New Hampshire legislation · 2025 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1550: requiring marital masters, arbitrators, mediators, and judicial referees to be commissioned as a justice of peace as a qualifica
Status: Chaptered, March 23, 2026
requiring marital masters, arbitrators, mediators, and judicial referees to be commissioned as a justice of peace as a qualification for such positions.
What the bill says
An act relative to discrimination, harassment, and violence based on political affiliation or opinion. Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17 COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill: I. Defines "political affiliation or opinion." II. Prohibits discrimination or harassment of individuals based on political affiliation or opinion. III. Prohibits politically motivated interference with a person's economic interests. IV. Provides penalties for violations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relative to discrimination, harassment, and violence based on political affiliation or opinion. Rep. Burnham, Straf. 2; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17 COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill: I. Defines "political affiliation or opinion." II. Prohibits discrimination or harassment of individuals based on political affiliation or opinion. III. Prohibits politically motivated interference with a person's economic interests. IV. Provides penalties for violations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-3119 09/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to discrimination, harassment, and violence based on political affiliation or opinion. 21:56 Political Affiliation or Opinion. "Political affiliation or opinion" means a person's actual or …