New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs

Commission

A commission the General Court lists among its statutory committees. No legislator holds a seat on it on the record.

Class
Statutory Committeefiled under the House
Set Up
2017by HB 517
Members
5 members
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MLA
“New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs.” Granite Record, https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1372. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.
APA
Granite Record. (n.d.). New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. Retrieved 19 Oct. 2026, from https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1372
Chicago
Granite Record. “New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs.” Accessed 19 Oct. 2026. https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1372.
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@misc{committee-ss1372, title = {New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs}, howpublished = {Granite Record}, url = {https://graniterecord.org/committee/ss1372}, note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026} }

What It Does

Set up by HB 517 of 2017, chapter 156:28 of the Laws of 2017, in effect from July 1, 2017.

The statute it sits in: RSA 12-A:14-a, New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs Established.

Changed since by HB 1474 (2024).

First Meeting
At the first meeting, which shall be called by the first named member of the commission within 45 days after the completion of the naming of the commission members, members of the commission shall elect a chairman, secretary, and treasurer.
Quorum
50 percent of the appointed members plus one additional member.

Report

Beginning November 1, 2011, and each year thereafter, the commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, findings, and recommendations to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, and the state library. The annual report shall be approved by a majority vote of the commission and shall be posted on the department of natural and cultural resources website.

Filed
A report is on file.

Members

Other Members 5

  • The director or designee of the state council on the arts.1 seat on record
  • The director or designee of the division of travel and tourism development, department of business and economic affairs.1 seat on record · NH Dept of Business and Economic Affairs, Division of Travel and Tourism Development
  • Eleven members from the public at large, who shall be representatives from the Native American community, appointed by the governor from recommendations prepared by the director of the division of historical resources. All interested individuals shall submit a letter to the director of the division of historical resources stating why they wish to be considered and their qualifications accompanied by 3 letters of recommendation.3 seats on record · Public member appointed by the Governor

The General Court’s database names the legislators who sit on it; the other members’ names are on its own page for the committee, and are not here yet.

Meetings

No meeting of it is in the General Court’s record, which holds the study and statutory committees’ meetings of 1991 to 2015 and from 2024 on.