Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB265

House · 2025 sessionBipartisanSigned into law

Meeting minutes must include times

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Requires that public body meeting minutes include the meeting's start and end times and the printed name of the recording secretary.

(New Title) requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary.Official record

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5 submissions
Oppose 0

All 2 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Signed into law · June 25, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

5 submissions
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Laura Colquhoun
for Myself
Nashua

Please support this bill. Thank you.

Support
Daniel Richardson
for Myself
Nashua

Annotating minutes with "... name and signature of the person who produced the minutes ..." is not feasible for some bodies because minutes are transcribed by secretaries from audio tape. The body then moves to accept previous meeting minutes. Who then really is the person who produced the minutes?

Neutral
Selectwoman Julie Gilman
for Town of Exeter
Exeter

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Janet Lucas
for Myself
Campton

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Eric Pauer
for Myself
Brookline

Position recorded without written comment.

Support