The initial list of 2024 endorsements for State Representative and State Senate are live. Additional candidates may be added as additional data becomes available. Please consider volunteering, donating and voting for these candidates. The primary is September 10, 2024.
The 2024 Liberty Ratings are now available.
We were pleased to award Emily Phillips Legislator of the Year for her fantastic work promoting freedom in New Hampshire. She is currently running for Senate, and we have no doubts that she will bring the desperately needed transparency and liberty to that the state senate. The NHLA fully endorses her in her Senate run, and look forward to her Roll Call requests.
We’d like to thank and commend all of our A+ legislators this year. Here is the full list:
Lekas,Tony
Phillips,Emily
Mannion,Tom
Yokela,Josh
McGuire,Dan
Granger,Michael
Soti,Julius
Lekas,Alicia
Bailey,Glenn
Costable,Michael
Santonastaso,Matthew
Noble,Kristin
Ammon,Keith
Wallace,Scott
Popovici-Muller,Daniel
Berezhny,Lex
McGuire,Carol
Hoell,J.R.
Kofalt,Jim
Avellani,Lino
Polozov,Yury
Every last one of these legislators went above and beyond in working toward the cause of liberty. It isn’t easy to vote with liberty almost every single time, but these legislators show time and time again that they care about New Hampshire voters, and anyone in their district should feel honored to have had such stunning examples of integrity representing them.
We will have our endorsements for the upcoming election out soon. Thank you all for supporting liberty in New Hampshire.
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Liberty Dinner is Saturday, July 20, 2024 at starts at 5:30 PM with a cocktail reception.
Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House
393 NH-101
Bedford, NH 03110
Liberty continues to live and grow in New Hampshire. We had 97 NHLA Endorsed Representatives and Senators elected!
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The initial list of endorsed candidates for the 2022 state elections has been posted. This list may be updated as additional candidates are identified.
Of the 5 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 1 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | HB1598 | legalizing the possession and use of cannabis. | Ways and Means | Thu 3/3 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill: I. Legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. II. Authorizes the liquor commission to regulate and administer the cultivation, manufacture, testing, and retail sale of cannabis statewide, and makes an appropriation therefor. III. Authorizes a municipality to enact an ordinance prohibiting or limiting the number and type of cannabis establishments that may be permitted within the municipality and regulating the time, place, and manner of operation of a cannabis establishment permitted within the municipality. IV. Establishes the cannabis control fund and requires funds to be distributed to the department of health and human services, bureau of drug and alcohol services, for education tax relief, public safety agency training purposes, and children’s behavioral health services. V. Makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to create public media and social media campaigns to address some of the risks of cannabis use. VI. Authorizes the business finance authority to establish a state-chartered, single purpose depository bank to transact business with cannabis establishments licensed under this act, and makes an appropriation therefor. |
Of the 20 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 2 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 9 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | HB1279 | relative to the duration of term alimony. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/22 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill removes the ending of term alimony upon remarriage of the payee. |
| Support | HB1347 | relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/22 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill exempts membership-based health care facilities from the adoption of certain policies relative to access to care and financial assistance plans. The bill requires membership-based hospitals with emergency departments to prominently post notices that the facility serves members only. |
| Support | HB1487 | relative to the procedure for withdrawal from the vaccine registry. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/22 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill provides that a health care provider’s signature shall not be required for withdrawal from the state immunization/vaccination registry. |
| Support | HB1570 | relative to reducing vehicle registration fees. | Transportation | Tue 2/22 | 9:30 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill reduces vehicle registration fees. |
| Support | HB1424 | relative to the speed limit for watercraft on Lake Winnipesaukee. | Transportation | Tue 2/22 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill changes the speed limit for watercraft on Lake Winnipesaukee. |
| Support | HB435 | (New Title) relative to the suspension of drivers’ licenses | Transportation | Tue 2/22 | 1:20 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill modifies the circumstances under which a driver’s license may be suspended or revoked. |
| Oppose | HB1145 | relative to a motor vehicle exception to criminal restraint or false imprisonment and relative to civil immunity and physical force in defense of a person. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/23 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill adds an exception to the criminal restraint and false imprisonment statutes based on temporary detainment in a motor vehicle and removes civil liability for the use of force in the protection of person or property and amends the law governing the duty to retreat when using physical force in defense of oneself or another. |
| Oppose | HB1131 | relative to facial covering policies for schools. | Education | Fri 2/25 | 9:00 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill prohibits school boards and accredited nonpublic schools from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering. |
| Support | HB1371 | relative to school district policies on facial masks of students in schools. | Education | Fri 2/25 | 10:00 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill requires school districts to adopt a policy leaving facial mask use to parents of students and not tolerating bullying, harassment, or discrimination. |
Of the 31 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 4 with 10 being of interest.
Of the 9 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | SB348 | relative to political expenditures and contributions. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 2/14 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill modifies political contribution limits. |
| Support | HB1330 | Public hearing on non-germane amendment #2022-0399h to HB 1330, relative to the board of medical technicians. |
Executive Departments and Administration | Mon 2/14 | 10:00 AM | LOB 302-304 | The amendment repeals the requirements for the certification and regulation of medical technicians by the office of professional licensure and certification. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms Office, Room 318, State House |
| Oppose | HB1481 | repealing the statute relative to medical freedom in immunizations. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/14 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill repeals the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations. |
| Support | HB1379 | relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/14 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill limits immunization requirements to those diseases identified in statute and removes the department of health and human service’s rulemaking authority in this area. |
| Of Interest | HB1495 | relative to vaccine mandates for government contractors. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/14 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill establishes a chapter of law prohibiting employee vaccine requirements for government contractors, except for medical providers when there is a direct threat present. |
| Of Interest | HB1614 | requiring the recording and storing of digital video in all state-funded juvenile detention facilities. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/15 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill mandates digital video recording of juvenile detention facilities paid for, in whole or in part, with general funds, as well as establishes the system requirements for such digital videos. |
| Of Interest | HB1612 | relative to the confidentiality of reports made to the division of children, youth, and families and requiring guardians ad litem be appointed in certain instances. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/15 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill provides that the identity of any person reporting suspected child abuse or neglect shall be fully confidential unless such a person makes such a report in bad faith or maliciously and with intent to cause harm. This bill also requires courts to appoint guardians ad litem when reports of suspected child abuse or neglect involve one or more parties in a divorce proceeding. |
| Support | HB1280 | prohibiting a parent’s refusal to vaccinate a child pursuant to an order of the state or federal government to be used as a basis for terminating parental rights. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/15 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill prohibits a parent’s decision not to have their child vaccinated from being used as grounds to terminate parental rights. |
| Of Interest | HB1607 | prohibiting unlawful discrimination in public and nonpublic schools. | Education | Tue 2/15 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires the state board of education to ensure there is no unlawful discrimination in any approved school tuition program, public school, nonpublic school, or educational service that receives public funds. |
| Of Interest | HB1671 | relative to the content of an adequate education. | Education | Tue 2/15 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill revises the requirements for the content, definition, and accountability for an adequate public education. |
| Of Interest | HB1678 | relative to the administration of the education freedom accounts program. | Education | Tue 2/15 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill clarifies certain provisions of the education freedom accounts program and the responsibilities of scholarship organizations and public schools. |
| Oppose | HB1120 | relative to education service providers under the education freedom accounts program. | Education | Tue 2/15 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill adds compliance requirements for education service providers requesting payment from education freedom account funds, including criminal history records checks of employees with direct contact with students. |
| Oppose | HB1683 | repealing the education freedom account program. | Education | Tue 2/15 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program and reverts the unused funds to be deposited to the education trust fund. |
| Of Interest | HB1135 | requiring a performance audit of the department of education, education freedom account program. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 2/15 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires a performance audit of the department of education, education freedom account program. |
| Of Interest | HB1395 | relative to administrative rulemaking authority. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 2/15 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires that all items of business conducted by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules receive final legislative action by the general court in a joint resolution sponsored by the committee before the business items go into effect. |
| Support | HB1606 | making the state vaccine registry an opt-in program. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/15 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill makes the state immunization registry an opt-in program rather than an opt-out program. |
| Support | HB1026 | relative to budget information provided to a budget committee. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill provides that a municipal budget committee may require that the governing body provide budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format. |
| Of Interest | HB1068 | relative to building codes for tiny houses. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill defines tiny houses and provides for the authority and requirements for municipal regulation. |
| Support | HB1238 | relative to zoning powers and the supply of workforce housing. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill prohibits local proscriptions on workforce housing. |
| Oppose | HB1119 | relative to the regulation of single-use bags. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill allows towns to regulate the use of paper and plastic bags. |
| Support | HB1268 | limiting the authority for city council bylaws and ordinances. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill limits the authority of city councils to make bylaws and ordinances to those they are specifically empowered to make. |
| Of Interest | HB1289 | relative to applications for abatements and authority to abate prior years’ taxes for certain homeowners. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill provides that good cause for a tax abatement under RSA 76:16 shall include allowed recreational use of OHRVs on class 5 and class 6 roads. |
| Support | HB1393 | relative to the adoption of school district budget caps. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 2/15 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill establishes the requirements for and procedure for the adoption of a school district budget cap. |
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