relative to the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution.
HB 1388 requires that each constitutional amendment appear as a single ballot question, preventing voters from casting a single vote on multiple amendments. The bill mandates specific wording above amendment questions (e.g., "Questions Relating to Constitutional Amendments Proposed by the Legislature") and requires the ballot to include the full text of the proposed amendment and the vote history on the amendment’s passage. This applies to all ballots containing constitutional amendment questions in New Hampshire. The law takes effect upon passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Dec 4, 2025
Signed Jun 9, 2026
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MINOR
No substantive policy changes occurred between the two versions. The bill was simply converted from its adopted-bill format into its final chaptered form (Chapter 121), with section numbers renumbered accordingly and approval/effective dates added. All formatting differences are due to column width adjustments in the final layout.
TECHNICAL
Section numbers changed from '1' and '2' to '121:1' and '121:2' to reflect the bill's assignment as Chapter 121 of the session laws.
TIMELINE
Approval date (June 05, 2026) and effective date (June 05, 2026) were added at the end of the document, confirming when the governor signed the bill into law.
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 9, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/05/2026; Chapter 121; eff.06/05/20256
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/16/2026; SJ 9
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/16/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 14
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Introduced
Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 23
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/17/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 10 P. 15
lower
Dec 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 18
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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