HB1496 (2022) Detail

(New Title) requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.


CHAPTER 201

HB 1496-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

16Feb2022... 0634h

04/28/2022   1650s

 

2022 SESSION

22-2582

11/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1496-FN

 

AN ACT requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Love, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16Feb2022... 0634h

04/28/2022   1650s 22-2582

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT requiring political subdivisions to make voter checklists available in electronic form to any resident.

 

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

 

201:1  Copies of Voter Checklist; Availability.  Amend RSA 654:31, II to read as follows:

II.  In towns and cities, the public checklist as corrected by the supervisors shall be open for the examination of any person at all times before the opening of a meeting or election at which the list is to be used.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall furnish [one or more copies] a physical copy or an electronic copy of the most recent public checklist of their town or city to any person requesting such [copies] copy.  If a person requests an electronic copy, the supervisors of the checklist, or the city or town clerk, shall notify the person requesting the copy of the electronic format options available from which the person requesting may choose.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may only provide checklist information for their town or city.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25 for each copy of the public checklist for a town or ward.  For public checklists containing more than 2,500 names, the supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk shall charge a fee of $25, plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500, plus any shipping costs.  The supervisors of the checklist or city or town clerk may provide public checklist information on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form.

201:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 17, 2022

Effective Date: August 16, 2022

 

 

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 19, 2022 House Hearing
Feb. 3, 2022 House Exec Session
Feb. 3, 2022 House Exec Session
Feb. 10, 2022 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
March 23, 2022 House Exec Session
March 23, 2022 House Exec Session
April 11, 2022 Senate Hearing
April 28, 2022 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1496 Revision: 36708 Date: June 21, 2022, 4:08 p.m.
HB1496 Revision: 36315 Date: May 12, 2022, 12:10 p.m.
HB1496 Revision: 35990 Date: May 3, 2022, 10:29 a.m.
HB1496 Revision: 35712 Date: April 19, 2022, 1:18 p.m.
HB1496 Revision: 34980 Date: March 23, 2022, 9:44 a.m.
HB1496 Revision: 34883 Date: Feb. 10, 2022, 11:32 a.m.
HB1496 Revision: 34154 Date: Dec. 3, 2021, 2:38 p.m.

Docket


June 22, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/17/2022; Chapter 201; 08/16/2022 HJ 14


June 9, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022


June 9, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13


May 13, 2022: House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13


April 28, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1650s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/28/2022; SJ 10


April 28, 2022: Committee Amendment # 2022-1650s, AA, VV; 04/28/2022; SJ 10


April 20, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1650s, 04/28/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17


April 6, 2022: Hearing: 04/11/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:00 pm; SC 15


April 5, 2022: Introduced 03/31/2022 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8


March 31, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/31/2022 HJ 9


March 24, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 21-0; CC)


March 9, 2022: Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211


March 14, 2022: Division Work Session: 03/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 212


March 9, 2022: Executive Session: 03/23/2022 10:00 am LOB 210-211


March 14, 2022: Division Work Session: 03/14/2022 10:00 am LOB 212


March 4, 2022: Referred to Finance 02/16/2022 HJ 3


Feb. 16, 2022: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0634h: MA DV 183-169 02/16/2022 HJ 3


Feb. 16, 2022: Amendment # 2022-0634h: AA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3


Feb. 10, 2022: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate


Feb. 10, 2022: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0634h (Vote 10-8; RC)


Feb. 10, 2022: Executive Session: 02/10/2022 9:15 a.m. LOB306-308


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. 13, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/19/2022 01:45 pm LOB 306-308


Dec. 3, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Election Law