New Hampshire HB 1201: requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.

Bill Text

HB 1201 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2579

 04/09

HOUSE BILL 1201

AN ACT requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.

SPONSORS: Rep. Muirhead, Graf. 12; Rep. Lane, Merr. 16

COMMITTEE: Election Law

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires any political committee exempt from taxation to disclose the identity of its donors.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2579

 04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Donor Disclosure; Mandatory Voter Notice Required. Amend RSA 664:6, VII to read as follows: 

 VII. Any political committee that is exempt from taxation under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [may disclose, but] shall [not] be required to disclose in its itemized statement of receipts, the identity of its donors. [Any political committee affected by this section who chooses not to disclose the identity of its donors shall place the following disclosure on all communications to voters: "This organization has an exemption under the federal law and is not required, and chooses not, to disclose its donors."] 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.