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This bill updates the language in New Hampshire state law related to the director of the division of archives and records management to make it gender neutral. Specifically, the bill removes masculine pronouns like "he" and "his" and replaces them with gender-neutral phrases such as "the director" or "the agency's" throughout several sections of the law. These changes apply to provisions describing the director's responsibilities, including collecting and arranging state and provincial records, managing the records center, establishing retention standards for state records, and conducting records surveys. The modifications do not change the substantive responsibilities or powers of the director, but instead ensure that the statutory language is inclusive and does not assume the director is male. The bill will take effect immediately upon its passage, making these technical language updates to the existing legal code.

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0815&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025&txtbillnumber=HB780