SBRep. 186 - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 25-0980 07/06 SENATE BILL 186 AN ACT relative to a portrait in the likeness of Senator Jeb Bradley at the state house.

SPONSORS:Hill, Merr.

Sen.2 October 8, 2025 2025-2993h 07/09 Amendment to SB 186 Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

Ricciardi,3 DistAN 9;ACT preventing portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.

Sen.7 Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

Lang,9 Dist1 2;The State and Its Government;

Sen.Legislative Officers and Proceedings;

Fenton,Office DistSpace 10;and Parking Facilities.

Sen.Amend RSA 14:14-b to read as follows:

Gannon,4:9 DistPortraits 23;or Other Memorials.

Sen.No portraits, busts, statues, or other memorial objects shall be placed in or on the state house with the exception of those areas under the use and control of the general court as defined by RSA 14:14-b, III, state house annex, state library, Hannah Dustin monument, Franklin Pierce homestead, Daniel Webster birthplace, or grounds connected with each without the consent of the governor and council.Any portraits, flags, busts, statues, or other memorial objects to be placed in or on legislative facilities as defined by RSA 14:14-b shall be at the direction of the joint legislative historical committee in consultation with the director of the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources.

McGough,Portraits Distdepicting 11;persons shall not be placed in the statehouse in any area listed under RSA 14:14-b, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.

Sen.The director, division of historical resources, shall be responsible for the care of such memorial objects at any of these sites.

Watters, Dist 4;

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Murphy, Dist 16;

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Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21;

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Pearl, Dist 17;

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Ward, Dist 8;

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Rosenwald, Dist 13 COMMITTEE:

Executive Departments and Administration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill authorizes the joint legislative historical committee to accept a gift of a portrait of Senator Jeb Bradley.

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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.

SB 186 - AS INTRODUCED 25-0980 07/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT relative to a portrait in the likeness of Senator Jeb Bradley at the state house.

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

1 Joint Legislative Historical Committee;

Senator Jeb Bradley Portrait.

The joint legislative historical committee may accept a gift of a portrait of Senator Jeb Bradley and oversee the hanging of the portrait in the state house.

This act shall take effect upon60 days after its passage.

Amendment to SB 186 - Page 2 - 2025-2993h AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill prevents portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.