The senate and house shall assemble biennially on the first Wednesday of December for organizational purposes in even numbered years, and shall assemble annually on the first Wednesday following the first Tuesday in January, and at such other times as they may judge necessary; and shall dissolve and be dissolved at 12:01 A.M. on the first Wednesday of December in even numbered years and shall be styled THE GENERAL COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

June 2, 1784

Amended 1877 changing annual sessions to biennial sessions.

Amended 1889 calling for the legislature to meet in January instead of June.

1966 amendment permitting annual sessions was ruled invalid in Gerber v. King, 107 NH 495.

Amended 1974 to permit organizational meetings in December and the January meeting to be on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday.

Amended 1984 changing biennial sessions to annual sessions.