HB 452 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0675
05/11
HOUSE BILL 452
AN ACT precluding the secretary of state from running for another office while serving as
secretary of state.
SPONSORS: Rep. Andrew Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 17; Rep. Van Houten, Hills. 45;
Rep. Cornell, Hills. 18; Rep. Gay, Rock. 8; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Amanda
Bouldin, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the secretary of state from running for another state office while serving as
secretary of state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 452 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0675
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT precluding the secretary of state from running for another office while serving as
secretary of state.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Paragraph; Secretary of State. Amend RSA 5:1 by inserting after paragraph III the
2 following new paragraph:
3 IV. No person serving as secretary of state shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy
4 or primary petition for nomination at the primary for governor, representative to the general court,
5 state senator, counselor, county commissioner, county sheriff, county attorney, county treasurer,
6 register of deeds, or register of probate. Nor shall a person serving as secretary of state be eligible
7 for nomination to such office.
8 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 5:1
latest version: 5:1