Bill Text: NH SB271 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/04/2023 House Journal 13 P. 8 [SB271 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB271-Introduced.html

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SB 271  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-1061

08/05

 

SENATE BILL 271

 

AN ACT relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires delegates from New Hampshire to national political party conventions to be seated and have complete voting rights at such conventions.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-1061

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the seating of delegates to national party conventions.

 

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

 

1  Delegates to National Party Conventions.  Amend RSA 653:5 to read as follows:

653:5 Delegates to National Party Conventions. At every presidential primary election, the voters of the state shall vote their preference for party candidates for president and thereby choose the delegates to each presidential nominating convention to which the state is entitled. The New Hampshire delegates so selected shall be seated and have complete voting rights at any national party nominating convention.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.