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Bill Hearings for Week of April 21, 2025

  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 56 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 2 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 40 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 11 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Of Interest SB112 relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities. Science, Technology and Energy Mon 4/21 9:30 AM LOB Room 302-304 This bill allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and coordinate with one or more New England states in issuing this RFP.
Support SB25 allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Tue 4/22 1:15 PM LOB Room 302-304 This bill allows credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.
Support HB115 relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program. Education Tue 4/22 10:15 AM LOB Room 101 This bill increases the income eligibility for the EFA program in fiscal year 2026 and removes the income eligibility criteria beginning in fiscal year 2027.
Support SB43 removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering. Election Law Tue 4/22 11:40 AM LOB Room 306-308 This bill allows certain articles of clothing supporting a candidate or measure to be worn by a voter in the process of casting his or her vote.
Support HB138 relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts. Election Law and Municipal Affairs Tue 4/22 9:30 AM LOB Room 103 This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles.
Support HB284 requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. Election Law and Municipal Affairs Tue 4/22 10:00 AM LOB Room 103 This bill requires that municipalities require tax impact statements on budgets and warrant articles and a total tax summary statement.
Support HB200 relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap. Election Law and Municipal Affairs Tue 4/22 10:15 AM LOB Room 103 This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap.
Support HB723 repealing the multi-use energy data platform. Energy and Natural Resources Tue 4/22 9:15 AM SH Room 103 This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform.
Support HB240 (New Title) relative to nonpayment of dog licensing fees. Judiciary Tue 4/22 1:00 PM SH Room 100 This bill changes the law to enable local governing bodies to issue warrants for civil forfeiture of an unlicensed dog for nonpayment of dog license fees. The law currently requires local governing bodies to issue warrants for civil forfeiture of an unlicensed dog for nonpayment of dog license fees.
Support HB616 (New Title) relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. Judiciary Tue 4/22 1:30 PM SH Room 100 This bill prohibits the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of abuse of animals unless such person is charged with cruelty to animals or the animals require temporary protective custody. This bill also requires the state veterinarian or their designee to accompany an investigating officer when livestock are the subject of a cruelty case in order to set probable cause criteria for the taking of the animal.
Of Interest HB88 establishing community property trusts. Judiciary Tue 4/22 1:45 PM SH Room 100 This bill allows community property trusts to be formed in New Hampshire.
Support SB40 relative to safe boater education certificates. Transportation Tue 4/22 9:50 AM LOB Room 203 This bill adds an online examination approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to the safe boater education certificate qualification and requires the department of safety to adopt rules relative to its implementation.
Oppose SB150 defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures. Transportation Tue 4/22 11:10 AM LOB Room 203 This bill: I. Defines electric vehicle charging station. II. Charges a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures. III. Authorizes the department of agriculture, markets, and food to appropriate funds for electric vehicle charging station testing and certification.
Support SB33 relative to the regulation of public school materials. Education Policy and Administration Wed 4/23 11:00 AM LOB Room 205-207 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.
Oppose SB235 enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire. Fish and Game and Marine Resources Wed 4/23 10:50 AM LOB Room 307 This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
Support HB701 relative to a health care patient’s right to try certain emergency health care treatment options. Health and Human Services Wed 4/23 9:15 AM SH Room 103 This bill expands a health care patient’s right to try emerging health care treatment options.
Support SB250 relative to pharmacist administration of long-acting injectable drugs. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 4/23 11:00 AM LOB Room 301-303 This bill allows pharmacists to administer certain long-acting controlled drugs pursuant to a prescription.
Support SB252 relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 4/23 1:00 PM LOB Room 301-303 This bill modifies the requirements for the use of telemedicine to prescribe non-opioids and opioids classified in schedules II through IV, including authorizing physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to do so.
Support HB302 relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets. Ways and Means Wed 4/23 10:00 AM SH Room 100 This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets.
Of Interest HB25 making appropriations for capital improvements. Capital Budget Thu 4/24 9:00 AM SH Room 100 This bill makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapse dates for previous appropriations.
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. Children and Family Law Thu 4/24 10:00 AM SH Room 103 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 HB273 relative to a parent’s access to their minor child’s library records. Children and Family Law Thu 4/24 10:20 AM SH Room 103 This bill allows parents to access all of their minor child’s library records.
Support SB94 prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code. Executive Departments and Administration Thu 4/24 10:00 AM LOB Room 306-308 This bill prohibits all local legislative bodies from adopting any new regulations that differ from the state building code.
Support HB66 relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law. Judiciary Thu 4/24 1:00 PM SH Room 100 This bill describes who may invoke the right to know law and in what manner, includes preliminary drafts of documents that are distributed to a quorum of a body among the materials that must be disclosed, allows certain persons to request documents in either paper or electronic form, and modifies the manner in which the right to know ombudsman’s ruling may be appealed to superior court.