HB1062 Authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters.
Authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
The bill does not specify funding sources or audit costs, leaving the fiscal impact on taxpayers indeterminate.
Your Community
No direct impact on local communities, schools, or services is established by the bill's text.
Your Freedom
The bill creates an audit process for existing registered voters but includes data protection requirements and a sunset clause, presenting neither clear expansion nor clear restriction of individual rights as written.
Status
Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 289; eff. 9/8/2026
Voted Yes
193 R + 3 D
Voted No
1 R + 154 D
Sponsor
Bob Lynn (R)
The Short Version
This bill authorizes the Secretary of State to randomly audit registered voters' citizenship status and requires destruction of audit data after confirmation or final resolution. The bill has a built-in sunset date of July 1, 2029, making it a temporary three-year program.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Secretary of State with new audit authority
- ▲ Registered voters whose citizenship is confirmed (noted in database and exempt from future audits)
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Registered voters selected for random audits (subject to citizenship verification process)
- ▼ State budget (cost of conducting audits not specified)
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
YES = Yes. NO = No.
Show all 391 individual votes
Voted Yea (196)
- Aboul Khan
- Adam Presa
- Alvin See
- Andrew Prout
- Arnold Davis
- Barbara Comtois
- Bill Boyd
- Bill Ohm
- Bob Lynn
- Brian Cole
- Brian Labrie
- Brian Nadeau
- Brian Seaworth
- Brian Taylor
- Calvin Beaulier
- Carol McGuire
- Cathy Kenny
- Charles Foote
- Charles McMahon
- Charles Melvin
- Cindy Bennett
- Claudine Burnham
- Clayton Wood
- Cyril Aures
- Dan McGuire
- Daniel Popovici-Muller
- David Love
- David Lundgren
- David Milz
- David Walker
- Debra DeSimone
- Denis Murphy
- Denise DeDe-Poulin
- Dennis Mannion
- Diane Kelley
- Diane Pauer
- Dick Thackston
- Dillon Dumont
- Donald McFarlane
- Douglas Thomas
- Erica Layon
- Ernesto Gonzalez
- Gary Daniels
- George Grant
- Gerald Griffin
- Glen Aldrich
- Glenn Bailey
- Gregory Hill
- Henry Giasson
- Jack Flanagan
- James Guzofski
- James Spillane
- James Thibault
- James Tierney
- Jason Osborne
- Jay Markell
- JD Bernardy
- Jeanine Notter
- Jeffrey Tenczar
- Jennifer Rhodes
- Jeremy Slottje
- Jess Edwards
- Jim Creighton
- Jim Fedolfi
- Jim Kofalt
- Jim Qualey
- Jodi Nelson
- Joe Alexander
- Joe Sweeney
- John Hunt
- John Janigian
- John MacDonald
- John Potucek
- John Schneller
- John Sellers
- John Suiter
- John Sytek
- Jonathan Morton
- Jonathan Smith
- Jordan Ulery
- Jose Cambrils
- Joseph Barton
- Joseph Guthrie
- Joseph Hamblen
- Judy Aron
- Julie Miles
- Juliet Harvey-Bolia
- Julius Soti
- Karel Crawford
- Katelyn Kuttab
- Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien
- Kathleen Paquette
- Katy Peternel
- Keith Ammon
- Keith Erf
- Kelley Potenza
- Kenneth Weyler
- Kevin Scully
- Kevin Verville
- Kimberly Rice
- Kristin Noble
- Kristine Perez
- Larry Gagne
- Leonard Turcotte
- Lex Berezhny
- Lilli Walsh
- Linda Franz
- Linda Gould
- Linda McGrath
- Lino Avellani
- Lisa Freeman
- Lisa Mazur
- Lisa Post
- Liz Barbour
- Lori Korzen
- Lorie Ball
- Louise Andrus
- Marc Tremblay
- Margaret Drye
- Marie Bjelobrk
- Mark McLean
- Mark Proulx
- Mark Warden
- Mary Ford
- Mary Murphy
- Matt Drew
- Matt Sabourin
- Matthew Coker
- Matthew Pitaro
- Melissa Litchfield
- Michael Aron
- Michael Granger
- Michael Harrington
- Michael Moffett
- Michael Vose
- Mike Belcher
- Mike Drago
- Mike Ouellet
- Nicholas Bridle
- Pamela Brown
- Paul Terry
- Paul Tudor
- Peter Mehegan
- Peter Morency
- Phyllis Katsakiores
- Pierre Dupont
- Ralph Boehm
- Raymond Peeples
- Raymond Plante
- Richard Brown
- Richard Lascelles
- Richard Nalevanko
- Riche Colcombe
- Ricky Devoid
- Rita Mattson
- Robert Harb
- Robert Wherry
- Robley Hall
- Roderick Ladd
- Ron Dunn
- Ross Berry
- Samuel Farrington
- Sayra Devito
- Scott Bryer
- Sean Durkin
- Seth King
- Shane Sirois
- Sherri Reinfurt
- Skip Rollins
- Sly Karasinski
- Stephen Boyd
- Steven Kesselring
- Steven Smith
- Susan DeLemus
- Susan Deroy
- Susan Porcelli
- Susan Vandecasteele
- Tanya Donnelly
- Ted Gorski
- Terry Roy
- Thomas Kaczynski
- Thomas Walsh
- Tom Dolan
- Tom Mannion
- Tom Ploszaj
- Travis Corcoran
- Valerie McDonnell
- Vanessa Sheehan
- Vicki Wilson
- Walter Spilsbury
- Wayne Hemingway
- Wayne MacDonald
- Yury Polozov
Voted Nay (156)
- Alexis Simpson
- Alice Wade
- Alicia Gregg
- Alissandra Murray
- Allan Howland
- Allison Knab
- Amy Malone
- Anita Burroughs
- Barry Faulkner
- Bill Bolton
- Billie Butler
- Brian Sullivan
- Buzz Scherr
- Carrie Sorensen
- Carry Spier
- Cassandra Levesque
- Catherine Rombeau
- Cathryn Harvey
- Charlie St. Clair
- Chris McAleer
- Christal Lloyd
- Christine Seibert
- Connie Lane
- Dale Swanson
- Daniel LeClerc
- Daniel Veilleux
- David Fracht
- David Luneau
- David Paige
- David Preece
- Dennis Malloy
- Dru Fox
- Efstathia Booras
- Eileen Kelly
- Eleana Colby
- Ellen Rockmore
- Eric Gallager
- Eric Turer
- Erica deVries
- Erik Johnson
- Erin Kerwin
- Fred Davis
- Gary Gilmore
- Gary Woods
- George Sykes
- Gerald Ward
- Gregory Sargent
- Heath Howard
- Heather Baldwin
- Heather Raymond
- Hope Damon
- James Gruber
- James Newsom
- James Roesener
- Janet Lucas
- Janet Wall
- Jared Sullivan
- Jean Jeudy
- Jerry Stringham
- Jessica Grill
- Jessica LaMontagne
- Jim Maggiore
- Jim Snodgrass
- Jodi Newell
- John Cloutier
- John Larochelle
- Julie Gilman
- Karen Ebel
- Karen Hegner
- Kat McGhee
- Kate Murray
- Kathy Staub
- Kristina Schultz
- Laura Telerski
- Laurel Stavis
- Lee Ann Kluger
- Lily Foss
- Linda DiSilvestro
- Linda Harriott-Gathright
- Linda Haskins
- Linda Ryan
- Loren Foxx
- Loren Selig
- Louis Juris
- Lucius Parshall
- Lucy Weber
- Luz Bay
- Manoj Chourasia
- Marc Plamondon
- Mark MacKenzie
- Mark Vallone
- Martin Jack
- Mary Georges
- Mary Hakken-Phillips
- Mary Wallner
- Matthew Hicks
- Matthew Wilhelm
- Megan Murray
- Merryl Gibbs
- Michael Cahill
- Michael Edgar
- Muriel Hall
- Myles England
- Nancy Murphy
- Ned Raynolds
- Nicholas Germana
- Nicole Leapley
- Paige Beauchemin
- Patricia Cornell
- Patrick Long
- Paul Berch
- Paul Dargie
- Peggy Balboni
- Peter Bixby
- Peter Leishman
- Peter Lovett
- Peter Petrigno
- Peter Schmidt
- Philip Jones
- Ray Newman
- Richard Ames
- Rosemarie Rung
- Russell Muirhead
- Sallie Fellows
- Samantha Jacobs
- Sanjeev Manohar
- Santosh Salvi
- Seth Miller
- Stephanie Grund
- Stephanie Payeur
- Stephen Woodcock
- Sue Newman
- Susan Almy
- Susan Elberger
- Suzanne Chretien
- Suzanne Vail
- Teresa O'Rorke
- Thomas Cormen
- Thomas Oppel
- Thomas Schamberg
- Thomas Southworth
- Tim Hartnett
- Timothy Horrigan
- Timothy Soucy
- Toni Weinstein
- Tony Caplan
- Tracy Bricchi
- Trinidad Tellez
- Wayne Burton
- Wayne Pearson
- Wendy Thomas
- William Darby
- William Palmer
- Zoe Manos
Beth Richards (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Chris Muns (D) , Darrell Louis (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , John Leavitt (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Mark Pearson (R) , Maureen Mooney (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Richard Tripp (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Terry Spahr (D) , Thomas Buco (D)
Bryan Morse (R) , Christopher Herbert (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , David Meuse (D) , Donald Selby (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Summers (R) , John Stone (D) , Mark Paige (D) , Molly Howard (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Bogert (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Toner (R) , William Dolan (D)
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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