Bill Text: NH HB1148 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring the teaching of evolution as a theory in public schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-15 - House Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 280-7; House Journal 26, PG.1641-1643 [HB1148 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1148-Introduced.html
HB 1148 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1148
AN ACT requiring the teaching of evolution as a theory in public schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bergevin, Hills 17
This bill requires evolution to be taught as a theory in public schools.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT requiring the teaching of evolution as a theory in public schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Duties of the State Board of Education. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVI the following new paragraph:
XXXVII. Theory of Evolution. Require evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists’ political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
