Revision: March 18, 2020, 11:44 a.m.
HB 1169 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2020... 0476h
2020 SESSION
20-2216
01/03
HOUSE BILL 1169
AN ACT relative to requiring a roll call vote when one member of a public body participates electronically.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. O'Brien, Hills. 36; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the manner in which votes are recorded when a member of a public body is participating in a meeting by electronic or other means of communication.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2020... 0476h 20-2216
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to requiring a roll call vote when one member of a public body participates electronically.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Right-to-Know Law; Meetings Open to the Public. Amend RSA 91-A:2, III(e) to read as follows:
(e) A member participating in a meeting by the means described in this paragraph is deemed to be present at the meeting for purposes of voting. All votes taken during such a meeting [shall] may be by roll call vote.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.