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HB 52 - AS INTRODUCED
                                              2021 SESSION
                                                                                             21-0636
                                                                                             11/06
HOUSE BILL             52
AN ACT            apportioning congressional districts.
SPONSORSF         Rep. B. Griffin, Hills. 6
COMMITTEE:        Special Committee on Redistricting
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                                               ANALYSIS
    This bill establishes new United States House of Representative districts in accordance with the
latest federal decennial census.
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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                 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 52 - AS INTRODUCED
                                                                                          21-0636
                                                                                          11/06
                                          STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
                               In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
     AN ACT              apportioning congressional districts.
             Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
      1 U.S. Representative Districts. RSA 662:1 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
      662:1 U.S. Representative Districts. The state is divided into 2 districts for the choosing of
  representatives in the congress of the United States. Each district may elect one representative. The
  districts shall be constituted as follows:
          I. The first district is constituted of:
              (a) The counties of:
                  (1) Carroll, and
                  (2) Strafford; and
              (b) In the county of Belknap, the towns and city of:
                 (1) Alton,
                 (2) Barnstead,
                 (3) Belmont,
                 (4) Gilford,
                 (5) Gilmanton,
                 (6) Laconia,
                 (7) Meredith,
                 (8) New Hampton,
                 (9) Sanbornton, and
                 (10) Tilton; and
             (c) In the county of Grafton, the town of:
                 (1) Campton; and
             (d) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of:
                 (1) Bedford,
                 (2) Goffstown,
                 (3) Manchester, and
                 (4) Merrimack; and
             (e) In the county of Merrimack, the town of:
                 (1) Hooksett; and
             (f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns and city of:
                 (1) Auburn,
                 (2) Brentwood,
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          (3) Candia,
          (4) Chester,
          (5) Danville,
          (6) Derry,
          (7) East Kingston,
          (8) Epping,
          (9) Exeter,
          (10) Fremont,
          (11) Greenland,
         (12) Hampstead,
         (13) Hampton,
         (14) Hampton Falls,
         (15) Kensington,
         (16) Kingston,
         (17) Londonderry,
         (18) New Castle,
         (19) Newfields,
         (20) Newington,
         (21) Newmarket,
         (22) Newton,
         (23) North Hampton,
         (24) Nottingham,
         (25) Plaistow,
         (26) Portsmouth,
         (27) Raymond,
         (28) Rye,
         (29) Sandown,
         (30) Seabrook,
         (31) South Hampton, and
         (32) Stratham.
 II. The second district is constituted of:
     (a) The counties of:
         (1) Cheshire,
         (2) Coos, and
         (3) Sullivan; and
     (b) In the county of Belknap, the town of:
         (1) Center Harbor; and
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  (c) In the county of Grafton, the towns, city, and unincorporated place of:
     (1) Alexandria,
     (2) Ashland,
     (3) Bath,
     (4) Benton,
     (5) Bethlehem,
     (6) Bridgewater,
     (7) Bristol,
     (8) Canaan,
    (9) Dorchester,
    (10) Easton,
    (11) Ellsworth,
    (12) Enfield,
    (13) Franconia,
    (14) Grafton,
    (15) Groton,
    (16) Hanover,
    (17) Haverhill,
    (18) Hebron,
    (19) Holderness,
    (20) Landaff,
    (21) Lebanon,
    (22) Lincoln,
    (23) Lisbon,
    (24) Littleton,
    (25) Livermore,
    (26) Lyman,
    (27) Lyme,
    (28) Monroe,
    (29) Orange,
    (30) Orford,
    (31) Piermont,
    (32) Plymouth,
    (33) Rumney,
    (34) Sugar Hill,
    (35) Thornton,
    (36) Warren,
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     (37) Waterville Valley,
     (38) Wentworth, and
     (39) Woodstock; and
  (d) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of:
     (1) Amherst,
     (2) Antrim,
     (3) Bennington,
     (4) Brookline,
     (5) Deering,
    (6) Francestown,
    (7) Greenfield,
    (8) Greenville,
    (9) Hancock,
    (10) Hillsborough,
    (11) Hollis,
    (12) Hudson,
    (13) Litchfield,
    (14) Lyndeborough,
    (15) Mason,
    (16) Milford,
    (17) Mont Vernon,
    (18) Nashua,
    (19) New Boston,
    (20) New Ipswich,
    (21) Pelham,
    (22) Peterborough,
    (23) Sharon,
    (24) Temple,
    (25) Weare,
    (26) Wilton,
    (27) Windsor; and
 (e) In the county of Merrimack, the towns and cities of:
    (1) Allenstown,
    (2) Andover,
    (3) Boscawen,
    (4) Bow,
    (5) Bradford,
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                  (6) Canterbury,
                  (7) Chichester,
                  (8) Concord,
                  (9) Danbury,
                  (10) Dunbarton,
                  (11) Epsom,
                  (12) Franklin,
                  (13) Henniker,
                  (14) Hill,
                 (15) Hopkinton,
                 (16) Loudon,
                 (17) Newbury,
                 (18) New London,
                 (19) Northfield,
                 (20) Pembroke,
                 (21) Pittsfield,
                 (22) Salisbury,
                 (23) Sutton,
                 (24) Warner,
                 (25) Webster, and
                 (26) Wilmot; and
             (f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns of:
                 (1) Atkinson,
                 (2) Deerfield,
                 (3) Northwood,
                 (4) Salem; and
                 (5) Windham.
     2 Application. This act shall in no way disqualify any person from any elective office to which
 he or she was elected prior to the effective date of this act.
     3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.