- These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 167 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 22 and opposition of 42 with 10 being of interest.
Of the 35 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 3 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Oppose | HB633 | relative to electric distribution company market share, prohibiting certain electric rate increases, and requiring enforcement against Eversource. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 1/23 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires that electric distribution companies shall not raise electric rates by an amount that exceeds the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. The bill also prohibits electric distribution companies from having market share greater than 50 percent and requires the attorney general to bring an action against Eversource. |
| Of Interest | SB102 | relative to the Jones Act’s effect on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market. | Commerce | Tue 1/24 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires the department of energy to submit a report to the legislature on the impact of the Jones Act on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market. |
| Oppose | HB487 | establishing a New Hampshire farm-to-school reimbursement program. | Education | Tue 1/24 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program and makes an appropriation therefor. |
| Oppose | HB334 | relative to determination and cost of state adequate education. | Education | Tue 1/24 | 12:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill changes the calculation for the per pupil amount for grants for the opportunity for an adequate education to be 1/2 of the statewide average cost per pupil. |
| Oppose | HB430 | relative to applications for the education freedom accounts program. | Education | Tue 1/24 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill provides for applications to the education freedom account program for a child currently attending a New Hampshire public school, including a chartered public school, for a minimum of one year, or who is entering kindergarten or first grade. |
| Oppose | HB324 | relative to campaign contributions and expenditures and making an appropriation therefor. | Election Law | Tue 1/24 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes a fund to provide campaign financing for eligible candidates for governor and executive councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund. |
| Of Interest | SB61 | relative to surface water setbacks for landfills. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 1/24 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill enables the department of environmental services to adopt rules relative to surface water setbacks for landfills. |
| Oppose | HB332 | relative to school building aid for eligible projects. | Finance | Tue 1/24 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill increases the amount to be appropriated by the legislature for school building aid construction and renovation projects of school districts. The bill also allocates a portion of funds to be paid for school building projects approved in prior years but which were not funded. |
| Oppose | HB541 | relative to school building aid grants and making an appropriation therefor. | Finance | Tue 1/24 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill increases the amount of school building aid grants that may be approved by the department of education per fiscal year. The bill also makes appropriations of $100 million in fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for approved school building aid projects. |
| Oppose | HB546 | relative to the school building aid program. | Finance | Tue 1/24 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires a minimum of $50,000,000 per fiscal year to be transferred to the school building aid fund, in addition to any debt service payments, for school building aid grants. |
| Of Interest | SB80 | requiring the recording of custodial interrogations and making an appropriation therefor. | Judiciary | Tue 1/24 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires that custodial interrogations be recorded, establishes a fund to make grants to state law enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to enable such recordings, and makes an appropriation therefor. |
| Oppose | SB117 | relative to the definition of a “child” for the purpose of negligent storage of firearms. | Judiciary | Tue 1/24 | 1:35 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill changes the age of a child for the purpose of negligent storage of firearms. |
| Oppose | HB418 | relative to eliminating the rebates distributed by the energy efficiency fund. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/24 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | 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 | HB92 | requiring the adoption of innovative vehicle emissions standards pursuant to section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 1/24 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires the adoption of California Low Emission/Zero Emission vehicle standards to protect public health, enable New Hampshire automotive customers to utilize the extended emissions-specific warranty, and to enable New Hampshire automotive dealers to carry Zero Emissions Vehicles in stock. The bill also increases the inspection sticker fee and makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services to fund an additional position. |
| Oppose | HB597 | relative to race and ethnicity data on driver’s licenses, and race and ethnicity data collection. | Transportation | Tue 1/24 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill adds race and ethnicity as optional information that may be included on a driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, and nondriver’s picture identification card and requires law enforcement agencies to collect such data. |
| Support | HB650 | relative to prohibiting suspension of driver’s licenses due to nonpayment of fines or fees. | Transportation | Tue 1/24 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill modifies the circumstances under which a driver’s license may be suspended or revoked for nonpayment of fines, fees, or restitution; removes suspension of a driver’s license or privilege as a sentencing punishment for nonpayment of fines, fees, or restitution; and authorizes the commissioner of safety to expunge the records of individuals covered by this bill. |
| Support | HB388 | relative to number plates for motor vehicles. | Transportation | Tue 1/24 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill would require private passenger vehicles to display only one number plate on the rear of the vehicle. |
| Support | HB393 | permitting a motor vehicle operator to use only a rear license plate. | Transportation | Tue 1/24 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill allows all private passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles to have a single license plate on the rear. |
| Support | HB15 | relative to the rate of the business enterprise tax. | Ways and Means | Tue 1/24 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill reduces the rate of the business enterprise tax for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2024. |
| Support | HB133 | relative to repealing the communications services tax. | Ways and Means | Tue 1/24 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill repeals the communications services tax. |
| Oppose | HB192 | relative to the rate and exemptions of the interest and dividends tax. | Ways and Means | Tue 1/24 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill repeals the previously passed phase out of the interest and dividends tax and changes the rates and exemptions. |
| Support | HB100 | to repeal the interest and dividends tax. | Ways and Means | Tue 1/24 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill changes the effective date of the repeal of the interest and dividends tax. |
| Oppose | HB531 | relative to the taxation of tobacco and nicotine products. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill directs the commissioner of the department of revenue administration to annually set the tobacco and nicotine tax based on the rates charged by neighboring states, and directs the commissioner to produce a report detailing the uses of such taxes. |
| Oppose | HB279 | increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill increases the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol. |
| Of Interest | HB612 | relative to the fees for New Hampshire wine manufacturers. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill: I. Allows wine manufacturers to give a bottle as a sample under certain conditions. II. Changes the fee and tax structure on wine sold in state. III. Exempts a certain volume of wine from taxes for home use. |
| Support | HB639 | relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor. |
| Of Interest | HB544 | legalizing cannabis for retail sale. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 1:20 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill: I. Legalizes the retail sale, possession, and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. II. Authorizes the liquor commission to regulate and administer the cultivation, manufacture, testing, and retail sale of cannabis statewide, and makes an appropriation therefor. III. Authorizes alternative treatment centers registered to dispense therapeutic cannabis to register, as a separate entity, to manufacture, cultivate, or transport cannabis to the state for retail sale. IV. Authorizes a municipality to enact an ordinance prohibiting or limiting the number and type of cannabis establishments that may be permitted within the municipality and regulating the time, place, and manner of operation of a cannabis establishment permitted within the municipality. V. Establishes the cannabis control fund and requires funds to be distributed to municipalities and the general fund. VI. Makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to create public media and social media campaigns to address some of the risks of cannabis use. |
| Oppose | HB272 | increasing chartered public school per pupil funding. | Education | Wed 1/25 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill increases the amount of the additional grant for tuition of chartered public school students paid by the state. |
| Oppose | HB626 | requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account. | Education | Wed 1/25 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill changes the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education. |
| Oppose | HB341 | establishing licensure for massage establishments. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/25 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes licensure for massage establishments under the regulation of massage therapists by the office of professional licensure and certification. |
| Oppose | HB105 | relative to the registration of medical spas. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/25 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes the registration of medical spa facilities. |
| Oppose | HB620 | establishing a department of early childhood education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/25 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes an executive branch department of early childhood education. The bill also establishes the authority for the department to design, create, and administer a 3-year high quality, community-based, mixed delivery public pre-kindergarten pilot program. |
| Oppose | HB329 | establishing an ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) registry in New Hampshire. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 1/25 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill establishes an ALS registry administered by the department of health and human services. |
| Oppose | HB112 | relative to tenant’s right to notification prior to the sale of a multifamily home. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill requires the owner of restricted residential property to provide tenants with notice of sale of the property and an opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property. |
| Support | HB117 | relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy if over 6 months as grounds for an eviction. |
| Oppose | HB261 | authorizing residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill permits residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident, and describes the written documentation required. |
| Oppose | HB283 | to limit application fees charged to prospective residential tenants. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill limits the rental application fee and other fees charged by a landlord as part of the rental application process for a residential property. |
| Oppose | HB340 | relative to the transfer of residential property. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill restricts the acquisition of single-family and multi-family housing to natural persons with certain exceptions. The bill requires a nonnatural person that acquires single or multi family housing within one of the specified exceptions to register and file reports with the secretary of state. |
| Oppose | HB379 | requiring that attorneys be appointed to represent indigent tenants during residential eviction proceedings and making an appropriation therefor. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill provides that an indigent tenant shall have the right to counsel at an eviction proceeding, establishes a fund for this purpose, and makes an appropriation therefor. |
| Oppose | HB401 | relative to evictions based on the owner’s intent to renovate the property. | Judiciary | Wed 1/25 | 3:15 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill establishes certain criteria for evictions based on the landlord’s intent to renovate or remove the property from the residential housing market. |
| Support | HB296 | relative to local authority for granting driveway permits. | Public Works and Highways | Wed 1/25 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill clarifies that local land use boards and not the state fire code regulate driveway access. |
| Oppose | HB472 | relative to the placement of temporary seasonal docks. | Resources, Recreation and Development | Wed 1/25 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill prohibits a wetlands permitting exception for temporary seasonal docks which impact any wildlife species, threatened species, or endangered species in accordance with the endangered species conservation act. |
| Oppose | HB353 | establishing an interstate compact for universal healthcare. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Thu 1/26 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes an interstate compact for universal healthcare to provide payment for providing healthcare for the citizens of New Hampshire and other member states after the date of implementation. |
| Of Interest | HB318 | eliminating bail commissioners, and relative to the release of a defendant pending trial and establishing new circuit court judge positions. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 9:00 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill eliminates bail commissioners; provides that judges shall set bail; amends the procedure for the release of a defendant pending trial; and requires the judicial branch to include in its budget funding for 3 new full-time circuit court judges. |
| Of Interest | HB643 | relative to legalizing marijuana. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 10:30 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill legalizes marijuana for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB581 | repealing the controlled drug act and establishing a committee to study the policy and statutory changes necessary to implement the repeal. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 11:15 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill repeals the controlled drug act effective July 1, 2025, and establishes a committee to recommend legislation to make the necessary policy and statutory changes to accompany the repeal. |
| Support | HB473 | relative to penalties for controlled drug violations. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 12:45 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses. |
| Support | HB360 | an act legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 1:30 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB344 | relative to the home cultivation of cannabis plants and the possession of certain cannabis-infused products. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 2:15 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill permits adults to possess up to 3/4 of an ounce of cannabis, 5 grams of hashish, and certain cannabis-infused products; permits adults to cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants at home in a secure location that is not visible from other properties, and to possess and process the cannabis produced from their plants at the same location; permits adults to give cannabis to other adults, provided it is not more than 3/4 of an ounce of cannabis, 5 grams of hashish, or up to 300 mg of cannabis-infused products, or 3 immature plants; provides that smoking or vaporizing cannabis in public by an adult would be punishable by a $100 fine; provides that violations of the restrictions on cultivation would be a violation punishable by fine of up to $750; penalizes dangerous, volatile extraction; and permits adults to possess, make, and sell cannabis accessories to other adults. |
| Support | HB328 | an act legalizing certain controlled substances for persons 21 years of age or older. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 3:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill legalizes the possession and use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, psilocybin, and peyote for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB470 | relative to fentanyl test strips and other drug checking equipment. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/26 | 3:45 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill amends the definition of drug paraphernalia to exclude drug checking equipment and authorizes the use of drug checking equipment. |
| Oppose | HB436 | relative to group II retirement under transition provisions in the retirement system. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/26 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill adjusts the application of the minimum age, minimum years of service, and annuity multipliers in the transition provisions for group II service retirement adopted in 2011 to be applicable as of January 1, 2014 rather than January 1, 2012. |
| Oppose | HB449 | relative to the calculation of group II retirement benefits in the retirement system. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/26 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill increases the service retirement and disability retirement annuity multiplier for the first 20 years of service of group II retirement system members under the transition provisions adopted in 2011. |
| Oppose | HB525 | relative to group II service retirement provisions in the retirement system. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/26 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill adjusts the application of the transition provisions for group II service retirement adopted in 2011 to be applicable as of January 1, 2014 rather than January 1, 2012. |
| Oppose | HB579 | eliminating the 2011 transition provision requirements for group II retirement. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/26 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill eliminates the transition provision adopted in 2011 for group II retirement system members that began service before July 1, 2011 but were not yet vested. |
| Oppose | HB506 | relative to the construction of a rail trail box tunnel on Exit 4-A in Derry and making an appropriation therefor. | Finance | Thu 1/26 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires the department of transportation to complete the rail trail box tunnel project in Derry, makes an appropriation for the project, and establishes a criminal penalty for any person who fails to complete or impedes the progress of the project. |
| Oppose | HB50 | relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. | Finance | Thu 1/26 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | 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. |
| Of Interest | HB555 | appropriating state general fund surplus toward the retirement system unfunded accrued liability. | Finance | Thu 1/26 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires the transfer of 75 percent of a state biennial surplus to the reduction in the retirement system’s unfunded accrued liability. |
| Oppose | HB469 | prohibiting discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings. | Judiciary | Thu 1/26 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill prohibits discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings. |
| Oppose | HB567 | relative to notice of rent increases in certain residential rental property. | Judiciary | Thu 1/26 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill requires a landlord of certain residential property to provide additional notice of a prospective rent increase. |
| Of Interest | HB533 | relative to public school human rights complaints. | Judiciary | Thu 1/26 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill allows the department of education to bring a complaint on student discriminatory practices to the state commission on human rights. |
| Support | HB647 | relative to causes of action for individual rights. | Judiciary | Thu 1/26 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill establishes a cause of action against the state for violations against individual rights. |
| Oppose | HB182 | prohibiting discharge of volunteer firefighters or volunteer emergency medical technicians from other employment. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/26 | 10:00 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. |
| Support | HB190 | relative to the duration of unemployment benefits. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/26 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill specifies the duration of unemployment benefits based on the state’s average unemployment rate. |
| Oppose | HB125 | relative to youth employment during the school year and at night. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 1/26 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill clarifies the number of hours a minor is permitted to work when school is in session and limits the evening hours a minor is permitted to work when school is in session. |
| Oppose | HB483 | to remove the duties of county delegations and delegate them to county commissioners. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/26 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill transfers the duties of the county delegation to the county commissioners as members of the county convention. |
| Oppose | HB357 | relative to the length of terms for Belknap county officers. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/26 | 10:20 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill establishes a 4-year term for the county treasurer, county sheriff, county register of deeds, and county attorney in Belknap county. |
| Support | HB313 | relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/26 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill alters the definition of default budget to include salary and benefit reductions which occur as a result of position turnover. |
| Oppose | HB293 | allowing a town to appropriate funds to create a town scholarship fund. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/26 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill allows a town to establish a scholarship fund for the benefit of town residents. |
| Of Interest | HB294 | enabling municipalities to adopt a child tax credit. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 1/26 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill allows municipalities to adopt a per-child property tax credit. |
| Support | HB498 | requiring fish and game officers to obtain a warrant to conduct a search and seizure. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/27 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires conservation officers to obtain a search warrant for conducting certain enforcement operations. |
| Support | HB588 | relative to the criteria for applying for parole. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/27 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill allows an eligible incarcerated person to apply for parole upon the completion of 50 percent of such person’s minimum sentence. |
| Oppose | HB158 | relative to armor piercing ammunition. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/27 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill creates a criminal penalty for the possession, manufacture, or use of armor-piercing ammunition. |
| Support | HB503 | relative to the rights afforded to a person accused of a crime. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/27 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill codifies certain rights of an accused person in the criminal process, increases the penalty assessment in cases involving charges related to an alcohol or controlled drug offense, and requires those penalty assessments to be used by the state crime lab. |
| Of Interest | HB439 | relative to the duty to provide an education and contracts with private schools. | Education | Fri 1/27 | 11:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the authority of a school board to execute a contract with a nonsectarian private school to provide education. The bill also provides that a school board has a duty to provide an education to a pupil until the pupil reaches 22 years of age. |
| Of Interest | HB540 | relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services. | Education | Fri 1/27 | 12:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill provides for categories of special education services for application to the calculation of differentiated aid in adequate education grant amounts. |
| Of Interest | HB530 | relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district. | Education | Fri 1/27 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill clarifies the process for the vote on withdrawal from a cooperative school district. |
| Support | HB466 | relative to water bottle filling stations in schools. | Education | Fri 1/27 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the state board of education’s rulemaking authority to adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to requirements for the installation of water bottle filling stations. |