Bill Text: NH HB483 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting certain political advertising.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-24 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/24/2021 House Journal 3 P. 6 [HB483 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB483-Introduced.html
HB 483 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0649
11/05
HOUSE BILL 483
AN ACT prohibiting certain political advertising.
SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills. 13
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits political advertising that states or suggests a candidate for office would have opposed legislation from prior legislative sessions when the candidate in question has either never been a legislator or was not a legislator when such legislation was voted on.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0649
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT prohibiting certain political advertising.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Certain Political Advertising Prohibited. Amend RSA 664 by inserting after section 17-a the following new section:
664:17-b Political Advertising; Prohibitions. No political advertisement shall explicitly state or suggest that a candidate for office would have opposed legislation from prior legislative sessions when the candidate in question has either never been a legislator or was not a legislator when such legislation was voted on.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
