HB55: (New Title) relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act.

HB 55 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

13Feb2025... 0174h

2025 SESSION

25-0017

06/08

HOUSE BILL 55

AN ACT relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tom. Mannion, Hills. 1; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Aures, Merr. 13; Rep. Sabourin, Rock. 30; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill relocates the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act from RSA chapter 187-A to chapter 112, and removes the state university's requirement to enforce selective service registration.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Feb2025... 0174h 25-0017

06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act.

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

1 New Subdivision; Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act. Amend RSA 112 by inserting after section 12 the following new subdivision:

Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act

112:13 Title. This subdivision shall be known as the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act. 

112:14 Application. 

I. No person who is not in compliance with the Military Selective Service Act as provided in 50 U.S.C. app. section 451 et seq. having attained the age of 18 years, shall be eligible for employment by or service to the state or any political subdivision of the state, including all state boards, commissions, departments, agencies, and institutions. 

II. A person who has authorized the department of safety to submit information to the Selective Service System pursuant to RSA 263:5-c shall be considered to be in compliance with the Selective Service Act for purposes of this section. 

112:15 Responsibility for Compliance. Any official responsible for hiring employees by the state or its political subdivisions shall assure themselves that applicants comply with RSA 112:14. 

112:16 Exceptions. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply: 

I. If the requirement for the person to register under the Military Selective Service Act has terminated, or otherwise become inapplicable to such person;

II. If the person is serving or already has served in the military, or has a condition that would, under military rules and regulations, preclude military service; or

III. To state-supported institutions of postsecondary higher education or to decisions related to granting state-supported financial assistance for postsecondary higher education.

2 Repeal. RSA 187-A sections 38 through 41, relative to the Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act, are repealed.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.