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.

SB 186 is a procedural bill authorizing the joint legislative historical committee to accept and hang a portrait of Senator Jeb Bradley in the New Hampshire State House. The bill specifically addresses a gift of Senator Bradley's portrait and does not establish a general rule about portraits (contrary to the misleading title). It requires no changes to existing law beyond this single exception for Senator Bradley's portrait. The bill is sponsored by multiple senators and would take effect upon passage.