• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 48 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 12 and opposition of 3 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 35 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 5 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB748	establishing a local education freedom account program.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 3/3	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows school districts to adopt a program for local education freedom accounts for a parent of an eligible student to receive a grant from a scholarship organization for qualifying educational expenses at a public school, chartered public school, nonpublic school, or program approved by the department of education.
Support	HB231	prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical procedures without parental consent.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 3/3	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts to create a policy prohibiting school district personnel from transporting any student who is a minor for any medical or health-related procedures or appointments without knowledge and approval of a parent or guardian unless he or she is following a published school district emergency health or medical protocol or policy.
Support	HB413	relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 3/3	9:40 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill: I. Extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 7 years and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 3 years. II. Changes the building code and fire code appeals process, limiting the jurisdiction of the local building code board of appeals to hearing decisions made under local amendments to those codes. III. Provides that decisions of the building code review board regarding decisions of the fire marshal and local building code board of appeals may be appealed to superior court or the housing appeals board.
Of Interest	HB266	relative to structural changes to the department of energy.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 3/3	9:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill: I. Ensures the department’s full party status in proceedings before the public utilities commission. II. Requires the department to support the public utilities commission, site evaluation committee, office of the consumer advocate, and any related entities. III. Allow the department to demand documents and specific answers from public utilities or related entities. This bill is at the request of the department of energy.
Oppose	HB493	requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure.	Children and Family Law	Tue 3/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure.
Support	SB90	allowing high-density residential development on land zoned for commercial use.	Commerce	Tue 3/4	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes high-density residential development on commercially zoned land.
Support	SB175	relative to the use of covenants by municipalities.	Commerce	Tue 3/4	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill grants municipalities the authority to enforce private covenants while prohibiting municipalities and state government from requiring or encouraging covenants as a condition of zoning or land use approval, with exceptions made for workforce housing developments.
Support	SB281	prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.	Commerce	Tue 3/4	10:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill changes the requirements that allow a building to be constructed on a lot adjacent to a class VI roadway.
Support	SB283	relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances.	Commerce	Tue 3/4	11:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires municipalities to exclude below-grade areas from floor-area-ratio (FAR) calculations and review and adjust height limitations as needed to maximize capacity and height potential for new construction.
Support	SB163	prohibiting local moratoria and limitations on building permits.	Commerce	Tue 3/4	11:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits municipalities from adopting new ordinances, regulations, or policies that establish moratoria or limitations on building permits or approvals for subdivisions and site plans, and repeals existing authority for temporary moratoria or limitations.
Support	HB463	relative to the composition of the board of recount in elections for the select board and for the school board.	Election Law	Tue 3/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits candidates for the select board and the school board from sitting on a board of recount in an election where such candidate is on the ballot.
Oppose	SB214	enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 3/4	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill allows for no-excuse absentee registration and voting.
Support	SB231	relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/4	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands and lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements do not exceed 50 feet and are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards.
Oppose	SB235	enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/4	9:40 AM	SH Room 103	This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
Support	HB616	relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 3/4	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of abuse of animals unless such person is charged with cruelty to animals or the animals require temporary protective custody. This bill also requires the state veterinarian or their designee to accompany an investigating officer when livestock are the subject of a cruelty case in order to set probable cause criteria for the taking of the animal.
Support	SB270	relative to allowing owners to gather items necessary for work from impounded vehicles.	Judiciary	Tue 3/4	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows individuals to retrieve personal and work-related items from an impounded vehicle so long as the individual is accompanied by the vehicle’s owner.
Oppose	SB259	creating an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities.	Judiciary	Tue 3/4	1:10 PM	SH Room 100	This bill creates an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities.
Oppose	SB263	criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.	Judiciary	Tue 3/4	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill criminalizes and creates a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.
Oppose	HB660	requiring historic horse racing facilities to compensate their host communities with a percentage of the revenue generated from their historic horse racing machines.	Ways and Means	Tue 3/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires historic horse racing facilities to transfer 10 percent of revenue generated, after breakage and payment of winnings, to host municipalities.
Support	HB529	relative to the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 3/5	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill: I. Extends the hours of sales of alcoholic beverages. II. Allows on-premises licensees to deliver liquor to customers who order a meal for home delivery. III. Allows on-premises licensees to sell beer in refillable containers and refill such containers with beer.
Support	HB695	relative to school districts and medically-related grants.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 3/5	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill directs the department of education to require school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting schools from seeking grants for medical products or services or accepting grant-provided medical products or services, or funds therefor, unless the citizens of the municipality vote in favor of such action.
Oppose	HB250	enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 3/5	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill enables local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.
Oppose	SB302	requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/5	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires background checks for solid waste facility owners including partners and managers.
Support	HB559	relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/5	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill provides that not more than one emergency medical care provider shall be required to provide care to a patient during transport in an ambulance or other emergency medical service vehicle.
Support	HB357	relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/5	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill limits childhood immunization requirements to diseases identified in statute. The bill removes the authority of the commissioner of health and human services to adopt rules requiring immunization for additional childhood diseases.
Support	HB358	relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/5	11:30 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill provides that a parent or legal guardian may claim an exemption from childhood immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief by providing a signed statement to that effect. The bill removes the statutory reference to a form used for such purpose.
Support	HB701	relative to a health care patient’s right to try certain emergency health care treatment options.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/5	1:00 PM	LOB Room 201	This bill expands a health care patient’s right to try emerging health care treatment options.
Support	HB522	relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state.	Judiciary	Wed 3/5	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes an expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state.

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

Of the 31 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 0 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB200	relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/27	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap.
Support	HB138	relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/27	10:20 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles.
Support	HB284	requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/27	10:40 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires that municipalities require tax impact statements on budgets and warrant articles and a total tax summary statement.
Support	HB613	relative to enabling local political subdivisions to vote and set a reduced default budget option.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/27	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill enables local political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to adopt provisions for an annual choice for a reduced default budget.
Support	HB475	relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/27	1:45 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill alters the definition of default budget to include salary and benefit reductions which occur as a result of position turnover.

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

Of the 84 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 14 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 51 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 10 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB285	relative to determination of parental rights and responsibilities.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill adds to the list of factors for a court to consider in determining parental rights and responsibilities any known mental health conditions of the parent.
Oppose	SB169	requiring employers to provide certain information regarding cost sharing to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires employers who provide supplemental pay to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits to notify the employee with a breakdown of payments, anticipated financial adjustments, employee costs of withholdings, and method of payment options.
Oppose	SB177	relative to requiring New Hampshire employers with over 25 employees use the E-Verify system.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires New Hampshire employers with over 25 employees to use the E-Verify system and provides for complaint investigation through the department of labor.
Oppose	SB176	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Commerce	Tue 2/18	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate.
Support	SB33	relative to the regulation of public school materials.	Education	Tue 2/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires local school districts to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for use by students in the district and outlining procedures to address complaints alleging that material is harmful or age-inappropriate for use in the district’s schools.
Support	HB709	allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 2/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property tax or school district taxes.
Support	HB741	allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 2/18	3:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows parents to send their children to public schools outside of their resident district.
Oppose	HB714	creating a single primary ballot.	Election Law	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates a single party ballot for use in state and congressional primaries.
Support	SB105	enabling towns to adopt budget caps.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/18	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill enables towns to adopt budget caps.
Support	SB217	relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires cities and towns to provide public notice of historical tax rates and proposed building projects.
Support	SB229	relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat and removes the prospective repeal of the provisions governing the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.
Oppose	SB234	relative to the electric assistance program.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	9:40 AM	SH Room 103	This bill:I. Establishes an advisory council for the electric assistance program. II. Caps the system benefits charge for the program at 2 mills (or 0.2 cents) per kilowatt-hour, with adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. The bill is a request of the office of the consumer advocate.
Oppose	SB226	suspending applications for new landfills and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill suspends applications for new landfills and establishes a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.
Oppose	SB227	relative to site setbacks for landfills.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/18	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires certain tests and setbacks before the department of environmental services grants a landfill permit in New Hampshire.
Support	HB505	allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.
Support	HB396	exempting meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts meat and meat food products slaughtered and prepared in state for sale in state from certain inspections.
Support	HB457	relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units.	Housing	Tue 2/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill prohibits the adoption and enforcement of any zoning ordinance that restricts the number of occupants of a dwelling unit to fewer than 2 occupants per bedroom. The bill also prohibits the adoption and enforcement of any zoning ordinance that discriminates based on familial, non-familial, or marital status.
Oppose	SB139	creating a private right of action in civil rights cases.	Judiciary	Tue 2/18	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill creates a private right of action in civil rights cases.
Oppose	HB542	relative to weekly benefit amounts for unemployment compensation.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill updates the weekly benefit amount for total unemployment and the maximum total amount of benefits payable during any benefit year.
Oppose	HB744	relative to workers’ compensation indemnity benefits percentage.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill changes the percentage of workers’ compensation indemnity benefits to 66 2/3 percent.
Oppose	HB554	enabling municipalities to choose whether or not to place political advertising on municipal property.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill designates the authority to decide where political signs will be placed in a municipality to that municipality.
Support	HB512	relative to preventing municipal employees from being paid under multiple municipal contracts simultaneously.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	9:20 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill:I. Prevents town managers, administrators, and school superintendents from being compensated by more than one town or district contract at a time. II. Creates criminal penalties for town managers, administrators, and school superintendents who accept compensation from more than one town or district contract at a time.
Oppose	HB490	relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	10:20 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the governmental unit from claims for injury related to such aid and shelter absent intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for safety.
Oppose	HB668	authorizing municipalities to hold a referendum to rescind the licenses of historic horse racing facilities.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill authorizes municipalities to hold a referendum on whether to prohibit the sale of pari-mutuel wagers on historic horse racing.
Of Interest	HB755	relative to the state’s electric utility market.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 2/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of grid modernization to reference cost-effective measures intended to create a competitive market place of electricity suppliers, defines “load reducer” for purposes of electric utility restructuring; and establishes certain retail market reforms intended to enable innovation.
Oppose	HB533	relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.	Transportation	Tue 2/18	10:10 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill authorizes the division of state police to use civilian automotive equipment inspectors in certain inspections and authorizes any officer of the department of safety or other law enforcement agent certified to conduct truck inspections to enter, during regular business hours, the commercial premises owned or leased by a commercial carrier, wherein certain required records are stored or maintained, for the purpose of conducting a compliance review, new entrant safety audit, or investigation, and to inspect, in a reasonable manner, the records for the purpose of enforcing certain regulations. This bill is a request of the department of safety.
Support	HB721	relative to establishing gold and silver as legal tender.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes gold and silver as legal tender.
Oppose	HB454	requiring that retailers of fuel blends with 15% ethanol also offer fuel blends with 10% or lower ethanol content.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a fuel retailer to sell a fuel blend with 10% ethanol or less if they sell a fuel blend with 15% or more of ethanol.
Support	HB517	repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan.
Oppose	HB774	requiring Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.
Support	HB565	allowing persons under 21 into veterans’ clubs, private clubs, and social clubs under certain conditions.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/19	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows persons under 21 into veterans’ clubs, private clubs, and social clubs if they are signed in by a person who is 21 years of age or older.
Support	HB361	prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support	HB360	prohibiting public schools from performing diagnostic tests or surgical procedures, or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits public schools from performing diagnostic tests or surgical procedures, or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.
Oppose	HB50	relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/19	3:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides that no education law of this state shall be construed to bar any school employee from teaching the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination. The bill also repeals provisions of the law relating to the right to freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education.
Support	HB779	allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/19	10:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the sale of uninspected rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.
Support	HB694	requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/19	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires that property leased by state agencies be leased at a rate which would be considered a fair market rate, unless a sub-market rate is agreed to by the property owner.
Oppose	SB243	relative to the child care scholarship program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/19	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to adopt administrative rules regarding payments for child care providers, the child care scholarship presumptive eligibility pilot program, and the child care scholarship application process study.
Support	HB117	relative to the substitution of biological products.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/19	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill modifies the definition of “interchangeable biological product” and allows for interchangeable biological products to be provided by pharmacists subject to certain restrictions.
Support	HB148	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities.
Support	HB584	relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Oppose	HB641	establishing a private right of action for civil rights violations.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows a person who is the subject of a civil rights violation to bring suit and receive punitive damages.
Support	HB620	relative to the exercise of the freedom of religion.	Judiciary	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill enacts a religious freedom restoration act, prohibiting the government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion unless it is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering such interest. The bill further provides for remedies for violations of the act’s provisions.
Oppose	HB477	establishing a commission to study safety and security procedures in the New Hampshire state house.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	9:45 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill establishes a commission to study the feasibility and implementation of certain state house complex safety and security procedures; provides the commission with duties; and provides for the commission’s repeal.
Support	HB314	prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill regulates the use of public funds for lobbying activities and establishes certain additional enforcement mechanisms.
Oppose	HB605	relative to employment protections for members of the general court.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/19	1:45 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides that serving as a member of state legislature shall be considered public service for purposes of federal student loan forgiveness programs. The bill also provides members of the general court with employment protections during the legislative session.
Support	SB282	relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.	Commerce	Thu 2/20	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows residential buildings between 6 and 4 floors above grade to have only one stairway under certain conditions.
Support	SB284	relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces.	Commerce	Thu 2/20	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill limits residential parking spaces to one per unit, with exceptions for certain workforce housing and multi-family developments.
Oppose	SB267	relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron.	Judiciary	Thu 2/20	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a mandatory $500 fine for engaging in prostitution as a patron, in addition to any other penalty, and directs that the funds are to be forwarded for use in the victims’ assistance fund.
Oppose	SB144	authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.	Judiciary	Thu 2/20	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and provides processes for the confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.

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

Of the 108 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 17 and opposition of 20 with 6 being of interest.
Of the 50 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 11 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB781	requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education, and making an appropriation therefor.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts to adopt policies governing student cell phone use in schools and makes an appropriation therefore.
Support	HB765	consolidating school administrative units and making school superintendents jobs an elected position.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill: I. Consolidates the authority and duties of school administrative units. II. Empowers school boards to develop, evaluate, and implement school curriculums. III. Makes school superintendents elected officials.
Support	HB283	relative to the list of subjects that comprise an adequate education.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill reduces the list of subjects which comprise an adequate education.
Support	HB768	allowing public schools to contract with any approved private school.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved private school, including religious schools.
Oppose	HB431	establishing a commission to review draft rules related to minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards developed by the department of education.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 2/10	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates a commission to review all drafts of education rules related to minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards.
Oppose	SB129	relative to establishing an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.	Health and Human Services	Mon 2/10	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.
Oppose	SB136	establishing an uncompensated care assessment, fund, and committee within the department of insurance.	Health and Human Services	Mon 2/10	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.
Oppose	HB547	relative to county reimbursement of funds.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides a credit to counties for reimbursement expenses due to the state for expenditures for residents receiving services from nursing homes.
Oppose	HB681	establishing a statewide online energy data platform.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill outlines the framework and operational guidelines for an online energy data platform, as approved by the commission in Order No. 26,589 on March 2, 2022.
Support	HB723	repealing the multi-use energy data platform.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform.
Support	HB672	to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/10	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill defines “off-grid electricity providers” and establishes a specific category for off-grid electricity providers, exempting them from certain regulations as long as they remain independent from the regulated electric grid.
Support	HB430	reducing the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill reduces the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services from 10 years to 3 years.
Support	HB652	abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/11	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill abolishes the family division, creates the office of family mediation, and reassigns the jurisdiction of the family division.
Oppose	SB162	relative to restrictions on acquisition of ownership, controlling, and occupancy interests in real property by certain foreign principals on or around certain military installations, and criminal penalties and civil forfeiture procedures for illegal acquisition.	Commerce	Tue 2/11	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill restricts foreign principals from countries of concern, or their agents, from acquiring ownership, controlling, or occupancy interests in real property within 10 miles of a protected facility. This bill also establishes an affidavit filing requirement to confirm eligibility for acquiring such property interests and introduces criminal penalties and a forfeiture procedure for violations.
Oppose	SB86	relative to the housing finance authority’s affordable housing guarantee program.	Commerce	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill established a affordable housing guarantee program within the housing finance authority to promote affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons.
Oppose	SB203	relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill changes income eligibility and reporting requirements for the education freedom account program and modifies the program’s administration and oversight.
Oppose	SB204	relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires local school districts to provide breakfast and lunch to pupils under their jurisdiction at no cost to children from households with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. It also appropriates funds to reimburse school districts for these costs and to assist schools in establishing an online application process.
Oppose	SB205	requiring schools to offer free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch to children who meet federal income eligibility guidelines.	Education	Tue 2/11	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires school boards to provide breakfast and lunch to pupils under their jurisdiction.
Of Interest	HB739	relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for the use of school districts.	Education Funding	Tue 2/11	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires municipalities to remit any excess statewide education property tax to the state for deposit in the general fund.
Oppose	HB729	making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.	Education Funding	Tue 2/11	11:20 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the department of education to hire an attorney solely to review the content and structure of education laws. The cost shall be paid from the education trust fund.
Of Interest	HB684	preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill: I. Prevents student identification cards from being used to obtain a ballot. II. Changes the period for which expired identification can be used to obtain a ballot.
Of Interest	HB618	enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver’s license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	11:40 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver’s license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database.
Oppose	HB172	restricting undeclared voters from same-day voting in a presidential or state primary.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	1:40 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill restricts undeclared voters from registering with a party on the same day of a primary in order to vote in a presidential or state primary election.
Oppose	HB175	relative to defined coordinated expenditures.	Election Law	Tue 2/11	2:20 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill: I. Creates and expands upon the definitions of coordinated and independent expenditures. II. Creates a new maximum expenditure limit for political advocacy committees.
Of Interest	SB219	requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/11	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center.
Of Interest	SB223	relative to using college or university student identification cards to obtain a ballot.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill provides for in-state tuition at any institution in the university system of New Hampshire or the community college system for any person who is registered to vote in this state. The bill also removes college or university identification cards from valid photo identification for obtaining a ballot.
Oppose	HB304	relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/11	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill details labeling requirements for food products produced in homestead kitchens.
Support	HB307	relative to the food production area for homestead food.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/11	3:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows homestead food production in a food production area.
Oppose	SB241	relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor.	Finance	Tue 2/11	1:40 PM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes and makes an appropriation to the Hampton Beach State Park pier fund, a dedicated fund to be administered by the department of natural and cultural resources for the purpose of siting, permitting, design, and construction of a public pier at Hampton Beach.
Support	HB280	relative to wage payments.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/11	1:45 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill repeals the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorizes employers to choose the payment method of their employees.
Oppose	HB487	relative to providing employees with advance notice of the work schedule.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 2/11	2:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill provides employees with advance notice of the work schedule.
Support	HB411	relative to making the use of a mobile electronic device while driving a secondary offense.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	10:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill establishes that the offense prohibiting the use of mobile electronic devices while driving is a secondary offense only enforceable when a driver of a motor vehicle has been stopped for a suspected violation of another provision of Title XXI or some other offense.
Support	HB649	removing the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminating funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill removes the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminates funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund.
Oppose	SB274	establishing a 4-year pilot program with potential for statewide expansion to improve rail trails in New Hampshire through federal, state, and private funding and making a bonded appropriation therefor.	Transportation	Tue 2/11	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill: I. Transfers ownership of 4 rail corridors, and all duties and responsibilities therefor, to the department of natural and cultural resources. II. Establishes a pilot project to improve the rail trails in 4 rail corridors with funding from federal grants, state sources, and private contributions. III. Establishes the rail trail project fund and the rail trail emergency fund. IV. Makes a bonded appropriation to the bureau of trails for the rail trail pilot project.
Oppose	HB387	relative to balloons being released into the air.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	11:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the release of lighter-than-air balloons into the air and establishes penalties for violations of this prohibition.
Oppose	HB466	relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill modifies periods of suspension under different circumstances stemming from a refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration. This bill further modifies the penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. This bill is at the request of the department of safety.
Oppose	HB473	criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill expands the criminal statute criminalizing exposing children to methamphetamine and allowing for law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening or testing for criminal exposure to methamphetamine to cover all controlled substances, except those possessed pursuant to a lawful prescription.
Support	HB528	legalizing the possession and use of psilocybin for persons 21 years of age or older.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/12	3:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes that it is not an offense for a person 21 years of age or older to obtain, purchase, transport, possess, or use psilocybin.
Oppose	SB293	relative to using enrollment in Medicaid as a measure of eligibility for school lunches.	Education Finance	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Expands the meaning of pupil as it pertains to school funding. II. Increases funding for schools who have pupils enrolled in Medicaid.
Support	SB295	expanding the number of students eligible for education freedom accounts.	Education Finance	Wed 2/12	3:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the number of students eligible for education freedom accounts by removing household income thresholds.
Oppose	HB719	repealing the use of unused district facilities by chartered public schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/12	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the right of first refusal for chartered public schools regarding unused school district facilities.
Oppose	HB738	requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 2/12	3:00 PM	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.
Support	HB435	relative to the definition of professional engineer.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/12	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill clarifies that the “practice of engineering” for purposes of the regulation of professional engineers does not include any professional service or creative work performed in the fields of information technology, information security, electronics, digital systems, or computing.
Of Interest	HB176	relative to changing the state flag design.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/12	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill changes the design of the state flag.
Oppose	HB720	prohibiting the importation and sale of live bait fish from out of state.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits the importation and sale of live bait fish from out of state.
Of Interest	HB589	defining and prohibiting wanton animal waste and prohibiting certain wildlife hunting contests.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Wed 2/12	1:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill defines and prohibits wanton animal waste and prohibits certain wildlife hunting contests.
Oppose	SB245	prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/12	10:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits health carriers and providers from balance billing for ambulance services and establishes parameters for reimbursement of ground ambulance services by participating and non-participating ambulance service providers.
Of Interest	HB743	relative to patient access to health care prices and billing practices.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires health care entities to provide an estimate of the price of health care services to be provided. The bill also requires health care entities to post notice of a patient’s right to request this information and requires health insurance carriers to provide an insured patient with an advanced explanation of benefits withing 3 business days of receiving a good faith estimate from a health care entity. The bill also requires hospitals to comply with federal price transparency requirements, directs the department of health and human services to adopt rules regarding the disclosure requirements, and provides for the assessment of fines for noncompliance.
Support	HB548	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts direct-pay health care facilities from certain licensing requirements and policies in RSA 151:2-f as well as the moratorium on licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151:2, VI(a). The bill also establishes a patient’s bill of right for direct-pay facilities and directs the department of health and human services to study direct-pay models.
Support	HB223	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/12	1:45 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill exempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from the notice and consent requirements for establishment within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
Support	CACR6	relating to the right to compute. Providing that the right of individuals to use computation resources shall not be infringed.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to recognize an individual’s right to use computation resources.
Support	HB509	relative to the contents of the attorney general’s annual report detailing state forfeiture information for the preceding fiscal year.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill changes the requirements for the annual report from the attorney general concerning forfeitures of personal property.
Oppose	HB587	allowing admission of one-party audio and video recordings in certain circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows a person to record or possess a recording of what he or she reasonably believes to be a crime and to provide it to law enforcement for use in court.
Oppose	HB402	relative to liability as taxable income of education freedom account payments.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill: I. Repeals the statement that education freedom account funds shall not constitute taxable income to the parent of the education freedom account student. II. Requires the timely delivery of IRS 1099 forms to parties responsible for tax liabilities incurred from payments made from a education freedom account.
Oppose	HB483	relative to the definition of a scholarship organization for purposes of the education tax credit.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides that, for purposes of the education tax credit, a qualifying scholarship organization shall be incorporated in this state.
Oppose	HB503	amending how revenues from taxes are allocated to the education trust fund.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill increases the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and meals and rooms tax, and reestablishes the interest and dividends tax. The bill provides for deposit of the additional revenue in the education trust fund.
Oppose	HB669	relative to requiring all revenue raised under the statewide education property tax to be deposited in the education trust fund, and setting an equalized statewide tax rate.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/12	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires all revenue raised from the statewide education property tax to be deposited in the education trust fund and sets an equalized statewide tax rate.
Support	SB268	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.	Judiciary	Thu 2/13	2:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities.
Support	SB38	relative to state recognition of biological sex.	Judiciary	Thu 2/13	2:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides a definition for “biological sex” and provides that certain designations by biological sex do not constitute unlawful discrimination.