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• 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 106 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 12 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 18 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1473	relative to social-emotional learning in public schools.	Education	Mon 2/5	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the teaching of curriculum for social emotional learning in public schools.
Support	HB1298	relative to the definition of part-time teachers.	Education	Mon 2/5	12:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill defines “part-time teachers” and subjects them to the board of education’s professional code of ethics and professional code of conduct.
Support	HB1458	relative to authorizing parents to remove children from the English Language Learner Program.	Education	Mon 2/5	1:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows parents to remove their children from the English language learner (ELL) program, automatically removes them if they have not received ELL services in the last 2 years, and puts the burden on the local school district to appeal removals.
Of Interest	HB1496	relative to the state’s duty to protect children in public schools.	Education	Mon 2/5	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill adds a provision stating that the state, acting as the temporary guardian for children in public schools, has a duty to protect those children.
Of Interest	HB1692	relative to public high school graduation requirements.	Education	Mon 2/5	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill revises the requirements for public high school graduation by adding a requirement to earn a minimum competency score on the statewide assessment administered in high school.
Of Interest	HB1682	relative to the civics test graduation requirement.	Education	Mon 2/5	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides authority for schools to use the department of education provided civics test to satisfy graduation requirements.
Of Interest	HB1573	relative to oversight of and criteria for residential placement of children.	Children and Family Law	Tue 2/6	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill revises criteria for the out-of-home placement of children and increases oversight and certification criteria for out-of-state residential treatment programs. The bill also expands the definition of abuse or neglect under RSA 169-C to include a child in certain residential placements.
Support	HB1582	relative to allowing for the consumption of alcohol in artist performance areas.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill includes the stage and performance areas in the definition of entertainers under an exception to liquor license requirements.
Support	HB1151	relative to the carrying of alcoholic beverages on hotel premises.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows a guest of a hotel to purchase a drink at a hotel bar or restaurant and carry it back to the guest’s room.
Oppose	HB1591	relative to fines for prohibited sales of tobacco.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill moves fines for tobacco-related violations from statute to administrative rules, adopted by the liquor commission.
Oppose	HB1162	relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.	Education	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides that no education law of this state shall be construed to bar any school employee from teaching the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination. The bill also repeals provisions of the law relating to the right to freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education.
Oppose	HB1671	relative to the complaint process for teaching discrimination and allowing educators and school officials a right of action for damages and costs for false accusations.	Education	Tue 2/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill provides that complaints for teaching discrimination first be made to the local school board and are appealed to the state board of education. The bill also allows educators or other school employees falsely accused of teaching discrimination to initiate a civil action for legal or equitable relief.
Support	HB1616	relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.	Education	Tue 2/6	2:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to obtain parental consent for each service is provided to a student under the Medicaid to schools program. Violation of the requirement would subject the educator to disciplinary action by the state board of education. The bill also requires certain legislative policy committees to receive reports regarding the Medicaid to schools program.
Of Interest	SB531	relative to background checks of municipal health officers.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 2/6	9:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill provides that municipalities shall be responsible for reviewing criminal background checks of nominated health officers, with oversight of appointments by the department of health and human services. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1504	relative to architectural paint recycling.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 2/6	3:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill establishes an architectural paint recycling program administered by the department of environmental services.
Support	HB1331	relative to dentists licensed in another country.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows the board of dental examiners to grant a limited dental license to applicants licensed in another country.
Support	HB1526	relative to a conditional veterinary license for veterinarians educated in other countries.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 2/6	1:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill enables the board of veterinary medicine to issue a conditional veterinary license for veterinarians who are educated in other countries.
Support	HB1029	relative to exempting certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	10:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill exempts certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.
Oppose	HB1148	relative to the fish and game commission.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill makes changes to the fish and game commission including notice of appointment, qualifications, and misconduct and removal from office.
Support	HB1532	relative to land owner rights and responsibility pertaining to game cameras and tree stands.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	11:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows a tree stand to be erected from August 1 to June 1. This bill also allows for the placement of game cameras on a property with the owners’ permission.
Oppose	HB1100	relative to coyote hunting.	Fish and Game and Marine Resources	Tue 2/6	1:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits hunting coyote during certain months to coincide with coyote pup rearing.
Support	HB1063	relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	9:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows motor vehicles to lawfully travel 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in certain circumstances.
Support	HB1403	relative to temporary vehicle emission control equipment.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill extends the repair period for vehicles that fail the OBD II test to 90 days.
Of Interest	HB1637	relative to reducing requirements for vehicle inspections.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill reduces requirements for vehicle inspection.
Support	HB1247	relative to requiring the display of certain information concerning Selective Service registration at driver licensing and school military recruiting locations.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	1:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires a form to be available at locations of state driver’s licensing and at schools hosting military recruiters concerning registration with the Selective Service System.
Oppose	HB1244	prohibiting smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger is under 16 years of age.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	1:30 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill prohibits smoking and e-cigarettes in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
Oppose	HB1467	relative to child passenger protection.	Transportation	Tue 2/6	2:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires a motor vehicle restraint system for motor vehicle operators and passengers under 18 years of age.
Of Interest	HB1339	relative to department of safety firearm background checks.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires the department of safety to be responsible for conducting the required firearm background checks for federal firearm licensees through NICS for all firearm transfers.
Oppose	HB1462	relative to requirements for reporting hate crimes.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes reporting requirements for hate-based crimes.
Of Interest	SB373	relative to the state building code.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 2/7	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill updates the state building code definition.
Oppose	SB401	relative to removing the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and trust fund.	Health and Human Services	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill removes the prospective repeal of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and trust fund.
Support	HB1300	relative to terminal patients’ right to try act.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 2/7	10:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill revises the definition of eligible patient and terminal illness for purposes of the patient’s right to try act, expands the criteria for informed consent, and removes references to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for purposes of defining an investigational drug or device.
Of Interest	HB1283	relative to end of life options.	Judiciary	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a procedure for an individual with terminal illness to receive medical assistance in dying through the self administration of medication. The bill establishes criteria for the prescription of such medication and establishes reporting requirements and penalties for misuse or noncompliance.
Support	HB1377	relative to granting workers free choice to join or refrain from joining labor unions.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 2/7	9:30 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
Oppose	HB1388	relative to recusal by members of the general court for conflicts of interest.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/7	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill defines “conflict of interest” and makes provisions for the recusal of members of the general court for conflicts of interest.
Support	HB1479	relative to prohibiting the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities.	Legislative Administration	Wed 2/7	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill regulates the use of public funds for lobbying activities and establishes certain additional enforcement mechanisms.
Support	HB1202	relative to the issuance of permits for the alteration of driveways exiting onto public ways.	Public Works and Highways	Wed 2/7	10:45 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill establishes certain deadlines for issuance of permits for the alteration of driveways exiting onto public ways.
Oppose	HB1360	relative to emergency authority on the public or coastal waters of the state.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill allows the department of safety to establish an emergency maximum speed limit on public and coastal waters for up to 10 days due to weather or environmental conditions.
Oppose	HB1611	relative to establishing a child care workforce fund.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	10:00 AM	LOB Room 209	This bill establishes a child care workforce fund.
Support	HB1567	relative to zoning provisions concerning family and group family child care uses.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	1:30 PM	LOB Room 209	This bill generally requires family and group family child care programs to be allowed as an accessory use to any primary residential use under local zoning and planning regulations.
Support	HB1584	relative to home day care licensing requirements.	Special Committee on Childcare	Wed 2/7	2:00 PM	LOB Room 209	This bill exempts from child day care licensing requirements private homes in which care is provided for up to 4 children in addition to the provider’s own children. Current law permits care for 3 additional children.

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New Hampshire State House

A constitutional amendment proposed this session (CACR 20) would give the people of New Hampshire the power to fight back against the dangerous and reckless spending of the federal government. In the last 100 years the U.S.federal government has only managed to balance its budget once! By comparison New Hampshire not only cut taxes, but even reduced it’s budget during a time in which all the other states were spending recklessly (that is during the recent economic shutdown that was COVID). As an independent country New Hampshire could do better and CAC20 would give the people the right to vote on an amendment that would declare independence if the federal government continues to increase our indebtedness.

No matter how people actually vote on this constitutional amendment our legislators sending it to a vote of the people would be an act that sends an important message to the federal government: Stop stealing our money or we’re out. This bill would enable voters to declare New Hampshire an independent country IF and only if the United States continues to entangle New Hampshire in a debt we will never be able to pay back. The declaration of independence from the United States empire would only occur if both the citizens of New Hampshire voted yes to pass the constitutional amendment AND the federal governments debt hits $40 trillion. It is also essential that the house and senate conduct a roll call so we know which reps favor democracy and freedom and which reps just pay lip service to it.

The committee hearing on this amendment saw more than 50 individuals come out in support of it and only one person testify against it. I’m not even sure that is correctly framed as my recollection is they had a neutral stance on the amendment. As the committee didn’t listen to it’s constituents and placed the amendment on the consent calendar it’s now up to you to tell your reps to pull this bill off of the consent calendar and do a role call vote. This will give us the power to vote out reps who do not support democracy and the freedom of their constituents to vote on this important issue.

In conclusion please tell your rep to pull CACR 20 off of the consent calendar and support it in a roll call vote!

To find out who your state reps are and their contact information you can utilize this handy tool:

https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/

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• 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 118 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 24 and opposition of 17 with 5 being of interest.
Of the 55 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 8 with 4 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1437	relative to the membership of the state board of education.	Education	Mon 1/29	1:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the composition of the state board of education.
Oppose	HB1205	relative to women’s school sports.	Education	Mon 1/29	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires schools to designate athletics by sex and prohibits biological males from participating in female athletics. This bill further creates various causes of action based on violations of the provisions in the bill.
Oppose	HB1279	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Mon 1/29	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB1508	requiring fiber optic communications service providers to prioritize service restoration for public safety and public health organizations.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/29	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires fiber optic communications providers to prioritize the restoration of communication and Internet access for critical infrastructure of public safety and public health organizations over commercial and residential customers.
Support	HB1576	relative to allowing property owners to opt out of public utilities.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/29	1:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires public utilities, cooperatives, and municipal corporations providing electric, gas, water, and sewer connection services to allow property owners or existing customers to decline service.
Support	HB1308	relative to parent access to children’s library records.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides a parent or legal guardian with access to their minor child’s library records.
Of Interest	CACR25	relating to the rights of children and parents. Providing that parents and children have the right to control their health, education, and welfare.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	1:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution amends the constitution to recognize the rights of children and parents to provide for the protection of their minor children.
Of Interest	CACR17	relating to the rights of parents. Providing that parents shall have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their minor children.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an amendment to the constitution stating that parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their minor children.
Oppose	SB308	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Commerce	Tue 1/30	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate.
Support	HB1159	relative to toilet facilities provided by restaurants and other food establishments.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill would require that restaurants designed to seat 50 or more patrons have at least 2 separate toilet rooms, and eliminates the requirement for separate bathrooms to be gender-specific.
Support	HB1090	repealing the requirement to register “farmers’ market” as a trade name.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill repeals the prohibition against using the term “farmers’ market” in a trade name unless the use met specific requirements.
Of Interest	SB523	relative to the regulation of public school library materials.	Education	Tue 1/30	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill prohibits material that is obscene or harmful to minors in schools, requires vendors of school library materials to develop appropriate ratings, and creates a procedure for removal and cause of action.
Support	SB339	relative to repealing the graduation requirement regarding Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications.	Education	Tue 1/30	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill removes requirements that students file a free application for federal student aid form (FAFSA) or a waiver for such form prior to graduation, and removes all references to the FAFSA.
Support	HB1446	relative to eliminating the cost for electronic copies of the checklist.	Election Law	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill eliminates the cost for an electronic copy of the checklist that is emailed to the requestor but enables the town or city clerk and the secretary of state to charge a fee for electronic copies given on an external storage device.
Support	HB1313	relative to access to the voter checklist by candidates.	Election Law	Tue 1/30	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill enables municipalities to send a copy of the voter checklist electronically to candidates.
Oppose	HB1292	relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill removes the requirement that young adult children covered under a retired state employee’s insurance plan be full-time students.
Support	HB1070	relative to procedures during a state of emergency.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/30	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits state employees from cooperating with the executive branch in suspending civil liberties during a declared state of emergency.
Oppose	SB460	establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems.	Judiciary	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems (drones).
Support	SB578	relative to criminal pre-trial services and monitoring.	Judiciary	Tue 1/30	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits criminal defendants on pre-trial release from being required to pay for pre-trial services or monitoring, including electronic monitoring, with the cost instead the be paid by the court where the defendant is charged or through appropriations to the agency performing the pretrial services and monitoring. This bill further requires the agency performing the pretrial services and monitoring to use the least restrictive interventions that are necessary unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Oppose	HB1218	relative to voting for municipal bonds.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/30	9:50 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows for the adoption of municipal bonds by a simple majority vote.
Oppose	HB1362	relative to authorizing municipalities to stabilize rent increases in rental housing.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/30	2:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill authorizes municipalities to enact and enforce rent stabilizing ordinances.
Support	HB1439	relative to vehicle registrations and reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.	Public Works and Highways	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 201	This bill removes the authority of the commissioner of the department of transportation to suspend the motor vehicle registration of owners in violation of reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
Oppose	HB1487	relative to the health effects of 5G technology.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires certain provisions around measurements of RF-radiation and notification of the effects of such radiation from 5G technology.
Oppose	HB1332	relative to prohibiting electric vehicles from parking in parking garages.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	11:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill prohibits the parking of electric vehicles in parking garages.
Oppose	HB1445	relative to electric bicycles, electric scooters, and electric unicycles.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	11:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill modifies the requirements for the operation of and equipment required for all classes of electric bicycles, requires the division of motor vehicles to develop procedures for the registration of electric bicycles, and requires that electric scooters and electric unicycles be regulated as motor vehicles.
Oppose	SB428	relative to the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.	Transportation	Tue 1/30	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines the appropriate use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of safety for digital automatic programming interface to connect data from the division of motor vehicles to the state police.
Oppose	HB1203	relative to prohibiting the charging of rent to charities by charitable gaming facilities.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/30	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the charging of rent for facilities or equipment to charities by primary game operators.
Support	HB1346	relative to food service at a bed and breakfast.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill permits bed and breakfasts to serve snacks and meals in addition to breakfast.
Support	HB1540	relative to the definitions of full course meals and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the definition of full course meal and full service restaurant for purposes of alcohol licensing.
Support	HB1374	relative to liquor licenses for restaurants.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/31	11:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill changes the sales requirements for food for on-premises beverage and liquor licenses.
Support	HB1271	relative to the conversion, combination, and reorganization of boards and advisory boards.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/31	10:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill, at the request of the office of professional licensure and certification: 1. Converts the board of acupuncture licensing into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 2. Converts the board of family mediator certification into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 3. Converts the guardian at litem board into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 4. Converts the manufactured housing installations standards board into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementing this change. 5. Combines the advisory board of massage therapists with the advisory board of reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork therapy and makes other amendments implementing this change. 6. Converts the midwifery council into an advisory council and makes other amendments implementing this change. 7. Converts the board of septic system evaluators into an advisory board and makes other amendments implementi
Oppose	SB406	relative to emergency housing assistance and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a homelessness prevention pilot program, to be administered through municipalities and community action programs. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to assist municipalities in providing emergency housing assistance and preventing homelessness.
Of Interest	SB498	relative to the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill provides that under RSA 169-B, relative to delinquent children, and RSA 169-D, relative to children in need of services, a child may be placed with fictive kin or a child care institution, psychiatric residential treatment program, or other program certified by the department of health and human services.
Oppose	SB559	relative to the definition of vaccine for purposes of the New Hampshire vaccine association.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill revises the definition of vaccine for purposes of the New Hampshire vaccine association.
Support	HB1693	relative to the use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill allows and regulates the use of psychedelics for certain qualifying medical conditions.
Support	HB1585	relative to medication administration by direct care staff in residential care facilities.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	1:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill directs the department of health and human services, in consultation with the board of nursing, to adopt rules governing the administration of medication by direct care staff in residential care facilities.
Support	HB1010	relative to expanding maternity options and midwifery access.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/31	2:30 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the midwifery council shall not adopt rules limiting care by a midwife based on the patient being pregnant with multiple fetuses, malpresentation of the fetus, the number of prior cesarean sections, or distance from a hospital.
Support	CACR12	relating to the definition of the word “cherish.” Providing that the 1784 word “cherish” shall be replaced by the 2024 word “cherish.”	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution reinserts the word “cherish”.
Oppose	HB1169	creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person’s ethnicity.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill creates a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person’s ethnicity. This bill also exempts such causes of action from the jurisdiction of the human rights commission.
Support	HB1220	relative to abolishing the collection of racial and ancestral data for use in a marital application worksheet.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill abolishes the collection of racial and ancestral data for use in a marital application worksheet.
Support	HB1245	relative to release of confidential records of a person appointed a guardian.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	11:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that a person appointed a guardian shall retain the right to access and consent to the release of his or her confidential records unless the terms of the appointment provide otherwise.
Oppose	HB1432	relative to prohibiting certain uses of artificial intelligence and creating a private claim of action.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill: 1. Establishes the crime of fraudulent use of artificial intelligence and sets penalties therefor; 2. Establishes a cause of action for fraudulent use of artificial intelligence; 3. Establishes registration of lobbyists who have been found to have fraudulently used artificial intelligence in certain cases; 4. Establishes a mechanism for the enforcement of a ban on the fraudulent use of artificial intelligence in elections.
Oppose	SB315	relative to law enforcement agency reporting on information concerning bias crimes.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a law enforcement agency operating within New Hampshire to collect and report information concerning bias crimes as prescribed by the division of state police.
Support	SB507	extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:15 PM	SH Room 100	This bill extends the time to petition a court for a new trial in certain cases.
Support	HB1475	relative to preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	1:45 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes legal process for preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation (anti-SLAPP) as qualified immunity from suit, prosecution, and from liability for any defendant or counter-defendant in any action, case, claim, administrative proceeding, arbitration, or any other legal process that impacts their First Amendment rights.
Oppose	HB1037	relative to repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.	Judiciary	Wed 1/31	3:15 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the statute that provides limited liability to manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.
Support	HB1343	prohibiting the use by the governor of emergency orders concerning elections procedures without the written consent of the majority and minority leaders of the house of representatives and senate.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/31	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill requires the governor to get prior written or electronic approval from legislative majority and minority leaders to issue an emergency order concerning elections procedures.
Oppose	HB1208	relative to permitting requirements before timber harvesting operations in a wetland.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	11:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires that persons or entities conducting timber harvesting operations in wetlands verify compliance with and maintain in their records all permitting documents required for the work being done.
Support	HB1209	relative to observers in motorboats.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill provides that an observer is not required in a motorboat towing water skiers, aquaplanes, or similar devices, or while engaged in wake surfing, when the motorboat is equipped with a mirror allowing the operator to view the water skiers.
Oppose	HB1229	relative to the purchase and sale of any interest in real property abutting public waters.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/31	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires buyers, lessees and transferees of shoreland property to acknowledge minimum requirements for compliance with the shoreland water quality protection act.
Support	CACR15	relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/31	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a 2/3 vote of the house of representatives and the senate shall be required to pass a new tax or license fee or to increase any tax or license fee that has been levied, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds.
Of Interest	SB475	relative to design of a climate-controlled storage facility for the New Hampshire state library.	Capital Budget	Thu 2/1	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill makes a capital appropriation to the department of natural and cultural resources toward the design of a climate-controlled storage facility to properly preserve precious state materials stored within the New Hampshire state library.
Of Interest	SB476	making a capital appropriation to the department of corrections toward the replacement of the New Hampshire state prison for men.	Capital Budget	Thu 2/1	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill makes a bonded appropriation of funds for architectural, engineering, programming, and design and construction documents for the New Hampshire state prison for men.
Oppose	SB533	relative to physical quorums at public meetings.	Judiciary	Thu 2/1	10:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill enables public bodies to allow one or more members of the body to participate in a meeting by electronic means.
Oppose	SB563	relative to federal immigration enforcement.	Judiciary	Thu 2/1	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits state and local government entities from adopting sanctuary policies to prohibit or impede the enforcement of federal immigration law.
Of Interest	HB1050	relative to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase a firearm.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes the New Hampshire voluntary do not sell firearms list and prohibits the commercial sale or transfer of firearms to any person who voluntarily waives that person’s right to purchase a firearm and registers to be enrolled onto the list and sets out penalties for violations thereof. This bill further protects from public disclosure any governmental documents relating to the list.
Oppose	HB1336	relative to employees’ firearms in locked vehicles.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits employers from inquiring into, searching for, or banning employee’s storage of firearms or ammunition in their locked vehicles and provides civil immunity to employers for any economic loss, injury, or death that results from an employer’s adherence to this law.
Support	HB1337	relative to the return of weapons and ammunition upon expiration of protective orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill changes the burden to the plaintiff to file a request for a hearing prior to the expiration of a protective order or else any and all firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons will be returned to the defendant. This bill further removes the prohibition that law enforcement agencies shall not release firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons without a court order, and removes the authorization for law enforcement agencies to charge the defendant a fee for the storage of the firearms, ammunition, and specified deadly weapons. This bill further removes the subsection providing law enforcement agencies release from liability for damage or deterioration to the firearms, ammunition, or specified deadly weapons stored.
Oppose	HB1711	authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill authorizes the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and provides for processes for the confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities.
Support	HB1701	relative to annulments of records related to involuntary commitments.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 2/2	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill creates a process to annul records related to involuntary commitments to the state hospital or secure psychiatric unit.
Of Interest	HB1156	relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 2/2	9:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill provides that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire.

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Austin’s border militarization is wrong; so is U.S. interference. NH should divorce both governments.

(Above) New Hampshire independence advocates rally before a hearing on secession legislation (Photo by Joa Orga).

In a memorable sci-fi moment, elderly politician Chrisjen Avasarala warns interstellar envoy James Holden of danger. She expects a murderous local faction will try and get him on their side. “Do not,” she says, “put your dick in it.”

Those of us in America who advocate a “national divorce” should consider her advice – and historical precedent – before we “jump to the side…of Austin’s aPARtheid.” Every state and empire involved with this ugly confrontation will lie, steal, cheat and at least occasionally kill. That’s what states and empires do, even when they’re not trying to build the next Berlin Wall or accrue millions of destitute migrants at taxpayer expense. So how should Concord react? How should secession advocates react? It, and we, should let the non-aggression principle be the guide.

Within the limits of practicality, we should:

– Support the human rights, of every member, of every party, to this conflict.
– Oppose every act of aggression committed by every member of every party to this conflict.

Ignore the faction; focus on the action.

So what aggressive misdeeds have been committed? Well, walking to Texas from Mexico without papers…is not an act of aggression. Making taxpayers help or harm migrants *is* an act aggression. Both D.C. and Austin have committed both acts.

1) Washington made this showdown possible by using income taxation to seize the earnings of Texans. It then redistributed some of the stolen property to so-called “illegals,” artificially increasing the number of migrants and creating more resentment toward them. It has actively fostered immigration problems. Where in the U.S. Constitution is such a redistribution of wealth to immigrants authorized? Even if authorized, would it be right?
2) Where, in its constitution, is D.C. empowered to prevent Texans – even Texas goons – from restricting immigration themselves? To restrict Texas citizens from owning or acquiring certain firearms they may deem useful for self defense in a time of crisis? How many hundreds of pages of gun laws does D.C. impose on Texas?
3) Where is D.C. empowered to make New Hampshire taxpayers underwrite its actions against Austin? To tax New Hampshirites and give their money to random immigrants?
4) Has everyone forgotten the extent to which D.C. has destabilized Latin American countries over the years, including the 2009 coup in Honduras?
5) Should D.C. be allowed to get away with its pause on Texas natgas permits? Do these constitute economic sanctions which would raise prices in New Hampshire?
6) If D.C. doesn’t follow its constitution, why does Austin have to follow it? Why does New Hampshire?

Having raised these concerns:

A) The Texas government’s attempt to militarize part of its border with Mexico is an act of aggression against the many Texas taxpayers who disagree with such measures. It is also an abuse of migrants who wish to exercise the inalienable (if not yet recognized) human right to travel on public roads without government permission.
B) Austin imposes some gun control of its own on Texas. This limits the ability of Texans – and migrants – to exercise legit self defense against violent criminals. Like Kiev, Austin has experienced a rush of brains to the head on this matter and gun laws there have generally been loosening.
C) Austin, at least on occasion or by accident…does direct some welfare payments to undocumented migrants.
D) State sovereignty is desirable as a hedge against Washington, its over-taxation, its no-win wars. But Texas’ rulers have picked a dirty issue upon which to make their stand for such sovereignty. This issue likely won’t stand the test of time. If the trends of the last 500 years continue, by 2100 it will be widely understood that no human being – or sentient being – is “illegal.” It will become obvious that no peaceable person or person-equivalent should be told which region of the earth they may visit…that none should be forced to get permission from an earthly nation-state before they can travel. Those alive today who hold the popular view favoring guarded borders and travel papers….will likely be regarded like slavers or Jim Crow enforcers. In 1860 it was a commonly-held belief in the United States…that one human being should be able to enslave another based on ethnicity. Now it is a commonly-held belief that one human being should be able to severely restrict the movements of another based on nationality and “papers.” The two beliefs are not wildly different. Someday those who hold the second belief will probably be almost as disgraced as the slavers of 1860.
E) Since 1865, Austin has tamely acquiesced in nearly every Unionist genocide and torture chamber spree, from Wounded Knee to Bagram Air base. But it’s going to make a stand over..not being able to build its own border police state at taxpayer expense? Is there some reason Austin can’t just get out of the way, letting private citizens defend property or aid immigrants as they see fit in accordance with common rules of decency?
F) Arguably, constitutionally…Austin was correct in the 1860s when it claimed Washington had little authority to keep Texas in the union. Other states supported Austin’s position. But the stain of slavery blotted out all.
G) Arguably, constitutionally, Austin was correct in the 1960s when it claimed that D.C. had little authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act. Other states supported Austin’s position. But the stain of segregation blotted out all.
H) And arguably, constitutionally, Austin is correct in the 2020s when it claims D.C. has little authority to prevent local immigration control. Other states are supporting Austin’s position.. But the stain of border militarism may, in its turn, blot out all.

The most regrettable misdeed hasn’t been committed yet. That would be the use of deadly force by Austin against D.C.’s enforcers…even in “self defense.” Any such act of political violence by Texans during this standoff…would be an inexcusable breach of everything Dr. King – and to some extent Texit leader Daniel Miller – have taught the world in the last century: An autonomy-minded region’s chances of political success against established central government…drops by 3x if the autonomists start using deadly force. Washington understands this, and there is probably some risk of a false flag event where D.C. attacks itself and makes it look like the Texans did it.  Maybe now is a chance for Texit folks to play some constructive or mediative role reducing tensions between Austin and Washington…so that their peaceable secession drive can continue in an orderly way.

During the 19th century, New Hampshire had a nonviolent independence movement which opposed both the expansionist wars of the Union…and slaver cruelty of the South. This movement was mostly forgotten, because the secession “success” of Southern slavers damaged all subsequent efforts at full independence for the states. But what if New Hampshire had declared independence in 1850 to protest slavery? Or the invasion of Mexico? Or all the Federal abuses at once? What if it at least had put secession to a vote? Setting that example might have kept independence alive through the decades as an active possibility for the states, disconnected from the taint of Fort Sumter and Confederacy.

NH has the ability to set such an example, and we have done it. In 2022, NHexit put legislation in front of the whole State House which would have let all New Hampshirites vote in a referendum on independence. In 2024, we brought almost exactly the same legislation forward and it made it into a Newsweek cover story. We do these things to show how plays for autonomy can be orderly, clean and even friendly. We do them to mainstream secession as Quebec and Scotland have done. But mainstream or not, New Hampshire independence is the root-striking answer to all grievances outlined above. We don’t belong in the same empire with D.C. and its on-again-off-again manipulation of migrants as political cannon fodder. We don’t belong in the same empire with Texas and its razor wire.

When India left the British Empire, no one imagined the two would part peaceably and that over 70 years of happy relations would follow. But that is what occurred. So it can be with New Hampshire and the increasingly troubled states of this continent. Change is coming fast. Once we are disentangled from our unhappy marriage with Austin and D.C., we can finally have a shot at normal friendly relations with both.

• 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 97 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 18 and opposition of 9 with 4 being of interest.
Of the 44 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 8 with 5 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Support	HB1652	relative to establishing a local education freedom account program.	Education	Mon 1/22	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows school districts to adopt a program for local education freedom accounts for a parent of an eligible student to receive a grant from a scholarship organization for qualifying educational expenses at a public school, chartered public school, nonpublic school, or program approved by the department of education.
Oppose	HB1572	prohibiting using mRNA technology in food and requiring the labeling of lab grown meat and food containing insects.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the use of mRNA technology in food sold in New Hampshire and requires the labeling of lab grown meat and food products containing insects.
Support	HB1565	relative to the sale of homestead food to consumers and local food production.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill makes changes to the regulations regarding the sale of homestead foods to consumers.
Support	HB1685	redefining “homestead foods” as “artisan foods,” creating an artisan food operations exemption, establishing artisan food products sales venues, and allowing the production and sale of artisan food products requiring refrigeration.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/22	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill redefines “homestead foods” as “artisan foods,” creates an artisan food operations exemption, establishes artisan food products sales venues, and allows the production and sale of artisan food products requiring refrigeration.
Of Interest	HB1697	suspending New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/22	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill suspends New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs administered by the department of environmental services for a period of 2 years.
Oppose	HB1472	relative to rebates of energy efficiency funds for electric vehicles.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/22	2:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill dedicates $3,000,000 from proceeds from the energy efficiency fund to be used by the department of energy to develop a pilot program for a “cash on the hood” program for point-of-sale electric vehicle rebates to buyers.
Oppose	SB443	relative to school building aid for eligible projects and the definition of school transportation vehicle.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill increases the annual amount to be expended for school building aid construction and renovation projects of school districts. The bill also allocates a portion of funds to be paid for school building projects approved in prior years but which were not funded. This bill also defines school transportation vehicle and implements licensing and inspection requirements for drivers of such vehicles.
Oppose	SB525	relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill changes income eligibility and reporting requirements for the education freedom account program and modifies the program’s administration and oversight.
Support	SB521	relative to the educational credentials for master teacher.	Education	Tue 1/23	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill changes the requirements for the granting of the educational credential of master teacher.
Oppose	SB384	relative to a municipal loan and grant program for rental housing and making an appropriation therefor.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/23	9:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill directs the department of business and economic affairs to establish a median income rental housing program and makes an appropriation to the InvestNH fund for this purpose.
Of Interest	SB391	relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/23	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the public utilities commission to begin rulemaking for the purposes of setting uniform procedures for distributed energy resources that are proposed for interconnection to the electrical infrastructure.
Of Interest	SB451	relative to an expedited track for certain applications to the site evaluation committee.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/23	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes an alternative procedure and timelines for an expedited track for changes to existing energy facilities meeting certain criteria.
Oppose	SB452	relative to making an appropriation for the hiring and training of small business development counselors in rural areas of New Hampshire.	Finance	Tue 1/23	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates $250,000 to the department of business and economic affairs to be applied to the hiring and training of small business development counselors for the small business development center in rural areas of New Hampshire.
Oppose	HB279	increasing the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/24	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the penalty for on-premises licensees overserving alcohol.
Support	HB1161	relative to use of the public school infrastructure fund for energy efficient school buses.	Education	Wed 1/24	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the use of the public school infrastructure fund from funding energy efficient school buses or other student transportation vehicles.
Oppose	HB1452	relative to credentials for the position of superintendent of schools and school business officer.	Education	Wed 1/24	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes required credentials for school superintendents and school business officers.
Of Interest	SB336	relative to misrepresentation by public employees.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/24	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes that a public officer or employee who knowingly makes a fraudulent statement or material misrepresentation to a member of the public in the course of his or her employment shall be subject to disciplinary action through the disciplinary procedures of his or her employer or licensing board, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	SB355	relative to newborn screening for cytomegalovirus.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/24	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires newborn screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV). The bill also directs the pregnant woman’s health care provider to perform an amniocentesis to confirm a congenital CMV infection under certain circumstances.
Oppose	SB496	directing the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/24	10:20 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a climate and health protection program in response to health threats associated with a changing environment.
Oppose	SB503	relative to requiring a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.	Judiciary	Wed 1/24	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a criminal background check when applying for a fish and game guide license.
Support	HB1412	relative to court reporters.	Judiciary	Wed 1/24	2:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the requirements for licensure and regulation of court reporters.
Support	HB1281	relative to zoning restrictions on residential rental property.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/24	1:20 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits a zoning ordinance or regulation from restricting the number of occupants in a residential rental property to less than 2 occupants per bedroom.
Of Interest	HB1297	relative to the authority of municipalities to enforce ordinances related to health and safety.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/24	2:10 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires zoning ordinances to be directly related to the promotion of the residents health and safety.
Support	HB1140	relative to requirements for homeowner installations of septic systems.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/24	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill enables a homeowner to install a replacement waste disposal system in their own domicile without a permit.
Oppose	HB1033	relative to the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/25	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits the advertising of nominal dimensions of lumber.
Oppose	HB1498	establishing a state short term rental registry.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/25	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill includes short-term rentals in the licensing and registration requirements for taxes on meals and rooms.
Oppose	HB1382	relative to special education support for military-connected students.	Education	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill creates special education support for military-connected transfer students and provides for reimbursement of witness fees in certain situations.
Support	HB1469	relative to the retention of individualized education program records.	Education	Thu 1/25	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires the department of education to remove student individualized education plan records from the state special education information system on the same schedule as school districts.
Support	HB1695	relative to the release of student personally identifiable information.	Education	Thu 1/25	3:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits the transfer of student’s personally identifiable information to third parties without written consent of the parents and student.
Support	HB1233	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts individuals who have completed a nationally recognized animal chiropractic program, as determined by the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, from veterinary licensure requirements.
Support	HB1272	relative to occupational license reciprocity.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill removes the statutory requirement that the licensing requirements for the out of state license be substantially similar for purposes of license reciprocity.
Support	HB1676	establishing a sunset commission to evaluate various occupational boards and commissions, and sunsetting various boards and commissions.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes a sunset commission to evaluate the need for or any improvements to various occupational boards and commissions within the office of professional licensure and certification, as well as the least restrictive regulation they can adopt. The bill further repeals various occupational boards and commissions each year through 2031.
Support	HB1683	relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	10:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that the state Medicaid plan shall not include circumcision unless the child has a specific diagnosis for which the procedure is determined to be medically necessary.
Of Interest	HB1669	relative to restricting data sharing through the state immunization registry.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	11:15 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill prohibits the department of health and human services from sharing data from the state immunization registry with other organizations unless the department can assure withdrawals from the registry will be honored by the organization.
Support	HB1194	relative to the definition of noncommunicable disease.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill removes the word infectious from the definition of noncommunicable disease.
Support	HB1213	relative to immunization requirements for private schools and child care agencies.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill provides that certain immunizations are required for public school children. This bill also removes the requirement for private schools and child care agencies.
Of Interest	SB417	relative to out-of-home placements for children.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill revises criteria for out-of-home placement of children under the child protection act and other juvenile statutes and establishes an order of preference based on placement with the child’s siblings, when possible, and proximity to the child’s community of origin.
Oppose	SB360	relative to extreme risk protection orders.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	SH Room 100	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.
Of Interest	SB573	relative to parental consent for medical care.	Judiciary	Thu 1/25	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires any person, private entity, government entity, or any employee or agent of any private or government entity obtain the consent of a parent of a child before performing or asking to perform various medical care interventions on the child.
Support	HB1519	relative to a minor’s available work hours.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/25	2:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill permits youths to work during the school year when their attendance at school is not required.
Oppose	HB1000	relative to classifying New Hampshire legislators’ service as public service for certain federal purposes.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/25	1:15 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows for the service of a current or former member of the general court to be deemed by the state to qualify as full-time public service for the purposes of federal public service student loan forgiveness programs.
Oppose	HB1290	relative to protection of employment for members of the general court.	Legislative Administration	Thu 1/25	1:30 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill provides members of the general court with employment protections during voting sessions.
Of Interest	HB1204	relative to government agent entries into secured premises.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes requirements for when a government agent may enter a secured premises without a warrant.
Support	HB1276	relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill amends the prohibition against carrying or selling a blackjack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles to prohibit sale to or possession of the said items by those under 18 years of age.
Support	HB1539	relative to annulling, resentencing, or discontinuing prosecution of certain cannabis offenses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/26	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows for additional annulments, resentencings, or discontinuations of prosecutions for certain cannabis offenses.

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• 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 139 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 24 and opposition of 25 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 50 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 13 with 1 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	HB1667	relative to establishing a department for children, youth, and families.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes the department for children, youth and families as a separate state agency responsible for the general supervision and enforcement of all programs and services for children and youths. The bill also transfers all former powers, duties and responsibilities of the department of health and human services, division for children, youth and families and the division of juvenile justice services to the newly established department.
Oppose	SB328	relative to deceptive ticket sale practices.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:00 AM	SH Room 100	This bill makes the resale of event tickets by a person who is not the venue or an authorized agent of the venue unlawful if it does not meet certain criteria.
Oppose	SB519	relative to evictions based on the owner’s intent to renovate the property.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill adds evidentiary requirements to evictions based upon renovation and permits a discretionary stay of eviction for up to 6 months.
Oppose	SB518	relative to incentivizing landlords to accept housing choice vouchers.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a landlord housing incentive program and fund. This bill makes an appropriation to implement the fund.
Oppose	SB366	relative to restricting the purchase of real property on or around military installations.	Commerce	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits the purchase of real property by the People’s Republic of China on or within 10 miles of any military installations or critical infrastructure facilities.
Oppose	SB343	relative to school based health services.	Education	Tue 1/16	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill allows school districts to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center for the purpose of providing services to students beyond the scope of school nursing services.
Support	SB374	relative to the licensing of part-time teachers.	Education	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines “part-time teacher.”
Support	HB1402	establishing a procedure for a high school proficiency exam waiver of mandatory school attendance.	Education	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill allows for a student to take and pass a high school proficiency exam so that the student shall no longer be bound by the mandatory school attendance requirements.
Oppose	HB1212	relative to eligibility for free school meals.	Education	Tue 1/16	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the eligibility for free school meals to household incomes up to 350 percent of federal poverty guidelines, and provides funding from the education trust fund for the additional costs.
Oppose	HB1153	relative to mandatory and elective public school curricula.	Education	Tue 1/16	1:45 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires mandatory “anti-communist” curricula and establishes elective curricula for public schools.
Oppose	SB380	relative to moving the state primary date.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	9:15 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill moves the state primary date to June.
Oppose	SB445	establishing a voter-owned elections fund for eligible candidates to executive councilor and making an appropriation to the fund.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	9:45 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill establishes a voter owned election fund for eligible candidates to executive councilor and makes an appropriation to the fund.
Support	SB446	allowing voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill allows voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office.
Of Interest	SB387	relative to a state parks pass pilot program for recovery centers and community health centers.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/16	9:30 AM	SH Room 103	This bill requires the establishment of a 3-year pilot program for state parks passes for recovery centers and community health centers registered with the department of health and human services.
Oppose	HB1184	relative to making an appropriation to the organic certification program.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture, markets and food for the staffing and funding of the organic certification program.
Oppose	HB1618	mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for “organic” certification.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires the commissioner to hire inspectors and enter into a USDA cooperative agreement.
Support	HB1578	relative to organic food certification and labeling.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill repeals the certification program and the organic processors-handlers certification fund.
Oppose	HB1680	relative to prohibiting the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops.	Environment and Agriculture	Tue 1/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops except in certain cases.
Oppose	SB348	relative to emergency crop relief.	Finance	Tue 1/16	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture, markets, and food to distribute emergency relief to farmers who suffered crop damage in the unseasonable cold and floods.
Oppose	SB494	relative to establishing a farmer assistance fund.	Finance	Tue 1/16	1:10 PM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the farmer assistance for natural disasters fund and makes an appropriation therefor.
Support	HB1127	relative to the revocation and suspension of drivers’ licenses.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	11:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows individuals with suspended licenses to mow their lawns without penalty and eliminates the requirement that drivers with suspended licenses surrender their licenses to the department of motor vehicles.
Of Interest	HB1118	relative to the issuance of drivers’ licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	1:20 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows the director of motor vehicles to require nonresident aliens to submit various certifications for drivers license issuance.
Support	SB510	relative to sale of a vehicle to a Massachusetts resident.	Transportation	Tue 1/16	2:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill eliminates the requirement that a retail motor vehicle dealer submit a form notifying the New Hampshire department of motor vehicles of a sale of a vehicle to a Massachusetts resident.
Support	HB1422	relative to the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, communications service tax, and meals and rooms tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the rates of the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and meals and rooms tax. It also reduces and subsequently repeals the communications services tax.
Oppose	HB1492	relative to the rate and exemptions of the interest and dividends tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reimplements the interest and dividends tax.
Support	HB1533	relative to the safe harbor compensation amount under the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the amount of the safe harbor provision for compensation under the business profits tax and provides for a biennial increase in future years based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
Support	HB1536	relative to increasing the amount of the expense deduction allowed against the business profits tax.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/16	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill increases the amount of the section 179 expense deduction permitted against the business profits tax.
Of Interest	HB1241	relative to regulation of money transmitters.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill revises the regulation and licensure of money transmitters by the banking department. This bill is a request of the banking department.
Of Interest	HB1559	repealing the chapter relative to cash dispensing machines.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill repeals RSA 399-F relative to cash dispensing machines. This is a request by the banking department.
Oppose	HB1538	relative to credit card late fees and interest.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that the total of interest and other charges in a consumer credit transaction shall not exceed the consumer’s total original balance from the credit card sale or loan.
Support	HB1633	relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/17	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor.
Oppose	HB1678	establishing a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program.	Education	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes a New Hampshire farm to school local food incentive pilot program.
Support	HB1634	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education	Wed 1/17	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
Support	HB1677	relative to participation in education freedom accounts based on school or school district proficiency scores.	Education	Wed 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill extends eligibility for the education freedom account program to students who participated in the program in the preceeding year, students whose enrollment transfer requests were denied, and to students in school districts which performed at 49 percent or below in statewide assessments.
Support	HB1665	relative to student eligibility for the education freedom accounts program.	Education	Wed 1/17	2:30 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill changes the annual household income limit to qualify for the education freedom account program.
Oppose	HB1112	relative to establishing a continuing education requirement regarding human trafficking for individuals licensed by the office of professional licensure and certification.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	10:45 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires the office of professional licensure and certification to audit compliance by licensees of continuing education requirements and further provides that all boards regulating health professionals shall require each licensee to complete continuing education in human trafficking each renewal cycle.
Support	HB1410	relative to certain professional licenses.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill repeals the chapter on the board of registration of medical technicians as well as the chapter on medical imaging and radiation therapy. This bill further makes changes to the nurse practice act, including amending the licensure of licensed nursing assistants to a registration process and making changes to the board of nursing.
Oppose	HB1394	relative to licensure and regulation of music therapists and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/17	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the office of professional licensure and certification. This bill further establishes a new program assistant II position at the office of professional licensure and certification and makes an appropriation to the office of professional licensure and certification.
Oppose	SB352	establishing an early detection cancer screening pilot program for active and retired firefighters.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes an early detection cancer screening pilot program in the department of safety, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services, for retired and full-time active firefighters New Hampshire.
Oppose	SB495	relative to certification of alcohol and other drug use treatment facilities.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides for certification of substance use treatment programs by the department of health and human services and establishes an office of the behavioral health ombudsman in the department.
Oppose	SB500	establishing a primary care provider loan repayment program, and making an appropriation therefor.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	9:45 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a primary care provider loan repayment program and fund in the department of health and human services and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
Oppose	SB558	relative to insurance coverage for infertility treatments, protection from discrimination during IVF treatments, parental leave, and adoption.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides insurance coverage for infertility treatments, protection from discrimination during IVF treatments, parental leave, and adoption.
Oppose	HB1002	relative to fees for records under the right-to-know law.	Judiciary	Wed 1/17	9:00 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill establishes parameters for when a public body may charge a fee for records provided under RSA 91-A.
Support	HB1105	relative to application of a local tax cap.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill provides clarification that all recommended appropriations in the warrant are included when determining the estimated amount of local taxes to be raised for the fiscal year under the local tax cap.
Oppose	HB1544	relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	11:10 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the government units in charge.
Oppose	HB1641	relating to requiring large parking lots to have a solar power canopy.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	11:50 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill requires that large parking facilities, whether existing or new, utilize photovoltaic solar canopies over at least 50 percent of the open asphalt surface.
Of Interest	HB1124	relative to limiting conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	1:30 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill limits conflicts of interest and excessive concentration of power for municipal board and committee members.
Support	HB1396	relative to prohibiting municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing.	Municipal and County Government	Wed 1/17	3:15 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less.
Of Interest	HB1049	relative to the prohibition on overnight mooring of houseboats.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill repeals a general prohibition for the overnight mooring of houseboats otherwise permitted under RSA 270-A.
Oppose	HB1103	relative to revising the penalties of the shoreland protection act.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill revises the penalties of the shoreland protection act.
Oppose	HB1113	relative to shoreland septic systems.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill modifies requirements for site assessment studies of shoreland septic systems.
Support	HB1121	relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/17	3:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event.
Support	SB514	relative to the timber tax.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill increases the amount of wood or wood chips a landowner can use for personal use or for land conservation purposes without being subject to the timber tax.
Of Interest	HB1563	relative to the education property tax and the authority of political subdivisions.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill replaces the statewide education property tax with a property tax contribution from political subdivisions based on the state education property tax warrant issued for the tax year beginning April 1, 2024. The bill also restores statutory authority for the determination of education grants for municipalities that tuition students to other institutions.
Of Interest	HB1551	relative to distinguishing between C corporations and S corporations for purposes of calculating business profits taxes.	Ways and Means	Wed 1/17	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill directs the state to distinguish between C corporations and S corporations for purposes of calculating the business profits tax and to exclude flow through items on the Schedule K for S corporations from corporate income for purposes of calculating the tax.
Oppose	HB1571	relative to requiring insurance coverage for glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	11:15 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage for glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.
Oppose	HB1094	relative to insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill removes the prospective repeal of a reference to treatments for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders in the requirement for insurance coverage of certain biologically-based mental illnesses.
Oppose	HB1296	relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill provides that certain insurers that provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations shall not impose co-payments, deductibles, or other cost-sharing requirements.
Support	HB1017	relative to duties of county sheriffs and the appointment of special deputy sheriffs.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires county sheriff’s or deputies to have a presence at all federal law enforcement actions in the county. The bill also clarifies the appointment of special deputy sheriffs.
Support	HB1026	relative to resisting arrest.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes an affirmative defense to the crime of resisting arrest that the arrest was unlawful or constitutional.
Support	HB1372	relative to prohibiting torture.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a criminal prohibition against torture, which is defined as an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon another person within the person’s custody or control, other than the pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions. This bill is intended to supplement the federal law located at 18 U.S.C. sections 2340, 2340A, and 2340B, which apply to torture committed outside of the United States.
Oppose	HB1570	relative to administration of school building aid funds by the department of education and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Thu 1/18	10:45 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill transfers moneys from the education trust fund to a new building aid fund. It also directs the department of education to contract with a vendor to conduct a facility assessment of public schools and public chartered schools.
Support	HB1546	relative to government purchasing.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/18	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits any state, county, or local government entity from contracting with or purchasing goods or services from companies that discriminate in hiring, promotion, or job assignment on the basis of sex, race, sexuality, national origin, ethnicity, or ideology, including but not limited to permitting diversity, equity, and inclusion statements. This bill further provides an enforcement mechanism.
Oppose	HB1486	relative to proxy carbon pricing in state procurement.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill requires the department of administrative services to consider proxy carbon pricing in transportation costs and building project costs.
Support	HB1278	relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	9:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds debilitating or terminal medical conditions to the qualifying medical conditions for therapeutic cannabis if a health care provider certifies the potential benefit to the patient. The bill also removes certain limitations on a qualifying visiting patient’s access to cannabis.
Support	HB1240	relative to eating disorders as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	10:00 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds eating disorders as a qualifying medical condition for the use of therapeutic cannabis.
Support	HB1349	relative to generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying condition for the therapeutic cannabis program.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	10:30 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill adds generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying medical condition for the use of therapeutic cannabis.
Support	HB1350	relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill increases qualifying patients’ limit on possession of therapeutic cannabis from 2 to 4 ounces, and increases the amount they may obtain in a 10-day period from 2 to 4 ounces.
Support	HB1231	permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Thu 1/18	2:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
Support	SB356	relative to the return of property collected in the course of a police investigation.	Judiciary	Thu 1/18	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill provides for the automatic return of seized property following certain dispositions of criminal cases, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	HB1072	relative to prohibiting employers from using polygraph testing.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill prohibits employers from using polygraphs unless the employer is in law enforcement or meets other exceptions.
Oppose	HB1110	relative to requiring certain employers to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	11:00 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill requires employers with 25 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Oppose	HB1226	relative to employment protections for freelance employees.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	1:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill provides comprehensive rights and responsibilities relative to freelance employees and hiring parties.
Support	HB1246	relative to allowing for payment of wages in gold or silver.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Thu 1/18	2:30 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows employers to pay the weekly or biweekly wages due to employees in gold or silver.
Oppose	HB1217	relative to an exception to allow the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/19	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill allows the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.
Oppose	HB1587	relative to the installation of video surveillance equipment in special education school buses.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/19	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires video surveillance equipment to be installed and operated on all vehicles provided through services related to a student’s IEP. The bill also requires school districts to develop a privacy policy for resulting recordings.

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Of the 152 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 21 and opposition of 22 with 18 being of interest.
Of the 57 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 9 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB1014	relative to the registration of high school students to vote.	Education	Mon 1/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill requires school districts and private high schools to develop programs to inform high school students about registering to vote.
Oppose	HB1293	relative to prohibiting the use of certain fertilizers using phosphorus.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	10:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill prohibits the use of certain fertilizers using phosphorus.
Of Interest	HB1294	relative to prohibiting the state of New Hampshire from enforcing the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	11:00 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill states that the federal Environmental Protection Agency has no constitutional validity in this state, and requires that the New Hampshire department of environmental services provide for all environmental protection in this state.
Oppose	CACR14	relating to the environment and natural resources. Providing that the state shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment for present and future generations.	Environment and Agriculture	Mon 1/8	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would require the state to maintain a clean and healthful environment and protect New Hampshire’s natural resources.
Of Interest	HB1398	relative to utility recovery of costs associated with net energy metering.	Science, Technology and Energy	Mon 1/8	2:00 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that costs of net energy metering be assessed under a stranded cost recovery mechanism by electric distribution utilities.
Support	HB1425	relative to prohibiting the suspension of drivers’ licenses in child support enforcement matters.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	10:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits the suspension, revocation, or denial of a driver’s license for failure to comply with a child support order, and allows for reinstatement for those whose driver’s license was suspended, revoked, or denied for such reason.
Of Interest	HB1598	relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments and veterans benefits for children in foster care.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill clarifies the obligation of the department of health and human services to ensure that social security payments and veterans benefits for children in the care of the department be held securely until the child has reach the age of majority or is no longer in the care of the department. The bill makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.
Of Interest	HB1590	relative to training regarding child abuse and neglect for licensed physicians, advance practice nurses, and physician assistants.	Children and Family Law	Tue 1/9	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill sets training requirements for entities employing certain medical professionals caring for children under 18 years of age.
Of Interest	HB1183	relative to prohibiting the sale of agricultural land and land essential to critical industries to China.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill provides that certain companies owned, in whole or in part, by the people’s republic of China or the Chinese communist party shall not own, lease, possess, or exercise any control over agricultural or farm lands and land essential to critical industries in this state.
Support	HB1232	prohibiting state or local governments from using central bank digital currency.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits the state treasurer, state agencies, and political subdivisions from accepting a payment using central bank digital currency or participating in a test of central bank digital currency by any Federal Reserve branch.
Of Interest	HB1674	relative to establishing the New Hampshire legal tender act and establishing a state bullion depository.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	11:00 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates the New Hampshire legal tender act; establishes gold and silver as legal tender; establishes a state depository; and enables digital use of gold and silver.
Support	HB1444	relative to local regulation of digital mining.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill adds limits to the regulatory powers of political subdivisions over digital asset mining businesses.
Oppose	HB1207	relative to single-use disposable plastic foodware accessories.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	1:15 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill prohibits certain food service facilities from having self serve/self-service disposable plastic foodware accessory dispensers, and from providing or offering disposable plastic foodware accessories to any customer, except upon request of that customer.
Oppose	HB1636	relative to creating the New Hampshire container deposit, refund, recycle, and reuse system.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/9	1:45 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill creates a New Hampshire container deposit, refund, recycle and reuse system. It establishes a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to implement a beverage container recycling redemption refund program to issue redemption refunds to consumers for beverage containers. It contains labeling requirements, establishes performance targets for the PRO, contains reporting requirements, requires the PRO to establish an Operations Advisory Committee and an Equity and Access Advisory Committee and contains provisions concerning reimbursement, enforcement, administration and other provisions.
Oppose	SB379	relative to emergency action plans for sports related injuries.	Education	Tue 1/9	9:15 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes requirements for the placement and maintenance of automated external defibrillators (AED) and requires an individual trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to supervise school sponsored sports activities.
Support	SB444	relative to the public posting of board of education agenda items and meeting materials.	Education	Tue 1/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires the board of education to post agenda items and meeting materials on its website at least 48 hours before each noticed meeting.
Support	HB1305	relative to freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.	Education	Tue 1/9	10:15 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill establishes procedures governing freedom of speech and association at public institutions of higher education.
Support	HB1690	relative to hiring, promotion, graduation, or admission in higher education.	Education	Tue 1/9	2:15 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill prohibits any institution of higher education that discriminates in admission, hiring, promotion, graduation, or admission to any program on the basis of sex, race, sexuality, national origin, ethnicity, or ideology, including but not limited to permitting diversity, equity, and inclusion statements, from accepting funds from the state or any local government or any subdivision thereof. This bill further establishes procedures for enforcement of this prohibition.
Oppose	SB346	prohibiting the use of dogs while hunting coyotes.	Energy and Natural Resources	Tue 1/9	9:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill prohibits the use of dogs while hunting coyotes.
Oppose	SB454	increasing the annual real estate transfer tax revenue contribution to the affordable housing fund.	Finance	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill increases the amount of annual real estate transfer tax revenues which are transfered to the affordable housing fund.
Of Interest	SB322	relative to licenses to carry.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill requires a license authorizing an individual to carry a loaded pistol or revolver in this state to include the name, title, and signature of the person issuing the license.
Oppose	SB577	relative to imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	1:35 PM	SH Room 100	This bill establishes a waiting period for the delivery of a firearm, subject to certain exceptions.
Oppose	SB571	relative to requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale.	Judiciary	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	SH Room 100	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. This bill further provides a process for a commercial sale of a firearm where neither party to the prospective transaction is a licensed firearms dealer.
Oppose	HB1258	relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans.	Municipal and County Government	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability.
Of Interest	HB1697	suspending New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/9	9:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill suspends New Hampshire’s participation in emissions reduction credit programs administered by the department of environmental services for a period of 2 years.
Support	HB1031	relative to motor vehicle certificate of title exemptions.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill exempts motor vehicles older than 10 years from the title requirement.
Support	HB1032	relative to certificate of title exemptions for vehicles 20 or more years old.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	10:20 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill exempts vehicles 20 or more years old from having a certificate of title.
Of Interest	SB512	relative to the 10-year highway plan.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	1:45 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill adds a traffic-calming scheme on a portion of Route 101 to the New Hampshire 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan.
Oppose	SB466	relative to allowing the department of transportation to erect sound barriers upon request of municipalities.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes 2 noise barrier programs and the noise barrier construction fund, and makes an appropriation to the fund.
Support	HB1391	allowing new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.	Transportation	Tue 1/9	2:00 PM	LOB Room 203	This bill allows new vehicles purchased in the model year or before to be inspected in the second year after purchase.
Support	CACR15	relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that a 2/3 vote of the house of representatives and the senate shall be required to pass a new tax or license fee or to increase any tax or license fee that has been levied, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds.
Of Interest	CACR18	relating to the tax exempt status of churches. Providing that churches shall not be exempt from state taxes.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an amendment specifying that churches, religious organizations, and houses of worship are subject to state and local taxes.
Oppose	HB1254	relative to an optional local public safety assessment on certain room occupancies.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill enables a municipality to collect a public safety assessment on hotel occupancies for the purpose of public safety associated with the increase in tourism and transient traffic.
Support	HB1515	relative to the meals and rooms tax rate.	Ways and Means	Tue 1/9	12:00 PM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the meals and rooms tax rate for taxable meals from 8.5 percent to 7.5 percent and sets a minimum amount of revenue apportioned to towns.
Oppose	HB1406	relative to gender-based pricing of goods and services.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill prohibits price discrimination based upon to whom goods or services are marketed and establishes a mechanism for enforcement.
Oppose	HB1071	relative to the right to repair certain educational technology.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the manufacturer of certain educational technology to provide authorized independent repair providers with the necessary parts and equipment for repair. The failure to do so would be a violation of the consumer protection act.
Support	HB1624	relative to allowing the distillation of hobby liquors.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows the hobby distillation of liquors produced from beer or wine.
Oppose	HB1621	requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires the liquor commission to produce and distribute information about alcohol use disorder at liquor stores.
Support	HB1227	relative to extending the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/10	2:45 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill extends the hours of alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises licensees.
Of Interest	HB1021	relative to body-worn cameras and exculpatory evidence.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill makes changes to which individuals are allowed access to police body-worn camera (BWC) footage by allowing criminal defendants greater access. This bill further repeals the requirements that officers only use BWCs while in uniform and that they not use the BWC to record communications with other police personnel.
Support	HB1022	relative to decriminalizing certain acts between consenting adults.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill reduces the penalties under the prohibition against prostitution and related offenses, including decriminalizing certain conduct.
Support	HB1025	relative to disorderly conduct.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the prohibition against directing at another person in a public place obscene, derisive, or offensive words which are likely to provoke a violent reaction on the part of an ordinary person.
Oppose	HB1583	relative to the per pupil cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.	Education	Wed 1/10	9:00 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the base annual cost of providing an opportunity for an adequate education.
Oppose	HB1656	relative to increasing the adequacy grant for pupils receiving special education services.	Education	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill increases the annual cost of an adequate eduction for each pupil in ADMR receiving special education services.
Oppose	SB403	relative to health care workforce investments.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	9:30 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill: I. Extends the deadlines of the legislative commission on the interdisciplinary primary care workforce issues. II. Makes clarifying amendments to the home health care provider and nurse practice act statutes. III. Establishes the position of and regulation of community health workers. IV. Establishes various programs and provides appropriations therefor focused on community health and health care employment.
Support	SB351	relative to statewide work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents on food stamps.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	1:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not seek any waiver or exemption of the work requirements for able bodied adults under the food stamp or SNAP program.
Oppose	SB456	relative to establishing a nurse retention school loan debt relief program.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/10	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a nurse retention school loan debt relief program in the department of health and human services. The bill also establishes a dedicated fund and makes an appropriation to the fund for this purpose.
Oppose	HB1068	relative to establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	9:45 AM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools.
Oppose	HB1593	relative to funding for developmental services community integration.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a developmental services community integration fund in the department of health and human services to support individuals with developmental disabilities and makes an appropriation therefor.
Oppose	HB1520	establishing a family assistance car ownership pilot program in the department of health and human services.	Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs	Wed 1/10	1:45 PM	LOB Room 210-211	This bill establishes a car ownership pilot program for participants in the New Hampshire employment program and family assistance program. The bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for this purpose.
Of Interest	CACR23	relating to the right to abortion. Providing that all persons shall have the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks.	Judiciary	Wed 1/10	10:00 AM	SH Room Reps Hall	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right to abortion prior to 24 weeks.
Oppose	HB1007	relative to notice of terms and conditions of remote work arrangements.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	9:45 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires an employer to provide the employee with notice of the terms and conditions of any remote work arrangement.
Oppose	HB1023	relative to requiring employers to provide notice of resources available to support veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires employers to provide their employees with notice of resources available to support veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Oppose	HB1178	relative to an employee’s unused earned time.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	11:15 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time.
Oppose	HB1322	relative to the state minimum hourly rate.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill increases the minimum hourly rate, increases the base rate for tipped employees, and adjusts both rates annually based on the most recent 12-month average of the Consumer Price Index.
Oppose	HB1668	relative to establishing a 4-day work week.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill mandates a regular work week of 32 hours in 4 8-hour days.
Support	HB1377	relative to granting workers free choice to join or refrain from joining labor unions.	Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services	Wed 1/10	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
Of Interest	HB1495	making provisions for the prospective of all legislative acts on a sliding scale based on the vote count when passed by the house of representatives.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/10	9:00 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill makes provisions for the prospective of all legislative acts on a sliding scale based on the vote count when passed by the house of representatives.
Of Interest	HB1367	relative to establishing immunity for certain testimony in public legislative hearings.	Legislative Administration	Wed 1/10	10:30 AM	LOB Room 203	This bill authorizes the granting of immunity to witnesses that appear before the legislature for testimony concerning potential criminal conduct related to the statute that is the subject of the hearing.
Oppose	HB1423	requiring the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of New Hampshire.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/10	11:20 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources to identify all old growth and mature forests on public land in the state of New Hampshire.
Oppose	HB1477	relative to environmental surety bonds for businesses that pose a significant risk to the state’s natural resources.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/10	2:00 PM	LOB Room 305	This bill directs the commissioner to develop a program requiring environmental surety bonds for businesses that pose a significant risk to the state’s natural resources.
Support	HB1334	relative to the sale of beer in refillable containers.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Thu 1/11	2:15 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill allows for the sale of beer in a refillable container.
Support	HB1035	relative to limitations on extradition.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill prohibits the extradition of an individual charged solely with violating a firearm licensing regulation of another state.
Of Interest	HB1404	relative to criminal procedure and the right to a jury trial.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill provides a right for a jury trial in any criminal offense or for a violation where there is a fine of $20 or more. This bill further provides new processes for appeals of circuit court verdicts to the superior court for jury trials. This bill also requires courts to allow criminal defendants to present any evidence to their proffered defense.
Support	HB1438	criminalizing interference with a whistleblower.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Thu 1/11	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill criminalizes interference with whistleblowers in certain circumstances.
Oppose	SB418	relative to THC concentrations for driving offenses.	Judiciary	Thu 1/11	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This bill sets maximum THC concentration levels for various driving offenses.
Support	SB570	establishing a misdemeanor for first-offense controlled drug possession.	Judiciary	Thu 1/11	1:45 PM	SH Room 100	This bill amends the penalty for obtaining, purchasing, transporting, possessing, or having under a person’s control a controlled drug to a class A misdemeanor, and amends the penalty for a subsequent offense to a class B felony.
Support	HB1064	relative to penalties for violation of protective orders.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the provision directing peace officers to seize any firearms, ammunition, and certain deadly weapons subsequent to an arrest for a violation of a protective order issued under the chapter.
Of Interest	HB1073	relative to repealing the prohibition on placement of simulated explosives.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	10:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill repeals the prohibition on the placement of simulated explosives.
Of Interest	HB1599	relative to the use of artificial intelligence for personal defense.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	10:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill affirms that, under the second amendment to the United States Constitution, a person may use autonomous artificial intelligence for defense purposes, subject to specified limitations.
Support	HB1237	relative to the use of unmarked or stealth police vehicles for traffic enforcement.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	11:00 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill establishes a requirement that any police vehicle purchased after January 1, 2025 must be clearly marked and labeled as a police vehicle in order for it to be used in traffic law enforcement.
Support	HB1238	requiring all municipal police department vehicles to bear municipal police license plates.	Criminal Justice and Public Safety	Fri 1/12	11:30 AM	LOB Room 202-204	This bill requires all municipal police departments to affix municipal police license plates to all department-owned vehicles.
Of Interest	CACR20	relating to declaring independence from the United States of America. Providing that if the national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall declare independence and proceed as a sovereign nation.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	9:30 AM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution amends the constitution to provide that if the US national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall secede from the union.
Of Interest	HB1338	relative to New Hampshire’s enforcement of the Military Selective Service Act.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill prohibits state or local enforcement of the Military Selective Service Act except in times of foreign military invasion or declared war. This bill further repeals the state penalty provisions for lack of compliance with the Military Selective Service Act, and allows for the marking of “conscientious objector” when registering with the division of motor vehicles.
Of Interest	CACR13	relating to slavery and involuntary servitude. Providing that slavery and involuntary servitude shall be prohibited in the state of New Hampshire.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/12	3:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution adds an article that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude.

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Jeremy Kauffman, Founder Of The Decentralized Blockchain-Based Free Speech Platform LBRY

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking since my arrival at Fort Devens to serve my 18 months of government-mandated vacation, and one of my favorite things to remember is that final week of Porcfest, where I spent time with my liberty family a mere two days before starting my prison sentence. I have, of course, been aware of certain issues that developed after that year’s final Porcfest day–notably, after the Soapbox Idol event. After all, I was there as a judge, and I saw it all first-hand, with better-than-front-row seats, and I really only have one question:

Is this how we treat heroes of the liberty movement?

To call Jeremy Kauffman divisive is as much of an understatement as calling me controversial, but on one point there can be no division or dispute. Jeremy built LBRY, a real-life tool that is immune to government censorship as no other platform has ever been, and from that spawned Odysee, a web-based front-end to the protocol that brought much of this unrestricted content to the masses. What Ross Ulbricht did to make drug use safter, Jeremy did to help protect information from overbearing states (and what state isn’t overbearing?). If this was his only contribution to bettering the world for liberty, I would argue that it is more than enough, but he has not been content to merely hand over a widely used censorship-resistant video and file sharing protocol and platform, has he?

Jeremy has further run for office (unsuccessfully, but that’s really of little practical importance), helped others to do the same, promoted the Free State Project, served on FSP, Inc.’s, board, and, most importantly, stood against the SEC and all their might, when Kraken, Binance, and other much more powerful people and companies with significantly more resources and dozens of their own attorneys failed to. I must confess that I’ve never been investigated by the SEC (to my knowledge), but every libertarian worth their weight in Goldbacks knows by now how vicious, vitriolic, and vile the SEC and its chair, Gary Gensler, are. And while I don’t know what it feels like to battle the SEC, I spent nearly 15 months waiting on a promised superseding indictment that would (and did) bring more charges against me, and through that period I repeatedly turned down plea offers. I then spent an additional six months or so awaiting trial (before having my motion to dismiss denied, whereupon a plea deal seemed to me the most sensible route to take), and through all of this there was always an upcoming hearing, a next conference, threats of escalation, promises of destruction (made by the government and its agents), and unrelenting tension. After this was an additional six months awaiting sentencing, and an omnipresent Sword of Damocles whose devastation could not be divined in advance. 

It is impossible to convey what this does to the soul.

I can’t image that his battle with the SEC was any less horrific than my battle with the U.S. attorneys, and especially after the superseding indictment I became so strained that I was never far from a breaking point. I snapped at countless people who did not deserve it, and, while I was always quick to recognize my failing and apologize, one cannot un-snap at people. And let’s be honest–the man Jeremy snapped at during Soapbox Idol absolutely deserved it. I had a number of (admittedly, less harsh than Jeremy’s) responses myself, and was ready to eviscerate the man over his bigoted, anti-trans nonsense, but Jeremy was quicker to the draw. 

Is Jeremy Kaufman an alcoholic? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Many of the people who have alleged this have struggled with their own substance abuse disorders–what was that thing that Christ said about throwing stones? Even if it is true (and, again, I do not know or care), it would mean only that his battle with the SEC–the one that cost him countless dollars, immeasurable years of his life, as well as the company that he’d built over the course of many years–left him a “bitter and angry alcoholic.” Is this really how we treat our heroes? With all the love, compassion, and gratitude of the United States Government for its soldiers? “Thank you for your service, sorry about the PTSD, depression, and anxiety, and loss–lulz, and the substance abuse disorder. Our bad, but get lost. But TYFYS. Now kindly go drink yourself to death quietly somewhere so that you don’t tarnish our brand that’s more interested in restricting nudists who have never bothered anyone than in helping one of our heroes.”

I want to believe that we, as a community and a society, are better than that, but evidence seems to suggest otherwise. how many of our community have written Ian Freeman? How many have written Ross Ulbricht within the last 12 months? I ask because I can count on one hand the number of New Hampshire libertarians who have written me, and I wish I could believe the explanation that I am simply disliked; alas, though, I know in my heart the truth: out of sight, out of mind.. How quickly we forget Jeremy’s numerous and invaluable contributions to the world–and to our own community!

Is a history of service an everlasting excuse to be a jerk? Certainly not. But if we value someone and care about them, when they go astray we should react with kindness and with compassion, not scorn and condemnation. And besides, maybe a jovial “good times were hand by all!” rant competition at a liberty festival, where shrooms can be purchased within sight of the competition, isn’t the best venue to trot out one’s dead son like a macabre marionette, to dance around and shield the speaker from criticism, especially after misgendering him on a stage where it is known that a trans judge is eager to respond. 

But perhaps it’s best that I didn’t get the chance to speak, because in that moment I wouldn’t likely have shown that dude the same love, compassion, and understanding that I’m now asking the liberty community to manifest toward Jeremy Kauff

man. We’re no longer in that moment, though, and have the benefit of nearly six months to reflect on events while letting emotions cool, and I would ask the liberty community to do exactly that: to show love, compassion, and understanding toward someone who fought indescribable battles with the U.S. Government.

State Reps

The anti-independence loyalists to the US Empire thought it was over when the historic 2022 bill went down in flames in the state house. However, we were just getting started. Thanks to one brave state rep, the secession bill is back!

Rep. Jason Gerhard has filed CACR 20. Like its predecessor, it proposes to put the question of New Hampshire declaring independence on the ballot as a constitutional amendment. However, Gerhard added a trigger event: if the people pass the amendment, peaceful secession won’t happen until the US National Debt reaches $40 Trillion.

The trigger idea is interesting because it should get people thinking, “Where is my line in the sand?” How much federal tyranny do the people of NH need before they have had enough and are ready to do as their forefathers did and break up with their abuser? The founders seceeded from the king over much less than we face from the federal gang today. Today we have endless war, ridiculous taxes and regulations, prisons full of nonviolent people, inflation, and no one in DC is going to make it better. Gerhard’s bill should start a necessary conversation. Do we want to continue to suffer, yoked to the falling empire as it crashes and burns, or should we forge our own path of freedom?

Likely to give us as little time as possible to get the word out, the public hearing has been set for Friday, Jan 12th at 9:30am in rooms 206-208 of the Legislative Office Building at 33 North State st in Concord. If you care about independence, please attend and tell the committee how you feel. If you can’t attend in person, you can sign in favor of the bill – CACR 20 – and leave a comment.

There’s a second bill of interest that will be having its public hearing at 10:15, filed by Rep. Matt Santonastaso, HB1130, which would create a “study committee” to examine all the tough questions about NH Independence.

Please contact your state rep and ask them to support both bills, CACR 20 and HB1130. Remember, with CACR 20 you are asking the reps to simply allow the people to vote on the question. They can be against secession personally, but still vote for CACR 20, which only puts the question on the ballot for the people to decide. It would require 2/3rds to vote in favor to pass, so if they believe secession is unpopular, for what reason could they oppose putting it to a vote?

Hope you can attend the public hearing at 9:30am on 1/12. Please spread the word to all liberty-loving people!

State Reps 

The anti-independence loyalists to the US Empire thought it was over when the historic 2022 bill went down in flames in the state house. However, we were just getting started. Thanks to one brave state rep, the secession bill is back!

Rep. Jason Gerhard has filed CACR 20. Like its predecessor, it proposes to put the question of New Hampshire declaring independence on the ballot as a constitutional amendment. However, Gerhard added a trigger event: if the people pass the amendment, peaceful secession won’t happen until the US National Debt reaches $40 Trillion.

The trigger idea is interesting because it should get people thinking, “Where is my line in the sand?” How much federal tyranny do the people of NH need before they have had enough and are ready to do as their forefathers did and break up with their abuser? The founders seceeded from the king over much less than we face from the federal gang today. Today we have endless war, ridiculous taxes and regulations, prisons full of nonviolent people, inflation, and no one in DC is going to make it better. Gerhard’s bill should start a necessary conversation. Do we want to continue to suffer, yoked to the falling empire as it crashes and burns, or should we forge our own path of freedom?

Likely to give us as little time as possible to get the word out, the public hearing has been set for Friday, Jan 12th at 9:30am in rooms 206-208 of the Legislative Office Building at 33 North State st in Concord. If you care about independence, please attend and tell the committee how you feel. If you can’t attend in person, you can sign in favor of the bill – CACR 20 – and leave a comment.

There’s a second bill of interest that will be having its public hearing at 10:15, filed by Rep. Matt Santonastaso, HB1130, which would create a “study committee” to examine all the tough questions about NH Independence.

Please contact your state rep and ask them to support both bills, CACR 20 and HB1130. Remember, with CACR 20 you are asking the reps to simply allow the people to vote on the question. They can be against secession personally, but still vote for CACR 20, which only puts the question on the ballot for the people to decide. It would require 2/3rds to vote in favor to pass, so if they believe secession is unpopular, for what reason could they oppose putting it to a vote?

Hope you can attend the public hearing at 9:30am on 1/12. Please spread the word to all liberty-loving people!

I wanted to take the time to respond to the government propaganda department’s continued lies in regard to the Crypto6 case. The Crime3 podcast interviewed former government agents and I wanted to take the time to respond to Jenifer and Chris’s lies and manipulations regarding the case and what unfolded.

You can find the episode here:

My open letter to the scum of the universe:

What these so-called blockchain ‘experts’ leave out whom have a bias and agenda when they’re talking about traceability of cryptos like Bitcoin (due to the public nature of the block chain) is that the “evidence” they produce is not admissible at trial and they’re not experts in the subject matter within the trial context according to the courts. By getting on these podcasts they’re in a sense defrauding the public about their credentials and abilities. The prosecutors are building cases on unscientific and unreliable evidence. The blockchain ‘evidence’ does not meet the standards of scientific scrutiny needed for admission in the courts at the trial level. Let me clarify one other aspect that this is at least for the federal system as was evidenced in the Crypto6 case.

While the governments top ‘expert’ was allowed to testify she was not admitted as an expert in the courtroom, nor was the blockchain evidence she brought forth. Humorously she admitted that even the defense lawyer could re-produce her results using public websites. While it is correct that blockchain tracing can be be utilized at early stages of an investigation to try and figure who did what when and even obtain search warrants that’s a very different thing than utilizing blockchain tracing as evidence at trial. The standards of evidence to obtain a search warrant that might lead to actual evidence are much lower than the standards needed to introduce that evidence at trial. This is why a search is essential to a criminal investigation. The actual evidence is not the evidence that leads one to ‘suspect’ a crime has occurred. That’s merely an investigative tool. It’s like a hunch that something has occurred, but now you need to find actual evidence it occurred.

There are different aspects of the problem. One of them is that while you can easily trace an individual transaction it’s a very different thing and an impossible task to trace thousands of transactions without the help of specialized tools. Those specialized tools can’t be scrutinized by actual experts because of the companies behind those tools are withholding the source code. Therefore the methodology hasn’t withstood the necessary public scrutiny. What happened in the crypto6 case was that people were intimidated into taking plea deals, cases against individuals were dropped, and in the one trial that occurred a story was told based on lies and half-truths of which the evidence itself didn’t support. The jury appeared to have been unable to understand the evidence or its connection to the story being told. This or a combination of this combined with tactical attempts to make the man they were after: Ian Freeman. They tried to make him out to be a anti-government bad guy satanist who prayed on little old ladies. None of this could be farther from the truth. They used politics and a broken or rigged jury system to achieve the results they wanted. The one person in the jury pool for instance who had touched Bitcoin was thrown out as was anyone who might have had an understanding of what was occurring. He was then portrayed as an anti-government violent satanist by way of others. He hasn’t uttered a word of violence, made allegiances with Satan or worshiped Satan, or been any of the things the government has portrayed him as. They took words out of context, implied he knew about things at a time in which he did not, and worse. Being against taxation isn’t a crime, but if you can convince a jury of people pulled from only the most upstanding government worshiping citizens in society everyone is guilty regardless of any actual wrongdoing.

The ‘experts’ which spoke in the Crime3 podcast about the church of the invisible hand left out the primary tenants of I believe all of these churches twisting what they admitted to not even understanding. It’s peace: “It is our mission, inspired by God, Allah, the Universe, and the inner light – to foster peace”. You can lie about it and claim it’s anti-government, but that isn’t really an accurate portrayal of any of these churches here. The very nature of the belief system is one of peace and violence is only ever justified in defense thereof, not one of no government. It’s not a pacifist philosophy, but it’s close to it.

You can connect it to libertarianism, but if you don’t understand what that means in this context you’ll be dearly misinformed. Libertarian philosophy can be summed up as the non-aggression principle. It is the fundamental principle of morality that states that any person is permitted do everything with his property, except aggression. It’s being against the use of violence to achieve social and political objectives where those objectives aren’t defensive in nature to actual violence, theft, and coercion .

For example participants do not believe that there should be no laws. Rather they believe the only laws that should exist are ones that prohibit non-consensual violence. Violence in defense of oneself and others is completely acceptable. That’s not anti-government. No one as far as I’m aware is objecting to the prosecution of violent individuals. They’re objecting to prosecution of individuals for smoking weed, a sacrament of one of the churches in question by the way. The government here uses violence against peaceful people, not violent actors.

They present our community as one that existed as if they get to dictate our existence or that arresting a few people somehow makes it go away. In reality it’s a community of 10s of thousands in size that continues to grow every year. Both in terms of births and in terms of people migrating for peace, love, and liberty. We have significant representation in the statehouse making up as much as ¼ of the house. We even got our first state senator last year. Our churches don’t disappear just because the state or some federal agent doesn’t like us. This is at the heart of it a religious persecution and a battle over beliefs and ideas. Something that state schools give the impression was a tenant at the foundation of the nation, but for which in reality is a hypocritical modern day representation of the United States. The United Sates today is a country that has restricted religious beliefs and religious organization that do not conform or did not exist 50 years ago. Where some religious organizations are protected others are not. We aren’t allowed to setup new non-insurance based solution to health care for instance that other religious groups have had in place for over 50 years. There right to exist is enshrined in law. Ours are not. The difference is they had such organizations already which pre-date the 1950s era socialist dictate that legally changed how health care worked in the United States. We do not have freedom and we don’t have religious freedom outside specific dominant religions.

One of the messages that they keep bringing up is that there were many churches. This is a misleading representation of what was actually going on. The Shire Free Church is a church that was founded in 2010 around peace, love, and liberty. It is an interfaith church that welcomes all peaceful people whether you’re a Muslim, Jew, Catholic, Protestant, a Quaker, or something else entirely. In fact one of the board members is a Quaker. Ian, the primary political target in the Crypto6 case was just one of the people on the board of the Shire Free Church. The Shire Free Church is registered with the state of New Hampshire. Around 2017 the Shire Free Church setup a crypto outreach effort. A DBA was filed with the state to that end. This became one of these “many churches” when in reality that isn’t what a DBA is. A DBA is saying you’re representing yourself under multiple names. It does not mean you are setting up multiple entities. This made a lot of sense as the church was going to focus on spreading peace through cryptocurrency. If you don’t understand the history of money you won’t understand any of this and it can be twisted into some dubious money laundering scheme. This was the angle the government turned to when it became apparent no actual crime occurred. Lawyers were sought and advised the church how to legally sell Bitcoin long before the FBI’s investigation got off the ground.

Cryptocurrency is a non-state currency and has the potential to undermine state violence. The US government switched to a fiat currency to fund war efforts many decades ago. A fiat currency is effectively a currency that isn’t backed by anything. Previously currencies were backed by things like gold. You could go to the state or a non-government bank before that and get your gold out (the thing with real value). The government discontinued the ability of people holding dollars from getting the real money the government held on their behalf out (gold, silver, etc). This then allowed the government to print more dollars than they had gold. In turn the dollars people held become worth less and less each year and enabled and continues to enable the government to drop bombs on women and children overseas.

The churches didn’t help anyone evade income taxes. The IRS’s own website states that churches and their ministers aren’t required to file income taxes unless (unless they’re 5013c churches) except in circumstances where a minister has a side hustle at Mc Donalds more or less. Ian Freeman did not have any such side hustles where he personally brought in money. Any revenue from the sale Bitcoin went back into the coffers of the church. The federal government never showed where the money went in the case outside of the vast majority of it going back into purchasing Bitcoin. If anything their own evidence disproved this was the personal income of Ian Freeman. This all made sense too given the mission of the church was to foster peace and this particular outreach effort was to spread peace through the sale of cryptocurrency. I should point out the sale of cryptocurrency was one small part of the spreading of cryptocurrency. The church also helped businesses get setup with cryptocurrency and taught others how to use cryptocurrency. It was not about “investing” in cryptocurrency even if that is often why people buy it. What the market later turned into was not how crypto was started or why the church or our community support it. We’ve held meetups to teach people about cryptocurrency long before the sale of Bitcoin even. The church has other outreach efforts that also have nothing to do with cryptocurrency including building orphanages in Africa, helping the homeless, and even helping people and families with mental health issues. The church provided below market rate rents to numerous families struggling with addiction over the years as well as others with mental health related issues all long before it sold any cryptocurrency.

I think the framing of the feds saying that because a few people wrote donations on wire transfers to the church that the church was somehow engaging in criminal activity is just preposterous. The first donations to the church long preceded the accusations here too. Just because some people considered the proceeds from their purchases of Bitcoin donations does not make the transaction criminal. Remember the church was founded in 2010 … many years before any vending occurred. The first regular sales of Bitcoin didn’t occur until 2016-2017 which is the same time the FBI started investigating. The proceeds of cryptocurrency transactions can be donations too. If not then why haven’t you gone after eBay or sellers on eBay? eBay and a portion of it’s sellers contribute a portion of the profits from their sales to charities all the time too. It’s anywhere between 10% and 100% if my memory serves me correctly. This is a major fundraising effort. Why is it that just because this involved selling Bitcoin that those proceeds can’t also be donations?

They put forth this idea that the crypto6 are somehow tied to New Hampshire because of the 2008 financial collapse. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. These people are tied to New Hampshire through a set of beliefs and moves to the state as part of the Free State Project migration. The migration is a movement of folks who believe in promoting peace, liberty, and love for one another. It’s all about the non-aggression principle. While there is a connection between Bitcoin and the 2008 financial collapse in that Bitcoin was created in that context (to enable people to escape the government regulated banks of which many failed and whom had malicious intent) it has nothing to do with people moving to the state. It’s merely one avenue that people who have that belief system have to promote peace. This is not about Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. It’s about peace. The same people who promote Bitcoin also promote the goldback and other systems of barter for the same reasons. It’s not about individuals profiting here even if it can be said that people outside libertarian circles have mostly gotten into cryptocurrency out of an interest in profiting from the swings. The reasons these people got into crypto differ from the schmucks promoting it for personal profit, scheming, or otherwise benefiting from it (not unlike they use the dollar too might I add) with ill intent. While the media would have us all believe Bitcoin is only used for laundering money and illicit drugs it actually only makes up a tiny percentage. Likely less than that of which is funneled through fiat or US dollars as a percentage and the entirely banking system as a whole for that matter.

They continue to disparage Ian’s name through lies. Ian believes these people despite the lies have every right to tell them. Ian wouldn’t do the same in return, that is lie about what the government is doing or them. He doesn’t have to either. Lets take the the claim that Ian is constantly advocating for sex with children. This is just absurd and propaganda the government probably created. In two decades of producing Free Talk Live you’d think they’d be able to come up with some audio or video of Ian actually saying this. No one has. At best they’ve twisted advocating freedom into some bizarre child-adult sex claim that is false. Then they backed it up through false affidavits and a raid in 2016. This was likely an attempt to take Ian and at least Free Talk Live out through disparagement of his name. The FBI raided Ian’s house in 2016 with the claim that child pornography would be found. No child porn was ever found, no arrests were ever made, and the FBI was sued for the return of what they stole. The vast majority of which has been returned. Why do they feel a need to twist a message advocating peace and freedom into one that is disgusting and more representative of their despicable behavior than Ians?

Ian Freeman didn’t create the Church Of The Invisible Hand. Rich Paul (aka Mr Nobody) has been talking about it and preaching his beliefs surrounding it for a decade whether or not I or anyone else agrees with his beliefs or the Church Of The Invisible Hand. The Church Of The Invisible Hand has a mailing list and members whether or not you like it or not. The ideas behind it existed long before Mr Nobody’s involvement with crypto sales too. These sales involving Nobody and Ian and the Shire Free Church only occurred in the last year of the FBI’s investigation. It’s not even clear how or where or if the Church Of The Invisible Hand is ‘connected’ to it all. They’ve literally just taken things people have said out of context and turned it into “all these churches”. I’m surprised they didn’t bring up Gun Church. Gun Church is not connected to crypto sales and is not even a church to the best of my knowledge. Though they do accept cryptocurrency donations. It’s an entity maybe, but not a religious one. It would be more akin to the Church Of Emacs probably. Which is a way of taking sides in a debate over which text editor is better in the Unix (operating systems) / Linux world. If you twist reality enough and the meaning enough than maybe… there were all these “churches” and because these people also had a connection to crypto well… we can ignore reality and somehow say these churches were all fronts to some fraudulent end.

Free Talk Live is an outreach effort of the Shire Free Church and has been around for decades. It’s where peaceful people come together and preach about peace and communicating our ideas to the world. It’s not some “New Hampshire” thing. It’s airing on ~200 some odd radio stations around the United States. It’s akin to any other TV ministry of which I’m sure just about everyone has heard of. They may take different forms, but the gist of it is someone gets on TV and preaches about their religious viewpoints. Free Talk Live continues to air on radio stations across the United States in spite of the FBI’s attempt to take Ian out. In spite of the FBI’s arrest of Aria, Nobody, and a few others. The FBI has repeatedly failed to take out Ian and the Shire Free Church. Free Talk Live lives on. You can listen to it online at https://www.freetalklive.com/

Aria DiMezzo did form the Reformed Satanic Church, did some outreach to raise money for kids with cancer, and was around only a very short while. The FBI made arrests shortly after it was formed and so it’s hard to judge something that barely existed. It barely had time to do anything or build a membership or preach anything. However Aria DiMezzo did do some of that none-the-less via her work with the Shire Free Church. The crypto-sales however were not tied to one another. I believe the connection as was explained at Ian Freeman’s trial was that Ian had referred customers to Aria on a few occasions where the Shire Free Church was overly burdened by it’s success in its own outreach efforts.

Renee and Andrew Spinella were threatened by the government and intimidated into taking plea deals. Andrew Spinella had little to no knowledge of anything as was evidenced in court and agreed to by basically everyone including judge, prosecutor, etc. There was a connection due to some bank account where his name was on the account. He had nothing to do with selling Bitcoin. It was probably in connection to Renee that the FBI arrested him. Renee was aware of the governments displeasure with the churches Bitcoin sales and basically haphazardly tripped into what was effectively a situation she wasn’t comfortable being in. She clearly didn’t get it and probably should not have gotten into any of it in the first place. Out of an abundance of caution she quit long before the FBI raided over crypto-sales. If anyone was guilty of anything it was probably Renee humorously, but mostly being unwitting to the morals, laws, legal advice, understanding, reasons, and so forth of it all. Her view on it was not representative of our communities and she did not seem to fully understand what she was doing. She did not move to New Hampshire as a libertarian for the Free State Project. She may have come along, been a significant other in years leading up to the FBI’s 2nd raid, but may not have understood what the rest of us were preaching. She did not know about or understand the legal advice, but she did understand the threat of the feds and appeared to not believe what she was doing herself even if it was completely legal.

No one changed their identities. People did change their names over a period of a decade or longer. It wasn’t to “escape justice” as is being presented by this warped government propaganda. Rich Paul changed his name to Nobody for political reasons. He wanted to give the people of New Hampshire the opportunity to vote Nobody for mayor and later governor. I do not know the reasons Ian changed his name from Ian Benard to Ian Freeman, but it was a very long time ago. It was not a secret. It was a well known fact anyone could do a search of the internet and discover. The last person who also changed their name (?) and this is a little unclear as to when… but was Aria. Aria as we’ve always known her escaped persecution in southern Mississippi for being trans only to end up in the northern state of New Hampshire to face it from the federal government. I don’t know if this name change was a legal name change. I believe she is currently caged under her legal name issued at birth which was a male name. For someone walking around in dresses is it really unreasonable that they’re going by a more feminine sounding name? None of these name changes or aliases were secret or to hide their real identity. In fact certain people still go by their former name. Now an alias to their legal name.

The government agent speaking in this Crime3 podcast is under the belief that the church promoted Bitcoin in order to have people to sell Bitcoin to. This just doesn’t match with reality or the unfolding of events. The Shire Free Church was promoting Bitcoin long before the churches first vending machine or crypto sale. The church didn’t promote the spending or usage of Bitcoin to give people a need for Bitcoin as was stated. This is an absurd given the time frames involved and what started happening when. The church was promoting Bitcoin many years before it started selling Bitcoin and the church had no need to sell Bitcoin from a financial standpoint. The church had received significant donations at its founding including a 100 BTC bar. That’s 4.3 million dollars at today’s prices not including the value derived from its uniqueness (very few remain that have not been redeemed pushing the price of this item up beyond the 100 BTC of Bitcoin the bar contains). Ian had no need for money and long ago took a vow of poverty. He does not drive a fancy car, own a fancy home, or waste money on frivolous things either. When the church did start selling Bitcoin there were far more people demanding it than the church could ever hope to supply short of turning it into an actual business. There were plenty of places to get Bitcoin in 2016. Spreading it and I’d argue particularly locally however was still valuable act from a spiritual sort of standpoint and one from a philosophical fight stand point. No one was under the guise that the government would not start a fight even if it was completely legal. There are people that Ian and our community have interacted with over the years who did get into selling Bitcoin for profit and financially benefiting from it. That was not what happened here. One person we knew had 80 vending machines for instance many years before the FBI raided. Another person we knew had at least 20-30 if my recollection is correct. The Shire Free Church started with a single vending machine early on and added about one vending machine a year. When it raided there were 4. Ian started referring people to Aria explicitly because there were too many people wanting to purchase Bitcoin from the Shire Free Church. The church couldn’t reasonably keep up with the demand. This idea that the church had to promote its usage to sell Bitcoin is ridicules as by the time the sales started Bitcoin had already exploded. The church didn’t need to sell Bitcoin. It was already well established and financially sound.

They claim that setting up a Bitcoin vending machine is legal, but only so long as you follow the rules that have been setup by government. The problem here is that the church sought legal advice and even got the laws in New Hampshire changed to ensure it was operating well within the law. To now claim that the church wasn’t operating within the rules despite the hoop jumping it did and we as a whole did is absurd. The government at no point came to the church and said “hey- we think you’re not operating legally”. At best they sent a letter to what appeared to be thousands of vending machine operators with a name that was NOT Ian, not the Shire Free Church, and of which didn’t say you are, but only you may be operating outside the bounds of the law. The lawyers however dissagreed.

If you look at other cases the government has gone after people in you’ll notice some interesting things. For instance the federal government says you have to register with the state government, but some states don’t have any registration requirement. They don’t care. It’s literally impossible to register. You can register with the federal system and when people did that the federal government didn’t care. They claimed these people were still breaking the law. How can you require someone to register with a state that doesn’t have registration in the first place? This isn’t an issue of “just follow the rules”. The government is fabricating criminals as they don’t like certain groups of people and this is a means of going after us. The Crypto6 case is explicitly a case of the government targeting activists for political and religious reasons and Bitcoin is almost barely noticeable. It’s just their means of targeting and had it not existed there would be no change here. The government would still be persecuting Ian Freeman for some other factious crime he didn’t actually violate. It’s not even the government as a whole who is after Ian here, but in this case one specific agent it would appear named Phil Christiana. Phil has been involved in 3 separate targeted “investigations” regarding one individual Ian Freeman, and one entity: The Shire Free Church and Free Talk Live. Though he’s “investigated” many other free staters.

The feds tried to get Rich Paul to entrap Ian in 2012, tried to disparage his name by making a false affidavit and raiding over non-existent child porn in 2016. When that failed in March of 2016 they immediately started an investigation into the Bitcoin vending. Then in March of 2021 the FBI raided a 2nd time with multiple tank-like vehicles that were former actual military vehicles used in war zones. They brought in about ~56 FBI agents and something closer to 100 law enforcement agents. This over the mere selling of Bitcoin? You’d have to be a fool to believe this was just a matter of the church failing to file paperwork. This was a politically motivated attack on libertarians and our beliefs in New Hampshire. Phil Christiana was targeting Free State Project movers before Ian Freeman ever arrived in New Hampshire. Ian just became Phil Christiana’s #1 target.

There were policies in place to protect their customer’s privacy just like any bank or company has. To suggest this somehow implicates the church in illegal activity is again absurd. The church was NOT required to register with FinCEN and the church maintains that position. The case is still being fought through the courts and no final decision exists to even contradict this. The state has no regulations on people or entities selling Bitcoin and so long as you are not doing it for profit the federal regulations don’t require you to register either. There are a number of different reasons the church was not required to register as a money transmitter, but this would be one of them. Remember that long before the FBI and dozens of other 3 letter agencies raided in 2021 the church had received advice on how to operate and did operate legally. Even if the church did have to register and didn’t we’re talking about a paperwork violation here. The church had procedures in place to hinder scammers. The church did more to stop people from becoming victims of scammers than any of the banks did in this case. Every one of the “victims” that got up on the stand stated clearly that Ian called them to verify that they understood what they were purchasing. None of the banks made any attempt to stop individual transactions and one of the governments own experts from a credit union stated that they didn’t have to stop individual transactions merely because they were suspicious anyway. This was the reason that she didn’t close the Shire Free Church’s account at that very credit union. She even stated in a letter replying to Ian that the churches operations may be completely legal. Ian had written to her stating that the churches lawyers disagreed with the banks stance and asked for reconsideration. There were no complaints regarding the account or victims and many transactions had occurred. Despite her gut feelings there was nothing she could point to evidencing a problem. It was merely suspicious activity and not criminal activity that resulted in the account being closed. The government is effectively protecting banks while saying everyone else needs to stop individual transactions based on gut feelings they don’t even have.

The government is claiming the church didn’t want to know about romance scams and yet Ian testified to the fact he asked customers if they were being put up to purchasing crypto by a lover. He even went so far as to ask people if they’d ever met their significant others. The problem here is that these scammers convince their “lovers” to lie so none of this really matters as far as stopping scams. It’s just a fools errand to think these regulations or this position has some positive impact on hampering scammers. Remember that the banks didn’t ask any of these “victims” any questions. They took zero steps to stop the individual transactions. There was one person who testified that the bank told him he was laundering money and he continued to do it. Unlike that situation the man KNEW he was laundering money for a scammer. Ian nor the church ever knew about any scams or laundering that occurred. The laundering was being done by third parties, not the church, not Ian, not the banks. To whatever degree this occurred it was not a result of any person in this case except for the one man who knew he was laundering money for scammers because a bank agent told him so when they closed his account. This transaction was not related to the purchasing of Bitcoin from the church and many if not all of these victims were purchasing Bitcoin from other parties. It’s unclear how many as often these people testimony was in error or clearly incorrect. One women read a letter stating she bought her crypto from a Florida vending machine yet the Shire Free Church had no vending machines in Florida. This letter differed from what she had previously testified to.

Lets talk willful blindness for a moment since the government is claiming the church was being willfully blind. The church wasn’t required to know what people were using their crypto for because it wasn’t required unless you had to register as a money transmitter in the first place. The registration is what made that relevant. However even when that is required it isn’t what you think. This is just what the government agents want you to believe. Despite that the church was not required to ask for ID it DID where it was relevant and important. This meant every “victim” that the government brought forth was called and questioned on the phone. These people knew they were buying Bitcoin. These “victims” were asked whether or not they were purchasing Bitcoin for a boyfriend / girlfriend / partner that they did not know in person. This list of questions was more thorough than any bank doing KYC or any KYC that might have been required. These people lied. They lied because the scammers told them to. Some people should not control or retain control of their savings because they’re unable to make rational decisions. Banks aren’t required to ask what you are spending your dollars on every time you make a withdrawal or conduct a transaction.

Imagine that for a moment. Have you ever went to a fiat (cash) ATM machine to withdraw money and been asked what or who you were going to spend it with/on? I’ve NEVER had a bank ATM ask me where I was going to spend my fiat currency. This ‘not asking’ standard is clearly not willful blindness. One only thing about it for a moment to realize that. There was a sign on the vending machines that listed rules including that the wallet you were sending the crypto to was your own. This should if people obeyed it ensure that no third party scammer could get ones crypto. AKA this is KYC as KYC isn’t a specific list of things banks or money transmitters must do, but rather a bank /  money transmitter must have a KYC policy with things in it to try and thwart various criminal activity. The one rule that may have stated don’t tell us what you are doing with the crypto (this may not be accurate description of the rule as I’m taking it from what the government agent said in the podcast rather than checking it was accurate myself) was explicitly because that would complicate things for non-employees (staff here aren’t actual staff of the church, but employees of other businesses where the vending machine is setup). There were no employees of the church at these vending machines. To whom would the sign refer if not people who might be confused as employees of the church? Ian is the person who took care of technical support, not anyone else. A cashier at a bar/restaurant in which the vending machine happened to be placed would in theory all of a sudden have to know the law and then presumably do something if someone said they were planning to buy drugs with the Bitcoin [?in theory?]. These weren’t actual employees or staff of the church here. So what you might be able to imply is willful blindness here isn’t within context of the churches vending machines and other actions and operations as it pertained to selling Bitcoin and by comparison to what every bank cash ATM machines does. To take this and accept it as true would mean that every bank was committing willful blindness by not asking you where or what you were planning to spend your ATM cash withdrawals on. It’s also a silly question in that how many of us even know where we are going to spend that cash or what on? I don’t know where or what I’m going to spend it on when I withdraw it. I bet you don’t either most of the time. The same thing applies to Bitcoin purchases.

Ian went out of his way to comply with the law. Yes- he knew how others were targeted for prosecution and where they fell afoul of the law, but didn’t his refusal to make those mistakes prove he was making every effort to comply EVEN if he didn’t agree? The law doesn’t dictate what people believe. The law dictates what they must do and Ian did what he had to do, but nothing says he had to agree that drugs are bad to sell Bitcoin. He may have had to act under some set of circumstances (like if he had to register as a money transmitter) had he encountered a customer purchasing Bitcoin and then stating he was selling drugs. The reality is Ian refused to sell Bitcoin to an undercover officer claiming to be a drug dealer once he was made aware of this falsehood. He may have known this was an undercover officer by the mere fact this was a standard operating procedure used by malicious officers to prosecute innocent Bitcoin sellers, but none of that or if anything it just goes to prove he’s innocent. It doesn’t prove he’s trying to cater to criminals or that he’s being willfully blind. It proves the opposite. That he was COMPLYING with the law. They’re literally crucifying Ian for following the law while claiming he didn’t want to follow the law (even though they have no proof to that end) and therefore he’s a bad man and he should be locked up for the rest of his life.

It’s not even clear that he could have knowingly operated a money transmission business as the laws at the time did NOT include Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. The government is just intentionally blind here due to their bias. It’s not clear cut that he was operating a money transmitting business as the government apologist in the podcast is claiming. The law was changed in 2021 AFTER the FBI arrested Ian and the Crypto6 to include virtual currency. For him to knowingly done so it would have had to been clear that the Bitcoin was in fact money as defined by the law or some instrument thereof AND he was transmitting it. This is a question that remains open for debate and the lawyers disagree on which is evidenced by the very fact that different lawyers are arguing it in the courtroom. It was not transmitted like a money transmitter transmits money either. The law says to another place or person. The church sold Bitcoin to users and did NOT move money from one physical location to another or from one person to another.

Every person who bought Bitcoin online was required to provide a ID. The church had a picture of an ID for every “victim”. To suggest that they weren’t following a set of KYC procedures is a flat out lie. It may not have been what the government agents wanted, but the law does not dictate the specific of the KYC procedures. When you go to a store and purchase a gift card do they ask for your ID? I can tell you they don’t. They may have a warning about scams posted and it might be some states do require ID, but it’s not a federal mandate required by KYC. This isn’t ‘facilitating’ scammers as they want to portray it. Not even a fraction of 1% of purchasers were victims of scammers according to the governments own statistics in this case. The victims also bought Bitcoin in this case from other sellers. It was not a case where “if only the church hadn’t sold them bitcoin, or if only the church had done KYC” that these people wouldn’t have lost money. Every one of them bought Bitcoin from other sellers and a heck of a lot more Bitcoin in fact in at least some instances. Some as was previously stated were actually actively and knowingly laundering money for scammers and these same people the government is claiming are “victims” of the church. It’s absurd to claim an actual money laundering individual is a victim of a church when the church knew NOTHING about it at the time it occurred and actively tried to stop scammers/money laundering through more stringent measures than any other bank or money transmitter.

Romance scams are real, but they’re not the fault of the banks. They’re not the fault of Bitcoin sellers. They’re not the fault of Ian, the Crypto6, or the Shire Free Church. The fees were also far less than the government claimed. The government claimed 10-21% and in reality all the victims paid 10%. The church actually charged as little as 5% and all of this is well within what the market rate was for the given method. The vending machines were as low as 8%. In person it was at times as low as 5%. Online it was at least as low as 10%. The 20-21% would probably have been for new customers and via payment methods that had more risk associated with them. Vending machines in Boston are in the 20% range for comparison. The government tried to claim anything over 1-2% was insane profits when it didn’t take into account that vending Bitcoin through a vending machine has different costs associated with it than selling Bitcoin wholesale via a major online exchange. The rates in practice were below the market rates and it’s only through manipulation of the facts and of folks who do not know what the range is for fees that you can make it out as if this was some sort of “scheming” or catering toward scammers that the government would have you believe. The reason that there were actually very few victims of scams purchasing through the church is that the church had a very strict KYC policy and was relative to the methods used. In other words the policies for the vending machines were less than that of online sales. One business owner testified he was unaware of even a single minor incident until years later and another business owners testified that they were unaware of anyone becoming a victim. This includes a business owner who regularly helped people with Bitcoin, but he said that it was only once that he ever needed to ask someone to leave.

While people DID purchase Bitcoin online via sending cash on a rare occasion, and most was done via wire transfers and cash deposits every person was required to write that they understood they were purchasing Bitcoin from the church. A photo of a drivers license was required and a picture of the bank receipt with very particular wording on it. This ensured that people for the most part didn’t unknowingly purchase Bitcoin and become victims of scammers. Scams take many forms and you can’t stop all scams, but no one who purchased Bitcoin from the church was unaware of what they were doing. No “victim” thought they were purchasing a car while wiring money to the church. Bitcoin was only ever released upon the confirmation that the buyer understood that they were buying Bitcoin from the church. All of this was presented at the trial.

Notice how the agents can’t tell you how many people were impacted even though the state did reveal this statistic. They can’t tell you because they’re manipulating you. They are lying. They just say “many people”. The reality is a few people did lose a lot, but it was not as a result of the church or failures of the church to do KYC. These people lost much of their money via purchasing Bitcoin from various sellers. There were hundreds if not thousands of people selling Bitcoin. They had 7-8 victims testify, but not all of these victims were actually victims in the end. The restitution hearing is occurring on January 8th, but even before this date determines how many victims there are a number of them have been dropped. That is they’re NO LONGER victims. You would think they’d have to prove that these people were actually victims BEFORE the trial started. That is sadly not how the real world works though. In the real world you get convicted based on lies told by prosecutors, “victims”, and others with a financial interest in the case. Then who is and isn’t an actual “victim” gets figured out after the trial is over. If you throw enough “victims” up to testify it sounds like someone was harmed, but it doesn’t make it true, and certainly even if these are genuine victims it’s not the case that the church partook. In fact the judge ruled Ian did NOT have knowledge of the crime and one of the charges were thrown out as a result. Other charges should have been thrown out as well, but apparently thinking about money laundering is illegal, but knowledge is a requirement of actual money laundering. So they can convict you of conspiracy to launder money without any actual money laundering ever having occurred. And in reality without ever having thought of money laundering given that the church took many steps to thwart would-be money launders.

They claim we used the word “victimless financial crimes”, but to the extent this has some truth there are victimless financial crimes. This case is evidence of that. Whose the victim of this crime? There is a victim of a third party who actually duped someone maybe, but there is no victim of the crime here committed by the accused. Ian isn’t being accused of targeting elderly people or targeting scammers. At various point the prosecution admitted that much even if they did say it at other points. The government and the judge agreed in two separate hearings involving Renee and Mr Nobody that no one ever lost a dime. There was zero restitution owed by anyone else because there were no losses yet somehow this has now changed. Now there are victims who Ian owes money to even though there were not victims of the crimes. There were victims of third parties of which Ian didn’t know or have anything to do with… but no direct victims (and this assumes what we are being told is correct since no evidence was presented to prove these folks were victims of third parties beyond some testimony of the victims of which couldn’t even clearly remember or identify who or where they bought Bitcoin from).

The protections for consumers are a farce. The government wants you to believe these were all elderly folks yet many of the so-called victims were younger than the judge, prosecutor, and defense lawyer in the case. They also use an interesting choice of words. They facilitated money laundering, but didn’t know of the money laundering. The banks in that regard all facilitated money laundering too, but didn’t know of the money laundering occurring. Somehow one little piece of paper somehow immunizes the banks and despite the church doing more than the banks to stop scams they want to hold the sellers of Bitcoin to a higher standard. Or at least Ian. Remember, this isn’t about Bitcoin. It’s about one agent having a grudge against free staters and libertarians. How many different “crimes” does an agent have to investigate over close to two decades before he finally gets his “man”? Apparently two arrests and a disparagement of a mans reputation I suppose is the answer to this one.

Rather than make work for yourself government agents… if you really care about these “victims” maybe you should focus on actually getting laws passed to help stop vulnerable folks from being so easily victimized. The banks didn’t stop these people from wiring “large” sums of money to parties they didn’t know. It wasn’t little old vending machines in Keene New Hampshire that were the problem. It was that there was and is zero measures in place for “vulnerable” people to wire away life savings. A seller of Bitcoin can’t know if the buyer has billions of dollars and a $25,000 purchase is nothing to sneeze at. A bank on the other hand would or at least might know.

Of course if we actually solved this problem through real measures law enforcement would be out of a job, so of course they don’t want to actually solve this problem. The solution boils down to simple mathematical algorithms. You don’t need to regulate money transmission at all outside of traditional banking institutions. All you need to do is require a two-step confirmation process on the wiring of funds over a certain threshold over a particular period of time for a particular demographic. This can be based on how much is in an account, how much is normally sent out, and age. Someone whose 20 might have zero checks. Someone whose 55 might have an algorithm that stops wire transactions that are 1.5x their normal monthly expenditure / withdrawal. This shouldn’t stop them from conducting the wire, but if a 2nd person now needs to sign off on it is required it makes the amount of hoop jumping a scammer does significantly higher. Or they may need to stop in at the bank to do the wire and the bank employee maybe has to accept a certain amount of risk. That is if they wire $100,000 and it turns out to be a scam they’re on the hook for a weeks wages. Of course none of this should stop someone from spending their own money and risking everything … including sending it away to a scammer… but … it would make it more difficult for someone to be scammed and be able to excuse it away as “someone should have stopped me”. If you are really that incapable of managing your own money maybe it’s time to hand that responsibility off to someone else and stop blaming innocent intermediaries that are just doing what you asked. The rest of society should not be burdened because there are dumb or vulnerable people in the world.

The bank accounts didn’t get shut down because the rules weren’t being followed as the government is now claiming. The bank accounts got shut down mostly as a result of attempts by scammers to get elderly folks to wire funds that were then later realized to be scams. When the victim went in and told the bank the bank would pull the money back. If the money is pulled back the receiving bank has to deal with it. The seller has to deal with it. Everyone has to deal with it. The receiving bank now starts asking questions. It turns out that every receiving bank agreed with the church in regard to the KYC policy and thus the church never lost any money except for in one incident where Ian realized he made a mistake. In that instance he refunded the customer or otherwise didn’t fight it. In all the other instances he won and the receiving bank agreed with the church. Accounts may have been shut down, but it wasn’t because of a lack of KYC or criminality of some kind. The banks didn’t outright say the reason they shut down accounts typically, but it always occurred when customers pulled back money whether it was someone trying to scam the church directly (aka a scammer sent money from his own bank, then claimed he was scammed when he wasn’t) or indirectly via third party victims. The point is there was not ever a situation where “receiving bank detects scam” or lack of KYC compliance and shuts account down. The only possible time that might have occurred was with a credit union. The humorous thing is the credit union expert testified that they were allowed to permit the transactions to occur for a long while and despite suspicions no issues ever occurred. They later killed the account without money getting pulled back. That account was I believe not used to sell Bitcoin humorously. There were a dozen or so accounts, but this was over a period of 5 years. It’s not what the government is making it out to be. The church took steps to minimize the likelihood of scams because it was in everyone’s interest to stop scamming.

The government says these accounts were shut down due to suspicious activity yet that just isn’t the case. At best they can claim that may have occurred with a single credit union account that was not used to sell Bitcoin. None of the banks were brought in to testify to this “suspicious activity” claim or reason as to why an account closure occurred. None of these banks would ever say why they shut down an account either when asked by the church. There is no substance behind these agents claims that the accounts were being shut down due to suspicious activity. The agents say this and that, but the truth is somewhere else. What exactly was suspicious exactly too? Why was it that accounts were only closed after sending banks pulled money back? If an account has been used for 6 months to a year and a half with the same type of activity and no closure why did it take so long? It’s not suspicious activity that resulted in account closures. It was sending banks pulling money back that resulted in their closures. This doesn’t mean these people would have lose their money either. The sender would have had to sign a receipt saying that they understood they were buying Bitcoin from the church. This may have actually resulted in accounts getting shut down as those would-be victims may have realized that they were being scammed and gone to their bank to try and undo the transaction. In some respect that is the point of all this, but receiving banks aren’t going to like that. Undoubtedly this was more of a “we’ll take your money until it’s no longer in our interest to do so” situation. The banks never lost any money according to the government, but they did profit off all the fees they charged.

The church donation point they keep harping on was more of a handful of senders writing it as the reason they were sending the money. I have no idea if these were outright donations or the people just considered the proceeds donations or what the story was. There were all sorts of reasons people would put down as to why they were sending out a wire. Often they’d write investment or something else entirely.

The government wants you to believe that because a dozen accounts existed that can be tied to crypto by different people that it somehow is evidence of bank fraud. This just isn’t the case. They took accounts opened by different people for different entities and different reasons and put them all together and said look here all these accounts is evidence of crime! They connected the accounts through malicious descriptions. For example Ian referred customers at one point or another to Aria and even if there was no profit in it they’re now claiming it’s “one thing” or one business. Now because it’s one business those different accounts being opened is somehow bank fraud.

The series of events was more along the lines of Ian having an account in his own name, selling Bitcoin for the church, then using an account specifically for the Shire Free Church to sell Bitcoin. Then at some point it made sense to open an account specifically for selling Bitcoin and keep the Bitcoin sales separate from the other Shire Free Church account(s) (which by the way is actually what you’re suppose to do). So a DBA was registered with the state to that end and an account opened. Effectively it’s a logical succession of account creation over a 5+ year period. Over a few year period some accounts were closed, but not because of suspicious activity. It was because of scammers victims going to their bank and saying they were scammed. The sending banks would claw the money back. This would start a tug of war. Ian would have to prove that the sender knew what they were buying and the church won every case. The account would remain shut down, but not because of suspicious activity or non-compliance with KYC or anything of that nature. No bank employee ever testified to that and they would always refuse to say why an account was closed. However with enough accounts closed it becomes obvious. You need to try and minimize receiving monies that are derived from fraud before it hits your account rather than after. After the fact you can send money back maybe, but you can’t stop someone from trying to wrongly ‘claw it back’. Even when you win the account will remain closed.

Suspicious activity isn’t a crime either. It’s effectively occurs through routine activity like making deposits. If you go to the bank every day and your business brings in $7,000-$8,000 in cash because it’s a cash business that might get picked up as “suspicious activity”. It’s not illegal, but it falls within certain amounts that the bank has to report it even though its entirely routine for you and the reason you are doing it is because the bank is suppose to keep your money safe right? What would the alternative be? Keeping the money In a safe and then doing a weekly deposit? Well, a $50,000 deposit is also suspicious because of the amount of cash you are now depositing all at once. No matter how you do it the government thinks that is suspicious. Did you just buy a house and just made $150k wire and have never done that before? Well, you’re now suspicious too. There are millions of these suspicious activity reports that get filed. If you haven’t had one or another report filed on you I’d be shocked.

There was no evidence presented to suggest that large amounts of cash was dealt with outside of the vending machines. The banks don’t like dealing with cash. This would likely have been problematic. Cash by mail occurred, but was not common. The cash was mostly from vending machines.

There was no evidence of ANY profit being made. They showed the fees were charged, but the money went back into crypto mostly and it all went into the Shire Free Church.

The government didn’t prove its case. The preponderance of evidence is in theory how it works, but the government didn’t even have a blockchain expert to connect any of it together. What they did was make claims, but didn’t back those claims by any evidence. The court ruled in Ian’s favor here in at least one aspect and that was the FBI’s lead expert was NOT an expert. This humorously from a judge who thinks the blockchain is a person. Yea- he stated that in open court. The jury convicted, but the judge also later ruled the jury ruled in error as there wasn’t evidence to prove the knowledge component for at least one of the charges. That charge was thrown out. The defense will argue in future appeals all the charges should have been thrown out.

The co-spend analysis and tools didn’t withstand scientific scrutiny remember. What the government did was put a non-blockchain non-expert on the stand and we’re now suppose to believe that despite that she is NOT an expert what she said was accurate and true. At no point did they even explain blockchain or Bitcoin. They dumb’d it down to a point where they were merely making accusation without any evidence to back it up. You hit send, money appears there. Meanwhile money hasn’t been defined, sending hasn’t been defined. What does sending mean? Nothing moved from one location to another or from one person to another (as a money transmitter would be doing). You might think you understand these words and in some context you probably do. But if you don’t understand how Bitcoin works you wouldn’t understand that “sending” isn’t the same thing nor is it sending it on another behalf. The bank sent money on their customers behalf to the church. They acted as an intermediary. The church didn’t act as an intermediary to move money. The church sold it’s own Bitcoin to it’s customer. It would more akin to a US bank selling you Euros, but where Euros weren’t defined as money because Euros are new and somehow different from other currencies too. Virtual currencies were added to the money transmission law, but not until 2021. This is after the fact and if such a law existed it would be known as an ‘ex post facto law’. That’s not legal in the United States. A law must exist at the time you violated it. They can’t pass a law years later and say you broke this law that didn’t exist at the time you committed a a given act.

They’re not telling the trust again about everyone taking a plea deal (minus Ian Freeman anyway). The government dropped the charges against Colleen Fordham. She never took a plea deal and was one of the most respectable individuals in that she refused to take a plea deal. Mr Nobody was bullied into taking a plea default. His circumstances were such that he’d likely have seen a more serious outcome as a result of prior activism. Mr Nobody stood up to the FBI in 2012 refusing to wear a wire into the Keene activist center. They were after Ian Freeman. For his refusal the FBI had the state arrest him over the illegal sale of marijuana. He took that to trial and lost. He spent a year in a cage already defending Ian Freeman. While it is probably the case he should have continued to fight it Mr Nobody already had spent six months locked up over this for at best a seriously minor role in it all. Colleen Fordham didn’t even have a cryptocurrency wallet at the time and hadn’t for a number of years. They arrested her likely in an effort to get at Ian. The same is likely the case for Renee and Andrew Spenella. Andrew wasn’t even aware of what was going on. His name just happened to be on one of the bank accounts. Renee was more involved, but had not been involved for a while. She had long ago moved on. The FBI actually attempted to intimidate Renee into testifying on behalf of the FBI and this occurred 8 months or so prior to the FBI raiding. This and another incident more than tipped off the Crypto6 and community that a raid was coming. However there is a bit of thought by some that if the FBI was going to do something they probably would have done it already. However between that and the undercover FBI agent it was pretty clear that the 6AM raid was real when it finally arrived. I will admit at first I thought the FBI was elsewhere that morning… and well, they were sort of, but I didn’t immediately think Bitcoin and simultaneous coordinated raid on a half dozen of my closest friends. That took 30 seconds and about the amount of time it took me to get my car out of the driveway. I headed straight to the main location they’d be targeting: The Free Talk Live studio. I will also mention Aria did hold out on taking a plea deal and likely only got time as a result of that delay. Ultimately it’s hard to stand up to a government with unlimited resources, 100s of agents, and millions of dollars spent in an effort to entrap you in a crime you didn’t actually commit.

Despite the governments attempt to force people to testify against Ian in the Crypto6 case including otherwise would-be co-defendant it was mostly to little benefit of the government. Nothing was revealed that wasn’t already well known. What Ian did wasn’t a crime. Chris Reetman (Colleene’s husband) testified at trial for instance that he believed Ian wasn’t required to register with FinCEN even though had he gotten another crypto vending venture off the ground he would have registered. The reason for this is because of how the vending machines would have been operated. The church only ever sold its own Bitcoin. Chris on the other hand would be connecting his vending machines to an exchange and in that context he would be acting as an intermediary rather than an individual or entity just selling its own Bitcoin.

They were forced into pleading guilty under the full threat and significant violence of the government. No one genuinely admitted to anything. You forced words out of his mouth at the threat of violence.

What they also fail to state in telling us about the restitution / sentence and how Ian will pay the victims more rather than the government is that Ian requested that the penalty be minimized so as to maximize the amounts going to the victims of third party scammers should that be ordered. It was not the government requesting this. Ian would rather people who harmed him (the “victims” who testified) get more money than for the state to get anything. Why? At lest these “victims” aren’t likely to go and utilize that money to commit violence again others. The government on the other hand absolutely will utilize that money to harm other peaceful people. This is the difference between Ian and the government. The government claims to care about you whereas Ian actually cares about you.

Again they change what they claim the fees charged were. At one point during the trial it was 10-20% that they were claiming. Now it’s 5-15% in this podcast. Someone clearly read my prior posts at Free Keene. The only reporting of a 5% fee was from me. Almost no one else was aware of this number as it was an in-person number at a particular point in time many years ago and the church rarely sold to people in person. Keep in mind this was not always 5% so you may have paid 10% in later years as the costs of operating the vending machines and selling Bitcoin went up. At all points these fees were well within or even below market rates. At the time the 5% in-person rate was charged the vending machines were around 8%. Closer to Boston the non-church FinCEN registered vending machines were charging around 20%. This blows the idea that people are paying this “high fee” out of the water. KYC FinCEN registered and compliant sellers were charging substantially more than the church and the online exchanges were probably in the 1-2% range. 5% once you account for the additional labor involved and other costs isn’t so out there.

The agents in the podcast also speak of bank fees that are in the few percent range and act as if this is evidencing that it makes no sense to buy crypto at this rate. The implication is only criminals would buy and spend Bitcoin at this rate. This argument falls flat on its face once you consider that a business purchasing goods with a credit card that pays 3-5% in bank fees (credit card fees) for the goods and then turns around and sells those goods to you and also pays with a credit card just resulted in the banks netitng 6-10%. In other words the price has to jump on those goods by 10%, not the “few percent” the government is claiming. It costs a lot more to use banks than crypto. With Bitcoin or probably better compared these days to Bitcoin Cash you’d not pay anywhere near this even if you pay 10% to acquire it. The problem here is the receiver doesn’t pay 3-5% to receive your crypto once those dollars are crypto (that would be the company you end up spending that crypto you bought). This enables many merchants to discount the price of the goods for those who pay with crypto. My business offers free shipping as an example. Others offer discounts as high as 10%. It’s only through ignorance and a lack of understanding of the banking system that you can make this argument against crypto or fees sound rational. However as was pointed out some people use crypto not to save money- that is only a side effect. No. Some of us use crypto out of principle. We want to spread peace and one way to do that is by undermining the ability of government to skim value off the inflating of the dollar or other government fiat currencies (aka Euros, British Pound, etc). This is why Bitcoin is popular in libertarian circules and got adopted in libertarian circles prior to the speculators figuring out they could make a dime off it. Many today do utilize it as an investment vehicle, but that has NEVER been the reason I use crypto.

They talk about seizing 3 million in cash and cryptocurrency. The humorous part of this is that about ~$4 million of that which was seized (at today’s exchange rate anyway) was money donated to the church in 2016. It was NOT fees charged from selling Bitcoin. I’m sure the evidence to this end will be forthcoming at some point, but I also am sure plenty of people in libertarian circles are already well aware of this and witnessed that donation first hand. Maybe there is even video of this somewhere. I have not looked, but it’s also the most likely scenario given acquiring such item years after the bars were discontinued would have been costly. Given Ian and the church were around at that time regardless of what you believe about Ian it’s the most likely route into the church’s hand.

There isn’t a question about where the money went. One of the governments agents testified to the fact that most of it went right back into purchasing Bitcoin for the churches coffers. So the church didn’t get to keep $10 million dollars. At best if the church received $10 million and the average fee was 10% then it would appear the church netted $1 million. That isn’t really the case though as the church had to pay to acquire the Bitcoin and it had to pay landlords to rent the space the vending machines existed in. The church had to hire contractors to fill vending machines. The church had to do technical support for people not super familiar with Bitcoin (another reason someone would buy Bitcoin from the church likely rather than go through complicated KYC procedures, though the churches online sales were just as if not more complicated despite the lies the agents are telling). Now where did the rest of the money go? Isn’t it obvious? And shouldn’t you know that already? The Shire Free Church funded the construction of orphanages in Africa, helped the homeless in Keene, turned a church building into a Mosque for another persecuted minority, and contributed to many different worthwhile projects. You just refuse to acknowledge the good work of the church and its participants. As we’ve stated all along government employees are the real scum of the universe. They’re the ones stealing and using violence and coercion to get their way. They call it taxation and justify it through laws. These laws have real victims resulting in people losing their homes and businesses. It’s immoral, but the real scammers in this case are those falsely claiming to be going after “fraud” and humorously maybe sort of scammers. The governments own “victims” who testified in the crypto6 case all stated the FBI was NOT interested in going after the scammers. They only ever wanted Ian Freeman the “victims” claimed. It was only after calling the government out that they brought in a fed to claim something was “happening” in regard to going after the actual scammers in this case. That is NONE of the crypto6. Where are those scammers now Mr FBI??? I thought you were going to do something about the actual scammers? That’s right. Just another lie from your federal government.

There was a clear use. You just ignored it. We’ve been reporting on where that money went this entire time. We talked about it on Free Talk Live. We wrote about it at FreeKeene.com. To claim it wasn’t advertised is absurd. Aria posted about it online at least in relation to the Reformed Satanic Church. Completely separate from the Shire Free Church mind you, but Ian wrote about the Shire Free Church and we talked about it on Free Talk Live all the time. There was no paperwork filed (the church was registered with the state sadly just so you a-holes couldn’t claim it was fake) with the government, but that doesn’t mean it got spent on sex, drugs, and fancy cars. If it had the FBI would know about it because the government SURVEILLED the churches studio, infiltrated via agents, and followed us around for the last 7+ years. They mapped out Ian’s network not unlike that of the Mafia. It was disgusting considering that all Ian ever wanted was more freedom and peace in the world.

There is nothing wrong with cash and there is nothing wrong with Bitcoin (well, as it existed years ago). The two are more alike than dissimilar. Retaining the freedom of cash is NOT immoral. Your lies won’t succeed in undermining our freedom or our movement.

I ask one last question! What financial benefit did ANY of us get from this so-called scheme you claim. Last I checked there is zero evidence of ANYONE benefiting. Not at least by the size of the claimed scheme. If the one-bedroom Ian shares with his wife or ex-girlfriend counts then OK! But that’s an absurd claim and the IRS said that was 100% OK. It did not constitute taxable income for which Ian would have had to file a return, but even that is a bit much as the churches wealth was not from selling Bitcoin. It pre-dated it. But seriously- you’re not suggesting the government spent millions of dollars over 5 years to get Ian for the sake of the one-room, food, the clothes on his back, and the gas in the churches vehicle are you? That would be the most absurd waste of stolen (taxes) money ever.

No one facilitated scammers. No one! The Shire Free Church implemented a STRONGER KYC policy than any of the banks that wired money to the church. This is where said policies were warranted and no evidence exists to suggest that had a piece of paper been filed with this or that agency that the world would somehow magically be a safer place no matter how much you may want that to be true.

As to how to look at Ian and the Crypto6? I will hold Ian up as a hero, I will hold up Mr Nobody as a hero. Ian is a potential martyr particularly depending on how things continue to unfold on appeal, and certainly everyone is a victim of big corrupt government and the thieves calling themselves employees of the federal government. I will also give my respects to all the others connected to this case who suffered at the hands of government with one exception. A lying thieving fake collaborator of government: Melanie Neighbors. The Crypto6 stood relatively strong against the beatings of government and there is nothing more I could possibly ask of anyone moving to the free state. These people took the statement of intent to it’s maximum interpretation and for that I respect them greatly:

“exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property.”

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• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
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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 41 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 10 with 7 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Of Interest	SB369	directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment, creating a new position, and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:00 PM	SH Room 103	This bill directs the office of professional licensure and certification to provide to the public notice of its meetings and an opportunity to comment in such meetings. This bill also establishes an attorney II position for the office of professional licensure and certification.
Of Interest	SB487	relative to the division of personnel in the department of administrative services.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill creates a new chapter for the personnel appeals board. This bill repeals 6 statutes related to the department of administrative services division. This bill is a request from the department of administrative services.
Of Interest	SB480	relative to the administration of professional licensure and certification and the regulation of real estate practice.	Executive Departments and Administration	Tue 1/3	1:45 PM	SH Room 103	This bill requires: I. Any board or commission whose total number of active licensees exceeds 7,000 to have a dedicated, trained, and knowledgeable customer service administrator that works for the administrative section of the office of professional licensure and certification to respond to inquiries from the public and licensees. II. Makes various amendments to allow for inactive real estate licenses. III. Amends the education approval process for the real estate commission.
Oppose	SB404	relative to expanding child care professionals’ eligibility for the child care scholarship program.	Health and Human Services	Tue 1/3	1:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes eligibility criteria for child care professionals to receive child care scholarships.
Oppose	SB499	relative to reduction of hunger for children, older adults, and people with disabilities.	Health and Human Services	Tue 1/3	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill directs the department of education to expand options for free and reduced priced meals to students and directs the department of health and human services to implement a summer EBT program to provide assistance to families with children eligible for free and reduced price meals over the summer. The bill also directs the department of health and human services to participate in the elderly simplified application project within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide food assistance to eligible older adults and people with disabilities.
Oppose	SB335	relative to alcohol packaging.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:10 AM	SH Room 100	This bill restricts the use of certain images and phrasing in alcohol packaging that are attractive to minors.
Oppose	SB365	relative to the sale or use of lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles, scooters, or personal electric mobility devices.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:20 AM	SH Room 100	This bill prohibits sales of lithium-ion batteries and electric bicycles or electric scooters that have not been certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
Oppose	SB330	relative to allowing the ability to work from home to count toward unemployment benefits eligibility.	Commerce	Wed 1/4	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill repeals disqualification for unemployment benefits for those not available for work outside a home.
Of Interest	SB341	relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires all school employees to respond honestly and completely to written requests by parents regarding information relating to their children.
Of Interest	SB342	relative to school building aid funding.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:20 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill establishes a new school district building aid funding program using state funds allocated to each district and makes an appropriation therefor.
Support	SB442	relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts.	Education	Wed 1/4	9:40 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill expands the definition of “eligible student” for the education freedom account program to include students whose enrollment transfer request was denied.
Oppose	SB522	relative to establishing an early childhood education scholarship account and making an appropriation therefor.	Education	Wed 1/4	10:00 AM	LOB Room 101	This bill requires rulemaking by the department of health and human services on child care early education and establishes an early childhood education account program to provide funds for an education freedom accounts scholarship organization to administer grants to eligible New Hampshire pre-kindergarten children for qualifying expenses.
Of Interest	SB303	relative to the use of renewable energy funds by the department of energy.	Energy and Natural Resources	Wed 1/4	9:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adds battery storage projects to uses of the renewable energy fund, deletes a required renewable generation incentive program, and authorizes a political subdivision incentive, rebate, or grant program using the fund. The bill also modifies the reporting date by the department of energy concerning the renewable energy fund. This bill is a request of the department of energy.
Oppose	SB541	relative to retail pet stores.	Energy and Natural Resources	Wed 1/4	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by retail pet shops except in certain cases.
Of Interest	CACR24	relating to reproductive freedom. Providing that all persons have the right to make their own reproductive decisions.	Judiciary	Wed 1/4	1:00 PM	SH Room 100	This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to provide that individuals shall have a right to personal reproductive autonomy.
Oppose	SB428	relative to the use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	1:15 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill defines the appropriate use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of safety for digital automatic programming interface to connect data from the division of motor vehicles to the state police.
Oppose	SB580	relative to establishing a noise barrier on Teaberry Lane, Bedford, NH.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	1:30 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill mandates the construction of a noise barrier on Teaberry Lane, Bedford, NH.
Oppose	SB471	relative to adding a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on rural highways.	Transportation	Wed 1/4	2:00 PM	LOB Room 101	This bill adds a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on rural highways.

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I’ve been writing FreeKeene.com founder Ian Freeman back and forth at the Merrimack County Spiritual Retreat for the last few weeks.  I recently sent him a letter with pictures of the Fraternal Order of Police logo and a picture of Lucifer’s circle.  I pointed out to Ian that they are so similar one cannot help but wonder if the state is itself satanic.

 

The FOP is definitely masonic…  and the masons themselves cannot deny they have a rank called “The Knight of the Brazen Serpent.”    Sounds satanic to me.

Here is Ian’s letter back to me.  He gave me permission to transcribe it for you all to read.

Dear Brad,

 

Creepy, FOP logo with the all-seeing-eye on it and a possibly Masonic handshake.  Whether it’s satanic at the top or all-the-way down the organization, I presume we’ll never know, but we can judge by their actions that the state is certainly un-godly.

 

I just finished reading “The God of War” by Reverend J.J. Taylor from 1920.  It was sent to me by Sheriff David Hathaway and it’s excellent.  As a Christian yourself, I’d say it’s a must-read.  Written in the aftermath of WWI, it’s a scathing excoriation of the vast hypocrisy of purported “Christians” turning against Jesus’ teachings of peace and instead supporting war.  It’s a quick read at 150 pages, and absolutely demolishes the warmongering “Christians.”

 

But back to the original topic of the state as a satanic organization, if we’re talking about Satan as Lucifer the light-bringer and advocate for humanity, then no, the state is not satanic, as the state is anti-humanity and against light as it oppresses, cages, and destroys human life.  It claims to favor educating, but only really to indoctrinate and control, not illuminate.

 

However, I suspect you are referring to the more typical view of Satan as the embodiment of all things evil, a trickster, enslaver of souls.  In which case, yes the state is absolutely Satanic.  It is nothing more than an evil religion created to trick people into violence, theft, and eternal conflict on Earth, while pretending to do the opposite.

 

Of course “it” is just people, suffering under a mutual delusion that they are a part of something greater than the sum of it’s parts.

 

Or maybe they really are, the literal arms, legs, and heads of pure evil.  They surely believe they are doing good things, though.  Doubtful that very many of them think they are evil or Satanic.  They truly believe that peace can be accomplished through war, that taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society, and other contradictory statisms.

 

“The State People” – probably a more accurate way of speaking of them rather than “the state,” which seems it grants them the acknowledgement of their supreme being.  Anyway, The State People wisely mix their statism with appeals and references to God:

 

• “In God We Trust” on currency
• Prayers to open congressional/city council sessions
• Politicians claiming religious beliefs
• Chaplains in the miltary
• Churches adopting state icons like the US Flag alongside their own

 

It’s no wonder Christians engage in icon-worship without even questioning.  The flag, the government, and God are the trinity in their minds.  They cheer on war, mass incarceration, and fear of foreigners without an inkling of a clue that they are violating the ten commandments and aren’t even trying to follow Jesus’ example.

 

If you haven’t sent Ian a letter yet…  why not?  I’m sure he’d love to hear from you!

Reach him at :

Ian Freeman
314 Daniel Webster Highway
Boscawen, NH
03303

Or feel free to e-mail me your letter to him.  I’ll print it and throw a stamp on it for you.