Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, noon
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.