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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?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
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Your Wallet

Taxpayers fund a $50,000 biennium appropriation plus estimated $89,000-$92,000 in state staff costs, but this enables indigent voters to obtain citizenship documentation at no personal cost.

6
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Your Community

Local election officials gain access to a citizenship verification system and receive state reimbursement for vouchers issued, reducing administrative burden on municipalities.

7
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Your Freedom

Indigent voters without documents gain a funded pathway to satisfy citizenship requirements rather than being unable to vote due to inability to afford birth certificate fees.

Status

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

Voted Yes

189 R + 5 D

Voted No

0 R + 142 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Bob Lynn (R)

The Short Version

This bill creates a procedure for election officials to verify citizenship of voters without documentary proof by accessing state and federal databases, and provides vouchers to indigent voters to pay for birth certificates if database verification fails. It appropriates $50,000 to reimburse municipalities and requires a new state staff position, with estimated costs of $89,000-$92,000 annually.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Indigent voters unable to afford birth certificates or citizenship documentation
  • ▲ Local election officials (receive state reimbursement for vouchers)
  • ▲ Municipalities (reimbursed by state for voucher costs)

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ New Hampshire taxpayers (fund $50,000 appropriation plus ongoing staff position costs of $89,000-$92,000 annually)
  • ▼ Department of State (notes in fiscal note that bill does not fund vouchers directly issued by the Department, only municipal reimbursements)

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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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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