Bill Text: NH HB1319 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to seating assignments of members of the house of representatives.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 50 [HB1319 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1319-Introduced.html
HB 1319 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 1319
AN ACT relative to seating assignments of members of the house of representatives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Patten, Merr. 17; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that seating assignments in the house chamber for members of the house of representatives shall consider the physical disability and limited mobility of a member.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2383
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to seating assignments of members of the house of representatives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Members of the General Court; House Chamber Seating Assignments. Amend RSA 14-A by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
14-A:7 House Chamber Seating Assignments. The speaker of the house of representatives shall consider an individual member's physical disability and limited mobility when designating seating assignments for the members of the house of representatives in the house chamber. He or she shall make all reasonable efforts to accommodate the requests of such members.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
