Bill Text - SB142 (2017)

Relative to honoring E. Maude Ferguson, the first woman elected to the New Hampshire senate.


Revision: June 2, 2017, 2:55 p.m.

SB 142 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0900

10/06

 

SENATE BILL 142

 

AN ACT relative to honoring E. Maude Ferguson, the first woman elected to the New Hampshire senate.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6; Rep. Ward, Rock. 28

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the joint legislative historical committee to give priority to hanging a portrait in the state house of E. Maude Ferguson, the first woman elected to the New Hampshire state senate.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0900

10/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to honoring E. Maude Ferguson, the first woman elected to the New Hampshire senate.

 

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

 

1  Joint Legislative Historical Committee; E. Maude Ferguson Portrait.  The joint legislative historical committee established under RSA 17-I shall give priority to the acquisition of a portrait of E. Maude Ferguson, who in 1931 was the first woman elected to the New Hampshire state senate.  The committee shall direct that the portrait be hung in a suitable place of honor in the state house.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.