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Of the 0 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 21 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	SB540	relative to portable solar generation devices.	Energy and Natural Resources	Thu 1/8	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Defines “portable solar generation device,” exempts them from interconnection requirements and net metering, and establishes safety standards. II. Limits electric distribution utility liability. III. Directs the public utilities commission to adopt rules as necessary to implement these provisions.
Of Interest	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.	Energy and Natural Resources	Thu 1/8	2:00 PM	SH Room 103	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
Support	SB486	relative to the administrative procedure act.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/8	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill revises the procedures of the administrative procedure act.
Of Interest	SB610	relative to long-term care insurance standards, form approvals, and public hearing procedures.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/8	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill relocates a provision on the insurance commissioner’s rulemaking authority on loss ratio standards for long-term care policies within statute, authorizes approval of innovative care policies, revises the criteria for disapproving insurance forms, and permits public hearings with discretionary disclosure of form and rate filings.
Oppose	SB612	relative to clinical eligibility criteria for nursing facility and home and community based care.	Health and Human Services	Thu 1/8	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies long-term care eligibility by adding mobility to the list of activities of daily living. The bill also requires the department of health and human services to obtain a determination of an applicant’s need for long term care from the applicant or participant’s primary care physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse, and to consider information from other health care providers.
Oppose	SB648	requiring age verification to allow access to certain material harmful to minors.	Judiciary	Thu 1/8	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	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 harmful to minors to implement age verification procedures. The bill establishes a private right of action for noncompliance and provides for enforcement by the attorney general.

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Of the 6 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 2 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
Oppose	SB69-2025-2239h	Non-germane amendment – #2025-2239h – relative to acceptance of or rejection of charitable contributions, gifts, or donations by local school boards, and establishing a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 5/27	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires local school boards to publicly discuss and vote before accepting or rejecting any charitable gifts, grants, or donations, and establishes a statewide virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program.
Of Interest	SB57-2025-2234h	Non-germane amendment 2025-2234h – establishing a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units and relative to repealing the home education advisory council.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 5/27	10:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units (SAUs) in the state. This bill further repeals the home education advisory council.
Of Interest	SB100-2025-2332h	Non-germane amdendment 2025-2234h – relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination.	Education Policy and Administration	Tue 5/27	11:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the construction of and the mental state applicable to the prohibition on teaching discrimination in public schools.

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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.