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HB365 Relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters.

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Relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

Low-income voters may need to spend money on obtaining citizenship documentation like birth certificates.

3
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Your Community

Creates a significant barrier to voting for the poorest citizens, essentially creating a financial prerequisite to exercise a fundamental right.

2
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Your Freedom

Requiring documentation that costs money to obtain effectively creates a poll tax on low-income citizens. Disproportionately affects elderly, homeless, and impoverished voters.

Status

Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/18/2026; Chapter 68; eff.07/17/2026

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Bob Lynn (R)

The Short Version

Requires proof of U.S. citizenship to vote, even for indigent voters who may lack documentation. Senate committee recommends passage. Could disenfranchise low-income citizens who cannot easily obtain birth certificates or passports.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Election integrity advocates

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Low-income citizens without readily available citizenship documents
  • ▼ Elderly voters born at home without birth certificates
  • ▼ Homeless individuals

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.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 189 for ) , Democrats opposed it ( 5 for , 142 against ) , and Independents supported it ( 1 for ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-08
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

189R + 5D + 1I
Voted to Pass (195)
0R + 142D
Voted Against (142)
33
Absent
25
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (195)

Republicans (189)
Democrats (5)
Independents (1)

Voted Nay (142)

Democrats (142)
Absent (33)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denis Murphy (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , John Sytek (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Louis Juris (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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