• 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 32 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 11 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 19 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1608	relative to providing an induction program for new teachers.	Education	Mon 3/4	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates an induction program for new teachers.
Oppose	HB1605	relative to alternative education programs for granting credit leading to graduation.	Education	Mon 3/4	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires all alternative learning programs for granting credit leading to graduation to comply with state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
Oppose	HB1592	relative to the use of education freedom account funds in religious schools.	Education	Mon 3/4	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the use of education freedom account funds at religious schools or for religious education or training, and repeals provisions relating to independence of and legal proceedings concerning education freedom account providers.
Oppose	HB1084	relative to qualifications for the commissioner of education.	Education	Mon 3/4	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes minimum qualifications for the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the department of education.
Oppose	HB1610	relative to standardized assessment data for participants in education freedom accounts.	Education	Mon 3/4	12:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires all students to participate in standardized statewide assessments.
Oppose	HB1654	relative to review of education freedom account service providers.	Education	Tue 3/5	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the state board of education to annually review education freedom account service providers for continued compliance with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
Oppose	HB1650	relative to the approval of alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation.	Education	Tue 3/5	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires all alternative learning programs for granting credit leading to graduation to comply with state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and establishes a committee to evaluate applications for alternative programs.
Support	HB1093	prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.	Education	Tue 3/5	1:00 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.
Of Interest	HB115	relative to changing the date of the state primary election.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 3/5	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill changes the date of the state primary election to the third Tuesday in August.
Oppose	HB1102	relative to the definition of animal cruelty.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 3/5	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill adds the sale of certain animals with deformities to the definition of animal cruelty.
Support	HB370	relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.	Transportation	Tue 3/5	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill authorizes persons with medical conditions to apply for a special permit to waive the prohibition on automobile after market window tinting on the left and right side of the driver.
Of Interest	HB1410	relative to certain professional licenses.	Ways and Means	Tue 3/5	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the chapter on the board of registration of medical technicians. This bill further makes changes to the nurse practice act.
Oppose	HB1293	(New Title) relative to the use of certain fertilizers on turf.	Ways and Means	Tue 3/5	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the use of certain fertilizers using phosphorus.
Support	HB1565	(New Title) relative to the definition of potentially hazardous food.	Ways and Means	Tue 3/5	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill removes “processed acidified” food from the definition of potentially hazardous food.
Oppose	HB1611	relative to establishing a child care workforce fund.	Ways and Means	Tue 3/5	12:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a child care workforce fund.
Of Interest	HB1628	relative to regulatory authority for apples, coal grading, potatoes, cider, milk, and lumber.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 3/6	11:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	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	HB1578	relative to organic food certification and labeling.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 3/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill repeals the certification program and the organic processors-handlers certification fund.
Support	HB1574	removing regulations on the direct sale of raw milk to consumers.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 3/6	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill removes certain regulations on direct sale of raw milk to consumers.
Of Interest	HB274	relative to the administrative rulemaking process.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/6	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill directs agencies to notify legislative policy committees and known stakeholders of proposed rulemaking under RSA 541-A. The bill also directs the agency to pay attorneys fees in cases in which the agency adopted rules after final objection by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules and a finding by the court that the rule is invalid.
Support	HB1233	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/6	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill exempts individuals 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.
Of Interest	HB1562	relative to personal watercraft.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 3/6	9:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill removes the term “ski craft” from laws on navigation of state waters and defines such craft as personal watercraft.
Oppose	HB1390	relative to regulating wakeboating and wakesports.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 3/6	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes prohibitions and limitations for the operation of wakeboats and their use in wakesports on public waters of the state.
Support	HB1291	relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 3/8	9:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	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.

• 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 52 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 10 and opposition of 3 with 6 being of interest.
Of the 15 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	CACR19	relating to redistricting. Providing that an independent redistricting commission shall be established to draw boundaries for state and federal offices.	Election Law	Tue 2/20	9:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes an independent redistricting commission to draw the boundaries for state and federal elections.
Of Interest	HB1098	relative to ballots delivered to elder care facilities.	Election Law	Tue 2/20	9:25 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill enables ballot clerks, assistant clerks, or clerks pro tem to deliver ballots to elder care facilities. This bill is a request of the secretary of state.
Oppose	SB538	relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/20	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill establishes a tax relief program for office conversion to residences; enables municipalities to allow its governing body to adopt certain zoning ordinance changes; and adds additional authority in zoning powers for parking requirements and lot size requirements related to sewer infrastructure.
Of Interest	SB594	defining state approved processing facility and regulating on farm slaughter of amenable animals.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/20	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill defines state approved processing facility for slaughtering and processing amenable animals and makes regulations regarding the on-farm slaughter of amenable animals.
Oppose	HB1351	prohibiting the sale and use of adhesive-based rodent traps.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/20	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the sale and use of adhesive-based rodent traps.
Support	HB1325	relative to allowing private ownership of small tailed monkeys, raccoons, foxes, otters, skunks, and kangaroos.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/20	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows the private ownership of small tailed monkeys, raccoons, foxes, otters, skunks, and kangaroos.
Oppose	HB1505	establishing an animal abuse offender registry.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/20	2:45 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes an animal abuse offender registry.
Of Interest	HB1190	relative to adopting the interstate social work licensure compact.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/20	11:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill adopts the social work licensure compact.
Support	HB1391	allowing new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.	Ways and Means	Tue 2/20	10:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.
Support	HB1278	relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis.	Ways and Means	Tue 2/20	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill adds debilitating or terminal medical conditions to the qualifying medical conditions for therapeutic cannabis if a health care provider certifies the potential benefit to the patient. The bill also removes certain limitations on a qualifying visiting patient’s access to cannabis.
Of Interest	HB1204	relative to government agent entries into secured premises.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/21	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes requirements for when a government agent may enter a secured premises without a warrant.
Support	HB1276	relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/21	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill amends the prohibition against carrying or selling a blackjack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles to prohibit sale to or possession of the said items by those under 18 years of age.
Support	HB1539	relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/21	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows for additional annulments, resentencings, or discontinuations of prosecutions for certain cannabis offenses.
Oppose	HB1173	relative to the disposition of vicious dogs.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/21	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides for the euthanizing of dogs that attack humans or domestic animals 2 or more times in a 12 month period.
Support	HB1501	repealing the requirement to register dogs annually.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill repeals the requirement that cats and dogs be registered annually.
Support	HB1556	relative to exemptions from the rabies vaccine.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/21	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill removes the requirement that dogs exempt from the rabies vaccine be muzzled.
Of Interest	HB1328	relative to public safety providers defined as essential services.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/21	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill deems all first responders as providing essential services.
Support	HB1174	relative to plumbing apprentices.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/21	11:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill permits a licensed plumber to employ 3 apprentices.
Of Interest	HB1335	removing Columbus Day as a holiday.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill removes Columbus Day as a holiday.
Support	HB1506	relative to required votes to approve issuance of bonds.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/21	1:20 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires that the approval of bonds issuance, if petitioned by at least 50 registered voters, shall be authorized only by a vote by ballot of 2/3 of all the voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting of the town, district, or city called for the purpose.
Support	HB1053	relative to permissible residential units in a commercial zone.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/21	2:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires that for new or rehabilitated buildings in commercial zoned districts in a municipality residential uses shall be allowed as a matter of right.

• 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 76 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 9 with 17 being of interest.
Of the 20 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1594	establishing an annual review and qualification to determine eligibility to participate in the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Mon 2/12	9:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires annual determination of eligibility for awarding of education freedom account funds.
Oppose	HB1453	relative to degree granting authority of certain institutions of higher education.	Education	Mon 2/12	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires institutions of higher education approved by the higher education commission for degree granting authority to be organized as nonprofit organizations and to comply with the Higher Education Act and state and federal anti-discrimination laws.
Oppose	HB1512	limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted amounts.	Education	Mon 2/12	10:45 AM	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.
Of Interest	HB1269	relative to the use of child restraints in schools.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/13	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires video and audio monitoring and recording of restraint and seclusion incidents if recording is included within a student’s individualized education program, and requires parental notification prior to the use of seclusion or restraints if practicable.
Of Interest	HB1659	relative to interference with child custody and shared parenting.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/13	1:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that unless the parenting plan specifically provides otherwise, both parents shall have access to all records and information pertaining to the child. The bill further directs the court to award a parent additional parenting time in response to the other parent’s noncompliance with the parenting schedule. The bill also permits the court to fine the parent for noncompliance with either the obligation to share records or to comply with the parenting schedule.
Oppose	HB1092	creating a period for the placing of and removal of political advertising on public property.	Election Law	Tue 2/13	9:50 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill creates a period for the placing of and removal of political advertising on public property.
Of Interest	HB1099	relative to partisan school district elections.	Election Law	Tue 2/13	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill enables school districts to adopt partisan elections.
Of Interest	HB1348	relative to polling places at which total ballot counts exceed the total number of registered voters.	Election Law	Tue 2/13	1:50 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill negates election results at polling places at which total ballot counts exceed the total number of registered voters.
Of Interest	HB1381	relative to required training on election procedures.	Election Law	Tue 2/13	2:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires the secretary of state to provide training on election procedures.
Of Interest	HB1091	relative to the financing of political campaigns.	Election Law	Tue 2/13	2:40 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill makes various changes to the laws that regulate the financing of political campaigns.
Of Interest	SB383	relative to local tax caps.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/13	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill creates an additional adjustment to local tax caps based on inflation and population changes. The bill also establishes procedures for adoption of a budget cap by school districts.
Oppose	SB538	relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/13	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill establishes a tax relief program for office conversion to residences; enables municipalities to allow its governing body to adopt certain zoning ordinance changes; and adds additional authority in zoning powers for parking requirements and lot size requirements related to sewer infrastructure.
Of Interest	HB1132	relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires persons siting new solid waste landfills to identify brownfields within the state that may serve as the site of a new solid waste landfill as part of the public benefit requirement analysis.
Oppose	HB1170	requiring public benefit and community impact assessments from the department of environmental services.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/13	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires the department of environmental services to conduct public benefit and community impact assessments when the department considers any permit or project to ensure that human values, safety, and concerns receive proper consideration during planning and project development.
Of Interest	HB1620	relative to suspending the issuance of new landfill permits until 2031.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/13	2:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires the suspension of approval of new landfill permits by the department of environmental services until 2031.
Of Interest	HB1387	relative to revisions to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/13	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill updates the state building code and state building code review board.
Of Interest	HB1059	relative to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/13	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill updates the definition of the state building code to include more recent versions of certain international codes and amendments approved by the building code review board.
Of Interest	HB1106	relative to net asset limits under the elderly property tax exemption.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/13	9:35 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill redefines the definition of net asset and residence for purposes of the elderly property tax exemption and expands the income eligibility threshold and the exemption amount.
Of Interest	HB1284	relative to the quasi-judicial authority of planning boards.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/13	10:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill clarifies the quasi-judicial nature of local planning boards and adds requirements for duties, procedures, and disqualification of board members.
Support	HB1187	relative to local legislative bodies’ voting threshold for approval of lease agreements over $100,000.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/13	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill changes the voting threshold for local legislative bodies’ approval of equipment leases over $100,000 from a simple majority to a 2/3 or 3/5 supermajority and requires a ballot vote.
Oppose	CACR16	relating to local governance. Providing that local construction projects seeking amendments, waivers, or variances be subject to certain local approval, disclosure, and vote requirements.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/13	2:15 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would require that projects governed by zoning and land use regulations seeking changes, variances, or waivers shall require prior approval of all civic, veterans, fraternal, and not-for-profit association property owners affected, a financial impact statement, and approval by three-fifths vote.
Oppose	HB1145	prohibiting the private ownership of landfills.	Environment and Agriculture	Wed 2/14	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits new solid waste landfill permits in the state for facilities owned by any person other than the state of New Hampshire or a political subdivision thereof.
Of Interest	SB599	relative to the state fire code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/14	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Revises the definition of the state fire code. II. Ratifies amendments to the state fire code.
Of Interest	HB1688	relative to the use of artificial intelligence by state agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/14	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits state agencies from using artificial intelligence to manipulate, discriminate, or surveil members of the public.
Oppose	HB1545	relative to the disposal of state surplus property for affordable housing.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/14	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill permits the disposal of state surplus property at less than fair market value if the property is transfered to a nonprofit for the purpose of constructing affordable housing.
Support	SB402	relative to allowing pharmacists to administer FDA approved vaccines without explicit approval from the general court.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/14	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill allows pharmacists to administer FDA approved vaccines without explicit approval from the general court.
Support	HB1115	relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.	Judiciary	Wed 2/14	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy if over 6 months as grounds for an eviction.
Oppose	HB1368	prohibiting termination of a tenancy based on a tenant’s failure to pay rent that was increased by certain price fixing programs.	Judiciary	Wed 2/14	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits evictions based upon certain vertical price fixing programs used by landlords.
Of Interest	HB1640	relative to qualified immunity standards.	Judiciary	Wed 2/14	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes standards and procedures for claims against the state for alleged violations of constitutional rights by government employees.
Of Interest	HB1268	relative to prohibiting the issuance of large groundwater withdrawal permits for the commercial sale of bottled or bulk water.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 2/14	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill prohibits the issuance of large groundwater withdrawal permits for the commercial sale of bottled or bulk water.
Of Interest	HB1314	relative to the comprehensive state development plan.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 2/14	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning protection of natural resources and identifying environmental threats.
Of Interest	HB1646	relative to chartered public schools.	Education	Thu 2/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the eligibility requirements for chartered public schools.
Support	HB1065	relative to fire sprinkler requirements in residential buildings.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill adds an exception to the state fire code for fire suppression or sprinkler systems requirements for certain existing residential buildings with no more than 4 dwelling units.
Support	HB1215	relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill provides that approved subdivision plats, site plans, and building permits shall be exempt from subsequent changes in the state building code, fire code, and municipal zoning regulations.
Support	HB1361	relative to municipal land use regulation for manufactured housing and subdivisions.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires municipalities to provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for the siting of manufactured housing parks and subdivisions.
Support	HB1399	allowing municipalities to permit 2 residential units in certain single-family residential zones.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows the expansion of a single family residence within a residential zone in an urban area to no more than 2 residential units without discretionary review or a hearing, if the proposed development meets certain requirements.
Support	HB1400	relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill provides that zoning and planning regulations shall not set the maximum residential parking spaces, per unit, to greater than one parking space per residential unit.
Support	HB1291	relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.	Special Committee on Housing	Fri 2/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	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.

• 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 106 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 12 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 18 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1473	relative to social-emotional learning in public schools.	Education	Mon 2/5	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the teaching of curriculum for social emotional learning in public schools.
Support	HB1298	relative to the definition of part-time teachers.	Education	Mon 2/5	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill defines “part-time teachers” and subjects them to the board of education’s professional code of ethics and professional code of conduct.
Support	HB1458	relative to authorizing parents to remove children from the English Language Learner Program.	Education	Mon 2/5	1:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows parents to remove their children from the English language learner (ELL) program, automatically removes them if they have not received ELL services in the last 2 years, and puts the burden on the local school district to appeal removals.
Of Interest	HB1496	relative to the state’s duty to protect children in public schools.	Education	Mon 2/5	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds a provision stating that the state, acting as the temporary guardian for children in public schools, has a duty to protect those children.
Of Interest	HB1692	relative to public high school graduation requirements.	Education	Mon 2/5	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the requirements for public high school graduation by adding a requirement to earn a minimum competency score on the statewide assessment administered in high school.
Of Interest	HB1682	relative to the civics test graduation requirement.	Education	Mon 2/5	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides authority for schools to use the department of education provided civics test to satisfy graduation requirements.
Of Interest	HB1573	relative to oversight of and criteria for residential placement of children.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/6	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill revises criteria for the out-of-home placement of children and increases oversight and certification criteria for out-of-state residential treatment programs. The bill also expands the definition of abuse or neglect under RSA 169-C to include a child in certain residential placements.
Support	HB1582	relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill includes the stage and performance areas in the definition of entertainers under an exception to liquor license requirements.
Support	HB1151	relative to the carrying of alcoholic beverages on hotel premises.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows a guest of a hotel to purchase a drink at a hotel bar or restaurant and carry it back to the guest’s room.
Oppose	HB1591	relative to fines for prohibited sales of tobacco.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill moves fines for tobacco-related violations from statute to administrative rules, adopted by the liquor commission.
Oppose	HB1162	relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.	Education	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	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.
Oppose	HB1671	relative to the complaint process for teaching discrimination and allowing educators and school officials a right of action for damages and costs for false accusations.	Education	Tue 2/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides that complaints for teaching discrimination first be made to the local school board and are appealed to the state board of education. The bill also allows educators or other school employees falsely accused of teaching discrimination to initiate a civil action for legal or equitable relief.
Support	HB1616	relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.	Education	Tue 2/6	2:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to obtain parental consent for each service is provided to a student under the Medicaid to schools program. Violation of the requirement would subject the educator to disciplinary action by the state board of education. The bill also requires certain legislative policy committees to receive reports regarding the Medicaid to schools program.
Of Interest	SB531	relative to background checks of municipal health officers.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/6	9:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill provides that municipalities shall be responsible for reviewing criminal background checks of nominated health officers, with oversight of appointments by the department of health and human services. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1504	relative to architectural paint recycling.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/6	3:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes an architectural paint recycling program administered by the department of environmental services.
Support	HB1331	relative to dentists licensed in another country.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows the board of dental examiners to grant a limited dental license to applicants licensed in another country.
Support	HB1526	relative to a conditional veterinary license for veterinarians educated in other countries.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/6	1:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill enables the board of veterinary medicine to issue a conditional veterinary license for veterinarians who are educated in other countries.
Support	HB1029	relative to exempting certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill exempts certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.
Oppose	HB1148	relative to the fish and game commission.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill makes changes to the fish and game commission including notice of appointment, qualifications, and misconduct and removal from office.
Support	HB1532	relative to land owner rights and responsibility pertaining to game cameras and tree stands.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	11:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows a tree stand to be erected from August 1 to June 1. This bill also allows for the placement of game cameras on a property with the owners’ permission.
Oppose	HB1100	relative to coyote hunting.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	1:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits hunting coyote during certain months to coincide with coyote pup rearing.
Support	HB1063	relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	9:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows motor vehicles to lawfully travel 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in certain circumstances.
Support	HB1403	relative to temporary vehicle emission control equipment.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill extends the repair period for vehicles that fail the OBD II test to 90 days.
Of Interest	HB1637	relative to reducing requirements for vehicle inspections.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill reduces requirements for vehicle inspection.
Support	HB1247	relative to requiring the display of certain information concerning Selective Service registration at driver licensing and school military recruiting locations.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires a form to be available at locations of state driver’s licensing and at schools hosting military recruiters concerning registration with the Selective Service System.
Oppose	HB1244	prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	1:30 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill prohibits smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
Oppose	HB1467	relative to child passenger protection.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	2:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires a motor vehicle restraint system for motor vehicle operators and passengers under 18 years of age.
Of Interest	HB1339	relative to department of safety firearm background checks.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires the department of safety to be responsible for conducting the required firearm background checks for federal firearm licensees through NICS for all firearm transfers.
Oppose	HB1462	relative to requirements for reporting hate crimes.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes reporting requirements for hate-based crimes.
Of Interest	SB373	relative to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/7	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill updates the state building code definition.
Oppose	SB401	relative to removing the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and trust fund.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill removes the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and trust fund.
Support	HB1300	relative to terminal patients’ right to try act.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill revises the definition of eligible patient and terminal illness for purposes of the patient’s right to try act, expands the criteria for informed consent, and removes references to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for purposes of defining an investigational drug or device.
Of Interest	HB1283	relative to end of life options.	Judiciary	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a procedure for an individual with terminal illness to receive medical assistance in dying through the self administration of medication. The bill establishes criteria for the prescription of such medication and establishes reporting requirements and penalties for misuse or noncompliance.
Support	HB1377	relative to granting workers free choice to join or refrain from joining labor unions.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
Oppose	HB1388	relative to recusal by members of the general court for conflicts of interest.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill defines “conflict of interest” and makes provisions for the recusal of members of the general court for conflicts of interest.
Support	HB1479	relative to prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill regulates the use of public funds for lobbying activities and establishes certain additional enforcement mechanisms.
Support	HB1202	relative to the issuance of permits for the alteration of driveways exiting onto public ways.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 2/7	10:45 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill establishes certain deadlines for issuance of permits for the alteration of driveways exiting onto public ways.
Oppose	HB1360	relative to emergency authority on the public or coastal waters of the state.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows the department of safety to establish an emergency maximum speed limit on public and coastal waters for up to 10 days due to weather or environmental conditions.
Oppose	HB1611	relative to establishing a child care workforce fund.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 209	This bill establishes a child care workforce fund.
Support	HB1567	relative to zoning provisions concerning family and group family child care uses.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	1:30 PM	LOB Room 209	This bill generally requires family and group family child care programs to be allowed as an accessory use to any primary residential use under local zoning and planning regulations.
Support	HB1584	relative to home day care licensing requirements.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 209	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.

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Of the 118 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 24 and opposition of 17 with 5 being of interest.
Of the 55 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 8 with 4 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1437	relative to the membership of the state board of education.	Education	Mon 1/29	1:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the composition of the state board of education.
Oppose	HB1205	relative to women’s school sports.	Education	Mon 1/29	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to designate athletics by sex and prohibits biological males from participating in female athletics. This bill further creates various causes of action based on violations of the provisions in the bill.
Oppose	HB1279	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Mon 1/29	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB1508	requiring fiber optic communications service providers to prioritize service restoration for public safety and public health organizations.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/29	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires fiber optic communications providers to prioritize the restoration of communication and Internet access for critical infrastructure of public safety and public health organizations over commercial and residential customers.
Support	HB1576	relative to allowing property owners to opt out of public utilities.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/29	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires public utilities, cooperatives, and municipal corporations providing electric, gas, water, and sewer connection services to allow property owners or existing customers to decline service.
Support	HB1308	relative to parent access to children’s library records.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides a parent or legal guardian with access to their minor child’s library records.
Of Interest	CACR25	relating to the rights of children and parents. Providing that parents and children have the right to control their health, education, and welfare.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	1:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution amends the constitution to recognize the rights of children and parents to provide for the protection of their minor children.
Of Interest	CACR17	relating to the rights of parents. Providing that parents shall have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their minor children.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an amendment to the constitution stating that parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their minor children.
Oppose	SB308	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Commerce	Tue 1/30	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate.
Support	HB1159	relative to toilet facilities provided by restaurants and other food establishments.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill would require that restaurants designed to seat 50 or more patrons have at least 2 separate toilet rooms, and eliminates the requirement for separate bathrooms to be gender-specific.
Support	HB1090	repealing the requirement to register “farmers’ market” as a trade name.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill repeals the prohibition against using the term “farmers’ market” in a trade name unless the use met specific requirements.
Of Interest	SB523	relative to the regulation of public school library materials.	Education	Tue 1/30	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits material that is obscene or harmful to minors in schools, requires vendors of school library materials to develop appropriate ratings, and creates a procedure for removal and cause of action.
Support	SB339	relative to repealing the graduation requirement regarding Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications.	Education	Tue 1/30	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill removes requirements that students file a free application for federal student aid form (FAFSA) or a waiver for such form prior to graduation, and removes all references to the FAFSA.
Support	HB1446	relative to eliminating the cost for electronic copies of the checklist.	Election Law	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill eliminates the cost for an electronic copy of the checklist that is emailed to the requestor but enables the town or city clerk and the secretary of state to charge a fee for electronic copies given on an external storage device.
Support	HB1313	relative to access to the voter checklist by candidates.	Election Law	Tue 1/30	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill enables municipalities to send a copy of the voter checklist electronically to candidates.
Oppose	HB1292	relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill removes the requirement that young adult children covered under a retired state employee’s insurance plan be full-time students.
Support	HB1070	relative to procedures during a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/30	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits state employees from cooperating with the executive branch in suspending civil liberties during a declared state of emergency.
Oppose	SB460	establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems.	Judiciary	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems (drones).
Support	SB578	relative to criminal pre-trial services and monitoring.	Judiciary	Tue 1/30	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits criminal defendants on pre-trial release from being required to pay for pre-trial services or monitoring, including electronic monitoring, with the cost instead the be paid by the court where the defendant is charged or through appropriations to the agency performing the pretrial services and monitoring. This bill further requires the agency performing the pretrial services and monitoring to use the least restrictive interventions that are necessary unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Oppose	HB1218	relative to voting for municipal bonds.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/30	9:50 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the adoption of municipal bonds by a simple majority vote.
Oppose	HB1362	relative to authorizing municipalities to stabilize rent increases in rental housing.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/30	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill authorizes municipalities to enact and enforce rent stabilizing ordinances.
Support	HB1439	relative to vehicle registrations and reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.	Public Works and Highways	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill removes the authority of the commissioner of the department of transportation to suspend the motor vehicle registration of owners in violation of reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
Oppose	HB1487	relative to the health effects of 5G technology.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires certain provisions around measurements of RF-radiation and notification of the effects of such radiation from 5G technology.
Oppose	HB1332	relative to prohibiting electric vehicles from parking in parking garages.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill prohibits the parking of electric vehicles in parking garages.
Oppose	HB1445	relative to electric bicycles, electric scooters, and electric unicycles.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	11:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill modifies the requirements for the operation of and equipment required for all classes of electric bicycles, requires the division of motor vehicles to develop procedures for the registration of electric bicycles, and requires that electric scooters and electric unicycles be regulated as motor vehicles.
Oppose	SB428	relative to the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines the appropriate use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of safety for digital automatic programming interface to connect data from the division of motor vehicles to the state police.
Oppose	HB1203	relative to prohibiting the charging of rent to charities by charitable gaming facilities.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the charging of rent for facilities or equipment to charities by primary game operators.
Support	HB1346	relative to food service at a bed and breakfast.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill permits bed and breakfasts to serve snacks and meals in addition to breakfast.
Support	HB1540	relative to the definitions of full course meals and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of full course meal and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing.
Support	HB1374	relative to liquor licenses for restaurants.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	11:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill changes the sales requirements for food for on-premises beverage and liquor licenses.
Support	HB1271	relative to the conversion, combination, and reorganization of boards and advisory boards.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/31	10:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill, at the request of the office of professional licensure and certification: 1. Converts the board of acupuncture licensing into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 2. Converts the board of family mediator certification into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 3. Converts the guardian at litem board into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 4. Converts the manufactured housing installations standards board into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 5. Combines the advisory board of massage therapists with the advisory board of reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork therapy and makes other amendments implementing this change. 6. Converts the midwifery council into an advisory council and makes other amendments implementing this change. 7. Converts the board of septic system evaluators into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementi
Oppose	SB406	relative to emergency housing assistance and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a homelessness prevention pilot program, to be administered through municipalities and community action programs. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to assist municipalities in providing emergency housing assistance and preventing homelessness.
Of Interest	SB498	relative to the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides that under RSA 169-B, relative to delinquent children, and RSA 169-D, relative to children in need of services, a child may be placed with fictive kin or a child care institution, psychiatric residential treatment program, or other program certified by the department of health and human services.
Oppose	SB559	relative to the definition of vaccine for purposes of the New Hampshire vaccine association.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill revises the definition of vaccine for purposes of the New Hampshire vaccine association.
Support	HB1693	relative to the use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows and regulates the use of psychedelics for certain qualifying medical conditions.
Support	HB1585	relative to medication administration by direct care staff in residential care facilities.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	1:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill directs the department of health and human services, in consultation with the board of nursing, to adopt rules governing the administration of medication by direct care staff in residential care facilities.
Support	HB1010	relative to expanding maternity options and midwifery access.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	2:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the midwifery council shall not adopt rules limiting care by a midwife based on the patient being pregnant with multiple fetuses, malpresentation of the fetus, the number of prior cesarean sections, or distance from a hospital.
Support	CACR12	relating to the definition of the word “cherish.” Providing that the 1784 word “cherish” shall be replaced by the 2024 word “cherish.”	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution reinserts the word “cherish”.
Oppose	HB1169	creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person’s ethnicity.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill creates a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person’s ethnicity. This bill also exempts such causes of action from the jurisdiction of the human rights commission.
Support	HB1220	relative to abolishing the collection of racial and ancestral data for use in a marital application worksheet.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill abolishes the collection of racial and ancestral data for use in a marital application worksheet.
Support	HB1245	relative to release of confidential records of a person appointed a guardian.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	11:15 AM	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	HB1432	relative to prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence and creating a private claim of action.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill: 1. Establishes the crime of fraudulent use of artificial intelligence and sets penalties therefor; 2. Establishes a cause of action for fraudulent use of artificial intelligence; 3. Establishes registration of lobbyists who have been found to have fraudulently used artificial intelligence in certain cases; 4. Establishes a mechanism for the enforcement of a ban on the fraudulent use of artificial intelligence in elections.
Oppose	SB315	relative to law enforcement agency reporting on information concerning bias crimes.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a law enforcement agency operating within New Hampshire to collect and report information concerning bias crimes as prescribed by the division of state police.
Support	SB507	extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill extends the time to petition a court for a new trial in certain cases.
Support	HB1475	relative to preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:45 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes legal process for preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation (anti-SLAPP) as qualified immunity from suit, prosecution, and from liability for any defendant or counter-defendant in any action, case, claim, administrative proceeding, arbitration, or any other legal process that impacts their First Amendment rights.
Oppose	HB1037	relative to repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	3:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the statute that provides limited liability to manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.
Support	HB1343	prohibiting the use by the governor of emergency orders concerning elections procedures without the written consent of the majority and minority leaders of the house of representatives and senate.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires the governor to get prior written or electronic approval from legislative majority and minority leaders to issue an emergency order concerning elections procedures.
Oppose	HB1208	relative to permitting requirements before timber harvesting operations in a wetland.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires that persons or entities conducting timber harvesting operations in wetlands verify compliance with and maintain in their records all permitting documents required for the work being done.
Support	HB1209	relative to observers in motorboats.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill provides that an observer is not required in a motorboat towing water skiers, aquaplanes, or similar devices, or while engaged in wake surfing, when the motorboat is equipped with a mirror allowing the operator to view the water skiers.
Oppose	HB1229	relative to the purchase and sale of any interest in real property abutting public waters.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires buyers, lessees and transferees of shoreland property to acknowledge minimum requirements for compliance with the shoreland water quality protection act.
Support	CACR15	relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/31	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a 2/3 vote of the house of representatives and the senate shall be required to pass a new tax or license fee or to increase any tax or license fee that has been levied, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds.
Of Interest	SB475	relative to design of a climate-controlled storage facility for the New Hampshire state library.	Capital Budget	Thu 2/1	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill makes a capital appropriation to the department of natural and cultural resources toward the design of a climate-controlled storage facility to properly preserve precious state materials stored within the New Hampshire state library.
Of Interest	SB476	making a capital appropriation to the department of corrections toward the replacement of the New Hampshire state prison for men.	Capital Budget	Thu 2/1	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill makes a bonded appropriation of funds for architectural, engineering, programming, and design and construction documents for the New Hampshire state prison for men.
Oppose	SB533	relative to physical quorums at public meetings.	Judiciary	Thu 2/1	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill enables public bodies to allow one or more members of the body to participate in a meeting by electronic means.
Oppose	SB563	relative to federal immigration enforcement.	Judiciary	Thu 2/1	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits state and local government entities from adopting sanctuary policies to prohibit or impede the enforcement of federal immigration law.
Of Interest	HB1050	relative to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase a firearm.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes the New Hampshire voluntary do not sell firearms list and prohibits the commercial sale or transfer of firearms to any person who voluntarily waives that person’s right to purchase a firearm and registers to be enrolled onto the list and sets out penalties for violations thereof. This bill further protects from public disclosure any governmental documents relating to the list.
Oppose	HB1336	relative to employees’ firearms in locked vehicles.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits employers from inquiring into, searching for, or banning employee’s storage of firearms or ammunition in their locked vehicles and provides civil immunity to employers for any economic loss, injury, or death that results from an employer’s adherence to this law.
Support	HB1337	relative to the return of weapons and ammunition upon expiration of protective orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the burden to the plaintiff to file a request for a hearing prior to the expiration of a protective order or else any and all firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons will be returned to the defendant. This bill further removes the prohibition that law enforcement agencies shall not release firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons without a court order, and removes the authorization for law enforcement agencies to charge the defendant a fee for the storage of the firearms, ammunition, and specified deadly weapons. This bill further removes the subsection providing law enforcement agencies release from liability for damage or deterioration to the firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons stored.
Oppose	HB1711	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.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill authorizes the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and provides for processes for the confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.
Support	HB1701	relative to annulments of records related to involuntary commitments.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill creates a process to annul records related to involuntary commitments to the state hospital or secure psychiatric unit.
Of Interest	HB1156	relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 2/2	9:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 97 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 9 with 4 being of interest.
Of the 44 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 8 with 5 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB1652	relative to establishing a local education freedom account program.	Education	Mon 1/22	10:15 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.
Oppose	HB1572	prohibiting using mRNA technology in food and requiring the labeling of lab grown meat and food containing insects.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the use of mRNA technology in food sold in New Hampshire and requires the labeling of lab grown meat and food products containing insects.
Support	HB1565	relative to the sale of homestead food to consumers and local food production.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill makes changes to the regulations regarding the sale of homestead foods to consumers.
Support	HB1685	redefining “homestead foods” as “artisan foods,” creating an artisan food operations exemption, establishing artisan food products sales venues, and allowing the production and sale of artisan food products requiring refrigeration.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill redefines “homestead foods” as “artisan foods,” creates an artisan food operations exemption, establishes artisan food products sales venues, and allows the production and sale of artisan food products requiring refrigeration.
Of Interest	HB1697	suspending New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill suspends New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs administered by the department of environmental services for a period of 2 years.
Oppose	HB1472	relative to rebates of energy efficiency funds for electric vehicles.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/22	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill dedicates $3,000,000 from proceeds from the energy efficiency fund to be used by the department of energy to develop a pilot program for a “cash on the hood” program for point-of-sale electric vehicle rebates to buyers.
Oppose	SB443	relative to school building aid for eligible projects and the definition of school transportation vehicle.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the annual amount to be expended for school building aid construction and renovation projects of school districts. The bill also allocates a portion of funds to be paid for school building projects approved in prior years but which were not funded. This bill also defines school transportation vehicle and implements licensing and inspection requirements for drivers of such vehicles.
Oppose	SB525	relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:15 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.
Support	SB521	relative to the educational credentials for master teacher.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill changes the requirements for the granting of the educational credential of master teacher.
Oppose	SB384	relative to a municipal loan and grant program for rental housing and making an appropriation therefor.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/23	9:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill directs the department of business and economic affairs to establish a median income rental housing program and makes an appropriation to the InvestNH fund for this purpose.
Of Interest	SB391	relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/23	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the public utilities commission to begin rulemaking for the purposes of setting uniform procedures for distributed energy resources that are proposed for interconnection to the electrical infrastructure.
Of Interest	SB451	relative to an expedited track for certain applications to the site evaluation committee.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/23	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes an alternative procedure and timelines for an expedited track for changes to existing energy facilities meeting certain criteria.
Oppose	SB452	relative to making an appropriation for the hiring and training of small business development counselors in rural areas of New Hampshire.	Finance	Tue 1/23	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates $250,000 to the department of business and economic affairs to be applied to the hiring and training of small business development counselors for the small business development center in rural areas of New Hampshire.
Oppose	HB279	increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/24	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol.
Support	HB1161	relative to use of the public school infrastructure fund for energy efficient school buses.	Education	Wed 1/24	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the use of the public school infrastructure fund from funding energy efficient school buses or other student transportation vehicles.
Oppose	HB1452	relative to credentials for the position of superintendent of schools and school business officer.	Education	Wed 1/24	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes required credentials for school superintendents and school business officers.
Of Interest	SB336	relative to misrepresentation by public employees.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/24	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes that a public officer or employee who knowingly makes a fraudulent statement or material misrepresentation to a member of the public in the course of his or her employment shall be subject to disciplinary action through the disciplinary procedures of his or her employer or licensing board, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	SB355	relative to newborn screening for cytomegalovirus.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/24	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires newborn screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV). The bill also directs the pregnant woman’s health care provider to perform an amniocentesis to confirm a congenital CMV infection under certain circumstances.
Oppose	SB496	directing the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/24	10:20 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program in response to health threats associated with a changing environment.
Oppose	SB503	relative to requiring a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.	Judiciary	Wed 1/24	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.
Support	HB1412	relative to court reporters.	Judiciary	Wed 1/24	2:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the requirements for licensure and regulation of court reporters.
Support	HB1281	relative to zoning restrictions on residential rental property.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/24	1:20 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits a zoning ordinance or regulation from restricting the number of occupants in a residential rental property to less than 2 occupants per bedroom.
Of Interest	HB1297	relative to the authority of municipalities to enforce ordinances related to health and safety.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/24	2:10 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires zoning ordinances to be directly related to the promotion of the residents health and safety.
Support	HB1140	relative to requirements for homeowner installations of septic systems.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/24	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill enables a homeowner to install a replacement waste disposal system in their own domicile without a permit.
Oppose	HB1033	relative to the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/25	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.
Oppose	HB1498	establishing a state short term rental registry.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/25	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill includes short-term rentals in the licensing and registration requirements for taxes on meals and rooms.
Oppose	HB1382	relative to special education support for military-connected students.	Education	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates special education support for military-connected transfer students and provides for reimbursement of witness fees in certain situations.
Support	HB1469	relative to the retention of individualized education program records.	Education	Thu 1/25	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the department of education to remove student individualized education plan records from the state special education information system on the same schedule as school districts.
Support	HB1695	relative to the release of student personally identifiable information.	Education	Thu 1/25	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the transfer of student’s personally identifiable information to third parties without written consent of the parents and student.
Support	HB1233	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts individuals 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	HB1272	relative to occupational license reciprocity.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill removes the statutory requirement that the licensing requirements for the out of state license be substantially similar for purposes of license reciprocity.
Support	HB1676	establishing a sunset commission to evaluate various occupational boards and commissions, and sunsetting various boards and commissions.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a sunset commission to evaluate the need for or any improvements to various occupational boards and commissions within the office of professional licensure and certification, as well as the least restrictive regulation they can adopt. The bill further repeals various occupational boards and commissions each year through 2031.
Support	HB1683	relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	10:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the state Medicaid plan shall not include circumcision unless the child has a specific diagnosis for which the procedure is determined to be medically necessary.
Of Interest	HB1669	relative to restricting data sharing through the state immunization registry.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	11:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits the department of health and human services from sharing data from the state immunization registry with other organizations unless the department can assure withdrawals from the registry will be honored by the organization.
Support	HB1194	relative to the definition of noncommunicable disease.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill removes the word infectious from the definition of noncommunicable disease.
Support	HB1213	relative to immunization requirements for private schools and child care agencies.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that certain immunizations are required for public school children. This bill also removes the requirement for private schools and child care agencies.
Of Interest	SB417	relative to out-of-home placements for children.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill revises criteria for out-of-home placement of children under the child protection act and other juvenile statutes and establishes an order of preference based on placement with the child’s siblings, when possible, and proximity to the child’s community of origin.
Oppose	SB360	relative to extreme risk protection orders.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a procedure for issuing extreme risk protection orders to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others.
Of Interest	SB573	relative to parental consent for medical care.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires any person, private entity, government entity, or any employee or agent of any private or government entity obtain the consent of a parent of a child before performing or asking to perform various medical care interventions on the child.
Support	HB1519	relative to a minor’s available work hours.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill permits youths to work during the school year when their attendance at school is not required.
Oppose	HB1000	relative to classifying New Hampshire legislators’ service as public service for certain federal purposes.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/25	1:15 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows for the service of a current or former member of the general court to be deemed by the state to qualify as full-time public service for the purposes of federal public service student loan forgiveness programs.
Oppose	HB1290	relative to protection of employment for members of the general court.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides members of the general court with employment protections during voting sessions.
Of Interest	HB1204	relative to government agent entries into secured premises.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes requirements for when a government agent may enter a secured premises without a warrant.
Support	HB1276	relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill amends the prohibition against carrying or selling a blackjack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles to prohibit sale to or possession of the said items by those under 18 years of age.
Support	HB1539	relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows for additional annulments, resentencings, or discontinuations of prosecutions for certain cannabis offenses.

• 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 139 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 24 and opposition of 25 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 50 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 13 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1667	relative to establishing a department for children, youth, and families.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the department for children, youth and families as a separate state agency responsible for the general supervision and enforcement of all programs and services for children and youths. The bill also transfers all former powers, duties and responsibilities of the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families and the division of juvenile justice services to the newly established department.
Oppose	SB328	relative to deceptive ticket sale practices.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill makes the resale of event tickets by a person who is not the venue or an authorized agent of the venue unlawful if it does not meet certain criteria.
Oppose	SB519	relative to evictions based on the owner’s intent to renovate the property.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill adds evidentiary requirements to evictions based upon renovation and permits a discretionary stay of eviction for up to 6 months.
Oppose	SB518	relative to incentivizing landlords to accept housing choice vouchers.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a landlord housing incentive program and fund. This bill makes an appropriation to implement the fund.
Oppose	SB366	relative to restricting the purchase of real property on or around military installations.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the purchase of real property by the People’s Republic of China on or within 10 miles of any military installations or critical infrastructure facilities.
Oppose	SB343	relative to school based health services.	Education	Tue 1/16	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill allows school districts to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center for the purpose of providing services to students beyond the scope of school nursing services.
Support	SB374	relative to the licensing of part-time teachers.	Education	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines “part-time teacher.”
Support	HB1402	establishing a procedure for a high school proficiency exam waiver of mandatory school attendance.	Education	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows for a student to take and pass a high school proficiency exam so that the student shall no longer be bound by the mandatory school attendance requirements.
Oppose	HB1212	relative to eligibility for free school meals.	Education	Tue 1/16	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the eligibility for free school meals to household incomes up to 350 percent of federal poverty guidelines, and provides funding from the education trust fund for the additional costs.
Oppose	HB1153	relative to mandatory and elective public school curricula.	Education	Tue 1/16	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires mandatory “anti-communist” curricula and establishes elective curricula for public schools.
Oppose	SB380	relative to moving the state primary date.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill moves the state primary date to June.
Oppose	SB445	establishing a voter-owned elections fund for eligible candidates to executive councilor and making an appropriation to the fund.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill establishes a voter owned election fund for eligible candidates to executive councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund.
Support	SB446	allowing voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill allows voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office.
Of Interest	SB387	relative to a state parks pass pilot program for recovery centers and community health centers.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/16	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the establishment of a 3-year pilot program for state parks passes for recovery centers and community health centers registered with the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1184	relative to making an appropriation to the organic certification program.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture, markets and food for the staffing and funding of the organic certification program.
Oppose	HB1618	mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for “organic” certification.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires the commissioner to hire inspectors and enter into a USDA cooperative agreement.
Support	HB1578	relative to organic food certification and labeling.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill repeals the certification program and the organic processors-handlers certification fund.
Oppose	HB1680	relative to prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops except in certain cases.
Oppose	SB348	relative to emergency crop relief.	Finance	Tue 1/16	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture, markets, and food to distribute emergency relief to farmers who suffered crop damage in the unseasonable cold and floods.
Oppose	SB494	relative to establishing a farmer assistance fund.	Finance	Tue 1/16	1:10 PM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the farmer assistance for natural disasters fund and makes an appropriation therefor.
Support	HB1127	relative to the revocation and suspension of drivers’ licenses.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	11:20 AM	LOB Room 203	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.
Of Interest	HB1118	relative to the issuance of drivers’ licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	1:20 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows the director of motor vehicles to require nonresident aliens to submit various certifications for drivers license issuance.
Support	SB510	relative to sale of a vehicle to a Massachusetts resident.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	2:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill eliminates the requirement that a retail motor vehicle dealer submit a form notifying the New Hampshire department of motor vehicles of a sale of a vehicle to a Massachusetts resident.
Support	HB1422	relative to the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, communications service tax, and meals and rooms tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and meals and rooms tax. It also reduces and subsequently repeals the communications services tax.
Oppose	HB1492	relative to the rate and exemptions of the interest and dividends tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reimplements the interest and dividends tax.
Support	HB1533	relative to the safe harbor compensation amount under the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the amount of the safe harbor provision for compensation under the business profits tax and provides for a biennial increase in future years based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
Support	HB1536	relative to increasing the amount of the expense deduction allowed against the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the amount of the section 179 expense deduction permitted against the business profits tax.
Of Interest	HB1241	relative to regulation of money transmitters.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the regulation and licensure of money transmitters by the banking department. This bill is a request of the banking department.
Of Interest	HB1559	repealing the chapter relative to cash dispensing machines.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals RSA 399-F relative to cash dispensing machines. This is a request by the banking department.
Oppose	HB1538	relative to credit card late fees and interest.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that the total of interest and other charges in a consumer credit transaction shall not exceed the consumer’s total original balance from the credit card sale or loan.
Support	HB1633	relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor.
Oppose	HB1678	establishing a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program.	Education	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program.
Support	HB1634	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education	Wed 1/17	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
Support	HB1677	relative to participation in education freedom accounts based on school or school district proficiency scores.	Education	Wed 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill extends eligibility for the education freedom account program to students who participated in the program in the preceeding year, students whose enrollment transfer requests were denied, and to students in school districts which performed at 49 percent or below in statewide assessments.
Support	HB1665	relative to student eligibility for the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Wed 1/17	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the annual household income limit to qualify for the education freedom account program.
Oppose	HB1112	relative to establishing a continuing education requirement regarding human trafficking for individuals licensed by the office of professional licensure and certification.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	10:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires the office of professional licensure and certification to audit compliance by licensees of continuing education requirements and further provides that all boards regulating health professionals shall require each licensee to complete continuing education in human trafficking each renewal cycle.
Support	HB1410	relative to certain professional licenses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill repeals the chapter on the board of registration of medical technicians as well as the chapter on medical imaging and radiation therapy. This bill further makes changes to the nurse practice act, including amending the licensure of licensed nursing assistants to a registration process and making changes to the board of nursing.
Oppose	HB1394	relative to licensure and regulation of music therapists and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the office of professional licensure and certification. This bill further establishes a new program assistant II position at the office of professional licensure and certification and makes an appropriation to the office of professional licensure and certification.
Oppose	SB352	establishing an early detection cancer screening pilot program for active and retired firefighters.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes an early detection cancer screening pilot program in the department of safety, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services, for retired and full-time active firefighters New Hampshire.
Oppose	SB495	relative to certification of alcohol and other drug use treatment facilities.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides for certification of substance use treatment programs by the department of health and human services and establishes an office of the behavioral health ombudsman in the department.
Oppose	SB500	establishing a primary care provider loan repayment program, and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a primary care provider loan repayment program and fund in the department of health and human services and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
Oppose	SB558	relative to insurance coverage for infertility treatments, protection from discrimination during IVF treatments, parental leave, and adoption.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides insurance coverage for infertility treatments, protection from discrimination during IVF treatments, parental leave, and adoption.
Oppose	HB1002	relative to fees for records under the right-to-know law.	Judiciary	Wed 1/17	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes parameters for when a public body may charge a fee for records provided under RSA 91-A.
Support	HB1105	relative to application of a local tax cap.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides clarification that all recommended appropriations in the warrant are included when determining the estimated amount of local taxes to be raised for the fiscal year under the local tax cap.
Oppose	HB1544	relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	11:10 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the government units in charge.
Oppose	HB1641	relating to requiring large parking lots to have a solar power canopy.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	11:50 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires that large parking facilities, whether existing or new, utilize photovoltaic solar canopies over at least 50 percent of the open asphalt surface.
Of Interest	HB1124	relative to limiting conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members.
Support	HB1396	relative to prohibiting municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	3:15 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less.
Of Interest	HB1049	relative to the prohibition on overnight mooring of houseboats.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill repeals a general prohibition for the overnight mooring of houseboats otherwise permitted under RSA 270-A.
Oppose	HB1103	relative to revising the penalties of the shoreland protection act.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill revises the penalties of the shoreland protection act.
Oppose	HB1113	relative to shoreland septic systems.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill modifies requirements for site assessment studies of shoreland septic systems.
Support	HB1121	relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	3:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event.
Support	SB514	relative to the timber tax.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the amount of wood or wood chips a landowner can use for personal use or for land conservation purposes without being subject to the timber tax.
Of Interest	HB1563	relative to the education property tax and the authority of political subdivisions.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill replaces the statewide education property tax with a property tax contribution from political subdivisions based on the state education property tax warrant issued for the tax year beginning April 1, 2024. The bill also restores statutory authority for the determination of education grants for municipalities that tuition students to other institutions.
Of Interest	HB1551	relative to distinguishing between C corporations and S corporations for purposes of calculating business profits taxes.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill directs the state to distinguish between C corporations and S corporations for purposes of calculating the business profits tax and to exclude flow through items on the Schedule K for S corporations from corporate income for purposes of calculating the tax.
Oppose	HB1571	relative to requiring insurance coverage for glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	11:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage for glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.
Oppose	HB1094	relative to insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill removes the prospective repeal of a reference to treatments for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders in the requirement for insurance coverage of certain biologically-based mental illnesses.
Oppose	HB1296	relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill provides that certain insurers that provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations shall not impose co-payments, deductibles, or other cost-sharing requirements.
Support	HB1017	relative to duties of county sheriffs and the appointment of special deputy sheriffs.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires county sheriff’s or deputies to have a presence at all federal law enforcement actions in the county. The bill also clarifies the appointment of special deputy sheriffs.
Support	HB1026	relative to resisting arrest.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes an affirmative defense to the crime of resisting arrest that the arrest was unlawful or constitutional.
Support	HB1372	relative to prohibiting torture.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a criminal prohibition against torture, which is defined as an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon another person within the person’s custody or control, other than the pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions. This bill is intended to supplement the federal law located at 18 U.S.C. sections 2340, 2340A, and 2340B, which apply to torture committed outside of the United States.
Oppose	HB1570	relative to administration of school building aid funds by the department of education and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Thu 1/18	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill transfers moneys from the education trust fund to a new building aid fund. It also directs the department of education to contract with a vendor to conduct a facility assessment of public schools and public chartered schools.
Support	HB1546	relative to government purchasing.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits any state, county, or local government entity from contracting with or purchasing goods or services from companies that discriminate in hiring, promotion, or job assignment on the basis of sex, race, sexuality, national origin, ethnicity, or ideology, including but not limited to permitting diversity, equity, and inclusion statements. This bill further provides an enforcement mechanism.
Oppose	HB1486	relative to proxy carbon pricing in state procurement.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires the department of administrative services to consider proxy carbon pricing in transportation costs and building project costs.
Support	HB1278	relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds debilitating or terminal medical conditions to the qualifying medical conditions for therapeutic cannabis if a health care provider certifies the potential benefit to the patient. The bill also removes certain limitations on a qualifying visiting patient’s access to cannabis.
Support	HB1240	relative to eating disorders as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds eating disorders as a qualifying medical condition for the use of therapeutic cannabis.
Support	HB1349	relative to generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying medical condition for the use of therapeutic cannabis.
Support	HB1350	relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill increases qualifying patients’ limit on possession of therapeutic cannabis from 2 to 4 ounces, and increases the amount they may obtain in a 10-day period from 2 to 4 ounces.
Support	HB1231	permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
Support	SB356	relative to the return of property collected in the course of a police investigation.	Judiciary	Thu 1/18	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for the automatic return of seized property following certain dispositions of criminal cases, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	HB1072	relative to prohibiting employers from using polygraph testing.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits employers from using polygraphs unless the employer is in law enforcement or meets other exceptions.
Oppose	HB1110	relative to requiring certain employers to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires employers with 25 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Oppose	HB1226	relative to employment protections for freelance employees.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	1:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill provides comprehensive rights and responsibilities relative to freelance employees and hiring parties.
Support	HB1246	relative to allowing for payment of wages in gold or silver.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows employers to pay the weekly or biweekly wages due to employees in gold or silver.
Oppose	HB1217	relative to an exception to allow the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.
Oppose	HB1587	relative to the installation of video surveillance equipment in special education school buses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/19	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires video surveillance equipment to be installed and operated on all vehicles provided through services related to a student’s IEP. The bill also requires school districts to develop a privacy policy for resulting recordings.

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Of the 152 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 21 and opposition of 22 with 18 being of interest.
Of the 57 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 9 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1014	relative to the registration of high school students to vote.	Education	Mon 1/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts and private high schools to develop programs to inform high school students about registering to vote.
Oppose	HB1293	relative to prohibiting the use of certain fertilizers using phosphorus.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the use of certain fertilizers using phosphorus.
Of Interest	HB1294	relative to prohibiting the state of New Hampshire from enforcing the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill states that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has no constitutional validity in this state, and requires that the New Hampshire department of environmental services provide for all environmental protection in this state.
Oppose	CACR14	relating to the environment and natural resources. Providing that the state shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment for present and future generations.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would require the state to maintain a clean and healthful environment and protect New Hampshire’s natural resources.
Of Interest	HB1398	relative to utility recovery of costs associated with net energy metering.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/8	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that costs of net energy metering be assessed under a stranded cost recovery mechanism by electric distribution utilities.
Support	HB1425	relative to prohibiting the suspension of drivers’ licenses in child support enforcement matters.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	10:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the suspension, revocation, or denial of a driver’s license for failure to comply with a child support order, and allows for reinstatement for those whose driver’s license was suspended, revoked, or denied for such reason.
Of Interest	HB1598	relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill clarifies the obligation of the department of health and human services to ensure that social security payments and veterans benefits for children in the care of the department be held securely until the child has reach the age of majority or is no longer in the care of the department. The bill makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
Of Interest	HB1590	relative to training regarding child abuse and neglect for licensed physicians, advance practice nurses, and physician assistants.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill sets training requirements for entities employing certain medical professionals caring for children under 18 years of age.
Of Interest	HB1183	relative to prohibiting the sale of agricultural land and land essential to critical industries to China.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill provides that certain companies owned, in whole or in part, by the people’s republic of China or the Chinese communist party shall not own, lease, possess, or exercise any control over agricultural or farm lands and land essential to critical industries in this state.
Support	HB1232	prohibiting state or local governments from using central bank digital currency.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits the state treasurer, state agencies, and political subdivisions from accepting a payment using central bank digital currency or participating in a test of central bank digital currency by any Federal Reserve branch.
Of Interest	HB1674	relative to establishing the New Hampshire legal tender act and establishing a state bullion depository.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates the New Hampshire legal tender act; establishes gold and silver as legal tender; establishes a state depository; and enables digital use of gold and silver.
Support	HB1444	relative to local regulation of digital mining.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill adds limits to the regulatory powers of political subdivisions over digital asset mining businesses.
Oppose	HB1207	relative to single-use disposable plastic foodware accessories.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	1:15 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits certain food service facilities from having self serve/self-service disposable plastic foodware accessory dispensers, and from providing or offering disposable plastic foodware accessories to any customer, except upon request of that customer.
Oppose	HB1636	relative to creating the New Hampshire container deposit, refund, recycle, and reuse system.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	1:45 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates a New Hampshire container deposit, refund, recycle and reuse system. It establishes a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to implement a beverage container recycling redemption refund program to issue redemption refunds to consumers for beverage containers. It contains labeling requirements, establishes performance targets for the PRO, contains reporting requirements, requires the PRO to establish an Operations Advisory Committee and an Equity and Access Advisory Committee and contains provisions concerning reimbursement, enforcement, administration and other provisions.
Oppose	SB379	relative to emergency action plans for sports related injuries.	Education	Tue 1/9	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes requirements for the placement and maintenance of automated external defibrillators (AED) and requires an individual trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to supervise school sponsored sports activities.
Support	SB444	relative to the public posting of board of education agenda items and meeting materials.	Education	Tue 1/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the board of education to post agenda items and meeting materials on its website at least 48 hours before each noticed meeting.
Support	HB1305	relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.	Education	Tue 1/9	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes procedures governing freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.
Support	HB1690	relative to hiring, promotion, graduation, or admission in higher education.	Education	Tue 1/9	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits any institution of higher education that discriminates in admission, hiring, promotion, graduation, or admission to any program on the basis of sex, race, sexuality, national origin, ethnicity, or ideology, including but not limited to permitting diversity, equity, and inclusion statements, from accepting funds from the state or any local government or any subdivision thereof. This bill further establishes procedures for enforcement of this prohibition.
Oppose	SB346	prohibiting the use of dogs while hunting coyotes.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/9	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill prohibits the use of dogs while hunting coyotes.
Oppose	SB454	increasing the annual real estate transfer tax revenue contribution to the affordable housing fund.	Finance	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill increases the amount of annual real estate transfer tax revenues which are transfered to the affordable housing fund.
Of Interest	SB322	relative to licenses to carry.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a license authorizing an individual to carry a loaded pistol or revolver in this state to include the name, title, and signature of the person issuing the license.
Oppose	SB577	relative to imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	1:35 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a waiting period for the delivery of a firearm, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	SB571	relative to requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	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. This bill further provides a process for a commercial sale of a firearm where neither party to the prospective transaction is a licensed firearms dealer.
Oppose	HB1258	relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability.
Of Interest	HB1697	suspending New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill suspends New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs administered by the department of environmental services for a period of 2 years.
Support	HB1031	relative to motor vehicle certificate of title exemptions.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill exempts motor vehicles older than 10 years from the title requirement.
Support	HB1032	relative to certificate of title exemptions for vehicles 20 or more years old.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	10:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill exempts vehicles 20 or more years old from having a certificate of title.
Of Interest	SB512	relative to the 10-year highway plan.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	1:45 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill adds a traffic-calming scheme on a portion of Route 101 to the New Hampshire 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan.
Oppose	SB466	relative to allowing the department of transportation to erect sound barriers upon request of municipalities.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes 2 noise barrier programs and the noise barrier construction fund, and makes an appropriation to the fund.
Support	HB1391	allowing new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.
Support	CACR15	relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a 2/3 vote of the house of representatives and the senate shall be required to pass a new tax or license fee or to increase any tax or license fee that has been levied, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds.
Of Interest	CACR18	relating to the tax exempt status of churches. Providing that churches shall not be exempt from state taxes.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an amendment specifying that churches, religious organizations, and houses of worship are subject to state and local taxes.
Oppose	HB1254	relative to an optional local public safety assessment on certain room occupancies.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill enables a municipality to collect a public safety assessment on hotel occupancies for the purpose of public safety associated with the increase in tourism and transient traffic.
Support	HB1515	relative to the meals and rooms tax rate.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the meals and rooms tax rate for taxable meals from 8.5 percent to 7.5 percent and sets a minimum amount of revenue apportioned to towns.
Oppose	HB1406	relative to gender-based pricing of goods and services.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits price discrimination based upon to whom goods or services are marketed and establishes a mechanism for enforcement.
Oppose	HB1071	relative to the right to repair certain educational technology.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the manufacturer of certain educational technology to provide authorized independent repair providers with the necessary parts and equipment for repair. The failure to do so would be a violation of the consumer protection act.
Support	HB1624	relative to allowing the distillation of hobby liquors.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows the hobby distillation of liquors produced from beer or wine.
Oppose	HB1621	requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the liquor commission to produce and distribute information about alcohol use disorder at liquor stores.
Support	HB1227	relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill extends the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.
Of Interest	HB1021	relative to body-worn cameras and exculpatory evidence.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill makes changes to which individuals are allowed access to police body-worn camera (BWC) footage by allowing criminal defendants greater access. This bill further repeals the requirements that officers only use BWCs while in uniform and that they not use the BWC to record communications with other police personnel.
Support	HB1022	relative to decriminalizing certain acts between consenting adults.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the penalties under the prohibition against prostitution and related offenses, including decriminalizing certain conduct.
Support	HB1025	relative to disorderly conduct.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the prohibition against directing at another person in a public place obscene, derisive, or offensive words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction on the part of an ordinary person.
Oppose	HB1583	relative to the per pupil cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.	Education	Wed 1/10	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the base annual cost of providing an opportunity for an adequate education.
Oppose	HB1656	relative to increasing the adequacy grant for pupils receiving special education services.	Education	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the annual cost of an adequate eduction for each pupil in ADMR receiving special education services.
Oppose	SB403	relative to health care workforce investments.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill: I. Extends the deadlines of the legislative commission on the interdisciplinary primary care workforce issues. II. Makes clarifying amendments to the home health care provider and nurse practice act statutes. III. Establishes the position of and regulation of community health workers. IV. Establishes various programs and provides appropriations therefor focused on community health and health care employment.
Support	SB351	relative to statewide work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents on food stamps.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	1:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not seek any waiver or exemption of the work requirements for able bodied adults under the food stamp or SNAP program.
Oppose	SB456	relative to establishing a nurse retention school loan debt relief program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a nurse retention school loan debt relief program in the department of health and human services. The bill also establishes a dedicated fund and makes an appropriation to the fund for this purpose.
Oppose	HB1068	relative to establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	9:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.
Oppose	HB1593	relative to funding for developmental services community integration.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a developmental services community integration fund in the department of health and human services to support individuals with developmental disabilities and makes an appropriation therefor.
Oppose	HB1520	establishing a family assistance car ownership pilot program in the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a car ownership pilot program for participants in the New Hampshire employment program and family assistance program. The bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for this purpose.
Of Interest	CACR23	relating to the right to abortion. Providing that all persons shall have the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks.	Judiciary	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks.
Oppose	HB1007	relative to notice of terms and conditions of remote work arrangements.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires an employer to provide the employee with notice of the terms and conditions of any remote work arrangement.
Oppose	HB1023	relative to requiring employers to provide notice of resources available to support veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires employers to provide their employees with notice of resources available to support veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Oppose	HB1178	relative to an employee’s unused earned time.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	11:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time.
Oppose	HB1322	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill increases the minimum hourly rate, increases the base rate for tipped employees, and adjusts both rates annually based on the most recent 12-month average of the Consumer Price Index.
Oppose	HB1668	relative to establishing a 4-day work week.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill mandates a regular work week of 32 hours in 4 8-hour days.
Support	HB1377	relative to granting workers free choice to join or refrain from joining labor unions.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
Of Interest	HB1495	making provisions for the prospective of all legislative acts on a sliding scale based on the vote count when passed by the house of representatives.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/10	9:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill makes provisions for the prospective of all legislative acts on a sliding scale based on the vote count when passed by the house of representatives.
Of Interest	HB1367	relative to establishing immunity for certain testimony in public legislative hearings.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill authorizes the granting of immunity to witnesses that appear before the legislature for testimony concerning potential criminal conduct related to the statute that is the subject of the hearing.
Oppose	HB1423	requiring the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of New Hampshire.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/10	11:20 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of New Hampshire.
Oppose	HB1477	relative to environmental surety bonds for businesses that pose a significant risk to the state’s natural resources.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill directs the commissioner to develop a program requiring environmental surety bonds for businesses that pose a significant risk to the state’s natural resources.
Support	HB1334	relative to the sale of beer in refillable containers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/11	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows for the sale of beer in a refillable container.
Support	HB1035	relative to limitations on extradition.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the extradition of an individual charged solely with violating a firearm licensing regulation of another state.
Of Interest	HB1404	relative to criminal procedure and the right to a jury trial.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides a right for a jury trial in any criminal offense or for a violation where there is a fine of $20 or more. This bill further provides new processes for appeals of circuit court verdicts to the superior court for jury trials. This bill also requires courts to allow criminal defendants to present any evidence to their proffered defense.
Support	HB1438	criminalizing interference with a whistleblower.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill criminalizes interference with whistleblowers in certain circumstances.
Oppose	SB418	relative to THC concentrations for driving offenses.	Judiciary	Thu 1/11	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill sets maximum THC concentration levels for various driving offenses.
Support	SB570	establishing a misdemeanor for first-offense controlled drug possession.	Judiciary	Thu 1/11	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the penalty for obtaining, purchasing, transporting, possessing, or having under a person’s control a controlled drug to a class A misdemeanor, and amends the penalty for a subsequent offense to a class B felony.
Support	HB1064	relative to penalties for violation of protective orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the provision directing peace officers to seize any firearms, ammunition, and certain deadly weapons subsequent to an arrest for a violation of a protective order issued under the chapter.
Of Interest	HB1073	relative to repealing the prohibition on placement of simulated explosives.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the prohibition on the placement of simulated explosives.
Of Interest	HB1599	relative to the use of artificial intelligence for personal defense.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill affirms that, under the second amendment to the United States Constitution, a person may use autonomous artificial intelligence for defense purposes, subject to specified limitations.
Support	HB1237	relative to the use of unmarked or stealth police vehicles for traffic enforcement.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a requirement that any police vehicle purchased after January 1, 2025 must be clearly marked and labeled as a police vehicle in order for it to be used in traffic law enforcement.
Support	HB1238	requiring all municipal police department vehicles to bear municipal police license plates.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires all municipal police departments to affix municipal police license plates to all department-owned vehicles.
Of Interest	CACR20	relating to declaring independence from the United States of America. Providing that if the national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall declare independence and proceed as a sovereign nation.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution amends the constitution to provide that if the US national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall secede from the union.
Of Interest	HB1338	relative to New Hampshire’s enforcement of the Military Selective Service Act.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits state or local enforcement of the Military Selective Service Act except in times of foreign military invasion or declared war. This bill further repeals the state penalty provisions for lack of compliance with the Military Selective Service Act, and allows for the marking of “conscientious objector” when registering with the division of motor vehicles.
Of Interest	CACR13	relating to slavery and involuntary servitude. Providing that slavery and involuntary servitude shall be prohibited in the state of New Hampshire.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an article that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude.

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Of the 0 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 41 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 10 with 7 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB369	directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment, creating a new position, and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill directs the office of professional licensure and certification to provide to the public notice of its meetings and an opportunity to comment in such meetings. This bill also establishes an attorney II position for the office of professional licensure and certification.
Of Interest	SB487	relative to the division of personnel in the department of administrative services.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill creates a new chapter for the personnel appeals board. This bill repeals 6 statutes related to the department of administrative services division. This bill is a request from the department of administrative services.
Of Interest	SB480	relative to the administration of professional licensure and certification and the regulation of real estate practice.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:45 PM	SH Room 103	This bill requires: I. Any board or commission whose total number of active licensees exceeds 7,000 to have a dedicated, trained, and knowledgeable customer service administrator that works for the administrative section of the office of professional licensure and certification to respond to inquiries from the public and licensees. II. Makes various amendments to allow for inactive real estate licenses. III. Amends the education approval process for the real estate commission.
Oppose	SB404	relative to expanding child care professionals’ eligibility for the child care scholarship program.	Health and Human Services	Tue 1/3	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes eligibility criteria for child care professionals to receive child care scholarships.
Oppose	SB499	relative to reduction of hunger for children, older adults, and people with disabilities.	Health and Human Services	Tue 1/3	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of education to expand options for free and reduced priced meals to students and directs the department of health and human services to implement a summer EBT program to provide assistance to families with children eligible for free and reduced price meals over the summer. The bill also directs the department of health and human services to participate in the elderly simplified application project within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide food assistance to eligible older adults and people with disabilities.
Oppose	SB335	relative to alcohol packaging.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill restricts the use of certain images and phrasing in alcohol packaging that are attractive to minors.
Oppose	SB365	relative to the sale or use of lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles, scooters, or personal electric mobility devices.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:20 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits sales of lithium-ion batteries and electric bicycles or electric scooters that have not been certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
Oppose	SB330	relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals disqualification for unemployment benefits for those not available for work outside a home.
Of Interest	SB341	relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires all school employees to respond honestly and completely to written requests by parents regarding information relating to their children.
Of Interest	SB342	relative to school building aid funding.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:20 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a new school district building aid funding program using state funds allocated to each district and makes an appropriation therefor.
Support	SB442	relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:40 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill expands the definition of “eligible student” for the education freedom account program to include students whose enrollment transfer request was denied.
Oppose	SB522	relative to establishing an early childhood education scholarship account and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Wed 1/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires rulemaking by the department of health and human services on child care early education and establishes an early childhood education account program to provide funds for an education freedom accounts scholarship organization to administer grants to eligible New Hampshire pre-kindergarten children for qualifying expenses.
Of Interest	SB303	relative to the use of renewable energy funds by the department of energy.	Energy and Natural Resources	Wed 1/4	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adds battery storage projects to uses of the renewable energy fund, deletes a required renewable generation incentive program, and authorizes a political subdivision incentive, rebate, or grant program using the fund. The bill also modifies the reporting date by the department of energy concerning the renewable energy fund. This bill is a request of the department of energy.
Oppose	SB541	relative to retail pet stores.	Energy and Natural Resources	Wed 1/4	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops except in certain cases.
Of Interest	CACR24	relating to reproductive freedom. Providing that all persons have the right to make their own reproductive decisions.	Judiciary	Wed 1/4	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to provide that individuals shall have a right to personal reproductive autonomy.
Oppose	SB428	relative to the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	1:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines the appropriate use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of safety for digital automatic programming interface to connect data from the division of motor vehicles to the state police.
Oppose	SB580	relative to establishing a noise barrier on Teaberry Lane, Bedford, NH.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill mandates the construction of a noise barrier on Teaberry Lane, Bedford, NH.
Oppose	SB471	relative to adding a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on rural highways.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill adds a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on rural highways.

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Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 3 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB281	relative to least cost integrated resource plan of utilities.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 5/9	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Repeals the requirement for electric and natural gas utilities to submit least cost integrated resource plans with the public utilities commission and have the commission evaluate the plans and maintain them on file. II. Removes the requirement that a municipal host under the limited electrical energy producers act be located in the same municipality as all group members. III. Requires the public utilities commission to provide an estimated annual cost of compliance with electric renewable portfolio standards in customer’s electric bills. IV. Repeals the establishment of the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board and transfer some of the board’s responsibilities to the department of energy. V. Makes various changes to the energy facility site evaluation committee and permitting process.
Oppose	HB532	relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 5/10	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	See State website. Two proposed amendments will be heard.