HB 147 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0037

09/03

HOUSE BILL 147

AN ACT prohibiting the recognition as civil unions of marriages between persons of the same sex contracted outside of New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hess, Merr 9; Rep. Kappler, Rock 2

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the recognition as civil unions of marriages between persons of the same sex contracted outside of New Hampshire.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0037

09/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT prohibiting the recognition as civil unions of marriages between persons of the same sex contracted outside of New Hampshire.

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

1 Other Jurisdictions. Amend RSA 457-A:8 to read as follows:

457-A:8 Other Jurisdictions. A civil union [or a marriage] between a man and another man or a woman and another woman legally contracted outside of New Hampshire shall be recognized as a civil union in this state, provided that the relationship does not violate the prohibitions of this chapter. A marriage between a man and another man or a woman and another woman legally contracted outside of New Hampshire shall not be recognized as a civil union in this state.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.