Monday • December 4 • 2023
Vol.XV • No.XLIX
Manchester, N.H.
Of the 12 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 0 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Support | HB363 | relative to deadlines for candidates filing by nomination papers for state general elections. | Election Law | Tue 2/28 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill changes the deadlines for candidates filing by nomination papers for state general elections. |
| Of Interest | HB387 | permitting election ballots to be viewed pursuant to a right to know request. | Election Law | Tue 2/28 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill permits election ballots to be viewed pursuant to a right to know request. |
| Support | HB136 | relative to the department of health and human services collaborating and holding a roll call vote on final proposal of rules with the advisory council prior to departmental rulemaking. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/1 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires the department of health and human services seek authorization from the advisory council for the department of health and human services prior to adopting departmental rules. |
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A local woman has published a book consisting of a few dozen of her written works over the past few years. Throughout the scamdemic, Cheryl Rounds has been spreading joy and hope with her smile, her memes, letters, and poems. For the first time, her work is available on Amazon and in person for readers in New Hampshire. The books will be offered in person for the first time at Liberty Forum, an annual pro-freedom conference held in Manchester on March 4th and 5th.
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Proposed by Cam Kenney [D] and co-sponsored by 11 other Democratic Representatives, House Bill 469 aims to prohibit landlords from discriminating against prospective tenants on the basis that they are a participant in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (low income housing/Section 8). There is a multitude of reasons why this bill is ridiculous, ranging from impracticality to subversion of the free market.
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The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance and Porcupine Outdoor Recreation Club have a notion to show you a good time on the evening of March 2!
The event starts with a tailgate party outside of Chunky’s in Manchester at 5:00pm, followed by a Firefly/Serenity costume contest inside the theater at 6:30pm and a screening of Serenity at 7:00pm.
Tickets must be purchased in advance at https://porcupineoutdoorrecreationclub.wildapricot.org/event-5110001 and support the Civic Action Fund, so get yours before they’re gone and start preparing now to show us what Big Damn Heroes you are!
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Despite spending a dozen years in federal prison for helping tax freedom advocates Ed and Elaine Brown in 2006, Jason Gerhard is still taking on the evil IRS. Now a NH state representative, Gerhard filed a House Resolution, HR 16 that -if passed- would officially ask the IRS three tough questions:
Unfortunately, the state house voted 283-60 – full roll call here – to kill the resolution. Thanks though to the sixty reps who voted for it, including Keene’s Jodi Newell. Here’s the full video from the house floor discussion and vote:
Nearly 20% of those voting on HB581 yesterday in the full New Hampshire house session, voted for ending the insane war on drugs ENTIRELY! The bill came out of nowhere, filed by rep Matt Santonastaso with little fanfare or press attention, despite the epic attack on the War on Drugs it represents. The public hearing came-and-went with little support, or opposition.
Yesterday, at the full house session, the bill came up for a vote and reps Santonastaso and Jonah Wheeler made excellent speeches in favor of ending the failed war on drugs, while Terry Roy who positions himself as a incremental drug reformer used fearmongering language to scare the reps into voting to continue the destruction of our neighbors’ lives. They then voted 286-70 to kill the bill.
Here’s a link to the full roll call showing exactly how all the representatives voted. Kudos to the brave 35 Republicans and 35 Democrats who did the right thing. Sadly many “A+” rated “liberty reps” voted to continue the drug war. What were they thinking? Anyone with a “Yes” vote on the roll call voted to kill the bill, so feel free to reach out to them and ask why. You can watch the full hearing here:
At its core, the debate reflects two divergent ideologies. Authoritarians believe that the government must control everything people do, especially when those people are below 18. Voluntaryists believe that people should run their own lives and that parents and adolescents can jointly determine how to navigate life’s choices.
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Five Republicans have proposed legislation that would fix a common but little-known issue in the criminal justice system. As we all learned in grade school, we are supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law after a fair trial. We are legally innocent until we are convicted unanimously by 12 of our peers. And being innocent means that we cannot be punished in any way by the government.
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The duo also interviewed opponents of the Free State Project. The authoritarian interviewees in the series are likely to make the argument for a larger and stronger government, less personal liberties, higher taxes, more government control over education, more government spending, & more policing and surveillance.
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The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance cordially invites you to its 2023 Liberty Dinner on Saturday July 22nd, with tickets at last year’s prices for a limited time!
We will unveil this year’s Liberty Rating and award the Legislator of the Year and Activist of the Year. In addition to a buffet dinner and an evening with both old and new friends, there will be a silent auction of various items (liberty-themed and otherwise)—plus a special surprise!
Get your tickets at libertydinner.com!
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People around the world are organizing various efforts to secure an area with political sovereignty to implement societies free from the control system of “government.” The largest and most exciting is the Free State Project in New Hampshire.
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We’re not happy about it, but the jury has spoken. I was found guilty of all eight non-violent, victimless charges I faced at trial in December. Though we are going to appeal all eight counts, I have to be sentenced before the appeal can be filed. The prosecution is asking for upwards of 20 years, however no charge has a minimum sentence, so in theory I could receive time served for the 69 days I’ve already done and then some amount of probation or home confinement in lieu of prison. It’s all up to the judge.
If I have had a positive effect on your life, perhaps you’d consider writing a letter to judge Laplante to explain why you think I should remain out of prison. What kind of benefit have I brought you and the community as a whole? Why does putting me behind bars cause more harm than leaving me out in productive society? These are some of the things you may want to focus on in your letter.
While you likely have strong feelings about the FBI, the prosecution, or the jury in this case, none of that will be relevant to the sentencing hearing, so leave out your opinions on the process, please. While I have my critiques of the prosecutors, I’ve said along the way that I was surprised at how fair Joseph Laplante was, so I’m optimistic. He’s been thoughtful, is capable of changing his mind, and played things fairly evenly during the process.
Please address your letter to “The Honorable Joseph Laplante” or “Judge Laplante”. You may want to talk a little about yourself and what you do for a living and what you have done, especially with regard to any military or government work.
You are welcome to send a draft to me via email at ian at freetalklive.com or if you are confident in what you’ve written, send a signed original via snail mail – include your contact info – to:
Ian Freeman
63 Emerald St. #610
Keene, NH 03431
Please don’t delay as we need these well in advance of the April 14th sentencing date. Thank you.
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Of the 55 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 8 and opposition of 7 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 42 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 3 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | HB550 | relative to chartered public school dissolution. | Education | Mon 2/13 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill provides for the assets of a chartered public school to be distributed to the nearest public school district following dissolution of the chartered public school. The bill also establishes a committee to study the current charter public school dissolution process. |
| Of Interest | HB371 | establishing a commission to evaluate and recommend standards for public schools. | Education | Mon 2/13 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a commission to evaluate and recommend standards for public schools. The bill also requires the state board of education to initiate rulemaking based on the commission’s recommendations. |
| Of Interest | HB558 | relative to electric microgrids and electric grid resiliency. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 2/13 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 304 | This bill establishes the authority for and procedures for adoption of electric microgrids. |
| Support | SB200 | relative to optometrists. | Commerce | Tue 2/14 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill removes a variety of prohibitions on the types of care that optometrists may provide to patients. |
| Oppose | SB145 | relative to New Hampshire housing champion designation for municipalities and making appropriations therefor. | Commerce | Tue 2/14 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes a New Hampshire housing champion designation program, including a housing production municipal grant program, and a housing infrastructure municipal grant and loan program. The bill also establishes positions within the department of business and economic affairs and makes appropriations for the programs. |
| Oppose | SB202 | relative to establishing a homeownership innovations fund in the New Hampshire housing finance authority. | Commerce | Tue 2/14 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes a homeownership innovations fund within the New Hampshire housing finance authority and makes an appropriation thereto. |
| Oppose | SB217 | establishing a rural and underserved area educator incentive program for higher education and making an appropriation therefor. | Education | Tue 2/14 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes the rural and underserved area educator incentive program and makes an appropriation therefor. |
| Oppose | SB218 | establishing an early educator professional development grant. | Education | Tue 2/14 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes in the department of education an early educator professional development grant program to award school districts funds for their local professional development master plans. |
| Oppose | SB219 | relative to a salary floor for public school teachers. | Education | Tue 2/14 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill prohibits public school teachers from receiving salaries below a salary floor if the corresponding school administrative unit or school district employs more than one assistant superintendent or employs one or more diversity professional. |
| Oppose | SB255 | relative to the expectation of privacy. | Judiciary | Tue 2/14 | 2:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill creates a new chapter detailing a consumer expectation of privacy. |
| Oppose | HB513 | relative to affordability and safety of clinician administered drugs. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/15 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires a health plan to utilize the lowest cost method of reimbursement for clinician administered drugs and requires a health maintenance organization to cover clinician-administered drugs if the drug cannot reasonably be self-administered and is typically administered by a health care professional. The bill also prohibits a health maintenance organization from requiring that a pharmacy dispense a medication to a patient with the expectation that the patient will transport it to a health care setting for administration by a health care professional. |
| Support | SB162 | relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets. | Energy and Natural Resources | Wed 2/15 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill makes the initial period for an exemption from the rabies vaccination for dogs, cats, and animals annual with the recertification of a veterinarian. |
| Oppose | SB212 | relative to the regulation of massage, reflexology, structural integrator, and Asian bodywork therapy establishments. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 2/15 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires massage establishments to be licensed, regulated, and inspected by the office of professional licensure and certification. The bill also adds compensation to members of the advisory board of massage therapists. |
| Support | HB559 | establishing a state retirement plan group for new state employee members of the retirement system. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 2/15 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes a group III, defined contribution retirement state retirement plan for new state employee members of the retirement system, who begin service on or after July 1, 2024. All new employees of state employers on and after July 1, 2024 will be required to join the group III defined contribution plan as administered by the retirement system, and any other group I employees may join. |
| Support | SB238 | relative to the use of telemedicine to treat mental health conditions. | Health and Human Services | Wed 2/15 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill permits doctors and APRNs to use telemedicine to prescribe medication to treat mental health conditions. |
| Oppose | SB237 | relative to the child care scholarship program and making an appropriation therefor. | Health and Human Services | Wed 2/15 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill modifies the child care scholarship program, establishes a child care workforce program and a regional fingerprinting support program, and makes appropriations for these programs, and for child caregiver supports, early childhood mental health support, and for early childhood education scholarships. |
| Support | HB69 | relative to direct payment and membership-based health care facilities. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/15 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill exempts facilities operating with membership-based or direct payment business models from the special health care licensing requirement that the facility adopt a policy to assure that it provides services to all persons who require the services of the facility regardless of the source of payment. |
| Oppose | HB510 | relative to removing the exemption for premium cigars from the tobacco tax. | Ways and Means | Wed 2/15 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill removes the exemption for premium cigars from the tobacco tax. |
| Support | HB553 | relative to school district information on personnel salaries. | Education | Thu 2/16 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires school boards to publish on each school or the school district website a complete list of all position names and their annual or hourly salary. |
| Support | HB651 | authorizing the department of education and local school districts to contract with transportation network companies to provide school transportation services. | Education | Thu 2/16 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows the department of education to contract for buses to transport pupils with transportation network companies. |
| Oppose | HB528 | relative to school lunches and establishing the meals for students fund. | Education | Thu 2/16 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires schools to make free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch available to children who meet federal eligibility guidelines and provides for reimbursement to schools for offering meals at no cost to eligible students. The requirement is repealed in 2025. |
| Of Interest | SB241 | relative to graduated public assistance programs. | Health and Human Services | Thu 2/16 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill directs the department of health and human services, the housing finance authority, New Hampshire employment security, and the department of energy to study the creation, funding, and implementation of graduated public assistance programs to complement existing programs within the state. |
| Oppose | SB234 | directing the department of health and human services to develop a public awareness campaign on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias and making an appropriation therefor. | Health and Human Services | Thu 2/16 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill directs the department of health and human services to develop a public awareness campaign on brain health, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose. |
| Oppose | HB617 | prohibiting, with limited exceptions, state agencies from requiring use of proprietary software in interactions with the public. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/16 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill prohibits, with limited exception, state agencies from requiring use of proprietary software in interactions with the public. |
| Oppose | HB359 | relative to legal holidays. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/16 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill clarifies the effect of designating a day a legal holiday and makes the days on which the state primary preceding a biennial election and the quadrennial presidential primary are held legal holidays. |
| Support | HB406 | relative to parental access to children’s medical records. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/16 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill expands parents access to their 13 to 18-year-old children’s medical records without their children providing a release to each medical provider. |
| Support | HB557 | relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/16 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill removes the rulemaking authority of the commissioner of health and human services on immunization requirements beyond those diseases identified in statute. |
| Support | HB408 | relative to foster children and vaccinations. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/16 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill requires that children living in a foster family home but who are not in foster care shall be subject to the same immunization requirements as any other child in the state. |
| Oppose | HB342 | relative to lead testing in children. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/16 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill establishes a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering day care and public schools. |
| Oppose | HB425 | repealing the statute relative to medical freedom in immunizations. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/16 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill repeals the statute pertaining to medical freedom in immunizations. |
| Support | HB652 | relative to nonpublic sessions under the right to know law. | Judiciary | Thu 2/16 | 3:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill provides that, when a public body goes into nonpublic session to discuss matters likely to adversely affect an individual’s reputation, the person affected shall be given notice of the meeting and an opportunity to attend, be represented by counsel and speak on their own behalf. |
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As they do nearly every year, anti-freedom legislators in New Hampshire have once again proposed numerous bills that would restrict the natural right to self-defense and the natural right to privacy. On February 8th, the House Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committee held a hearing for the bills in Representative Hall due to the large turnout. The majority of people who testified on the bills were pro-freedom and opposed the gun control bills.
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It is no secret that politicians and their allies are hellbent on keeping us divided. When we fight each other, we forget that politicians are the true enemies of liberty and individuals. This book explains the many ways the elites attempt to turn us against each other. Some of their attempts fail, and some are very successful. What if we could use their strategy against them?
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Of the 121 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 31 and opposition of 16 with 11 being of interest.
Of the 39 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Oppose | HB134 | extending the public employees labor relations act to employees of the general court and relative to the duties of the joint committee on legislative facilities. | Legislative Administration | Mon 2/6 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill establishes the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act and establishes procedures for collective bargaining by nonpartisan employees. |
| Support | HB381 | relative to the system benefits charge. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 2/6 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill provides that system benefits charge and local distribution adjustment charge funding levels may only be increased by passage of legislation or authorization by the fiscal committee of the general court. |
| Support | HB257 | relative to telephone carrier of last resort obligations. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 2/6 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill allows for an incumbent telephone utility to be relieved of its carrier of last resort obligations. |
| Support | HB491 | relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/7 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill prohibits the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility. |
| Support | HB490 | relative to modifying the definition of neglect. | Children and Family Law | Tue 2/7 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill amends the definition of neglected child to exclude a child permitted to engage in certain independent activities. |
| Oppose | SB143 | establishing a scholarship fund for certain small businesses applying for loans from the capital access program administered by the New Hampshire business finance authority. | Commerce | Tue 2/7 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes a scholarship fund in the capital access program of the business finance authority to cover entry costs for socially and/or economically disadvantaged individual small business owners applying for loans from the program. |
| Oppose | SB196 | establishing a minimum amount of uninsured motorist coverage required for vehicles operating as part of transportation network companies in New Hampshire. | Commerce | Tue 2/7 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes a set minimum amount of coverage required for vehicles operating as part of a transportation network company in New Hampshire. |
| Oppose | SB144 | relative to the state minimum hourly rate. | Commerce | Tue 2/7 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate. |
| Of Interest | HB648 | relative to establishing a state bank of New Hampshire. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Tue 2/7 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill establishes a state bank of New Hampshire. |
| Oppose | SB214 | establishing a department of early childhood education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program. | Education | Tue 2/7 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill establishes an executive branch department of early childhood education. The bill also establishes the authority for the department to design, create, and administer a 3-year high quality, community-based, mixed delivery public pre-kindergarten pilot program. |
| Of Interest | HB505 | relative to comprehensive mental health education in schools. | Education | Tue 2/7 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill adds comprehensive mental health education to the public school health education curriculum. |
| Support | HB539 | relative to vaccination clinics at schools. | Education | Tue 2/7 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill prohibits a public elementary or secondary school from conducting a vaccination clinic during school hours. |
| Of Interest | HB179 | relative to the definition of electioneering. | Election Law | Tue 2/7 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill amends the definition of “electioneering” to remove the prohibition against wearing clothing or paraphernalia that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted. |
| Oppose | SB132 | prohibiting cities and towns from adopting sanctuary policies. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 2/7 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill prohibits any state or local government entity from establishing sanctuary policies. |
| Of Interest | SB155 | relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 2/7 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill revises the procedure for the adoption of the annual budget for school administrative units and repeals the alternative budget adoption procedure. |
| Oppose | SB55 | making an appropriation for the Cannon Mountain tramway. | Finance | Tue 2/7 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill appropriates $25 million for the Cannon Mountain tramway from the fiscal year 2023 surplus. |
| Of Interest | HB558 | relative to electric microgrids and electric grid resiliency. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 2/7 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes the authority for and procedures for adoption of electric microgrids. |
| Of Interest | HB605 | relative to solar generation under the renewable portfolio standards. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 2/7 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill revises the minimum percentages for solar electrical generation included in the renewable portfolio standards for 2024 through 2050 and after. |
| Of Interest | HB616 | relative to administration of the New Hampshire’s renewable portfolio standard. | Science, Technology and Energy | Tue 2/7 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill eliminates the use of the class definitions for renewable electrical generation for compliance with the renewable portfolio standard requirements, and adds Generation IV or later nuclear energy systems as a new class for the renewable energy portfolio standard. |
| Support | HB370 | relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions. | Transportation | Tue 2/7 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill authorizes persons with medical conditions to apply for a special permit to waive the prohibition on automobile after market window tinting on the left and right side of the driver. |
| Support | HB537 | permitting vehicles to have front windshield tinting. | Transportation | Tue 2/7 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill removes the prohibition on front windshield tinted glass. |
| Oppose | HB356 | relative to the application of motor vehicle laws to bicycles. | Transportation | Tue 2/7 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill would require bicycles to have 4″ diameter mirrors on each side of the handlebars while operating on public ways with other motor vehicles. |
| Of Interest | HB198 | modifying the new resident drivers’ license transfer requirement. | Transportation | Tue 2/7 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill would require nonresident drivers who establish residency in New Hampshire to notify the department of safety if they then cease to become residents within 60 days, or if their out of state driver’s license expires or is relinquished. |
| Support | HB280 | relative to the sale of freeze-dried food. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/8 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill excludes freeze dried fruits and vegetables from the definition of potentially hazardous food. |
| Of Interest | HB645 | relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 2/8 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill establishes decentralized autonomous organizations within the state. |
| Oppose | HB32 | relative to possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 9:00 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill adds a criminal offense for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a safe school zone. |
| Oppose | HB59 | requiring a background check prior to any commercial firearm sale. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 9:45 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill requires commercial firearms sales or transfers in this state to be subject to a criminal background check and provides a criminal penalty for a violation. The bill excludes private, noncommercial sales or transfers between individuals, provided neither individual is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under state or federal law. |
| Oppose | HB76 | imposing a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 10:30 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes a waiting period for the delivery of a firearm. |
| Oppose | HB78 | repealing an act prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep or bear arms. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 11:15 AM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill repeals the prohibition on the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms. |
| Oppose | HB106 | relative to extreme risk protection orders. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 1:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill establishes a procedure for issuing extreme risk protection orders to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others. |
| Oppose | HB351 | relative to the negligent storage of firearms and relative to firearm safety devices. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 1:45 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill requires a locking safety device accompany all private and commercial firearms transactions and expands the criminal penalties for negligent storage of firearms. |
| Oppose | HB444 | prohibiting possession of a firearm at a polling place. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 2:30 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill prohibits possessing a firearm at a polling place and includes certain exceptions. |
| Support | HB474 | relative to enforcement of federal firearms laws and establishing penalties. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 2/8 | 3:15 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill prohibits the enforcement of any federal law or rule that might impair a person’s natural right to firearm ownership and natural right to self-defense and requires any public official who attempts to enforce such a federal law to be terminated from their position. |
| Oppose | HB623 | establishing a teacher candidate loan forgiveness program. | Education | Wed 2/8 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a teacher candidate loan forgiveness program administered by the university system for new teachers in critical teacher shortage areas of the state. |
| Support | HB563 | relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets. | Education | Wed 2/8 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill revises the procedure for the adoption of the annual budget for school administrative units and repeals the alternative budget adoption procedure. |
| Of Interest | HB354 | relative to chartered public school eligibility for state school building aid. | Education | Wed 2/8 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill adds chartered public schools to the procedures for consideration, approval, plan requirements, and determination of grants for school building aid. |
| Support | HB394 | relative to the organization of cooperative school boards. | Education | Wed 2/8 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires that officers of cooperative school boards and the locations of meetings of the board rotate among the members and their districts. |
| Support | HB632 | relative to the cooperative school district budget committee. | Education | Wed 2/8 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires that the chairperson of the cooperative school district budget committee shall not be from the same pre-existing district in consecutive years. |
| Of Interest | SB1 | (New Title) relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center and establishing a commission to study the public safety of the secured youth development center and surrounding communities. | Finance | Wed 2/8 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill requires the closure of the Sununu youth services center, and sets out parameters for the contract for a replacement facility. The bill also establishes a commission to study the public safety of the youth development center and surrounding communities. |
| Oppose | SB175 | relative to Medicaid coverage for mothers. | Health and Human Services | Wed 2/8 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill: 1. Mandates that the department of health and human services extend Medicaid coverage for pregnant women to 12 months postpartum, to cover doula services, to cover lactation services, and to cover donor breast milk for eligible infants, and creates appropriations thereof. 2. Establishes minimum workplace supports for nursing mothers. 3. Appropriates money to the department of health and human services to support healthy outcomes for caregivers and children. 4. Establishes a commission to study home visiting programs for all parents of newborns and young children. 5. Mandates the department of health and human services establish a network of early childhood behavioral health supports. |
| Support | HB262 | relative to laboratory testing by licensed naturopaths | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 2/8 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 210-211 | This bill adds naturopathic doctors to the definition of “licensed medical practitioner” for health facilities authorized for laboratory testing. |
| Support | HB477 | to prohibit municipal inspections of owner-occupied units of multi-unit housing. | Municipal and County Government | Wed 2/8 | 10:50 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill prohibits municipal inspections of owner-occupied units within residential structures of 4 units or less. |
| Oppose | HB467 | relative to public playground accessibility. | Municipal and County Government | Wed 2/8 | 12:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires public playgrounds in use on or after January 1, 2024 to have solid rubber or rubber composite surfacing for accessibility to the playground and each piece of equipment. |
| Support | HB423 | relative to accessory dwelling unit uses allowed by right. | Municipal and County Government | Wed 2/8 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill increases the number of accessory dwelling units allowed by right from one to 2, changes the definition of attached unit, and increases the maximum square footage from 750 to 1,000. It also gives towns the right to require one unit to meet the definition for workforce housing. |
| Support | HB135 | prohibiting no-knock warrants. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 2/9 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant. |
| Support | HB481 | relative to arrest warrants and search warrants. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 2/9 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires that the state disclose any prior evidence used to obtain either an arrest warrant or a search warrant, and whether a prior arrest or search warrant was denied based on the evidence being submitted in requesting a new arrest or search warrant. |
| Support | HB593 | relative to the forfeiture of assets in connection with a drug offense. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 2/9 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill establishes a procedure for the forfeiture of items used in connection with a drug offense. |
| Support | HB624 | relative to federal immigration checkpoints. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 2/9 | 3:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires a law enforcement agency to provide public notice of an immigration checkpoint. |
| Of Interest | HB653 | prohibiting personal recognizance bail for violent crimes. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 2/9 | 4:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill lists certain offenses which, if committed by the defendant, create a presumption that a defendant is a danger to the public and shall be detained for up to 36 hours. The bill also provides that a person who commits an offense while on bail shall be detained without bail pending a hearing before a judge. |
| Oppose | HB532 | relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/9 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the allied health professionals. |
| Support | HB507 | relative to unauthorized practice in occupational and professional licensing and certification. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/9 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill clarifies that penalties for the unlicensed practice of a profession regulated under the office of professional licensure and certification do not apply so long as the person practicing does not hold themselves out as being licensed or certified and discloses the fact that he or she is not licensed or certified. |
| Support | HB594 | relative to the licensure of out-of-state applicants to boards or commissions organized under the office of professional licensure and certification. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/9 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill authorizes the office of professional licensure and certification to issue licenses to out-of-state applicants who are licensed in another state, if the other state’s licensing requirements are substantially similar to those in New Hampshire. |
| Support | HB644 | relative to regulating barbers, cosmetologists, and estheticians. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 2/9 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill makes changes to the regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, and estheticians. |
| Support | HB188 | relative to the duration of physical therapy. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/9 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill removes the requirement that a physical therapist refer a patient to a health care provider if there is no documented improvement after 25 days of treatment. |
| Support | HB500 | relative to prescribing opioids via telehealth medicine. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/9 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill allows practitioners of telehealth medicine to prescribe opioids. |
| Support | HB611 | relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/9 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill removes the requirement that severe pain be resistant to other treatment options in order to be considered a qualifying medical condition for therapeutic cannabis. |
| Support | HB610 | expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/9 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill expands the definition of provider under the therapeutic cannabis program to include any individual licensed in New Hampshire to prescribe drugs to humans who holds an active registration from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances. The bill also requires, for issuance of a registry identification card to a minor, certification from either a pediatrician or family practice provider. |
| Support | HB431 | permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Thu 2/9 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. |
| Oppose | HB191 | relative to voluntarily surrendered firearms. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 2/10 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill removes the prohibition on a state agency operating a voluntary firearms “surrender and destroy” program and permits a state agency to destroy voluntarily surrendered firearms. |
| Support | HB305 | relative to exceptions for violations related to Presidential Executive Orders governing the keeping or bearing of arms. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 2/10 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill limits the ability of state, local, or county law enforcement officials to aid federal officials in the investigation of criminal violations for federal firearms laws to cases where the state criminal violation is a class A felony only. |
| Support | HB651 | authorizing the department of education and local school districts to contract with transportation network companies to provide school transportation services. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows the department of education to contract for buses to transport pupils with transportation network companies. |
| Support | HB275 | relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows a pupil’s parents to pay the difference between a receiving school tuition cost and the sending district tuition cap in a school tuition program. |
| Oppose | HB640 | relative to cost recovery for vocational rehabilitation programs. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 12:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill repeals the state’s right to recover the cost of vocational rehabilitation services from an individual who receives a third party settlement or benefit award. |
| Oppose | HB628 | requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers. |
| Support | HB427 | relative to public comment and inquiry during school board meetings. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes requirements for public meetings held by a school board to include a designated time period for questions from the public and answers from the board. The bill also allows an attendee of a meeting of the school board to demand which New Hampshire statute or administrative rule gives the school board the authority described in a school policy or operational procedure. |
| Oppose | HB629 | establishing a student bill of rights. | Education | Fri 2/10 | 2:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill establishes a student bill of rights. |
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