HB 403  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0821

08/09

 

HOUSE BILL 403

 

AN ACT relative to weather conditions which enable absentee voting.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Miller, Straf. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill enables absentee voting when the National Weather Service declares any severe weather watch or warning.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0821

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to weather conditions which enable absentee voting.

 

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

 

1  Absence, Religious Observance, and Disability Absentee Voting.  Amend the introductory paragraph in RSA 657:1, II to read as follows:

II.  When the National Weather Service has issued [a winter storm warning, blizzard warning, or ice storm warning] any severe weather watch or warning for election day applicable to the city, town, or unincorporated place:

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.