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New Hampshire · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 217: relative to absentee ballots.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 217 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to absentee ballots. Primary sponsor: Bob Lynn (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2025): Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 05/15/2025; SJ 13.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob LynnPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 17
James GrayCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6

“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. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/15/2025, Vote 4-1; SC 21
  3. Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 103, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 19
  4. Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 10
  5. Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 23
  6. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
  7. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/18/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 54
  8. Subcommittee Work Session: 03/18/2025 09:00 am LOB 307
  9. Subcommittee Work Session: 03/14/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
  10. Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
  11. Subcommittee Work Session: 03/07/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
  12. Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2025 09:30 am LOB 302-304

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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