Bill Hearings for Week of January 31, 2022

These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 108 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 16 with 22 being of interest.
Of the 27 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 5 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	CACR36	residency for the purpose of voting. Providing that only residents of the state may vote in elections.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a person must be a resident of New Hampshire for the purpose of voting.
Of Interest	HB50	apportioning state representative districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes state representative districts.
Of Interest	HB52	apportioning congressional districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new United States House of Representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
Support	HB314	relative to homestead food operation licensure.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	11:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill makes an adjustment to the maximum annual gross sales of food by a homestead food operation.
Of Interest	HB1681	relative to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of the state building code, addresses the version of the building code applicable immediately following adoption of an updated edition, and clarifies the role of the state building code review board. The bill also requires municipalities to submit local building ordinances to the state building code review board for informational purposes.
Support	HB1191	relative to electrical work, plumbing, and fuel gas fitting in one or two family housing.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the exemption from licensure for individuals performing electrical work, plumbing, or gas fitting work on structures used as such individuals’ primary residence.
Of Interest	HB1409	relative to the age at which a minor may receive mental health treatment without parental consent.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows a minor 16 years of age or older to consent to mental health treatment without parental consent. The bill also allows for reimbursement of such services from the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.
Of Interest	HB1126	permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill permits minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.
Oppose	HB1536	relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill directs the department of health and human services to submit a state plan amendment to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid. The bill also establishes a quarterly reporting requirement.
Oppose	HB1342	relative to municipal charter provisions for tax caps.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill clarifies the interpretation of override provisions for tax or spending caps in certain town and city charters.
Support	HB1078	relative to budget procedures of the Gunstock Area Commission.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires the Gunstock area commission to submit a budget proposal to the county convention 90 days prior to the start of the next fiscal year and restricts all expenditures to those approved by the county convention.
Oppose	SB324	establishing a condominium, homeowners’ association, and cooperative dispute resolution board and relative to the authority of homeowners’ associations.	Commerce	Tue 2/1	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a dispute resolution board for condominiums, homeowners’ associations, and cooperatives. This bill also modifies requirements for homeowners’ association agreements.
Oppose	SB237	relative to participation in the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 2/1	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires annual determination of eligibility and requires ineligibility for certain periods upon a determination of misstatements or misuse.
Oppose	SB432	repealing the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 2/1	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program
Oppose	SB271	relative to the Burgess BioPower facility.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/1	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill permits the public utilities commission to revise its orders affecting the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin.
Support	HB1460	relative to minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/1	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses.
Oppose	SB445	appropriating funds to the broadband matching grant fund.	Finance	Tue 2/1	1:10 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates federal funding to the broadband matching grant fund.
Oppose	HB1224	prohibiting state and local governments from adopting certain mandates in response to COVID-19; and prohibiting employers and places of public accommodation from discriminating on the basis of vaccination status.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill: I. Prohibits state or local government agencies from requiring masks or other facial coverings in response to COVID-19 or other infectious disease. II. Prohibits state or local government agencies from issuing immunity passports or similar standardized documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. III. Prohibits businesses from requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. IV. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of COVID-19 vaccination status by state agencies, employers, and places of public accommodation.
Support	HB1604	including state medical facilities in the statute providing medical freedom in immunizations.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	10:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill repeals the exemption of county nursing homes, the state hospital, and any other medical facility or provider operated by the state or a political subdivision from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Oppose	HB1003	prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status.
Of Interest	HB1099	prohibiting the department of health and human services from requiring vaccine passports for services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	2:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not require a vaccine passport for services.
Of Interest	SB298	repealing the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education.	Judiciary	Tue 2/1	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education.
Oppose	HB1240	relative to service of process for license suspensions or revocations.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	10:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires that a notice of driver’s license revocation or suspension be sent by first class mail when a summons was not hand delivered by a law enforcement officer. This bill also creates a presumption of service 3 days after the mailing of the notice.
Of Interest	HB1463	relative to drivers’ licenses issued in accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	10:50 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill modifies the requirements needed to obtain a driver’s license that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13.
Oppose	SB447	establishing the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund within the department of transportation.
Support	HB1028	relative to the form of individual health insurance policies.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the form of individual health insurance policies.
Oppose	HB1162	relative to requiring insurance coverage for vaccinations, devices, and medications authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits insurers from excluding coverage for any vaccination, device, or medication that has been authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Oppose	HB1580	relative to pharmacy benefits managers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the licensure of pharmacy benefits managers.
Oppose	HB1594	relative to assistance to certain students with disabilities in registering to vote.	Education	Wed 2/2	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides for students with an individualized education program or accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to discuss including voter registration in the student’s plan.
Support	HB1233	prohibiting higher education institutions receiving state funds from requiring face masks and COVID-19 vaccinations for attendance.	Education	Wed 2/2	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits higher education institutions from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination or face masks for enrollment or attendance.
Oppose	HB1332	excepting public universities and colleges from requirements under medical freedom in immunizations.	Education	Wed 2/2	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill exempts the university system and the community college system from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Oppose	HB1115	relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.	Education	Wed 2/2	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the statewide student assessment tests for the record of educational attainment under the education freedom accounts program.
Of Interest	HB1670	relative to funds of the education freedom account program after termination of a student’s participation and responsibilities of the scholarship organization.	Education	Wed 2/2	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that upon enrolling in a public school an education freedom account program student’s participation and funding are terminated. The bill also requires audits by the scholarship organization and investigation of misuses of funds.
Of Interest	HB1669	requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program.	Education	Wed 2/2	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education.
Oppose	SB422	establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/2	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to solicit information and to contract with dental managed care organizations to provide dental care to persons under the Medicaid managed care program.
Of Interest	SB379	establishing the solid waste management fund and establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/2	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Establishes the solid waste reduction management fund. II. Establishes a solid waste disposal surcharge. III. Repeals the existing surcharge on out-of-state waste.
Support	HB1582	repealing the granite state paid family leave plan.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 2/3	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the paid family and medical leave plan.
Of Interest	HB1664	requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.	Education	Thu 2/3	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers.
Of Interest	HB1402	relative to inclusion of chartered public schools in school district bond issuance votes.	Education	Thu 2/3	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a procedure for a chartered public school to elect to include its planned land, construction, or renovation costs in the local school district’s vote to authorize bonded indebtedness.
Of Interest	HB1663	relative to requirements for home education students.	Education	Thu 2/3	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	The bill clarifies provisions for home education programs concerning notifications required for students moving to a new district, educational evaluations, and termination of home education.
Of Interest	HB1588	relative to students attending public schools that mandate the wearing of face masks without an emergency order in place.	Education	Thu 2/3	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows students in a school that has mandated face masks to transfer to a school or program in another school district and have the costs for such transfer paid by the resident district.
Support	HB1149	relative to the number of names required for nomination by nomination papers.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	9:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill reduces the number of names of registered voters required to nominate a candidate by nomination papers.
Of Interest	HB1166	requiring certain voters to declare a party affiliation prior to a state primary election and requiring candidates to be members of political parties for a certain amount of time prior to an election in which such candidates seek office.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	9:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires any undeclared voter who wishes to vote in a state party primary to declare a party affiliation at least 120 days prior to such primary. The bill also requires that any person seeking a nomination by primary be a member of the political party for which such candidate seeks a nomination for at least 6 months prior to the primary election.
Of Interest	HB1174	relative to election challengers.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill permits election challengers to be permitted within 6 feet of any table where any ballots are hand counted and to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.
Support	HB1197	relative to the definition of “party” for election purposes.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill modifies the definition of “party” for election purposes.
Oppose	HB1124	requiring businesses to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires employers to verify employment eligibility through the federal E-Verify system.
Support	HB1165	repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	10:45 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan.
Oppose	HB1472	prohibiting anti-union activities by employers.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits an employer from engaging in anti-union activities.
Oppose	HB1403	establishing a commission relative to the minimum wage.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	3:15 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill establishes a minimum hourly rate commission which shall set and adjust the minimum hourly rate for all employees in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB1136	requiring planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/3	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision.
Of Interest	HB1161	relative to ethics obligations of elected local and county officials.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/3	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits any member of a governing body in the state from having an interest in any business or transaction that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest. This bill also requires the member abstain from any vote that may create a conflict.
Of Interest	HB1335	relative to the parole board and the procedure for medical parole of prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill revises the criteria necessary for determining if an inmate qualifies for medical parole and revises the membership of the adult parole board. The bill also renames the position of “executive assistant to the parole board” as the “parole board director of operations.”
Of Interest	HB1476	relative to persons arrested while out on bail.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Of Interest	HB1512	relative to the parole of certain prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the eligibility for parole for certain prisoners.
Of Interest	HB1607	prohibiting unlawful discrimination in public and nonpublic schools.	Education	Fri 2/4	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	Fri 2/4	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	Fri 2/4	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	Fri 2/4	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	Fri 2/4	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.
Support	HB1070	relative to the default budget in official ballot jurisdictions.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the default budget in an official ballot town or district to be reduced by any reduction to an appropriation the governing body made in the proposed operating budget.
Support	HB1087	relative to zoning for single family housing lots.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of local land use planning boards relating to ordinances governing lot sizes.
Oppose	HB1172	requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires towns to ensure that residents of public housing have access to a composting and waste recycling facility.
Of Interest	HB1617	relative to housing projects of the community development finance authority and establishing a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income-sensitive.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	12:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that the community development finance authority block grant program may be used for affordable housing projects. The bill also establishes a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income sensitive.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1680	establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.	Education	Mon 1/24	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill modifies the determination and funding for an opportunity for a constitutionally adequate education by establishing foundation opportunity budgets and state foundation opportunity grants.
Of Interest	SB246	relative to qualified private communities.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/24	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill defines and regulates “qualified private communities.”
Of Interest	SB425	relative to the establishment of an election information portal.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/24	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes the secretary of state to develop an election information portal.
Of Interest	CACR30	officers of the government. Providing that the elected positions of inspectors general are created.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/24	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the positions of inspectors general to investigation elections fraud and fraud by elected officials, as well as allows an inspector general with probable cause to prosecute findings of fraud.
Of Interest	HB1294	requiring the commission on demographic trends to consider data on race and ethnicity for the purpose of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in New Hampshire.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/24	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the commission on demographic trends to consider data on race and ethnicity for the purpose of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB1439	relative to hospital visitation policies.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/24	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows, with limited exception, a patient to designate a parent, spouse, family member, or other caregiver to be present while the patient receives hospital care.
Support	HB1608	requiring the department of health and human services to contact certain individuals whose information was included in the state immunization registry.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/24	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires the department of health and human services to contact individuals who, pursuant to emergency order #76, were not given an opportunity to opt out of having COVID-19 vaccination information included in the state immunization registry.
Of Interest	HB1405	allowing out-of-state mental health care providers to provide telehealth treatment during a mental health emergency.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/24	2:15 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows out-of-state mental health care providers to provide telehealth treatment during a mental health emergency and requires insurance coverage for out-of-state mental health services provided through telemedicine.
Of Interest	HB1518	relative to the requirements for appointed guardians.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/25	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the requirement for guardians appointed by the court to receive a home visit within 30 days of their appointment to verify the safety and adequacy of the home for the minor and the consequences for failing to do so.
Of Interest	HB1431	establishing the parental bill of rights.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/25	2:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes a parental bill of rights, a framework for notice of, and to report violations of, such rights, and consequences for affirmative findings of violations.
Of Interest	SB217	relative to eviction notices.	Commerce	Tue 1/25	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies the circumstances under which a landlord may evict a tenant and modifies the requirements relating to eviction notices.
Support	SB249	prohibiting planning and zoning ordinances that prohibit short-term rentals.	Commerce	Tue 1/25	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits municipalities from adopting ordinances that ban short-term rentals. This bill also allows municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring the owner of a short-term rental to register the name of a person in state who can receive service of process.
Oppose	HB1660	relative to school lunches and establishing the meals for students fund.	Education	Tue 1/25	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to make free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch available to children who meet federal eligibility guidelines and provides for reimbursement to schools for offering meals at no cost to eligible students. The requirement is repealed in 2025.
Of Interest	SB238	relative to special education services in chartered public schools.	Education	Tue 1/25	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires chartered public schools to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a resident district of a student with disabilities who is attending the chartered public school concerning special education services.
Oppose	SB426	relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.	Education	Tue 1/25	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the commissioner of education to use highest of the average daily membership in residence for school years 2020, 2021, and 2022 in calculating adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.
Of Interest	SB261	relative to net metering participation.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/25	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill clarifies provisions relative to net energy metering participation and allows customer-generators to receive a payment for negative net energy usage during the subsequent billing cycle in an amount equivalent to certain credits.
Of Interest	SB269	relative to the New Hampshire weatherization program.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/25	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill reduces the contractor pre-qualifications for contracts pertaining to the New Hampshire weatherization assistance program and calls for the weatherization of re-purposed buildings such as mill buildings.
Support	HB1187	relative to milk pasteurization.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/25	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the sale of products made with raw milk in certain circumstances.
Support	HB1412	relative to gardening, homesteading, and organic food production.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/25	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that any person may cultivate vegetable gardens on their own property, or on the private property of another with the permission of the owner. This bill also adds a deduction from business profits and a credit against the business profits tax paid in the amount of the USDA Organic Certification fee.
Oppose	HB1587	relative to determination of average final compensation under the retirement system and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/25	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the calculation of compensation paid in excess of the full base rate of compensation under the definition of average final compensation in the retirement system for persons hired after July 1, 2011. The actuarial cost of the change is funded from general funds of the current biennium.
Of Interest	SB387	making an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.	Finance	Tue 1/25	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill makes an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund and establishes a distribution process.
Of Interest	HB1662	related to privacy obligations of the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/25	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a data privacy and information technology security governance board within the department of health and human services to oversee data privacy risk calculation and risk mitigation efforts, as well as provides for 2 employees within the department to accomplish these objectives.
Support	HB1619	relative to qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/25	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds moderate to severe chronic migraine headaches to the qualifying conditions for the therapeutic cannabis program.
Support	HB1455	relative to state enforcement of federal vaccination mandates.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/25	3:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits state enforcement of any federal law, order, or rule that requires an individual, as a condition of employment or any other activity, to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or to submit more than once per month to COVID-19 testing.
Oppose	SB344	relative to the quorum requirements under the right to know law of meetings open to the public.	Judiciary	Tue 1/25	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill removes the physical presence quorum requirement for meetings under RSA 91-A.
Oppose	HB1250	requiring the public utilities commission to consider climate change in making rate-setting decisions.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/25	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires the public utilities commission to consider climate change when setting rates, fees, or charges.
Of Interest	HB1024	relative to local speed limits in business or urban residence districts.	Transportation	Tue 1/25	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill lowers the possible speed limit for local alterations for speeds limits in business or urban residence districts.
Support	HB1138	exempting the display of a front license plate on certain vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 1/25	11:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill allows for an application and payment of a fee to exempt the display of a front license plate on certain vehicles.
Support	HB1150	relative to temporary license plates.	Transportation	Tue 1/25	11:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill permits any New Hampshire resident who purchases a motor vehicle from another individual to display an existing valid New Hampshire license plate registered in their name for a period of 5 days from the date of sale.
Oppose	SB449	relative to the retention of social security numbers by the division of motor vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 1/25	1:40 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill gives an applicant for a driver’s license the opportunity to determine whether to have his or her complete social security number, or only the last 5 digits, retained in the records of the department of safety. This bill also permits the department to transmit the last 4 digits of an individual’s social security number to the department of state for voter identification purposes.
Support	HB1445	relative to the identification of police vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 1/25	2:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires certain law enforcement vehicles to display the agency name, law enforcement license plates, and emergency lights when being used for a valid law enforcement function.
Support	HB1636	relative to prohibitions on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	9:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill creates an exception to the prohibition on carrying a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile for any person carrying a pistol or revolver who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm by a New Hampshire statute.
Oppose	HB1668	requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	9:45 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires commercial firearms sales or transfers in this state to be subject to a criminal background check and provides a criminal penalty for a violation. The bill excludes private, noncommercial sales or transfers between individuals, provided neither individual is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under state or federal law.
Oppose	HB1310	prohibiting the discharge of a firearm in the direction of a building, livestock, or pets.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits the discharge of a firearm in the direction of a building, livestock, or pets that are within eyesight of the person discharging the firearm while hunting.
Support	HB1178	prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	11:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits the state of New Hampshire, a political subdivision of this state, or any person acting under the color of state, county, or municipal law from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with any law, act, rule, order, or regulation of the United States Government or Executive Order of the President of the United States that is inconsistent with any law of this state regarding the regulation of firearms, ammunition, magazines or the ammunition feeding devices, firearm components, firearms supplies, or knives.
Oppose	HB1151	prohibiting the display of a deadly weapon at a parade, funeral procession, picket line, march, rally, vigil, or demonstration.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	1:30 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits the open carry or display of a firearm at a parade funeral procession, picket line, march, rally, vigil, demonstration, or other similar event.
Oppose	HB1096	prohibiting open carrying or display of a deadly weapon within 100 feet of a polling place.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	2:15 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits the open carrying or display of a deadly weapon within 100 feet of a polling place.
Support	HB1281	relative to access to firearms confiscated from a person who is subject to a protective order.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/26	3:15 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill authorizes a person other than a peace officer to store or dispose of weapons for a person subject to a protective order requiring them to relinquish such weapons.
Support	HB1132	relative to applications for a charter conversion school.	Education	Wed 1/26	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes certain vote requirements for conversion of a public school to a chartered public school and adds the requirement for a majority vote of the school district at a regular annual meeting or special meeting.
Oppose	SB403	re-establishing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/26	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill re-establishes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
Oppose	SB404	establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/26	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program.
Oppose	SB414	relative to respite care services for persons caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/26	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill revises the definition of ADRD, Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, and makes a $1 appropriation to the department of health and human services for respite care services for persons caring for individuals with ADRD.
Oppose	HB1260	making immunization status a protected class.	Judiciary	Wed 1/26	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill makes immunization status a protected class.
Oppose	HB1490	relative to equal access to places of public accommodation regardless of vaccination status.	Judiciary	Wed 1/26	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that an individual shall not be denied access to places of public accommodation based on vaccination status or the decision not to use a medical device.
Oppose	HB1316	directing the director of the state police to develop requirements for eFoil and electric hydrofoil surfboard watercraft.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/26	9:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill directs the director of the state police to make rules relative to safety requirements for eFoil and electric hydrofoil surfboard watercraft.
Oppose	HB1641	relative to vessel registration fees.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/26	11:15 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill changes the way vessel registration fees are computed.
Of Interest	HB1227	relative to the definition of prime wetland.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/26	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill further defines prime wetland for local protection in fill and dredge permits.
Oppose	HB1498	establishing a safety program for off highway recreational vehicles and snowmobiles.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/26	2:45 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill implements a safety training program for OHRV and snowmobile operation.
Of Interest	HB1440	relative to surface water quality standards for perfluorinated chemicals.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/26	3:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires the department of environmental services to make rules about perfluorinated chemical limits in surface waters.
Oppose	SB441	relative to the municipal share of fines for motor vehicle speeding offenses.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/26	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for municipalities to receive a portion of fines collected for motor vehicle offenses.
Oppose	SB428	establishing a scholarship fund for certain small businesses applying for loans from the capital access program administered by the New Hampshire business finance authority.	Commerce	Thu 1/27	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a scholarship fund in the capital access program of the business finance authority to cover entry costs for socially and/or economically disadvantaged individual small business owners applying for loans from the program.
Oppose	SB451	establishing a New Hampshire innovation program in the department of business and economic affairs and making an annual appropriation therefor.	Commerce	Thu 1/27	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes the New Hampshire innovation program and the New Hampshire innovation fund in the department of business and economic affairs. The purpose of the program is to increase funding for research and development intensive start-up companies located in New Hampshire. The bill also makes an annual appropriation of $5,000,000 to the fund.
Support	HB1613	establishing a limited farmers liquor manufacturer license.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/27	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a limited farmers liquor manufacturer license.
Support	HB1556	relative to on-premise and off-premise sales at a beverage manufacturer’s facility.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/27	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows consumers purchasing beverage samples to drink to also purchase beverages for consumption off premise at the same point of sale in the licensee’s facility.
Of Interest	HB1595	relative to establishing a statewide food truck license.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/27	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a statewide food truck license.
Oppose	HB1131	relative to facial covering policies for schools.	Education	Thu 1/27	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	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	Thu 1/27	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	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 Interest	HB1373	relative to the best interest of the student for a change of school or assignment.	Education	Thu 1/27	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows for the consideration of parental concerns in the request for a change of school or assignment of a student.
Of Interest	HB1672	relative to misuse of education freedom account funds.	Education	Thu 1/27	1:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the transfer of funds from terminated education freedom accounts to the education trust fund, requires investigation of and ineligibility for misuse of funds, and requires the department of education adopt the rules on policies and procedures for administration of the program.
Of Interest	HB1679	relative to the dissolution and repeal of cooperative school districts.	Education	Thu 1/27	2:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires cooperative school districts to review and adopt dissolution plans prior to January 1, 2024, and repeals authority for all cooperative school districts on June 30, 2025.
Oppose	SB446	establishing a child care workforce fund and grant program and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/27	10:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a child care workforce fund to provide grants to eligible child care programs for child care workforce recruitment and retention bonuses and benefits. The bill makes an appropriation to the fund for the purpose of establishing and administering the grant program.
Of Interest	HB1597	permitting arraignments for felonies and preliminary examinations to be heard in circuit court.	Judiciary	Thu 1/27	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill permits arraignments for felonies and preliminary examinations to be heard in circuit court.
Oppose	HB1014	allowing public meetings to be conducted virtually.	Judiciary	Thu 1/27	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes requirements for remote access to public meetings under RSA 91-A, the right-to-know law.
Oppose	HB1088	relative to employee protections from COVID-19 in the workplace.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes COVID-19 related workplace rights for employees.
Oppose	HB1210	relative to exemptions from vaccine mandates.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	11:15 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill directs a private employer, postsecondary institution, or clinical site for educational programs to accept requests from employees or students for exemptions from vaccine mandates. The bill also prohibits an employer from requiring any medical treatment that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration only for emergency or experimental use.
Of Interest	HB1351	prohibiting certain employers from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	11:45 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment.
Oppose	HB1352	relative to eligibility for workers’ compensation for an adverse reaction to a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill provides that an adverse reaction to an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccination shall be deemed to be an occupational disease for the purpose of determining eligibility for workers’ compensation.
Oppose	HB1358	requiring public and private employers to establish procedures and exceptions for the use of mandatory intrusive testing as a condition of new or continued employment.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires any public or private employer in the state to allow an employee an exemption from intrusive testing requirements.
Of Interest	HB1377	relative to unemployment benefits for employees terminated for refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	2:30 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes rights for employees for noncompliance with an employer-required vaccination mandate.
Oppose	HB1538	requiring prevailing wages on state-funded public works projects.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/27	3:30 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires certain workers employed in the construction of public works in the state of New Hampshire to be paid the prevailing minimum hourly wage and benefits.
Oppose	HB1656	establishing a road usage registration fee and making an appropriation therefor.	Public Works and Highways	Thu 1/27	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill provides for an annual adjustment to motor vehicle registration fees to take into account gross vehicle weight and vehicle miles traveled, and directs the department of transportation to use part of the funds generated through vehicle registration for implementation of Type II noise abatement projects.
Support	HB1468	relative to the legalization of cannabis.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/28	9:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 18 years of age or older.
Support	HB1175	relative to recording interactions with public officials.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/28	9:45 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows for a person to record interactions with public officials during the performance of their duties.
Oppose	HB1433	relative to penalties for poisoning dogs.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/28	1:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill includes poisoning as a type of cruelty to animals and makes it a felony to purposely poison an animal.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1436	relative to appeals of family court decisions.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the right to a de novo appeal to the superior court for family court decisions.
Of Interest	HB1265	relative to a judge’s discretion to set aside rules in family court proceedings.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits a judge from waiving a family court rule, except for rules relating to fees.
Of Interest	HB1142	relative to the right to submit evidence and testimony in family court proceedings.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that parties in a family court proceeding shall have the right to present evidence and testimony.
Of Interest	HB1551	relative to the right of a party in a family court case to create their own written transcripts of court proceedings.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the right of parties in family court proceedings to create their own written transcripts of court proceedings and to submit those transcripts to the appellate court.
Of Interest	HB1550	relative to the right of children and teenagers to testify in family court proceedings.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires the court to allow a child 12 years of age or older to testify in a family court proceeding and permits a child under 12 years of age to testify at the judge’s discretion.
Of Interest	HB1511	relative to submitting officially authorized recordings of hearings for appeal of family court decisions.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows for parties in a family court proceeding to submit officially authorized recordings of hearings for appeal of family court decisions.
Support	HB1253	relative to the choice of counselor to evaluate a child in family court proceedings.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/18	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows for parents to choose their counselor for counseling that is part of the parenting plan issued in a court order, as well as in any other counseling used in family court to evaluate a child. This bill also requires courts to select counselors that are participating providers in the parties’ insurance networks.
Oppose	SB331	relative to waivers of deductibles in automobile insurance policies.	Commerce	Tue 1/18	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires any automobile insurance policy that contains coverage for physical damage by reason of collision to waive any deductible of such coverage when the damage is caused by any motor vehicle if the operator of such vehicle has been positively identified and is solely at fault.
Oppose	SB347	relative to the use of protected health information by employers.	Commerce	Tue 1/18	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits an employer from inquiring, either verbally or in writing, about an employee’s protected health information as a requirement for initial or continued employment.
Oppose	HB1564	requiring school districts to provide breakfast for students.	Education	Tue 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts to provide breakfast to students through the National School Breakfast Program or through a program of its own.
Of Interest	HB1627	establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Tue 1/18	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes the position of education freedom account administrator in the department of education, division of learner support, and makes an appropriation to the department for the position.
Oppose	HB1630	requiring high school students to complete a half year required course in the introduction to philosophy.	Education	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a requirement for high school students to have a course in the introduction to philosophy.
Of Interest	HB1367	relative to civics instruction in schools.	Education	Tue 1/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires a competency assessment in government and civics instruction in schools. The bill modifies the provisions enacted in 2021, 157 effective July 1, 2023.
Of Interest	HB1533	relative to health education curriculum in schools.	Education	Tue 1/18	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that health education instruction in schools include the meaning of consent, respect for personal boundaries, and sexual violence prevention.
Of Interest	HB1144	requiring public schools to teach labor history.	Education	Tue 1/18	3:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires middle schools and high schools to include instruction on United States and New Hampshire labor history.
Oppose	HB1121	relative to new solid waste sites.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires an applicant for a new solid waste landfill to provide proof of insurance and obtain a surety bond against all damages.
Oppose	HB1420	prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state’s solid waste plan is updated.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/18	10:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the issuance of new landfill permits under the state’s solid waste plan is updated.
Of Interest	HB1454	relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the siting of landfills within a proscribed distance of groundwater sources.
Oppose	HB1652	relative to the recycling of beverage containers.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes the beverage container deposit recycling program and directs the proceeds of such program to the general fund and to the state recycling fund.
Oppose	HB1444	relative to the registration of medical spas.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the registration of medical spa facilities.
Oppose	HB1429	establishing licensure for massage establishments.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes licensure for massage establishments.
Support	SB274	relative to governmental construction contracts.	Finance	Tue 1/18	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill removes labor agreements from the competitive bid process and awarding of state government and state government assisted construction contracts.
Support	HB1045	requiring legislative oversight over the emergency powers of the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill clarifies certain public health emergency management powers of the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB1345	relative to the release of a teenager’s medical records to a parent or guardian.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides for the release of a minor’s medical records to the parent or guardian unless the parent or guardian’s consent is not required for the medical treatment or the health care provider reasonably believes that there is possibility of abuse and release of the record may endanger the minor.
Support	HB1022	permitting pharmacists to dispense the drug ivermectin by means of a standing order.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows pharmacists to dispense invermectin pursuant to a standing order entered into by licensed health care providers.
Of Interest	HB1369	relative to COVID-19 health and safety policies at New Hampshire performing arts venues.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/18	2:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that performing arts venues in New Hampshire have the authority to establish their own COVID health and safety policies.
Oppose	SB300	relative to the state commission for human rights.	Judiciary	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill defines and includes the refusal of an experimental drug in the protections provided under the state commission for human rights.
Support	SB393	relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women in the custody of a state or county correctional facility.	Judiciary	Tue 1/18	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes procedures for the use of restraints on pregnant women in county or state correctional custody.
Of Interest	SB431	relative to child support in cases with equal or approximately equal parenting schedules.	Judiciary	Tue 1/18	2:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes methods for adjustment of child support for equal or approximately equal parenting residential responsibilities.
Oppose	SB294	relative to the release of a defendant pending trial.	Judiciary	Tue 1/18	2:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the statute governing bail and pre-trial release to include provisions for pre-trial detention for commission of certain offenses that would create a presumption that the defendant is a danger to the public.
Oppose	HB1615	relative to driver education and the driver training fund.	Transportation	Tue 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill directs the department of safety to distribute $250 to approved driving schools for each pupil who completes the driver education program in the prior 3 months.
Support	HB1208	relative to driver education.	Transportation	Tue 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill authorizes a waiver of the driver education requirement if a father, mother, guardian, or other responsible adult provides equivalent classroom instruction and behind the wheel training.
Oppose	SB378	relative to the disposal of highway or turnpike funded real estate.	Transportation	Tue 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill creates an exception for the disposal of highway or turnpike funded real estate under fair market value for the preservation of public interest.
Of Interest	HB1110	relative to windshield tint waivers.	Transportation	Tue 1/18	3:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill increases the required light transmittance of after market tinted windshields.
Of Interest	HB1469	prohibiting banks or businesses from using social credit scores.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits banks and other financial institutions from engaging in discriminatory practices.
Support	HB1237	relative to cigar bars.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	9:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill lowers the amount of revenue from cigars required of cigar bars for 2 years.
Of Interest	HB1591	eliminating the enforcement division of the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	10:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill eliminates the enforcement division of the liquor commission.
Oppose	HB1523	establishing a New Hampshire child care fund.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the New Hampshire child care fund and its operational requirements under the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB1589	prohibiting the sale of products containing intentionally-added PFAS.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibiting the sale of products containing intentionally-added PFAS.
Of Interest	HB1622	relative to mental health parity.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/19	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the insurance department to investigate whether certain insurance carrier conduct violates the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The bill also requires that insurance reimbursement rates for behavioral health services be no less extensive than any other type of health care services provided to treat physical illness.
Of Interest	HB1027	establishing the crime of undermining legislative process by false claim of emergency.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes the crime of subversion of the legislative process-treason for any act to subvert the legislative process based on a false claim of emergency caused by COVID-19.
Oppose	HB1025	relative to impeding, provoking, or harassing law enforcement officers.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/19	9:45 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill makes it a misdemeanor to impede, provoke, or harass a law enforcement officer.
Oppose	HB1117	relative to the circumstances constituting criminal threatening.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill adds the intent to coerce or terrorize the people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin to the criminal threatening statute.
Oppose	HB1011	relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/19	11:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the penalty for criminal mischief for destruction or vandalism of public property.
Oppose	HB1017	establishing criminal penalties for harming or threatening to harm an essential worker.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/19	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes criminal penalties for causing or threatening harm to an essential worker.
Of Interest	HB1423	relative to campaign contributions and expenditures, and making an appropriation therefor.	Election Law	Wed 1/19	10:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a fund to provide campaign financing for eligible candidates for governor and councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund. Candidates qualify for financing by collecting a requisite number of qualifying contributions, limiting the size of private contributions, and complying with other provisions of the public financing law. The bill also establishes a voter-owned elections commission to administer the fund.
Of Interest	HB1542	relative to documentation required to prove a voter’s eligibility to vote.	Election Law	Wed 1/19	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires voters to show certain documentation in order to cast a vote.
Of Interest	SB362	relative to training as a certified service plumber.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/19	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill defines “certified service plumber” and directs the mechanical licensing board to adopt administrative rules regulating certified service plumbers.
Support	SB330	relative to reciprocal licensing requirements for boards, commissions, and councils administered by the office of professional licensure and certification and establishing registration of paid feeding assistant programs.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/19	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill clarifies requirements for reciprocal licenses granted by the boards, commissions, and councils administered by the office of professional licensure and certification and establishes registration for paid feeding assistant programs. This bill is a request of the office of professional licensure and certification.
Oppose	SB230	relative to the practice of body art.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/19	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill defines and regulates body art establishments. This bill is a request of the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	SB286	establishing an association health plan pilot program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the insurance commissioner to establish a pilot program for association health plans.
Oppose	SB326	establishing the office of early childhood.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/19	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes an office of early childhood to coordinate, consolidate, and integrate early childhood programs.
Support	HB1425	relative to the taking of real property by eminent domain.	Judiciary	Wed 1/19	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill modifies the power of the governor and council to take private property during states of emergency and modifies the calculation of compensation paid for such takings.
Oppose	HB1291	prohibiting discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings.	Judiciary	Wed 1/19	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings.
Oppose	HB1544	prohibiting the placement of construction and demolition debris in landfills.	Judiciary	Wed 1/19	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the placement of construction and demolition debris in landfills and establishes fines for violations.
Oppose	HB1007	relative to qualifications for office.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill clarifies certain qualifications of elected officials.
Support	HB1033	prohibiting recipients of state or local grants or appropriations from using such funds for lobbying.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/19	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the recipient of a grant or appropriation of county, municipal, school district, or village district funds from using such funds to engage in lobbying activities.
Oppose	HB1041	extending the public employees labor relations act to employees of the general court and relative to the duties of the joint committee on legislative facilities.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/19	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act and establishes procedures for collective bargaining by nonpartisan employees.
Oppose	HB1486	relative to an income-based public assistance stipend for legislators.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/19	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill directs the department of health and human services to determine eligibility for and administer a stipend provided to members of the general court where members receive such stipend from any program for public assistance.
Oppose	HB1656	establishing a road usage registration fee and making an appropriation therefor.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 1/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill provides for an annual adjustment to motor vehicle registration fees to take into account gross vehicle weight and vehicle miles traveled, and directs the department of transportation to use part of the funds generated through vehicle registration for implementation of Type II noise abatement projects.
Of Interest	HB1585	relative to removing the ramp tolls at exit 11 in Hooksett.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 1/19	11:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill eliminates the ramp tolls on the Everett turnpike in the town of Hooksett.
Oppose	HB1675	establishing a surcharge collected through E-Z Pass for electric vehicles as an alternative road toll.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 1/19	1:15 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill establishes a surcharge collected through E-Z Pass for electric vehicles as an alternative road toll. The provisions are repealed in 2025.
Support	HB1555	repealing the permit required for fires at campgrounds.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/19	9:45 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill removes the permit requirement for camp fires.
Of Interest	HB1167	establishing a maximum contaminant level for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill establishes maximum contaminant levels for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water.
Oppose	SB338	enabling municipalities to adopt a municipal occupancy fee.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/19	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill enables a municipality to collect an occupancy fee from room rentals for the purpose of establishing a municipal capital fund, revolving fund, or tourism support fund.
Of Interest	SB315	directing that a portion of revenue distributions from the meals and rooms municipal revenue fund be used by municipalities to reduce the local property tax rate.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/19	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires that a portion of revenues distributed to municipalities from the meals and rooms municipal revenue fund, which exceed fiscal year 2021 amounts received, shall be used to reduce the local property tax rate.
Support	HB1349	decriminalizing the possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/20	9:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill decriminalizes the possession or use of a certain amount or psilocybin mushrooms by a person 18 years of age or older.
Of Interest	HB1598	legalizing the possession and use of cannabis.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/20	9:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older.
Support	CACR20	relating to personal liberty. Providing that adults shall have the right to possess cannabis for personal consumption.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/20	2:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes that right for all adults to possess cannabis for personal consumption.
Support	CACR34	relating to the use, sale, or cultivation of cannabis. Providing that the state shall make no law prohibiting the use, sale, or cultivation of cannabis for persons over 18 years of age.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/20	2:30 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution prohibits the legislature from making laws that prohibit the use, sale, or cultivation of cannabis for adults.
Support	CACR35	relating to cannabis. Providing that all adults have the right to possess, use, and cultivate cannabis, subject to regulation by the legislature.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/20	3:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right for all adults to possess, use, and cultivate cannabis, subject to further regulation by the legislature.
Of Interest	HB1015	relative to school district policies regarding objectionable material.	Education	Thu 1/20	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the requirements for school district policies providing an alternative to specific course material based on a parent or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable.
Of Interest	HB1051	relative to state board of education rules for credit for alternative, extended learning, and work-based programs.	Education	Thu 1/20	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises rulemaking authority of the state board of education to adopt rules on alternative programs for granting credit to provide for alternative, extended learning, and work-based programs.
Of Interest	HB1113	prohibiting the department of education and the state board of education from directing or limiting school instructional options, such as remote learning.	Education	Thu 1/20	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the department of education and the state board of education from directing or limiting remote learning options.
Support	HB1434	relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.	Education	Thu 1/20	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that curriculum course materials taught to pupils in public schools and public academies be available to the public.
Of Interest	HB1567	relative to the removal of election officials from office.	Election Law	Thu 1/20	9:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill provides that registered voters may remove certain election officials by bringing suit in superior court.
Of Interest	HB1457	relative to chain of custody of ballot boxes after an election.	Election Law	Thu 1/20	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires that ballot boxes be sent to the secretary of state’s office for storage within 48 hours of an election. This bill also modifies the retention policy for such boxes.
Of Interest	HB1522	requiring the use of ballots with embedded security and relative to chain of custody of absentee ballots.	Election Law	Thu 1/20	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires that elections are conducted using ballots with embedded security. The bill also specifies the chain of custody for ballots during and after an election.
Oppose	SB400	relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Thu 1/20	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill makes changes to the training and procedures for zoning and planning boards offered by the office of planning and development. This bill creates incentives and establishes requirements for workforce housing and affordable housing development. The bill also revises the time frames for planning board consideration of applications, and establishes the New Hampshire housing champion certification program.
Of Interest	SB239	relative to noncompliance with municipal audit requirements.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Thu 1/20	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires notification to the department of revenue administration of a completed municipal or county audit and establishes a fine for failure to complete a required audit.
Oppose	SB407	relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/20	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services to submit a state plan amendment to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid, establishes a quarterly reporting requirement, and makes an appropriation to the department for the purpose of funding the postpartum health care services.
Of Interest	SB444	relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/20	10:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a pilot program for young children who have experienced adverse childhood events and other emotional trauma and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department to develop and implement a plan to increase child parent psychotherapy services for young children who have experienced severe emotional trauma.
Support	HB1147	relative to governmental records available upon request.	Judiciary	Thu 1/20	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the right to inspect and make copies of school curricula, reading lists, and student survey dates and questions.
Oppose	HB1408	requiring the refund of residential tenancy application fees.	Judiciary	Thu 1/20	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires the refund of residential tenancy application fees when an applicant does not become a party to a signed rental agreement.
Support	HB1603	defining certain school information as governmental records under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Thu 1/20	11:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides for the inclusion of certain records of schools and school administrative units under the right-to-know law, RSA 91-A.
Support	HB1021	prohibiting regulation of religious land use based on the religious nature of the assembly or speech taking place on the land or in the structure.	Judiciary	Thu 1/20	1:45 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the regulation of religious land use based on the religious nature of the assembly or speech taking place on the land or in the structure.
Of Interest	HB1519	defining “religious belief” and protecting it from discrimination.	Judiciary	Thu 1/20	2:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill defines “religious belief” and protects it from discrimination.
Oppose	HB1053	relative to the hourly rate paid to an employee for hours worked but not previously scheduled.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/20	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer to pay an hourly rate of time and a half for hours worked by an employee who is called in to work hours not previously scheduled.
Oppose	HB1385	prohibiting the use of credit history in employment decisions.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/20	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits an employer from using an employee’s or prospective employee’s credit history as a criterion for making certain employment decisions.
Oppose	HB1251	prohibiting payment of subminimum wages.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/20	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits the payment of subminimum wages to an employee.
Oppose	HB1094	relative to employee work schedules and rest periods.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/20	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires employers with 10 or more employees in this state or 2 or more locations in this state to schedule a rest period between certain employment shifts and provide employees with advance notice of the work schedule.
Support	HB1081	relative to the dissolution of a village district.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/20	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the dissolution of a village district by a simple majority vote at an annual district meeting.
Support	HB1272	limiting the authority of town health officers.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/20	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of local health officers in making bylaws or ordinances relating to public health matters.
Support	HB1411	relative to transparency of federal agency operations within New Hampshire.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Thu 1/20	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires the attorney general to request information from federal agencies operating in New Hampshire and to compile and display such information on a website.
Of Interest	CACR32	relating to independence. Providing that the state peaceably declares independence from the United States and proceeds as a sovereign nation.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Thu 1/20	3:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution declares the state’s independence from the United States and moves New Hampshire forward as a sovereign nation.
Of Interest	HB1407	including the promotion of affordable housing under the land and community heritage investment program.	Ways and Means	Thu 1/20	9:45 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill includes the promotion of affordable housing under the land and community heritage investment program and requires an annual transfer from the real estate transfer tax revenue to the land and community heritage investment program trust fund.
Oppose	HB1478	relative to the business profits tax applicable to certain large, low-wage employers.	Ways and Means	Thu 1/20	11:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the rate of the business profits tax applicable to business organizations with more than 100 employees who pay wages below a specified amount.
Support	HB1176	relative to reducing the penalty for sex work within one’s own home.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/21	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a violation-level offense for engaging in sex work in one’s own home.
Support	HB1400	prohibiting law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/21	1:45 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.
Oppose	HB1283	relative to liability as taxable income of education freedom account payments.	Education	Fri 1/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill repeals the statement that education freedom account funds shall not constitute taxable income to the parent of the education freedom account student.
Oppose	HB1114	relative to education service providers under the education freedom account program.	Education	Fri 1/21	3:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires education freedom account program scholarship organizations to compile a directory of public profiles for education service providers.
Oppose	HB1653	relative to educational and employment opportunities and protections for military families and their dependents.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/21	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill: I. Establishes residency and enrollment rights and procedures for military-connected students. II. Provides for temporary occupational licensing for qualified military service members and their spouses. III. Provides for in-state tuition at any university system or community college system institution for military-connected students.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB240	apportioning state senate districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/10	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new state senate districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
Of Interest	SB241	apportioning executive council districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/10	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new councilor districts based on the latest federal decennial census.
Of Interest	SB253	apportioning state senate districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/10	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new state senate districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
Of Interest	SB254	apportioning executive council districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/10	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new councilor districts based on the latest federal decennial census.
Of Interest	HB1465	relative to the appointment of counsel for juveniles.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill amends the procedure and liability for costs for appointment of counsel for a juvenile. The bill also establishes procedures for the court to use in determining whether to use a statement or a confession from a juvenile.
Of Interest	HB1568	raising the age of juvenile delinquency from 18 to 21.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/11	10:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill increases the age of juvenile delinquency from 18 to 21.
Of Interest	HB1382	relative to the presumption of shared parenting in the determination of parental rights and responsibilities.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/11	2:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill: I. Clarifies that the fact that a child is home schooled is not dispositive in allocating parental rights and responsibilities. II. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child and requires the court to provide the basis for finding that the presumption does not apply in a particular case. III. Provides that both parents shall have access to the child’s records unless the parenting plan or court order provides otherwise. IV. Provides that the court shall give substantial weight to the input of a mature minor who is at least 14 years of age.
Oppose	SB215	relative to motor vehicle liability insurance policy minimum coverage.	Commerce	Tue 1/11	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a motor vehicle liability insurance policy to provide certain minimum coverages once the named insured becomes the owner of the vehicle.
Of Interest	HB1530	relative to bachelor’s degrees offered by the community college system of New Hampshire.	Education	Tue 1/11	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill authorizes institutions in the community college system of New Hampshire to grant bachelor’s degrees.
Of Interest	HB1574	prohibiting the university system and community college systems of New Hampshire from charging out-of-state tuition to students voting in New Hampshire.	Education	Tue 1/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the university system and community college systems of New Hampshire from charging out-of-state tuition to students voting in New Hampshire
Of Interest	SB368	relative to animal vending licenses.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/11	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill details the process for transferring animals after a animal vending license is revoked.
Oppose	SB369	relative to organic farming.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/11	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the department of agriculture, markets, and food to administer an organic certification program and makes an appropriation therefor.
Of Interest	HB1273	relative to the use of free and open source software.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/11	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill: I. Prohibits certain non-compete clauses and non-disclosure agreements regarding free software projects and the sharing of open source software. II. Prohibits, with limited exception, state agencies from using proprietary software in interactions with the public. III. Recognizes the value of data portability and directs the department of information technology to adopt a policy protecting data portability. IV. Prohibits state and local law enforcement from participating in the enforcement of copyright claims against free and open source software projects. V. Establishes a commission to study the use of free software by state agencies. VI. Establishes a software purchasing policy that permits the purchase of proprietary software and hardware only when free software alternatives are not available. VII. Allows the defendant to examine the source code of proprietary software used to generate evidence against the defendant in a criminal proceeding.
Of Interest	HB1581	relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/11	11:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill directs state agencies to consider whether proprietary or open source software is the most cost effective for the agency and requires state procurement documents to include language regarding consideration of open source software.
Of Interest	HB1244	relative to parental consent to medical and dental treatments of children in schools.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/11	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires a child’s parent or legal guardian to consent to any medical or dental treatment provided in a school setting.
Support	HB1466	relative to the off-label use of prescription drugs and relative to pharmacy prescriptions.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/11	11:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits disciplinary action against a physician for prescribing an FDA approved drug, biologic, or medical device for off-label use. The bill also prohibits disciplinary action against a pharmacist for filling a valid prescription for off-label use.
Of Interest	HB1130	relative to restroom access for persons with certain medical conditions.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires retail establishments to allow individuals with medical conditions, like Crohn’s disease and colitis, to use employee toilet facilities under certain circumstances.
Of Interest	HB1634	relative to state grants for researching the effects on the human body of COVID-19 vaccines.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 1/11	2:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a COVID-19 research grant program in the department of health and human services and makes an appropriation for this purpose.
Of Interest	SB293	relative to penalties for violation of privacy.	Judiciary	Tue 1/11	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the penalty for a second or subsequent offense for violations of privacy.
Of Interest	SB295	relative to penalties for violations of privacy.	Judiciary	Tue 1/11	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the penalties for certain nonconsensual violations of privacy.
Oppose	HB1419	relative to establishing a New Hampshire civilian climate corps advisory commission.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/11	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a civilian climate corps advisory commission.
Oppose	HB1506	establishing a revolving clean energy accelerator fund in the department of energy.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates a clean energy accelerator fund, administered by the department of energy, to finance goods and services producing low or zero greenhouse gas emissions and use other financial tools to mitigate climate change.
Oppose	HB1601	relative to funding of the NHsaves program	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/11	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill amends the amount of RGGI allowance revenues that are rebated to retail electricity ratepayers.
Oppose	HB1621	relative to reducing the rebates distributed by the energy efficiency fund.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/11	3:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill eliminates the rebate amount distributed to retail electricity ratepayers and allocates all auction proceeds to support current or future energy efficiency resource standards programs.
Oppose	SB306	relative to the penalties for various motor vehicle violations.	Transportation	Tue 1/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides for enhanced penalties for certain driving offenses where the offense was also based on facts involving the prohibited use of a mobile electronic device.
Support	SB310	relative to license plate scanning.	Transportation	Tue 1/11	1:20 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill permits the owners of private property to obtain and use a license plate reader for the sole purpose of recording and checking license plates.
Support	HB1189	permitting voluntary donations to municipalities or the state to fund certain projects or to reduce taxation.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/11	9:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows a municipality or the state to establish a voluntary donations fund to be expended for certain local or state projects or to reduce amount raised through taxation.
Of Interest	HB1591	eliminating the enforcement division of the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/12	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill eliminates the enforcement division of the liquor commission.
Of Interest	HB1502	relative to digital assets and digital securities.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/12	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill specifies that digital assets are property within the Uniform Commercial Code; authorizes security interests in digital assets, allows banks to provide custodial services for digital asset property and provides procedures for the provision of custodial services.
Support	HB1503	exempting the developer, seller, or facilitator of the exchange of an open blockchain token from certain securities laws.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/12	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill exempts the developer, seller, or facilitator of the exchange of an open blockchain token from certain securities laws.
Of Interest	HB1504	relative to special purpose depository institutions.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/12	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a special class of depository institutions, creates regulations pertaining to them, and amends existing law to allow for the special class in the regulatory scheme of banking within the state.
Support	HB1349	decriminalizing the possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	9:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill decriminalizes the possession or use of a certain amount or psilocybin mushrooms by a person 18 years of age or older.
Support	HB1215	relative to the definition of “residual amount” in the controlled drug act.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill amends the definition of “residual amount” of a controlled drug and changes the penalty for such amount.
Oppose	HB1361	establishing a penalty for any person who transports a controlled drug into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes an additional penalty for transportation of a controlled drug into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute.
Support	HB1296	relative to money, coin, or currency which may be forfeited in connection with a drug offense.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	11:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill limits the scope of money, coin, currency, and other property which is presumed to be subject to forfeiture under the controlled drug act.
Support	HB1232	reducing the penalty for first offense drug possession and repealing certain mandatory minimum sentences.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	1:45 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the penalties and removes mandatory minimum sentences for certain first offense drug offenses.
Support	HB1360	relative to penalties for controlled drug violations.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	2:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses.
Support	HB1392	relative to penalties for nonviolent drug offenses and repealing the criminal penalties for possession of drug paraphernalia.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/12	2:45 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the penalties for nonviolent drug offenses and eliminates the prohibitions and penalties for the possession, use, or sale of drug paraphernalia.
Oppose	HB1657	establishing a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program.	Education	Wed 1/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program and makes an appropriation therefor.
Oppose	HB1655	relative to natural immunity system health and wellness curriculum in schools.	Education	Wed 1/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires instruction of kindergarten through high school students on natural immunity health and wellness programs.
Oppose	HB1684	limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted amounts.	Education	Wed 1/12	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill limits the amounts of funds appropriated from the education trust fund to the education freedom account program to budgeted sums.
Oppose	HB1680	establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.	Education	Wed 1/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill modifies the determination and funding for an opportunity for a constitutionally adequate education by establishing foundation opportunity budgets and state foundation opportunity grants.
Of Interest	SB328	relative to the date of the state primary election.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Wed 1/12	1:40 PM	SH Room 103	This bill changes the date of the state primary election to the third Tuesday in June.
Of Interest	SB364	relative to the use of electronic poll books.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Wed 1/12	2:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill extends the time requirement for markup of a backup checklist in the use of electronic poll books.
Of Interest	SB366	requiring an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 primary and general election.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Wed 1/12	2:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill requires an audit of ballots cast in the 2022 state primary and general elections.
Of Interest	SB223	relative to requirements for recovery houses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/12	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill modifies the requirements for facility bedroom square-footage in order for recovery houses to be exempted from certain requirements of the state fire code by the state fire marshal.
Of Interest	SB226	establishing a recruitment and retention program for state employment.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/12	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes specific criteria allowing the director of the division of personnel, department of administrative services, to develop a state employee recruitment and retention program.
Of Interest	SB363	relative to service credit for certain group II retirement eligibility.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/12	9:50 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows certain retirement system members to purchase nonqualified service time as group II creditable service in order to reduce certain transition provision requirements for retirement.
Oppose	SB281	relative to nursing home policies regarding notice of vacancy.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits a private nursing home or assisted living facility from enforcing a 30-day notice of vacancy policy in the event of a resident’s death and provides that, in such cases, the month in which the resident passes shall be the last month for which payment is due.
Support	SB282	relative to advertising oneself as a doctor of acupuncture.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/12	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill permits certain practitioners to advertise as doctors of acupuncture.
Oppose	HB1235	relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill increases the maximum recovery per claimant under the victims’ assistance fund and establishes a maximum recovery amount for victims under the FRM victims contribution recovery fund. The bill also extends the repeal date of the FRM victims contribution recovery fund.
Support	HB1101	relative to a forfeiture of personal property.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill limits the conditions under which seized property may be transferred to a federal agency.
Of Interest	HB1133	prohibiting the termination of a lease during the sale of real property.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the termination of a residential lease during the sale of the property being leased.
Of Interest	SB304	relative to discrimination in public workplaces and education.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill removes provisions concerning freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education, and clarifies the authority of public schools and public employers concerning discrimination.
Of Interest	SB299	relative to the penalty for escape.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the elements required for charging felony or misdemeanor escape.
Oppose	HB1216	repealing the housing appeals board.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	2:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the housing appeals board.
Oppose	HB1200	relative to notice of rent increases in residential rental property.	Judiciary	Wed 1/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires notice by a landlord of at least 45 days of a proposed rent increase.
Of Interest	CACR24	the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general be elected by a majority vote of the members of the general court in a joint session.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/12	10:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution removes the governor and executive council’s authority to nominate and appoint the attorney general and gives the authority to elect the attorney general to the New Hampshire senate and house of representatives.
Of Interest	CACR25	legislative term limits. Providing that no person shall serve more than 15 terms in either the house of representatives or the senate.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/12	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes a 15-term limit for the New Hampshire house of representatives and the New Hampshire senate, respectively.
Of Interest	CACR26	relating to the house of representatives. Providing that 100 of the representatives are elected using party list proportional representation.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution mandates that 100 members of the house of representatives be elected by determining the proportions of each party voting in the given election and allocating the amount of members out of 100 to each party based on such proportions.
Of Interest	CACR27	elected and appointed officials. Providing that all state court judges shall be subject to recall and removal by petition and vote of registered voters pursuant to provisions established by the legislature.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/12	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides for all state court judges to be subject to recall, removal, and replacement by petition and vote of registered voters.
Of Interest	HB1211	requiring the installation of electronic tolling.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 1/12	1:45 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires the department of transportation to replace all toll booths in the state with electronic tolling by July 1, 2035.
Of Interest	HB1593	requiring the department of transportation to erect sound barriers on Interstate Route 95 in the city of Portsmouth.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 1/12	2:45 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires the department of transportation to erect a sound barrier on Interstate 95 in the city of Portsmouth.
Oppose	HB1452	renaming the department of environmental services the department of environmental protection and assigning the department oversight of private drinking water wells.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/12	9:45 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill changes the name of the department of environmental services to the department of environmental protection and authorizes the department to regulate private drinking wells.
Of Interest	HB1292	permitting the use of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles on the statewide trail system.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/12	11:15 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill permits and regulates the use of small unmanned aircraft on the statewide trail system.
Of Interest	HB1227	relative to the definition of prime wetland.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/12	4:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill further defines prime wetland for local protection in fill and dredge permits.
Of Interest	SB313	relative to the authority of the office of professional licensure and certification to establish fees.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/12	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill clarifies that the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification has authority to establish fees on behalf of the boards, commissions, and councils administered by the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	SB345	relative to youth employment.	Commerce	Thu 1/13	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill makes certain changes to the laws governing employment of 14 and 15 year olds.
Of Interest	SB209	relative to electronic wage payments.	Commerce	Thu 1/13	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the provisions related to payment of an employee’s wages by direct deposit.
Oppose	SB384	requiring notice of the hands-free law at the point of sale for cell phones.	Commerce	Thu 1/13	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires notice of the state’s hands-free law at the point of sale for cell phones and other mobile electronic devices.
Of Interest	HB1276	allowing for school district budgets and warrant articles to include cost per student information.	Education	Thu 1/13	11:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allow for a school district to require the cost per student information be noted on the school district budget and special warrant articles.
Of Interest	SB352	relative to substitute teacher criminal history records check.	Education	Thu 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill permits substitute teachers who have undergone a criminal records check to work within the same school administrative unit without undergoing an additional records check.
Support	HB1298	relative to eligibility for the education tax credit.	Education	Thu 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the household income level to qualify as an eligible student under the education tax credit program.
Oppose	SB420	establishing an extraordinary need grant for schools.	Education	Thu 1/13	1:45 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes an extraordinary need grant for schools in addition to regular adequate education grants and relief grants.
Support	HB1137	relative to the duty of school boards to provide education.	Education	Thu 1/13	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill states the duties and responsibilities of elected school boards and allows school boards to contract with any private school approved by the school board as a school tuition program.
Support	HB1169	relative to public comment and inquiry during school board meetings.	Education	Thu 1/13	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes requirements for public meetings held by a school board to include a designated time period for questions from the public and answers from the board. The bill also allows an attendee of a meeting of the school board to demand which New Hampshire statute or administrative rule gives the school board the authority described in a school policy or operational procedure.
Oppose	HB1535	relative to cost of living adjustments for retirees in the state retirement system.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/13	9:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes an initial cost of living adjustment in 2022, and subsequent increases subject to the prior approval of the board of trustees, to be paid by the retirement system on the first $30,000 of a retired member’s or beneficiary’s allowance.
Oppose	HB1417	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/13	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	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	SB319	relative to vaccination status and wellness incentives.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/13	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires that all health coverage offered by health carriers to employers shall provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insured is currently fully vaccinated for Covid-19 at the time of enrollment. The bill repeals this requirement in 2023.
Support	HB1325	relative to release of confidential records of a person appointed a guardian.	Judiciary	Thu 1/13	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that a person appointed a guardian shall retain the right to access and consent to the release of his or her confidential records unless the terms of the appointment provide otherwise.
Oppose	CACR14	relating to unions. Providing that all workers have the right to join a union.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/13	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right for workers to join a union in the state of New Hampshire.
Oppose	CACR28	relating to the minimum wage. Providing that all workers have a right to a minimum wage that provides them with well-being and a dignified existence.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/13	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides workers with the right to a minimum wage that provides them with well-being and a dignified existence.
Support	HB1089	relative to the unenforceability of noncompete agreements upon termination of an employee for noncompliance with a vaccination mandate.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/13	1:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill provides that a noncompete agreement between an employer and an employee who is terminated for refusing to comply with an employer-mandated vaccination requirement shall be unenforceable against such employee.
Oppose	HB1207	requiring an employer to provide paid time off for an employee to vote.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/13	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer to grant an employee paid time off so the employee may vote.
Oppose	HB1076	relative to illegal productivity quotas.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/13	3:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill implements provisions regulating productivity quotas in workplaces.
Of Interest	HB1112	relative to competitive bidding in counties.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/13	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes a procedure for competitive bidding for purchases made by any county in the state.
Support	HB1387	enabling municipalities to adopt a property tax homestead exemption.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 1/13	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill enables municipalities to adopt a property tax homestead exemption against the assessment on a person’s principal place of residence.
Support	HB1432	prohibiting the use of state funds for new passenger rail projects.	Public Works and Highways	Thu 1/13	11:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits the department of transportation from utilizing state funds for the planning, construction, operation, or management of new passenger rail projects.
Support	HB1221	relative to the rates of the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax.	Ways and Means	Thu 1/13	10:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the rates of the business profits and business enterprise taxes for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2023.
Support	HB1500	reducing the rate of the communications services tax and repealing the tax in 2025.	Ways and Means	Thu 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the rate of the communications services tax for 2022 through 2024 and repeals the tax in 2025.
Support	HB1204	reducing the rate of the meals and rooms tax and increasing the revenue sharing of meals and rooms tax revenue with municipalities.	Ways and Means	Thu 1/13	2:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the rate of the tax on meals, rooms, and gross rental receipts, and increases the percentage of meals and rooms tax revenues distributed to municipalities.
Support	HB1539	relative to the removal of certain information from the New Hampshire state police website.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/14	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires the state police to remove certain arrest records from the New Hampshire state police website.
Support	HB1091	relative to search warrants for individuals engaged in fish and game activities.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Fri 1/14	10:15 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires conservation officers to obtain a search warrant for conducting certain enforcement operations, unless the person is engaged in the act of taking.
Of Interest	HB1308	prohibiting the capture, possession, and propagation of hares and rabbits for hunting dog training and field trials.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Fri 1/14	2:45 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits the taking, keeping, or propagation in captivity of snowshoe hares or wild rabbits for the purpose of dog training.
Support	HB1092	requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	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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