NH House Testimony

HB554

House · 2025 sessionRepublicanDied in Senate

Rules for political signs on state property

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Clarifies the conditions under which political advertising signs may be placed on municipal property.

(Second New Title) clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property.

ElectionsMunicipalities

Status

Recommended for passage but never voted; died at adjournment · May 1, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Division of testimony

19 submissions
Support 4Oppose 15Neutral 0
Roy SchweikerSupportConcord, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

Ideally this law should also clarify when First Amendment rights would supersede this decision

Benjamin BragginsOpposeAndover, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

This is a terrible idea. It’s going against voter wishes.

Sandra F SterlingOpposeNorthfield, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

Any municipal building should not be able to post anything showing favoritism toward any party or candidate. These types of displays should remain in a neutral public forum.

James GardnerOpposeKeene, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

This bill violates the New Hampshire Constitution, specifically Part First Article 30. [Freedom of Speech.], which states "The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, in either House of the Legislature, is so essential to the rights of the people, that it cannot be the foundation of any action, complaint, or prosecution, in any other Court or place whatsoever." I would highly recommend this committee review the New Hampshire Constitution: https://www.nh.gov/glance/constitution.htm

Meredith BarkhouseOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Hannah WillcuttOpposeNorth Sutton, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Oliver MatteOpposeNorth Sutton, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Alexander TempletonOpposeMadison, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Michaela JanowskiOpposeEpping, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Lisa BarrOpposeDanville, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Heath HowardSupportStrafford, NHfor Strafford-4Feb 18, 2025

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Janet LucasOpposeCampton, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Leigh HutchinsonOpposeDerry, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Daniel RichardsonOpposeNashua, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Margaret KonzeSupportPembroke, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Curtis HowlandOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Dylan PalmerOpposeWolfeboro, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Sarah McCarthyOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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Senator Howard PearlSupportLoudon, NHfor MyselfFeb 18, 2025

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