CHAPTER 62
HB 1157 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-2430
11/08
HOUSE BILL 1157
AN ACT relative to electronic ballot counting devices.
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits electronic ballot counting devices from being connected to the Internet.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2430
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to electronic ballot counting devices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
62:1 New Paragraph; Electronic Ballot Counting Devices; Rules; Internet Access. Amend RSA 656:42 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. No electronic ballot counting device shall have access to or be connected to the Internet.
62:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2022
Effective Date: July 19, 2022
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 13, 2022 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 13, 2022 | House | Hearing |
Feb. 3, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
Feb. 3, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
April 4, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
April 14, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 24, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 62; Eff. 07/19/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
May 13, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
April 14, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/14/2022; SJ 8
April 6, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/14/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15
March 31, 2022: Hearing: 04/04/2022, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 14
March 15, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5
March 11, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/10/2022 HJ 5
March 1, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC)
Feb. 3, 2022: Executive Session: 02/03/2022 10:30 a.m. LOB306-308
Feb. 3, 2022: Executive Session: 02/03/2022 10:30 a.m. LOB306-308
Jan. 8, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 02:30 am LOB 306-308
Jan. 13, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/13/2022 2:30 p.m. LOB306-308
: To Be Introduced and referred to Election Law
Nov. 17, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law