Bill Text: NH HB1227 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities and relative to the consumption of liquor at sports complexes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-28 - Signed by Governor Hassan 06/24/2016; Chapter 313; Eff. 8/23/2016 [HB1227 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1227-Introduced.html

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HB 1227 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2024

10/09

 

HOUSE BILL 1227

 

AN ACT repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. K. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals laws prohibiting or regulating Sunday business activities and removes differing Sunday hours for bingo and games of chance.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2024

10/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities.

 

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

 

1  Repeal. The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 332-D, relative to Sunday business activities.

II.  RSA 275:32 - RSA 275:35, relative to regulation of Sunday work, days of rest, and exceptions.

2  Games of Chance; Sunday Hours.  Amend RSA 287-D:14, VII to read as follows:

VII.  Games of chance may be conducted [Monday through Saturday] between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. the following day[, and on Sunday between the hours of noon and 1:00 a.m. Monday].

3  Bingo; Sunday Hours.  Amend RSA 287-E:7, IV to read as follows:

IV.  No bingo games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. [on a Saturday or a weekday, prior to noon on a Sunday,] or after 11:00 p.m. on any day.

4  Children's Bingo at Private Hotels and Campgrounds; Sunday Hours.  Amend RSA 287-E:13, I to read as follows:

I.  No games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. [on a weekday, prior to noon on a Sunday] or after 8:00 p.m. on any day.

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