HB 1309  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2276

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1309

 

AN ACT relative to the secretary of state's procedures for enrolled bills.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Weber, Ches. 5; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12

 

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the secretary of state to publish the location of enrolled bills and resolutions on its public website.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2276

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the secretary of state's procedures for enrolled bills.

 

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

 

1  Presentation for Approval; Tracking.  Amend RSA 14:8 to read as follows:

14:8  Enrollment of Laws.

I.  All bills and resolutions which have passed both branches of the legislature shall be forwarded to the office of legislative services to be there enrolled and prepared for submission to the governor.  After such enrollment the bill or resolution shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the committee on enrolled bills for final approval.  The secretary of state shall keep such bills and resolutions as public records of the state.

II.  The secretary of state shall publish the location of any bill or joint resolution that has been enrolled and approved as provided in this section on its public website, or on a public website linked to its public website, until such bill or joint resolution is signed or vetoed by the governor or becomes law without the governor's signature.

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