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Of the 108 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 17 and opposition of 20 with 6 being of interest.
Of the 50 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 11 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB781	requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education, and making an appropriation therefor.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts to adopt policies governing student cell phone use in schools and makes an appropriation therefore.
Support	HB765	consolidating school administrative units and making school superintendents jobs an elected position.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill: I. Consolidates the authority and duties of school administrative units. II. Empowers school boards to develop, evaluate, and implement school curriculums. III. Makes school superintendents elected officials.
Support	HB283	relative to the list of subjects that comprise an adequate education.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill reduces the list of subjects which comprise an adequate education.
Support	HB768	allowing public schools to contract with any approved private school.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved private school, including religious schools.
Oppose	HB431	establishing a commission to review draft rules related to minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards developed by the department of education.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates a commission to review all drafts of education rules related to minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards.
Oppose	SB129	relative to establishing an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.	Health and Human Services	Mon 2/10	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.
Oppose	SB136	establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance.	Health and Human Services	Mon 2/10	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.
Oppose	HB547	relative to county reimbursement of funds.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides a credit to counties for reimbursement expenses due to the state for expenditures for residents receiving services from nursing homes.
Oppose	HB681	establishing a statewide online energy data platform.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill outlines the framework and operational guidelines for an online energy data platform, as approved by the commission in Order No. 26,589 on March 2, 2022.
Support	HB723	repealing the multi-use energy data platform.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform.
Support	HB672	to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill defines “off-grid electricity providers” and establishes a specific category for off-grid electricity providers, exempting them from certain regulations as long as they remain independent from the regulated electric grid.
Support	HB430	reducing the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill reduces the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services from 10 years to 3 years.
Support	HB652	abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/11	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill abolishes the family division, creates the office of family mediation, and reassigns the jurisdiction of the family division.
Oppose	SB162	relative to restrictions on acquisition of ownership, controlling, and occupancy interests in real property by certain foreign principals on or around certain military installations, and criminal penalties and civil forfeiture procedures for illegal acquisition.	Commerce	Tue 2/11	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill restricts foreign principals from countries of concern, or their agents, from acquiring ownership, controlling, or occupancy interests in real property within 10 miles of a protected facility. This bill also establishes an affidavit filing requirement to confirm eligibility for acquiring such property interests and introduces criminal penalties and a forfeiture procedure for violations.
Oppose	SB86	relative to the housing finance authority’s affordable housing guarantee program.	Commerce	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill established a affordable housing guarantee program within the housing finance authority to promote affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons.
Oppose	SB203	relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill changes income eligibility and reporting requirements for the education freedom account program and modifies the program’s administration and oversight.
Oppose	SB204	relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires local school districts to provide breakfast and lunch to pupils under their jurisdiction at no cost to children from households with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. It also appropriates funds to reimburse school districts for these costs and to assist schools in establishing an online application process.
Oppose	SB205	requiring schools to offer free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch to children who meet federal income eligibility guidelines.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires school boards to provide breakfast and lunch to pupils under their jurisdiction.
Of Interest	HB739	relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for the use of school districts.	Education Funding	Tue 2/11	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires municipalities to remit any excess statewide education property tax to the state for deposit in the general fund.
Oppose	HB729	making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.	Education Funding	Tue 2/11	11:20 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the department of education to hire an attorney solely to review the content and structure of education laws. The cost shall be paid from the education trust fund.
Of Interest	HB684	preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill: I. Prevents student identification cards from being used to obtain a ballot. II. Changes the period for which expired identification can be used to obtain a ballot.
Of Interest	HB618	enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver’s license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	11:40 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver’s license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database.
Oppose	HB172	restricting undeclared voters from same-day voting in a presidential or state primary.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	1:40 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill restricts undeclared voters from registering with a party on the same day of a primary in order to vote in a presidential or state primary election.
Oppose	HB175	relative to defined coordinated expenditures.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	2:20 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill: I. Creates and expands upon the definitions of coordinated and independent expenditures. II. Creates a new maximum expenditure limit for political advocacy committees.
Of Interest	SB219	requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/11	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center.
Of Interest	SB223	relative to using college or university student identification cards to obtain a ballot.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill provides for in-state tuition at any institution in the university system of New Hampshire or the community college system for any person who is registered to vote in this state. The bill also removes college or university identification cards from valid photo identification for obtaining a ballot.
Oppose	HB304	relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/11	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill details labeling requirements for food products produced in homestead kitchens.
Support	HB307	relative to the food production area for homestead food.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/11	3:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows homestead food production in a food production area.
Oppose	SB241	relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor.	Finance	Tue 2/11	1:40 PM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes and makes an appropriation to the Hampton Beach State Park pier fund, a dedicated fund to be administered by the department of natural and cultural resources for the purpose of siting, permitting, design, and construction of a public pier at Hampton Beach.
Support	HB280	relative to wage payments.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/11	1:45 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill repeals the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorizes employers to choose the payment method of their employees.
Oppose	HB487	relative to providing employees with advance notice of the work schedule.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/11	2:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill provides employees with advance notice of the work schedule.
Support	HB411	relative to making the use of a mobile electronic device while driving a secondary offense.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	10:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill establishes that the offense prohibiting the use of mobile electronic devices while driving is a secondary offense only enforceable when a driver of a motor vehicle has been stopped for a suspected violation of another provision of Title XXI or some other offense.
Support	HB649	removing the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminating funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill removes the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminates funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund.
Oppose	SB274	establishing a 4-year pilot program with potential for statewide expansion to improve rail trails in New Hampshire through federal, state, and private funding and making a bonded appropriation therefor.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill: I. Transfers ownership of 4 rail corridors, and all duties and responsibilities therefor, to the department of natural and cultural resources. II. Establishes a pilot project to improve the rail trails in 4 rail corridors with funding from federal grants, state sources, and private contributions. III. Establishes the rail trail project fund and the rail trail emergency fund. IV. Makes a bonded appropriation to the bureau of trails for the rail trail pilot project.
Oppose	HB387	relative to balloons being released into the air.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	11:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the release of lighter-than-air balloons into the air and establishes penalties for violations of this prohibition.
Oppose	HB466	relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill modifies periods of suspension under different circumstances stemming from a refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration. This bill further modifies the penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. This bill is at the request of the department of safety.
Oppose	HB473	criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill expands the criminal statute criminalizing exposing children to methamphetamine and allowing for law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening or testing for criminal exposure to methamphetamine to cover all controlled substances, except those possessed pursuant to a lawful prescription.
Support	HB528	legalizing the possession and use of psilocybin for persons 21 years of age or older.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	3:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes that it is not an offense for a person 21 years of age or older to obtain, purchase, transport, possess, or use psilocybin.
Oppose	SB293	relative to using enrollment in Medicaid as a measure of eligibility for school lunches.	Education Finance	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Expands the meaning of pupil as it pertains to school funding. II. Increases funding for schools who have pupils enrolled in Medicaid.
Support	SB295	expanding the number of students eligible for education freedom accounts.	Education Finance	Wed 2/12	3:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the number of students eligible for education freedom accounts by removing household income thresholds.
Oppose	HB719	repealing the use of unused district facilities by chartered public schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/12	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the right of first refusal for chartered public schools regarding unused school district facilities.
Oppose	HB738	requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers.
Support	HB435	relative to the definition of professional engineer.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/12	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill clarifies that the “practice of engineering” for purposes of the regulation of professional engineers does not include any professional service or creative work performed in the fields of information technology, information security, electronics, digital systems, or computing.
Of Interest	HB176	relative to changing the state flag design.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/12	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill changes the design of the state flag.
Oppose	HB720	prohibiting the importation and sale of live bait fish from out of state.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits the importation and sale of live bait fish from out of state.
Of Interest	HB589	defining and prohibiting wanton animal waste and prohibiting certain wildlife hunting contests.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Wed 2/12	1:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill defines and prohibits wanton animal waste and prohibits certain wildlife hunting contests.
Oppose	SB245	prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/12	10:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits health carriers and providers from balance billing for ambulance services and establishes parameters for reimbursement of ground ambulance services by participating and non-participating ambulance service providers.
Of Interest	HB743	relative to patient access to health care prices and billing practices.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires health care entities to provide an estimate of the price of health care services to be provided. The bill also requires health care entities to post notice of a patient’s right to request this information and requires health insurance carriers to provide an insured patient with an advanced explanation of benefits withing 3 business days of receiving a good faith estimate from a health care entity. The bill also requires hospitals to comply with federal price transparency requirements, directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules regarding the disclosure requirements, and provides for the assessment of fines for noncompliance.
Support	HB548	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts direct-pay health care facilities from certain licensing requirements and policies in RSA 151:2-f as well as the moratorium on licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151:2, VI(a). The bill also establishes a patient’s bill of right for direct-pay facilities and directs the department of health and human services to study direct-pay models.
Support	HB223	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	1:45 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from the notice and consent requirements for establishment within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
Support	CACR6	relating to the right to compute. Providing that the right of individuals to use computation resources shall not be infringed.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to recognize an individual’s right to use computation resources.
Support	HB509	relative to the contents of the attorney general’s annual report detailing state forfeiture information for the preceding fiscal year.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill changes the requirements for the annual report from the attorney general concerning forfeitures of personal property.
Oppose	HB587	allowing admission of one-party audio and video recordings in certain circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows a person to record or possess a recording of what he or she reasonably believes to be a crime and to provide it to law enforcement for use in court.
Oppose	HB402	relative to liability as taxable income of education freedom account payments.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill: I. Repeals the statement that education freedom account funds shall not constitute taxable income to the parent of the education freedom account student. II. Requires the timely delivery of IRS 1099 forms to parties responsible for tax liabilities incurred from payments made from a education freedom account.
Oppose	HB483	relative to the definition of a scholarship organization for purposes of the education tax credit.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides that, for purposes of the education tax credit, a qualifying scholarship organization shall be incorporated in this state.
Oppose	HB503	amending how revenues from taxes are allocated to the education trust fund.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill increases the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and meals and rooms tax, and reestablishes the interest and dividends tax. The bill provides for deposit of the additional revenue in the education trust fund.
Oppose	HB669	relative to requiring all revenue raised under the statewide education property tax to be deposited in the education trust fund, and setting an equalized statewide tax rate.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires all revenue raised from the statewide education property tax to be deposited in the education trust fund and sets an equalized statewide tax rate.
Support	SB268	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.	Judiciary	Thu 2/13	2:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities.
Support	SB38	relative to state recognition of biological sex.	Judiciary	Thu 2/13	2:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides a definition for “biological sex” and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination.