Bill Text: NH HB1357 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to land acknowledgment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-20 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted DV 183-151 03/16/2022 House Journal 7 [HB1357 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1357-Introduced.html
HB 1357 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2653
07/08
HOUSE BILL 1357
AN ACT relative to land acknowledgment.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Espitia, Hills. 31; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 17; Rep. Cote, Hills. 31; Rep. Vail, Hills. 30; Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Piedra, Hills. 9; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill formally acknowledges the native land on which the state of New Hampshire is located.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2653
07/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to land acknowledgment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Boundaries; Chapter Heading Amended. Amend the chapter heading of RSA 1 to read as follows:
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND STATE BOUNDARIES
2 Land Acknowledgment and State Boundaries; Land Acknowledgment Established. RSA 1:1 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
1:1 Land Acknowledgment. New Hampshire is located on N'dakinna, which is the traditional ancestral homeland of the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. New Hampshire acknowledges and honors with gratitude the spiritual and physical connection to the aki (land), nebi (water), lolakwikah (flora), and awwaasak (fauna) of the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N'dakinna throughout the generations and who continue to carry forward the traditions of their ancestors.
3 New Section; Perambulation of the New Hampshire Line With the Adjoining States of Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Amend RSA 1 by inserting after section 1:1 the following new section:
1:1-a Perambulation of the New Hampshire Line With the Adjoining States of Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. The boundary lines between the state of New Hampshire and the states of Maine and Vermont and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be perambulated and the bounds renewed whenever necessary.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
