Bill Text: NH HB475 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-07 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 73; Eff. 8/1/2017 [HB475 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB475-Introduced.html
HB 475 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0120
10/03
HOUSE BILL 475
AN ACT relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Alicea, Merr. 8; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14; Rep. Rouillard, Hills. 6; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill directs the joint legislative historical committee to give priority to hanging portraits in the state house of Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0120
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to honoring Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum, the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Joint Legislative Historical Committee; Portraits of Jessie Doe and Mary L.R. Farnum. In anticipation of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United State constitution and the celebration in 2019 of the bicentennial of the New Hampshire state house, the joint legislative historical committee established under RSA 17-I shall give priority to the acquisition of portraits of Jessie Doe, of Rollinsford, and Dr. Mary L.R. Farnum, of Boscawen, who in 1921 became the first women elected to the New Hampshire house of representatives, and who together founded the Organization of Women Legislators (OWLs). The committee shall direct that the portraits be hung in suitable places of honor in the state house.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
