HB67: relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.

CHAPTER 264

HB 67-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

10Apr2025... 0781h

05/15/2025 1962s

05/15/2025 2068s

26Jun2025... 2769CofC

2025 SESSION

25-0051

07/08

HOUSE BILL 67-FN-A

AN ACT relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Paige, Rock. 11; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill directs cities and towns to enable access to voting for individuals with disabilities during elections.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10Apr2025... 0781h

05/15/2025 1962s

05/15/2025 2068s

26Jun2025... 2769CofC 25-0051

07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

264:1 Elections; Voting Procedure; Accessible Voting Systems. RSA 659:20-b is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

659:20-b Accessible Voting Systems.

I. Every city, every town, and every school district which has adopted an official ballot system shall: 

(a) Ensure that each polling place has at least one accessible voting system. 

(b) Bear the cost of programming for the city, town, or school district election with the vendor chosen and contracted with by the secretary of state.

(c) Follow guidance from the secretary of state to upload programmed files to the accessible voting system, test the programming, and set up the accessible voting system for each election. 

II. The city or town clerk shall:

(a) Enter into an agreement with the secretary of state for the use of the state's provided accessible voting systems in local elections. 

(b) Store and maintain the state's accessible voting system in a secure manner following election security guidance issued by the secretary of state.

(c) For school elections held in the clerk's city or town, share the state's accessible voting system with the school clerk for use in the school district's elections.

III.  The secretary of state shall: 

(a)  Enter into an agreement with city and town clerks to provide accessible voting systems for use in city, town, and school elections. 

(b)  Provide guidance to city, town, and school clerks on uploading programmed files to the accessible voting systems. 

(c)  Provide security guidance for the local storage and maintenance of the accessible voting system or systems used for city, town, and school district elections.

(d) Bear the cost of programming for state and federal elections.

264:2 Change to Effective Date of Prospective Repeal. Amend 2024, 123:5, I to read as follows:

I. Section 4 of this act shall take effect [June 30] December 31, 2025.

264:3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect June 29, 2025.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

Approved: August 01, 2025

Effective Date: 

I. Section 2 effective June 29, 2025

II. Remainder effective January 1, 2026