Bill Text: NH HB336 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the placement of political advertisements on public right-of-ways.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/13/2025 House Journal 5 [HB336 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB336-Introduced.html
HB 336 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0581
07/08/
HOUSE BILL 336
AN ACT relative to the placement of political advertisements on public right-of-ways.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. M. Aron, Sull. 8; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Hemingway, Sull. 6; Rep. S. Smith, Sull. 3; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies under what conditions political advertisements can be placed on public right-of-ways.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0581
07/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the placement of political advertisements on public right-of-ways.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Political Advertising; Placement and Removal of Political Advertising; Right of Ways. Amend RSA 664:17 to read as follows:
664:17 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising. No political advertising shall be placed on or affixed to any public property, including highway rights-of-way, unless permission is granted by the political subdivision or by consent of the owner of the land over which the right of way passes. [or private property without the owner's consent.] No political advertising shall be placed on private property without the owner's consent. All political advertising shall be removed by the candidate no later than the second Friday following the election unless the election is a primary and the advertising concerns a candidate who is a winner in the primary. Signs shall not be placed on or affixed to utility poles or highway signs. Political advertising may be placed within state-owned rights-of-way as long as the advertising does not obstruct the safe flow of traffic and the advertising is placed with the consent of the owner of the land over which the right-of-way passes. No person shall remove, deface, or knowingly destroy any political advertising which is placed on or affixed to public property or any private property except for removal by the owner of the property, persons authorized by the owner of the property, or a law enforcement officer removing improper advertising. Political advertising placed on or affixed to any public property may be removed by state, city, or town maintenance or law enforcement personnel. Political advertising removed prior to election day by state, city, or town maintenance or law enforcement personnel shall be kept until one week after the election at a place designated by the state, city, or town so that the candidate, or a member of the candidate's campaign or local political committee of the same party may retrieve the items.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
