HB469 (2019) Detail

Relative to limiting amendments to warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.


HB 469 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0739

06/01

 

HOUSE BILL 469

 

AN ACT relative to limiting amendments to warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides that amendments to petitioned warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting shall not change the intent of the original warrant.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0739

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to limiting amendments to warrant articles in towns that have adopted official ballot voting.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Official Ballot Voting; Petitioned Warrant Articles; Amendment.  Amend RSA 40:13, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

(d)  Amendments to petitioned warrant articles shall not change the intended effect of the article as presented in the original petition.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 30, 2019 House Hearing
Feb. 26, 2019 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
March 14, 2019 House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB469 Revision: 4696 Date: Jan. 10, 2019, 3:23 p.m.

Docket


March 14, 2019: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 205-136 03/14/2019 HJ 9 P. 25


: Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass


: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 17-2; RC)


March 14, 2019: Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/14/2019 (Vote 17-2; RC) HC 15 P. 9


Feb. 26, 2019: ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/26/2019 01:00 pm LOB 301


Jan. 30, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/30/2019 02:00 pm LOB 301


Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 3 P. 15