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Of the 196 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 22 and opposition of 20 with 19 being of interest.
Of the 34 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1513	relative to reporting and transparency reports for the education freedom account program.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 1/26	10:45 AM	GP Room 232	This bill creates additional information gathering and reporting requirements for the scholarship organization responsible for education freedom accounts.
Oppose	HB1750	making a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).	Finance	Mon 1/26	11:00 AM	GP Room 230	This bill makes a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address a budget shortfall due to a reduction in federal matching funds.
Oppose	HB1399	making an appropriation to the Claremont school district for costs associated with a building renovation project from the revenue stabilization reserve account.	Finance	Mon 1/26	11:30 AM	GP Room 230	This bill appropriates money to the Claremont school district for costs associated with the 2015 Stevens High School renovation project.
Of Interest	HB1411	directing the state treasurer to withhold payments owed by the state to the federal government where the state has been deprived of federal aid as a result of presidential executive order.	Finance	Mon 1/26	1:00 PM	GP Room 230	This bill requires the state treasurer to withhold moneys owed to the federal government where the federal government has withheld existing or expected state aid to New Hampshire by means of an executive order or violation of a court order. The bill also authorizes the state treasurer to make payments owed to the federal government upon New Hampshire’s receipt of existing or expected state aid.
Of Interest	HB1455	relative to the criteria for reliable energy sources.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/26	3:00 PM	GP Room 229	This bill establishes energy security and clean energy standards by defining eligible energy sources for state programs, prioritizing domestic and dispatchable generation, and requiring that energy used in New Hampshire be affordable, reliable, and include hydrocarbons.
Oppose	HB1816	relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.	Education Funding	Tue 1/27	11:00 AM	GP Room 232	This bill allows the commissioner of the department of education to initiate and implement a district recovery plan if a school district’s financial and operational condition is deemed a financial emergency by the state board of education.
Oppose	HB1627	creating a single primary ballot.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	10:00 AM	GP Room 158	This bill creates a single party ballot for use in state and congressional primaries.
Of Interest	HB1520	defining citizenship for the purposes of voting.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	10:20 AM	GP Room 158	This bill defines both New Hampshire and United States citizenship for the purposes of voting. This bill also requires the secretary of state to distribute New Hampshire citizenship cards to native citizens and those persons from other states who take an oath of allegiance to the state of New Hampshire.
Of Interest	CACR14	relating to qualifications for office. Providing that candidates of the office of governor, state senator, and state representative shall be citizens of the United States.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	11:00 AM	GP Room 158	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution requires candidates for the office of governor, state senator, and state representative to be citizens of the United States.
Of Interest	CACR21	relating to voting eligibility. Providing that only legal residents who are at least 18 years of age or older who reside in the place they claim as domicile shall be eligible voters.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	11:20 AM	GP Room 158	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to recognize the right of all legal residents who are 18 years or older to vote in the place they claim as domicile, so long as they actually reside in the place they claim as domicile.
Oppose	HB1255	removing the requirement of more evidence than a campaign contribution to demonstrate that a vote, appointment or nomination was a corrupt practice.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	1:20 PM	GP Room 158	This bill removes the requirement of more evidence than a campaign contribution to demonstrate that a vote, appointment or nomination was a corrupt practice.
Of Interest	HB1462	relative to election law complaints.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	1:40 PM	GP Room 158	This bill requires the department of justices to create an election law complaint form and to investigate complaints alleging a voter has wrongfully voted by improperly claiming domicile in New Hampshire that are filed using such form and subject to certain restrictions.
Support	HB1306	relative to the counting of absentee ballots.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	2:00 PM	GP Room 158	This bill creates the absentee ballot certificate and requires certain counts of absentee ballots to be performed by the moderator and the clerk and recorded on the absentee ballot certificate.
Of Interest	HB1821	exempting certain information collected from electronic ballot counting devices from right-to-know law restrictions.	Election Law	Tue 1/27	3:00 PM	GP Room 158	This bill clarifies the retention period for ballot images and cast vote records and requires that such images and records be made publicly available within the 48 hours following each election and before the statutory recount request deadline.
Support	SB643	requiring cities and towns to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/27	9:30 AM	SH Room 122-123	This bill requires cities and towns to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
Support	SB586	requiring school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/27	9:45 AM	SH Room 122-123	This bill requires school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year.
Of Interest	HB1511	relative to the membership of the agriculture in the classroom committee.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/27	11:00 AM	GP Room 153	This bill removes a representative of the Granite State Dairy Promotion from the agriculture in the classroom committee.
Support	CACR12	relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes.	Finance	Tue 1/27	1:15 PM	SH Room 103	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to require a supermajority vote of the general court before any broad-based taxes are enacted.
Support	HB1336	allowing exceptions to the cap on residential security deposits for applicants not meeting standard approval criteria.	Housing	Tue 1/27	10:30 AM	GP Room 231	This bill allows landlords to require a security deposit of up to 2 months’ rent from applicants who do not meet specified approval criteria, establishes disclosure and re-screening requirements, and clarifies conditions under which the higher deposit may be removed or refunded.
Oppose	HB1371	prohibiting application fees for residential rental agreements.	Housing	Tue 1/27	11:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill prohibits application fees for residential rental agreements.
Of Interest	HB1709	relative to prohibiting the rental of residential property to individuals unlawfully present in the United States.	Housing	Tue 1/27	2:00 PM	GP Room 231	This bill requires individuals applying for residential rental housing in New Hampshire to disclose if they are not United States citizens or lawfully present in the United States.
Oppose	CACR16	relating to property. Providing that individuals may sleep on property they own or have a legal right to occupy.	Housing	Tue 1/27	2:30 PM	GP Room 231	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution affirms the individual right of persons to sleep on property they own or are legally entitled to occupy, ensuring protection from regulations or ordinances that would otherwise criminalize such activity.
Support	SB512	relative to fees to annul criminal records related to charges that do not result in conviction.	Judiciary	Tue 1/27	1:10 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a court to waive the filing fee for a petitioner that demonstrates that he or she has been found not guilty or that the case has been dismissed or not prosecuted.
Support	SB462	relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law.	Judiciary	Tue 1/27	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides that a qualifying patient’s therapeutic use of cannabis shall not affect the individual’s right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire law.
Of Interest	SB623	relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.	Judiciary	Tue 1/27	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes requirements for law enforcement officers assisting the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program.
Support	HB1704	permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Tue 1/27	3:15 PM	GP Room 159	This bill provides certain public employees with independent bargaining rights and authorizes said employees to engage in independent bargaining with employers free of any interference. The bill also establishes penalties for any violations of these public employee’s independent bargaining rights.
Support	HB1392	removing the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/27	11:40 AM	GP Room 154	This bill removes the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot.
Of Interest	HB1482	authorizing the department of motor vehicles to adopt seasonal tourism-themed license plates.	Transportation	Tue 1/27	10:00 AM	GP Room 234	This bill replaces the Old Man of the Mountain graphic on standard passenger plates with 4 seasonal scenic designs.
Oppose	HB1560	relative to annual motor vehicle inspection standards and reinstatement.	Transportation	Tue 1/27	10:40 AM	GP Room 234	This bill reenacts the motor vehicle inspection standards that were repealed in 2025, 141:254-256.
Oppose	HB1703	relative to establishing a registration fee for bicycles and electric bicycles using state or municipally funded bike paths, trails, or roadways.	Transportation	Tue 1/27	11:00 AM	GP Room 234	This bill establishes a required annual registration fee for all bicycles and electric bicycles operating on state or municipally funded paths, trails, and roadways which bicycles and electric bicycles are permitted to be ridden on. The bill also establishes a penalty for failure to register and directs funds from said fees and penalties to the commissioner of the department of transportation for the creation and maintenance of bicycle routes, lanes, paths, or trails in the state.
Support	HB1023	establishing accessory commercial units by right.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/28	11:00 AM	GP Room 229	This bill: I. Authorizes the establishment of accessory commercial units by right on any lot with a lawful principal use, in any zoning district statewide. II. Defines “accessory commercial unit.” III. Clarifies permitted uses, sets limits on floor area, hours, parking, and signage. IV. Prohibits municipalities from enacting more restrictive ordinances.
Support	HB1041	relative to permitting motor vehicle manufacturers to operate dealerships in market areas also served by franchise dealers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/28	1:15 PM	GP Room 229	This bill repeals the prohibition on motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors from directly competing with their own franchised motor vehicle dealers.
Support	CACR19	relative to the personal possession of cannabis. Providing that adults 21 years of age or older shall have the right to possess a modest amount of cannabis intended for their personal consumption.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	10:00 AM	GP Room 159	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right for all adults 21 years of age or older to possess a modest amount of cannabis for personal consumption.
Oppose	HB1034	relative to possession of firearms on school property.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	10:30 AM	GP Room 159	This bill prohibits carrying a firearm on school property. This bill also prohibits the hiring of armed guards in schools absent the satisfaction of a criminal background check.
Oppose	HB1047	relative to the offense of capital murder.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	11:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill makes it a capital murder offense to knowingly cause the death of the governor or governor-elect of New Hampshire, a member or member-elect of the executive council, or any member or member-elect of the New Hampshire senate or New Hampshire house of representatives, or any candidate for any such offices after such candidate has been nominated at his or her party’s primary, when such killing is motivated by knowledge of the foregoing capacity of the victim.
Oppose	HB1049	relative to storage requirements for firearms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	12:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill requires firearms to be securely stored when not in use to prevent unauthorized access by minors. It also requires that a locking safety device accompany all private and commercial firearms transactions and expands the criminal penalties for negligent storage of firearms.
Support	HB1058	enabling the carrying of a firearm on an OHRV when such OHRV is being operated on private property.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	1:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill enables the carrying of a firearm on an OHRV when such OHRV is being operated on private property.
Oppose	HB1084	relative to the relinquishment of deadly weapons by those subject to a domestic violence protective order.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	2:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill modifies the process for when a domestic violence order of protection is issued requiring the respondent to relinquish deadly weapons.
Support	HB1108	relative to the offense of criminal threatening.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	3:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill revises the standard for when a person shall not be deemed to have committed the offense of criminal threatening, when responding to certain threats.
Of Interest	HB1142	relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/28	3:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill establishes requirements for any state, county, or local law enforcement officer that is assisting with federal immigration enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program.
Of Interest	HB1774	relative to qualifying scholarship granting organizations and programs of low-earning outcomes.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/28	11:15 AM	GP Room 232	This bill: I. Directs the department of revenue administration to participate in the federal income tax credit for contributions of individuals to qualified scholarship granting organizations. II. Directs the department of education to create a qualifying scholarship granting organizations list and establish rules to allow organizations to be added to the list. III. Directs the governor to approve workforce training programs, in consultation with the state workforce innovation board, for federal Workforce Pell Grants. IV. Prevents an institution of higher education in the state, or student attending an institution of higher education in this state from receiving state aid for any academic program that is determined to be a “low-earning outcome program”. V. Requires the board of trustees of the university system of New Hampshire and the higher education commission to adopt rules to ensure that no state funds are appropriated, allocated, or expended for low-earning degree programs.
Of Interest	SB570	relative to the legislative ethics committee and legislative ethics.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/28	9:10 AM	SH Room 103	This bill amends definitions related to determining conflicts of interests for legislators.
Support	HB1004	exempting certain dwelling units from automatic sprinkler system requirements.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/28	11:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill exempts certain dwelling units from automatic sprinkler system requirements.
Support	HB1555	relative to the administration and enforcement of the state fire code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/28	1:00 PM	GP Room 231	This bill: I. Authorizes local fire chiefs to grant variances from the state fire code. II. Establishes procedures and indemnification requirements for variance applications. III. Provides a 20-year exemption from retroactive fire code compliance for permitted construction. IV. Creates a de novo appeal process to the state fire marshal with further appeal to the building code review board.
Support	HB1734	authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/28	9:00 AM	GP Room 158	This bill permits the establishment of experimental treatment centers. The centers would be authorized by the department of health and human services to provide treatment involving an investigational drug, biologic, or device that has successfully completed phase one of a clinical trial, but is not yet FDA-approved for general use and either remains under investigation in a clinical trial or has a demonstrated safety record from a qualified medical institution.
Support	HB1735	permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/28	11:00 AM	GP Room 158	This bill permits treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.
Support	HB1562	relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/28	1:00 PM	GP Room 158	This bill exempts direct-pay health care facilities from certain licensing requirements and policies in RSA 151:2-f as well as the moratorium on licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151:2, VI(a). The bill also establishes a patient’s bill of right for direct-pay facilities and directs the department of health and human services to study direct-pay models.
Support	HB1501	limiting judicial immunity.	Judiciary	Wed 1/28	10:30 AM	GP Room 230	This bill limits judicial immunity to allow for criminal or civil remedies for actions by members of the judiciary for certain actions.
Of Interest	HB1509	relative to judicial immunity and permitting civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions.	Judiciary	Wed 1/28	11:00 AM	GP Room 230	This bill permits civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions.
Of Interest	HB1547	relative to appeals from convictions in circuit court for certain offenses.	Judiciary	Wed 1/28	11:30 AM	GP Room 230	This bill requires a defendant charged with certain offenses to elect whether to proceed in circuit court and waive his or her right to a jury trial or to immediately appeal to superior court for a jury trial.
Of Interest	HB1639	establishing investigatory grand juries housed under the county sheriffs’ offices.	Judiciary	Wed 1/28	1:00 PM	GP Room 230	This bill establishes a framework for petition-initiated special grand juries with broad investigative authority over public institutions, detention and care facilities, financial entities, election and tax administration, corporate and professional misconduct, and federal overreach, while requiring counties to support their operations.
Support	CACR10	relating to the adoption of tax laws. Providing that no law shall establish or increase a state imposed tax unless adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/28	10:00 AM	GP Room 154	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution requires any bill establishing or increasing a state-imposed tax to originate in the House of Representatives and be adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
Support	CACR18	relating to tax rates. Providing that the rate of taxes in the state shall not exceed certain annual percentages.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/28	10:30 AM	GP Room 154	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the New Hampshire constitution to require that the state, political subdivisions of the state, or local districts cap total annual spending, changes to tax rates, or increases in debt at a rate tied to increases in inflation and population change, and create a right of action against the state, political subdivisions of the state, or local districts for persons whom reveal a state or local official to be in violation of this proposed constitutional article.
Support	HB1124	relative to the right to compute.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/29	10:30 AM	GP Room 229	This bill establishes the right to compute act.
Oppose	HB1658	relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/29	11:00 AM	GP Room 229	This bill enacts provisions governing app store operations and creates requirements for age verification and parental consent.
Oppose	HB1504	prohibiting retailers from engaging in price gouging on certain necessary products and services.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/29	1:15 PM	GP Room 229	This bill: I. Prohibits retailers from raising prices on necessary goods and services, except in certain circumstances. II. Empowers any governmental prosecuting authority to sue a retailer engaged in price gouging on behalf of the state.
Oppose	HB1216	relative to informed consent for law enforcement searches of houses or other property.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/29	11:30 AM	GP Room 159	This bill expands the statute governing informed consent for warrantless searches of motor vehicles to include real property.
Of Interest	HB1235	legalizing certain quantities of cannabis.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/29	12:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill authorizes the possession and use of cannabis by a person 21 years of age or older, subject to certain quantity restrictions and other limitations.
Oppose	HB1240	relative to the apparent use of a deadly weapon during the offense of criminal threatening.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/29	2:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill makes it a class B felony to violate certain provisions of the criminal threatening statute while using what reasonably appears to the victim to be a deadly weapon. This bill is a request of the county attorneys.
Support	HB1244	relative to exceptions to the charge of criminal threatening.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/29	3:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill adds an additional exception to when a person shall not have been deemed to commit the offense of criminal threatening to include certain actions in response to a person criminally trespassing that may result in property damage or threat of serious bodily injury or death.
Support	HB1279	relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/29	3:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill modifies the standard for when force can be used against someone likely to use unlawful force in the commission of a felony.
Oppose	HB1578	adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.	Education Funding	Thu 1/29	1:45 PM	GP Room 232	This bill adds definitions to the chapter relative to education freedom accounts (EFAs), including a definition for program administrator. The bill also adds quarterly reporting requirements for program administrators detailing information related to EFAs.
Support	HB1340	limiting occupational regulations to those demonstrably necessary to achieve public health, safety, or welfare objectives.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/29	10:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill sets restrictions on the use of occupational regulations, requires all agencies to review all of their rules to ensure compliance, and sets special standards for the enforcement of these restrictions.
Support	HB1211	relative to the scope of review of state agency interpretations.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/29	2:15 PM	GP Room 231	This bill states that reviews of state agency rules and guidance shall not defer to the agency’s interpretations but make any necessary interpretations de novo, and shall resolve doubts in favor of limiting agency action.
Of Interest	HB1364	requiring quarterly reports from counties, municipalities, or any other political subdivisions of the state that enter into certain agreements with the federal government concerning assistance with federal immigration enforcement.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/30	11:30 AM	GP Room 159	This bill requires any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state that has entered into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement through the federal 287(g) program to submit a quarterly report to the attorney general. The attorney general is required to submit a quarterly consolidated report based on the information received.
Oppose	HB1537	relative to the use of high resolution cameras to identify school bus stop light violators.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/30	12:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill allows video recording devices to be affixed to school bus stop bars.
Of Interest	HB1641	relative to petitions for certain orders of protection where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/30	1:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill requires the court clerk’s office to transmit certain orders of protection to a prosecutor or probation officer where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation.
Of Interest	HB1583	permitting municipalities to establish special assessment districts for infrastructure improvements.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 1/30	9:55 AM	GP Room 154	This bill authorizes municipalities to establish infrastructure-based special assessment districts to finance public improvements that directly benefit new development.