Thursday • March 27 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.XIII
Manchester, N.H.
Of the 24 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 17 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 6 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | HB367 | relative to eligibility of students in the education freedom account program. | Education | Tue 4/25 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill increases the household income level based on the federal poverty guidelines for the eligibility of students to participate in the education freedom account program. |
| Support | HB464 | relative to eligible students in the education freedom account program. | Education | Tue 4/25 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill expands the definition of who is an eligible student qualifying under the education freedom accounts program. |
| Support | HB174 | relative to the filing of notice of intent to cut timber. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 4/25 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill enables a land owner to cut timber in certain cases where they have not received a response to the notice of intent to cut timber. This bill also makes it a violation for assessing officials to fail to forward a notice to cut to the department of revenue administration in a timely fashion. |
| Support | SB162 | relative to exemptions from rabies vaccinations for dogs, cats, and ferrets. | Environment and Agriculture | Tue 4/25 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | 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. |
| Support | HB156 | relative to misconduct by a law enforcement officer. | Judiciary | Tue 4/25 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill adds intentional misrepresentation to the definition of misconduct by a law enforcement officer. |
| Support | HB491 | relative to prohibiting the use of the prone restraint for minors. | Judiciary | Tue 4/25 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill prohibits the use of prone restraint on a child in a school or treatment facility. |
| Support | SB119 | relative to criminal background checks for charitable games of chance license applicants. | Ways and Means | Tue 4/25 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill exempts members of charitable organizations who do not participate directly in the operation of games of chance from background and criminal records checks. |
| Oppose | SB180 | (New Title) relative to product labeling and information guide requirements for cannabis products and the prohibition of the sale of hemp products containing certain levels of THC. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 4/26 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill empowers the therapeutic cannabis oversight board to regulate and review the labels and educational materials of cannabis materials. This bill also prohibits the sale of hemp products containing certain amounts of THC. |
| Support | HB337 | relative to directing the office of professional licensure and certification to provide notice of public meetings and an opportunity for comment from the public. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/26 | 9:00 AM | 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. |
| Support | SB105 | relative to information collected by the division of vital records administration as part of the live birth worksheet. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/26 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill removes the criminal penalty for information requested on the mother’s birth worksheet that is not required for the birth certificate; provides that only de-identified information shall be submitted on the facility worksheet for a live birth; and repeals the requirement that the birth worksheet be retained permanently. |
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Of the 41 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 20 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 6 and opposition of 6 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Interest | SB54 | relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 4/17 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill allows electric distribution utilities to issue requests for proposals for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources. |
| Oppose | HB74 | relative to an employee’s unused earned time. | Commerce | Tue 4/18 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires an employer to pay an employee for unused earned time. |
| Of Interest | HB530 | relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district. | Education | Tue 4/18 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill clarifies the process for the vote on withdrawal from a cooperative school district. |
| Oppose | HB250 | (Second New Title) relative to the accidental death benefit payable for a retirement system member. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/19 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill increases the amount of the state retirement annuity payable upon the accidental death of a retirement system member, but which shall not exceed $85,000. The bill also provides that future accidental death benefits are funded from state general funds. |
| Oppose | SB255 | relative to the expectation of privacy. | Judiciary | Wed 4/19 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill creates a new chapter detailing a consumer expectation of privacy. |
| Support | HB360 | an act legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB431 | permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. |
| Support | HB610 | expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | 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 2 providers, one of whom shall provide pediatric care. |
| Support | HB473 | relative to penalties for controlled drug violations. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill changes the penalty for certain schedule I, II, III, and IV drug offenses. |
| Support | HB611 | relative to eligibility criteria for the therapeutic cannabis program. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 2:00 PM | SH Room 100 | 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 | HB639 | relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor. | Judiciary | Thu 4/20 | 2:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis; the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments; and makes appropriations therefor. |
| Of Interest | SB111 | relative to the town council-town manager form of local government. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 4/20 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill clarifies that towns which adopt town council-town manager charters have the same powers and authorities as city councils under RSA 49-C. It also requires that town clerks be elected regardless of the form of municipal government. |
| Oppose | SB132 | prohibiting cities and towns from adopting sanctuary policies. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 4/20 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill prohibits any state or local government entity from establishing sanctuary policies. |
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Of the 43 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 0 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 34 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 4 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppose | HB261 | authorizing residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident. | Commerce | Tue 4/11 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits residential tenants to terminate their lease in instances of domestic violence or following a disabling illness or accident, and describes the written documentation required. |
| Oppose | HB572 | relative to eligibility for free school meals. | Education | Tue 4/11 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill increases the eligibility for free school meals to household incomes up to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines, and provides funding fro the education trust fund for the additional costs. |
| Oppose | HB142 | relative to the operation of the Burgess Biopower plant. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 4/11 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows the public utilities commission to amend its orders as necessary to protect the continued operation of the Burgess Biopower plant. |
| Support | HB257 | relative to telephone carrier of last resort obligations. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 4/11 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows for an incumbent telephone utility to be relieved of its carrier of last resort obligations. |
| Oppose | HB400 | relative to certain assault offenses, bail eligibility for commission of certain assault offenses, and making a false report to a law enforcement officer. | Judiciary | Tue 4/11 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes a separate criminal penalty and bail conditions for assaults involving a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services worker. The bill also establishes a criminal penalty for making a false report to a law enforcement officer. |
| Support | HB588 | relative to the criteria for applying for parole. | Judiciary | Tue 4/11 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill allows an eligible incarcerated person to apply for parole upon the completion of 65 percent of such person’s minimum sentence. |
| Support | HB624 | relative to federal immigration checkpoints. | Judiciary | Tue 4/11 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires a law enforcement agency to provide public notice of an immigration checkpoint. |
| Of Interest | SB102 | relative to the Jones Act’s effect on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 4/12 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill requires the department of energy to submit a report to the legislature on the impact of the Jones Act on New Hampshire’s heating and energy fuel market. |
| Support | HB408 | relative to foster children and vaccinations. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/12 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill requires that children living in a foster family home but who are not is foster care shall be subject to the same immunization requirements as any other child in the state. |
| Support | SB200 | relative to optometrists. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 4/12 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill removes a variety of prohibitions on the types of care that optometrists may provide to patients. |
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Of the 24 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 2 with 3 being of interest.
Of the 44 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 4 with 2 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | HB275 | relative to schools approved for a school tuition program by a school board. | Education | Tue 4/4 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | 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. |
| Of Interest | HB555 | appropriating state general fund surplus toward the retirement system unfunded accrued liability. | Finance | Tue 4/4 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires the transfer of 75 percent of a state biennial surplus to the reduction in the retirement system’s unfunded accrued liability. |
| Of Interest | SB12 | relative to the leasing of seasonal camp lots by the fish and game department. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Tue 4/4 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill allows the executive director of fish and game to lease certain seasonal camp lots on fish and game lands, and changes the requirements for approval of short-term leases and contracts of the department. |
| Of Interest | SB14 | relative to the use of game cameras. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Tue 4/4 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill adds a definition of “game camera” and permits the use of a game camera to take or attempt to take a game animal or fur-bearing animal. |
| Of Interest | SB15 | relative to the use of tree stands and observation blinds. | Fish and Game and Marine Resources | Tue 4/4 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 305-307 | This bill amends the permissible uses of tree stands, observation blinds, and pit blinds. |
| Oppose | SB263 | extending the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program and reestablishing the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Tue 4/4 | 11:15 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill: I. Reestablishes and revises the membership and duties of the commission to evaluate the effectiveness and future of the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program. The commission is repealed November 1, 2028. II. Permanently extends the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program by removing the prospective repeal of the program that was to take effect on December 31, 2023. III. Removes the transfer of funds from the alcohol abuse prevention and treatment fund to the granite advantage health care trust fund. |
| Support | HB135 | prohibiting no-knock warrants. | Judiciary | Tue 4/4 | 2:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant and exceptions thereto. |
| Of Interest | HB198 | modifying the new resident drivers’ license transfer requirement. | Transportation | Tue 4/4 | 1:20 PM | LOB Room 101 | 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. |
| Oppose | SB252 | relative to release of a defendant pending trial. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 4/5 | 10:00 AM | 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. |
| 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 | Wed 4/5 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | 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. |
| Oppose | HB532 | relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/5 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill establishes the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the allied health professionals. |
| Support | HB127 | relative to the declaration of a state of emergency. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 4/6 | 10:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill revises the authority of the governor and general court to declare, renew, or terminate a state of emergency. |
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Of the 45 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 3 and opposition of 2 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 28 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 5 with 3 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | SB206 | prohibiting corporal punishment in child day care agencies. | Children and Family Law | Tue 3/28 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill expands the definition of endangerment to include corporal punishment as defined by the department of health and human services. |
| Of Interest | HB170 | requiring the teaching of cursive handwriting and multiplication tables. | Education | Tue 3/28 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill requires school boards to teach cursive handwriting and the memorization of multiplication tables. |
| Support | HB296 | relative to local authority for granting driveway permits. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/28 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill clarifies the authority for local land use boards to regulate driveway access for residential properties. |
| Support | HB119 | relative to homestead food operation licensure. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/28 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows homestead food operations to sell food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner’s farm stand, or at farmers’ markets. |
| Support | HB31 | repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles. | Judiciary | Tue 3/28 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill repeals the prohibition, penalty, and exceptions relating to the carrying and possessing with intent to sell a black jack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles. |
| Of Interest | HB97 | establishing an additional penalty for a violation of privacy. | Judiciary | Tue 3/28 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill increases the penalty for certain offenses that constitute a violation of privacy. |
| Support | HB201 | relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license. | Judiciary | Tue 3/28 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill changes the penalties for driving without a license to a violation, unless the individualis convicted for second time in a 12-month period. |
| Support | HB307 | relative to attorney’s fees in actions under the right to know law. | Judiciary | Tue 3/28 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires the court to issue a final judgment in favor of the requester before attorney’s fees are awarded under the right to know law. |
| Of Interest | HB321 | relative to minutes from nonpublic sessions under the right to know law. | Judiciary | Tue 3/28 | 2:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires public bodies to review meeting minutes withheld from public disclosure at least every 10 years to determine whether they should continue to be withheld. Minutes not reviewed after 10 years shall be made public. |
| Support | SB245 | relative to the inspection of hotel guest records. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 3/29 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill clarifies the obligation of hotels and similar lodgings to maintain a record of each guest. |
| Oppose | SB136 | prohibiting the employment or volunteering of a revoked or suspended educator. | Education | Wed 3/29 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill prohibits the hiring or service of a person by a school administrative unit, school district, chartered public school, or nonpublic school who is listed on the department of education’s list of revoked and suspended educators. |
| Support | SB35 | relative to RSV vaccine administration. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/29 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 201-203 | This bill authorizes pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and licensed advanced pharmacy technicians to administer an RSV vaccine to adults. |
| Oppose | SB149 | relative to nurse agencies. | Executive Departments and Administration | Thu 3/30 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill establishes a licensing and application process for nurse agencies. |
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