SB 485 — relative to the disqualification of certain persons from performing duties as an election official.
Last action — Died on Table
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
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Read SB 485 on the official New Hampshire source →Action History
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Died on Table
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Vacated and Laid on Table MA VV 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 3
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==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 03/17/2020 01:00 pm LOB 308
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Introduced 02/20/2020 and referred to Election Law HJ 5 P. 56
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Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2020; SJ 4
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Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/13/2020; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6
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Hearing: 01/22/2020, Room 102, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 3
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To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1
Sponsors
- Ruth Ward · Cosponsor
- James Gray · Primary
- Regina Birdsell · Cosponsor
- Sharon Carson · Cosponsor
- Jeb Bradley · Cosponsor
- John Reagan · Cosponsor
- Betty I. Gay · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 408 not signed on · 170 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- James Gray Republican
Co-sponsors (6)
- Ruth Ward Republican
- Regina Birdsell Republican
- Sharon Carson Republican
- Jeb Bradley
- John Reagan
- Betty I. Gay
Not signed on (408)
408 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 408 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
173 Yea
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169 Nay
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52 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 124 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Unaffiliated | 42 | 51 | 0 | 26 |
| Democrat | 4 | 116 | 0 | 9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 170 | 167 | 0 | 52 |
| % of votes cast | 44% | 43% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (389)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alan J. Turcotte | — | Nay |
| Alicia D. Lekas | — | Yea |
| Allison R. Nutting-Wong | — | Nay |
| Amanda Bouldin | — | Not Voting |
| Amanda Elizabeth Toll | — | Nay |
| Amy Bradley | — | Nay |
| Andrew Renzullo | — | Yea |
| Angela Brennan | — | Nay |
| Arlene Quaratiello | — | Not Voting |
| Ben Ming | — | Not Voting |
| Benjamin C. Baroody | — | Not Voting |
| Bill C. King | — | Not Voting |
| Bill Conlin | — | Nay |
| Brandon Phinney | — | Yea |
| Bruce L. Tatro | — | Not Voting |
| Cam E. Kenney | — | Nay |
| Candace Moulton | — | Nay |
| Candice M O'Neil | — | Nay |
| Carroll M Brown | — | Not Voting |
| Charlie G. St. Clair | — | Nay |
| Charlotte I. DiLorenzo | — | Nay |
| Chris True | — | Yea |
| Chuck W. Grassie | — | Nay |
| Clifford A. Newton | — | Yea |
| Corinne E Cascadden | — | Nay |
| Corinne Morse | — | Nay |
| Dan Wolf | — | Nay |
| Daniel A. Eaton | — | Nay |
| Daniel W Fitzpatrick | — | Nay |
| Dave Testerman | — | Yea |
| David A. Bickford | — | Nay |
| David O. Huot | — | Not Voting |
| Deborah L. Hobson | — | Yea |
| Dianne E. Schuett | — | Nay |
| Donald J. Bouchard | — | Nay |
| Eamon P. Kelley | — | Nay |
| Emily Phillips | — | Yea |
| Frances E. Nutter-Upham | — | Nay |
| Fred G. Doucette | — | Yea |
| Fred R. Plett | — | Yea |
| Gail L Pare | — | Nay |
| Gary Merchant | — | Nay |
| Gerri D. Cannon | — | Nay |
| Glenn Cordelli | — | Yea |
| Hal W Rafter | — | Nay |
| Harry H. Bean | — | Yea |
| Heidi M. Hamer | — | Not Voting |
| Henry W. Noël | — | Nay |
| J.R. Hoell | — | Yea |
| Jaci L. Grote | — | Nay |
| Jacob Brouillard | — | Yea |
| Jacqueline H. Chretien | — | Nay |
| James Connor | — | Yea |
| James F. Horgan | — | Yea |
| James L. Mason | — | Yea |
| James Michael Murphy | — | Not Voting |
| Jane E. Beaulieu | — | Nay |
| Jason A. Janvrin | — | Yea |
| Jason Gerhard | — | Yea |
| Jeffrey P. Goley | — | Not Voting |
| Jeffrey Rich | — | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Morton | — | Nay |
| Joan L. Hamblet | — | Nay |
| Joe Schapiro | — | Nay |
| John Lewicke | — | Yea |
| Jonathan F. Stone | — | Yea |
| Joseph A. Pitre | — | Yea |
| Josh S. Yokela | — | Yea |
| Judi Lanza | — | Nay |
| Juliet L Smith | — | Nay |
| Karen A Reid | — | Yea |
| Karen E Calabro | — | Nay |
| Kenneth S. Vincent | — | Not Voting |
| Kevin M. Pratt | — | Yea |
| Kimberly L Abare | — | Yea |
| Latha D. Mangipudi | — | Nay |
| Laurie J. Sanborn | — | Not Voting |
| Leah P. Cushman | — | Yea |
| Linda A. Massimilla | — | Nay |
| Linda L. Tanner | — | Nay |
| Lisa A Smart | — | Yea |
| Lorrie J. Carey | — | Nay |
| Maria Perez | — | Nay |
| Mary C. Freitas | — | Nay |
| Mary Heath | — | Nay |
| Matthew Coulon | — | Yea |
| Matthew J. Simon | — | Yea |
| Matthew Santonastaso | — | Not Voting |
| Mel Myler | — | Nay |
| Michael B. O'Brien | — | Not Voting |
| Michael Costable | — | Yea |
| Michael D. Abbott | — | Nay |
| Michael P Murphy | — | Not Voting |
| Michael P. Pedersen | — | Not Voting |
| Nikki McCarter | — | Not Voting |
| Oliver J. Ford | — | Yea |
| Rebecca J. McWilliams | — | Nay |
| Rebecca McBeath | — | Nay |
| Renee M Monteil | — | Not Voting |
| Richard B Beaudoin | — | Not Voting |
| Sandra L Panek | — | Yea |
| Scott Wallace | — | Yea |
| Sheila C Seidel | — | Yea |
| Shelley Devine | — | Not Voting |
| Sherry Dutzy | — | Nay |
| Sherry L Gould | — | Nay |
| Stephen J. Kennedy | — | Yea |
| Steve J. Shurtleff | — | Nay |
| Susan GS Treleaven | — | Not Voting |
| Suzanne M. Vail | — | Nay |
| Tim P Cahill | — | Yea |
| Tom D Mannion | — | Yea |
| Tommy Hoyt | — | Not Voting |
| Tony Lekas | — | Yea |
| Tony Piemonte | — | Not Voting |
| Tracy Emerick | — | Yea |
| Travis J. O'Hara | — | Not Voting |
| Walter A. Stapleton | — | Yea |
| William J. Infantine | — | Yea |
| Alexis Simpson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alicia Gregg | Democrat | Nay |
| Alissandra Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Allan Howland | Democrat | Nay |
| Allison Knab | Democrat | Nay |
| Anita Burroughs | Democrat | Nay |
| Barry Faulkner | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Richards | Democrat | Nay |
| Bill Bolton | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Carry Spier | Democrat | Nay |
| Cassandra Levesque | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Rombeau | Democrat | Nay |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Cathryn Harvey | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Chris McAleer | Democrat | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Democrat | Nay |
| Christal Lloyd | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Christine Seibert | Democrat | Nay |
| Christopher Herbert | Democrat | Nay |
| Connie Lane | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel LeClerc | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Democrat | Nay |
| David Fracht | Democrat | Nay |
| David Luneau | Democrat | Nay |
| David Meuse | Democrat | Nay |
| David Nagel | Democrat | Yea |
| David Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| David Preece | Democrat | Nay |
| Dennis Malloy | Democrat | Nay |
| Dick Ames | Democrat | Nay |
| Dru Fox | Democrat | Nay |
| Efstathia Booras | Democrat | Nay |
| Ellen Read | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Eric Gallager | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric Turer | Democrat | Nay |
| Erik Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Fred Davis | Democrat | Nay |
| Gaby Grossman | Democrat | Nay |
| Geoffrey Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| George Sykes | Democrat | Nay |
| Gerald Ward | Democrat | Nay |
| Heath Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Baldwin | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Democrat | Nay |
| Hope Damon | Democrat | Nay |
| James MacKay | Democrat | Nay |
| James Roesener | Democrat | Nay |
| Janet Wall | Democrat | Nay |
| Jared Sullivan | Democrat | Nay |
| Jean Jeudy | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerry Stringham | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica Grill | Democrat | Nay |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Democrat | Nay |
| Jim Maggiore | Democrat | Nay |
| Jodi Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| John Cloutier | Democrat | Nay |
| Jonah Wheeler | Democrat | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Ebel | Democrat | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Democrat | Nay |
| Kate Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Kathy Staub | Democrat | Nay |
| Kris Schultz | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Laura Telerski | Democrat | Nay |
| Laurel Stavis | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Haskins | Democrat | Nay |
| Linda Ryan | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Foxx | Democrat | Nay |
| Loren Selig | Democrat | Nay |
| Louis Juris | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucius Parshall | Democrat | Nay |
| Lucy Weber | Democrat | Nay |
| Luz Bay | Democrat | Nay |
| Marc Plamondon | Democrat | Nay |
| Marjorie Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark MacKenzie | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Paige | Democrat | Nay |
| Mark Vallone | Democrat | Nay |
| Martin Jack | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Democrat | Nay |
| Mary Jane Wallner | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Hicks | Democrat | Nay |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Democrat | Nay |
| Megan Murray | Democrat | Nay |
| Merryl Gibbs | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Cahill | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Edgar | Democrat | Nay |
| Molly Howard | Democrat | Nay |
| Muriel Hall | Democrat | Nay |
| Nancy Murphy | Democrat | Nay |
| Ned Raynolds | Democrat | Nay |
| Nicholas Germana | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Democrat | Nay |
| Paige Beauchemin | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Long | Democrat | Nay |
| Patricia Cornell | Democrat | Nay |
| Peggy Balboni | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Bixby | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Leishman | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Lovett | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Petrigno | Democrat | Nay |
| Peter Schmidt | Democrat | Nay |
| Philip Jones | Democrat | Nay |
| Ray Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Rosemarie Rung | Democrat | Nay |
| Russell Muirhead | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sallie Fellows | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephanie Payeur | Democrat | Nay |
| Stephen Woodcock | Democrat | Nay |
| Sue Newman | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Democrat | Nay |
| Susan Elberger | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Buco | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Thomas Cormen | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Schamberg | Democrat | Nay |
| Thomas Southworth | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Horrigan | Democrat | Nay |
| Timothy Soucy | Democrat | Nay |
| Tony Caplan | Democrat | Nay |
| Trinidad Tellez | Democrat | Nay |
| Wendy Thomas | Democrat | Nay |
| Will Darby | Democrat | Nay |
| William Dolan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William Palmer | Democrat | Nay |
| Zoe Manos | Democrat | Nay |
| Aidan Ankarberg | Independent | Not Voting |
| Aboul Khan | Republican | Yea |
| Alvin See | Republican | Not Voting |
| Andrew Prout | Republican | Yea |
| Arnold Davis | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Comtois | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Lynn | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Cole | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Seaworth | Republican | Yea |
| Carol McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Catherine Kenny | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Foote | Republican | Yea |
| Charles McMahon | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Melvin | Republican | Yea |
| Claudine Burnham | Republican | Yea |
| Clayton Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Cyril Aures | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McGuire | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Popovici-Muller | Republican | Yea |
| David Love | Republican | Yea |
| David Lundgren | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Milz | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Rochefort | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Aylward | Republican | Yea |
| Debra DeSimone | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Mannion | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Diane Pauer | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Thackston | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Douglas Trottier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Erica Layon | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Griffin | Republican | Yea |
| Glenn Bailey | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory Hill | Republican | Yea |
| JD Bernardy | Republican | Yea |
| James Creighton | Republican | Yea |
| James Qualey | Republican | Yea |
| James Spillane | Republican | Yea |
| James Summers | Republican | Yea |
| James Tierney | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Osborne | Republican | Yea |
| Jeanine Notter | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey Tenczar | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
| Jess Edwards | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Fedolfi | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jim Kofalt | Republican | Yea |
| Jodi Nelson | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Joe Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| John Hunt | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Janigian | Republican | Yea |
| John Leavitt | Republican | Yea |
| John MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| John Potucek | Republican | Yea |
| John Sellers | Republican | Yea |
| John Sytek | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jordan Ulery | Republican | Yea |
| Jose Cambrils | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph Guthrie | Republican | Not Voting |
| Judy Aron | Republican | Yea |
| Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Republican | Yea |
| Julius Soti | Republican | Yea |
| Karel Crawford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Katelyn Kuttab | Republican | Yea |
| Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Republican | Yea |
| Katy Peternel | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Ammon | Republican | Yea |
| Keith Erf | Republican | Yea |
| Kelley Potenza | Republican | Yea |
| Kenneth Weyler | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Verville | Republican | Yea |
| Kristin Noble | Republican | Yea |
| Kristine Perez | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Gagne | Republican | Yea |
| Len Turcotte | Republican | Yea |
| Lex Berezhny | Republican | Yea |
| Lilli Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Linda Gould | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lino Avellani | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Mazur | Republican | Yea |
| Lisa Post | Republican | Yea |
| Lorie Ball | Republican | Yea |
| Louise Andrus | Republican | Yea |
| Margaret Drye | Republican | Yea |
| Mark McConkey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Proulx | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Coker | Republican | Yea |
| Maureen Mooney | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Granger | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Harrington | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Moffett | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Vose | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Belcher | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bordes | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Drago | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Ouellet | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Terry | Republican | Not Voting |
| Paul Tudor | Republican | Yea |
| Peter Varney | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phyllis Katsakiores | Republican | Yea |
| Ralph Boehm | Republican | Not Voting |
| Richard Brown | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Lascelles | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Tripp | Republican | Yea |
| Riché Colcombe | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Ladd | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Harb | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Wherry | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Dunn | Republican | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Republican | Yea |
| Sean Durkin | Republican | Yea |
| Seth King | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Sirois | Republican | Yea |
| Sherman Packard | Republican | Not Voting |
| Skip Rollins | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen Pearson | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Bogert | Republican | Yea |
| Steven Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Susan Porcelli | Republican | Yea |
| Susan Vandecasteele | Republican | Yea |
| Tanya Donnelly | Republican | Yea |
| Ted Gorski | Republican | Yea |
| Terry Roy | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Kaczynski | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Walsh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim McGough | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Dolan | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Ploszaj | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Corcoran | Republican | Yea |
| Valerie McDonnell | Republican | Yea |
| Vanessa Sheehan | Republican | Yea |
| Walter Spilsbury | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne MacDonald | Republican | Yea |
| Yury Polozov | Republican | Yea |
Passed
175 Yea
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169 Nay
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50 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 124 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 49 | 0 | 26 |
| Democrat | 4 | 118 | 0 | 7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 172 | 167 | 0 | 50 |
| % of votes cast | 44% | 43% | 0% | 13% |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 485?
- SB 485 is sponsored by Ruth Ward (Republican), James Gray (Republican), Regina Birdsell (Republican), Sharon Carson (Republican), Jeb Bradley, John Reagan, and Betty I. Gay.
- What is the current status of SB 485?
- This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 485?
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