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HB1325: relative to the election of chairs of house standing policy committees.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Michael Brewster House ยท Merr 21
Topics
Legislative Administration Elections and voting
Official links
HB 1325 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2398
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1325
AN ACT relative to the election of chairs of house standing policy committees.
ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the election of a chairperson of a standing policy committee of the house of representatives.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2398
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the election of chairs of house standing policy committees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 General Court; House Committee Chairpersons; Election. Amend RSA 14-A:1 to read as follows:
14-A:1 [Vacancy in] Committee [Chairman] Chairpersons.
I. If the office of [chairman of a committee of either branch of the general court] chairperson of a senate committee becomes vacant for any reason at any time after the adjournment of the biennial session and before the dissolution of the general court under the constitution, the [presiding officer of the branch of the general court in which the vacancy occurs] senate president may appoint a [chairman] chairperson to fill the vacancy from among any of the members of the committee in which the vacancy exists.
II. At any time after the adjournment of the biennial session and before the dissolution of the general court under the constitution, the members of the house of representatives appointed to a house standing policy committee may replace the appointed chairperson or fill a vacancy in the office of chairperson by election of a new chairperson from among any of the members of the committee.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.