HB 1010-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
10Mar2022... 0113h
2022 SESSION
22-2212
11/05
HOUSE BILL 1010-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires municipal voter history to be made accessible in the statewide centralized voter registration database.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Mar2022... 0113h 22-2212
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Availability of Checklist and Voter Information; Municipal Voter History. Amend RSA 654:31, IV to read as follows:
IV. The secretary of state shall, upon request, provide to a political party, as defined in RSA 664:2, IV, or to a political committee, as defined in RSA 664:2, III, a list of the name, domicile address, mailing address, town or city, voter history, and party affiliation, if any, of every registered voter in the state. The secretary of state shall, upon request, provide to a candidate for county, state, or federal office a list of the name, domicile address, mailing address, town or city, voter history, and party affiliation, if any, of every registered voter in the state or in the candidate's district. In this section, "voter history" means whether the person voted and, for primary elections, in which party's primary the person voted, in each state election and municipal election for the preceding 2 years. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $25 plus $0.50 per thousand names or portion thereof in excess of 2,500 plus shipping charges for each copy of the list provided under this section. In addition, the secretary of state shall charge and collect on behalf of and remit to the supervisors of the checklist of each city and town the amount that such supervisors would have charged had the public checklist of their city or town been purchased from them. The secretary of state may provide lists as prescribed in this section on paper, computer disk, computer tape, electronic transfer, or any other form.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2212
10/13/21
HB 1010-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $15,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Federal-HAVA | |||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the municipal election history to be included in the data made available for viewing in the statewide centralized voter registration database. The Department of State indicates the software changes needed to accommodate this bill would have an estimated cost of approximately $15,000 in Help America Vote Again (HAVA) federal funds in FY 2022.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of State