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HB1581: relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.
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Sponsors
- Lex Berezhny House · Graf 9
- Keith Michael Ammon House · Hills 40
- Hill House · Merr 3
- Eric B Gallager House · Merr 15
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CHAPTER 44
HB 1581 - FINAL VERSION
16Feb2022... 0192h
2022 SESSION
22-2459
05/11
HOUSE BILL 1581
AN ACT relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires state agencies to consider whether technology solutions containing proprietary or open source software offer the most cost effective solution for the agency.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Feb2022... 0192h 22-2459
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
44:1 Department of Information Technology; Open Standards; Use of Technology Solutions by State Agencies. Amend RSA 21-R:11, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Consider whether technology solutions containing proprietary or open source software offer the most cost effective[ technology] solution for the agency, based on consideration of all associated acquisition, support, maintenance, and training costs;
44:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 03, 2022
Effective Date: July 02, 2022