HB 173 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0153
07/08
HOUSE BILL 173
AN ACT relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sellers, Graf. 18; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 29; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Post, Hills. 42; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7; Rep. Tierney, Coos 1; Rep. Mazur, Hills. 44; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 15
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill prevents warrant articles from being amended to change their purpose.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0153
07/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Optional Form of Meeting-Official Ballot Referenda; Use of Official Ballots; Amendments to Warrant Articles. Amend RSA 40:13, IV(c) to read as follows:
(c) No warrant article shall be amended to eliminate the subject matter of the article or to change the purpose of a petitioned warrant article. An amendment that changes the dollar amount of an appropriation in a warrant article shall not be deemed to violate this subparagraph.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
Jan. 31, 2025: Retained in Committee
Jan. 22, 2025: Executive Session: 01/30/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:40 am LOB 301-303
Jan. 6, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 9