- These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
- Click on the bill number to read the bill.
- Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.
Of the 32 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 2 with 3 being of interest.
There are no hearings in the Senate this week.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | HB1804 | consolidating school administrative units, making chief school administrator jobs an elected position, and defining education roles. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 2/23 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 232 | This bill: I. Consolidates the authority and duties of school administrative units. II. Empowers school boards to develop, evaluate, and implement school curriculums. III. Makes chief school administrators elected officials. |
| Of Interest | HB1790 | relative to involuntary admissions for certain individuals with a substance use disorder. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 9:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill includes substance use disorder in the definition of mental illness for the purpose of evaluating whether a person may be involuntary admitted. |
| Support | HB1071 | repealing immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill repeals immunity afforded health care facilities when following directives adopted in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. |
| Support | HB1706 | repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Mon 2/23 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill repeals the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibits expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement. |
| Support | HB1241 | relative to the calculation of income for purposes of support orders in divorce proceedings. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill amends the definition of gross income for purposes of support orders in divorce proceedings, and prohibits gross income calculations from using overtime compensation, secondary employment earnings, or other income derived from sources outside of primary employment. |
| Support | HB1378 | relative to parental access to a minor child’s electronic medical records. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill provides parents of minor children full access to their minor children’s medical record except under certain circumstances. |
| Support | HB1565 | relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 1:30 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill provides that reports of suspected abuse and neglect may include the name of the person making the report and that a person who makes a false report maliciously or with the intent to cause harm shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill also creates a private right of action for civil damages against a person who makes a false report of suspected abuse or neglect. |
| Support | HB1757 | prohibiting the remedy of alimony for marriages that existed for six years or less. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/24 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill prohibits a court from ordering alimony for marriages that lasted 6 years or less. |
| Support | HB1305 | enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care. | Environment and Agriculture | Tue 2/24 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 153 | This bill enables the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care. |
| Support | HB1117 | relative to the right of licensed health care providers to freely communicate with patients, colleagues, and the public about medical information, emerging therapies, and treatment options. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 9:30 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill provides that a health care provider shall not be subject to disciplinary action, professional sanction, or civil or criminal liability for communicating with a patient, another provider, or the public about emerging medical research, experimental treatments, innovative therapies, or off-label uses of medications, provided the communication is made in good faith and not knowingly false or misleading. |
| Of Interest | HB1449 | limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill prohibits the operation of a vaccination clinic at schools during school hours and requires the parent or legal guardian of a child be present during the administration of any vaccination to their child at such a clinic. |
| Support | HB1797 | relative to eligibility for public assistance, including the New Hampshire employment program, family assistance program, and SNAP. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/25 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill: I. Directs the department of health and human services to submit a waiver to the United States Department of Agriculture to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with SNAP benefits. II. Strengthens work requirements for SNAP eligibility. III. Directs the department of health and human services to enter into data-sharing agreements with other state agencies to verify SNAP benefit eligibility. IV. Directs the department to verify eligibility of enrollees that make exclusively out-of-state purchases. V. Prohibits the department from using their discretion to set more lenient standards for SNAP eligibility or exemptions than those outlined in federal law. |
| Oppose | HB1456 | repealing the legislature’s declaration of authority over public education. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill repeals the legislature’s declaration of authority over public education. |
| Of Interest | HB1489 | relative to interstate depositions and discovery. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill makes changes to the appointment of deposition commissioners and the uniform foreign depositions law. |
| Support | HB1591 | relative to the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 1:30 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill requires the release of escrowed funds by the judicial branch upon receipt of a final order, and provides for penalties for noncompliance. |
| Oppose | HB1593 | relative to nondiscrimination due to disability. | Judiciary | Wed 2/25 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill codifies the language of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination based on disability by recipients and providers of state or federal financial assistance. The bill also codifies remedies available under section 505, which includes reasonable attorneys’ fees for certain prevailing parties. |
| Support | HB1611 | relative to the taking of private property. | Judiciary | Fri 2/27 | 9:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill modifies the state’s authority to seize privately owned property during a declared emergency by limiting applicable circumstances, specifying procedural requirements, mandating documentation, and revising compensation provisions. |
| Support | HR41 | instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. | Judiciary | Fri 2/27 | 9:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This resolution instructs the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill. |
