• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 22 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 4 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 8 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB249	non-germane amendment #2023-0697h to HB 249 relative to establishing regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 3/7	9:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	The amendment establishes regulatory standards for the sale of pet insurance, allows the restaurant owner to bring their companion dog to the restaurant premises, and removes the option for restaurants to allow patrons to bring dogs to outdoor dining areas.
Oppose	HB402	relative to prohibiting false statements against candidates.	Election Law	Tue 3/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits the publication of false statements by any candidate, political committee, or political party regarding another candidate’s positions on issues.
Oppose	HB463	relative to the establishment of an election information portal.	Election Law	Tue 3/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill authorizes the secretary of state to develop an election information portal.
Support	HB496	relative to the delivery of ballots to nursing homes and elder care facilities.	Election Law	Tue 3/7	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a new procedure for delivering absentee ballots to voters in nursing homes and elder care facilities.
Of Interest	SB270	relative to appropriations to the department of transportation.	Finance	Tue 3/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates $20,000,000 to the department of transportation for municipal bridges, and $20,000,000 to the department of transportation for additional “Apportionment A” distributions.
Of Interest	HB609	relative to energy facility siting.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 3/7	9:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the regulation of energy facility siting within the public utilities commission and establishes new procedures to replace the site evaluation committee.
Oppose	HB142	relative to the operation of the Burgess Biopower plant.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 3/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows the public utilities commission to amend its orders as necessary to protect the continued operation of the Burgess Biopower plant.
Support	HB127	relative to the declaration of a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/8	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill revises the authority of the governor and general court to declare, renew, or terminate a state of emergency.
Of Interest	HB533	Public Hearing on amendment #2023-0705h to HB 533-FN, relative to public school human rights complaints	Judiciary	Wed 3/8	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	The amendment gives the commissioner of education the authority to issue subpoenas related to violations of the code of ethics and code of conduct for licensed or certified personnel.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 12 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 0 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB363	relative to deadlines for candidates filing by nomination papers for state general elections.	Election Law	Tue 2/28	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill changes the deadlines for candidates filing by nomination papers for state general elections.
Of Interest	HB387	permitting election ballots to be viewed pursuant to a right to know request.	Election Law	Tue 2/28	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill permits election ballots to be viewed pursuant to a right to know request.
Support	HB136	relative to the department of health and human services collaborating and holding a roll call vote on final proposal of rules with the advisory council prior to departmental rulemaking.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/1	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires the department of health and human services seek authorization from the advisory council for the department of health and human services prior to adopting departmental rules.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 55 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 7 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 42 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 3 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB550	relative to chartered public school dissolution.	Education	Mon 2/13	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides for the assets of a chartered public school to be distributed to the nearest public school district following dissolution of the chartered public school. The bill also establishes a committee to study the current charter public school dissolution process.
Of Interest	HB371	establishing a commission to evaluate and recommend standards for public schools.	Education	Mon 2/13	11:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a commission to evaluate and recommend standards for public schools. The bill also requires the state board of education to initiate rulemaking based on the commission’s recommendations.
Of Interest	HB558	relative to electric microgrids and electric grid resiliency.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/13	9:00 AM	LOB Room 304	This bill establishes the authority for and procedures for adoption of electric microgrids.
Support	SB200	relative to optometrists.	Commerce	Tue 2/14	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill removes a variety of prohibitions on the types of care that optometrists may provide to patients.
Oppose	SB145	relative to New Hampshire housing champion designation for municipalities and making appropriations therefor.	Commerce	Tue 2/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a New Hampshire housing champion designation program, including a housing production municipal grant program, and a housing infrastructure municipal grant and loan program. The bill also establishes positions within the department of business and economic affairs and makes appropriations for the programs.
Oppose	SB202	relative to establishing a homeownership innovations fund in the New Hampshire housing finance authority.	Commerce	Tue 2/14	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a homeownership innovations fund within the New Hampshire housing finance authority and makes an appropriation thereto.
Oppose	SB217	establishing a rural and underserved area educator incentive program for higher education and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Tue 2/14	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes the rural and underserved area educator incentive program and makes an appropriation therefor.
Oppose	SB218	establishing an early educator professional development grant.	Education	Tue 2/14	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes in the department of education an early educator professional development grant program to award school districts funds for their local professional development master plans.
Oppose	SB219	relative to a salary floor for public school teachers.	Education	Tue 2/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits public school teachers from receiving salaries below a salary floor if the corresponding school administrative unit or school district employs more than one assistant superintendent or employs one or more diversity professional.
Oppose	SB255	relative to the expectation of privacy.	Judiciary	Tue 2/14	2:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill creates a new chapter detailing a consumer expectation of privacy.
Oppose	HB513	relative to affordability and safety of clinician administered drugs.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires a health plan to utilize the lowest cost method of reimbursement for clinician administered drugs and requires a health maintenance organization to cover clinician-administered drugs if the drug cannot reasonably be self-administered and is typically administered by a health care professional. The bill also prohibits a health maintenance organization from requiring that a pharmacy dispense a medication to a patient with the expectation that the patient will transport it to a health care setting for administration by a health care professional.
Support	SB162	relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets.	Energy and Natural Resources	Wed 2/15	1:45 PM	SH Room 103	This bill makes the initial period for an exemption from the rabies vaccination for dogs, cats, and animals annual with the recertification of a veterinarian.
Oppose	SB212	relative to the regulation of massage, reflexology, structural integrator, and Asian bodywork therapy establishments.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/15	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires massage establishments to be licensed, regulated, and inspected by the office of professional licensure and certification. The bill also adds compensation to members of the advisory board of massage therapists.
Support	HB559	establishing a state retirement plan group for new state employee members of the retirement system.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a group III, defined contribution retirement state retirement plan for new state employee members of the retirement system, who begin service on or after July 1, 2024. All new employees of state employers on and after July 1, 2024 will be required to join the group III defined contribution plan as administered by the retirement system, and any other group I employees may join.
Support	SB238	relative to the use of telemedicine to treat mental health conditions.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill permits doctors and APRNs to use telemedicine to prescribe medication to treat mental health conditions.
Oppose	SB237	relative to the child care scholarship program and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/15	11:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill modifies the child care scholarship program, establishes a child care workforce program and a regional fingerprinting support program, and makes appropriations for these programs, and for child caregiver supports, early childhood mental health support, and for early childhood education scholarships.
Support	HB69	relative to direct payment and membership-based health care facilities.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill exempts facilities operating with membership-based or direct payment business models from the special health care licensing requirement that the facility adopt a policy to assure that it provides services to all persons who require the services of the facility regardless of the source of payment.
Oppose	HB510	relative to removing the exemption for premium cigars from the tobacco tax.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/15	1:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill removes the exemption for premium cigars from the tobacco tax.
Support	HB553	relative to school district information on personnel salaries.	Education	Thu 2/16	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school boards to publish on each school or the school district website a complete list of all position names and their annual or hourly salary.
Support	HB651	authorizing the department of education and local school districts to contract with transportation network companies to provide school transportation services.	Education	Thu 2/16	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows the department of education to contract for buses to transport pupils with transportation network companies.
Oppose	HB528	relative to school lunches and establishing the meals for students fund.	Education	Thu 2/16	11:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to make free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch available to children who meet federal eligibility guidelines and provides for reimbursement to schools for offering meals at no cost to eligible students. The requirement is repealed in 2025.
Of Interest	SB241	relative to graduated public assistance programs.	Health and Human Services	Thu 2/16	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services, the housing finance authority, New Hampshire employment security, and the department of energy to study the creation, funding, and implementation of graduated public assistance programs to complement existing programs within the state.
Oppose	SB234	directing the department of health and human services to develop a public awareness campaign on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Thu 2/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services to develop a public awareness campaign on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
Oppose	HB617	prohibiting, with limited exceptions, state agencies from requiring use of proprietary software in interactions with the public.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits, with limited exception, state agencies from requiring use of proprietary software in interactions with the public.
Oppose	HB359	relative to legal holidays.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill clarifies the effect of designating a day a legal holiday and makes the days on which the state primary preceding a biennial election and the quadrennial presidential primary are held legal holidays.
Support	HB406	relative to parental access to children’s medical records.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/16	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill expands parents access to their 13 to 18-year-old children’s medical records without their children providing a release to each medical provider.
Support	HB557	relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/16	11:15 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill removes the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of health and human services on immunization requirements beyond those diseases identified in statute.
Support	HB408	relative to foster children and vaccinations.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires that children living in a foster family home but who are not in foster care shall be subject to the same immunization requirements as any other child in the state.
Oppose	HB342	relative to lead testing in children.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill establishes a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.
Oppose	HB425	repealing the statute relative to medical freedom in immunizations.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill repeals the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations.
Support	HB652	relative to nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Thu 2/16	3:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill provides that, when a public body goes into nonpublic session to discuss matters likely to adversely affect an individual’s reputation, the person affected shall be given notice of the meeting and an opportunity to attend, be represented by counsel and speak on their own behalf.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 121 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 31 and opposition of 16 with 11 being of interest.
Of the 39 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB134	extending the public employees labor relations act to employees of the general court and relative to the duties of the joint committee on legislative facilities.	Legislative Administration	Mon 2/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act and establishes procedures for collective bargaining by nonpartisan employees.
Support	HB381	relative to the system benefits charge.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/6	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill provides that system benefits charge and local distribution adjustment charge funding levels may only be increased by passage of legislation or authorization by the fiscal committee of the general court.
Support	HB257	relative to telephone carrier of last resort obligations.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 2/6	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows for an incumbent telephone utility to be relieved of its carrier of last resort obligations.
Support	HB491	relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility.
Support	HB490	relative to modifying the definition of neglect.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill amends the definition of neglected child to exclude a child permitted to engage in certain independent activities.
Oppose	SB143	establishing a scholarship fund for certain small businesses applying for loans from the capital access program administered by the New Hampshire business finance authority.	Commerce	Tue 2/7	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a scholarship fund in the capital access program of the business finance authority to cover entry costs for socially and/or economically disadvantaged individual small business owners applying for loans from the program.
Oppose	SB196	establishing a minimum amount of uninsured motorist coverage required for vehicles operating as part of transportation network companies in New Hampshire.	Commerce	Tue 2/7	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a set minimum amount of coverage required for vehicles operating as part of a transportation network company in New Hampshire.
Oppose	SB144	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Commerce	Tue 2/7	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate.
Of Interest	HB648	relative to establishing a state bank of New Hampshire.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a state bank of New Hampshire.
Oppose	SB214	establishing a department of early childhood education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program.	Education	Tue 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes an executive branch department of early childhood education. The bill also establishes the authority for the department to design, create, and administer a 3-year high quality, community-based, mixed delivery public pre-kindergarten pilot program.
Of Interest	HB505	relative to comprehensive mental health education in schools.	Education	Tue 2/7	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds comprehensive mental health education to the public school health education curriculum.
Support	HB539	relative to vaccination clinics at schools.	Education	Tue 2/7	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits a public elementary or secondary school from conducting a vaccination clinic during school hours.
Of Interest	HB179	relative to the definition of electioneering.	Election Law	Tue 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill amends the definition of “electioneering” to remove the prohibition against wearing clothing or paraphernalia that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted.
Oppose	SB132	prohibiting cities and towns from adopting sanctuary policies.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/7	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill prohibits any state or local government entity from establishing sanctuary policies.
Of Interest	SB155	relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill revises the procedure for the adoption of the annual budget for school administrative units and repeals the alternative budget adoption procedure.
Oppose	SB55	making an appropriation for the Cannon Mountain tramway.	Finance	Tue 2/7	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates $25 million for the Cannon Mountain tramway from the fiscal year 2023 surplus.
Of Interest	HB558	relative to electric microgrids and electric grid resiliency.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes the authority for and procedures for adoption of electric microgrids.
Of Interest	HB605	relative to solar generation under the renewable portfolio standards.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the minimum percentages for solar electrical generation included in the renewable portfolio standards for 2024 through 2050 and after.
Of Interest	HB616	relative to administration of the New Hampshire’s renewable portfolio standard.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 2/7	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill eliminates the use of the class definitions for renewable electrical generation for compliance with the renewable portfolio standard requirements, and adds Generation IV or later nuclear energy systems as a new class for the renewable energy portfolio standard.
Support	HB370	relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.	Transportation	Tue 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill authorizes persons with medical conditions to apply for a special permit to waive the prohibition on automobile after market window tinting on the left and right side of the driver.
Support	HB537	permitting vehicles to have front windshield tinting.	Transportation	Tue 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill removes the prohibition on front windshield tinted glass.
Oppose	HB356	relative to the application of motor vehicle laws to bicycles.	Transportation	Tue 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill would require bicycles to have 4″ diameter mirrors on each side of the handlebars while operating on public ways with other motor vehicles.
Of Interest	HB198	modifying the new resident drivers’ license transfer requirement.	Transportation	Tue 2/7	1:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill would require nonresident drivers who establish residency in New Hampshire to notify the department of safety if they then cease to become residents within 60 days, or if their out of state driver’s license expires or is relinquished.
Support	HB280	relative to the sale of freeze-dried food.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/8	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill excludes freeze dried fruits and vegetables from the definition of potentially hazardous food.
Of Interest	HB645	relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/8	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes decentralized autonomous organizations within the state.
Oppose	HB32	relative to possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	9:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill adds a criminal offense for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone.
Oppose	HB59	requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	9:45 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires commercial firearms sales or transfers in this state to be subject to a criminal background check and provides a criminal penalty for a violation. The bill excludes private, noncommercial sales or transfers between individuals, provided neither individual is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under state or federal law.
Oppose	HB76	imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	10:30 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes a waiting period for the delivery of a firearm.
Oppose	HB78	repealing an act prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep or bear arms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	11:15 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill repeals the prohibition on the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
Oppose	HB106	relative to extreme risk protection orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	1:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill establishes a procedure for issuing extreme risk protection orders to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others.
Oppose	HB351	relative to the negligent storage of firearms and relative to firearm safety devices.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	1:45 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill requires a locking safety device accompany all private and commercial firearms transactions and expands the criminal penalties for negligent storage of firearms.
Oppose	HB444	prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	2:30 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits possessing a firearm at a polling place and includes certain exceptions.
Support	HB474	relative to enforcement of federal firearms laws and establishing penalties.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/8	3:15 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	This bill prohibits the enforcement of any federal law or rule that might impair a person’s natural right to firearm ownership and natural right to self-defense and requires any public official who attempts to enforce such a federal law to be terminated from their position.
Oppose	HB623	establishing a teacher candidate loan forgiveness program.	Education	Wed 2/8	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a teacher candidate loan forgiveness program administered by the university system for new teachers in critical teacher shortage areas of the state.
Support	HB563	relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.	Education	Wed 2/8	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the procedure for the adoption of the annual budget for school administrative units and repeals the alternative budget adoption procedure.
Of Interest	HB354	relative to chartered public school eligibility for state school building aid.	Education	Wed 2/8	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds chartered public schools to the procedures for consideration, approval, plan requirements, and determination of grants for school building aid.
Support	HB394	relative to the organization of cooperative school boards.	Education	Wed 2/8	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that officers of cooperative school boards and the locations of meetings of the board rotate among the members and their districts.
Support	HB632	relative to the cooperative school district budget committee.	Education	Wed 2/8	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires that the chairperson of the cooperative school district budget committee shall not be from the same pre-existing district in consecutive years.
Of Interest	SB1	(New Title) relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center and establishing a commission to study the public safety of the secured youth development center and surrounding communities.	Finance	Wed 2/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill requires the closure of the Sununu youth services center, and sets out parameters for the contract for a replacement facility. The bill also establishes a commission to study the public safety of the youth development center and surrounding communities.
Oppose	SB175	relative to Medicaid coverage for mothers.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/8	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill: 1. Mandates that the department of health and human services extend Medicaid coverage for pregnant women to 12 months postpartum, to cover doula services, to cover lactation services, and to cover donor breast milk for eligible infants, and creates appropriations thereof. 2. Establishes minimum workplace supports for nursing mothers. 3. Appropriates money to the department of health and human services to support healthy outcomes for caregivers and children. 4. Establishes a commission to study home visiting programs for all parents of newborns and young children. 5. Mandates the department of health and human services establish a network of early childhood behavioral health supports.
Support	HB262	relative to laboratory testing by licensed naturopaths	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/8	9:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds naturopathic doctors to the definition of “licensed medical practitioner” for health facilities authorized for laboratory testing.
Support	HB477	to prohibit municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/8	10:50 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less.
Oppose	HB467	relative to public playground accessibility.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/8	12:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires public playgrounds in use on or after January 1, 2024 to have solid rubber or rubber composite surfacing for accessibility to the playground and each piece of equipment.
Support	HB423	relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/8	1:45 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the number of accessory dwelling units allowed by right from one to 2, changes the definition of attached unit, and increases the maximum square footage from 750 to 1,000. It also gives towns the right to require one unit to meet the definition for workforce housing.
Support	HB135	prohibiting no-knock warrants.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 2/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant.
Support	HB481	relative to arrest warrants and search warrants.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 2/9	1:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires that the state disclose any prior evidence used to obtain either an arrest warrant or a search warrant, and whether a prior arrest or search warrant was denied based on the evidence being submitted in requesting a new arrest or search warrant.
Support	HB593	relative to the forfeiture of assets in connection with a drug offense.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 2/9	2:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a procedure for the forfeiture of items used in connection with a drug offense.
Support	HB624	relative to federal immigration checkpoints.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 2/9	3:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires a law enforcement agency to provide public notice of an immigration checkpoint.
Of Interest	HB653	prohibiting personal recognizance bail for violent crimes.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 2/9	4:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill lists certain offenses which, if committed by the defendant, create a presumption that a defendant is a danger to the public and shall be detained for up to 36 hours. The bill also provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge.
Oppose	HB532	relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the allied health professionals.
Support	HB507	relative to unauthorized practice in occupational and professional licensing and certification.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/9	11:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill clarifies that penalties for the unlicensed practice of a profession regulated under the office of professional licensure and certification do not apply so long as the person practicing does not hold themselves out as being licensed or certified and discloses the fact that he or she is not licensed or certified.
Support	HB594	relative to the licensure of out-of-state applicants to boards or commissions organized under the office of professional licensure and certification.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/9	1:15 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill authorizes the office of professional licensure and certification to issue licenses to out-of-state applicants who are licensed in another state, if the other state’s licensing requirements are substantially similar to those in New Hampshire.
Support	HB644	relative to regulating barbers, cosmetologists, and estheticians.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill makes changes to the regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, and estheticians.
Support	HB188	relative to the duration of physical therapy.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/9	9:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill removes the requirement that a physical therapist refer a patient to a health care provider if there is no documented improvement after 25 days of treatment.
Support	HB500	relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill allows practitioners of telehealth medicine to prescribe opioids.
Support	HB611	relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/9	1:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill removes the requirement that severe pain be resistant to other treatment options in order to be considered a qualifying medical condition for therapeutic cannabis.
Support	HB610	expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/9	1:30 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill expands the definition of provider under the therapeutic cannabis program to include any individual licensed in New Hampshire to prescribe drugs to humans who holds an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances. The bill also requires, for issuance of a registry identification card to a minor, certification from either a pediatrician or family practice provider.
Support	HB431	permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 2/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
Oppose	HB191	relative to voluntarily surrendered firearms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill removes the prohibition on a state agency operating a voluntary firearms “surrender and destroy” program and permits a state agency to destroy voluntarily surrendered firearms.
Support	HB305	relative to exceptions for violations related to Presidential Executive Orders governing the keeping or bearing of arms.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/10	10:15 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill limits the ability of state, local, or county law enforcement officials to aid federal officials in the investigation of criminal violations for federal firearms laws to cases where the state criminal violation is a class A felony only.
Support	HB651	authorizing the department of education and local school districts to contract with transportation network companies to provide school transportation services.	Education	Fri 2/10	9:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows the department of education to contract for buses to transport pupils with transportation network companies.
Support	HB275	relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board.	Education	Fri 2/10	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows a pupil’s parents to pay the difference between a receiving school tuition cost and the sending district tuition cap in a school tuition program.
Oppose	HB640	relative to cost recovery for vocational rehabilitation programs.	Education	Fri 2/10	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill repeals the state’s right to recover the cost of vocational rehabilitation services from an individual who receives a third party settlement or benefit award.
Oppose	HB628	requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.	Education	Fri 2/10	1:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers.
Support	HB427	relative to public comment and inquiry during school board meetings.	Education	Fri 2/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes requirements for public meetings held by a school board to include a designated time period for questions from the public and answers from the board. The bill also allows an attendee of a meeting of the school board to demand which New Hampshire statute or administrative rule gives the school board the authority described in a school policy or operational procedure.
Oppose	HB629	establishing a student bill of rights.	Education	Fri 2/10	2:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a student bill of rights.

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Of the 97 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 11 and opposition of 14 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 71 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 2 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	CACR4	relating to compensation for legislators. Providing that legislators’ biennial salary compensation shall be increased.	Legislative Administration	Mon 1/30	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution increases the biennial compensation for legislators and increases additional compensation for attendance at special sessions, emergency sessions, and veto sessions.
Of Interest	HB301	relative to recusal by members of the general court for conflicts of interest.	Legislative Administration	Mon 1/30	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill defines conflicts of interests relative to legislative ethics and delineates when members of the general court should recuse themselves due to such conflicts of interests.
Oppose	HB208	establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state and establishing a climate action plan.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state and authorizes the department of environmental services to inventory greenhouse gas emissions on an annual basis and to develop and report on a 5-year action plan.
Oppose	SB201	relative to resale of event tickets.	Commerce	Tue 1/31	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides a civil penalty for the unauthorized resale of event tickets.
Support	HB130	repealing the drug affordability board.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/31	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill repeals the New Hampshire drug affordability board and the fund related to the administration of the board.
Oppose	HB249	establishing regulatory standards for the pet insurance industry.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/31	3:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill establishes regulatory standards for the sale of pet insurance. The bill is a request of the insurance department.
Oppose	SB141	relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 1/31	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides for applications to the education freedom account program for a child currently attending a New Hampshire public school, including a chartered public school, for a minimum of one year, or who is entering kindergarten or first grade. This bill requires annual determination of eligibility for awarding of education freedom account funds. The bill also requires an annual report on the number of students participating in the program in each school district.
Oppose	SB151	relative to mental health education.	Education	Tue 1/31	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill expands the adequate education standards to include mental health education and provides rulemaking authority to the department of education to accommodate this change.
Oppose	HB324	relative to campaign contributions and expenditures and making an appropriation therefor.	Election Law	Tue 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a fund to provide campaign financing for eligible candidates for governor and executive councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund.
Of Interest	HB482	requiring the use of ballots with embedded security, traceability, and relative to the chain of custody for ballots cast in elections.	Election Law	Tue 1/31	10:15 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill: I. Requires the secretary of state to select a supplier to print and deliver ballots for elections. II. Makes certain security requirements of ballots. III. Specifies the chain of custody for ballots during and after an election. IV. Requires photocopied proof of identity and residency when submitting an absentee ballot.
Oppose	HB259	relative to a study about making working at polling places on election day a civic responsibility and legal obligation for citizens.	Election Law	Tue 1/31	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This establishes a committee to study whether to make working at polling places on election day a civic responsibility and legal obligation for citizens
Oppose	SB133	relative to changing the date of the state primary election and creates runoff election for federal primary election.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/31	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill changes the date of the state primary election to May and creates a runoff election for the federal primary election.
Support	HB119	relative to homestead food operation licensure.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/31	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the maximum annual gross sales of food a homestead food operation may sell and retain an exemption from food licensing provisions.
Support	HB122	relative to microenterprise home kitchen operations.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/31	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill defines homestead food operations and provides food service licensing exemptions for them.
Support	HB493	eliminating the state meat inspection program.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/31	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill eliminates the state meat inspection program. This bill is a request of the department of agriculture, markets, and food.
Support	HB348	relative to the sale of raw milk and products made with raw milk.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/31	3:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the amount of raw milk a producer processor can sell or process without a license and removes the requirement that such ice cream and frozen yogurt produced using raw milk be sold in 6 ounce containers.
Oppose	SB114	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Tue 1/31	1:55 PM	SH Room 103	This bill restores the state’s contribution to the retirement liabilities of certain teachers, firefighters, and police officers within the state retirement system.
Support	HB646	eliminating the vehicle inspection mandate for non-commercial vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 1/31	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill exempts vehicles that do not require a commercial driver license to operate from annual equipment inspection to determine whether such vehicles are fit to be driven.
Oppose	SB256	establishing a safety program for off-highway recreational vehicles.	Transportation	Tue 1/31	1:45 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a safety program for off highway recreational vehicles.
Support	HB288	relative to taxation of sole proprietorship businesses.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill exempts sole proprietorships and single member LLCs from business enterprise and business profits taxes.
Support	HB486	relative to vehicle registrations and reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/31	1:15 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill removes the authority of the commissioner of the department of transportation to suspend the motor vehicle registration of owners in violation of reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
Oppose	HB225	relative to prohibiting the use of currency that could be detrimental to privacy rights.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 2/1	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits the use of any currency as legal tender that could be detrimental to privacy rights.
Of Interest	HB46	relative to the appointment of magistrates and repealing the statutes governing bail commissioners.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/1	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill authorizes the superior court and circuit court to appoint magistrates and repeals the powers, duties, and authority of bail commissioners.
Oppose	HB400	relative to certain assault offenses, bail eligibility for commission of certain assault offenses, and making a false report to a law enforcement officer.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/1	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a separate criminal penalty and bail conditions for assaults involving a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services worker. The bill also establishes a criminal penalty for making a false report to a law enforcement officer.
Oppose	HB549	relative to definitions of domestic violence.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/1	12:30 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill expands the definition of abuse to includes acts of financial abuse and domestic violence.
Support	SB206	prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/1	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill expands the definition of endangerment to include corporal punishment as defined by the department of health and human services.
Support	HB274	relative to the administrative rulemaking process.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/1	1:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill makes various changes to the administrative procedures act, including requiring the agency to verify that the rule complies with the underlying statutory authority and legislative intent; expanding the scope of fiscal impact statements; requiring that proposed rules be submitted to the appropriate legislative policy committee for approval; permitting JLCAR to deny adoption of a rule following final objection, and repealing certain exemptions from rulemaking authority.
Oppose	HB566	relative to establishing a fund for child care workers and early childhood educators at state licensed child care centers.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/1	10:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a child care workforce fund to provide grants to eligible child care employers for child care workforce recruitment and retention bonuses and benefits.
Support	SB254	relative to community-based sentencing alternatives for primary caregivers.	Judiciary	Wed 2/1	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill adds “dependent child,” “elder,” “person with a disability,” and “primary caretaker of a dependent child” to sentencing definitions. This bill requires sentencing courts make determinations for individually assessed sentences without imprisonment based on community rehabilitation and parent-child or dependent unity and support factors for primary caretakers of dependents.
Oppose	HB489	establishing a county tourism development fund administered by the department of business and economic affairs and making an appropriation therefor.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/1	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes a county tourism development fund administered by the department of business and economic affairs and makes an appropriation therefor. The bill also establishes a county tourism grant program funded from tax on meals and rooms income.
Oppose	HB226	enabling municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/1	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows towns and municipalities to regulate the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills.
Oppose	HB273	requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 2/1	2:20 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires public housing residents to have access to on-site composting and recycling receptacles.
Support	HB592	relative to buffers around wetlands.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 2/1	2:30 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill exempts temporary impacts and small impervious surface impacts projects from local over lay districts and permits for construction, excavation, or filling near wetlands.
Of Interest	SB191	relative to road toll registration surcharges for electric vehicles.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/1	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a registration surcharge for electric vehicles and requires the division of motor vehicles and department of transportation to report annually on the surcharge revenue and use of funds.
Oppose	SB261	relative to the interest and dividends tax rate and threshold.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/1	10:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Removes the repeal of the interest and dividends tax rate that was to take place on January 1, 2027. II. Removes the interest and dividends tax rate reductions that were to occur after December 31, 2024. III. Increases the taxable minimum of gross income from interest and dividends.
Oppose	SB262	allowing municipalities to collect an occupancy fee from operators of local room rentals.	Ways and Means	Wed 2/1	10:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill enables a municipality to collect an occupancy fee from room rentals for the purpose of establishing a municipal capital fund, revolving fund, or tourism support fund.
Oppose	SB168	relative to participation in a low-moderate income residential customers community solar project.	Energy and Natural Resources	Thu 2/2	1:45 PM	SH Room 103	This bill allows for participation of certain large electrical generators in low-moderate income community solar projects and expands the eligibility of residents to benefit from community solar additions.
Oppose	SB149	relative to nurse agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 2/2	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes a licensing and application process for nurse agencies.
Support	HB110	prohibiting the use of state funds for new passenger rail projects.	Public Works and Highways	Fri 2/3	11:45 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill prohibits the department of transportation from utilizing state funds for the planning, construction, operation, or management of new passenger rail projects.
Oppose	HB511	relative to requiring the department of transportation to do road maintenance and repairs according to its complete streets program	Public Works and Highways	Fri 2/3	1:45 PM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill requires towns, cities, state departments and state institutions who request maintenance and repair assistance for their roads from the department of transportation to coordinate with the complete streets advisory committee to plan and follow the complete streets program standards of the National Association of City Traffic Officials.
Oppose	HB633	relative to electric distribution company market share, prohibiting certain electric rate increases, and requiring enforcement against Eversource.	Science, Technology and Energy	Fri 2/3	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that electric distribution companies shall not raise electric rates by an amount that exceeds the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. The bill also prohibits electric distribution companies from having market share greater than 50 percent and requires the attorney general to bring an action against Eversource.