• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
• Click on the bill number to read the bill.
• Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 84 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 14 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 51 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 10 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB285	relative to determination of parental rights and responsibilities.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill adds to the list of factors for a court to consider in determining parental rights and responsibilities any known mental health conditions of the parent.
Oppose	SB169	requiring employers to provide certain information regarding cost sharing to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires employers who provide supplemental pay to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits to notify the employee with a breakdown of payments, anticipated financial adjustments, employee costs of withholdings, and method of payment options.
Oppose	SB177	relative to requiring New Hampshire employers with over 25 employees use the E-Verify system.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires New Hampshire employers with over 25 employees to use the E-Verify system and provides for complaint investigation through the department of labor.
Oppose	SB176	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate.
Support	SB33	relative to the regulation of public school materials.	Education	Tue 2/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires local school districts to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for use by students in the district and outlining procedures to address complaints alleging that material is harmful or age-inappropriate for use in the district’s schools.
Support	HB709	allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 2/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property tax or school district taxes.
Support	HB741	allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 2/18	3:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows parents to send their children to public schools outside of their resident district.
Oppose	HB714	creating a single primary ballot.	Election Law	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates a single party ballot for use in state and congressional primaries.
Support	SB105	enabling towns to adopt budget caps.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/18	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill enables towns to adopt budget caps.
Support	SB217	relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires cities and towns to provide public notice of historical tax rates and proposed building projects.
Support	SB229	relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat and removes the prospective repeal of the provisions governing the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.
Oppose	SB234	relative to the electric assistance program.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	9:40 AM	SH Room 103	This bill:I. Establishes an advisory council for the electric assistance program. II. Caps the system benefits charge for the program at 2 mills (or 0.2 cents) per kilowatt-hour, with adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. The bill is a request of the office of the consumer advocate.
Oppose	SB226	suspending applications for new landfills and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill suspends applications for new landfills and establishes a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.
Oppose	SB227	relative to site setbacks for landfills.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires certain tests and setbacks before the department of environmental services grants a landfill permit in New Hampshire.
Support	HB505	allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.
Support	HB396	exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.
Support	HB457	relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units.	Housing	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill prohibits the adoption and enforcement of any zoning ordinance that restricts the number of occupants of a dwelling unit to fewer than 2 occupants per bedroom. The bill also prohibits the adoption and enforcement of any zoning ordinance that discriminates based on familial, non-familial, or marital status.
Oppose	SB139	creating a private right of action in civil rights cases.	Judiciary	Tue 2/18	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill creates a private right of action in civil rights cases.
Oppose	HB542	relative to weekly benefit amounts for unemployment compensation.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill updates the weekly benefit amount for total unemployment and the maximum total amount of benefits payable during any benefit year.
Oppose	HB744	relative to workers’ compensation indemnity benefits percentage.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill changes the percentage of workers’ compensation indemnity benefits to 66 2/3 percent.
Oppose	HB554	enabling municipalities to choose whether or not to place political advertising on municipal property.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill designates the authority to decide where political signs will be placed in a municipality to that municipality.
Support	HB512	relative to preventing municipal employees from being paid under multiple municipal contracts simultaneously.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	9:20 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill:I. Prevents town managers, administrators, and school superintendents from being compensated by more than one town or district contract at a time. II. Creates criminal penalties for town managers, administrators, and school superintendents who accept compensation from more than one town or district contract at a time.
Oppose	HB490	relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	10:20 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the governmental unit from claims for injury related to such aid and shelter absent intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for safety.
Oppose	HB668	authorizing municipalities to hold a referendum to rescind the licenses of historic horse racing facilities.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill authorizes municipalities to hold a referendum on whether to prohibit the sale of pari-mutuel wagers on historic horse racing.
Of Interest	HB755	relative to the state’s electric utility market.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of grid modernization to reference cost-effective measures intended to create a competitive market place of electricity suppliers, defines “load reducer” for purposes of electric utility restructuring; and establishes certain retail market reforms intended to enable innovation.
Oppose	HB533	relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.	Transportation	Tue 2/18	10:10 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill authorizes the division of state police to use civilian automotive equipment inspectors in certain inspections and authorizes any officer of the department of safety or other law enforcement agent certified to conduct truck inspections to enter, during regular business hours, the commercial premises owned or leased by a commercial carrier, wherein certain required records are stored or maintained, for the purpose of conducting a compliance review, new entrant safety audit, or investigation, and to inspect, in a reasonable manner, the records for the purpose of enforcing certain regulations. This bill is a request of the department of safety.
Support	HB721	relative to establishing gold and silver as legal tender.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes gold and silver as legal tender.
Oppose	HB454	requiring that retailers of fuel blends with 15% ethanol also offer fuel blends with 10% or lower ethanol content.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a fuel retailer to sell a fuel blend with 10% ethanol or less if they sell a fuel blend with 15% or more of ethanol.
Support	HB517	repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan.
Oppose	HB774	requiring Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.
Support	HB565	allowing persons under 21 into veterans’ clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows persons under 21 into veterans’ clubs, private clubs, and social clubs if they are signed in by a person who is 21 years of age or older.
Support	HB361	prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support	HB360	prohibiting public schools from performing diagnostic tests or surgical procedures, or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits public schools from performing diagnostic tests or surgical procedures, or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.
Oppose	HB50	relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	3:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides that no education law of this state shall be construed to bar any school employee from teaching the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination. The bill also repeals provisions of the law relating to the right to freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education.
Support	HB779	allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/19	10:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the sale of uninspected rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.
Support	HB694	requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/19	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires that property leased by state agencies be leased at a rate which would be considered a fair market rate, unless a sub-market rate is agreed to by the property owner.
Oppose	SB243	relative to the child care scholarship program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/19	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to adopt administrative rules regarding payments for child care providers, the child care scholarship presumptive eligibility pilot program, and the child care scholarship application process study.
Support	HB117	relative to the substitution of biological products.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/19	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill modifies the definition of “interchangeable biological product” and allows for interchangeable biological products to be provided by pharmacists subject to certain restrictions.
Support	HB148	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities.
Support	HB584	relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Oppose	HB641	establishing a private right of action for civil rights violations.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows a person who is the subject of a civil rights violation to bring suit and receive punitive damages.
Support	HB620	relative to the exercise of the freedom of religion.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill enacts a religious freedom restoration act, prohibiting the government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion unless it is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering such interest. The bill further provides for remedies for violations of the act’s provisions.
Oppose	HB477	establishing a commission to study safety and security procedures in the New Hampshire state house.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	9:45 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill establishes a commission to study the feasibility and implementation of certain state house complex safety and security procedures; provides the commission with duties; and provides for the commission’s repeal.
Support	HB314	prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill regulates the use of public funds for lobbying activities and establishes certain additional enforcement mechanisms.
Oppose	HB605	relative to employment protections for members of the general court.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides that serving as a member of state legislature shall be considered public service for purposes of federal student loan forgiveness programs. The bill also provides members of the general court with employment protections during the legislative session.
Support	SB282	relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.	Commerce	Thu 2/20	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows residential buildings between 6 and 4 floors above grade to have only one stairway under certain conditions.
Support	SB284	relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces.	Commerce	Thu 2/20	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill limits residential parking spaces to one per unit, with exceptions for certain workforce housing and multi-family developments.
Oppose	SB267	relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron.	Judiciary	Thu 2/20	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a mandatory $500 fine for engaging in prostitution as a patron, in addition to any other penalty, and directs that the funds are to be forwarded for use in the victims’ assistance fund.
Oppose	SB144	authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.	Judiciary	Thu 2/20	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and provides processes for the confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.