CHAPTER 246

HB 84 - FINAL VERSION

6Jan2022... 2097h

03/17/2022   1049s

2022 SESSION

21-0155

04/08

HOUSE BILL 84

AN ACT declaring May 21, 2022 as Ona Judge Staines Day.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 17; Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 36; Rep. Wazir, Merr. 17; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill proclaims May 21, 2022 as Ona Judge Staines Day.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Jan2022... 2097h

03/17/2022   1049s 21-0155

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT declaring May 21, 2022 as Ona Judge Staines Day.

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

246:1  Observances Proclaimed by the Governor; Ona Judge Staines Day.  The governor shall proclaim May 21, 2022 as Ona Judge Staines Day in New Hampshire, in honor of the day in 1796 on which the enslaved Ona Judge Staines seized her freedom from the President's house in Philadelphia where George and Martha Washington were at dinner, and in celebration of her eventually making her way to New Hampshire where she lived as a self-emancipated fugitive for the rest of her life.  The proclamation shall call on the citizens of New Hampshire to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities and call on schools to commemorate the day with appropriate educational activities.

246:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 24, 2022

Effective Date: June 24, 2022