SB500 (2020) Detail

Relative to financial disclosures by legislators.


SB 500  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2970

10/01

 

SENATE BILL 500

 

AN ACT relative to financial disclosures by legislators.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Gordon, Graf. 9; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires that the legislative ethics financial disclosure form for members and officers of the general court shall only be filed in January of the first year of the biennium.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2970

10/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to financial disclosures by legislators.

 

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

 

1  Legislative Ethics; Filing of Financial Disclosure Form; Biannually.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 14-B:8 to read as follows:

14-B:8  Financial Disclosure Form.  Every representative, senator, and officer of the house of representatives and the senate, shall file with the legislative ethics committee a financial disclosure form [annually] no later than the third Friday of January in the first legislative session of the biennium.  If the legislator's or legislative officer's financial circumstances change, he or she shall file a new financial disclosure form prior to participation in any official activity which would have been affected by the change.  The financial disclosure form shall include the following information:

2  Legislative Ethics; Filing of Financial Disclosure Form.  Amend RSA 14-B:9 to read as follows:

14-B:9  Filing With Secretary of State.  All forms filed under RSA 14-B:8 shall be on file with the secretary of state on or before February 15 in the first legislative session of the biennium.

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

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 23, 2020 Senate Hearing
Feb. 13, 2020 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

SB500 Revision: 7682 Date: Dec. 23, 2019, 5:32 p.m.

Docket


: Died on Table


June 30, 2020: Vacated and Laid on Table MA VV 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 4


Feb. 20, 2020: Introduced 02/20/2020 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 5 P. 56


Feb. 13, 2020: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/13/2020; SJ 4


Feb. 13, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/13/2020; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 6


Jan. 23, 2020: Hearing: 01/23/2020, Room 101, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 3


Jan. 8, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/08/2020 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1