Bill Text: NH HB233 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

New Hampshire House Bill 233

Introduced

Bill Title: Requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours, and requiring that questions put to it in writing or at a meeting be answered and posted on its website within 14 days.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-12 - Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate [HB233 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB233-Introduced.html

HB 233 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0284

11/05

HOUSE BILL 233

AN ACT requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours, and requiring that questions put to it in writing or at a meeting be answered and posted on its website within 14 days.

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Belcher, Carr. 4; Rep. Love, Rock. 13; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Polozov, Merr. 10; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Wherry, Hills. 13

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours, and requires that questions put to it in writing or at a meeting be answered and posted on its website within 14 days.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0284

11/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

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

1 New Paragraph; Membership, Powers, and Duties of the New Hampshire Vaccine Association; Recording and Posting Requirements. Amend RSA 126-Q:3 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI. In addition to the requirements for meetings under RSA 91-A, the board of directors of the association shall:

(a) Audio and video record all meetings and publish the recordings on its website in a generally accessible format within 48 hours of the meeting.

(b) At a meeting, answer any questions received in writing or verbally and post those questions and answers on its website within 14 days of the meeting.

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