HB 277 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0431
05/10
HOUSE BILL 277
AN ACT relative to termination of a state of emergency by the legislature.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prout, Hills. 37; Rep. Blasek, Hills. 21; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that either chamber of the legislature, acting separately, may terminate a
state of emergency order by petition.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 277 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0431
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to termination of a state of emergency by the legislature.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Termination of State of Emergency by Petition. Amend RSA 4 by inserting after
2 section 45 the following new section:
3 4:45-a Termination of State of Emergency by Petition. For any of the purposes for which the
4 legislature may pass a resolution in RSA 4:45 or RSA 490:6-a, a petition may be made in a like
5 manner as provided for in RSA 16, except that petition shall be initiated and balloted in either
6 chamber acting separately and be made to the clerk of the chamber, or the assistant clerk pursuant
7 to RSA 14:4, who shall administer the balloting. If approved by a majority of the members of the
8 chamber, the chamber shall be deemed to have passed a resolution under RSA 4:45 or RSA 490:6-a.
9 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.