Revision: Dec. 4, 2025, 9:03 a.m.
HB 1388 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-3190
08/07
HOUSE BILL 1388
AN ACT relative to the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13; Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. McFarlane, Graf. 18; Rep. Sabourin dit Choiniere, Rock. 30; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution to one amendment per question.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-3190
08/07
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Form of Ballot. Amend RSA 663:3 to read as follows:
663:3 Form of Ballot. The following words shall be printed above the constitutional amendment questions on all ballots containing such questions: "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Convention to Revise the Constitution" or "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Legislature to Revise the Constitution," whichever is appropriate. A constitutional question shall include, in the text of the question, the text of the article of the constitution as it is proposed to be amended, and the results of the vote taken on ordering the proposed amendment to third reading in both the senate and the house of representatives or at the constitutional convention, whichever is appropriate. In all circumstances, each constitutional amendment question shall be presented in a manner that the voter is making a single choice on a single constitutional amendment question. Under no circumstance shall a voter be asked to make a single vote on multiple constitutional amendment questions.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.