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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 693: relative to ballot counting procedures and permitting the hand counting of 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 693 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: relative to ballot counting procedures and permitting the hand counting of ballots. Primary sponsor: Susan Porcelli (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50.

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): Democratic 1 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Susan PorcelliPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 19
J.D. BernardyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 36
Claudine BurnhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseStrafford 2
Sayra DeVitoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 8
Sanjeev ManoharCo-sponsorDemocraticHouseHillsborough 9
Linda McGrathCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 40
Kristine PerezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 16

“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 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 50
  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 09/16/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 51 P. 9
  3. Executive Session: 09/16/2025 10:15 am GP 158
  4. Retained in Committee
  5. Executive Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
  6. Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 02:30 pm LOB 306-308
  7. Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 23

Sources

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