Bill Text: NH HB297 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to political advertisements on behalf of political committees or advocacy organizations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-11 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/05/2019; Chapter 51; Eff: 08/04/2019 [HB297 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB297-Enrolled.html
HB 297 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2019 SESSION
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11/01
HOUSE BILL 297
AN ACT relative to political advertisements on behalf of political committees or advocacy organizations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8
COMMITTEE: Election Law
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that any political advertisements made on behalf of political action committees or political advocacy organizations contain the same name and address on the advertisement as is registered with the 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0251
11/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to political advertisements on behalf of political committees or advocacy organizations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Political Advertising; Signature, Identification, and Lack of Authorization. Amend RSA 664:14, I to read as follows:
I. All political advertising shall be signed at the beginning or the end with the names and addresses of the candidate, his fiscal agent, or the name and address of the chairman or the treasurer of a political committee, or the name and address of a natural person, according to whether a candidate, political committee, or natural person is responsible for it. Said signature shall clearly designate the name of the candidate, party or political committee by or on whose behalf the same is published or broadcast. In the case of political advertising made on behalf of a political committee registered with the secretary of state pursuant to RSA 664:3 or a political advocacy organization registered with the secretary of state pursuant to RSA 664:3-a, the name and address on the advertisement shall match the name and address registered with the secretary of state.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
