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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 173: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 173 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. Primary sponsor: John Sellers (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2026): Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John SellersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseGrafton 10
Keith AmmonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 42
Jim CreightonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 30
Joe GuthrieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 15
Lisa MazurCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 44
Diane PauerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 36
Lisa PostCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 42
Paul TerryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseBelknap 7
James TierneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseCoos 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/26/2026; SJ 7
  2. Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/26/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11
  3. Hearing: 03/03/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 10:00 am; SC 7
  4. Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 2
  5. Ought to Pass: MA DV 187-162 01/08/2026 HJ 2 P. 59
  6. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  7. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 09/24/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 51 P. 41
  8. Executive Session: 09/24/2025 01:00 pm GP 154
  9. Retained in Committee
  10. Executive Session: 01/30/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
  11. Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:40 am LOB 301-303
  12. Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 9

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source