• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 36 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 9 and opposition of 4 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 25 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 6 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB84	allowing municipalities to collect fees for certain recreational vehicles located on campground properties.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows municipalities to impose a fee on campground owners for recreational vehicles on campgrounds that are not taxable as real estate.
Oppose	HB86	increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail.
Of Interest	HB99	relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	11:20 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability.
Of Interest	HB101	relative to exempting certain elderly homeowners from paying property taxes.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill creates a qualified persons tax exemption to allow certain seniors property tax relief on their primary residence.
Support	SB19	relative to hotel and motel operations.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Repeals the requirement that hotel keepers post a notice of rental rates in hotel rooms. II. Repeals the requirement that motel operators place signs displaying rates for rental units.
Support	SB24	allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows students under age 21 to taste wine in certain educational settings.
Support	SB27	relative to dwellings over water.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows improvements to certain dwellings over water.
Support	HB81	allowing patrons to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of a restaurant.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows patrons in on-premises establishments to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of the establishment.
Of Interest	HB79	establishing a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	1:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill establishes a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.
Support	HB276	removing the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	2:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill removes the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.
Of Interest	SB11	relative to the allocation of electoral college votes.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill apportions the state’s presidential electors so that 2 at-large presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in the state, and congressional district presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in their respective congressional districts.
Support	SB45	clarifying the placement of political signs on municipal property.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:50 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill clarifies the conditions under which political advertising may be placed on municipal property.
Of Interest	SB43	removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill removes articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.
Oppose	SB35	making an appropriation for rail trail project matching funds.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates funds to the department of transportation to be granted to the town of Warner as matching funds for a section of the rail trail in Warner.
Oppose	SB20	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB106	establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/14	3:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to determine the financial cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and methods of recouping such costs.
Of Interest	HB310	establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets in New Hampshire.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets (“RWAs”) in New Hampshire.
Support	HB302	relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets.
Of Interest	HB359	prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that financial institutions and insurers use objective information when providing banking services and prohibits those institutions from denying or canceling services based certain personally held beliefs.
Oppose	SB21	relative to establishing a New Hampshire state trooper recruitment loan debt relief program and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the New Hampshire state trooper school loan debt relief program.
Oppose	SB28	relative to workers’ compensation claims involving emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that “date of injury” for purposes of workers’ compensation claims by emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder shall be determined in accordance with the statute governing date of injury for occupational disease or cumulative trauma.
Oppose	SB29	relative to membership, jurisdiction, and reports of the health care workplace safety commission and relative to health care facility reporting requirements under the workplace violence prevention program.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adds a representative of Hampstead hospital to the health care workplace safety commission, requires monthly reporting of incidents to the department of labor, repeals an exemption for state operated health care facilities from jurisdiction of the commission, and clarifies that annual reports of the commission are not confidential. The bill is a request of the health care workplace safety commission.
Oppose	SB37	relative to residential care and health facility licensing.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/15	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill revises residential care and health facility licensing requirements by (1) requiring licensed residential care facilities to have quality assurance programs; (2) requiring the results of any investigation be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility; (3) requiring facilities to post the results of Life Safety inspections known as “notices to correct;” (4) removing a redundant reference to administrative fines; (5) changing the term “hospital” to the term “facility;” and (6) removing the word “continuing” from the initial education requirements and replacing the term “ongoing training” with continuing education in the annual training requirement. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB88	establishing community property trusts.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows community property trusts to be formed in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB111	extending the position of right-to-know ombudsman for 2 years.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill extends the office of the right-to-know ombudsman, complaint process, appeal and enforcement, and rulemaking for 2 years.
Of Interest	HB127	extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut River Headwaters property from September 30 to Columbus Day.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill extends the annual closing date for OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property until the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day.
Oppose	HB203	relative to coast guard approved personal flotation devices while on New Hampshire state waters.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires occupants of canoes, kayaks, or rowing sculls on state waters who are not part of an official competition to wear a personal floatation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Support	HB115	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education Funding	Thu 1/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
Support	HB267	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts individuals with degrees in veterinary medicine or chiropractics who have completed a nationally recognized animal chiropractic program, as determined by the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, from veterinary licensure requirements.
Support	HB85	relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill allows for the temporary licensure of student respiratory therapists and authorizes the office of professional licensure and certification, in consultation with the advisory board of respiratory care practitioners, to adopt rules governing this temporary licensure.
Support	HB82	relative to the regulation of various occupations.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill amends licensing statutes and the office of professional licensure and certification’s governing statutes to shift certain responsibilities and regulation to the office, in keeping with prior legislation. This bill amends statutes related to the regulation of (1) land surveyors, (2) landscape architects; (3) alcohol and other drug use professionals, (4) mental health practitioners, (5) professional engineers, (6) psychologists, (7) architects, (8) podiatrists, (9) the boxing and wrestling commission, (10) auctioneers, (11) electricians, (12) professional bondsmen, (13) nurse agency registration, and (14) doula and lactation specialist certification. This bill is at the request of the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	HB55	repealing the Selective Service Compliance Act.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act.
Support	HB104	relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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

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

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

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

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

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