HB 1495 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2740
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1495
SPONSORS: Rep. Gerhard, Merr. 25
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill makes provisions for the prospective of all legislative acts on a sliding scale based on the vote count when passed by the house of representatives.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2740
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Prospective Repeal. Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 19-a the following new section:
14:19-b Prospective Repeal.
I. Beginning in the 2025-2026 biennium, all legislation that passes the general court shall have a prospective repeal appended to it in the following manner:
(a) If according to the house clerk the bill passed the house of representatives with at least 80 percent of the members present voting ought to pass, the prospective repeal will be 10 years from the effective date.
(b) If according to the house clerk the bill passed from the house of representatives with at least 65 percent of the members present voting ought to pass, but no more than 79 percent, the prospective repeal will be 7 years from the effective date.
(c) If according to the house clerk the bill passed from the house of representatives with at least 51 percent of the members present voting ought to pass, but no more than 64 percent, the prospective repeal will be 3 years from the effective date.
(d) If a measure passed on a voice vote and it is impossible for the house clerk to determine the percentage of members present voting ought to pass, the prospective repeal will be 3 years from the effective date.
II. If an act is further amended by another legislative session, the time until the prospective repeal will follow the percentage of members present voting ought to pass on the further amendment.
III. The house clerk shall inform the director of the office of legislative services of the percentage of members present voting ought to pass, and the prospective repeal shall be added to the bill during enrollment by the office of legislative services.
IV. Upon receipt to the secretary of state of 100 registered New Hampshire voters a current law may be requested for repeal. Such request shall be sent to the appropriate statutory committee in the house of representatives with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the bill. The committee shall decide by majority vote whether to send it the issue to the floor with a recommendation for repeal. All such requests shall be adjudicated within one year of certification by the secretary of state. Any bill considered for repeal may only be initiated once every 2 years.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.