Revision: March 5, 2026, 11:35 a.m.
HB 1369 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
5Mar2026... 0321h
2026 SESSION
26-2998
09/08
HOUSE BILL 1369
AN ACT relative to the manner of posting the warrant for a special town meeting.
SPONSORS: Rep. Beaulier, Graf. 1; Rep. Barton, Graf. 1; Rep. Berry, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the warrant for a special town meeting to be posted on a town's website in addition to in a newspaper of general circulation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2026... 0321h 26-2998
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the manner of posting the warrant for a special town meeting.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Time for Holding Town Meetings and Warning Thereof; Special Meetings. Amend RSA 39:4 to read as follows:
39:4 Special Meetings. The selectmen when calling a special town meeting shall, within one week after posting the warrant therefor, cause copy of said warrant to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said town if one exists, and shall also post the warrant on the town’s website, if the town maintains one. Posting on the town’s website shall be in addition to, and shall not be a substitute for, publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.