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Bill Hearings for Week of February 07, 2022

  • 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.