HB 64  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0185

07/08

 

HOUSE BILL 64

 

AN ACT requiring the commission on demographic trends to consider data on race and ethnicity for the purpose of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in New Hampshire.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Gallager, Merr. 20; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the commission on demographic trends to consider data on race and ethnicity for the purpose of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in New Hampshire.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0185

07/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT requiring the commission on demographic trends to consider data on race and ethnicity for the purpose of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in New Hampshire.

 

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

 

1  Commission on Demographic Trends.  Amend RSA 12-O:55-a, I to read as follows:

I.  There is established a commission on demographic trends.  The commission shall develop long-term net migration goals, review and recommend programs and legislation designed to meet the net migration goals, consider racial and ethnic data with the aim of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the state, and monitor the success of any such programs.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.