HB 590 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0786
11/08
HOUSE BILL 590
AN ACT relative to cooperative school district school board elections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Andrus, Merr. 5; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Colcombe, Hills. 30; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. See, Merr. 26; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that school board members be elected solely by voters who appear on the same city or town checklist as the candidate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0786
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to cooperative school district school board elections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Cooperative School Boards; Elections: Voting. Amend RSA 195:19-a by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Each member shall be elected solely by registered voters who appear on the checklist for the city or town in which the candidate is also registered.
2 Cooperative School Boards; Elections; Voting. Amend RSA 671:8 to read as follows:
671:8 Composition of Cooperative School Boards. The number, composition, method of selection, and terms of members of cooperative school boards shall be as provided in the bylaws or articles of agreement of the cooperative school district, as the case may be, in accordance with RSA 195:19-a. Notwithstanding the forgoing, each member shall be elected solely by registered voters who appear on the checklist for the city or town in which the candidate is also registered.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Jan. 16, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3