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Of the 59 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 14 and opposition of 6 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 45 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 20 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB342	relative to the approval process for new construction.	Commerce	Tue 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows property owners to build on their property without seeking a variance for minimum lot size or lot coverage if the proposed building density conforms to that of the surrounding neighborhood, as verified by the local planning board.
Support	HB296	relative to issuing building permits along private roads.	Commerce	Tue 4/15	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill adds an alternative condition and provides another pathway to authorization for local governing bodies to erect buildings along private roads and adds additional requirements for subdivisions creating new lots.
Support	HB685	permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing.	Commerce	Tue 4/15	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill updates the definition of manufactured housing, and establishes the requirement that manufactured housing must be permitted in all residential zoned areas within every municipality in the state, overriding any local zoning ordinances that prohibit or unreasonably restrict its placement.
Support	HB382	(New Title) relative to authority for municipalities to regulate mandatory on-site parking requirements.	Commerce	Tue 4/15	10:05 AM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the amount of accessory parking that municipalities can require for residential units.
Support	HB413	relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.	Commerce	Tue 4/15	10:35 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 7 years and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 3 years. II. Changes the building code and fire code appeals process, limiting the jurisdiction of the local building code board of appeals to hearing decisions made under local amendments to those codes. III. Provides that decisions of the building code review board regarding decisions of the fire marshal and local building code board of appeals may be appealed to superior court or the housing appeals board.
Support	HB68	making best interest placements within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny the placement.	Education	Tue 4/15	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires superintendents to approve student requests for reassignment within the same school district, and requires superintendents to provide written reasons to parents for denials of requests.
Support	HB235	relative to amending the educator code of ethics and code of conduct to include responsibility to parents.	Education	Tue 4/15	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill amends the educator code of conduct to include responsibility to parents.
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 Funding	Tue 4/15	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill authorizes school boards to raise eligibility for free meals, requires the department of education to reimburse schools who raise eligibility, and provides an appropriation therefor.
Support	SB295	(New Title) relative to education freedom accounts.	Education Funding	Tue 4/15	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill: I. Increases the number of students eligible for education freedom accounts by removing household income thresholds. II. Removes certain conditions tied to education freedom account funds.
Support	HB340	relative to electioneering by public employees.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/15	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill defines electioneering in relation to public employees
Support	HB464	(New Title) prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/15	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill prohibits certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
Support	HB474	requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires a second witness who is another sworn-in election official if a moderator uses a ballot counting device’s printed or digitally displayed images to count write-in votes in place of examining each ballot to obtain the name of the person who received a write-in vote.
Oppose	HB171	establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/15	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
Oppose	HB707	(New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/15	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	The bill requires the department to modify rules to avoid significant harms to human health and the environment, and changes the enabling statute of the department of environmental services solid waste division to require the department to consider health and the environment when making future rules.
Oppose	SB302	requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 4/15	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires background checks for solid waste facility owners including partners and managers.
Support	SB229	relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 4/15	9:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	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.
Support	SB84	relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.	Housing	Tue 4/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill sets maximum lot sizes for single-family residential uses based on the type of infrastructure servicing the lot.
Support	SB163	prohibiting local moratoria and limitations on building permits.	Housing	Tue 4/15	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill repeals the authority for a local legislative body to adopt an ordinance establishing a temporary moratoria and limitations on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans.
Support	SB281	prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.	Housing	Tue 4/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill changes the requirements that allow a building to be constructed on a lot adjacent to a class VI roadway.
Support	SB282	relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.	Housing	Tue 4/15	1:30 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows residential buildings between 6 and 4 floors above grade to have only one stairway under certain conditions.
Support	SB170	(New Title) relative to development and related requirements in cities, towns, and municipalities.	Housing	Tue 4/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill: I. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from restricting certain development-related activities. II. Requires cities, towns, and municipalities to allow for septic systems, wells, electric systems, drainage structures, and other utilities to be placed in open spaces or perimeter buffers of subdivisions. III. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from mandating that occupants of housing units be related by blood or marriage. IV. Adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards.
Support	HB226	relative to the use of drug checking equipment.	Judiciary	Tue 4/15	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends and adds definitions to the Controlled Drug Act to exclude drug checking equipment from being considered drug paraphernalia and authorizes the use of drug checking equipment.
Support	HB190	relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.	Judiciary	Tue 4/15	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases qualifying patients’ limit on possession of therapeutic cannabis from 2 to 4 ounces, and increases the amount they may obtain in a 10-day period from 2 to 4 ounces.
Support	HB380	relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.	Judiciary	Tue 4/15	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the penalty for the unauthorized sale of cannabis by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver.
Support	HB198	relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.	Judiciary	Tue 4/15	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill legalizes the possession of a certain amount of cannabis for persons 21 years or older and prohibits public consumption of cannabis.
Support	HB528	(New Title) amending the penalties for the possession and use of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older.	Judiciary	Tue 4/15	1:50 PM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies the penalties for a person 18 years of age or older to obtain, purchase, transport, possess, or use psilocybin.
Support	SB19	relative to hotel and motel operations.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill: I. Repeals the requirement that hotel keepers post a notice of rental rates in hotel rooms. II. Repeals the requirement that motel operators place signs displaying rates for rental units.
Support	SB24	allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/16	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows students under age 21 to taste wine in certain educational settings.
Oppose	SB80	consolidating licensing, auditing, and enforcement responsibilities for wholesale and retail e-cigarettes sales under the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/16	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill consolidates licensing, auditing, and enforcement responsibilities for wholesale and retail e-cigarettes sales under the liquor commission. The bill also provides for tobacco tax certificates to be issued by the department of revenue administration and licenses issued by the liquor commission.
Support	SB87	relative to one day liquor license requirements and making salons and barber shops eligible for on-premise licenses.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/16	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows for-profit organizations to receive a one day liquor license and makes barber shops, salons, and spas eligible for on-premises licenses.
Support	SB89	enabling non-citizens who are legally authorized to work in the United States to deliver alcohol.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/16	3:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill enables non-citizens who are legally authorized to work in the United States to deliver alcohol.
Of Interest	HB598	establishing a committee to study data sources of all entities operated by all branches of government that are or are potentially made available to the public, identify the data formats of those sources, and recommend legislation to standardize types and formats of data output from all or select governmental entities.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/16	9:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes a committee to study data sources of all entities operated by all three branches of government that are or are potentially made available to the public, identify the data formats of those sources, and recommend legislation to standardize types and formats of data output from all or select governmental entities.
Support	HB428	prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/16	9:40 AM	SH Room 103	This bill prohibits local legislative bodies from making any new changes to the state building codes.
Support	HB559	relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides that not more than one emergency medical care provider shall be required to provide care to a patient during transport in an ambulance or other emergency medical service vehicle.
Support	HB548	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/16	10:15 AM	LOB Room 101	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) provided that the facility is not a nursing home or skilled nursing facility. 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.
Of Interest	HB705	relative to health care cost transparency.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/16	10:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires health plans to disclose specific pricing information regarding covered items and services. The bill is contingent upon finalization of federal guidance under Presidential Executive Order 14221.
Oppose	SB243	relative to the child care scholarship program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	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	SB141	extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases.	Judiciary	Wed 4/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill creates an exception to the 3-year timeframe to petition for a new trial.
Support	SB268	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 4/16	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides a definition for “biological sex” and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination.
Support	SB27	relative to dwellings over water.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 4/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows improvements to certain dwellings over water.
Oppose	SB241	relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 4/16	10:45 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill establishes and makes an appropriation to the Hampton Beach State Park pier fund, a dedicated fund to be administered by the division of parks and recreation for the purpose of siting, permitting, designing, and constructing a public pier at Hampton Beach.
Support	HB557	relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot.	Education Finance	Thu 4/17	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the printing of certain information on the school budget ballot.
Support	HB771	relative to funding for open enrollment schools.	Education Finance	Thu 4/17	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Changes how funding for open enrollment schools is sent and received. II. Requires school districts to establish a line item in their operating budgets that reflects expenditures for open enrollment tuition costs.
Oppose	SB29	relative to membership, jurisdiction, and reports of the health care workplace safety commission and relative to health care facility reporting requirements under the workplace violence prevention program.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 4/17	11:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill adds a representative of Hampstead hospital to the health care workplace safety commission, requires monthly reporting of incidents to the department of labor, repeals an exemption for state operated health care facilities from jurisdiction of the commission, and clarifies that annual reports of the commission are not confidential. The bill is a request of the health care workplace safety commission.