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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.

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Of the 24 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 44 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 4 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB275	relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board.	Education	Tue 4/4	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	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.
Of Interest	HB555	appropriating state general fund surplus toward the retirement system unfunded accrued liability.	Finance	Tue 4/4	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the transfer of 75 percent of a state biennial surplus to the reduction in the retirement system’s unfunded accrued liability.
Of Interest	SB12	relative to the leasing of seasonal camp lots by the fish and game department.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 4/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill allows the executive director of fish and game to lease certain seasonal camp lots on fish and game lands, and changes the requirements for approval of short-term leases and contracts of the department.
Of Interest	SB14	relative to the use of game cameras.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 4/4	10:45 AM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill adds a definition of “game camera” and permits the use of a game camera to take or attempt to take a game animal or fur-bearing animal.
Of Interest	SB15	relative to the use of tree stands and observation blinds.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 4/4	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305-307	This bill amends the permissible uses of tree stands, observation blinds, and pit blinds.
Oppose	SB263	extending the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and reestablishing the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Tue 4/4	11:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill: I. Reestablishes and revises the membership and duties of the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program. The commission is repealed November 1, 2028. II. Permanently extends the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program by removing the prospective repeal of the program that was to take effect on December 31, 2023. III. Removes the transfer of funds from the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund to the granite advantage health care trust fund.
Support	HB135	prohibiting no-knock warrants.	Judiciary	Tue 4/4	2:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant and exceptions thereto.
Of Interest	HB198	modifying the new resident drivers’ license transfer requirement.	Transportation	Tue 4/4	1:20 PM	LOB Room 101	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.
Oppose	SB252	relative to release of a defendant pending trial.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 4/5	10:00 AM	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.
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	Wed 4/5	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	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.
Oppose	HB532	relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 4/5	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the allied health professionals.
Support	HB127	relative to the declaration of a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 4/6	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill revises the authority of the governor and general court to declare, renew, or terminate a state of emergency.

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Of the 45 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 2 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 28 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 5 with 3 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	SB206	prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies.	Children and Family Law	Tue 3/28	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill expands the definition of endangerment to include corporal punishment as defined by the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB170	requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables.	Education	Tue 3/28	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires school boards to teach cursive handwriting and the memorization of multiplication tables.
Support	HB296	relative to local authority for granting driveway permits.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 3/28	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill clarifies the authority for local land use boards to regulate driveway access for residential properties.
Support	HB119	relative to homestead food operation licensure.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/28	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill allows homestead food operations to sell food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner’s farm stand, or at farmers’ markets.
Support	HB31	repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles.	Judiciary	Tue 3/28	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals the prohibition, penalty, and exceptions relating to the carrying and possessing with intent to sell a black jack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles.
Of Interest	HB97	establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy.	Judiciary	Tue 3/28	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the penalty for certain offenses that constitute a violation of privacy.
Support	HB201	relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license.	Judiciary	Tue 3/28	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill changes the penalties for driving without a license to a violation, unless the individualis convicted for second time in a 12-month period.
Support	HB307	relative to attorney’s fees in actions under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Tue 3/28	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires the court to issue a final judgment in favor of the requester before attorney’s fees are awarded under the right to know law.
Of Interest	HB321	relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.	Judiciary	Tue 3/28	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires public bodies to review meeting minutes withheld from public disclosure at least every 10 years to determine whether they should continue to be withheld. Minutes not reviewed after 10 years shall be made public.
Support	SB245	relative to the inspection of hotel guest records.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 3/29	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill clarifies the obligation of hotels and similar lodgings to maintain a record of each guest.
Oppose	SB136	prohibiting the employment or volunteering of a revoked or suspended educator.	Education	Wed 3/29	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the hiring or service of a person by a school administrative unit, school district, chartered public school, or nonpublic school who is listed on the department of education’s list of revoked and suspended educators.
Support	SB35	relative to RSV vaccine administration.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 3/29	10:30 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill authorizes pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to administer an RSV vaccine to adults.
Oppose	SB149	relative to nurse agencies.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 3/30	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a licensing and application process for nurse agencies.

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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 27 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 7 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB467	relative to public playground accessibility.	Commerce	Tue 3/21	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	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	HB477	to prohibit municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.	Commerce	Tue 3/21	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less.
Support	HB117	relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.	Commerce	Tue 3/21	10:00 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	HB466	relative to water bottle filling stations in schools.	Education	Tue 3/21	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill repeals the state board of education’s rulemaking authority to adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to requirements for the installation of water bottle filling stations.
Of Interest	HB83	relative to county commissioners’ authority on county buildings.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 3/21	9:35 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill increases the expense thresholds for county commissioners’ authority to purchase real estate and repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings.
Support	HB252	(New Title) exempting certain agricultural operations from certain municipal noise ordinances.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/21	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill exempts farming and agricultural operations from municipal noise ordinances.
Support	HB188	relative to the duration of physical therapy.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/22	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	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	HB223	relative to prescription refills.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/22	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill creates an exception to the 34-day limit on prescription refills of schedule III topical androgens if the prescription specifies it is being used for the treatment of chronic low testosterone replacement therapy.
Support	HB500	relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine.	Health and Human Services	Wed 3/22	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill modifies the procedure for physicians, physician assistants and APRN’s to prescribe certain non-opioid and opioid controlled drugs by means of telemedicine.

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Of the 14 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 4 being of interest.
Of the 18 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	HB1	making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025.	Finance	Mon 3/13	2:00 PM	Representatives Hall	NHLA Note: See full bill text by clicking bill number link. This is the operating budget bill with line item appropriations to specific operations.
Of Interest	HB2	relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.	Finance	Mon 3/13	2:00 PM	Representatives Hall	NHLA Note: See full bill text by clicking bill number link. This is the budget trailer bill with policy changes and detailed appropriations.
Of Interest	HB609	relative to energy facility siting.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 3/13	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	Mon 3/13	9:10 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	HB639	relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.	Ways and Means	Mon 3/13	9:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	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	HB83	relative to county commissioners’ authority on county buildings.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 3/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill increases the expense thresholds for county commissioners’ authority to purchase real estate and repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings.
Support	HB252	(New Title) exempting certain agricultural operations from certain municipal noise ordinances.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 3/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill exempts farming and agricultural operations from municipal noise ordinances.
Support	HB409	relative to nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/15	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill modifies the requirements for nonresident licensure by the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
Support	HB262	relative to laboratory testing by licensed naturopaths	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 3/15	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adds naturopathic doctors to the definition of “licensed medical practitioner” for health facilities authorized for laboratory testing.
Of Interest	HB25	making appropriations for capital improvements.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 3/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 201-203	This bill makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapse dates for previous appropriations.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.