SB 221 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/13/2025 0719s
5Jun2025... 2463h
06/26/2025 2840CofC
2025 SESSION
25-0369
08/11
SENATE BILL 221
AN ACT relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.
SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides for the annual verification of voter rolls.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/13/2025 0719s
5Jun2025... 2463h
06/26/2025 2840CofC 25-0369
08/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Elections; Checklist; Annual Verification. Amend RSA 654:39 to read as follows:
654:39 Annual Verification [Every 10 Years].
I. In addition to any verification carried out under the provisions of RSA 654:38, the supervisors shall verify the checklist in [1981] 2026 and [once every 10 years] annually thereafter.
II. Between April 1 and August 1 of [1981] 2026 and annually thereafter [in each year ending with a one], the supervisors shall post notice of their sessions in 2 appropriate places one of which shall be the town or city's Internet website, if such exists, and published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation and hold sufficient sessions for verification of the checklist as in their opinion will enable all eligible voters in said town or ward to appear before them and register or reregister as the case may be. Whenever a person is reregistered, his or her party designation, if any, on the checklist undergoing revision shall not be changed except as provided in RSA 654:34.
III. Beginning June 1 of such year, the supervisors shall review the checklist and shall strike therefrom the names of all persons who have not registered or reregistered under paragraphs I and IV; provided, that there shall not be stricken from said checklist the name of any person duly qualified to vote unless such person, not less than 30 days prior to such action, shall have been sent notice by the supervisors at his last known address of his failure to reregister stating the procedure to be followed in order to reregister and have his name retained on said checklist nor unless such person shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to follow said procedure.
IV. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed reregistered and need not appear before the supervisors if:
(a) The person voted in any election within the [4] 5 years immediately preceding [a 10-year] an annual verification; or
(b) The person has been added to the checklist since the last state general election.
V. Upon completion of verification of the checklist, but in no event later than September 1, the supervisors shall file with the secretary of state the following certificate: We, the supervisors of the checklist (or registrars of voters) of the town (or ward __________ ) of __________ , do hereby certify that we have verified the checklist of registered voters in the town (or ward __________ of the city) of __________ , pursuant to the provisions of RSA 654:39.
VI. In verifying the checklist in accordance with this section, the provisions of RSA 654:38, IV and V shall apply.
VII. The secretary of state shall develop any forms necessary for the reregistration of eligible voters removed from the checklist pursuant to this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | 2025-0719s |
| May 28, 2025 | 2025-2463h |
| June 18, 2025 | 2025-2840CofC |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 18, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote | |
| March 13, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 22, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| April 29, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| May 27, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| May 27, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| June 19, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| June 26, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| June 26, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 14, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 17
July 14, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18
July 14, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 17
June 26, 2025: Conference Committee Report # 2025-2840c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
June 26, 2025: Conference Committee Report 2025-2840c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18
June 19, 2025: Conference Committee Report # 2025-2840c Filed 06/19/2025; House Amendment + New Amendment HJ 17
June 16, 2025: ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/18/2025, 09:00 am, Room 103, SH
June 12, 2025: ==RECESSED== Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/16/2025, 09:00 am, Room 103, SH
June 11, 2025: Speaker Appoints: Reps. Berry, Qualey, Burnham, Wherry 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
June 11, 2025: House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
June 11, 2025: President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Long; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 11, 2025: Sen. Gray Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 5, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2463h: MA RC 184-153 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 129
June 5, 2025: Amendment # 2025-2463h (NT): AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 129
May 28, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
May 28, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2463h 05/27/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 27 P. 19
May 14, 2025: Executive Session: 05/27/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
April 8, 2025: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
April 8, 2025: Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 02:20 pm LOB 306-308
March 28, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 113
March 14, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0719s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
March 14, 2025: Committee Amendment # 2025-0719s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
March 7, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0719s, 03/13/2025; Vote 3-2; CC; SC 12
March 5, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0719s; 3-2, CC SC 12
Feb. 12, 2025: Hearing: 02/18/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 10
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3