New Hampshire 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 6 R cosponsors

HB 285 — relative to verification of voter checklists.

Last action — Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 137; Eff: 09/21/2021

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2021. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor Sununu 07/23/2021; Chapter 137; Eff: 09/21/2021

  2. Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021

  3. Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20

  4. House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1286s and 2021-1526s (Rep. B. Griffin): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 9

  5. Ought to Pass with Amendments 2021-1286s and 2021-1526s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16

  6. Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2021-1526s, AA, VV; 05/20/2021; SJ 16

  7. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1286s, 05/20/2021; SC 24

  8. Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 05/13/2021; SJ 15

  9. Committee Amendment # 2021-1286s, RC 14Y-10N, AA; 05/13/2021; SJ 15

  10. Sen. Soucy Moved to Remove HB 285 from the Consent Calendar; 05/13/2021; SJ 15

  11. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1286s, 05/13/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 23

  12. Remote Hearing: 04/19/2021, 09:10 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20

  13. Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 12

  14. Ought to Pass: MA RC 199-172 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 56

  15. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  16. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 18 P. 42

  17. Executive Session: 03/08/2021 12:00 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/91394352757

  18. ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/10/2021 10:20 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/95087806399 (if necessary)

  19. Public Hearing: 02/12/2021 10:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/95709405955 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.

  20. Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 42

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 409 not signed on · 179 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (409)

409 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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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Votes

Passed 14 Yea · 10 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7600
Republican 7000
Democrat 0400
Total 141000
% of votes cast 58%42%0%0%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Bob J. Giuda — Yea
Chuck W Morse — Yea
Donna M. Soucy — Nay
Erin Hennessey — Yea
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harold F. French — Yea
Jay Kahn — Nay
Jeb Bradley — Yea
John Reagan — Yea
Kevin Cavanaugh — Nay
Lou D'Allesandro — Nay
Rebecca G. Whitley — Nay
Tom Sherman — Nay
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Nay
David Watters Democrat Nay
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Democrat Nay
Suzanne Prentiss Democrat Nay
Bill Gannon Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Yea
James Gray Republican Yea
Kevin Avard Republican Yea
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea

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OTP

Passed 199 Yea · 172 Nay · 23 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 102100017
Republican 92104
Democrat 06902
Independent 1000
Total 195170023
% of votes cast 50%44%0%6%
How each member voted (388)
Member Party Vote
Keith M. Ammon — Yea
Amanda Elizabeth Elizabeth Toll — Nay
Gail E. Sanborn — Yea
Alan Bershtein — Yea
Alfred P. Baldasaro — Yea
Alicia D. Lekas — Yea
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Nay
Amanda Bouldin — Nay
Amanda Gourgue — Nay
Amy Bradley — Nay
Andrew J. Bouldin — Nay
Andrew Renzullo — Yea
Andrew S. O'Hearne — Nay
Ariel Oxaal — Not Voting
Arthur S. Ellison — Nay
Barbara J. Griffin — Yea
Ben M. Kilanski — Yea
Benjamin C. Baroody — Nay
Beth A. Folsom — Yea
Betsy McKinney — Not Voting
Betty I. Gay — Yea
Bill C. King — Yea
Bill G. Nelson — Yea
Bob J. Greene — Yea
Bonnie D. Ham — Yea
Brodie S. Deshaies — Yea
Bruce L. Cohen — Nay
Cam E. Kenney — Nay
Caroletta C. Alicea — Not Voting
Casey M. Conley — Nay
Catt Sandler — Not Voting
Cecilia Rich — Nay
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Nay
Chris True — Yea
Christy D. Bartlett — Nay
Chuck Grassie — Nay
Claire A. Rouillard — Yea
Clifford A. Newton — Yea
Cody M. Belanger — Yea
Connie Van Houten — Nay
Dan Toomey — Nay
Dan Wolf — Yea
Daniel A. Eaton — Nay
Dave Testerman — Yea
David A. Welch — Not Voting
David E. Cote — Not Voting
David W. Binford — Yea
Dawn M. Johnson — Yea
Deb Stevens — Nay
Deborah L. Hobson — Yea
Denise M. Smith — Yea
Dennis F. Acton — Yea
Dennis Green — Yea
Dennis J. Thompson — Nay
Diane M. Langley — Nay
Dianne E. Schuett — Nay
Dick Marston — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Nay
Donna Ellis — Nay
Dustin Dodge — Yea
Eamon P. Kelley — Nay
Edith Tucker — Nay
Edward M. Gordon — Yea
Erika F. Connors — Nay
Everett P. McBride — Yea
Fenton Groen — Yea
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Not Voting
Fred G. Doucette — Yea
Fred R. Plett — Yea
Gary Merchant — Yea
Gary S. Hopper — Yea
Gerri D. Cannon — Nay
Glenn Cordelli — Yea
Gregg Hough — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Heidi M. Hamer — Nay
Hershel Nunez — Yea
Israel F. Piedra — Nay
Ivy C. Vann — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — Nay
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Nay
James C. Allard — Yea
James F. Horgan — Yea
James L. Mason — Yea
James Michael Murphy — Nay
Jane E. Beaulieu — Nay
Janice E. Schmidt — Nay
Jeffrey C. Salloway — Nay
Jeffrey Greeson — Yea
Jeffrey P. Goley — Nay
Jennie R. Gomarlo — Nay
Jerry Knirk — Nay
Joan L. Hamblet — Nay
Joe Schapiro — Nay
John A. Burt — Yea
John A. Graham — Yea
John Bordenet — Nay
John E. Mann — Nay
John F. Klose — Yea
John Lewicke — Yea
John M. Callum — Yea
Jonathan D. Mackie — Yea
Joseph A. Pitre — Yea
Joseph Depalma IV — Yea
Josh S. Yokela — Yea
Joshua Adjutant — Nay
Joshua F. Query — Nay
Joyce Weston — Nay
Judith T. Spang — Nay
Karen C. Umberger — Yea
Katherine D. Rogers — Nay
Kendall A. Snow — Nay
Kenna E. Cross — Not Voting
Kenneth S. Vincent — Nay
Kevin B. Craig — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Yea
Kimberly A. Rice — Yea
Kristina M. Fargo — Nay
Kurt F. Wuelper — Yea
Larry L. Laflamme — Nay
Latha D. Mangipudi — Not Voting
Laura C. Pantelakos — Not Voting
Laurie J. Sanborn — Yea
Lawrence Welkowitz — Nay
Leah P. Cushman — Yea
Lee Walker Oxenham — Nay
Linda A. Massimilla — Nay
Linda L. Tanner — Nay
Lindsay Tausch — Not Voting
Lisa H. Bunker — Nay
Mac Kittredge — Yea
Manny Espitia — Nay
Margaret Anne Kennedy — Yea
Maria Perez — Nay
Marjorie A. Porter — Nay
Mark C. Alliegro — Yea
Mark King — Nay
Mary Ann Kimball — Not Voting
Mary Beth Walz — Nay
Mary C. Freitas — Nay
Mary E. Griffin — Yea
Mary Heath — Nay
Mary L. Mayville — Yea
Matthew J. Simon — Yea
Matthew Santonastaso — Yea
Max Abramson — Yea
Mel Myler — Not Voting
Melbourne R. Moran — Nay
Melissa Blasek — Yea
Michael B. O'Brien — Nay
Michael D. Abbott — Nay
Michael J. Sylvia — Yea
Michael P. Pedersen — Nay
Michael Yakubovich — Yea
Natalie J. Wells — Yea
Nick D. White — Yea
Nicole Klein-Knight — Nay
Niki Kelsey — Yea
Norman J. Silber — Yea
Norman L. Major — Not Voting
Oliver J. Ford — Yea
Patricia S. Klee — Nay
Patrick F. Abrami — Yea
Paul F. Ayer — Yea
Paul R. Bergeron — Nay
Paul Somero — Yea
Peter E. Torosian — Yea
Peter F. Somssich — Nay
Peter T. Hayward — Yea
Raymond Howard — Yea
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Nay
Rebecca McBeath — Nay
Richard Littlefield — Yea
Richard M. Abel — Nay
Robert J. Elliott — Yea
Robert L. Theberge — Yea
Robert Renny Cushing — Nay
Robert V. Healey — Yea
Roderick L. Pimentel — Nay
Roger W. Dontonville — Nay
Safiya Wazir — Nay
Scott Wallace — Yea
Sharon Nordgren — Nay
Sherry Dutzy — Nay
Sherry Frost — Not Voting
Skip Cleaver — Not Voting
Sparky Von Plinsky — Not Voting
Stacie-Marie Laughton — Nay
Stephanie M. Hyland — Nay
Stephen J. Shurtleff — Nay
Sue M. Mullen — Nay
Susan C. DeLemus — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Nay
Susan Homola — Yea
Suzanne H. Gottling — Nay
Suzanne J. Smith — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tim Baxter — Yea
Timothy Fontneau — Nay
Timothy J. Smith — Nay
Timothy P. Lang — Yea
Timothy T. Egan — Nay
Tina L. Harley — Yea
Tom E. Lanzara — Yea
Tom J. Loughman — Nay
Tony Labranche — Nay
Tony Lekas — Yea
Tony Piemonte — Yea
Tracy Emerick — Yea
Travis J. O'Hara — Yea
Troy Merner — Yea
Walter A. Stapleton — Yea
Wendy Chase — Nay
William A. Hatch — Nay
William J. Infantine — Yea
William M. Marsh — Yea
William S. Foster — Yea
Willis T. Griffith — Nay
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Nay
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Not Voting
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Nay
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
Chris McAleer Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Nay
Connie Lane Democrat Nay
Daniel Veilleux Democrat Nay
David Luneau Democrat Nay
David Meuse Democrat Nay
Debra Altschiller Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Nay
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Donovan Fenton Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Read Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jim Maggiore Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Kat McGhee Democrat Nay
Kate Murray Democrat Nay
Kris Schultz Democrat Nay
Laura Telerski Democrat Nay
Laurel Stavis Democrat Nay
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Nay
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Nay
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Pat Long Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Paul Berch Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Nay
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Nay
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Nay
Timothy Soucy Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Nay
Aidan Ankarberg Independent Yea
Aboul Khan Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Yea
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Yea
David Milz Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Yea
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Yea
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Yea
John Janigian Republican Yea
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Yea
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Verville Republican Yea
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Mark McLean Republican Yea
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Yea
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Bordes Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Richard Tripp Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Ross Berry Republican Not Voting
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Yea
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Kaczynski Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 285?
HB 285 is sponsored by John Potucek (Republican), Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien (Republican), Douglas Thomas (Republican), Regina Birdsell (Republican), David Love (Republican), and Erica Layon (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 285?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2021. Enacted.
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