Bill Text: NH HB177 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to college student voting eligibility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-12-28 - To Be Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Election Law [HB177 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB177-Introduced.html

HB 177 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0360

03/04

 

HOUSE BILL 177

 

AN ACT relative to college student voting eligibility.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Silber, Belk. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals a provision authorizing a student at an institution of learning to claim domicile for voting purposes in the town or city in which he or she lives while attending the institution of learning.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0360

03/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to college student voting eligibility.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  RSA 654:1, I-a, relative to domicile of students, is repealed.

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

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