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NH HB 323

enacted

requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.

New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NH HB 323 pass?

Yes. NH HB 323 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 20; eff: 06/02/2026

What is NH HB 323 about?

NH HB 323 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.”.

Who sponsors NH HB 323?

Donald S McFarlane is the primary sponsor of NH HB 323, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-08
Latest action
2026-04-06 — Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 20; eff: 06/02/2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Donald S McFarlaneprimary
  • Katelyn T Kuttabcosponsor
  • John Sellerscosponsor
  • Julius F Soticosponsor
  • Ross Berrycosponsor
  • Bill M. Gannoncosponsor
  • James A Spillanecosponsor
  • Joe Sweeneycosponsor
  • Jeanine M Nottercosponsor
  • Victoria Sullivancosponsor
  • Jordan G. Ulerycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-06

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 04/03/2026; Chapter 20; eff: 06/02/2026

  2. 2026-03-26

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/26/2026); SJ 8

    enrolled

  3. 2026-03-26

    Enrolled 03/26/2026 HJ 9 P. 2

  4. 2026-03-05

    Ought to Pass: RC 16Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/05/2026; SJ 5

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  5. 2026-02-17

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/05/2026, Vote 3-1; SC 8

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-02-05

    Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:35 am; SC 5

  7. 2026-01-30

    Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 3

    introduction,referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-07

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-2940h: MA RC 190-148 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 160

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  9. 2026-01-07

    Amendment # 2025-2940h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 158

  10. 2025-11-17

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  11. 2025-11-17

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2940h 09/16/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 31

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-08-25

    Executive Session: 09/16/2025 10:15 am GP 158

  13. 2025-03-18

    Retained in Committee

  14. 2025-03-17

    Subcommittee Work Session: 03/18/2025 09:00 am LOB 307

  15. 2025-03-12

    Subcommittee Work Session: 03/14/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308

  16. 2025-03-12

    ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308

  17. 2025-03-06

    ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308

  18. 2025-03-04

    Subcommittee Work Session: 03/07/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308

  19. 2025-02-20

    Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2025 09:30 am LOB 302-304

  20. 2025-02-07

    Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2025 09:30 am LOB 306-308

  21. 2025-02-07

    Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 10:30 am LOB 306-308

  22. 2025-01-08

    Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 2 P. 15

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • OTPA

    2026-01-07 · pass · 190-148

    Member-level votes (386)
    • Phyllis M Katsakiores: yes
    • Mary Jane Wallner: no
    • John B. Hunt: yes
    • Janet G Wall: no
    • Wayne M. Burton: no
    • Gary R Gilmore: no
    • Kenneth L Weyler: yes
    • Gary L. Daniels: other
    • Sherman A. Packard: yes
    • John J Sytek: yes
    • John R Cloutier: no
    • James R MacKay: other
    • Susan W Almy: no
    • Joseph A. Guthrie: yes
    • Peter R Leishman: no
    • Marjorie K. Smith: no
    • Michael D Harrington: other
    • Charles E McMahon: yes
    • Maureen C. Mooney: yes
    • Peter B Schmidt: no
    • Ralph G Boehm: yes
    • Jordan G. Ulery: yes
    • Thomas L Buco: other
    • Jean L. Jeudy: other
    • Lucy McVitty Weber: no
    • Debra L DeSimone: yes
    • Larry G Gagne: other
    • Timothy O. Horrigan: no
    • Rick M Ladd: yes
    • Carol M McGuire: yes
    • Timothy A. Soucy: no
    • Susan C DeLemus: yes
    • Jack B. Flanagan: yes
    • Gregory G. Hill: yes
    • David C Lundgren: other
    • Dan McGuire: yes
    • Jeanine M Notter: yes
    • Bill H Ohm: yes
    • Mark L Proulx: yes
    • Brian Seaworth: yes
    • Steven D Smith: other
    • Marc D Tremblay: yes
    • Mark Warden: yes
    • Dick Ames: no
    • Paul S. Berch: no
    • Peter W Bixby: no
    • Efstathia S Booras: no
    • Michael D Cahill: other
    • Karel A. Crawford: other
    • Linda A. DiSilvestro: no
    • Karen E Ebel: no
    • Linda C Harriott-Gathright: no
    • Martin L. Jack: no
    • Aboul B Khan: yes
    • Dennis J Malloy: no
    • David E Milz: yes
    • Chris Muns: no
    • Skip A. Rollins: yes
    • Thomas C Schamberg: other
    • Joe Sweeney: yes
    • George E Sykes: no
    • Thomas C Walsh: yes
    • Gerald W.R. Ward: no
    • Glen C Aldrich: other
    • Keith Michael Ammon: yes
    • Lino M Avellani: yes
    • Russell Dumais: yes
    • Thomas L Kaczynski: yes
    • Mark McLean: yes
    • Jason M. Osborne: yes
    • John Michael Potucek: yes
    • Katherine J. Prudhomme-O'Brien: yes
    • Kimberly A Rice: yes
    • James A Spillane: yes
    • Douglas W. Thomas: yes
    • Len P Turcotte: yes
    • Peter R. Varney: other
    • Michael Vose: yes
    • Patricia Cornell: no
    • Linda R Gould: yes
    • Christopher J. Herbert: other
    • David J. Luneau: other
    • Alexis H Simpson: no
    • Thomas L Southworth: no
    • Michael A Edgar: no
    • Michael I Moffett: yes
    • Barry Faulkner: no
    • Barbara Comtois: yes
    • Jim L Fedolfi: other
    • Gerald Griffin: yes
    • Lisa M Freeman: yes
    • Richard W. Lascelles: yes
    • Kevin J Scully: yes
    • Andrew J. Prout: yes
    • John A Leavitt: yes
    • Kevin G. Verville: yes
    • Jess Edwards: yes
    • Richard P Tripp: yes
    • John C Janigian: yes
    • Cathryn A Harvey: no
    • Mark S MacKenzie: no
    • Sue A Newman: no
    • Catherine M Sofikitis: no
    • Beth S. Richards: no
    • Ellen D Read: no
    • Julie D Gilman: yes
    • Kate Rushford Murray: no
    • Mark A Pearson: yes
    • Kris Schultz: no
    • Charlie G. St. Clair: other
    • Brian M Sullivan: no
    • Anita D Burroughs: no
    • Stephen L Woodcock: no
    • John T MacDonald: yes
    • Jerry M. Stringham: no
    • Sallie D Fellows: other
    • Laurel Stavis: no
    • Keith Erf: yes
    • Nancy A Murphy: no
    • Rosemarie Rung: no
    • Wendy Ellen N Thomas: no
    • Ray E Newman: no
    • Fred E Davis: other
    • Laura Damphousse Telerski: no
    • Matthew B. Wilhelm: no
    • Connie Boyles Lane: no
    • Gary L Woods: no
    • Tom Dolan: other
    • David C Love: yes
    • Stephen C. Pearson: yes
    • Mark A Vallone: other
    • Robert D Harb: yes
    • Charles R Melvin: yes
    • Gaby M Grossman: other
    • Jim V. Maggiore: yes
    • David James Meuse: no
    • Terry W Roy: yes
    • Cassandra N Levesque: other
    • Judy F. Aron: yes
    • Megan A Murray: no
    • Kat McGhee: no
    • Joe H. Alexander: yes
    • Paul P Dargie: no
    • Peter Petrigno: no
    • Tom Ploszaj: yes
    • Mike Bordes: other
    • Juliet Harvey-Bolia: yes
    • Douglas R. Trottier: other
    • Jonathan H Smith: yes
    • Chris R McAleer: no
    • Dru Fox: no
    • Lucius Parshall: no
    • James R Qualey: yes
    • Jennifer M Rhodes: yes
    • Arnold G Davis: yes
    • Lex Berezhny: yes
    • Mary A Hakken-Phillips: no
    • Russell Muirhead: no
    • Jim A Kofalt: yes
    • Lisa C.M. Post: yes
    • Ted Gorski: yes
    • Daniel T. Veilleux: no
    • Vanessa L Sheehan: yes
    • Diane E. Kelley: yes
    • Diane Pauer: yes
    • James L Creighton: other
    • Ross Berry: yes
    • Louise Andrus: other
    • Tony M Caplan: no
    • Jose E Cambrils: yes
    • Eric B Gallager: no
    • Matthew Pitaro: yes
    • Stephen E. Boyd: yes
    • Paul D Tudor: yes
    • Erica J Layon: yes
    • Julius F Soti: yes
    • Bob J. Lynn: yes
    • Susan J Vandecasteele: yes
    • Melissa A. Litchfield: yes
    • JD Bernardy: yes
    • Mark Paige: no
    • Glenn Bailey: yes
    • Aidan Ankarberg: other
    • Walter Spilsbury: yes
    • Wayne D. MacDonald: yes
    • Paul A Terry: yes
    • Bill Boyd: other
    • Muriel C Hall: no
    • Catherine A Rombeau: no
    • Jodi L Nelson: other
    • Cyril Nicholas Aures: yes
    • Deborah Aylward: other
    • Peggy Balboni: no
    • Heather P Baldwin: no
    • Lorie Ball: yes
    • Luz Bay: no
    • Steven T Bogert: yes
    • Bill R Bolton: no
    • Richard R Brown: yes
    • Claudine R Burnham: yes
    • Matthew Coker: yes
    • Riché Colcombe: yes
    • Travis James Corcoran: yes
    • Thomas H Cormen: no
    • Hope E Damon: no
    • Will Darby: no
    • William Dolan: other
    • Tanya Donnelly: yes
    • Mike Drago: yes
    • Margaret M Drye: yes
    • Ron C Dunn: yes
    • Susan A Elberger: no
    • Charles H Foote: other
    • Loren E Foxx: no
    • Nicholas A Germana: no
    • Merryl Gibbs: other
    • Michael E Granger: yes
    • Alicia C Gregg: no
    • Jessica Grill: no
    • Matthew S Hicks: yes
    • Molly C Howard: no
    • Heath Howard: other
    • Allan Howland: no
    • Philip M Jones: no
    • Louis C Juris: no
    • Catherine M Kenny: yes
    • Seth King: yes
    • Allison Knab: other
    • Katelyn T Kuttab: yes
    • Jessica Finn LaMontagne: no
    • Nicole M Leapley: no
    • Daniel J LeClerc: no
    • Christal R Lloyd: no
    • Peter Lovett: no
    • Tom D Mannion: yes
    • Dennis Mannion: yes
    • Zoe R Manos: no
    • Lisa R Mazur: yes
    • Valerie E McDonnell: yes
    • Alissandra Murray: no
    • David J Nagel: other
    • Jodi K Newell: no
    • Kristin Noble: yes
    • Mike Ouellet: yes
    • David Paige: no
    • William S Palmer: no
    • Stephanie R Payeur: no
    • Kristine Perez: yes
    • Katy Peternel: yes
    • Yury Polozov: yes
    • Daniel Popovici-Muller: yes
    • Susan M Porcelli: yes
    • Kelley L Potenza: yes
    • Heather Raymond: no
    • Ned Raynolds: other
    • James Leon Roesener: no
    • Linda V Ryan: no
    • Alvin B See: yes
    • Christine Seibert: no
    • Loren Selig: no
    • John Sellers: yes
    • Shane A Sirois: other
    • Geoffrey Smith: other
    • Carry Spier: no
    • Kathy Staub: no
    • Jared Sullivan: no
    • James Summers: yes
    • Trinidad Tellez: no
    • Jeffrey Tenczar: other
    • Eric S Turer: no
    • David E Walker: yes
    • Lilli M Walsh: yes
    • Jonah Orion Wheeler: no
    • Robert J Wherry: yes
    • Clayton D Wood: yes
    • Dick H Thackston: yes
    • James W Tierney: yes
    • Brian D Cole: yes
    • Mike S Belcher: yes
    • Marc W Plamondon: no
    • David Fracht: other
    • Paige Beauchemin: no
    • Sean C Durkin: yes
    • Erik R Johnson: no
    • Jennifer Mandelbaum: no
    • Michael Aron: yes
    • Liz F Barbour: yes
    • Joseph J Barton: yes
    • Calvin Beaulier: yes
    • Cindy Lynn Bennett: yes
    • Dan H Bergeron: other
    • Marie Louise Bjelobrk: yes
    • Tracy Anne Bricchi: no
    • Nicholas D. Bridle: yes
    • Pam Brown: yes
    • Scott R Bryer: yes
    • Manoj Chourasia: no
    • Suzanne L Chretien: no
    • Eleana Marie Colby: no
    • Erica R de Vries: no
    • Denise DeDe-Poulin: other
    • Susan G DeRoy: yes
    • Sayra Lynn DeVito: other
    • Ricky J Devoid: yes
    • Matt Drew: yes
    • Dillon J Dumont: yes
    • Pierre M Dupont: yes
    • Myles England: other
    • Samuel G Farrington: yes
    • Mary J Ford: other
    • Lily M Foss: no
    • Linda Franz: yes
    • Mary Ngwanda Georges: no
    • Henry R Giasson: yes
    • Dale R Girard: yes
    • Ernesto L Gonzalez: yes
    • George C Grant: yes
    • James Gruber: no
    • Stephanie Grund: no
    • James H Guzofski: yes
    • Robley Hall: yes
    • Joseph Hamblen: yes
    • Tim Hartnett: no
    • Karen A Hegner: no
    • Wayne J Hemingway: yes
    • Samantha Jacobs: no
    • Sly Karasinski: yes
    • Eileen S Kelly: no
    • Erin Kerwin: no
    • Steven Kesselring: yes
    • Lee Ann Kluger: no
    • Lori E Korzen: yes
    • Brian H Labrie: yes
    • John H Larochelle: yes
    • Patrick N Long: no
    • Darrell A Louis: yes
    • Janet Marie Lucas: no
    • Amy L Malone: other
    • Tim E Mannion: other
    • Sanjeev K Manohar: no
    • Jay D Markell: yes
    • Rita G Mattson: yes
    • Donald S McFarlane: yes
    • Linda McGrath: yes
    • Peter L. Mehegan: yes
    • Julie Miles: yes
    • Seth B Miller: no
    • Laurence A Miner: other
    • Sheri Minor: other
    • Pete Morency: yes
    • Bryan Morse: yes
    • Mary Murphy: other
    • Denis Vincent Murphy: yes
    • Brian G Nadeau: yes
    • Rich M Nalevanko: yes
    • James Newsom: no
    • Terri O'Rorke: no
    • Thomas Oppel: no
    • Kathleen Paquette: yes
    • Wayne Pearson: no
    • Raymond C. Peeples: yes
    • Raymond S Plante: yes
    • Adam Joseph Presa: other
    • Sherri L Reinfurt: yes
    • Ellen B Rockmore: no
    • Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière: yes
    • Santosh Salvi: no
    • Gregory M Sargent: no
    • Buzz Scherr: no
    • John Schneller: yes
    • Donald Evan Selby: yes
    • Jeremy Slottje: yes
    • Jim Snodgrass: no
    • Carrie Sorensen: no
    • Terry Spahr: no
    • John Joseph Stone: no
    • John W. Suiter: yes
    • Dale Swanson: no
    • Brian R. Taylor: yes
    • James R Thibault: yes
    • Travis J Toner: other
    • Alice Wade: no
    • Toni Weinstein: no
    • Vicki A Wilson: yes
    • Billie Butler: no
    • David John Preece: no
  • Ought to Pass

    2026-03-05 · pass · 16-8

    Member-level votes (24)
    • Sharon M. Carson: yes
    • David H. Watters: no
    • Kevin A. Avard: yes
    • Regina Birdsell: yes
    • Cindy Rosenwald: no
    • James P. Gray: yes
    • Ruth Ward: yes
    • Bill M. Gannon: yes
    • Daniel E. Innis: yes
    • Suzanne M. Prentiss: no
    • Denise Ricciardi: yes
    • Rebecca Perkins Kwoka: no
    • Timothy Lang: yes
    • Donovan Fenton: no
    • Keith R. Murphy: yes
    • Howard Pearl: yes
    • Daryl Abbas: yes
    • Debra Altschiller: no
    • David Rochefort: yes
    • Mark McConkey: yes
    • Tim McGough: yes
    • Tara Reardon: no
    • Victoria Sullivan: yes
    • Pat Long: no

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