- These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 181 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 23 and opposition of 19 with 25 being of interest.
Of the 74 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 3 with 18 being of interest.
Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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Of Interest | SB240 | apportioning state senate districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/10 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes new state senate districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census. |
Of Interest | SB241 | apportioning executive council districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/10 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes new councilor districts based on the latest federal decennial census. |
Of Interest | SB253 | apportioning state senate districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/10 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes new state senate districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census. |
Of Interest | SB254 | apportioning executive council districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/10 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes new councilor districts based on the latest federal decennial census. |
Of Interest | HB1465 | relative to the appointment of counsel for juveniles. | Children and Family Law | Tue 1/11 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill amends the procedure and liability for costs for appointment of counsel for a juvenile. The bill also establishes procedures for the court to use in determining whether to use a statement or a confession from a juvenile. |
Of Interest | HB1568 | raising the age of juvenile delinquency from 18 to 21. | Children and Family Law | Tue 1/11 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill increases the age of juvenile delinquency from 18 to 21. |
Of Interest | HB1382 | relative to the presumption of shared parenting in the determination of parental rights and responsibilities. | Children and Family Law | Tue 1/11 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill: I. Clarifies that the fact that a child is home schooled is not dispositive in allocating parental rights and responsibilities. II. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child and requires the court to provide the basis for finding that the presumption does not apply in a particular case. III. Provides that both parents shall have access to the child’s records unless the parenting plan or court order provides otherwise. IV. Provides that the court shall give substantial weight to the input of a mature minor who is at least 14 years of age. |
Oppose | SB215 | relative to motor vehicle liability insurance policy minimum coverage. | Commerce | Tue 1/11 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires a motor vehicle liability insurance policy to provide certain minimum coverages once the named insured becomes the owner of the vehicle. |
Of Interest | HB1530 | relative to bachelor’s degrees offered by the community college system of New Hampshire. | Education | Tue 1/11 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill authorizes institutions in the community college system of New Hampshire to grant bachelor’s degrees. |
Of Interest | HB1574 | prohibiting the university system and community college systems of New Hampshire from charging out-of-state tuition to students voting in New Hampshire. | Education | Tue 1/11 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill prohibits the university system and community college systems of New Hampshire from charging out-of-state tuition to students voting in New Hampshire |
Of Interest | SB368 | relative to animal vending licenses. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 1/11 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill details the process for transferring animals after a animal vending license is revoked. |
Oppose | SB369 | relative to organic farming. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 1/11 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires the department of agriculture, markets, and food to administer an organic certification program and makes an appropriation therefor. |
Of Interest | HB1273 | relative to the use of free and open source software. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 1/11 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill: I. Prohibits certain non-compete clauses and non-disclosure agreements regarding free software projects and the sharing of open source software. II. Prohibits, with limited exception, state agencies from using proprietary software in interactions with the public. III. Recognizes the value of data portability and directs the department of information technology to adopt a policy protecting data portability. IV. Prohibits state and local law enforcement from participating in the enforcement of copyright claims against free and open source software projects. V. Establishes a commission to study the use of free software by state agencies. VI. Establishes a software purchasing policy that permits the purchase of proprietary software and hardware only when free software alternatives are not available. VII. Allows the defendant to examine the source code of proprietary software used to generate evidence against the defendant in a criminal proceeding. |
Of Interest | HB1581 | relative to the use of open source software by state agencies. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 1/11 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill directs state agencies to consider whether proprietary or open source software is the most cost effective for the agency and requires state procurement documents to include language regarding consideration of open source software. |
Of Interest | HB1244 | relative to parental consent to medical and dental treatments of children in schools. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 1/11 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires a child’s parent or legal guardian to consent to any medical or dental treatment provided in a school setting. |
Support | HB1466 | relative to the off-label use of prescription drugs and relative to pharmacy prescriptions. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 1/11 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill prohibits disciplinary action against a physician for prescribing an FDA approved drug, biologic, or medical device for off-label use. The bill also prohibits disciplinary action against a pharmacist for filling a valid prescription for off-label use. |
Of Interest | HB1130 | relative to restroom access for persons with certain medical conditions. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 1/11 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires retail establishments to allow individuals with medical conditions, like Crohn’s disease and colitis, to use employee toilet facilities under certain circumstances. |
Of Interest | HB1634 | relative to state grants for researching the effects on the human body of COVID-19 vaccines. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 1/11 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill establishes a COVID-19 research grant program in the department of health and human services and makes an appropriation for this purpose. |
Of Interest | SB293 | relative to penalties for violation of privacy. | Judiciary | Tue 1/11 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill increases the penalty for a second or subsequent offense for violations of privacy. |
Of Interest | SB295 | relative to penalties for violations of privacy. | Judiciary | Tue 1/11 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill amends the penalties for certain nonconsensual violations of privacy. |
Oppose | HB1419 | relative to establishing a New Hampshire civilian climate corps advisory commission. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/11 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes a civilian climate corps advisory commission. |
Oppose | HB1506 | establishing a revolving clean energy accelerator fund in the department of energy. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/11 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill creates a clean energy accelerator fund, administered by the department of energy, to finance goods and services producing low or zero greenhouse gas emissions and use other financial tools to mitigate climate change. |
Oppose | HB1601 | relative to funding of the NHsaves program | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/11 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill amends the amount of RGGI allowance revenues that are rebated to retail electricity ratepayers. |
Oppose | HB1621 | relative to reducing the rebates distributed by the energy efficiency fund. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/11 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill eliminates the rebate amount distributed to retail electricity ratepayers and allocates all auction proceeds to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs. |
Oppose | SB306 | relative to the penalties for various motor vehicle violations. | Transportation | Tue 1/11 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill provides for enhanced penalties for certain driving offenses where the offense was also based on facts involving the prohibited use of a mobile electronic device. |
Support | SB310 | relative to license plate scanning. | Transportation | Tue 1/11 | 1:20 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill permits the owners of private property to obtain and use a license plate reader for the sole purpose of recording and checking license plates. |
Support | HB1189 | permitting voluntary donations to municipalities or the state to fund certain projects or to reduce taxation. | Ways and Means | Tue 1/11 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill allows a municipality or the state to establish a voluntary donations fund to be expended for certain local or state projects or to reduce amount raised through taxation. |
Of Interest | HB1591 | eliminating the enforcement division of the liquor commission. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill eliminates the enforcement division of the liquor commission. |
Of Interest | HB1502 | relative to digital assets and digital securities. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill specifies that digital assets are property within the Uniform Commercial Code; authorizes security interests in digital assets, allows banks to provide custodial services for digital asset property and provides procedures for the provision of custodial services. |
Support | HB1503 | exempting the developer, seller, or facilitator of the exchange of an open blockchain token from certain securities laws. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill exempts the developer, seller, or facilitator of the exchange of an open blockchain token from certain securities laws. |
Of Interest | HB1504 | relative to special purpose depository institutions. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes a special class of depository institutions, creates regulations pertaining to them, and amends existing law to allow for the special class in the regulatory scheme of banking within the state. |
Support | HB1349 | decriminalizing the possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill decriminalizes the possession or use of a certain amount or psilocybin mushrooms by a person 18 years of age or older. |
Support | HB1215 | relative to the definition of “residual amount” in the controlled drug act. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill amends the definition of “residual amount” of a controlled drug and changes the penalty for such amount. |
Oppose | HB1361 | establishing a penalty for any person who transports a controlled drug into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill establishes an additional penalty for transportation of a controlled drug into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute. |
Support | HB1296 | relative to money, coin, or currency which may be forfeited in connection with a drug offense. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill limits the scope of money, coin, currency, and other property which is presumed to be subject to forfeiture under the controlled drug act. |
Support | HB1232 | reducing the penalty for first offense drug possession and repealing certain mandatory minimum sentences. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the penalties and removes mandatory minimum sentences for certain first offense drug offenses. |
Support | HB1360 | relative to penalties for controlled drug violations. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses. |
Support | HB1392 | relative to penalties for nonviolent drug offenses and repealing the criminal penalties for possession of drug paraphernalia. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/12 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the penalties for nonviolent drug offenses and eliminates the prohibitions and penalties for the possession, use, or sale of drug paraphernalia. |
Oppose | HB1657 | establishing a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program. | Education | Wed 1/12 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program and makes an appropriation therefor. |
Oppose | HB1655 | relative to natural immunity system health and wellness curriculum in schools. | Education | Wed 1/12 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires instruction of kindergarten through high school students on natural immunity health and wellness programs. |
Oppose | HB1684 | limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted amounts. | Education | Wed 1/12 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill limits the amounts of funds appropriated from the education trust fund to the education freedom account program to budgeted sums. |
Oppose | HB1680 | establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education. | Education | Wed 1/12 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill modifies the determination and funding for an opportunity for a constitutionally adequate education by establishing foundation opportunity budgets and state foundation opportunity grants. |
Of Interest | SB328 | relative to the date of the state primary election. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 1:40 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill changes the date of the state primary election to the third Tuesday in June. |
Of Interest | SB364 | relative to the use of electronic poll books. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 2:00 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill extends the time requirement for markup of a backup checklist in the use of electronic poll books. |
Of Interest | SB366 | requiring an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 primary and general election. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Wed 1/12 | 2:20 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 state primary and general elections. |
Of Interest | SB223 | relative to requirements for recovery houses. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/12 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill modifies the requirements for facility bedroom square-footage in order for recovery houses to be exempted from certain requirements of the state fire code by the state fire marshal. |
Of Interest | SB226 | establishing a recruitment and retention program for state employment. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/12 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill establishes specific criteria allowing the director of the division of personnel, department of administrative services, to develop a state employee recruitment and retention program. |
Of Interest | SB363 | relative to service credit for certain group II retirement eligibility. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/12 | 9:50 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows certain retirement system members to purchase nonqualified service time as group II creditable service in order to reduce certain transition provision requirements for retirement. |
Oppose | SB281 | relative to nursing home policies regarding notice of vacancy. | Health and Human Services | Wed 1/12 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill prohibits a private nursing home or assisted living facility from enforcing a 30-day notice of vacancy policy in the event of a resident’s death and provides that, in such cases, the month in which the resident passes shall be the last month for which payment is due. |
Support | SB282 | relative to advertising oneself as a doctor of acupuncture. | Health and Human Services | Wed 1/12 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill permits certain practitioners to advertise as doctors of acupuncture. |
Oppose | HB1235 | relative to compensation paid to a crime victim. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill increases the maximum recovery per claimant under the victims’ assistance fund and establishes a maximum recovery amount for victims under the FRM victims contribution recovery fund. The bill also extends the repeal date of the FRM victims contribution recovery fund. |
Support | HB1101 | relative to a forfeiture of personal property. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill limits the conditions under which seized property may be transferred to a federal agency. |
Of Interest | HB1133 | prohibiting the termination of a lease during the sale of real property. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill prohibits the termination of a residential lease during the sale of the property being leased. |
Of Interest | SB304 | relative to discrimination in public workplaces and education. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill removes provisions concerning freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education, and clarifies the authority of public schools and public employers concerning discrimination. |
Of Interest | SB299 | relative to the penalty for escape. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 2:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill amends the elements required for charging felony or misdemeanor escape. |
Oppose | HB1216 | repealing the housing appeals board. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill repeals the housing appeals board. |
Oppose | HB1200 | relative to notice of rent increases in residential rental property. | Judiciary | Wed 1/12 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill requires notice by a landlord of at least 45 days of a proposed rent increase. |
Of Interest | CACR24 | the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general be elected by a majority vote of the members of the general court in a joint session. | Legislative Administration | Wed 1/12 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution removes the governor and executive council’s authority to nominate and appoint the attorney general and gives the authority to elect the attorney general to the New Hampshire senate and house of representatives. |
Of Interest | CACR25 | legislative term limits. Providing that no person shall serve more than 15 terms in either the house of representatives or the senate. | Legislative Administration | Wed 1/12 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes a 15-term limit for the New Hampshire house of representatives and the New Hampshire senate, respectively. |
Of Interest | CACR26 | relating to the house of representatives. Providing that 100 of the representatives are elected using party list proportional representation. | Legislative Administration | Wed 1/12 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution mandates that 100 members of the house of representatives be elected by determining the proportions of each party voting in the given election and allocating the amount of members out of 100 to each party based on such proportions. |
Of Interest | CACR27 | elected and appointed officials. Providing that all state court judges shall be subject to recall and removal by petition and vote of registered voters pursuant to provisions established by the legislature. | Legislative Administration | Wed 1/12 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides for all state court judges to be subject to recall, removal, and replacement by petition and vote of registered voters. |
Of Interest | HB1211 | requiring the installation of electronic tolling. | Public Works and Highways | Wed 1/12 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill requires the department of transportation to replace all toll booths in the state with electronic tolling by July 1, 2035. |
Of Interest | HB1593 | requiring the department of transportation to erect sound barriers on Interstate Route 95 in the city of Portsmouth. | Public Works and Highways | Wed 1/12 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill requires the department of transportation to erect a sound barrier on Interstate 95 in the city of Portsmouth. |
Oppose | HB1452 | renaming the department of environmental services the department of environmental protection and assigning the department oversight of private drinking water wells. | Resources, Recreation and Development | Wed 1/12 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill changes the name of the department of environmental services to the department of environmental protection and authorizes the department to regulate private drinking wells. |
Of Interest | HB1292 | permitting the use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles on the statewide trail system. | Resources, Recreation and Development | Wed 1/12 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill permits and regulates the use of small unmanned aircraft on the statewide trail system. |
Of Interest | HB1227 | relative to the definition of prime wetland. | Resources, Recreation and Development | Wed 1/12 | 4:00 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill further defines prime wetland for local protection in fill and dredge permits. |
Of Interest | SB313 | relative to the authority of the office of professional licensure and certification to establish fees. | Ways and Means | Wed 1/12 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill clarifies that the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification has authority to establish fees on behalf of the boards, commissions, and councils administered by the office of professional licensure and certification. |
Support | SB345 | relative to youth employment. | Commerce | Thu 1/13 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill makes certain changes to the laws governing employment of 14 and 15 year olds. |
Of Interest | SB209 | relative to electronic wage payments. | Commerce | Thu 1/13 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill amends the provisions related to payment of an employee’s wages by direct deposit. |
Oppose | SB384 | requiring notice of the hands-free law at the point of sale for cell phones. | Commerce | Thu 1/13 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires notice of the state’s hands-free law at the point of sale for cell phones and other mobile electronic devices. |
Of Interest | HB1276 | allowing for school district budgets and warrant articles to include cost per student information. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allow for a school district to require the cost per student information be noted on the school district budget and special warrant articles. |
Of Interest | SB352 | relative to substitute teacher criminal history records check. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill permits substitute teachers who have undergone a criminal records check to work within the same school administrative unit without undergoing an additional records check. |
Support | HB1298 | relative to eligibility for the education tax credit. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill increases the household income level to qualify as an eligible student under the education tax credit program. |
Oppose | SB420 | establishing an extraordinary need grant for schools. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes an extraordinary need grant for schools in addition to regular adequate education grants and relief grants. |
Support | HB1137 | relative to the duty of school boards to provide education. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill states the duties and responsibilities of elected school boards and allows school boards to contract with any private school approved by the school board as a school tuition program. |
Support | HB1169 | relative to public comment and inquiry during school board meetings. | Education | Thu 1/13 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes requirements for public meetings held by a school board to include a designated time period for questions from the public and answers from the board. The bill also allows an attendee of a meeting of the school board to demand which New Hampshire statute or administrative rule gives the school board the authority described in a school policy or operational procedure. |
Oppose | HB1535 | relative to cost of living adjustments for retirees in the state retirement system. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/13 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes an initial cost of living adjustment in 2022, and subsequent increases subject to the prior approval of the board of trustees, to be paid by the retirement system on the first $30,000 of a retired member’s or beneficiary’s allowance. |
Oppose | HB1417 | relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/13 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members. |
Oppose | SB319 | relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives. | Health and Human Services | Thu 1/13 | 10:30 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill requires that all health coverage offered by health carriers to employers shall provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insured is currently fully vaccinated for Covid-19 at the time of enrollment. The bill repeals this requirement in 2023. |
Support | HB1325 | relative to release of confidential records of a person appointed a guardian. | Judiciary | Thu 1/13 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill provides that a person appointed a guardian shall retain the right to access and consent to the release of his or her confidential records unless the terms of the appointment provide otherwise. |
Oppose | CACR14 | relating to unions. Providing that all workers have the right to join a union. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/13 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right for workers to join a union in the state of New Hampshire. |
Oppose | CACR28 | relating to the minimum wage. Providing that all workers have a right to a minimum wage that provides them with well-being and a dignified existence. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/13 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides workers with the right to a minimum wage that provides them with well-being and a dignified existence. |
Support | HB1089 | relative to the unenforceability of noncompete agreements upon termination of an employee for noncompliance with a vaccination mandate. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/13 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill provides that a noncompete agreement between an employer and an employee who is terminated for refusing to comply with an employer-mandated vaccination requirement shall be unenforceable against such employee. |
Oppose | HB1207 | requiring an employer to provide paid time off for an employee to vote. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/13 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill requires an employer to grant an employee paid time off so the employee may vote. |
Oppose | HB1076 | relative to illegal productivity quotas. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/13 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill implements provisions regulating productivity quotas in workplaces. |
Of Interest | HB1112 | relative to competitive bidding in counties. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/13 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill establishes a procedure for competitive bidding for purchases made by any county in the state. |
Support | HB1387 | enabling municipalities to adopt a property tax homestead exemption. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/13 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill enables municipalities to adopt a property tax homestead exemption against the assessment on a person’s principal place of residence. |
Support | HB1432 | prohibiting the use of state funds for new passenger rail projects. | Public Works and Highways | Thu 1/13 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill prohibits the department of transportation from utilizing state funds for the planning, construction, operation, or management of new passenger rail projects. |
Support | HB1221 | relative to the rates of the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. | Ways and Means | Thu 1/13 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the rates of the business profits and business enterprise taxes for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2023. |
Support | HB1500 | reducing the rate of the communications services tax and repealing the tax in 2025. | Ways and Means | Thu 1/13 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the rate of the communications services tax for 2022 through 2024 and repeals the tax in 2025. |
Support | HB1204 | reducing the rate of the meals and rooms tax and increasing the revenue sharing of meals and rooms tax revenue with municipalities. | Ways and Means | Thu 1/13 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the rate of the tax on meals, rooms, and gross rental receipts, and increases the percentage of meals and rooms tax revenues distributed to municipalities. |
Support | HB1539 | relative to the removal of certain information from the New Hampshire state police website. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/14 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires the state police to remove certain arrest records from the New Hampshire state police website. |
Support | HB1091 | relative to search warrants for individuals engaged in fish and game activities. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Fri 1/14 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill requires conservation officers to obtain a search warrant for conducting certain enforcement operations, unless the person is engaged in the act of taking. |
Of Interest | HB1308 | prohibiting the capture, possession, and propagation of hares and rabbits for hunting dog training and field trials. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Fri 1/14 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill prohibits the taking, keeping, or propagation in captivity of snowshoe hares or wild rabbits for the purpose of dog training. |
Support | HB1092 | requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard. | State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs | Fri 1/14 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. |