Election Law and Internal Affairs

The Senate Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs.

Bills Referred, 2007-2008

• HB 32: establishing a commission to study voter registration cards. (Signed into law)
• HB 49: relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans' home. (Signed into law)
• HB 91-FN: relative to lobbyist registration and statements, repealing the restriction on simultaneous employment and public service, and relative to regulation of volunteer public service. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 117: creating an exception for the storage of black gunpowder by historical reenactors and certain nonprofit entities. (Signed into law)
• HB 120: relative to extending polling hours. (Signed into law)
• HB 132: relative to domicile for voting purposes. (Signed into law)
• HB 133: relative to voter registration forms. (Signed into law)
• HB 135: establishing the second Sunday in October as Firefighters Memorial Day. (Signed into law)
• HB 146: relative to nicknames on ballots. (Died on the table)
• HB 180-FN: relative to pay and allowances for officers and enlisted members of the national guard. (Signed into law)
• HB 191: relative to the authority to unseal ballots following a state election. (Signed into law)
• HB 233-FN-A: specifying compensation for ballot law commissioners. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 241: relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. (Killed)
• HB 242: relative to the declaration of candidacy form. (Signed into law)
• HB 272: relative to presidential primary elections and relative to election affidavits. (Signed into law)
• HB 285: relative to voting machines. (Signed into law)
• HB 303: allowing Sunday dancing and repealing the prohibition on transporting moving picture films aboard passenger train cars. (Signed into law)
• HB 344: relative to conduct of recounts. (Signed into law)
• HB 358: relative to the procedure for listing candidates on election ballots. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 367: relative to incompatible offices. (Killed)
• HB 429: relative to nominations by multiple parties. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• HB 480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. (Signed into law)
• HB 482: adding the song "Live Free or Die" as an official state song. (Signed into law)
• HB 523: relative to lobbyist registration and statements, and regulation of volunteer public service. (Died on the table)
• HB 534: relative to political committees of political parties. (Signed into law)
• HB 608-FN: relative to the number of ballots furnished by the secretary of state for a state general election. (Signed into law)
• HB 609-FN: relative to disclosure of campaign contributions in local elections. (Signed into law)
• HB 683: relative to nominations by party committees. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 715: establishing a committee to study the state heritage collections committee and the joint legislative historical committee. (Killed)
• HB 735: relative to the form of the presidential primary election ballot, relative to administration of official oaths, and relative to assistant election officials. (Signed into law)
• HB 794-FN: establishing a commission to study the feasibility of public funding of state election campaigns. (Signed into law)
• HB 828-FN: relative to corrupt practices as defined in RSA 640 and state reporting requirements for gifts, honorariums, and expenses. (Signed into law)
• HB 1204: relative to the number of write-in votes required to receive a party's nomination. (Signed into law)
• HB 1219: relative to exempting fish and game department volunteers from financial disclosure requirements. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 1227: clarifying when persons elected may assume certain offices. (Signed into law)
• HB 1239: relative to the legislative youth advisory council. (Signed into law)
• HB 1240: relative to disqualification of certain election officers and relative to arrangement of polling places. (Signed into law)
• HB 1305-FN-LOCAL: relative to filing for election to town offices. (Signed into law)
• HB 1335: establishing a commission to study the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury suffered by New Hampshire soldiers and veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. (Signed into law)
• HB 1371: extending certain studies. (Signed into law)
• HB 1508-FN: relative to prohibited influence of voters and persons intending to vote and relative to the applicability of political advertising and push polling restrictions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1526: relative to the use of images of New Hampshire residents who died in the line of duty. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1551-FN: relative to fees for special number plates for veterans. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 1554-FN: relative to challenges of voters. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1576-FN: relative to the employment of veterans on Veterans’ Day. (Referred for interim study)
• HCR 3: urging that New Hampshire members and veterans of the armed forces and national guard and their dependents receive health screening for depleted uranium exposure. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 4: recognizing the sacrifices and service of New Hampshire Air Force veterans on the 60th anniversary of the United States Air Force. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 5: endorsing the National Health Insurance Act. (Killed)
• HCR 6: urging Congress to prevent the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement superhighway system. (Killed)
• HCR 8: urging Congress to rename the Veterans Administration Hospital the Styles Bridges Veterans Administration Hospital. (Referred for interim study)
• HCR 15: commemorating the commissioning of the USS New Hampshire. (Adopted by both chambers)
• CACR 13: relating to the state senate. Providing that state senators shall be 25 years of age or older. (Killed)
• SB 36: eliminating straight ticket voting. (Signed into law)
• SB 45: changing the name of the ballot law commission to the elections and ballot law commission, increasing the membership of the commission, and requiring the commission to propose redistricting plans. (Killed)
• SB 50: relative to the membership of the state veterans’ advisory committee and authorizing the state veterans council to accept certain donations and bequests. (Signed into law)
• SB 91: relative to political contributions by corporations, partnerships, and labor unions. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• SB 98: relative to party access to voter information. (Signed into law)
• SB 106: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• SB 159-FN-LOCAL: relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility. (Signed into law)
• SB 223-FN: establishing a New Hampshire medal of honor and prohibiting funeral protests. (Signed into law)
• SB 234-FN: relative to privileges, benefits, and immunities for national guard members. (Signed into law)
• SB 248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. (Died on the table)
• SB 258: relative to reliance on ethics committee advisory opinions. (Signed into law)
• SB 436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. (Died on the table)
• SB 437: relative to access to voter information. (Signed into law)
• SB 470: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. (Killed)
• SB 478: relative to processing absentee ballots. (Signed into law)
• SB 482: relative to ethical standards for volunteer service in the executive branch. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• SB 485: relative to party designations for voters. (Killed)
• SB 492: relative to persons designated to fill vacancies on the ballot and relative to recount requests by candidates. (Signed into law)
• SB 499-FN: relative to penalties for unauthorized disclosure of confidential matters in legislative ethics proceedings. (Signed into law)
• SB 520-FN-A: requiring the state veterans council to issue a state veterans handbook biennially and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• SB 521-FN: increasing the maximum scholarship amount available from the national guard scholarship fund. (Signed into law)
• SCR 7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. (Adopted by both chambers)
• SCR 8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Adopted by both chambers)
• SCR 9: urging Congress to fund a community-based outpatient clinic for veterans in Keene. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HJR 1: urging that more veterans’ mental health counseling centers be established in New Hampshire and urging that funding be continued for the Manchester Veterans’ Center. (Signed into law)

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 16, 2008 for hearings on HB 1305-FN-LOCAL, HB 1551-FN and HB 1526.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 9, 2008 for hearings on HB 1508-FN, HB 1554-FN, HB 1576-FN, HB 1240, HB 1371 and HB 1335.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 2, 2008 for hearings on HB 233-FN-A, HB 1204, HB 1227, HB 1239 and HB 91-FN.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on March 26, 2008 for hearings on HB 241, HB 683, HB 1219 and HCR 15.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on March 19, 2008 for hearings on HB 794-FN, HB 233-FN-A and HB 285.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on February 20, 2008 for a hearing on HB 358.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on January 30, 2008 for hearings on SB 436, SB 478, SB 492, SB 485 and SB 482.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on January 24, 2008 for hearings on SB 499-FN, SB 470 and SB 437.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on January 16, 2008 for hearings on SCR 7, SCR 8, SCR 9, SB 520-FN-A and SB 521-FN.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on May 16, 2007 for a hearing on HB 49.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on May 9, 2007 for hearings on HB 272, HB 191, HB 480, HB 534, HB 135 and HB 303.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on May 2, 2007 for hearings on HCR 3, HCR 5, HCR 6, HJR 1 and HB 482.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 25, 2007 for hearings on HB 828-FN, HB 523, HB 715 and HB 32.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 19, 2007 for hearings on HB 117, HB 344, HB 429, HB 608-FN, HB 735 and HCR 8.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 11, 2007 for hearings on HB 132, HB 133, HB 242, HB 367 and HB 609-FN.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on April 4, 2007 for hearings on HB 120, HB 146 and HB 180-FN.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on March 28, 2007 for hearings on SB 98, SB 248, SB 258 and HCR 4.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on March 14, 2007 for hearings on SB 234-FN and SB 223-FN.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on February 21, 2007 for hearings on SB 106, SB 91 and SB 45.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on February 7, 2007 for hearings on SB 159-FN-LOCAL and CACR 13.
• The Committee on Election Law and Internal Affairs met on January 31, 2007 for hearings on SB 50 and SB 36.

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