- 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 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 42 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 4 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppose | HB225 | relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides employment protections to the spouses of military service members who are involuntarily mobilized in support of war, national emergency, or contingency operations. |
| Support | HB150 | enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill defines commercial kitchen equipment and allows for its use in homestead food operations. |
| Oppose | HB304 | relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill details labeling requirements for food products produced in homestead kitchens. |
| Support | HB577 | relative to modifying the definition of ADUs. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 10:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill expands accessory dwelling units by right to include detached units, adds definitions related to accessory dwelling units, and increases the maximum square footage. |
| Oppose | HB86 | increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/25 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill increases the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail. |
| Of Interest | HB99 | relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/25 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability. |
| Support | HB87 | prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill prohibits the posting of land not owned by the poster and creates a penalty therefor. |
| Support | HB211 | relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill: I. Allows the taking of game in New Hampshire with air rifles. II. Further defines “air rifle.” III. Requires the fish and game commission to make rules creating and administering a hunting tag program for air rifle hunting. |
| Support | HB508 | relative to decreasing assessment rates for entities providing VoIP and IP-enabled services, as well as certain local exchange carriers and their affiliates. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:40 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill decreases the gross utility revenue of all excepted local exchange carriers, and all providers’ gross revenue received from New Hampshire retail customers for a VoIP service or an IP-enabled service. |
| Oppose | HB493 | requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 3/25 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill requires education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. |
| Support | HB51 | relative to hemp-derived cannabinoids and the definition of cannabis in therapeutic cannabis. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Eliminates “seeds” from the definition of “cannabis” concerning therapeutic cannabis. II. Permits alternative treatment centers to purchase non-intoxicating hemp cannabinoids for use in products. |
| Support | HB53 | permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. |
| Support | HB196 | (New Title) relative to annulling certain cannabis possession offenses. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires the annulment of misdemeanor or violation-level offenses for possession of cannabis prior to January 1, 2025 upon petition. |
| Support | HB75 | legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB302 | relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets. | Ways and Means | Tue 3/25 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets. |
| Support | HB85 | relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/26 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows for the temporary licensure of student respiratory therapists and authorizes the office of professional licensure and certification, in consultation with the advisory board of respiratory care practitioners, to adopt rules governing this temporary licensure. |
| Oppose | HB64 | relative to extending hiring preferences for military members and their spouses to the state and private businesses, and establishing purchase preferences for disabled veterans and military spouses regarding state supply purchases. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/26 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill expands the definition of veteran for purposes of veteran hiring and employment preferences to include a veteran’s spouse and any active duty service member regardless of length of service. This bill also extends employment preferences for veterans or their spouse to include veteran owned suppliers of goods and services in dealings with the state. |
| Support | HB55 | (New Title) relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/26 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill relocates the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act from RSA chapter 187-A to chapter 112, and removes the state university’s requirement to enforce selective service registration. |
| Support | HB63 | relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. | Health and Human Services | Wed 3/26 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill allows authorized entities, including schools, camps, and day care facilities, to possess and administer epinephrine nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. The law currently permits epinephrine administration through auto-injectors. |
| Support | HB126 | relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs. | Health and Human Services | Wed 3/26 | 10:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill clarifies exceptions to the 34-day limit on prescriptions for controlled drugs and permits a pharmacist to fill a prescription for a 92-day supply of injectable androgen under certain circumstances. |