Bill Text: NH HB1444 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting certain state employees from wearing fragrances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-02-15 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 16, PG.929 [HB1444 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1444-Introduced.html

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HB 1444 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2257

01/05

HOUSE BILL 1444

AN ACT prohibiting certain state employees from wearing fragrances.

SPONSORS: Rep. Peckham, Rock 13; Rep. Abrami, Rock 13

COMMITTEE: Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits state employees who work with the public from wearing fragrances or using scented products during regular business hours.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2257

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT prohibiting certain state employees from wearing fragrances.

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

1 State Employees. Amend the chapter heading preceding RSA 98-F:1 to read as follows:

STATE [EMPLOYEE APPEARANCES BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE] EMPLOYEES

2 New Section; Certain State Employees Prohibited from Wearing Fragrances. Amend RSA 98-F by inserting after section 1 the following new section:

98-F:2 Certain State Employees Prohibited From Wearing Fragrances. State employees who work with the public shall not wear fragrances or use scented products during regular business hours.

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