Bill Text: NH HB1503 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place, relative to health and dental benefits for temporary, seasonal, and part-time state employees, and relative to administration of the tobacco tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-28 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/24/2016; Chapter 320; I. Sec. 3-14 eff. 7/1/2016 ; II. Rem. eff. 6/24/2016 [HB1503 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1503-Introduced.html
HB 1503 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 1503
AN ACT relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.
SPONSORS: Rep. Fields, Belk. 4
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the prohibition on distributing campaign materials at the polling place.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Distributing Campaign Materials at Polling Place. Amend RSA 659:43, I to read as follows:
I. No person [who is a candidate for office or who is representing or working for a candidate] shall distribute or post at a polling place any campaign material in the form of a poster, card, handbill, placard, picture, or circular or articles of clothing which is intended to influence the action of the voter within the building where the election is being held.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
