New Hampshire 2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 9 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 2 — allowing the preprocessing of absentee ballots for certain 2021 elections and allowing for the postponement of annual town meetings in calendar year 2021 where concerns exist during the COVID-19 health emergency.

Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1

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

This bill died with 2022 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1

  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate SB2 10/29/2021 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 48 P. 9

  3. Executive Session: 10/06/2021 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  4. Retained in Committee

  5. Executive Session: 02/17/2021 01:30 pm Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://zoom.us/j/95842759377

  6. Public Hearing: 01/22/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following links:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91927250837Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout theday time permitting from the time the committee is initially convened.

  7. Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 33

  8. Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, RC 24Y-0N, MA; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

  9. Ought to Pass with Amendment 0005s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

  10. Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2021-0005s, RC 24Y-0N, AA; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

  11. Sen. Gray Moved Ought to Pass; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

  12. Sen. Bradley Moved Introduction; RC 24Y-0N, MA; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

  13. Sen. Bradley Moved to suspend all rules necessary to permit the consideration of SB 2 at the present time; 2/3 necessary, RC 24Y-0N, MA; 01/06/2021; SJ 2

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 397 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (397)

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Subjects

public-safety elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 2?
SB 2 is sponsored by Wayne MacDonald (Republican), Cindy Rosenwald (Democrat), Bill Gannon (Republican), Ruth Ward (Republican), James Gray (Republican), Kevin Avard (Republican), Regina Birdsell (Republican), Sherman Packard (Republican), Sharon Carson (Republican), Chuck Morse, Timothy Lang (Republican), Lou D'Allesandro, Jeb Bradley, John Reagan, Donna M. Soucy, David E. Cote, Harold F. French, and Tom Sherman.
What is the current status of SB 2?
This bill died with 2022 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.
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