Bill Text: NH SB418 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws and relative to enrollment of laws.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-10 - Signed by the Governor on 06/03/2016; Chapter 0183; Effective 08/02/2016 [SB418 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB418-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 183
SB 418 - FINAL VERSION
20Apr2016... 1284h
20Apr2016... 1479h
11May2016... 1669h
2016 SESSION
16-2896
03/09
SENATE BILL 418
AN ACT adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws and relative to enrollment of laws.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Public And Municipal Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Includes active service National Guard members in the definition of absent uniformed services voters.
II. Modifies procedures for enrolling bills and resolutions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20Apr2016... 1284h
20Apr2016... 1479h
11May2016... 1669h 16-2896
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws and relative to enrollment of laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
183:1 Absent Uniformed Service Voters; National Guard. Amend RSA 652:16-c, I to read as follows:
I. Members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and all regular and reserve components thereof, while in active service.
183:2 Enrollment of Laws. Amend RSA 14:8 to read as follows:
14:8 Enrollment of Laws. All bills and resolutions which have passed both branches of the legislature shall be forwarded to the office of legislative services to be there enrolled and prepared for submission to the governor. After such enrollment the bill or resolution shall be forwarded by the secretary of state to the committee on enrolled bills for final approval. [After said final approval the bill or resolution shall be forwarded to the secretary of state. He] The secretary of state shall keep such bills and resolutions as public records of the state.
183:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 3, 2016
Effective Date: August 2, 2016
