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Of the 57 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 6 with 6 being of interest.
Of the 53 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 5 with 3 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	SB540	relative to portable solar generation devices.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 4/6	1:00 PM	GP Room 229	This bill: I. Defines “portable solar generation device” and exempts them from interconnection requirements and net metering. II. Requires compliance with state building code and manufacturer instructions, directs the building code review board to update codes for portable solar devices, and limits electric distribution utility liability. III. Authorizes the department of energy to adopt rules relative to interconnection requirements for portable solar generation devices and directs the department to maintain relevant information regarding the devices on the department’s website.
Oppose	HB1630	prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational purposes.	Commerce	Tue 4/7	9:55 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits licensees from using their premises for illegal purposes, requires compliance with laws on inhaling toxic vapors, and bans selling nitrous oxide devices, with violations subject to enforcement by the liquor commission and repeat offenses leading to license revocation.
Support	HB1245	relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.	Commerce	Tue 4/7	10:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a voluntary framework allowing independent contractors to participate in portable benefit plans through authorized providers.
Oppose	SB648	(New Title) requiring age verification by commercial entities to allow access to pornographic material.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 4/7	11:00 AM	GP Room 159	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 pornographic to implement age verification procedures. This bill also authorizes the attorney general to enforce such requirements against commercial entities for violations of such requirements.
Oppose	SB482	establishing consumer protections for digital access transaction kiosks.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 4/7	1:15 PM	GP Room 159	This bill establishes protections for digital asset transaction kiosks.
Support	SB496	relative to supervision and registration requirements for associates of broker-dealers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 4/7	1:45 PM	GP Room 159	This bill exempts certain private residences designated by broker-dealers as a supervisory location from being classified as a branch office.
Support	SB586	requiring school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year.	Education Funding	Tue 4/7	1:00 PM	GP Room 232	This bill requires school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year.
Of Interest	HB1759	relative to the disqualification of a member of a local land use board.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/7	10:15 AM	SH Room 122-123	This bill makes a land use board’s vote on whether a member should be disqualified binding rather than advisory, requiring recusal if a majority finds disqualification is warranted.
Oppose	HB1431	restricting the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/7	9:10 AM	SH Room 103	This bill restricts the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and requires the pesticide control board to develop rules about the proper application of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Oppose	HB1013	(New Title) relative to games wherein the object is to capture a pig.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/7	9:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food to develop best practices and recommendations for games in which the object is to capture a pig and to develop rules for enforcement of such practices.
Support	SB415	relative to a certain exemption in interest in condominium units.	Housing	Tue 4/7	10:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill expands the scope of the exemption from the condominium act governing offers or disposition of interests in a condominium unit. Currently, the exemption applies to condominiums with 10 or fewer units.
Support	SB564	prohibiting certain municipal development restrictions.	Housing	Tue 4/7	11:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill prohibits municipalities from placing limits on maximum road length and imposing a numerical cap on the number of housing lots on a dead-end road or street. The bill also permits municipalities to place utilities within open space or perimeter buffer areas of subdivisions.
Of Interest	HB1003	prohibiting the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law.	Judiciary	Tue 4/7	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law with the exception of providing legal services to family members where no conflict of interest exists.
Support	HB1130	relative to judicial performance evaluations.	Judiciary	Tue 4/7	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill revises the process for the evaluation of judicial officers.
Oppose	SB439	relative to municipal data center zoning.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 4/7	10:00 AM	GP Room 154	This bill authorizes municipalities to regulate data centers in commercial and industrial zones.
Of Interest	SB435	relative to the zoning board of adjustment variance criteria.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 4/7	10:25 AM	GP Room 154	This bill clarifies the zoning board’s authority regarding unreasonable restrictions in variance requests.
Support	SB508	relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 4/7	10:45 AM	GP Room 154	This bill requires that all grounds for appeal must be stated in the initial notice to the zoning board of adjustments and outlines revision of plans.
Support	SB643	(New Title) requiring municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 4/7	11:00 AM	GP Room 154	This bill requires municipalities to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap.
Of Interest	SB590	relative to electric aggregation plans.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 4/7	10:00 AM	GP Room 229	This bill authorizes municipalities to use revolving funds to support energy services under approved electric aggregation plans.
Support	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.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 4/7	1:15 PM	GP Room 229	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
Of Interest	HB1537	relative to the use of high resolution cameras to identify school bus stop light violators.	Transportation	Tue 4/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 122-123	This bill allows video recording devices to be affixed to school bus stop bars.
Support	HB1758	relative to school bus drivers’ certificates.	Transportation	Tue 4/7	1:10 PM	SH Room 122-123	This bill provides an alternative path to obtaining a school bus driver’s certificate through being currently certified as a school bus driver in the state of Vermont.
Oppose	SB444	prohibiting the use of animal testing when other comparable methods are available.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/8	1:15 PM	GP Room 229	This bill prohibits the use of animals in certain cosmetic product testing.
Support	SB487	allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/8	1:45 PM	GP Room 229	This bill allows credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.
Support	SB607	relative to short-term, limited duration health insurance policies	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/8	2:30 PM	GP Room 229	This bill allows insurers to offer short-term, limited duration health insurance policies of less than 12 months and not more than 36 months. This bill also requires insurers to provide written notice to consumers that such plans are not required to comply with the ACA, may exclude pre-existing conditions, and may include terms that differ from comprehensive health plans.
Oppose	SB557	(Second New Title) making synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 4/8	11:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill makes synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research.
Of Interest	SB667	relative to the assault of emergency room personnel.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 4/8	12:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill establishes felony-level offenses for the assault of emergency room personnel.
Support	SB430	(New Title) relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 4/8	10:20 AM	GP Room 232	This bill requires all school employees to respond honestly and completely to written requests by parents and legal guardians regarding information relating to their children.
Of Interest	SB431	relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 4/8	11:00 AM	GP Room 232	This bill adds mental state, or mens rea, as an element to the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
Support	SB434	relative to regulation of public school materials.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 4/8	11:30 AM	GP Room 232	This bill requires local school districts to adopt and publicly post policies describing materials authorized for use by students in the district and outlining procedures to address complaints alleging that material is harmful or age-inappropriate for use in the district’s schools.
Support	HB1797	relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/8	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Strengthens work requirements for SNAP eligibility. II. Directs the department of health and human services to enter into data-sharing agreements with other state agencies to verify SNAP benefit eligibility. III. Directs the department to verify eligibility of enrollees that make exclusively out-of-state purchases. IV. Prohibits the department from using their discretion to set more lenient standards for SNAP eligibility or exemptions than those outlined in federal law.
Oppose	HB241	(New Title) relative to health insurance coverage of pain management services for the management of chronic pain.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/8	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires health carriers to develop, in accordance with guidelines established by the insurance department, a program to provide access to a broad spectrum of covered pain management services for the management of chronic pain.
Support	HB1809	(New Title) establishing a medical psilocybin advisory board to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of psilocybin for therapeutic purposes.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/8	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a medical psilocybin advisory board to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the use of psilocybin for therapeutic purposes.
Oppose	SB520	relative to breast surgeries for minors.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/8	10:00 AM	GP Room 158	This bill permits a physician to perform breast surgery on a minor in certain instances if the procedure is at the election of the minor in consultation with her primary care physician.
Support	SB453	authorizing advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates to make certain certifications.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/8	10:30 AM	GP Room 158	This bill adds advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates as medical professionals who can: I. Document a lasting medical necessity, which allows for a vehicle equipment waiver for persons with disabilities to be granted for 4 years instead of 2 years; and II. Exempt a child from certain required immunizations if they find that the immunization may be detrimental to the child’s health.
Of Interest	SB501	relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/8	11:00 AM	GP Room 158	This bill authorizes a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) to order seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency at New Hampshire hospital and other designated receiving facilities. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	SB459	(New Title) exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances.	Judiciary	Wed 4/8	10:00 AM	GP Room 230	This bill provides a definition for biological sex and exempts classification by biological sex in athletic competitions and in facilities where persons may be committed involuntarily from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice.
Support	HB1249	authorizing pharmacists to provide certain medical devices associated with prescribed medication.	Health and Human Services	Thu 4/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 122-123	This bill amends the definition of the practice of pharmacy under RSA 318 and authorizes pharmacists to prescribe certain prescription devices necessary for the appropriate delivery or administration of a prescribed drug.
Support	HB1279	relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person.	Judiciary	Thu 4/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	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	HB1091	relative to the penalty for violations of municipal ordinances related to sleeping or camping outside.	Judiciary	Thu 4/9	1:50 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires municipalities to provide for a nonmonetary penalty that may be elected in lieu of a financial penalty for any ordinance or bylaw prohibiting sleeping or camping outdoors.