Bill Text - HB1603 (2024)

Relative to unlawful discriminatory practices.


Revision: Oct. 16, 2023, 10:19 a.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2356.0

09/08

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to unlawful discriminatory practices.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits cities, towns, and unincorporated places from discriminating based on race or sex.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2356.0

09/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to unlawful discriminatory practices.

 

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

 

1  New Section; State Commission for Human Rights; Miscellaneous Provisions; City, Town, and Unincorporated Place Ordinances.  Amend RSA 354-A by inserting after section 26 the following new section:

354-A:26-a  City, Town, and Unincorporated Place Ordinances.

No city, town, or unincorporated place shall discriminate upon someone based upon that person's race or sex.  Any ordinance issued by any city, town, or unincorporated place that discriminates or distinguishes among people based upon their race or sex shall be void and unenforceable.

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