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Of the 84 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 17 and opposition of 8 with 7 being of interest.
Of the 26 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	SB250	enabling municipalities to adopt a tax credit for qualified private community property owners.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill enables municipalities to adopt a tax credit for qualified private community property owners.
Of Interest	SB252	relative to information on property tax bills.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires property tax bills to include information regarding the amount disbursed from the education trust fund in the prior fiscal year and the amount the municipality’s education grant aid will be reduced under RSA 189:41 as a result of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F:2.
Oppose	HB1321	relative to the governor’s power to declare a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill removes certain restrictions on the governor’s power to declare a state of emergency.
Of Interest	HB1369	relative to COVID-19 health and safety policies at New Hampshire performing arts venues.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that performing arts venues in New Hampshire have the authority to establish their own COVID health and safety policies.
Support	HB1045	requiring legislative oversight over the emergency powers of the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill clarifies certain public health emergency management powers of the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1633	relative to requiring COVID-19 vaccination for school attendance.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires covid-19 vaccination for school attendance, expands the definition of school to include postsecondary institutions, and limits the scope of the Covid-19 vaccination requirement to those individuals whose age exceeds the minimum for a vaccine fully approved by the FDA.
Support	HB1035	relative to exemptions from school vaccine mandates.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	2:15 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows parents to obtain an exemption from vaccinations required for school attendance. The parent may claim the exemption for medical or religious reasons or as a matter of conscience.
Support	HB1177	relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.
Support	HB1194	relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap.
Support	HB1238	relative to zoning powers and the supply of workforce housing.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits local proscriptions on workforce housing.
Of Interest	HB1307	modifying the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill modifies the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.
Of Interest	HB1431	establishing the parental bill of rights.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/8	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes a parental bill of rights, a framework for notice of, and to report violations of, such rights, and consequences for affirmative findings of violations.
Oppose	SB453	relative to statewide pre-kindergarten funding.	Education	Tue 2/8	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes the requirement for school districts to provide pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to pupils in the district and for state funding of the cost of pre-K education programs.
Of Interest	SB410	relative to school district transparency.	Education	Tue 2/8	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires public comment periods at school board meetings, the adoption of a school board code of ethics developed by the state board of education, and procedures for amendment and submission of school district charters.
Support	HB1241	prohibiting a school district from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination for school attendance.	Education	Tue 2/8	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits school districts from mandating that students have a COVID-19 vaccination in order to attend school.
Support	HB1171	exempting certain niche beauty services from licensure requirements.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill exempts niche beauty services from occupational and shop license requirements.
Support	HB1560	relative to nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	11:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the requirements for nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
Support	HB1566	relative to the NH prescription drug affordability board (non-germane amendment #2022-0375)	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	3:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	The amendment repeals the New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms Office, Room 318, State House.
Support	HB1401	prohibiting the disclosure of the number of miles driven by a specific driver licensed by the state or vehicle registered in the state.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits both the department of safety, and inspection stations, from sharing vehicle mileage information without the consent of the vehicle’s owner.
Support	HB1302	relative to the weighing of vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	10:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill limits law enforcement’s authority to stop and weigh any vehicle to commercial vehicles only.
Support	HB1447	prohibiting state agencies from using face recognition technology.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	11:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits state agencies from using face recognition technology.
Oppose	SB442	relative to the suspension of a vehicle registration as a result of evading toll collection systems.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the director of the division of motor vehicles to suspend an owner’s vehicle registration privileges until any unpaid tolls and administrative fees are paid. This bill also prevents an owner from transferring ownership of a vehicle until any unpaid tolls and fees are paid.
Support	HB1426	eliminating the vehicle inspection mandate for non-commercial vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	1:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill eliminates the requirement that private passenger vehicles, light trucks, and motorcycles undergo annual equipment inspection to determine whether such vehicles are fit to be driven, provided that such vehicles are not used in the regular course of business.
Of Interest	HB1431	establishing the parental bill of rights.	Children and Family Law	Wed 2/9	11:40 AM	LOB Room 206-208
Oppose	HB1380	relative to installation of solar photovoltaic energy systems by owners subject to deed restrictions in a homeowners association.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits deed restrictions of homeowners’ associations from prohibiting or restricting the installation and use of a solar photovoltaic energy system.
Support	HB1378	relative to inspection of public lodging houses.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a sheriff or police officer to present a warrant before inspecting the register of a public lodging house.
Support	HB1296	relative to money, coin, or currency which may be forfeited in connection with a drug offense (non-germane amendment #2021-0264h). nify criminal asset forfeiture, one process for the crime (if there is one) and the asset. It also includes the language of HB1101 (non-adoption for Equitable Sharing).	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	9:45 AM	LOB Room 202-204	The amendment establishes a procedure for the forfeiture of items used in connection with a drug offense. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms office, Room 318, State House.
Of Interest	HB1476	relative to persons arrested while out on bail.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Of Interest	HB1335	relative to the parole board and the procedure for medical parole of prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill revises the criteria necessary for determining if an inmate qualifies for medical parole and revises the membership of the adult parole board. The bill also renames the position of “executive assistant to the parole board” as the “parole board director of operations.”
Of Interest	HB1512	relative to the parole of certain prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the eligibility for parole for certain prisoners.
Oppose	SB374	relative to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/9	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits a person from requiring that an individual who had COVID-19 or who is under the age of 18 receive a vaccination against the virus as a condition for employment, education, or access to businesses or entities open to the public. The bill also establishes an exemption as a matter of conscience against a vaccination mandate. The bill establishes a criminal penalty and a private right of action for enforcement.
Support	HB1070	relative to the default budget in official ballot jurisdictions.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the default budget in an official ballot town or district to be reduced by any reduction to an appropriation the governing body made in the proposed operating budget.
Support	HB1087	relative to zoning for single family housing lots.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of local land use planning boards relating to ordinances governing lot sizes.
Oppose	HB1172	requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires towns to ensure that residents of public housing have access to a composting and waste recycling facility.
Of Interest	HB1617	relative to housing projects of the community development finance authority and establishing a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income-sensitive.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	12:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that the community development finance authority block grant program may be used for affordable housing projects. The bill also establishes a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income sensitive.
Oppose	HB1143	relative to medical mandates adopted by employers.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer that implements a medical mandate as a condition of employment to submit the written policy to the state, and provide severance pay to any employee who is terminated as a result of opting out of the medical mandate.
Oppose	HB1508	prohibiting discharge of volunteer firefighters or volunteer emergency medical technicians from other employment.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits an employer from discharging or disciplining an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician and whose failure to report for work was due to such employee responding to an emergency.
Oppose	HB1514	relative to an employee’s unused earned time.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time.
Oppose	HB1569	relative to the status of “totally unemployed” for purposes of unemployment compensation.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill provides that an individual who has not been terminated but has been prohibited from entering his or her place of employment shall be deemed totally unemployed for the purposes of unemployment compensation.