- These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 108 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 16 with 22 being of interest.
Of the 27 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 5 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | CACR36 | residency for the purpose of voting. Providing that only residents of the state may vote in elections. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a person must be a resident of New Hampshire for the purpose of voting. |
| Of Interest | HB50 | apportioning state representative districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 1:45 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes state representative districts. |
| Of Interest | HB52 | apportioning congressional districts. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 1:45 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes new United States House of Representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census. |
| Support | HB314 | relative to homestead food operation licensure. | Executive Departments and Administration | Mon 1/31 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill makes an adjustment to the maximum annual gross sales of food by a homestead food operation. |
| Of Interest | HB1681 | relative to the state building code. | Executive Departments and Administration | Mon 1/31 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill revises the definition of the state building code, addresses the version of the building code applicable immediately following adoption of an updated edition, and clarifies the role of the state building code review board. The bill also requires municipalities to submit local building ordinances to the state building code review board for informational purposes. |
| Support | HB1191 | relative to electrical work, plumbing, and fuel gas fitting in one or two family housing. | Executive Departments and Administration | Mon 1/31 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill modifies the exemption from licensure for individuals performing electrical work, plumbing, or gas fitting work on structures used as such individuals’ primary residence. |
| Of Interest | HB1409 | relative to the age at which a minor may receive mental health treatment without parental consent. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill allows a minor 16 years of age or older to consent to mental health treatment without parental consent. The bill also allows for reimbursement of such services from the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund. |
| Of Interest | HB1126 | permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill permits minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent. |
| Oppose | HB1536 | relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 1/31 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill directs the department of health and human services to submit a state plan amendment to expand postpartum coverage under Medicaid. The bill also establishes a quarterly reporting requirement. |
| Oppose | HB1342 | relative to municipal charter provisions for tax caps. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 1/31 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill clarifies the interpretation of override provisions for tax or spending caps in certain town and city charters. |
| Support | HB1078 | relative to budget procedures of the Gunstock Area Commission. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 1/31 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires the Gunstock area commission to submit a budget proposal to the county convention 90 days prior to the start of the next fiscal year and restricts all expenditures to those approved by the county convention. |
| Oppose | SB324 | establishing a condominium, homeowners’ association, and cooperative dispute resolution board and relative to the authority of homeowners’ associations. | Commerce | Tue 2/1 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes a dispute resolution board for condominiums, homeowners’ associations, and cooperatives. This bill also modifies requirements for homeowners’ association agreements. |
| Oppose | SB237 | relative to participation in the education freedom account program. | Education | Tue 2/1 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires annual determination of eligibility and requires ineligibility for certain periods upon a determination of misstatements or misuse. |
| Oppose | SB432 | repealing the education freedom account program. | Education | Tue 2/1 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program |
| Oppose | SB271 | relative to the Burgess BioPower facility. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 2/1 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill permits the public utilities commission to revise its orders affecting the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin. |
| Support | HB1460 | relative to minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 2/1 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill repeals minimum age requirements for certain occupational licenses. |
| Oppose | SB445 | appropriating funds to the broadband matching grant fund. | Finance | Tue 2/1 | 1:10 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill appropriates federal funding to the broadband matching grant fund. |
| Oppose | HB1224 | prohibiting state and local governments from adopting certain mandates in response to COVID-19; and prohibiting employers and places of public accommodation from discriminating on the basis of vaccination status. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/1 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill: I. Prohibits state or local government agencies from requiring masks or other facial coverings in response to COVID-19 or other infectious disease. II. Prohibits state or local government agencies from issuing immunity passports or similar standardized documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. III. Prohibits businesses from requiring documentation of COVID-19 vaccination status. IV. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of COVID-19 vaccination status by state agencies, employers, and places of public accommodation. |
| Support | HB1604 | including state medical facilities in the statute providing medical freedom in immunizations. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/1 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill repeals the exemption of county nursing homes, the state hospital, and any other medical facility or provider operated by the state or a political subdivision from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations. |
| Oppose | HB1003 | prohibiting health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/1 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill prohibits health care providers from refusing to provide care or services based on patient vaccination status. |
| Of Interest | HB1099 | prohibiting the department of health and human services from requiring vaccine passports for services. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 2/1 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not require a vaccine passport for services. |
| Of Interest | SB298 | repealing the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education. | Judiciary | Tue 2/1 | 1:20 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill repeals the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education. |
| Oppose | HB1240 | relative to service of process for license suspensions or revocations. | Transportation | Tue 2/1 | 10:10 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill requires that a notice of driver’s license revocation or suspension be sent by first class mail when a summons was not hand delivered by a law enforcement officer. This bill also creates a presumption of service 3 days after the mailing of the notice. |
| Of Interest | HB1463 | relative to drivers’ licenses issued in accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005. | Transportation | Tue 2/1 | 10:50 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill modifies the requirements needed to obtain a driver’s license that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13. |
| Oppose | SB447 | establishing the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund. | Transportation | Tue 2/1 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes the electric vehicle and infrastructure fund within the department of transportation. |
| Support | HB1028 | relative to the form of individual health insurance policies. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/2 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill modifies the form of individual health insurance policies. |
| Oppose | HB1162 | relative to requiring insurance coverage for vaccinations, devices, and medications authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/2 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill prohibits insurers from excluding coverage for any vaccination, device, or medication that has been authorized for emergency use by the United States Food and Drug Administration. |
| Oppose | HB1580 | relative to pharmacy benefits managers. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/2 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes the licensure of pharmacy benefits managers. |
| Oppose | HB1594 | relative to assistance to certain students with disabilities in registering to vote. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill provides for students with an individualized education program or accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to discuss including voter registration in the student’s plan. |
| Support | HB1233 | prohibiting higher education institutions receiving state funds from requiring face masks and COVID-19 vaccinations for attendance. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill prohibits higher education institutions from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination or face masks for enrollment or attendance. |
| Oppose | HB1332 | excepting public universities and colleges from requirements under medical freedom in immunizations. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill exempts the university system and the community college system from the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations. |
| Oppose | HB1115 | relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 12:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires the statewide student assessment tests for the record of educational attainment under the education freedom accounts program. |
| Of Interest | HB1670 | relative to funds of the education freedom account program after termination of a student’s participation and responsibilities of the scholarship organization. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires that upon enrolling in a public school an education freedom account program student’s participation and funding are terminated. The bill also requires audits by the scholarship organization and investigation of misuses of funds. |
| Of Interest | HB1669 | requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program. | Education | Wed 2/2 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill changes the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education. |
| Oppose | SB422 | establishing an adult dental benefit under the state Medicaid program. | Health and Human Services | Wed 2/2 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to solicit information and to contract with dental managed care organizations to provide dental care to persons under the Medicaid managed care program. |
| Of Interest | SB379 | establishing the solid waste management fund and establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge. | Ways and Means | Wed 2/2 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Establishes the solid waste reduction management fund. II. Establishes a solid waste disposal surcharge. III. Repeals the existing surcharge on out-of-state waste. |
| Support | HB1582 | repealing the granite state paid family leave plan. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Thu 2/3 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill repeals the paid family and medical leave plan. |
| Of Interest | HB1664 | requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers. | Education | Thu 2/3 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers. |
| Of Interest | HB1402 | relative to inclusion of chartered public schools in school district bond issuance votes. | Education | Thu 2/3 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a procedure for a chartered public school to elect to include its planned land, construction, or renovation costs in the local school district’s vote to authorize bonded indebtedness. |
| Of Interest | HB1663 | relative to requirements for home education students. | Education | Thu 2/3 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | The bill clarifies provisions for home education programs concerning notifications required for students moving to a new district, educational evaluations, and termination of home education. |
| Of Interest | HB1588 | relative to students attending public schools that mandate the wearing of face masks without an emergency order in place. | Education | Thu 2/3 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows students in a school that has mandated face masks to transfer to a school or program in another school district and have the costs for such transfer paid by the resident district. |
| Support | HB1149 | relative to the number of names required for nomination by nomination papers. | Election Law | Thu 2/3 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill reduces the number of names of registered voters required to nominate a candidate by nomination papers. |
| Of Interest | HB1166 | requiring certain voters to declare a party affiliation prior to a state primary election and requiring candidates to be members of political parties for a certain amount of time prior to an election in which such candidates seek office. | Election Law | Thu 2/3 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill requires any undeclared voter who wishes to vote in a state party primary to declare a party affiliation at least 120 days prior to such primary. The bill also requires that any person seeking a nomination by primary be a member of the political party for which such candidate seeks a nomination for at least 6 months prior to the primary election. |
| Of Interest | HB1174 | relative to election challengers. | Election Law | Thu 2/3 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill permits election challengers to be permitted within 6 feet of any table where any ballots are hand counted and to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device. |
| Support | HB1197 | relative to the definition of “party” for election purposes. | Election Law | Thu 2/3 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill modifies the definition of “party” for election purposes. |
| Oppose | HB1124 | requiring businesses to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 2/3 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill requires employers to verify employment eligibility through the federal E-Verify system. |
| Support | HB1165 | repealing the Granite State paid family leave plan. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 2/3 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill repeals the Granite State paid family leave plan. |
| Oppose | HB1472 | prohibiting anti-union activities by employers. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 2/3 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill prohibits an employer from engaging in anti-union activities. |
| Oppose | HB1403 | establishing a commission relative to the minimum wage. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Thu 2/3 | 3:15 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill establishes a minimum hourly rate commission which shall set and adjust the minimum hourly rate for all employees in New Hampshire. |
| Of Interest | HB1136 | requiring planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/3 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires planning boards to list the type of studies required to render a decision. |
| Of Interest | HB1161 | relative to ethics obligations of elected local and county officials. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/3 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill prohibits any member of a governing body in the state from having an interest in any business or transaction that is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest. This bill also requires the member abstain from any vote that may create a conflict. |
| Of Interest | HB1335 | relative to the parole board and the procedure for medical parole of prisoners. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 2/4 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill revises the criteria necessary for determining if an inmate qualifies for medical parole and revises the membership of the adult parole board. The bill also renames the position of “executive assistant to the parole board” as the “parole board director of operations.” |
| Of Interest | HB1476 | relative to persons arrested while out on bail. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 2/4 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge. |
| Of Interest | HB1512 | relative to the parole of certain prisoners. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 2/4 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill changes the eligibility for parole for certain prisoners. |
| Of Interest | HB1607 | prohibiting unlawful discrimination in public and nonpublic schools. | Education | Fri 2/4 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires the state board of education to ensure there is no unlawful discrimination in any approved school tuition program, public school, nonpublic school, or educational service that receives public funds. |
| Of Interest | HB1671 | relative to the content of an adequate education. | Education | Fri 2/4 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill revises the requirements for the content, definition, and accountability for an adequate public education. |
| Of Interest | HB1678 | relative to the administration of the education freedom accounts program. | Education | Fri 2/4 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill clarifies certain provisions of the education freedom accounts program and the responsibilities of scholarship organizations and public schools. |
| Oppose | HB1120 | relative to education service providers under the education freedom accounts program. | Education | Fri 2/4 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill adds compliance requirements for education service providers requesting payment from education freedom account funds, including criminal history records checks of employees with direct contact with students. |
| Oppose | HB1683 | repealing the education freedom account program. | Education | Fri 2/4 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the provisions of the education freedom account program and reverts the unused funds to be deposited to the education trust fund. |
| Support | HB1070 | relative to the default budget in official ballot jurisdictions. | Municipal and County Government | Fri 2/4 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill allows for the default budget in an official ballot town or district to be reduced by any reduction to an appropriation the governing body made in the proposed operating budget. |
| Support | HB1087 | relative to zoning for single family housing lots. | Municipal and County Government | Fri 2/4 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill limits the authority of local land use planning boards relating to ordinances governing lot sizes. |
| Oppose | HB1172 | requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing. | Municipal and County Government | Fri 2/4 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires towns to ensure that residents of public housing have access to a composting and waste recycling facility. |
| Of Interest | HB1617 | relative to housing projects of the community development finance authority and establishing a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income-sensitive. | Municipal and County Government | Fri 2/4 | 12:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill provides that the community development finance authority block grant program may be used for affordable housing projects. The bill also establishes a committee to prevent state subsidies for housing development that is not income sensitive. |