(New Title) prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
Sponsored By: Erica R de Vries (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Fewer proof requirements for returning voters
Proof of past or current registration in another New Hampshire town or ward counts as proof of citizenship. When officials confirm that registration through official records, applicants need not prove age or citizenship again. They must still prove identity and where they live. These changes take effect 60 days after enactment. Beginning February 1, 2026, state and local officials must make government records available to help applicants meet registration requirements, including on election day. Those records satisfy the matching proof requirement. Missing data does not automatically disqualify applicants, but they must provide other proof required by law.
Candidates face limits on early ballot counting
Beginning 60 days after enactment, people whose names appear on the ballot cannot count ballots before polls open. Exceptions cover candidates for moderator, assistant moderator, clerk, selectperson, inspector of election, and supervisor of the checklist. When ballots are counted before polls open, the municipal clerk must post the time and place before election day.
Small campaign donors get privacy protections
Beginning 60 days after enactment, donors giving $50 or less per election cycle have their identifying details withheld from public disclosure. Those small receipts can be reported without listing individual donors. Campaign fundraisers can report an event's name, location, and total instead of each gift when each donation is $25 or less. This option requires no expectation that any donor will give more than $50 during the cycle. A contribution pushing a donor's cycle total above $200 must include occupation, employer, and principal business city or town, if any.
Election officials gain limited records access
The law allows voter records to link with motor vehicle, Social Security Administration, and limited vital-records data to check eligibility. The system must identify and correct records involving deaths, loss of voting rights, or addresses that differ from Safety Department records. Beginning December 31, 2025, the safety commissioner can authorize limited vehicle and license information releases to address voter-record problems. Election officials cannot directly access full motor vehicle records. That date also opens limited birth, death, marriage, and divorce data to state and local election officials for voter-registration work. Data services require available election-fund money; agencies may agree on services and costs. Courts receive confidential master jury lists annually, and the underlying voter and Safety Department lists remain confidential. Courts must report errors in those source records to the state agencies. Except for the December 31 disclosures, these changes take effect 60 days after enactment.
Political committees face simpler registration paperwork
Beginning 60 days after enactment, political committees no longer submit an itemized history of earlier receipts and spending with their registration. Non-party committees must register online within 48 hours after meeting the legal criteria and pay $50 unless exempt. The fee goes to the state's general fund. Committees exceeding $1,000 in receipts or spending per election cycle must file itemized reports signed by their chair and treasurer. Reports list contributor names and postal addresses, donation amounts and dates, subject to small-donor exceptions. They also list payees, addresses, payment or obligation dates, spending purposes, and amounts. Renewed committees covered by the continuing-report rule must keep filing until they report a zero balance, regardless of the $1,000 threshold.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Erica R de Vries
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Heath Howard
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 277; eff. I. Sec 9 & 10 eff 12/31/2025 II. RSA 654:12 VI as ins. by sec 5 eff 2/01/2026 III. Rem eff 09/30/2025
8/11/2025HouseEnrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
7/18/2025HouseEnrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18
7/18/2025SenateEnrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2918e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
7/15/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2918e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18
7/15/2025SenateConference Committee Report 2025-2851c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 22
6/26/2025HouseConference Committee Report # 2025-2851c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
6/26/2025SenateConference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2851c; 06/26/2025
6/19/2025SenateConferee Change: Rep. Wood Replaces Rep. Lane 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
6/16/2025HouseConference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 10:40 am LOB 306-308
6/16/2025HouseSpeaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Burnham, Lane 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
6/11/2025HouseHouse Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2184s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 171
6/11/2025HousePresident Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
6/10/2025SenateSen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
6/10/2025SenateOught to Pass with Amendment #2025-2184s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
5/22/2025SenateCommittee Amendment # 2025-2184s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
5/22/2025SenateHB 464 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
5/22/2025SenateCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2184s, 05/22/2025; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 22
5/14/2025SenateHearing: 05/06/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:15 am, on proposed amendment # 2025-1807s; SC 20
4/30/2025SenateHearing: 04/15/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 17
4/9/2025SenateIntroduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7
3/12/2025SenateOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-0196h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 8
3/6/2025HouseAmendment # 2025-0196h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 8
3/6/2025HouseCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0196h (NT) 02/11/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7
2/14/2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/11/2025 10:10 am LOB 306-308
2/7/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended
7/15/2025
Enrolled
7/15/2025
Introduced
1/10/2025
CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION
Version adopted by both bodies
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