HB 1471 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2543

05/06

HOUSE BILL 1471

AN ACT relative to parental rights.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Goulette, Hills. 23; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Tucker, Rock. 23; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Jones, Straf. 24; Rep. Groen, Straf. 10; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf. 15; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill provides that parents have the natural right to control the health, education, and welfare of their children.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2543

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to parental rights.

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

1  New Subdivision; Parental Rights.  Amend RSA 460 by inserting after section 29 the following new subdivision:

Parental Rights

460:30  Parental Rights.  Parents have the natural right to control the health, education, and welfare of their children.

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