Bill Text: NH HB1510 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to voters using out-of-state drivers' licenses as identification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/06/2018 House Journal 6 P. 30 [HB1510 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1510-Introduced.html

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HB 1510-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2319

03/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1510-FN

 

AN ACT relative to voters using out-of-state drivers' licenses as identification.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Harrington, Straf. 3; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Silber, Belk. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the ballot clerk to provide information on license requirements for residents to a voter who uses an out-of-state driver's license for identification.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2319

03/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to voters using out-of-state drivers' licenses as identification.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Voter Identification; Out-of-State Driver's License.  Amend RSA 659:13, II by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

(d)  If a voter uses an out-of-state driver's license as his or her form of identification, the ballot clerk shall provide the voter with written information on the provisions of RSA 263:35 that require that upon the establishment of a bona fide residency in this state, he or she shall have a maximum of 60 days from the date his or her residency was established to obtain a driver's license issued by the state of New Hampshire.

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

 

LBAO

18-2319

11/2/17

 

HB 1510-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to voters using out-of-state drivers' licenses as identification.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2022.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of State, New Hampshire Municipal Association, and Department of Safety