HB 1584 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2243
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1584
AN ACT relative to the penalty for failure to comply with the requirements for lobbyists.
SPONSORS: Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the secretary of state to suspend the registration of a lobbyist who fails to comply with requirements in law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2243
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the penalty for failure to comply with the requirements for lobbyists.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Lobbyist Registration; Suspension by Secretary of State. Amend RSA 15:8 to read as follows:
15:8 Penalty.
I. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
II. Whoever shall make and file any statement under this chapter which is to his or her knowledge false shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.
III. The secretary of state may suspend the registration of any person who is determined to have failed to comply with any provision of this chapter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 29, 2020 | House | Hearing |
Feb. 5, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
Feb. 19, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 19, 2020: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/19/2020 HJ 4 P. 17
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 12-1; CC)
Feb. 19, 2020: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/19/2020 (Vote 12-1; CC) HC 7 P. 12
Feb. 5, 2020: Executive Session: 02/05/2020 01:00 pm LOB 303
Jan. 29, 2020: Public Hearing: 01/29/2020 11:30 am LOB 303
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 1 P. 27