative to the determination of the default budget by the budget committee. (Became law unsigned)
  • HB 1581-FN: allowing municipalities to adopt a requirement that property owners be given notice when the assessed value of their property changes by certain amounts. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1600-FN: relative to access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. (Died on the table)
  • HB 1601-FN: requiring the secretary of state to create a voter education program that includes information on recent changes to voting laws. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1604-FN: requiring suitable public facilities such as schools and town halls be made available as polling places upon request by local election officials. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1667-FN: establishing the first-in-the-nation security task force to coordinate planning for presidential campaign events. (Killed)
  • HB 1689: relative to the term of office for county officers in Belknap and Merrimack counties. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • HB 1695: preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1711-FN: relative to governmental land uses. (Killed)
  • HB 1756-FN: allowing organizations to file for property tax exemptions once and receive those exemptions unless and until a town assessor finds the organization ineligible for an exemption. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1759: relative to the disqualification of a member of a local land use board. (Killed)
  • HB 1807-FN: relative to mandatory reports to voters. (Signed into law)
  • SB 11: relative to the allocation of electoral college votes. (Killed)
  • SB 16: requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations. (Signed into law)
  • SB 42: relative to notice of death affidavits. (Signed into law)
  • SB 43: removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering and the use of electronic poll book devices. (Signed into law)
  • SB 44: relative to hand counts of ballots in elections. (Killed)
  • SB 45: clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property. (Killed)
  • SB 46: enabling municipalities to allow land impacted by new construction or reconstruction to be eligible for current use valuation only after a no cut, vegetated buffer is established and maintained. (Killed)
  • SB 103-FN-LOCAL: relative to the number of polling stations that are available for certain towns and cities during a general election which includes the election for the office of President of the United States. (Signed into law)
  • SB 104-FN: requiring the performance of a machine count at the request of 10 residents who have cast a ballot in the election. (Killed)
  • SB 105: enabling towns to adopt budget caps. (Signed into law)
  • SB 212: changing references from "votes" to "ballots" in the laws regarding elections. (Signed into law)
  • SB 213-FN: relative to electioneering by public employees and relative to absentee voting. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • SB 214: enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting. (Killed)
  • SB 215: establishing voting procedures for electing town officers in unorganized towns or places. (Signed into law)
  • SB 216: relative to the authority of moderators on election day. (Killed)
  • SB 217: relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects. (Killed)
  • SB 218: relative to absentee ballots. (Signed into law)
  • SB 219-FN: requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. (Killed)
  • SB 220-FN: relative to public hearings and deliberation for the denial of tax exemptions. (Killed)
  • SB 221: relative to the verification of voter rolls annually. (Signed into law)
  • SB 222: relative to moving the state primary date. (Died on the table)
  • SB 223-FN: relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education. (Signed into law)
  • SB 224: relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit. (Killed)
  • SB 225-FN-LOCAL: requiring public notice before re-assessment of property values for local tax purposes. (Killed)
  • SB 287: requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. (Signed into law)
  • SB 405: relative to amounts reported by political committees. (Signed into law)
  • SB 435: relative to the zoning board of adjustment variance criteria. (Killed)
  • SB 436: relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria. (Killed)
  • SB 437: making a line on the return that enumerates the number of people who attempted to register to vote but were denied registration due to lack of required documentation. (Killed)
  • SB 438: relative to access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. (Signed into law)
  • SB 439: relative to municipal data center zoning. (Died on the table)
  • SB 489: altering the appointment process for the board of tax and land appeals. (Signed into law)
  • SB 495: increasing the limit for transfers of appropriations in Carroll County. (Killed)
  • SB 514: preventing ballot questions concerning alterations to municipal tax caps from being altered by local legislative bodies. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 534-FN: relative to compliance with certain political expenditures and contribution statutes. (Signed into law)
  • SB 585-FN: relative to audits for communications districts. (Signed into law)
  • SB 586-FN: requiring chartered public schools, school administrative units, and cities or school districts not audited under RSA 671:5 to be audited by an independent public accountant after the end of the fiscal year and requiring the results of such audits to be made available to the public. (Signed into law)
  • SB 587: creating criteria for redistricting of congressional districts, state senate districts, state house of representatives districts, and executive councilor districts. (Killed)
  • SB 588-FN: requiring that all municipalities that are served by a school district vote on the closure of schools. (Referred for interim study)
  • SB 643-FN: requiring municipalities, towns, and cities to submit documentation to the department of revenue administration proving they are in compliance with local budget and tax caps and requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • SB 653: enabling counties to change the dates of their biennial budgets and relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
  • SB 660: relative to photo identification cards issued solely for the purpose of voting. (Signed into law)

And 351 bills in 3 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 28, 2026 for hearings on HB 1234, HB 1300, HB 1319, HB 1331 and HB 1355.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 21, 2026 for hearings on HB 1695, HB 1184-FN, HB 1195, HB 1213 and HB 1224.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 14, 2026 for hearings on HB 1600-FN, HB 1021, HB 1575, HB 1526 and HB 1604-FN.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 7, 2026 for hearings on HB 1516-FN, HB 1711-FN, HB 1756-FN, HB 1759 and HB 1581-FN.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 1, 2026 for hearings on HB 1266, HB 1247, HB 1298, HB 1306, HB 1325 and HB 1388.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 31, 2026 for hearings on HB 1541-FN, HB 1601-FN, HB 1667-FN, HB 1807-FN, HB 590, HB 1309, HB 1062, HB 1076, HB 1131, HB 1125, HB 1187-FN, HB 1272, HB 686-FN and HB 1381.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 24, 2026 for hearings on HB 1161, HB 1505-FN, HB 1066-FN, HB 1113, HB 1137 and HB 1274-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 18, 2026 for hearings on HB 1134, HB 1135, HB 1233, HB 1369, HB 1151 and HB 1118.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 17, 2026 for hearings on HB 1689, HB 1468, HB 1494 and HB 1031.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 10, 2026 for hearings on HB 1246, HB 488, HB 1296 and HB 1044.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 3, 2026 for hearings on HB 164-FN, HB 348, HB 244 and HB 173.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on February 17, 2026 for hearings on HB 158, HB 281, HB 463 and HB 365-FN.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on February 10, 2026 for hearings on SB 653, SB 660, HB 323 and HB 317.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on February 3, 2026 for hearings on SB 587, SB 405 and SB 588-FN.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on January 27, 2026 for hearings on SB 534-FN, SB 643-FN, SB 586-FN, SB 585-FN and SB 495.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on January 20, 2026 for hearings on SB 437, SB 438, SB 489 and SB 514.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on January 13, 2026 for hearings on SB 435, SB 436, SB 439 and SB 495.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on May 13, 2025 for hearings on HB 228-LOCAL, HB 356, HB 613 and HB 475-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on May 6, 2025 for hearings on HB 464, HB 367, HB 67-FN-A and HB 373-LOCAL.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 29, 2025 for hearings on HB 151, HB 217, HB 270-FN, HB 274 and HB 481.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 22, 2025 for hearings on HB 124, HB 138-LOCAL, HB 168, HB 284-FN, HB 200 and HB 374.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 15, 2025 for hearings on HB 288, HB 340-FN, HB 464, HB 474, HB 569 and HB 626.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 8, 2025 for hearings on HB 91, HB 230-LOCAL, HB 265, HB 421-FN and HB 426.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on April 1, 2025 for hearings on HB 107, HB 269, HB 294, HB 327-FN and HB 554.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 25, 2025 for hearings on HB 86-FN-LOCAL, HB 92, HB 99 and HB 261.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 18, 2025 for hearings on HB 78 and HB 110.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 11, 2025 for hearings on SB 287 and SB 222.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on March 4, 2025 for hearings on SB 214, SB 215, SB 216 and SB 218.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on February 18, 2025 for hearings on SB 105, SB 221, SB 224 and SB 217.
  • The Committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs met on February 11, 2025 for hearings on SB 219-FN, SB 220-FN, SB 225-FN-LOCAL and SB 223-FN.

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