SB19 (2025) Compare Changes


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1 Trade and Commerce; Hotels, Tourist Cabins, Etc.; Registered Departure Date. Amend RSA 353:3-b to read as follows:

353:3-b Registered Departure Date. All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall, upon the registration of each guest, cause an entry to be made in the book or card system required by RSA 353:3 which shall record the guest's agreed upon departure time and date. No guest shall, without the consent of the hotel keeper or such person keeping a public lodging house, tourist camp, or cabin remain in a rental unit beyond the departure time and date so recorded at registration.

2 New Section; Trade and Commerce; Public Accommodations; Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21. Amend RSA 354-A by inserting after section 17 the following new section:

354-A:17-a Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a hotel, motel, or other lodging establishment held out to transient guests for public accommodations from having policies denying or refusing rental agreements with guests under 21 years of age.

3 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 353:3-a, relative to posting of rental rates.

II. RSA 353:5, relative to motel signs.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Changed Version

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1 Trade and Commerce; Hotels, Tourist Cabins, Etc.; Registered Departure Date. Amend RSA 353:3-b to read as follows:

353:3-b Registered Departure Date. All hotel keepers and all persons keeping public lodging houses, tourist camps, or cabins shall, upon the registration of each guest, record the guest's agreed upon departure time and date. No guest shall, without the consent of the hotel keeper or such person keeping a public lodging house, tourist camp, or cabin remain in a rental unit beyond the departure time and date so recorded at registration.

2 New Section; Trade and Commerce; Public Accommodations; Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21. Amend RSA 354-A by inserting after section 17 the following new section:

354-A:17-a Rental Agreement Policies With Guests Under 21. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a hotel, motel, or other lodging establishment held out to transient guests for public accommodations from having policies denying or refusing rental agreements with guests under 21 years of age.

3 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 353:3-a, relative to posting of rental rates.

II. RSA 353:5, relative to motel signs.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.