CHAPTER 161

HB 69 - FINAL VERSION

 

05/13/2021   1465s

2021 SESSION

21-0028

06/10

 

HOUSE BILL 69

 

AN ACT relative to the authority of schools to display the national and state mottos.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Greene, Hills. 37; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Folsom, Graf. 11

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the state of New Hampshire or any political subdivision from restricting a school from displaying the national or state motto.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/13/2021   1465s 21-0028

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the authority of schools to display the national and state mottos.

 

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

 

161:1  New Section; State and National Mottos.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 17-a the following new section:

189:17-b  Authority of Schools to Display the National and State Mottos.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no power or authority of the state of New Hampshire, or any political subdivision thereof, shall in any way restrict, or be construed to restrict, the authority of any school or school district to display the national motto, “In God We Trust,” or the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” in any school building.

161:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 30, 2021

Effective Date: September 28, 2021