CHAPTER 164
HB 287 - FINAL VERSION
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2019 SESSION
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05/10
HOUSE BILL 287
AN ACT relative to nepotism in state employment.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill expands the prohibition on nepotism in the executive branch code of ethics to include a stepparent, grandparent, and grandchild.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to nepotism in state employment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
164:1 Executive Branch Code of Ethics; Nepotism. Amend RSA 21-G:26-a to read as follows:
21-G:26-a Nepotism. No executive branch official or classified employee shall directly hire, evaluate, set the compensation or salary for, supervise, or terminate the employment of any full-time or part-time employee, temporary employee, or member of a state board or commission if such employee or member is related to such official in one of the following ways:
I. Spouse;
II. Parent by birth or adoption; stepparent;
III. Son or daughter by birth or adoption;
IV. Stepson or stepdaughter;
V. Brother or sister by whole or half blood or by adoption; [or]
VI. Mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law; or
VII. Grandparent or grandchild.
164:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 10, 2019
Effective Date: September 08, 2019
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 10, 2019 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 24, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
Feb. 5, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
Feb. 14, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
May 8, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
May 30, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 10, 2019: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/10/2019; Chapter 164; Eff: 09/08/2019
June 13, 2019: Enrolled 06/13/2019 HJ 19 P. 18
June 13, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 06/13/2019); SJ 21
May 30, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/30/2019; SJ 18
May 30, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/30/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 24
May 8, 2019: Hearing: 05/08/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 20
March 7, 2019: Introduced 03/07/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8
Feb. 14, 2019: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0291h: MA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 12
Feb. 14, 2019: Amendment # 2019-0291h: AA VV 02/14/2019 HJ 5 P. 12
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0291h (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 14, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0291h for 02/14/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 11 P. 6
Feb. 5, 2019: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 306
Jan. 24, 2019: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/24/2019 02:00 pm LOB 306
Jan. 10, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/10/2019 01:00 pm LOB306
Jan. 2, 2019: Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 44