Revision: June 16, 2025, 3:40 p.m.
June 16, 2025
2025-2774-CofC
08/09
Committee of Conference Report on HB 464, prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
Recommendation:
That the House recede from its position of nonconcurrence with the Senate amendment, and concur with the Senate amendment, and
That the Senate and House adopt the following new amendment to the bill as amended by the Senate, and pass the bill as so amended:
Amend RSA 654:45, IV(b) as inserted by section 2 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
(b) Voter database record data shall be verified by matching the records with those of the department of safety and the federal social security administration as are required by law, and with the records of the state agency or division charged with maintaining vital records. For this purpose the voter registration record database may be linked to the state agency or division charged with maintaining vital records and the department of safety, provided that no linked agency or division may save or retain voter information or use it for purposes other than verifying the accuracy of the information to be entered or contained in the voter database. The link authorized by this subparagraph shall not allow the department of state or election officials direct access to the motor vehicle registration or driver's license records maintained by the division of motor vehicles. The commissioner of safety may authorize the release of information from motor vehicle registration and driver's license records to the extent that the information is necessary to department of state and department of safety cooperation in a joint notification to individuals of apparent discrepancies in their records, or to complete voter registration [and] to the extent that the information is necessary to resolve those discrepancies. The commissioner of safety and the secretary of state are authorized to enter into an agreement that establishes the services to be provided by the department of safety and the cost for those services. The department of safety shall not be required to provide any services under this subparagraph unless an agreement is in place and there are sufficient funds in the election fund to pay the cost for the services. The system shall facilitate the completion, identification, and correction of voter registration records, including but not limited to [whenever] when a registered voter has died or has been disenfranchised pursuant to part I, article 11 of the New Hampshire constitution or RSA 654:5 through RSA 654:6, or when the domicile address does not match the address provided by the same individual to the department of safety or to verify citizenship for voter registration.
Amend RSA 5-C:9, X as inserted by section 10 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
X. The New Hampshire department of state, city clerks, town clerks, and supervisors of the checklist shall have a direct and tangible interest in a limited data set of birth, death, marriage, and divorce information of individuals registering to vote and maintaining voter records as provided in RSA 654:45, IV.
The signatures below attest to the authenticity of this Report on HB 464, prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
Conferees on the Part of the Senate Conferees on the Part of the House
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Sen. Gray, Dist. 6 Rep. Berry, Hills. 44
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Sen. Lang, Dist. 2 Rep. Qualey, Ches. 18
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Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist. 21 Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2
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Rep. Wood, Merr. 13