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Of the 0 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 21 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	SB540	relative to portable solar generation devices.	Energy and Natural Resources	Thu 1/8	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Defines “portable solar generation device,” exempts them from interconnection requirements and net metering, and establishes safety standards. II. Limits electric distribution utility liability. III. Directs the public utilities commission to adopt rules as necessary to implement these provisions.
Of Interest	SB447	enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.	Energy and Natural Resources	Thu 1/8	2:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Defines “advanced nuclear resource” (ANR) and includes ANR options alongside renewable energy sources for utility services. II. Sets limitations and guidelines for investments in distributed electric generation. III. Clarifies the coordinator’s duties in nuclear development and regulatory activities. IV. Allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals (RFPs) for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and coordinate with one or more New England states in issuing this RFP. V. Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects, including expanding the annual cap for low-moderate income community solar projects from 6 MW to 18 MW. VI. Allows group net metering members to sign agreements with multiple group hosts, as long as their combined allocated load does not exceed their total load. VII. Expands the definitio
Support	SB486	relative to the administrative procedure act.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/8	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill revises the procedures of the administrative procedure act.
Of Interest	SB610	relative to long-term care insurance standards, form approvals, and public hearing procedures.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/8	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill relocates a provision on the insurance commissioner’s rulemaking authority on loss ratio standards for long-term care policies within statute, authorizes approval of innovative care policies, revises the criteria for disapproving insurance forms, and permits public hearings with discretionary disclosure of form and rate filings.
Oppose	SB612	relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/8	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies long-term care eligibility by adding mobility to the list of activities of daily living. The bill also requires the department of health and human services to obtain a determination of an applicant’s need for long term care from the applicant or participant’s primary care physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse, and to consider information from other health care providers.
Oppose	SB648	requiring age verification to allow access to certain material harmful to minors.	Judiciary	Thu 1/8	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a person that owns, operates, or controls a website or application for commercial purposes and publishes or distributes a substantial portion of material that is harmful to minors to implement age verification procedures. The bill establishes a private right of action for noncompliance and provides for enforcement by the attorney general.