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HB 497 · 2025 · House · Election Law Committee

Reviewing voter checklist procedures

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requiring the periodic evaluation of the forms and procedures related to performing voter checklist duties.

Requires the secretary of state to periodically review the forms and procedures used for performing voter checklist duties.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 26, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill requires the secretary of state to periodically review the forms and procedures related to performing voter checklist duties.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“The secretary of state shall issue and distribute guidelines for the content, composition, and style of checklists and for the maintenance of data related to checklists by which the supervisors of the checklist shall compile and correct the checklist.”
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“Such guidelines shall specify the information which will be maintained and updated by the supervisors.”
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“The secretary shall establish standard forms and procedures for the use of the supervisors for the maintenance of such information.”
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“The secretary shall periodically evaluate the forms and procedures for usability and determine estimated resource and time requirements for the completion of forms and the performance of the procedures.”
RSA 654:25

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Robert WherryRPrimeChair· Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy
  • Rep. Claudine BurnhamRClerk· Election Law

Also: Rep. Clayton WoodR

Public testimony

15 signed in online · 3 wrote testimony

33% support67% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“This bill would be impossible to implement. Most voting machine companies already background check their employees; if they don't, don't hire that company.”
— Leigh Hutchinson, Derryopposes

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Mar 11, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate17–0
    Overall
    100% yea
  • Mar 26, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

  • Mar 4, 2025Public hearingHouse Election Law1:20:57–1:30:019m 4slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Mar 11, 2025Public hearingHouse Election Law14:50–18:253m 35slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
  • Mar 26, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 13
  2. Mar 4, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 03/04/2025 11:20 am LOB 306-308
  3. Mar 11, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 306-308
  4. Mar 11, 2025House: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/11/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 17 P. 14
  5. Mar 26, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 21

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.