New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 8 R · 2 D cosponsors

SB 222 — relative to moving the state primary date.

Last action — Remove from Table (Rep. Wherry): MF RC 151-168 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 156

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

This bill died with 2025 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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.

Bill Text

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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Remove from Table (Rep. Wherry): MF RC 151-168 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 156

  2. Lay SB222 on Table (Rep. Berry): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 132

  3. Ought to Pass: MF DV 168-170 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 132

  4. Amendment # 2025-2406h: AF DV 153-185 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 131

  5. Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2406h

  6. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/27/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 27 P. 20

  7. Executive Session: 05/27/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  8. Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-1621h: 04/22/2025 02:50 pm LOB 306-308

  9. ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 04/29/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  10. Public Hearing: 04/22/2025 11:00 am LOB 306-308

  11. Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 113

  12. Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1119s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/27/2025; SJ 9

  13. Committee Amendment # 2025-1119s, AA, VV; 03/27/2025; SJ 9

  14. SB 222 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/27/2025; SJ 9

  15. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1119s, 03/27/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14

  16. Hearing: 03/11/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 12

  17. Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 405 not signed on · 164 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (405)

405 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

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Failed 151 Yea · 168 Nay · 78 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 14026040
Democrat 2134034
Unaffiliated 7603
Independent 0001
Total 149166078
% of votes cast 38%42%0%20%
How each member voted (393)
Member Party Vote
Susan C DeLemus — Yea
Thomas L Kaczynski — Yea
Kimberly A Rice — Not Voting
Lisa M Freeman — Yea
Paul P Dargie — Nay
Patrick N Long — Nay
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Nay
Gary L. Daniels — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Yea
Jaci L. Grote — Nay
Michael P Murphy — Not Voting
Sandra L Panek — Not Voting
Suraj Budathoki — Nay
Suzanne M. Vail — Nay
Tom D Mannion — Yea
Alexis Simpson Democrat Nay
Alice Wade Democrat Nay
Alicia Gregg Democrat Not Voting
Alissandra Murray Democrat Nay
Allan Howland Democrat Not Voting
Allison Knab Democrat Nay
Amy Malone Democrat Nay
Anita Burroughs Democrat Nay
Barry Faulkner Democrat Nay
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Bill Bolton Democrat Nay
Brian Sullivan Democrat Nay
Buzz Scherr Democrat Not Voting
Carrie Sorensen Democrat Nay
Carry Spier Democrat Nay
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Not Voting
Catherine Rombeau Democrat Nay
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Not Voting
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Nay
Chris McAleer Democrat Nay
Chris Muns Democrat Nay
Christal Lloyd Democrat Nay
Christine Seibert Democrat Nay
Christopher Herbert Democrat Not Voting
Connie Lane Democrat Nay
Dale Swanson Democrat Nay
Dan Bergeron 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 Nay
David Paige Democrat Not Voting
David Preece Democrat Nay
Dennis Malloy Democrat Nay
Dick Ames Democrat Nay
Dru Fox Democrat Nay
Efstathia Booras Democrat Nay
Eileen Kelly Democrat Nay
Eleana Colby Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Read Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Rockmore Democrat Nay
Eric Gallager Democrat Nay
Eric Turer Democrat Nay
Erica de Vries Democrat Nay
Erik Johnson Democrat Nay
Erin Kerwin Democrat Nay
Fred Davis Democrat Nay
Gaby Grossman Democrat Not Voting
Gary Gilmore Democrat Nay
Gary Woods Democrat Nay
Geoffrey Smith Democrat Nay
George Sykes Democrat Nay
Gerald Ward Democrat Nay
Gregory Sargent Democrat Nay
Heath Howard Democrat Nay
Heather Baldwin Democrat Not Voting
Heather Raymond Democrat Nay
Hope Damon Democrat Nay
James Gruber Democrat Nay
James MacKay Democrat Nay
James Newsom Democrat Nay
James Roesener Democrat Not Voting
Janet Lucas Democrat Not Voting
Janet Wall Democrat Nay
Jared Sullivan Democrat Nay
Jean Jeudy Democrat Nay
Jennifer Mandelbaum Democrat Nay
Jerry Stringham Democrat Nay
Jessica Grill Democrat Not Voting
Jessica LaMontagne Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Nay
Jim Snodgrass Democrat Nay
Jodi Newell Democrat Nay
John Cloutier Democrat Nay
John Larochelle Democrat Nay
John Stone Democrat Nay
Jonah Wheeler Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Nay
Karen Ebel Democrat Nay
Karen Hegner 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
Lee Ann Kluger Democrat Nay
Lily Foss Democrat Nay
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Not Voting
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Nay
Linda Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Ryan Democrat Nay
Loren Foxx Democrat Nay
Loren Selig Democrat Not Voting
Louis Juris Democrat Not Voting
Lucius Parshall Democrat Nay
Lucy Weber Democrat Nay
Luz Bay Democrat Nay
Manoj Chourasia Democrat Not Voting
Marc Plamondon Democrat Nay
Marjorie Smith Democrat Nay
Mark MacKenzie Democrat Nay
Mark Paige Democrat Nay
Mark Vallone Democrat Not Voting
Martin Jack Democrat Nay
Mary Georges Democrat Nay
Mary Hakken-Phillips Democrat Nay
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Nay
Matthew Hicks Democrat Not Voting
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Nay
Megan Murray Democrat Nay
Merryl Gibbs Democrat Nay
Michael Cahill Democrat Nay
Michael Edgar Democrat Nay
Molly Howard Democrat Not Voting
Muriel Hall Democrat Nay
Myles England Democrat Not Voting
Nancy Murphy Democrat Nay
Ned Raynolds Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Nay
Nicholas Germana Democrat Not Voting
Nicole Leapley Democrat Nay
Paige Beauchemin Democrat Nay
Patricia Cornell Democrat Nay
Paul Berch Democrat Nay
Peggy Balboni Democrat Nay
Peter Bixby Democrat Nay
Peter Leishman Democrat Nay
Peter Lovett Democrat Not Voting
Peter Petrigno Democrat Nay
Peter Schmidt Democrat Nay
Philip Jones Democrat Not Voting
Ray Newman Democrat Nay
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Nay
Russell Muirhead Democrat Not Voting
Sallie Fellows Democrat Nay
Samantha Jacobs Democrat Nay
Sanjeev Manohar Democrat Nay
Santosh Salvi Democrat Not Voting
Seth Miller Democrat Nay
Stephanie Grund Democrat Nay
Stephanie Payeur Democrat Nay
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Nay
Sue Newman Democrat Nay
Susan Almy Democrat Nay
Susan Elberger Democrat Nay
Suzanne Chretien Democrat Nay
Terri O'Rorke Democrat Nay
Terry Spahr Democrat Nay
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Cormen Democrat Nay
Thomas Oppel Democrat Nay
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Nay
Thomas Southworth Democrat Nay
Tim Hartnett Democrat Nay
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Nay
Timothy Soucy Democrat Not Voting
Toni Weinstein Democrat Nay
Tony Caplan Democrat Nay
Tracy Bricchi Democrat Not Voting
Trinidad Tellez Democrat Nay
Wayne Burton Democrat Nay
Wayne Pearson Democrat Not Voting
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
Adam Presa Republican Not Voting
Alvin See Republican Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Not Voting
Arnold Davis Republican Yea
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Bill Boyd Republican Nay
Bill Ohm Republican Yea
Bob Lynn Republican Yea
Brian Cole Republican Nay
Brian Labrie Republican Yea
Brian Nadeau Republican Yea
Brian Seaworth Republican Yea
Brian Taylor Republican Nay
Bryan Morse Republican Not Voting
Calvin Beaulier Republican Yea
Carol McGuire Republican Yea
Catherine Kenny Republican Yea
Charles Foote Republican Yea
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Yea
Cindy Bennett Republican Yea
Claudine Burnham Republican Yea
Clayton Wood Republican Yea
Cyril Aures Republican Yea
Dale Girard Republican Nay
Dan McGuire Republican Not Voting
Daniel Popovici-Muller Republican Yea
Darrell Louis Republican Yea
David Love Republican Yea
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Not Voting
David Walker Republican Yea
Deborah Aylward Republican Yea
Debra DeSimone Republican Yea
Denis Murphy Republican Yea
Denise DeDe-Poulin Republican Yea
Dennis Mannion Republican Yea
Diane Kelley Republican Yea
Diane Pauer Republican Yea
Dick Thackston Republican Not Voting
Dillon Dumont Republican Yea
Donald McFarlane Republican Yea
Donald Selby Republican Not Voting
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Douglas Trottier Republican Not Voting
Erica Layon Republican Yea
Ernesto Gonzalez Republican Yea
George Grant Republican Yea
Gerald Griffin Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Yea
Glenn Bailey Republican Yea
Gregory Hill Republican Yea
Henry Giasson Republican Yea
JD Bernardy Republican Yea
Jack Flanagan Republican Yea
James Creighton Republican Yea
James Guzofski Republican Yea
James Qualey Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Yea
James Summers Republican Not Voting
James Thibault Republican Yea
James Tierney Republican Yea
Jason Osborne Republican Yea
Jay Markell Republican Yea
Jeanine Notter Republican Yea
Jeffrey Tenczar Republican Not Voting
Jennifer Rhodes Republican Yea
Jeremy Slottje Republican Yea
Jess Edwards Republican Yea
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Jim Kofalt Republican Yea
Jodi Nelson Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
Joe Sweeney Republican Not Voting
John Hunt Republican Not Voting
John Janigian Republican Not Voting
John Leavitt Republican Not Voting
John MacDonald Republican Nay
John Potucek Republican Yea
John Schneller Republican Yea
John Sellers Republican Yea
John Suiter Republican Yea
John Sytek Republican Nay
Jonathan Morton Republican Yea
Jonathan Smith Republican Yea
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Jose Cambrils Republican Yea
Joseph Barton Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Not Voting
Joseph Hamblen Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Yea
Julie Miles Republican Yea
Juliet Harvey-Bolia Republican Not Voting
Julius Soti Republican Yea
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katelyn Kuttab Republican Yea
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Kathleen Paquette Republican Yea
Katy Peternel Republican Yea
Keith Ammon Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Yea
Kelley Potenza Republican Yea
Kenneth Weyler Republican Yea
Kevin Scully Republican Not Voting
Kevin Verville Republican Not Voting
Kristin Noble Republican Yea
Kristine Perez Republican Not Voting
Larry Gagne Republican Yea
Laurence Miner Republican Yea
Len Turcotte Republican Yea
Lex Berezhny Republican Yea
Lilli Walsh Republican Yea
Linda Franz Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Linda McGrath Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Yea
Lisa Mazur Republican Yea
Lisa Post Republican Yea
Liz Barbour Republican Yea
Lori Korzen Republican Yea
Lorie Ball Republican Yea
Louise Andrus Republican Yea
Margaret Drye Republican Nay
Marie Louise Bjelobrk Republican Not Voting
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Nay
Mark Proulx Republican Nay
Mark Warden Republican Yea
Mary Ford Republican Yea
Mary Murphy Republican Yea
Matt Drew Republican Yea
Matthew Coker Republican Yea
Matthew Pitaro Republican Yea
Maureen Mooney Republican Yea
Melissa Litchfield Republican Yea
Michael Aron Republican Nay
Michael Granger Republican Yea
Michael Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Moffett Republican Not Voting
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Mike Belcher Republican Nay
Mike Bordes Republican Not Voting
Mike Drago Republican Yea
Mike Ouellet Republican Nay
Nicholas Bridle Republican Not Voting
Pam Brown Republican Yea
Paul Terry Republican Yea
Paul Tudor Republican Yea
Pete Morency Republican Yea
Peter Mehegan Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Not Voting
Pierre Dupont Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Nay
Raymond Peeples Republican Yea
Raymond Plante Republican Not Voting
Rich Nalevanko Republican Yea
Richard Brown Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Richard Tripp Republican Not Voting
Riché Colcombe Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Nay
Ricky Devoid Republican Yea
Rita Mattson Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Robert Wherry Republican Yea
Robley Hall Republican Not Voting
Ron Dunn Republican Not Voting
Ross Berry Republican Not Voting
Russell Dumais Republican Yea
Samuel Farrington Republican Yea
Sayra DeVito Republican Not Voting
Scott Bryer Republican Nay
Sean Durkin Republican Nay
Seth King Republican Yea
Shane Sirois Republican Yea
Sheri Minor Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Not Voting
Sherri Reinfurt Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Sly Karasinski Republican Yea
Stephen Boyd Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Bogert Republican Yea
Steven Kesselring Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Not Voting
Susan DeRoy Republican Yea
Susan Porcelli Republican Yea
Susan Vandecasteele Republican Not Voting
Tanya Donnelly Republican Not Voting
Ted Gorski Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Not Voting
Thomas Walsh Republican Yea
Tim Mannion Republican Not Voting
Tom Dolan Republican Yea
Tom Ploszaj Republican Yea
Travis Corcoran Republican Not Voting
Travis Toner Republican Yea
Valerie McDonnell Republican Yea
Vanessa Sheehan Republican Yea
Vicki Wilson Republican Yea
Walter Spilsbury Republican Nay
Wayne Hemingway Republican Yea
Wayne MacDonald Republican Nay
Yury Polozov Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 222?
SB 222 is sponsored by David Watters (Democrat), Kevin Avard (Republican), Ruth Ward (Republican), Daniel Innis (Republican), Denise Ricciardi (Republican), Timothy Lang (Republican), Howard Pearl (Republican), Tim McGough (Republican), Victoria Sullivan (Republican), and Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 222?
This bill died with 2025 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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