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

Of the 156 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 34 and opposition of 29 with 6 being of interest.
Of the 19 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB204	relative to criteria for reporting child support delinquencies to federal agencies.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires the department of health and human services to ensure that the automated system of reporting child support delinquencies meets, but does not exceed, federal guidelines. The bill also directs the department to provide the amount of the arrearage to the requesting agency.
Of Interest	HB243	relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/21	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that reports of suspected abuse and neglect may include the name of the person making the report and that a report made maliciously or with the intent to cause harm may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. The bill also provides that a person who in their professional capacity is a mandatory reporter of suspected abuse and neglect may be subject to civil liability for the failure to report.
Support	SB34	relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.	Education	Tue 1/21	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires schools to obtain parental consent for each new service that is provided to a student under the Medicaid to schools program. The bill also requires certain legislative policy committees to receive reports regarding the Medicaid to schools program.
Oppose	HB366	relative to school building aid for eligible projects.	Education Funding	Tue 1/21	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the amount to be appropriated by the legislature for school building aid construction and renovation projects of school districts. The bill also allocates a portion of funds to be paid for school building projects approved in prior years but which were not funded.
Support	HB510	relative to establishing certain due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty members facing disciplinary actions by state institutions of higher learning.	Education Funding	Tue 1/21	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes for students, student organizations, and faculty members of publicly funded New Hampshire colleges and universities the right to certain due process protections when disciplinary proceedings are brought against them by such institutions, and addresses the provisions’ applicability to collective bargaining agreements.
Oppose	HB550	modifying the base cost of an adequate education.	Education Funding	Tue 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the base cost of an adequate education and expands the definition of an adequate education.
Oppose	HB215	requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/21	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project and requires the department of environmental services to make a determination that the landfill is a net public benefit.
Support	HB240	removing the penalty of forfeiture for non-payment of dog licenses.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/21	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill removes the penalty of forfeiture for non-payment of dog licenses.
Support	HB60	relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.	Housing	Tue 1/21	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy if over 6 months as grounds for an eviction.
Oppose	HB351	requiring landlords to give tenants of at-will tenancies at least 60-days notice to evict.	Housing	Tue 1/21	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires landlords to give tenants of at-will tenancies at least 60-days notice to evict.
Oppose	HB65	directing landlords to offer tenants the option of reporting rental payments to consumer reporting agencies.	Housing	Tue 1/21	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill provides tenants an option to have rental payments to their landlords reported to nationwide consumer reporting agencies.
Oppose	HB309	relative to making electronic rent payments optional.	Housing	Tue 1/21	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill prohibits landlords from requiring a tenant or prospective tenant to pay by electronic funds transfers.
Support	HB296	relative to issuing building permits along private roads.	Housing	Tue 1/21	1:30 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill adds an alternative condition and provides another pathway to authorization for local governing bodies to erect buildings along private roads.
Support	HB342	relative to the approval process for new construction.	Housing	Tue 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	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.
Oppose	HB444	relative to a tenant’s right to notification prior to the sale of a multi-family home.	Housing	Tue 1/21	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires the owner of restricted multi-family residential property to provide tenants with notice of sale of the property and an opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property.
Oppose	HB69	requiring businesses to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 1/21	1:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires employers to verify employment eligibility through the federal E-Verify system.
Oppose	HB225	relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 1/21	3:15 PM	LOB Room 307	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.
Oppose	HB526	establishing a climate change and damage division in the department of environmental services.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a climate change and damage division within the department of environmental services, establishes a director of the division, and enumerates the duties thereof.
Oppose	HB182	prohibiting electric vehicles in commercial parking garages.	Transportation	Tue 1/21	10:40 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill prohibits parking an electric vehicle in a commercial parking garage.
Oppose	HB287	requiring police departments to provide fire departments with certain motorist personal and insurance information following a motor vehicle incident.	Transportation	Tue 1/21	2:20 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires police departments to provide fire departments with certain motorist personal and insurance information following a motor vehicle accident.
Oppose	HB326	prohibiting the operation of antique passenger vehicles, model year 1968 or older, on state or local highways for more than 20 miles unless the vehicle is fitted or retrofitted with seat or safety belts.	Transportation	Tue 1/21	3:15 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires drivers and passengers of antique vehicles with model years of 1968 or older to wear seat or safety belts unless participating in a parade or traveling off-road.
Oppose	HB83	increasing the minimum age for sports betting.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/21	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill raises the minimum age for sports betting.
Oppose	HB257	establishing the crime of criminal neglect of a child.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/22	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes the crime of criminal neglect of a child and provides penalties for committing the offense.
Support	HB446	relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts to email parents copies of non-academic surveys in public schools.
Support	HB428	prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/22	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits local legislative bodies from making any new changes to the state building codes.
Of Interest	HB244	updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/22	1:15 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill reorganizes the state building and fire code by repealing it from certain parts of the RSA and reenacting it with some modifications to another part of the RSA. This bill makes some grammar and spelling corrections.
Oppose	HB96	requiring New Hampshire builders to use the 2021 Energy Building codes or a similar code that achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/22	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill updates the definition of the state building code to include a more recent version of the international energy conservation code or similar code that achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.
Oppose	SB47	requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/22	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill makes a birth mother’s health insurance policy the primary policy for a newborn child’s health care unless the mother has no insurance or coverage under an employer-sponsored health plan. This bill is at the request of the insurance department.
Support	HB51	relative to hemp-derived cannabinoids and the definition of cannabis in therapeutic cannabis.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/22	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201	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.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/22	10:15 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
Support	HB54	allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for-profit.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/22	1:45 PM	LOB Room 201	This bill allows alternative treatment centers to operate for-profit.
Support	HB66	relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows any person to invoke the right to know law, includes preliminary drafts of documents that are distributed to a quorum of a body among the materials that must be disclosed, allows 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.
Support	HB80	allowing a public body member’s presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable and providing that physical presence is necessary for voting.	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires a public body’s member to be physically present at a meeting unless physical presence is unavoidable and provides that physical presence is required for voting.
Support	HB164	relative to local records retention.	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	11:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill funds and equips the local government record manager with online storage of records that are available for public access.
Of Interest	HB265	requiring that a public body’s meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name and signature of the recording secretary	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires that public meeting minutes be documented with the start time, end time, and recording secretary’s signature.
Support	HB114	removing fees and charges for governmental records under the right-to-know law and reinstating potential liability for disclosure of information exempt from disclosure.	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill removes fees and charges for governmental records under the right-to-know law and reinstates potential liability for disclosure of information exempt from disclosure.
Support	HB273	relative to a parent’s access to their minor child’s library records.	Judiciary	Wed 1/22	3:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows parents to access all of their minor child’s library records.
Support	HB238	prohibiting collective bargaining agreements from requiring employees join or contribute to a labor union.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
Oppose	HB334	relative to the comprehensive state development plan.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/22	10:45 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning protecting natural resources and identifying environmental threats.
Oppose	HB422	increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill increases penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act.
Oppose	HB290	increasing the taxes on cigarettes and electronic cigarettes and establishing a committee to study taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the taxes on cigarettes and electronic cigarettes and establishes a committee to study taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products.
Support	HB234	relative to the statewide education property tax and excess revenue from games of chance.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill annually reduces the state education property tax by the amount of revenue paid to the state through games of chance in excess of the estimated amount paid in the 2023 fiscal year.
Of Interest	HB255	increasing the percentage of revenue deposited in the education trust fund from the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/22	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the percentage of revenue from the business profits tax certified for deposit in the education trust fund.
Of Interest	HB318	relative to the percentage of revenue from the business enterprise tax deposited in the education trust fund.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/22	2:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the percentage of revenue from the business enterprise tax deposited in the education trust fund.
Of Interest	SB55	providing temporary exemptions from the land use change tax for qualifying housing projects.	Commerce	Thu 1/23	10:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides temporary exemptions from the land use change tax for qualifying housing projects.
Oppose	HB167	prohibiting the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/23	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances.
Support	HB312	relative to the right of intercollegiate student-athletes to earn compensation through the use of their name, image, or likeness.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/23	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness within certain parameters.
Oppose	HB427	relative to amending the uniform commercial code.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/23	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill: I. Specifies New Hampshire state law will govern certain UCC transactions. II. Changes the priority of claims among security interests and entitlement holders.
Oppose	HB241	relative to treatment alternatives to opioids.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/23	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires insurance coverage for certain pain management therapies prescribed as alternatives to treatment with opioids.
Support	HB75	legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older.
Support	HB190	relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	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	HB196	relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows for additional annulments, resentencings, or discontinuations of prosecutions for certain cannabis offenses.
Support	HB198	relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill legalizes the possession of a certain amount of cannabis for persons 21 years or older and prohibits public consumption of cannabis.
Support	HB226	relative to the use of drug checking equipment.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	2:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	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.
Oppose	HB380	relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/23	3:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill amends the penalty for the unauthorized sale of cannabis by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver.
Support	HB90	relative to the definition of part-time teachers.	Education Policy and Administration	Thu 1/23	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill defines “part-time teacher.”
Support	HB235	relative to amending the educator code of ethics and code of conduct to include responsibility to parents.	Education Policy and Administration	Thu 1/23	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill amends the educator code of conduct to include responsibility to parents.
Support	HB349	relative to the practice of optometry and authorization to perform ophthalmic laser procedures.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/23	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill authorizes optometrists who meet criteria established by the board of registration in optometry to perform certain ophthalmic laser procedures.
Oppose	HB197	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Thu 1/23	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB519	making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to fund and support the Waypoint youth and young adult shelter.	Finance	Thu 1/23	11:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to fund and support the Waypoint youth and young adult shelter.
Support	HB63	relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/23	12:30 PM	LOB Room 201	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.
Oppose	HB347	relative to protection of employment for members of the general court.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/23	1:15 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides members of the general court with employment protections during voting sessions.
Support	HB456	relative to testimony of agency employees in general court hearings.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/23	1:45 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires that state agency personnel and state employees shall only provide information to the committee at the committee’s request and shall not take a position in support of or opposition to a matter before the committee.
Support	HB173	relative to maintaining the purpose of a petitioned warrant article.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/23	10:40 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prevents warrant articles from being amended to change their purpose.
Support	HB348	relative to eligibility for local assistance.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/23	11:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that municipalities may establish a residency requirement of up to 90 days for local assistance.
Support	HB453	prohibiting municipalities from banning use of grounds maintenance and snow and ice removal equipment with internal combustion engines.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/23	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits municipalities from banning the use of grounds maintenance and snow and ice removal equipment with internal combustion engines.
Support	HB291	removing certain penalties for incorrect application of fertilizers.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/24	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides that violation of the statute regulating application of fertilizers on urban turf and lawn shall be a violation, rather than subject to the criminal penalties and fines otherwise applicable to the subdivision.
Support	HB218	relative to providing victims of crime with a free police report of the investigation.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/24	2:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides victims of crime with a right to a free police report of the investigation following the disposition of the case.
Oppose	HB295	making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.	Education Funding	Fri 1/24	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill makes the funds appropriated to the school building aid program nonlapsing.
Support	HB319	relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation and meals for pupils in kindergarten.	Education Funding	Fri 1/24	11:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the requirement that school districts provide transportation and meals to half-day kindergarten students.
Oppose	HB549	relative to the use of education freedom account funds in religious schools and institutions of higher education.	Education Funding	Fri 1/24	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the use of education freedom account funds at religious schools or for religious education or training, and repeals provisions relating to independence of and legal proceedings concerning education freedom account providers.
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.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/24	10:10 AM	LOB Room 206-208	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.

• 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 36 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 9 and opposition of 4 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 25 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 6 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB84	allowing municipalities to collect fees for certain recreational vehicles located on campground properties.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows municipalities to impose a fee on campground owners for recreational vehicles on campgrounds that are not taxable as real estate.
Oppose	HB86	increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	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.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	11:20 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability.
Of Interest	HB101	relative to exempting certain elderly homeowners from paying property taxes.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill creates a qualified persons tax exemption to allow certain seniors property tax relief on their primary residence.
Support	SB19	relative to hotel and motel operations.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	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	Tue 1/14	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows students under age 21 to taste wine in certain educational settings.
Support	SB27	relative to dwellings over water.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows improvements to certain dwellings over water.
Support	HB81	allowing patrons to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of a restaurant.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows patrons in on-premises establishments to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of the establishment.
Of Interest	HB79	establishing a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	1:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill establishes a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.
Support	HB276	removing the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	2:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill removes the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.
Of Interest	SB11	relative to the allocation of electoral college votes.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill apportions the state’s presidential electors so that 2 at-large presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in the state, and congressional district presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in their respective congressional districts.
Support	SB45	clarifying the placement of political signs on municipal property.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:50 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill clarifies the conditions under which political advertising may be placed on municipal property.
Of Interest	SB43	removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill removes articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.
Oppose	SB35	making an appropriation for rail trail project matching funds.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates funds to the department of transportation to be granted to the town of Warner as matching funds for a section of the rail trail in Warner.
Oppose	SB20	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB106	establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/14	3:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to determine the financial cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and methods of recouping such costs.
Of Interest	HB310	establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets in New Hampshire.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets (“RWAs”) in New Hampshire.
Support	HB302	relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets.
Of Interest	HB359	prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that financial institutions and insurers use objective information when providing banking services and prohibits those institutions from denying or canceling services based certain personally held beliefs.
Oppose	SB21	relative to establishing a New Hampshire state trooper recruitment loan debt relief program and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the New Hampshire state trooper school loan debt relief program.
Oppose	SB28	relative to workers’ compensation claims involving emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that “date of injury” for purposes of workers’ compensation claims by emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder shall be determined in accordance with the statute governing date of injury for occupational disease or cumulative trauma.
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	Wed 1/15	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	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.
Oppose	SB37	relative to residential care and health facility licensing.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/15	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill revises residential care and health facility licensing requirements by (1) requiring licensed residential care facilities to have quality assurance programs; (2) requiring the results of any investigation be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility; (3) requiring facilities to post the results of Life Safety inspections known as “notices to correct;” (4) removing a redundant reference to administrative fines; (5) changing the term “hospital” to the term “facility;” and (6) removing the word “continuing” from the initial education requirements and replacing the term “ongoing training” with continuing education in the annual training requirement. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB88	establishing community property trusts.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows community property trusts to be formed in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB111	extending the position of right-to-know ombudsman for 2 years.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill extends the office of the right-to-know ombudsman, complaint process, appeal and enforcement, and rulemaking for 2 years.
Of Interest	HB127	extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut River Headwaters property from September 30 to Columbus Day.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill extends the annual closing date for OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property until the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day.
Oppose	HB203	relative to coast guard approved personal flotation devices while on New Hampshire state waters.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires occupants of canoes, kayaks, or rowing sculls on state waters who are not part of an official competition to wear a personal floatation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Support	HB115	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education Funding	Thu 1/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
Support	HB267	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts individuals with degrees in veterinary medicine or chiropractics who have completed a nationally recognized animal chiropractic program, as determined by the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, from veterinary licensure requirements.
Support	HB85	relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	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.
Support	HB82	relative to the regulation of various occupations.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill amends licensing statutes and the office of professional licensure and certification’s governing statutes to shift certain responsibilities and regulation to the office, in keeping with prior legislation. This bill amends statutes related to the regulation of (1) land surveyors, (2) landscape architects; (3) alcohol and other drug use professionals, (4) mental health practitioners, (5) professional engineers, (6) psychologists, (7) architects, (8) podiatrists, (9) the boxing and wrestling commission, (10) auctioneers, (11) electricians, (12) professional bondsmen, (13) nurse agency registration, and (14) doula and lactation specialist certification. This bill is at the request of the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	HB55	repealing the Selective Service Compliance Act.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act.
Support	HB104	relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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Of the 1 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 5 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB1291	relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.	Commerce	Tue 5/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the number of accessory dwelling units allowed by right from one to 2, adds definitions, and increases the maximum square footage. It also gives municipalities the right to require accessory units meet the definition for workforce housing.
Oppose	HB1593-2024-1885s	Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1885s, making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to support recreational activities for individuals with developmental disabilities and relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund, to HB 1593-FN, making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to support recreational activities for individuals with developmental disabilities.	Finance	Tue 5/14	1:35 PM	SH Room 103	I. Makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to fund recreational activities for individuals with developmental disabilities. II. Restructures the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund under RSA 167:64 as the Medicaid payment fund and disproportionate share hospital fund, administered by the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB1525-2024-1839s	Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1839s, relative to credits for the business profits tax and business enterprise tax, to HB 1525, relative to historic horse racing game operator employer licensing.	Ways and Means	Wed 5/15	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill extends tax credits for the business profits tax and business enterprise tax.

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Of the 8 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 33 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 1 with 5 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1400-2024-1658s)	Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1658s, relative to residential parking spaces and the removal of unauthorized occupants of residential real property, to HB 1400, relative to residential parking spaces.	Commerce	Tue 5/7	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	I. Provides that zoning and planning regulations shall not require more than one residential parking space per unit. II. Allows property owners or their authorized agents to request the immediate removal of unauthorized occupants by submitting a verified complaint to the sheriff of the county where the property is located.
Support	HB1291	relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.	Commerce	Tue 5/7	10:20 AM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the number of accessory dwelling units allowed by right from one to 2, adds definitions, and increases the maximum square footage. It also gives municipalities the right to require accessory units meet the definition for workforce housing.
Of Interest	HB1124	(New Title) relative to limiting conflicts of interest for municipal board and committee members.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 5/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill limits conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members.
Of Interest	HB1215-2024-1493s	Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1493s, Housing Appeals Board RSA 679:5 IV, to HB 1215, relative to development approvals and appeals.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 5/7	10:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 10 years, and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 5 years. The bill also 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.
Of Interest	HB1628	relative to regulatory authority for apples, coal grading, potatoes, cider, milk, and lumber.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 5/7	9:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill repeals certain regulatory statutes that have been preempted by the federal government and moves regulatory authority for apples, cider, and lumber to the chapter relative to standards for farm products. This bill is a request of the committee to study the New Hampshire law relative to standards for farm products and marketing and grading commodities established in 2023, 12:1.
Support	HB1121	relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 5/7	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event.
Oppose	SB503	relative to requiring a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 5/7	10:45 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.
Of Interest	HB1118	relative to the issuance of drivers’ licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire.	Judiciary	Tue 5/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill further delineates requirements regarding issuance of nonresident alien drivers’ licenses.
Support	HB1127	relative to the revocation and suspension of drivers’ licenses.	Judiciary	Tue 5/7	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows individuals with suspended licenses to mow their lawns without penalty and eliminates the requirement that drivers with suspended licenses surrender their licenses to the department of motor vehicles.
Support	HB1204	relative to government agent entries into secured premises.	Judiciary	Tue 5/7	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes requirements for when a government agent may enter a secured premises without a warrant.
Support	HB1391	allowing new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.	Transportation	Tue 5/7	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.
Oppose	HB1394	(New Title) relative to licensure and regulation of music therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 5/8	9:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the office of professional licensure and certification. This bill further directs the office of professional licensure and certification, for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, to increase their annual budget by $3,000 for the purpose of hiring temporary or part-time staff, or overtime costs, to help with licensing and administration of the music therapists governing board.
Support	SB302	adding an additional exemption from the regulation of physicians and surgeons.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 5/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts from application of the chapter a physician licensed in another state providing care to a patient in New Hampshire when there is a physician-patient relationship in the physician’s home state of licensing with in-person examinations conducted by the physician at intervals appropriate for the patient and the patient’s medical condition, but not less than annually.
Of Interest	SB371-2024-1671h	Public Hearing on non-germane amendment #2024-1671h to SB 371, relative to the licensing of resident physicians.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 5/8	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill makes various changes regarding the licensing of and regulation of physicians, including transferring certain authority from the board of medicine to the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	SB505-2024-1739h	Public hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1739h to SB 505, relative to the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 5/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill repeals the prospective repeal of the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC and defines and regulates intoxicating hemp products.
Support	HB1222	relative to physician assistant scope of practice.	Health and Human Services	Wed 5/8	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill eliminates the collaboration agreement requirement for physician assistants, except physician assistants who have completed fewer than 8,000 hours of clinical practice and work in a health care setting that does not employ a physician.
Support	HB1584	relative to home day care licensing requirements.	Health and Human Services	Wed 5/8	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill exempts from child day care licensing requirements private homes in which care is provided for up to 4 children in addition to the provider’s own children. Current law permits care for 3 additional children.