# New Hampshire HB600: enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.

New Hampshire HB600, enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ellen D Read (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-03-26 (Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-145 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 56) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: New Hampshire HB600
- State: New Hampshire
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-03-26, Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-145 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 56
- Sponsor: Ellen D Read (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ellen D Read (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel T. Veilleux (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Eric S Turer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Heath Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jared Sullivan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Laura Damphousse Telerski (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew B. Wilhelm (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Russell Muirhead (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Seth King (Republican), House

## Actions (6)

- 2025-03-26: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-145 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 56 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (House)
- 2025-03-19: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/04/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 30 (House)
- 2025-02-27: Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Public Hearing: 02/25/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308 (House)
- 2025-01-16: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 18 (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=6737)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=6737)

## Related
- [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026)
- [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026)
- [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026)
- [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026)
- [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026)
- [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB600-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).