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Of the 190 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 8 with 25 being of interest.
Of the 64 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 10 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1129	authorizing superintendents or their designee to allow limited use of personal laptops and tablets in schools and establishing that such use is exempted under school cell phone use policies.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 1/12	10:45 AM	GP Room 232	This bill authorizes superintendents or their designee to allow the use of personal laptops and tablets for specific educational purposes as an exemption to school cell phone use policies.
Of Interest	HB1055	granting the state board of education rulemaking authority relative to student use of cell phones and personal communication devices in schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 1/12	11:00 AM	GP Room 232	This bill authorizes the state board of education rulemaking authority to establish rules for the policies of school boards and charter school boards of trustees relative to cell phone and personal communication device usage in schools.
Of Interest	HB1645	adding a definition for rules relative to innovation schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Mon 1/12	11:20 AM	GP Room 232	This bill adds a definition for rules relative to innovation schools. The bill also requires that rules and laws related to student or school safety under the chapter not be subject to waivers.
Of Interest	HB1559	increases the percentage allocation of New Hampshire’s gaming revenue to problem gaming services.	Ways and Means	Mon 1/12	1:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill increases the percentage of gross video lottery revenue collected and reallocates them to the addiction, treatment, and prevention fund.
Of Interest	HB1323	relative to parental alienation.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/13	10:30 AM	GP Room 230	This bill defines parental alienation to mean a pattern of behavior, conduct, or speech which would damage the relationship of the child and a parent, resulting in the child’s fear, negative perception, rejection, or hostility toward their other parent, and adds standards for considering claims of parental alienation in certain cases involving children and parental rights.
Of Interest	HB1717	relative to the jurisdiction of the circuit court, family division.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/13	1:00 PM	GP Room 230	This bill redefines the jurisdiction of the judicial branch family division, now known as the circuit court, family division, including replacing marital masters with administrative law judges and providing additional duties to the administrative judge of the circuit court.
Of Interest	HB1762	relative to the calculation of child support.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/13	2:00 PM	GP Room 230	This bill revises the definition of adjusted gross income, the calculation of parenting time, the self-support reserve amount, and the calculation of child support under the child support guidelines.
Oppose	SB417	requiring state liquor outlets to post warnings relative to the increased risk of cancer and birth defects from drinking alcoholic beverages.	Commerce	Tue 1/13	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill requires on-premises licensees, off-premises licensees, and state liquor outlets to post warnings relative to the increased risk of cancer and birth defects from drinking alcoholic beverages.
Of Interest	SB436	relative to zoning board of adjustment membership criteria.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/13	9:30 AM	SH Room 122-123	This bill replaces the existing recusal provision for zoning board of adjustment members with a conflict of interest standard requiring recusal whenever a member’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned and including prior quasi-judicial involvement on another board.
Of Interest	SB590	relative to electric aggregation plans.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/13	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill authorizes municipalities to use revolving funds to support energy services under approved electric aggregation plans.
Oppose	HB1621	requiring a baseline environmental impact study to be completed prior to development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/13	1:00 PM	GP Room 153	This bill requires a baseline environmental impact study to be completed prior to development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities.
Oppose	SB406	making an appropriation to the city of Nashua for the purpose of purchasing the former Daniel Webster College property.	Finance	Tue 1/13	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill makes an appropriation to the city of Nashua to purchase the former Daniel Webster College property.
Of Interest	SB481	relative to the sale of the Sununu youth services center property and making an appropriation to the youth development center settlement fund.	Finance	Tue 1/13	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Makes an appropriation to the youth development center settlement fund. II. Directs the department of administrative services to take possession of the Sununu youth services center (SYSC) property, to negotiate any contracts necessary for the sale of the property, subject to approval by the governor and council, and authorizes the department to request an additional appropriation to maintain the property, subject to approval of the fiscal committee and governor and council. III. Provides that if the sale of the SYSC property is finalized prior to June 30, 2027, proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the general fund and if the sale is finalized after June 30, 2027, proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the youth development center settlement fund.
Oppose	HB1098	relative to municipalities denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.	Housing	Tue 1/13	9:30 AM	GP Room 231	This bill allows municipalities to consider road maintenance, public safety, and related issues when granting building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI highways.
Of Interest	SB410	relative to possession of human remains for law enforcement training purposes.	Judiciary	Tue 1/13	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill authorizes law enforcement to possess human remains, upon written consent, for the purpose of training cadaver dogs. This bill is a request of the department of safety.
Of Interest	SB411	relative to the procedure concerning search warrant inventories.	Judiciary	Tue 1/13	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill modifies the process for creating an inventory concerning the execution of a search warrant. This bill is a request of the department of safety.
Of Interest	HB1689	relative to the term of office for county officers in Merrimack county.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/13	9:50 AM	GP Room 154	This bill extends the term of office for certain elected county officers in Merrimack county to 4 years. The bill also requires that the elections for such Merrimack county officers coincides with the presidential election every 4 years.
Of Interest	HB1003	prohibiting the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/13	10:30 AM	GP Room 154	This bill prohibits the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law with the exception of providing legal services to family members where no conflict of interest exists.
Of Interest	HB1105	making the term of office for certain Belknap county elected officials 4 years.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/13	10:45 AM	GP Room 154	This bill changes the length of the term of office for certain Belknap county officials to 4 years.
Of Interest	HB1160	relative to the county-state finance commission.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/13	11:00 AM	GP Room 154	This bill amends the membership and the duties of the county-state finance commission.
Of Interest	HB1518	permitting remote participation at county delegation meetings.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/13	11:30 AM	GP Room 154	This bill requires that county commission or delegation meetings open to the public allow members of the commission or delegation to participate remotely where attendance in person is not reasonably practical.
Support	HB1793	prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	10:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill: I. Prohibits public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus. II. Allows persons aggrieved by public colleges or universities that implement such regulations to sue such institutions for damages and injunctive relief.
Support	HB1697	exempting certain firearms and firearm accessories manufactured and retained in New Hampshire from federal regulation.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	10:30 AM	GP Room 159	This bill exempts certain firearms and firearm accessories manufactured and retained in New Hampshire from federal regulation.
Support	HB1699	enabling the carriage of certain firearms on slow-moving boats.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	11:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill enables the carriage of certain firearms on slow-moving boats.
Support	HB1365	relative to applications for licenses to carry a loaded pistol or revolver.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	11:30 AM	GP Room 159	This bill prohibits pistol/revolver license application forms from requesting employment, personal references, or record disclosure information beyond what was required on the December 2009 version of form DSSP 85.
Support	HB1446	providing that an individual’s use of therapeutic cannabis shall not disqualify the individual from the purchase, ownership, or possession of a firearm.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	12:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill provides that lawful participation in the state’s therapeutic cannabis program shall not disqualify an individual exercising their constitutional right to purchase, possess, carry or transfer a firearm.
Of Interest	HB1642	relative to extreme risk protection orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	2:00 PM	GP Room 159	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	HB1749	reinstating the death penalty for murder offenses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	2:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill allows the death penalty for capital murder and for first degree and second degree murder. The bill further authorizes the court, in cases where the death penalty is not imposed, to sentence the defendant to life in prison or any other term that the court orders.
Oppose	HB1413	reinstituting the death penalty in cases of capital murder.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	3:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill reinstitutes the death penalty as a potential sentence for the offense of capital murder.
Oppose	HB1737	relative to reinstating the death penalty for certain offenses against minors under 13 years of age.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/14	3:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill defines capital offenses against a child to include certain homicide and sexual assault offenses against minors under 13 years of age, requires those convicted of such an offense to be sentenced to death, and requires any appeal to be resolved within one year of conviction.
Of Interest	HB1640	relative to consent for school billing purposes.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/14	10:10 AM	GP Room 232	This bill directs department of education and the insurance department to adopt rules relative to signature requirements for school billing.
Oppose	HB1820	requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/14	1:00 PM	GP Room 232	This bill changes the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education.
Of Interest	HB1341	establishing a committee to investigate the department of education’s actions regarding school administrative unit 6.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/14	1:15 PM	GP Room 232	This bill establishes a select committee to investigate the department of education and the actions of the former commissioner relating to school administrative unit 6.
Of Interest	HB1402	relative to credentials for the position of superintendent of schools.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/14	2:00 PM	GP Room 232	This bill establishes required credentials to serve in the position of school superintendent.
Of Interest	HB1403	relative to credentials for the position of school business administrator.	Education Policy and Administration	Wed 1/14	2:20 PM	GP Room 232	This bill establishes required credentials for the position of school business administrator.
Of Interest	SB573	establishing certification standards for facility comfort dogs.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/14	1:10 PM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes certification standards for facility comfort dogs, facility comfort dog handlers, and facility comfort dog handling teams.
Of Interest	SB571	relative to the requirements to be issued a certificate as a certified public accountant.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/14	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill: I. Removes the definition of “substantial equivalency” and replaces it with a standard of “comparable” in considering whether the office of professional licensure and certification shall grant a certificate of “certified public accountant” to an applicant with a foreign accountancy designation. II. Modifies the educational requirements to obtain a certificate as a “certified public accountant.” III. Allows an applicant to sit for examination as of a date no more than 120 days before the applicant expects to obtain his or her baccalaureate degree, pursuant to rules adopted by the board.
Support	HB1615	permitting consenting adults to enter into contract-based marriage agreements as an alternative to the requirement of a marriage license.	Judiciary	Wed 1/14	2:30 PM	GP Room 230	This bill establishes the legal framework for contract marriage as a private civil alternative to licensed marriage. This bill further defines contract marriage as a voluntary agreement enforceable solely under civil contract law and provides procedures for optional filing, conversion, and revocation.
Of Interest	HB1063	reducing the amount of meals and rooms taxes operators can retain.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/14	10:00 AM	GP Room 154	This bill reduces the amount of meals and rooms taxes operators can retain.
Of Interest	SB412	relative to the conditional release of delinquent minors and children in need of services.	Children and Family Law	Thu 1/15	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill permits the court to retain jurisdiction to hear violations of conditional releases filed during the release in cases involving delinquent minors or children in need of services.
Of Interest	SB413	relative to the detention of a minor attaining the age of 18 during the pendency of a delinquency action.	Children and Family Law	Thu 1/15	10:10 AM	SH Room 103	This bill modifies the facility in which alleged delinquent minors may be held in detention pending an adjudicatory hearing, permitting alleged delinquent minors to be housed in a county corrections facility once reaching age 18.
Of Interest	SB515	relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances.	Children and Family Law	Thu 1/15	10:20 AM	SH Room 103	This bill revises juvenile statutes relative to placements in qualified residential treatment programs to align with federal requirements. The bill directs the department of health and human services to have a qualified assessment of the child conducted within 30 days of placement and the court to review the assessment and placement within 60 days of placement. This bill further allows litigation to continue if despite a diligent search, counsel has not yet been secured for a child in certain proceedings under the child protection act. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1730	making all offenses against minors involving sexual penetration or contact felony-level offenses punishable by death.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/15	10:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill makes all offenses involving sexual penetration or contact against a minor under 16 years of age a felony potentially punishable by death.
Of Interest	HB1670	relative to organized retail crime.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/15	11:00 AM	GP Room 159	This bill establishes criminal offenses for organized retail crime and being the kingpin or leader of an organized retail crime enterprise.
Of Interest	HB1788	holding state contracts with DEI provisions to be void as a matter or law and establishing a right of action for taxpayers where public entities or state agencies engage with contracts with DEI provisions.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/15	10:00 AM	GP Room 231	This bill: I. Requires courts to find that contracts that include DEI-related provisions are void as a matter of law. II. Allows taxpayers to sue public entities or state agencies for engaging in, or failing to investigate allegations of, contracts with DEI-related provisions.
Of Interest	HB1616	prohibiting state agencies and political subdivisions from advertising or expending funds to advertise vaccines in the state of New Hampshire.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/15	1:00 PM	GP Room 231	This bill prohibits state agencies and political subdivisions from advertising or expending funds to advertise vaccines in the state of New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB1609	limiting the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for construction and operation of certain immigrant detention facilities.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/15	1:30 PM	GP Room 231	This bill places restrictions on the use of state, county, and municipal funds and property for the purpose of detention of immigrants.
Of Interest	HB1641	relative to petitions for certain orders of protection where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/16	2:30 PM	GP Room 159	This bill requires the court clerk’s office to transmit certain orders of protection to a prosecutor or probation officer where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation.
Of Interest	HB1637	relative to the scheduling of hearings on certain motions to modify or revoke bail.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/16	3:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill sets a time frame for the scheduling of hearings on certain motions to modify or revoke bail.
Oppose	HB1408	prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on the Internet by an elected official.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/16	4:00 PM	GP Room 159	This bill creates a misdemeanor offense for an elected official to publicly disclose on the Internet personal information of a constituent with the intent to harass.
Of Interest	HB1324	exempting the land and buildings of Masonic lodges and associations from property taxation.	Municipal and County Government	Fri 1/16	10:10 AM	GP Room 154	This bill exempts Masonic lodges and associations from state property taxes.

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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.