SB 420 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2825
01/04
SENATE BILL 420
AN ACT relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law.
SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 37; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill declares that public meeting for the purposes of the right-to-know law shall not include strategy with respect to collective bargaining if only one party is present. Current law allows strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining to be exempted from the definition of public meeting.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2825
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Right-to-Know; Meetings Open to the Public. Amend RSA 91-A:2, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) Strategy [or negotiations] with respect to collective bargaining where only one negotiating party is present;
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 20, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 22, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 21, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 11, 2018 | House | Hearing |
| April 18, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| May 2, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
May 3, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 234-95 05/03/2018
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 13-4; RC)
May 2, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 05/02/2018 (Vote 13-4; RC) HC 17 P. 23
April 18, 2018: Executive Session: 04/18/2018 12:00 PM LOB 206-208
April 11, 2018: Public Hearing: 04/11/2018 10:00 AM LOB 208
March 22, 2018: Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Judiciary HJ 10 P. 53
March 21, 2018: Ought to Pass: RC 12Y-11N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/21/2018; SJ 9
March 22, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/22/2018; SC 13
March 21, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2018; SC 13
Feb. 20, 2018: Hearing: 02/20/2018, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 6
Jan. 3, 2018: To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1