CHAPTER 172

HB 566 - FINAL VERSION

9Apr2021... 0425h

24Jun2021... 1972CofC

2021 SESSION

21-0239

04/08

HOUSE BILL 566

AN ACT relative to the discussion and disclosure of minutes from a nonpublic session under the right-to-know law.

SPONSORS: Rep. Yokela, Rock. 33; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows discussion of disclosure of the minutes of a nonpublic session to occur in nonpublic session, provided the vote on disclosure takes place in public session.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Apr2021... 0425h

24Jun2021... 1972CofC 21-0239

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to the discussion and disclosure of minutes from a nonpublic session under the right-to-know law.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

172:1  New Subparagraph; Right-to-Know-Law; Nonpublic Sessions.  Amend RSA 91-A:3, II by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraph:

(m)  Consideration of whether to disclose minutes of a nonpublic session due to a change in circumstances under paragraph III. However, any vote on whether to disclose minutes shall take place in public session.

172:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.

Approved: July 30, 2021

Effective Date: January 01, 2022