Revision: Jan. 21, 2025, 3:36 p.m.
HB 684 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0501
07/08
HOUSE BILL 684
AN ACT preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot.
SPONSORS: Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. DeRoy, Straf. 3; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Prout, Hills. 13; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. McGough, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Prevents student identification cards from being used to obtain a ballot.
II. Changes the period for which expired identification can be used to obtain a ballot.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0501
07/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Election Procedure; Voting Procedure; Obtaining a Ballot. RSA 659:13, II(a) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II.(a) A valid photo identification shall show the name of the individual to whom the identification was issued, and the name shall substantially conform to the name in the individual's voter registration record; it also shall show a photograph of the individual to whom the identification was issued. The photo identification shall also have an expiration date that has not been exceeded by a period of more than 60 days, except that a voter 75 years of age or older may use an otherwise qualified form of identification that has an expiration date that has not been exceeded by a period of more than one year. The following forms of identification bearing a photograph of the voter shall satisfy the identification requirements of paragraph I:
(1) A driver's license issued by any state or the federal government.
(2) An identification card issued under RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b or a nondriver's identification card issued by the motor vehicles division, department, agency, or office of any other state.
(3) A United States armed services identification card.
(4) A United States passport or passcard.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.