NH legislators could testify after disclosing conflicts of interest

A legislator who has stepped aside over a conflict may testify to a legislative committee about that bill after making written and spoken disclosures. This applies to a legislator who has recused themselves from official legislative activity under either of the two cited conflict rules. The legislator must file a written statement of intent and identify the conflict aloud before testifying. The act would take effect 60 days after passage.

A legislator would not have to step aside from official work on specified state budgets and general revenue bills covering listed taxes and charges. The listed work includes preparing, reviewing, approving, or rejecting the state operating budget, capital budget, trailer bill, or general revenue bills involving the specified taxes and charges. The exception would not cover work on a trailer bill amendment that deals only with a subject on which the legislator has a conflict. The act would take effect 60 days after passage.