Bill Text: NH HB69 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the authority of schools to display the national and state mottos.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-03 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/30/2021; Chapter 161; Eff: 09/28/2021 [HB69 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB69-Amended.html
HB 69 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
05/13/2021 1465s
2021 SESSION
21-0028
06/10
HOUSE BILL 69
AN ACT relative to the authority of schools to display the national and state mottos.
SPONSORS: Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Greene, Hills. 37; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Folsom, Graf. 11
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the state of New Hampshire or any political subdivision from restricting a school from displaying the national or state motto.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/13/2021 1465s 21-0028
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to the authority of schools to display the national and state mottos.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; State and National Mottos. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 17-a the following new section:
189:17-b Authority of Schools to Display the National and State Mottos. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no power or authority of the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, shall in any way restrict, or be construed to restrict, the authority of any school or school district to display the national motto, “In God We Trust,” or the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” in any school building.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
