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Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 3 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB281	relative to least cost integrated resource plan of utilities.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 5/9	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Repeals the requirement for electric and natural gas utilities to submit least cost integrated resource plans with the public utilities commission and have the commission evaluate the plans and maintain them on file. II. Removes the requirement that a municipal host under the limited electrical energy producers act be located in the same municipality as all group members. III. Requires the public utilities commission to provide an estimated annual cost of compliance with electric renewable portfolio standards in customer’s electric bills. IV. Repeals the establishment of the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board and transfer some of the board’s responsibilities to the department of energy. V. Makes various changes to the energy facility site evaluation committee and permitting process.
Oppose	HB532	relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 5/10	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	See State website. Two proposed amendments will be heard.

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Of the 1 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 10 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 3 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1	making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025.	Finance	Tue 5/2	6:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	No analysis needed.
Of Interest	HB2	relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.	Finance	Tue 5/2	6:00 PM	SH Room Reps Hall	See bill at state website.
Of Interest	HB269	relative to limiting the authority of New Hampshire delegates to policymaking conventions.	Rules and Enrolled Bills	Tue 5/2	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Establishes a procedure for the selection of delegates to an inter/intrastate policy-making convention. II. Limits the authority of delegates to policymaking conventions to only those granted by the New Hampshire legislature. III. Creates a procedure for recalling and replacing delegates to policymaking conventions who act outside of the scope of the authority granted to them by the New Hampshire legislature.

• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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Of the 24 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 17 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 6 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB367	relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 4/25	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the household income level based on the federal poverty guidelines for the eligibility of students to participate in the education freedom account program.
Support	HB464	relative to eligible students in the education freedom account program.	Education	Tue 4/25	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill expands the definition of who is an eligible student qualifying under the education freedom accounts program.
Support	HB174	relative to the filing of notice of intent to cut timber.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/25	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill enables a land owner to cut timber in certain cases where they have not received a response to the notice of intent to cut timber. This bill also makes it a violation for assessing officials to fail to forward a notice to cut to the department of revenue administration in a timely fashion.
Support	SB162	relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 4/25	9:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	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.
Support	HB156	relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer.	Judiciary	Tue 4/25	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill adds intentional misrepresentation to the definition of misconduct by a law enforcement officer.
Support	HB491	relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors.	Judiciary	Tue 4/25	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility.
Support	SB119	relative to criminal background checks for charitable games of chance license applicants.	Ways and Means	Tue 4/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill exempts members of charitable organizations who do not participate directly in the operation of games of chance from background and criminal records checks.
Oppose	SB180	(New Title) relative to product labeling and information guide requirements for cannabis products and the prohibition of the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/26	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill empowers the therapeutic cannabis oversight board to regulate and review the labels and educational materials of cannabis materials. This bill also prohibits the sale of hemp products containing certain amounts of THC.
Support	HB337	relative to directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment from the public.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/26	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill directs the office of professional licensure and certification to provide to the public notice of its meetings and an opportunity to comment in such meetings.
Support	SB105	relative to information collected by the division of vital records administration as part of the live birth worksheet.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/26	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill removes the criminal penalty for information requested on the mother’s birth worksheet that is not required for the birth certificate; provides that only de-identified information shall be submitted on the facility worksheet for a live birth; and repeals the requirement that the birth worksheet be retained permanently.

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Of the 41 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 20 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 6 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB54	relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 4/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows electric distribution utilities 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.
Oppose	HB74	relative to an employee’s unused earned time.	Commerce	Tue 4/18	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time.
Of Interest	HB530	relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district.	Education	Tue 4/18	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill clarifies the process for the vote on withdrawal from a cooperative school district.
Oppose	HB250	(Second New Title) relative to the accidental death benefit payable for a retirement system member.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/19	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill increases the amount of the state retirement annuity payable upon the accidental death of a retirement system member, but which shall not exceed $85,000. The bill also provides that future accidental death benefits are funded from state general funds.
Oppose	SB255	relative to the expectation of privacy.	Judiciary	Wed 4/19	10:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill creates a new chapter detailing a consumer expectation of privacy.
Support	HB360	an act legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older.
Support	HB431	permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
Support	HB610	expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	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 2 providers, one of whom shall provide pediatric care.
Support	HB473	relative to penalties for controlled drug violations.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses.
Support	HB611	relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	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	HB639	relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.	Judiciary	Thu 4/20	2:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor.
Of Interest	SB111	relative to the town council-town manager form of local government.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 4/20	10:15 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill clarifies that towns which adopt town council-town manager charters have the same powers and authorities as city councils under RSA 49-C. It also requires that town clerks be elected regardless of the form of municipal government.
Oppose	SB132	prohibiting cities and towns from adopting sanctuary policies.	Municipal and County Government	Thu 4/20	3:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits any state or local government entity from establishing sanctuary policies.

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Of the 43 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 34 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 4 with 0 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB261	authorizing residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident.	Commerce	Tue 4/11	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill permits residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident, and describes the written documentation required.
Oppose	HB572	relative to eligibility for free school meals.	Education	Tue 4/11	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the eligibility for free school meals to household incomes up to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines, and provides funding fro the education trust fund for the additional costs.
Oppose	HB142	relative to the operation of the Burgess Biopower plant.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/11	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows the public utilities commission to amend its orders as necessary to protect the continued operation of the Burgess Biopower plant.
Support	HB257	relative to telephone carrier of last resort obligations.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 4/11	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows for an incumbent telephone utility to be relieved of its carrier of last resort obligations.
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.	Judiciary	Tue 4/11	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	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.
Support	HB588	relative to the criteria for applying for parole.	Judiciary	Tue 4/11	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill allows an eligible incarcerated person to apply for parole upon the completion of 65 percent of such person’s minimum sentence.
Support	HB624	relative to federal immigration checkpoints.	Judiciary	Tue 4/11	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a law enforcement agency to provide public notice of an immigration checkpoint.
Of Interest	SB102	relative to the Jones Act’s effect on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 4/12	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the department of energy to submit a report to the legislature on the impact of the Jones Act on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market.
Support	HB408	relative to foster children and vaccinations.	Health and Human Services	Wed 4/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires that children living in a foster family home but who are not is foster care shall be subject to the same immunization requirements as any other child in the state.
Support	SB200	relative to optometrists.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 4/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes a variety of prohibitions on the types of care that optometrists may provide to patients.