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HB1624: relative to electioneering by public employees.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 HB1624
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Concurred
Senate status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Committee
SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
03/30/2016 at 10:00 AM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Public and Municipal Affairs Business and labor Elections and voting

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CHAPTER 176

HB 1624-FN - FINAL VERSION

04/21/2016 1446s

2016 SESSION

16-2656

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1624-FN

AN ACT relative to electioneering by public employees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gray, Straf. 8

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the applicability of the prohibition on electioneering by public employees.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/21/2016 1446s 16-2656

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to electioneering by public employees.

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

176:1 Electioneering by Public Employees. Amend RSA 659:44-a to read as follows:

659:44-a Electioneering by Public Employees.

I. No public employee, as defined in RSA 273-A:1, IX, shall electioneer while in the performance of his or her official duties.

II. No public employee shall [or] use government property or equipment, including, but not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering.

III. For the purposes of this section, “electioneer” means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.

IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

176:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: January 1, 2017