CHAPTER 246
HB 1392 - FINAL VERSION
8Feb2018... 0152h
05/03/2018 1855s
2018 SESSION
18-2056
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1392
AN ACT relative to tallies of votes on budget items or warrant articles.
SPONSORS: Rep. F. McCarthy, Carr. 2; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Avellani, Carr. 5; Rep. Comeau, Carr. 5; Rep. Gauthier, Sull. 3
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill permits the budget committee to require that the numerical tally of all votes be printed on the affected warrant unless the legislative body has voted otherwise.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Feb2018... 0152h
05/03/2018 1855s 18-2056
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to tallies of votes on budget items or warrant articles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
246:1 Municipal Budget Law; Budget Preparation; Numerical Tally. Amend RSA 32:5, V-a to read as follows:
V-a. The legislative body of any town, school district, or village district may vote to require that all votes by an advisory budget committee, a town, school district, or village district budget committee, and the governing body or, in towns, school districts, or village districts without a budget committee, all votes of the governing body relative to budget items or any warrant articles shall be recorded votes and the numerical tally of any such vote shall be printed in the town, school district, or village district warrant next to the affected warrant article. Unless the legislative body has voted otherwise, if a town or school district has not voted to require such tallies to be printed in the town or school district warrant next to the affected warrant article, the governing body or the budget committee adopted under RSA 32:14 may, [do so] on its own initiative, require that the tallies of its votes be printed next to the affected article.
246:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 12, 2018
Effective Date: August 11, 2018
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 16, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 16, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 7, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 14, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 2, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 3, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 3, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 12, 2018: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/12/2018; Chapter 246; Eff. 8/11/2018
May 23, 2018: Enrolled 05/23/2018
May 23, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
May 10, 2018: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1855s (Rep. J. Belanger): MA VV 05/10/2018
May 3, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1855s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
May 3, 2018: Sen. Gray Floor Amendment # 2018-1855s, AA, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
May 3, 2018: Committee Amendment # 2018-1802s, AF, VV; 05/03/2018; SJ 16
May 3, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1802s, 05/03/2018;
May 3, 2018: Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/03/2018
May 2, 2018: Sen. Gray Moved to Remove HB 1392 from the Consent Calendar; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
May 2, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1802s, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19
March 14, 2018: Hearing: 03/14/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:10 am; SC 10
Feb. 15, 2018: Introduced 02/15/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 5
Feb. 8, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 0152h: MA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 10
Feb. 8, 2018: Amendment # 2018-0152h: AA VV 02/08/2018 HJ 3 P. 10
Feb. 7, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0152h (NT) for 02/07/2018 (Vote 11-0; CC) HC 5 P. 13
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0152h (NT) (Vote 11-0; CC)
Jan. 16, 2018: Executive Session: 01/16/2018 12:30 PM LOB 301
Jan. 16, 2018: Public Hearing: 01/16/2018 11:00 AM LOB 301
Jan. 3, 2018: Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 1 P. 9