HB1329 (2026) Detail

Requiring the secretary of state to add voters' ages to the voter file.


HB 1329  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2993

08/07

 

HOUSE BILL 1329

 

AN ACT requiring the secretary of state to add voters' ages to the voter file.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the secretary of state to include voters' ages in the voter information file available to political parties, political committees, and candidates for office.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2993

08/07

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT requiring the secretary of state to add voters' ages to the voter file.

 

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

 

1  Voter List Information; Age Added.  Amend RSA 654:31, IV to read as follows:  

IV. The secretary of state shall, upon request, provide to a political party, as defined in RSA 664:2, IV, or to a political committee, as defined in RSA 664:2, III, a list of the name, age, domicile address, mailing address, town or city, voter history, and party affiliation, if any, of every registered voter in the state. The secretary of state shall, upon request, provide to a candidate for county, state, or federal office a list of the name, age, domicile address, mailing address, town or city, voter history, and party affiliation, if any, of every registered voter in the state or in the candidate's district. In this section, "voter history" means whether the person voted and, for primary elections, in which party's primary the person voted, in each state election and municipal election for the preceding 2 years. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $25 plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500 plus shipping charges for each copy of the list provided under this section. In addition, the secretary of state shall charge and collect on behalf of and remit to the supervisors of the checklist of each city and town the amount that such supervisors would have charged had the public checklist of their city or town been purchased from them. The secretary of state may provide lists as prescribed in this section on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form.

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

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Bill Text Revisions

HB1329 Revision: 49669 Date: Dec. 1, 2025, 10:19 a.m.

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Dec. 1, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law