Revision: Nov. 28, 2023, 8:10 a.m.
HB 1014 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2031
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1014
AN ACT relative to the registration of high school students to vote.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Paige, Rock. 11; Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. M. Smith, Straf. 10; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr. 15; Rep. Wolf, Merr. 7; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 15; Rep. Ellison, Merr. 28; Rep. Knab, Rock. 12
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires school districts and private high schools to develop programs to inform high school students about registering to vote.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2031
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the registration of high school students to vote.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Instruction in National and State History and Government; Voter Registration. Amend RSA 189:11 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Each school district and private high school shall adopt policies to promote student voter registration. Policies may include collaboration with the town or city clerk and the supervisor of the checklist to conduct voter registration at high schools. Completion of voter registration shall not be a course requirement or graded assignment for students. Policies shall include:
(a) Informing students of state requirements for voter registration; and
(b) Providing access to and assistance with filing registration applications.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.