Revision: Oct. 15, 2025, 3:52 p.m.
Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
October 8, 2025
2025-2993h
07/09
Amendment to SB 186
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT preventing portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 The State and Its Government; Legislative Officers and Proceedings; Office Space and Parking Facilities. Amend RSA 14:14-b to read as follows:
4:9 Portraits or Other Memorials. No portraits, busts, statues, or other memorial objects shall be placed in or on the state house with the exception of those areas under the use and control of the general court as defined by RSA 14:14-b, III, state house annex, state library, Hannah Dustin monument, Franklin Pierce homestead, Daniel Webster birthplace, or grounds connected with each without the consent of the governor and council. Any portraits, flags, busts, statues, or other memorial objects to be placed in or on legislative facilities as defined by RSA 14:14-b shall be at the direction of the joint legislative historical committee in consultation with the director of the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources. Portraits depicting persons shall not be placed in the statehouse in any area listed under RSA 14:14-b, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state. The director, division of historical resources, shall be responsible for the care of such memorial objects at any of these sites.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2025-2993h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prevents portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.