• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 2 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB57 – 2025-2183s	relative to a person’s release from prison for the purpose of participating in certain post-secondary education programs in the community and relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters.	Judiciary	Tue 5/20	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	Hearing on proposed amendment – 2025-2183s This bill adds a provision for the commissioner of corrections to release a person from state prison for the purpose of participating in a post-secondary education program in the community to which they have been accepted and adds additional offenses that trigger specialized bail procedures in criminal cases.
Oppose	HB123-2025-2214s	(Second New Title) defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.	Ways and Means	Wed 5/21	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	Hearing on proposed amendment 2025-2214s – I. Defines pre-sequestration timber tax revenue and allows for payment in lieu of taxes on such revenue. II. Establishes a moratorium on carbon sequestration contracts. III. Establishes a commission to study carbon sequestration programs. IV. Formally acknowledges the creation of the Pasquaney School District and grants an exception to tax assessment restrictions for the district.
Oppose	SB263	criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 5/23	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill criminalizes and creates a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child.

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Of the 2 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 17 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB60	relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.	Commerce	Tue 5/13	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy if over 6 months as grounds for an eviction.
Support	HB475	relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 5/13	9:40 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill alters the definition of default budget to include salary and benefit reductions which occur as a result of position turnover.
Support	HB613	relative to enabling local political subdivisions to vote and set a reduced default budget option.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 5/13	9:55 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill enables local political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to adopt provisions for an annual choice for a reduced default budget.
Oppose	HB387	relative to balloons being released into the air.	Judiciary	Tue 5/13	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the release of lighter-than-air balloons into the air and establishes penalties for violations of this prohibition.
Support	HB376	specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status.	Judiciary	Thu 5/15	1:40 PM	SH Room 100	This bill exempts library card and library membership files and information from disclosure under the right-to-know law.

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Of the 3 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 25 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 1 with 3 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB464-2025-1807s	(New Title) prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots, enabling the use of certain personal information for determining voter eligibility, and relative to the reporting of low value campaign donations.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 5/6	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill prohibits certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
Support	HB280	relative to wage payments.	Commerce	Tue 5/6	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the weekly or biweekly payment of wage methods and authorizes employers to choose the payment method of their employees.
Support	HB467	defining “social districts” and enabling municipalities to create social districts.	Commerce	Tue 5/6	10:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill defines “social districts” and enables municipalities to create social districts.
Support	HB342	relative to the approval process for new construction.	Commerce	Tue 5/6	10:20 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows property owners to build on their property without seeking a variance for minimum lot size or lot coverage if the proposed building density conforms to that of the surrounding neighborhood, as verified by the local planning board.
Support	HB457	(New Title) relative to the occupancy of housing units.	Commerce	Tue 5/6	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from mandating that occupants of housing units be related by blood or marriage.
Support	HB60	relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.	Commerce	Tue 5/6	10:40 AM	SH Room 100	This bill adds the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy if over 6 months as grounds for an eviction.
Support	HB446	relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.	Education	Tue 5/6	10:45 AM	LOB Room 101	The bill requires school districts to email parents copies of non-academic surveys in public schools and removes the exception for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, requiring parents to opt-in for their children to participate in this survey.
Support	HB768	allowing public schools to contract with any approved private school.	Education	Tue 5/6	11:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved private school, including religious schools.
Oppose	HB123	(New Title) relative to yield taxes on property enrolled or registered for the purpose of generating carbon offset credits.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 5/6	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill extends yield taxes to property enrolled in or registered for the purpose of generating carbon offset credits.
Of Interest	HB1	making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027.	Finance	Tue 5/6	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	No analysis needed.
Of Interest	HB2	relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.	Finance	Tue 5/6	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill: 1. Adds new definitions to the endangered species conservation act. 2. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules and review procedures such that actions of state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 3. Establishes an environmental scientist position within the department of environmental services to ensure that state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 4. Requires that rules established by the executive director of the fish and game department establish an administrative fee that the executive director may collect from payments made to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund. 5. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules regarding when mitigation payments to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund are required. 6. Modifies the
Support	HB148	permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.	Judiciary	Tue 5/6	1:50 PM	SH Room 100	This bill permits classification of individuals based on biological sex in lavatory facilities and locker rooms, sporting competitions, and detention facilities.

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Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 23 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB81	(NEW TITLE) relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.	Commerce	Tue 4/29	10:20 AM	SH Room 100	This bill removes restrooms from the list of areas not approved for the serving or consumption of beverages or liquor.
Support	HB276	(New Title) establishing a liquor license where beverages, wine, and liquor can be sold without food.	Commerce	Tue 4/29	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a tavern license allowing the sale of beverages, wine, and liquor without the sale of food.
Support	HB505	allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.	Commerce	Tue 4/29	10:40 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the licensing of homestead food operations processing and selling freeze dried foods.
Of Interest	HB310	(New Title) establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens, tokenized real-world assets, and blockchain-based trusts in New Hampshire.	Commerce	Tue 4/29	10:50 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets (“RWAs”) in New Hampshire.
Support	HB639	relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.	Commerce	Tue 4/29	11:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Creates an act to protect blockchain technology and its users. II. Establishes a blockchain dispute docket to oversee blockchain-related disputes.
Support	HB361	prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.	Education	Tue 4/29	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
Support	HB217	relative to absentee ballots.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/29	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires absentee ballot voters to submit information demonstrating citizenship, age, domicile, and identity in order to qualify to vote.
Support	HB584	relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.	Judiciary	Tue 4/29	1:20 PM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum. IV. Provides that in a claim against the state or a local government agency for enforcing policies or directives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, or the World Economic Forum, the limits of awards under RSA 541-B shall apply and shall not be increased by the proceeds of an insurance policy held by such entity.
Oppose	SB249	relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.	Ways and Means	Tue 4/29	10:20 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill revises the funding mechanism for uncompensated care costs under the state Medicaid program, including the distribution of disproportionate share hospital payments. The percentage of funds used for Medicaid payments to hospitals is repealed July 1, 2027. The bill also establishes a committee to study the Medicaid enhancement tax and disproportionate share hospital payments.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 56 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 2 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 40 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 11 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB112	relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 4/21	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals 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.
Support	SB25	allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 4/22	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.
Support	HB115	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 4/22	10:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the income eligibility for the EFA program in fiscal year 2026 and removes the income eligibility criteria beginning in fiscal year 2027.
Support	SB43	removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.	Election Law	Tue 4/22	11:40 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill allows certain articles of clothing supporting a candidate or measure to be worn by a voter in the process of casting his or her vote.
Support	HB138	relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/22	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles.
Support	HB284	requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires that municipalities require tax impact statements on budgets and warrant articles and a total tax summary statement.
Support	HB200	relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 4/22	10:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap.
Support	HB723	repealing the multi-use energy data platform.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/22	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill repeals the multi-use energy data platform.
Support	HB240	(New Title) relative to nonpayment of dog licensing fees.	Judiciary	Tue 4/22	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill changes the law to enable local governing bodies to issue warrants for civil forfeiture of an unlicensed dog for nonpayment of dog license fees. The law currently requires local governing bodies to issue warrants for civil forfeiture of an unlicensed dog for nonpayment of dog license fees.
Support	HB616	(New Title) relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.	Judiciary	Tue 4/22	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of abuse of animals unless such person is charged with cruelty to animals or the animals require temporary protective custody. This bill also requires the state veterinarian or their designee to accompany an investigating officer when livestock are the subject of a cruelty case in order to set probable cause criteria for the taking of the animal.
Of Interest	HB88	establishing community property trusts.	Judiciary	Tue 4/22	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows community property trusts to be formed in New Hampshire.
Support	SB40	relative to safe boater education certificates.	Transportation	Tue 4/22	9:50 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill adds an online examination approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) to the safe boater education certificate qualification and requires the department of safety to adopt rules relative to its implementation.
Oppose	SB150	defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.	Transportation	Tue 4/22	11:10 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill: I. Defines electric vehicle charging station. II. Charges a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures. III. Authorizes the department of agriculture, markets, and food to appropriate funds for electric vehicle charging station testing and certification.
Support	SB33	relative to the regulation of public school materials.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 4/23	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	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.
Oppose	SB235	enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Wed 4/23	10:50 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
Support	HB701	relative to a health care patient’s right to try certain emergency health care treatment options.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/23	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill expands a health care patient’s right to try emerging health care treatment options.
Support	SB250	relative to pharmacist administration of long-acting injectable drugs.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/23	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows pharmacists to administer certain long-acting controlled drugs pursuant to a prescription.
Support	SB252	relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/23	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill modifies the requirements for the use of telemedicine to prescribe non-opioids and opioids classified in schedules II through IV, including authorizing physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to do so.
Support	HB302	relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.	Ways and Means	Wed 4/23	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets.
Of Interest	HB25	making appropriations for capital improvements.	Capital Budget	Thu 4/24	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapse dates for previous appropriations.
Oppose	HB473	criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.	Children and Family Law	Thu 4/24	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill expands the criminal statute criminalizing exposing children to methamphetamine and allowing for law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening or testing for criminal exposure to methamphetamine to cover all controlled substances, except those possessed pursuant to a lawful prescription.
Support	HB273	relative to a parent’s access to their minor child’s library records.	Children and Family Law	Thu 4/24	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows parents to access all of their minor child’s library records.
Support	SB94	prohibiting municipal amendments to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 4/24	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits all local legislative bodies from adopting any new regulations that differ from the state building code.
Support	HB66	relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Thu 4/24	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill describes who may invoke the right to know law and in what manner, includes preliminary drafts of documents that are distributed to a quorum of a body among the materials that must be disclosed, allows certain persons to request documents in either paper or electronic form, and modifies the manner in which the right to know ombudsman’s ruling may be appealed to superior court.