Revision: May 14, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
May 13, 2025
2025-2165s
08/06
Amendment to HB 228-LOCAL
Amend RSA 40:7 as inserted by section 4 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
40:7 Debate. No person shall speak in any meeting without leave of the moderator, nor when any person speaking is in order; and all persons shall be silent at the desire of the moderator, on pain of forfeiting $1 for each offense, for the use of the town. The moderator shall provide a primary petitioner, identified pursuant to RSA 39:3, RSA 197:2, or RSA 197:6, the opportunity to introduce the petitioned article at the meeting. The primary petitioner shall be given a minimum of 10 minutes to introduce the warrant article at the meeting. Upon written notice to the moderator, the primary petitioner may designate any registered voter to act as the primary petitioner of a petitioned article.
2025-2165s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes written applications for a petitioned article at an annual or special town or school board meeting to identify a primary petitioner who shall be given a minimum of 10 minutes to introduce their warrant articles.