- These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
- Click on the bill number to read the bill.
- Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.
Of the 8 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 33 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 1 with 5 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | HB1400-2024-1658s) | Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1658s, relative to residential parking spaces and the removal of unauthorized occupants of residential real property, to HB 1400, relative to residential parking spaces. |
Commerce | Tue 5/7 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | I. Provides that zoning and planning regulations shall not require more than one residential parking space per unit.
II. Allows property owners or their authorized agents to request the immediate removal of unauthorized occupants by submitting a verified complaint to the sheriff of the county where the property is located. |
| Support | HB1291 | relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right. | Commerce | Tue 5/7 | 10:20 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill increases the number of accessory dwelling units allowed by right from one to 2, adds definitions, and increases the maximum square footage. It also gives municipalities the right to require accessory units meet the definition for workforce housing. |
| Of Interest | HB1124 | (New Title) relative to limiting conflicts of interest for municipal board and committee members. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 5/7 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill limits conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members. |
| Of Interest | HB1215-2024-1493s | Hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1493s, Housing Appeals Board RSA 679:5 IV, to HB 1215, relative to development approvals and appeals. |
Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 5/7 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 10 years, and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 5 years. The bill also changes the building code and fire code appeals process, limiting the jurisdiction of the local building code board of appeals to hearing decisions made under local amendments to those codes. |
| Of Interest | HB1628 | relative to regulatory authority for apples, coal grading, potatoes, cider, milk, and lumber. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 5/7 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill repeals certain regulatory statutes that have been preempted by the federal government and moves regulatory authority for apples, cider, and lumber to the chapter relative to standards for farm products. This bill is a request of the committee to study the New Hampshire law relative to standards for farm products and marketing and grading commodities established in 2023, 12:1. |
| Support | HB1121 | relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 5/7 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event. |
| Oppose | SB503 | relative to requiring a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Tue 5/7 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 307 | This bill requires a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license. |
| Of Interest | HB1118 | relative to the issuance of drivers’ licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire. | Judiciary | Tue 5/7 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill further delineates requirements regarding issuance of nonresident alien drivers’ licenses. |
| Support | HB1127 | relative to the revocation and suspension of drivers’ licenses. | Judiciary | Tue 5/7 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill allows individuals with suspended licenses to mow their lawns without penalty and eliminates the requirement that drivers with suspended licenses surrender their licenses to the department of motor vehicles. |
| Support | HB1204 | relative to government agent entries into secured premises. | Judiciary | Tue 5/7 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes requirements for when a government agent may enter a secured premises without a warrant. |
| Support | HB1391 | allowing new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase. | Transportation | Tue 5/7 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase. |
| Oppose | HB1394 | (New Title) relative to licensure and regulation of music therapists. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 5/8 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the office of professional licensure and certification. This bill further directs the office of professional licensure and certification, for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, to increase their annual budget by $3,000 for the purpose of hiring temporary or part-time staff, or overtime costs, to help with licensing and administration of the music therapists governing board. |
| Support | SB302 | adding an additional exemption from the regulation of physicians and surgeons. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 5/8 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill exempts from application of the chapter a physician licensed in another state providing care to a patient in New Hampshire when there is a physician-patient relationship in the physician’s home state of licensing with in-person examinations conducted by the physician at intervals appropriate for the patient and the patient’s medical condition, but not less than annually. |
| Of Interest | SB371-2024-1671h | Public Hearing on non-germane amendment #2024-1671h to SB 371, relative to the licensing of resident physicians. |
Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 5/8 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill makes various changes regarding the licensing of and regulation of physicians, including transferring certain authority from the board of medicine to the office of professional licensure and certification. |
| Support | SB505-2024-1739h | Public hearing on proposed non-germane Amendment #2024-1739h to SB 505, relative to the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC. |
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 5/8 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the prospective repeal of the prohibition on the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC and defines and regulates intoxicating hemp products. |
| Support | HB1222 | relative to physician assistant scope of practice. | Health and Human Services | Wed 5/8 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill eliminates the collaboration agreement requirement for physician assistants, except physician assistants who have completed fewer than 8,000 hours of clinical practice and work in a health care setting that does not employ a physician. |
| Support | HB1584 | relative to home day care licensing requirements. | Health and Human Services | Wed 5/8 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill exempts from child day care licensing requirements private homes in which care is provided for up to 4 children in addition to the provider’s own children. Current law permits care for 3 additional children. |