Saturday • January 31 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.V
Manchester, N.H.
The Williamstown selectboard wants voters to know the financial downside of the forensic audit of the town’s books to be voted on at Town Meeting. The ballot item was requested in the wake of the arrest of the town manager for embezzling $186,000 from the Tunbridge volunteer fire department. Jackie Higgins served as town manager ... Read more
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“It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” – George Orwell, 1984 The preceding is a very insightful quote from Orwell’s warning to the world disguised as a Sci-Fi novel. This has ... Read more
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This week, on GrokTALK!, the topic is the decline of free speech in western Democracies with a focus on the latest nonsense in the not-so-United Kingdom. Lessons we need to learn, and things we must watch out for, because globalist progressives all want the same thing, and that’s to find ways to get people to ... Read more
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You can hardly throw a virtual rock around the internet these days without hitting a story about how the British Empire is advancing fascist and draconian anti-speech rules and laws. The UK puts more people in prison for online speech than countries like China and North Korea (subject to the notion that we actually get ... Read more
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Follow The Money After the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro sent shockwaves worldwide, activist groups aligned with Marxist ideology and sympathetic to Chinese communist causes staged protests in America. The same network of groups that fueled anti-Israel protests and the June 2025, Los Angeles riots against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has organized dozens ... Read more
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We got buried under about two feet of snow, and most of the towns in my state have nearly that, which means that when you’re not shoveling, snow-blowing, or plowing your way out from under it, you may still be trapped in the house. We’ve got just what you need. Memes! . . . . ... Read more
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That WCAX Misses or Chooses to Ignore Last week, WCAX’s Calvin Cutler interviewed me for a story he was doing about state senate Democrats putting in a bill to enshrine the federal Voting Rights Act into state law as a hedge against the Trump Administration’s desire to restrict mail-in voting and to ensure only citizens ... Read more
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Today, on the Morning Update, 26 years ago, the climate cult announced that our kids wouldn’t know what snow is. I think they do. Their kids know, their kids’ kids will know, but there is something they might not. Ep 92 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and ... Read more
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Just how does it work with these zealots that appear to have a vested interest in the cause they attack, but really, are they just hoping that the minimum wage, and therefore protester rates, keep climbing? These folk are certainly drawing the short straw in this year’s Season of Love, as getting up early to ... Read more
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Lawyers with Vermont Law School’s Center for Justice Reform Clinic are representing a Burlington cab driver from Somalia who was sentenced for immigration fraud in 2019, but was arrested on New Year’s Day by immigration officials. Hussien Noor Hussien was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on January 1. He is incarcerated in the Northwest ... Read more
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This week, on the Elsa Kurt Show, we cut through noise to show how Greenland’s strategic value, a church protest in St. Paul, and Hollywood’s latest scandal reveal the same pattern: when leaders duck responsibility, bad actors fill the space. We map the stakes, name the risks, and argue for consistent rules that actually protect ... Read more
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Criminal threatening is a thing. In the name of public peace and order, you can go around talking a lot of smack, but there are some lines you don’t want to cross. ‘30-year-old Oklahoma Taylor Ryan Prigmore, who posted a YouTube video where he said he would kill “as many [agents] as possible.” That wasn’t a ... Read more
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Have you ever thought about why a single spin on an online slot feels so fun and light, even when nothing big happens? Many readers ask how such a simple action keeps people smiling and relaxed. The answer lies in how entertainment is shaped around each spin, making the moment feel lively, friendly, and easy ... Read more
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On Wednesday, January 28th, the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold two gun control hearings at 1 Granite Place (Room 159) in Concord. Information about the two gun control bills is below, as well as how you can act to let the committee know your opposition to the bills. Possession of Firearms on School ... Read more
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Don’t get used to this, but I had a few extra memes lying about, and I figured you were stuck in the house and could use them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither “fact-checked” nor do they ... Read more
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Paul Menard has taught at Nashua High School North for more than 20 years and currently teaches AP Psychology. In 2021, he orchestrated the display of LGBTQ+ posters at Nashua High North underneath a large Pride Progress flag. Each poster featured a flag for a sexual orientation or gender identity, accompanied by a description. There ... Read more
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If you want to be a racist shopper, knock yourself out, but when Michelle Obama announced that she is inclined to seek out black-owned businesses, my first thought wasn’t that she’s a racist, segregationist stooge playing identity politics. She is, but that wasn’t my first thought. Instead of using your platform to soft sell segregation ... Read more
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The Vermont Futures Project’s Economic Action Plan has a page or so touching on childcare. It notes that “over the past decade, Vermont has seen a decline in childcare capacity, particularly with the closure of home-based providers.” Hmmm…. What happened a decade ago that would have precipitated the rapid closing of hundreds of home-based childcare ... Read more
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Of the 196 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 22 and opposition of 20 with 19 being of interest.
Of the 34 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppose | HB1513 | relative to reporting and transparency reports for the education freedom account program. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 1/26 | 10:45 AM | GP Room 232 | This bill creates additional information gathering and reporting requirements for the scholarship organization responsible for education freedom accounts. |
| Oppose | HB1750 | making a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). | Finance | Mon 1/26 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill makes a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address a budget shortfall due to a reduction in federal matching funds. |
| Oppose | HB1399 | making an appropriation to the Claremont school district for costs associated with a building renovation project from the revenue stabilization reserve account. | Finance | Mon 1/26 | 11:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill appropriates money to the Claremont school district for costs associated with the 2015 Stevens High School renovation project. |
| Of Interest | HB1411 | directing the state treasurer to withhold payments owed by the state to the federal government where the state has been deprived of federal aid as a result of presidential executive order. | Finance | Mon 1/26 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill requires the state treasurer to withhold moneys owed to the federal government where the federal government has withheld existing or expected state aid to New Hampshire by means of an executive order or violation of a court order. The bill also authorizes the state treasurer to make payments owed to the federal government upon New Hampshire’s receipt of existing or expected state aid. |
| Of Interest | HB1455 | relative to the criteria for reliable energy sources. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 1/26 | 3:00 PM | GP Room 229 | This bill establishes energy security and clean energy standards by defining eligible energy sources for state programs, prioritizing domestic and dispatchable generation, and requiring that energy used in New Hampshire be affordable, reliable, and include hydrocarbons. |
| Oppose | HB1816 | relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency. | Education Funding | Tue 1/27 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 232 | This bill allows the commissioner of the department of education to initiate and implement a district recovery plan if a school district’s financial and operational condition is deemed a financial emergency by the state board of education. |
| Oppose | HB1627 | creating a single primary ballot. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill creates a single party ballot for use in state and congressional primaries. |
| Of Interest | HB1520 | defining citizenship for the purposes of voting. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 10:20 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill defines both New Hampshire and United States citizenship for the purposes of voting. This bill also requires the secretary of state to distribute New Hampshire citizenship cards to native citizens and those persons from other states who take an oath of allegiance to the state of New Hampshire. |
| Of Interest | CACR14 | relating to qualifications for office. Providing that candidates of the office of governor, state senator, and state representative shall be citizens of the United States. |
Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution requires candidates for the office of governor, state senator, and state representative to be citizens of the United States. |
| Of Interest | CACR21 | relating to voting eligibility. Providing that only legal residents who are at least 18 years of age or older who reside in the place they claim as domicile shall be eligible voters. |
Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 11:20 AM | GP Room 158 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to recognize the right of all legal residents who are 18 years or older to vote in the place they claim as domicile, so long as they actually reside in the place they claim as domicile. |
| Oppose | HB1255 | removing the requirement of more evidence than a campaign contribution to demonstrate that a vote, appointment or nomination was a corrupt practice. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 1:20 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill removes the requirement of more evidence than a campaign contribution to demonstrate that a vote, appointment or nomination was a corrupt practice. |
| Of Interest | HB1462 | relative to election law complaints. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 1:40 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill requires the department of justices to create an election law complaint form and to investigate complaints alleging a voter has wrongfully voted by improperly claiming domicile in New Hampshire that are filed using such form and subject to certain restrictions. |
| Support | HB1306 | relative to the counting of absentee ballots. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill creates the absentee ballot certificate and requires certain counts of absentee ballots to be performed by the moderator and the clerk and recorded on the absentee ballot certificate. |
| Of Interest | HB1821 | exempting certain information collected from electronic ballot counting devices from right-to-know law restrictions. | Election Law | Tue 1/27 | 3:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill clarifies the retention period for ballot images and cast vote records and requires that such images and records be made publicly available within the 48 hours following each election and before the statutory recount request deadline. |
| Support | SB643 | requiring cities and towns to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 1/27 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill requires cities and towns to hold a public hearing and conduct a roll call vote when seeking to override a tax or spending cap. |
| Support | SB586 | requiring school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 1/27 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 122-123 | This bill requires school districts to publish a school administrative unit audit report after the end of the fiscal year. |
| Of Interest | HB1511 | relative to the membership of the agriculture in the classroom committee. | Environment and Agriculture | Tue 1/27 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 153 | This bill removes a representative of the Granite State Dairy Promotion from the agriculture in the classroom committee. |
| Support | CACR12 | relating to voting on broad-based taxes. Providing that a supermajority vote of the general court shall be required to enact any broad-bases taxes. |
Finance | Tue 1/27 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 103 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to require a supermajority vote of the general court before any broad-based taxes are enacted. |
| Support | HB1336 | allowing exceptions to the cap on residential security deposits for applicants not meeting standard approval criteria. | Housing | Tue 1/27 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 231 | This bill allows landlords to require a security deposit of up to 2 months’ rent from applicants who do not meet specified approval criteria, establishes disclosure and re-screening requirements, and clarifies conditions under which the higher deposit may be removed or refunded. |
| Oppose | HB1371 | prohibiting application fees for residential rental agreements. | Housing | Tue 1/27 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 231 | This bill prohibits application fees for residential rental agreements. |
| Of Interest | HB1709 | relative to prohibiting the rental of residential property to individuals unlawfully present in the United States. | Housing | Tue 1/27 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 231 | This bill requires individuals applying for residential rental housing in New Hampshire to disclose if they are not United States citizens or lawfully present in the United States. |
| Support | CACR16 | relating to property. Providing that individuals may sleep on property they own or have a legal right to occupy. | Housing | Tue 1/27 | 2:30 PM | GP Room 231 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution affirms the individual right of persons to sleep on property they own or are legally entitled to occupy, ensuring protection from regulations or ordinances that would otherwise criminalize such activity. |
| Support | SB512 | relative to fees to annul criminal records related to charges that do not result in conviction. | Judiciary | Tue 1/27 | 1:10 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires a court to waive the filing fee for a petitioner that demonstrates that he or she has been found not guilty or that the case has been dismissed or not prosecuted. |
| Support | SB462 | relative to the right of therapeutic cannabis patients to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with state law. | Judiciary | Tue 1/27 | 1:20 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides that a qualifying patient’s therapeutic use of cannabis shall not affect the individual’s right to purchase, possess, and transfer firearms in accordance with New Hampshire law. |
| Of Interest | SB623 | relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement. | Judiciary | Tue 1/27 | 1:40 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes requirements for law enforcement officers assisting the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program. |
| Support | HB1704 | permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Tue 1/27 | 3:15 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill provides certain public employees with independent bargaining rights and authorizes said employees to engage in independent bargaining with employers free of any interference. The bill also establishes penalties for any violations of these public employee’s independent bargaining rights. |
| Support | HB1392 | removing the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot. | Municipal and County Government | Tue 1/27 | 11:40 AM | GP Room 154 | This bill removes the ability of the governing body or budget committee to give a written recommendation about a warrant article on the ballot. |
| Of Interest | HB1482 | authorizing the department of motor vehicles to adopt seasonal tourism-themed license plates. | Transportation | Tue 1/27 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 234 | This bill replaces the Old Man of the Mountain graphic on standard passenger plates with 4 seasonal scenic designs. |
| Oppose | HB1560 | relative to annual motor vehicle inspection standards and reinstatement. | Transportation | Tue 1/27 | 10:40 AM | GP Room 234 | This bill reenacts the motor vehicle inspection standards that were repealed in 2025, 141:254-256. |
| Oppose | HB1703 | relative to establishing a registration fee for bicycles and electric bicycles using state or municipally funded bike paths, trails, or roadways. | Transportation | Tue 1/27 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 234 | This bill establishes a required annual registration fee for all bicycles and electric bicycles operating on state or municipally funded paths, trails, and roadways which bicycles and electric bicycles are permitted to be ridden on. The bill also establishes a penalty for failure to register and directs funds from said fees and penalties to the commissioner of the department of transportation for the creation and maintenance of bicycle routes, lanes, paths, or trails in the state. |
| Support | HB1023 | establishing accessory commercial units by right. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/28 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 229 | This bill: I. Authorizes the establishment of accessory commercial units by right on any lot with a lawful principal use, in any zoning district statewide. II. Defines “accessory commercial unit.” III. Clarifies permitted uses, sets limits on floor area, hours, parking, and signage. IV. Prohibits municipalities from enacting more restrictive ordinances. |
| Support | HB1041 | relative to permitting motor vehicle manufacturers to operate dealerships in market areas also served by franchise dealers. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 1/28 | 1:15 PM | GP Room 229 | This bill repeals the prohibition on motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors from directly competing with their own franchised motor vehicle dealers. |
| Support | CACR19 | relative to the personal possession of cannabis. Providing that adults 21 years of age or older shall have the right to possess a modest amount of cannabis intended for their personal consumption. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 159 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution establishes the right for all adults 21 years of age or older to possess a modest amount of cannabis for personal consumption. |
| Oppose | HB1034 | relative to possession of firearms on school property. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 159 | This bill prohibits carrying a firearm on school property. This bill also prohibits the hiring of armed guards in schools absent the satisfaction of a criminal background check. |
| Oppose | HB1047 | relative to the offense of capital murder. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 159 | This bill makes it a capital murder offense to knowingly cause the death of the governor or governor-elect of New Hampshire, a member or member-elect of the executive council, or any member or member-elect of the New Hampshire senate or New Hampshire house of representatives, or any candidate for any such offices after such candidate has been nominated at his or her party’s primary, when such killing is motivated by knowledge of the foregoing capacity of the victim. |
| Oppose | HB1049 | relative to storage requirements for firearms. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 12:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill requires firearms to be securely stored when not in use to prevent unauthorized access by minors. It also requires that a locking safety device accompany all private and commercial firearms transactions and expands the criminal penalties for negligent storage of firearms. |
| Support | HB1058 | enabling the carrying of a firearm on an OHRV when such OHRV is being operated on private property. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill enables the carrying of a firearm on an OHRV when such OHRV is being operated on private property. |
| Oppose | HB1084 | relative to the relinquishment of deadly weapons by those subject to a domestic violence protective order. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 2:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill modifies the process for when a domestic violence order of protection is issued requiring the respondent to relinquish deadly weapons. |
| Support | HB1108 | relative to the offense of criminal threatening. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 3:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill revises the standard for when a person shall not be deemed to have committed the offense of criminal threatening, when responding to certain threats. |
| Of Interest | HB1142 | relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 1/28 | 3:30 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill establishes requirements for any state, county, or local law enforcement officer that is assisting with federal immigration enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program. |
| Of Interest | HB1774 | relative to qualifying scholarship granting organizations and programs of low-earning outcomes. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 1/28 | 11:15 AM | GP Room 232 | This bill: I. Directs the department of revenue administration to participate in the federal income tax credit for contributions of individuals to qualified scholarship granting organizations. II. Directs the department of education to create a qualifying scholarship granting organizations list and establish rules to allow organizations to be added to the list. III. Directs the governor to approve workforce training programs, in consultation with the state workforce innovation board, for federal Workforce Pell Grants. IV. Prevents an institution of higher education in the state, or student attending an institution of higher education in this state from receiving state aid for any academic program that is determined to be a “low-earning outcome program”. V. Requires the board of trustees of the university system of New Hampshire and the higher education commission to adopt rules to ensure that no state funds are appropriated, allocated, or expended for low-earning degree programs. |
| Of Interest | SB570 | relative to the legislative ethics committee and legislative ethics. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/28 | 9:10 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill amends definitions related to determining conflicts of interests for legislators. |
| Support | HB1004 | exempting certain dwelling units from automatic sprinkler system requirements. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/28 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 231 | This bill exempts certain dwelling units from automatic sprinkler system requirements. |
| Support | HB1555 | relative to the administration and enforcement of the state fire code. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 1/28 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 231 | This bill: I. Authorizes local fire chiefs to grant variances from the state fire code. II. Establishes procedures and indemnification requirements for variance applications. III. Provides a 20-year exemption from retroactive fire code compliance for permitted construction. IV. Creates a de novo appeal process to the state fire marshal with further appeal to the building code review board. |
| Support | HB1734 | authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 1/28 | 9:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill permits the establishment of experimental treatment centers. The centers would be authorized by the department of health and human services to provide treatment involving an investigational drug, biologic, or device that has successfully completed phase one of a clinical trial, but is not yet FDA-approved for general use and either remains under investigation in a clinical trial or has a demonstrated safety record from a qualified medical institution. |
| Support | HB1735 | permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 1/28 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 158 | This bill permits treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act. |
| Support | HB1562 | relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 1/28 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 158 | This bill exempts direct-pay health care facilities from certain licensing requirements and policies in RSA 151:2-f as well as the moratorium on licensing and bed capacity in RSA 151:2, VI(a). The bill also establishes a patient’s bill of right for direct-pay facilities and directs the department of health and human services to study direct-pay models. |
| Support | HB1501 | limiting judicial immunity. | Judiciary | Wed 1/28 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill limits judicial immunity to allow for criminal or civil remedies for actions by members of the judiciary for certain actions. |
| Of Interest | HB1509 | relative to judicial immunity and permitting civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions. | Judiciary | Wed 1/28 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill permits civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions. |
| Of Interest | HB1547 | relative to appeals from convictions in circuit court for certain offenses. | Judiciary | Wed 1/28 | 11:30 AM | GP Room 230 | This bill requires a defendant charged with certain offenses to elect whether to proceed in circuit court and waive his or her right to a jury trial or to immediately appeal to superior court for a jury trial. |
| Of Interest | HB1639 | establishing investigatory grand juries housed under the county sheriffs’ offices. | Judiciary | Wed 1/28 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 230 | This bill establishes a framework for petition-initiated special grand juries with broad investigative authority over public institutions, detention and care facilities, financial entities, election and tax administration, corporate and professional misconduct, and federal overreach, while requiring counties to support their operations. |
| Support | CACR10 | relating to the adoption of tax laws. Providing that no law shall establish or increase a state imposed tax unless adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting. |
Ways and Means | Wed 1/28 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 154 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution requires any bill establishing or increasing a state-imposed tax to originate in the House of Representatives and be adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting. |
| Support | CACR18 | relating to tax rates. Providing that the rate of taxes in the state shall not exceed certain annual percentages. | Ways and Means | Wed 1/28 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 154 | This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the New Hampshire constitution to require that the state, political subdivisions of the state, or local districts cap total annual spending, changes to tax rates, or increases in debt at a rate tied to increases in inflation and population change, and create a right of action against the state, political subdivisions of the state, or local districts for persons whom reveal a state or local official to be in violation of this proposed constitutional article. |
| Support | HB1124 | relative to the right to compute. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Thu 1/29 | 10:30 AM | GP Room 229 | This bill establishes the right to compute act. |
| Oppose | HB1658 | relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Thu 1/29 | 11:00 AM | GP Room 229 | This bill enacts provisions governing app store operations and creates requirements for age verification and parental consent. |
| Oppose | HB1504 | prohibiting retailers from engaging in price gouging on certain necessary products and services. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Thu 1/29 | 1:15 PM | GP Room 229 | This bill: I. Prohibits retailers from raising prices on necessary goods and services, except in certain circumstances. II. Empowers any governmental prosecuting authority to sue a retailer engaged in price gouging on behalf of the state. |
| Oppose | HB1216 | relative to informed consent for law enforcement searches of houses or other property. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/29 | 11:30 AM | GP Room 159 | This bill expands the statute governing informed consent for warrantless searches of motor vehicles to include real property. |
| Of Interest | HB1235 | legalizing certain quantities of cannabis. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/29 | 12:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill authorizes the possession and use of cannabis by a person 21 years of age or older, subject to certain quantity restrictions and other limitations. |
| Oppose | HB1240 | relative to the apparent use of a deadly weapon during the offense of criminal threatening. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/29 | 2:30 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill makes it a class B felony to violate certain provisions of the criminal threatening statute while using what reasonably appears to the victim to be a deadly weapon. This bill is a request of the county attorneys. |
| Support | HB1244 | relative to exceptions to the charge of criminal threatening. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/29 | 3:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill adds an additional exception to when a person shall not have been deemed to commit the offense of criminal threatening to include certain actions in response to a person criminally trespassing that may result in property damage or threat of serious bodily injury or death. |
| Support | HB1279 | relative to the use of physical force in defense of a person. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Thu 1/29 | 3:30 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill modifies the standard for when force can be used against someone likely to use unlawful force in the commission of a felony. |
| Oppose | HB1578 | adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts. | Education Funding | Thu 1/29 | 1:45 PM | GP Room 232 | This bill adds definitions to the chapter relative to education freedom accounts (EFAs), including a definition for program administrator. The bill also adds quarterly reporting requirements for program administrators detailing information related to EFAs. |
| Support | HB1340 | limiting occupational regulations to those demonstrably necessary to achieve public health, safety, or welfare objectives. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/29 | 10:00 AM | GP Room 231 | This bill sets restrictions on the use of occupational regulations, requires all agencies to review all of their rules to ensure compliance, and sets special standards for the enforcement of these restrictions. |
| Support | HB1211 | relative to the scope of review of state agency interpretations. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 1/29 | 2:15 PM | GP Room 231 | This bill states that reviews of state agency rules and guidance shall not defer to the agency’s interpretations but make any necessary interpretations de novo, and shall resolve doubts in favor of limiting agency action. |
| Of Interest | HB1364 | requiring quarterly reports from counties, municipalities, or any other political subdivisions of the state that enter into certain agreements with the federal government concerning assistance with federal immigration enforcement. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/30 | 11:30 AM | GP Room 159 | This bill requires any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state that has entered into an agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement through the federal 287(g) program to submit a quarterly report to the attorney general. The attorney general is required to submit a quarterly consolidated report based on the information received. |
| Oppose | HB1537 | relative to the use of high resolution cameras to identify school bus stop light violators. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/30 | 12:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill allows video recording devices to be affixed to school bus stop bars. |
| Of Interest | HB1641 | relative to petitions for certain orders of protection where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 1/30 | 1:00 PM | GP Room 159 | This bill requires the court clerk’s office to transmit certain orders of protection to a prosecutor or probation officer where the subject of the order is either released on bail or on probation. |
| Of Interest | HB1583 | permitting municipalities to establish special assessment districts for infrastructure improvements. | Municipal and County Government | Fri 1/30 | 9:55 AM | GP Room 154 | This bill authorizes municipalities to establish infrastructure-based special assessment districts to finance public improvements that directly benefit new development. |
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