Bill Text: NH HB1150 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to advertising rates for political advertising.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-26 - Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 224; eff. 09/17/2024 [HB1150 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1150-Amended.html
HB 1150 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
14Mar2024... 0958h
05/16/2024 1707s
2024 SESSION
24-2139
08/02
HOUSE BILL 1150
AN ACT relative to advertising rates for political advertising.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Perez, Rock. 16; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Wood, Merr. 13; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 36; Rep. Panek, Hills. 1; Rep. Katsakiores, Rock. 13; Rep. Tierney, Coos 1; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Dunn, Rock. 16
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires that rates for political advertising be the same regardless of candidate, political committee, party, or cause.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14Mar2024... 0958h
05/16/2024 1707s 24-2139
08/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to advertising rates for political advertising.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Advertising Rates; Political Advertising. Amend RSA 664:16 to read as follows:
664:16 Identification of Political Advertising; Rates. Political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards shall be marked at the beginning or at the end thereof "Political Advertising." [Rates for advertising shall be filed, no later than 30 days prior to the deadline for filing for office for an election, with the secretary of state by each person or business organization publishing a newspaper or periodical, operating a radio or television station, or selling billboard space. Such schedule shall be open to public inspection, and such schedules may be amended. However, rates in such amendments shall not take effect until 5 days after they are filed with the secretary of state.] No person or business organization publishing a newspaper or periodical, operating a radio or television station, or selling billboard space shall charge an advertising rate to any candidate, political committee, party, or cause that is different from that charged to any other candidate, political committee, party, or cause.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
