Bill Text - SB271 (2023)

Relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.


Revision: Feb. 10, 2023, 12:45 p.m.

 

2023 SESSION

23-1061.0

08/05

 

SENATE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires delegates from New Hampshire to national political party conventions to be seated and have complete voting rights at such conventions.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-1061.0

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.

 

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

 

1  Delegates to National Party Conventions.  Amend RSA 653:5 to read as follows:

653:5 Delegates to National Party Conventions. At every presidential primary election, the voters of the state shall vote their preference for party candidates for president and thereby choose the delegates to each presidential nominating convention to which the state is entitled. The New Hampshire delegates so selected shall be seated and have complete voting rights at any national party nominating convention.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.