• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 5 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest. It is worth note that there appears to be no House hearings listed in the PDF calendar document, however based on the digital calendar and state database, it does appear that several bills will be heard by the House ED&A committee on Tuesday.
Of the 45 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 12 and opposition of 12 with 4 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB1081	relative to the dissolution of a village district.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 3/28	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows for the dissolution of a village district by a simple majority vote at an annual district meeting.
Of Interest	HB1567	(New Title) relative to consequences resulting from election official misconduct.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 3/28	2:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows the attorney general to seek a civil penalty against the local government entity in which an election official was found to have negligently engaged in misconduct.
Support	HB1613	(New Title) relative to certain liquor manufacturers.	Commerce	Tue 3/29	9:40 AM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes a liquor manufacturer distilling less than 1,000 cases of liquor per year to sell its liquor at its facility for off-premises consumption and establishes fees for domestic liquor manufacturers based on the number of cases they produce per year.
Support	HB1298	relative to eligibility for the education tax credit.	Education	Tue 3/29	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the household income level to qualify as an eligible student under the education tax credit program.
Support	HB1132	relative to applications for a charter conversion school.	Education	Tue 3/29	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill removes certain vote requirements for conversion of a public school to a chartered public school and adds the requirement for a two-thirds majority vote of the school district at a regular annual meeting.
Support	HB1434	relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.	Education	Tue 3/29	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires that curriculum course materials taught to pupils in public schools and public academies be available to the public.
Of Interest	HB1546	(New Title) defining PFAS and enabling the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules relative to airborne PFAS in certain circumstances.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/29	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill defines PFAS and allows the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules about airborne PFAS in certain circumstances.
Of Interest	SB223	relative to requirements for recovery houses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 3/29	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the requirements for facility bedroom square-footage in order for recovery houses to be exempted from certain requirements of the state fire code by the state fire marshal.
Of Interest	SB397	(New Title) relative to the mental health counseling compact and the interstate compact for the placement of children.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 3/29	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill adopts the mental health counseling compact as well as the 2009 edition of the interstate compact for the placement of children.
Of Interest	HB1476	relative to persons arrested while out on bail.	Judiciary	Tue 3/29	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Support	HB1360	relative to penalties for controlled drug violations.	Judiciary	Tue 3/29	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses.
Of Interest	HB1597	permitting arraignments for felonies and preliminary examinations to be heard in circuit court.	Judiciary	Tue 3/29	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill permits arraignments for felonies and preliminary examinations to be heard in circuit court.
Oppose	HB1316	directing the director of the state police to develop requirements for eFoil and electric hydrofoil surfboard watercraft.	Transportation	Tue 3/29	2:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the director of the state police to make rules relative to safety requirements for eFoil and electric hydrofoil surfboard watercraft.
Support	HB1171	exempting certain niche beauty services from licensure requirements.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/30	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill exempts niche beauty services from occupational and shop license requirements.
Support	HB1560	relative to nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/30	9:25 AM	SH Room 103	This bill modifies the requirements for nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
Support	HB1330	(New Title) repealing the board of medical technicians in the office of professional licensure and certification.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/30	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill repeals the requirements for the certification and regulation of medical technicians by the office of professional licensure and certification.
Oppose	HB103	establishing a dental benefit under the state Medicaid program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/30	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to solicit information and to contract with dental managed care organizations to provide dental care to persons under the Medicaid managed care program.
Support	HB1044	(New Title) relative to direct payment and membership-based health care facilities.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/30	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill exempts facilities operating with membership-based or direct payment business models from certain special licensing provisions.
Support	HB1131	relative to facial covering policies for schools.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support	HB1221	(New Title) relative to the rate of the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Wed 3/30	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill reduces the rate of the business profits tax for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2023.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 1 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 33 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 3 with 3 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB1021	prohibiting regulation of religious land use based on the religious nature of the assembly or speech taking place on the land or in the structure.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 3/21	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the regulation of religious land use based on the religious nature of the assembly or speech taking place on the land or in the structure.
Support	HB1026	relative to budget information provided to a budget committee.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 3/21	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides that a municipal budget committee may require that the governing body provide budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.
Of Interest	HB1661	Public hearing on non-germane amendment #2022- 1111h. The amendment makes a $35,000,000 appropriation to the legislative branch for a new legislative parking garage and for razing the department of justice building and the Storrs Street garage. The amendment also establishes a temorary road toll refund.	Finance	Mon 3/21	2:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires sending district schools and career and technical education (CTE) centers to enter into an agreement to include scheduling, access, transportation, and credits for CTE students. The bill makes an appropriation to the legislative branch for a new legislative parking garage and for razing the department of justice building and the Storrs Street garage. The bill also establishes a temporary road toll refund.16Feb2022… 0356h2022 SESSION 22-2513 10/11HOUSE BILL 1661-FN-LOCALAN ACT relative to regional career technical education agreements. SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 7; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17COMMITTEE: Education—————————————————————– This bill requires sending district schools and career and technical education (CTE) centers to enter into an agreement to include scheduling, access, transportation, and credits for CTE students.
Oppose	HB1011	relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.	Judiciary	Tue 3/22	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the penalty for criminal mischief for destruction or vandalism of public property.
Support	HB1411	relative to transparency of federal agency operations within New Hampshire.	Judiciary	Tue 3/22	2:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the attorney general to request information from federal agencies operating in New Hampshire and to compile and display such information on a website.
Of Interest	HB1110	relative to windshield tint waivers.	Transportation	Tue 3/22	1:45 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the required light transmittance of after market tinted windshields.
Oppose	HB1059	clarifying limits on licensure by operation of law.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/23	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill clarifies that the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification shall issue licenses pursuant to RSA 541-A:29-a only if applications for such licenses otherwise meet the requirements for licensure.
Of Interest	HB1581	relative to the use of open source software by state agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/23	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires state agencies to consider whether technology solutions containing proprietary or open source software offer the most cost effective solution for the agency.
Of Interest	HB230	relative to child day care monitoring visits, requirements for child day care providers, and the appeals process for child day care providers.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/23	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Revises the procedure for posting results of child day care monitoring visits on the department of health and human services website and expands the licensees’ opportunity to respond to the department’s findings. II. Requires a child day care agency employee to obtain at least 6 hours of annual continuing education or professional development. III. Establishes minimum qualifications for certification as a child care associate teacher. IV. Permits a child day care agency to appeal the decision resulting from the informal dispute resolution process; provides that, with limited exception, the agency may operate pending appeal of the department’s decision; and prohibits the department from retaliating against the child day care agency.

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Of the 3 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 31 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 3 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB87	relative to the definition of electioneering.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 3/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the definition of “electioneering” by prohibiting only certain election officials from wearing clothing or paraphernalia that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted.
Of Interest	HB1627	Public hearing on non-germane amendment #2022-0875h, to HB 1627-FN-A. AN ACT establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor, and relative to the school meals direct certification with Medicaid program.	Finance	Tue 3/8	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes the position of education freedom account administrator in the department of education, division of learner support, and makes an appropriation to the department for the position.
Support	HB597	relative to the expectation of privacy.	Judiciary	Tue 3/8	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill regulates the collection, retention, and use of personal information and establishes a cause of action for violations of an individual’s expectation of privacy in personal information.
Of Interest	HB481	establishing the office of the right-to-know ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor.	Judiciary	Tue 3/8	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes procedures to streamline the resolution of complaints under RSA 91-A. This bill establishes the office of the right-to-know ombudsman. This bill also establishes an alternative process to resolve right-to-know complaints.
Support	HB579	requiring notice to the public before immigration checkpoints are conducted.	Judiciary	Tue 3/8	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the chief law enforcement officer to inform local media when he or she is informed by Border Patrol of an immigration checkpoint.
Support	HB355	relative to Keno.	Ways and Means	Wed 3/9	9:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows licensed lottery retailers in jurisdictions that have voted to allow keno to operate keno games.

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

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1598	legalizing the possession and use of cannabis.	Ways and Means	Thu 3/3	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill: I. Legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. II. Authorizes the liquor commission to regulate and administer the cultivation, manufacture, testing, and retail sale of cannabis statewide, and makes an appropriation therefor. III. Authorizes a municipality to enact an ordinance prohibiting or limiting the number and type of cannabis establishments that may be permitted within the municipality and regulating the time, place, and manner of operation of a cannabis establishment permitted within the municipality. IV. Establishes the cannabis control fund and requires funds to be distributed to the department of health and human services, bureau of drug and alcohol services, for education tax relief, public safety agency training purposes, and children’s behavioral health services. V. Makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to create public media and social media campaigns to address some of the risks of cannabis use. VI. Authorizes the business finance authority to establish a state-chartered, single purpose depository bank to transact business with cannabis establishments licensed under this act, and makes an appropriation therefor.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 20 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 2 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 9 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
Of Interest	HB1279	relative to the duration of term alimony.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill removes the ending of term alimony upon remarriage of the payee.
Support	HB1347	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/22	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill exempts membership-based health care facilities from the adoption of certain policies relative to access to care and financial assistance plans. The bill requires membership-based hospitals with emergency departments to prominently post notices that the facility serves members only.
Support	HB1487	relative to the procedure for withdrawal from the vaccine registry.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that a health care provider’s signature shall not be required for withdrawal from the state immunization/vaccination registry.
Support	HB1570	relative to reducing vehicle registration fees.	Transportation	Tue 2/22	9:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill reduces vehicle registration fees.
Support	HB1424	relative to the speed limit for watercraft on Lake Winnipesaukee.	Transportation	Tue 2/22	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill changes the speed limit for watercraft on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Support	HB435	(New Title) relative to the suspension of drivers’ licenses	Transportation	Tue 2/22	1:20 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill modifies the circumstances under which a driver’s license may be suspended or revoked.
Oppose	HB1145	relative to a motor vehicle exception to criminal restraint or false imprisonment and relative to civil immunity and physical force in defense of a person.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/23	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill adds an exception to the criminal restraint and false imprisonment statutes based on temporary detainment in a motor vehicle and removes civil liability for the use of force in the protection of person or property and amends the law governing the duty to retreat when using physical force in defense of oneself or another.
Oppose	HB1131	relative to facial covering policies for schools.	Education	Fri 2/25	9:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits school boards and accredited nonpublic schools from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support	HB1371	relative to school district policies on facial masks of students in schools.	Education	Fri 2/25	10:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires school districts to adopt a policy leaving facial mask use to parents of students and not tolerating bullying, harassment, or discrimination.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 31 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 4 with 10 being of interest.
Of the 9 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB348	relative to political expenditures and contributions.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 2/14	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies political contribution limits.
Support	HB1330	Public hearing on non-germane amendment #2022-0399h to HB 1330, relative to the board of medical technicians.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 2/14	10:00 AM	LOB 302-304	The amendment repeals the requirements for the certification and regulation of medical technicians by the office of professional licensure and certification. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms Office, Room 318, State House
Oppose	HB1481	repealing the statute relative to medical freedom in immunizations.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill repeals the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Support	HB1379	relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/14	10:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill limits immunization requirements to those diseases identified in statute and removes the department of health and human service’s rulemaking authority in this area.
Of Interest	HB1495	relative to vaccine mandates for government contractors.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/14	2:15 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a chapter of law prohibiting employee vaccine requirements for government contractors, except for medical providers when there is a direct threat present.
Of Interest	HB1614	requiring the recording and storing of digital video in all state-funded juvenile detention facilities.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill mandates digital video recording of juvenile detention facilities paid for, in whole or in part, with general funds, as well as establishes the system requirements for such digital videos.
Of Interest	HB1612	relative to the confidentiality of reports made to the division of children, youth, and families and requiring guardians ad litem be appointed in certain instances.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that the identity of any person reporting suspected child abuse or neglect shall be fully confidential unless such a person makes such a report in bad faith or maliciously and with intent to cause harm. This bill also requires courts to appoint guardians ad litem when reports of suspected child abuse or neglect involve one or more parties in a divorce proceeding.
Support	HB1280	prohibiting a parent’s refusal to vaccinate a child pursuant to an order of the state or federal government to be used as a basis for terminating parental rights.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/15	11:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits a parent’s decision not to have their child vaccinated from being used as grounds to terminate parental rights.
Of Interest	HB1607	prohibiting unlawful discrimination in public and nonpublic schools.	Education	Tue 2/15	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the state board of education to ensure there is no unlawful discrimination in any approved school tuition program, public school, nonpublic school, or educational service that receives public funds.
Of Interest	HB1671	relative to the content of an adequate education.	Education	Tue 2/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the requirements for the content, definition, and accountability for an adequate public education.
Of Interest	HB1678	relative to the administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 2/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill clarifies certain provisions of the education freedom accounts program and the responsibilities of scholarship organizations and public schools.
Oppose	HB1120	relative to education service providers under the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 2/15	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds compliance requirements for education service providers requesting payment from education freedom account funds, including criminal history records checks of employees with direct contact with students.
Oppose	HB1683	repealing the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 2/15	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program and reverts the unused funds to be deposited to the education trust fund.
Of Interest	HB1135	requiring a performance audit of the department of education, education freedom account program.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a performance audit of the department of education, education freedom account program.
Of Interest	HB1395	relative to administrative rulemaking authority.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that all items of business conducted by the joint legislative committee on administrative rules receive final legislative action by the general court in a joint resolution sponsored by the committee before the business items go into effect.
Support	HB1606	making the state vaccine registry an opt-in program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/15	10:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill makes the state immunization registry an opt-in program rather than an opt-out program.
Support	HB1026	relative to budget information provided to a budget committee.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that a municipal budget committee may require that the governing body provide budget recommendations in full line item detail in active spreadsheet format.
Of Interest	HB1068	relative to building codes for tiny houses.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill defines tiny houses and provides for the authority and requirements for municipal regulation.
Support	HB1238	relative to zoning powers and the supply of workforce housing.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits local proscriptions on workforce housing.
Oppose	HB1119	relative to the regulation of single-use bags.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows towns to regulate the use of paper and plastic bags.
Support	HB1268	limiting the authority for city council bylaws and ordinances.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of city councils to make bylaws and ordinances to those they are specifically empowered to make.
Of Interest	HB1289	relative to applications for abatements and authority to abate prior years’ taxes for certain homeowners.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that good cause for a tax abatement under RSA 76:16 shall include allowed recreational use of OHRVs on class 5 and class 6 roads.
Support	HB1393	relative to the adoption of school district budget caps.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 2/15	3:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes the requirements for and procedure for the adoption of a school district budget cap.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 84 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 17 and opposition of 8 with 7 being of interest.
Of the 26 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
Support	SB250	enabling municipalities to adopt a tax credit for qualified private community property owners.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill enables municipalities to adopt a tax credit for qualified private community property owners.
Of Interest	SB252	relative to information on property tax bills.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires property tax bills to include information regarding the amount disbursed from the education trust fund in the prior fiscal year and the amount the municipality’s education grant aid will be reduced under RSA 189:41 as a result of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F:2.
Oppose	HB1321	relative to the governor’s power to declare a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill removes certain restrictions on the governor’s power to declare a state of emergency.
Of Interest	HB1369	relative to COVID-19 health and safety policies at New Hampshire performing arts venues.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that performing arts venues in New Hampshire have the authority to establish their own COVID health and safety policies.
Support	HB1045	requiring legislative oversight over the emergency powers of the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill clarifies certain public health emergency management powers of the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1633	relative to requiring COVID-19 vaccination for school attendance.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires covid-19 vaccination for school attendance, expands the definition of school to include postsecondary institutions, and limits the scope of the Covid-19 vaccination requirement to those individuals whose age exceeds the minimum for a vaccine fully approved by the FDA.
Support	HB1035	relative to exemptions from school vaccine mandates.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 2/7	2:15 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows parents to obtain an exemption from vaccinations required for school attendance. The parent may claim the exemption for medical or religious reasons or as a matter of conscience.
Support	HB1177	relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.
Support	HB1194	relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap.
Support	HB1238	relative to zoning powers and the supply of workforce housing.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits local proscriptions on workforce housing.
Of Interest	HB1307	modifying the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 2/7	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill modifies the authority and duties of the housing appeals board.
Of Interest	HB1431	establishing the parental bill of rights.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/8	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes a parental bill of rights, a framework for notice of, and to report violations of, such rights, and consequences for affirmative findings of violations.
Oppose	SB453	relative to statewide pre-kindergarten funding.	Education	Tue 2/8	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes the requirement for school districts to provide pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to pupils in the district and for state funding of the cost of pre-K education programs.
Of Interest	SB410	relative to school district transparency.	Education	Tue 2/8	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires public comment periods at school board meetings, the adoption of a school board code of ethics developed by the state board of education, and procedures for amendment and submission of school district charters.
Support	HB1241	prohibiting a school district from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination for school attendance.	Education	Tue 2/8	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits school districts from mandating that students have a COVID-19 vaccination in order to attend school.
Support	HB1171	exempting certain niche beauty services from licensure requirements.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill exempts niche beauty services from occupational and shop license requirements.
Support	HB1560	relative to nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	11:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the requirements for nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
Support	HB1566	relative to the NH prescription drug affordability board (non-germane amendment #2022-0375)	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/8	3:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	The amendment repeals the New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms Office, Room 318, State House.
Support	HB1401	prohibiting the disclosure of the number of miles driven by a specific driver licensed by the state or vehicle registered in the state.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits both the department of safety, and inspection stations, from sharing vehicle mileage information without the consent of the vehicle’s owner.
Support	HB1302	relative to the weighing of vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	10:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill limits law enforcement’s authority to stop and weigh any vehicle to commercial vehicles only.
Support	HB1447	prohibiting state agencies from using face recognition technology.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	11:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits state agencies from using face recognition technology.
Oppose	SB442	relative to the suspension of a vehicle registration as a result of evading toll collection systems.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the director of the division of motor vehicles to suspend an owner’s vehicle registration privileges until any unpaid tolls and administrative fees are paid. This bill also prevents an owner from transferring ownership of a vehicle until any unpaid tolls and fees are paid.
Support	HB1426	eliminating the vehicle inspection mandate for non-commercial vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 2/8	1:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill eliminates the requirement that private passenger vehicles, light trucks, and motorcycles undergo annual equipment inspection to determine whether such vehicles are fit to be driven, provided that such vehicles are not used in the regular course of business.
Of Interest	HB1431	establishing the parental bill of rights.	Children and Family Law	Wed 2/9	11:40 AM	LOB Room 206-208
Oppose	HB1380	relative to installation of solar photovoltaic energy systems by owners subject to deed restrictions in a homeowners association.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits deed restrictions of homeowners’ associations from prohibiting or restricting the installation and use of a solar photovoltaic energy system.
Support	HB1378	relative to inspection of public lodging houses.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a sheriff or police officer to present a warrant before inspecting the register of a public lodging house.
Support	HB1296	relative to money, coin, or currency which may be forfeited in connection with a drug offense (non-germane amendment #2021-0264h). nify criminal asset forfeiture, one process for the crime (if there is one) and the asset. It also includes the language of HB1101 (non-adoption for Equitable Sharing).	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	9:45 AM	LOB Room 202-204	The amendment establishes a procedure for the forfeiture of items used in connection with a drug offense. Copies of the amendment are available in the Sergeant-at-Arms office, Room 318, State House.
Of Interest	HB1476	relative to persons arrested while out on bail.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Of Interest	HB1335	relative to the parole board and the procedure for medical parole of prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill revises the criteria necessary for determining if an inmate qualifies for medical parole and revises the membership of the adult parole board. The bill also renames the position of “executive assistant to the parole board” as the “parole board director of operations.”
Of Interest	HB1512	relative to the parole of certain prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/9	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the eligibility for parole for certain prisoners.
Oppose	SB374	relative to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/9	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits a person from requiring that an individual who had COVID-19 or who is under the age of 18 receive a vaccination against the virus as a condition for employment, education, or access to businesses or entities open to the public. The bill also establishes an exemption as a matter of conscience against a vaccination mandate. The bill establishes a criminal penalty and a private right of action for enforcement.
Support	HB1070	relative to the default budget in official ballot jurisdictions.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the default budget in an official ballot town or district to be reduced by any reduction to an appropriation the governing body made in the proposed operating budget.
Support	HB1087	relative to zoning for single family housing lots.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of local land use planning boards relating to ordinances governing lot sizes.
Oppose	HB1172	requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires towns to ensure that residents of public housing have access to a composting and waste recycling facility.
Of Interest	HB1617	relative to housing projects of the community development finance authority and establishing a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income-sensitive.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/9	12:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that the community development finance authority block grant program may be used for affordable housing projects. The bill also establishes a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income sensitive.
Oppose	HB1143	relative to medical mandates adopted by employers.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer that implements a medical mandate as a condition of employment to submit the written policy to the state, and provide severance pay to any employee who is terminated as a result of opting out of the medical mandate.
Oppose	HB1508	prohibiting discharge of volunteer firefighters or volunteer emergency medical technicians from other employment.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits an employer from discharging or disciplining an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician and whose failure to report for work was due to such employee responding to an emergency.
Oppose	HB1514	relative to an employee’s unused earned time.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time.
Oppose	HB1569	relative to the status of “totally unemployed” for purposes of unemployment compensation.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill provides that an individual who has not been terminated but has been prohibited from entering his or her place of employment shall be deemed totally unemployed for the purposes of unemployment compensation.

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Of the 108 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 16 with 22 being of interest.
Of the 27 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 5 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	CACR36	residency for the purpose of voting. Providing that only residents of the state may vote in elections.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a person must be a resident of New Hampshire for the purpose of voting.
Of Interest	HB50	apportioning state representative districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes state representative districts.
Of Interest	HB52	apportioning congressional districts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes new United States House of Representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.
Support	HB314	relative to homestead food operation licensure.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	11:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill makes an adjustment to the maximum annual gross sales of food by a homestead food operation.
Of Interest	HB1681	relative to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of the state building code, addresses the version of the building code applicable immediately following adoption of an updated edition, and clarifies the role of the state building code review board. The bill also requires municipalities to submit local building ordinances to the state building code review board for informational purposes.
Support	HB1191	relative to electrical work, plumbing, and fuel gas fitting in one or two family housing.	Executive Departments and Administration	Mon 1/31	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the exemption from licensure for individuals performing electrical work, plumbing, or gas fitting work on structures used as such individuals’ primary residence.
Of Interest	HB1409	relative to the age at which a minor may receive mental health treatment without parental consent.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows a minor 16 years of age or older to consent to mental health treatment without parental consent. The bill also allows for reimbursement of such services from the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.
Of Interest	HB1126	permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill permits minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent.
Oppose	HB1536	relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Mon 1/31	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill directs the department of health and human services to submit a state plan amendment to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid. The bill also establishes a quarterly reporting requirement.
Oppose	HB1342	relative to municipal charter provisions for tax caps.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill clarifies the interpretation of override provisions for tax or spending caps in certain town and city charters.
Support	HB1078	relative to budget procedures of the Gunstock Area Commission.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires the Gunstock area commission to submit a budget proposal to the county convention 90 days prior to the start of the next fiscal year and restricts all expenditures to those approved by the county convention.
Oppose	SB324	establishing a condominium, homeowners’ association, and cooperative dispute resolution board and relative to the authority of homeowners’ associations.	Commerce	Tue 2/1	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a dispute resolution board for condominiums, homeowners’ associations, and cooperatives. This bill also modifies requirements for homeowners’ association agreements.
Oppose	SB237	relative to participation in the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 2/1	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires annual determination of eligibility and requires ineligibility for certain periods upon a determination of misstatements or misuse.
Oppose	SB432	repealing the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 2/1	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program
Oppose	SB271	relative to the Burgess BioPower facility.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 2/1	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill permits the public utilities commission to revise its orders affecting the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin.
Support	HB1460	relative to minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/1	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses.
Oppose	SB445	appropriating funds to the broadband matching grant fund.	Finance	Tue 2/1	1:10 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates federal funding to the broadband matching grant fund.
Oppose	HB1224	prohibiting state and local governments from adopting certain mandates in response to COVID-19; and prohibiting employers and places of public accommodation from discriminating on the basis of vaccination status.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill: I. Prohibits state or local government agencies from requiring masks or other facial coverings in response to COVID-19 or other infectious disease. II. Prohibits state or local government agencies from issuing immunity passports or similar standardized documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. III. Prohibits businesses from requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. IV. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of COVID-19 vaccination status by state agencies, employers, and places of public accommodation.
Support	HB1604	including state medical facilities in the statute providing medical freedom in immunizations.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	10:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill repeals the exemption of county nursing homes, the state hospital, and any other medical facility or provider operated by the state or a political subdivision from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Oppose	HB1003	prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status.
Of Interest	HB1099	prohibiting the department of health and human services from requiring vaccine passports for services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 2/1	2:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not require a vaccine passport for services.
Of Interest	SB298	repealing the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education.	Judiciary	Tue 2/1	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education.
Oppose	HB1240	relative to service of process for license suspensions or revocations.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	10:10 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires that a notice of driver’s license revocation or suspension be sent by first class mail when a summons was not hand delivered by a law enforcement officer. This bill also creates a presumption of service 3 days after the mailing of the notice.
Of Interest	HB1463	relative to drivers’ licenses issued in accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	10:50 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill modifies the requirements needed to obtain a driver’s license that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13.
Oppose	SB447	establishing the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund.	Transportation	Tue 2/1	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund within the department of transportation.
Support	HB1028	relative to the form of individual health insurance policies.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill modifies the form of individual health insurance policies.
Oppose	HB1162	relative to requiring insurance coverage for vaccinations, devices, and medications authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	10:45 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits insurers from excluding coverage for any vaccination, device, or medication that has been authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Oppose	HB1580	relative to pharmacy benefits managers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/2	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the licensure of pharmacy benefits managers.
Oppose	HB1594	relative to assistance to certain students with disabilities in registering to vote.	Education	Wed 2/2	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides for students with an individualized education program or accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to discuss including voter registration in the student’s plan.
Support	HB1233	prohibiting higher education institutions receiving state funds from requiring face masks and COVID-19 vaccinations for attendance.	Education	Wed 2/2	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits higher education institutions from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination or face masks for enrollment or attendance.
Oppose	HB1332	excepting public universities and colleges from requirements under medical freedom in immunizations.	Education	Wed 2/2	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill exempts the university system and the community college system from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Oppose	HB1115	relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.	Education	Wed 2/2	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the statewide student assessment tests for the record of educational attainment under the education freedom accounts program.
Of Interest	HB1670	relative to funds of the education freedom account program after termination of a student’s participation and responsibilities of the scholarship organization.	Education	Wed 2/2	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that upon enrolling in a public school an education freedom account program student’s participation and funding are terminated. The bill also requires audits by the scholarship organization and investigation of misuses of funds.
Of Interest	HB1669	requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program.	Education	Wed 2/2	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education.
Oppose	SB422	establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/2	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to solicit information and to contract with dental managed care organizations to provide dental care to persons under the Medicaid managed care program.
Of Interest	SB379	establishing the solid waste management fund and establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/2	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Establishes the solid waste reduction management fund. II. Establishes a solid waste disposal surcharge. III. Repeals the existing surcharge on out-of-state waste.
Support	HB1582	repealing the granite state paid family leave plan.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 2/3	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals the paid family and medical leave plan.
Of Interest	HB1664	requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.	Education	Thu 2/3	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers.
Of Interest	HB1402	relative to inclusion of chartered public schools in school district bond issuance votes.	Education	Thu 2/3	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a procedure for a chartered public school to elect to include its planned land, construction, or renovation costs in the local school district’s vote to authorize bonded indebtedness.
Of Interest	HB1663	relative to requirements for home education students.	Education	Thu 2/3	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	The bill clarifies provisions for home education programs concerning notifications required for students moving to a new district, educational evaluations, and termination of home education.
Of Interest	HB1588	relative to students attending public schools that mandate the wearing of face masks without an emergency order in place.	Education	Thu 2/3	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows students in a school that has mandated face masks to transfer to a school or program in another school district and have the costs for such transfer paid by the resident district.
Support	HB1149	relative to the number of names required for nomination by nomination papers.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	9:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill reduces the number of names of registered voters required to nominate a candidate by nomination papers.
Of Interest	HB1166	requiring certain voters to declare a party affiliation prior to a state primary election and requiring candidates to be members of political parties for a certain amount of time prior to an election in which such candidates seek office.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	9:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires any undeclared voter who wishes to vote in a state party primary to declare a party affiliation at least 120 days prior to such primary. The bill also requires that any person seeking a nomination by primary be a member of the political party for which such candidate seeks a nomination for at least 6 months prior to the primary election.
Of Interest	HB1174	relative to election challengers.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill permits election challengers to be permitted within 6 feet of any table where any ballots are hand counted and to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.
Support	HB1197	relative to the definition of “party” for election purposes.	Election Law	Thu 2/3	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill modifies the definition of “party” for election purposes.
Oppose	HB1124	requiring businesses to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill requires employers to verify employment eligibility through the federal E-Verify system.
Support	HB1165	repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	10:45 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan.
Oppose	HB1472	prohibiting anti-union activities by employers.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill prohibits an employer from engaging in anti-union activities.
Oppose	HB1403	establishing a commission relative to the minimum wage.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 2/3	3:15 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill establishes a minimum hourly rate commission which shall set and adjust the minimum hourly rate for all employees in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB1136	requiring planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/3	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision.
Of Interest	HB1161	relative to ethics obligations of elected local and county officials.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 2/3	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits any member of a governing body in the state from having an interest in any business or transaction that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest. This bill also requires the member abstain from any vote that may create a conflict.
Of Interest	HB1335	relative to the parole board and the procedure for medical parole of prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill revises the criteria necessary for determining if an inmate qualifies for medical parole and revises the membership of the adult parole board. The bill also renames the position of “executive assistant to the parole board” as the “parole board director of operations.”
Of Interest	HB1476	relative to persons arrested while out on bail.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	1:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Of Interest	HB1512	relative to the parole of certain prisoners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/4	3:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the eligibility for parole for certain prisoners.
Of Interest	HB1607	prohibiting unlawful discrimination in public and nonpublic schools.	Education	Fri 2/4	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the state board of education to ensure there is no unlawful discrimination in any approved school tuition program, public school, nonpublic school, or educational service that receives public funds.
Of Interest	HB1671	relative to the content of an adequate education.	Education	Fri 2/4	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the requirements for the content, definition, and accountability for an adequate public education.
Of Interest	HB1678	relative to the administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Fri 2/4	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill clarifies certain provisions of the education freedom accounts program and the responsibilities of scholarship organizations and public schools.
Oppose	HB1120	relative to education service providers under the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Fri 2/4	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds compliance requirements for education service providers requesting payment from education freedom account funds, including criminal history records checks of employees with direct contact with students.
Oppose	HB1683	repealing the education freedom account program.	Education	Fri 2/4	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program and reverts the unused funds to be deposited to the education trust fund.
Support	HB1070	relative to the default budget in official ballot jurisdictions.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the default budget in an official ballot town or district to be reduced by any reduction to an appropriation the governing body made in the proposed operating budget.
Support	HB1087	relative to zoning for single family housing lots.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	9:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits the authority of local land use planning boards relating to ordinances governing lot sizes.
Oppose	HB1172	requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires towns to ensure that residents of public housing have access to a composting and waste recycling facility.
Of Interest	HB1617	relative to housing projects of the community development finance authority and establishing a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income-sensitive.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 2/4	12:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides that the community development finance authority block grant program may be used for affordable housing projects. The bill also establishes a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income sensitive.

• 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 207 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 21 and opposition of 29 with 33 being of interest.
Of the 54 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 4 with 5 being of interest.

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