• These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
• Click on the bill number to read the bill.
• Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 36 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 9 and opposition of 4 with 8 being of interest.
Of the 25 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 4 and opposition of 6 with 2 being of interest.

Position	Bill	Title	Committee	Day	Time	Room	State Analysis
Oppose	HB84	allowing municipalities to collect fees for certain recreational vehicles located on campground properties.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:30 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill allows municipalities to impose a fee on campground owners for recreational vehicles on campgrounds that are not taxable as real estate.
Oppose	HB86	increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	10:45 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail.
Of Interest	HB99	relative to a waiver from property taxes for disabled veterans.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	11:20 AM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability.
Of Interest	HB101	relative to exempting certain elderly homeowners from paying property taxes.	Municipal and County Government	Mon 1/13	1:00 PM	LOB Room 301-303	This bill creates a qualified persons tax exemption to allow certain seniors property tax relief on their primary residence.
Support	SB19	relative to hotel and motel operations.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill: I. Repeals the requirement that hotel keepers post a notice of rental rates in hotel rooms. II. Repeals the requirement that motel operators place signs displaying rates for rental units.
Support	SB24	allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	9:45 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows students under age 21 to taste wine in certain educational settings.
Support	SB27	relative to dwellings over water.	Commerce	Tue 1/14	10:30 AM	SH Room 100	This bill allows improvements to certain dwellings over water.
Support	HB81	allowing patrons to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of a restaurant.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:15 AM	LOB Room 307	This bill allows patrons in on-premises establishments to take purchased alcoholic beverages into the restroom of the establishment.
Of Interest	HB79	establishing a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	1:15 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill establishes a commission to study the privatization of the liquor commission.
Support	HB276	removing the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Tue 1/14	2:00 PM	LOB Room 307	This bill removes the requirement that on-premises beverage licensees serve food.
Of Interest	SB11	relative to the allocation of electoral college votes.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:30 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill apportions the state’s presidential electors so that 2 at-large presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in the state, and congressional district presidential electors shall cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in their respective congressional districts.
Support	SB45	clarifying the placement of political signs on municipal property.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	9:50 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill clarifies the conditions under which political advertising may be placed on municipal property.
Of Interest	SB43	removing articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.	Election Law and Municipal Affairs	Tue 1/14	10:00 AM	LOB Room 103	This bill removes articles of clothing from the definition of electioneering.
Oppose	SB35	making an appropriation for rail trail project matching funds.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:20 PM	SH Room 103	This bill appropriates funds to the department of transportation to be granted to the town of Warner as matching funds for a section of the rail trail in Warner.
Oppose	SB20	relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers.	Finance	Tue 1/14	1:30 PM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members.
Oppose	HB106	establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs.	Science, Technology and Energy	Tue 1/14	3:30 PM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to determine the financial cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and methods of recouping such costs.
Of Interest	HB310	establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets in New Hampshire.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill establishes a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenized real-world assets (“RWAs”) in New Hampshire.
Support	HB302	relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets.
Of Interest	HB359	prohibiting denial of banking and insurance services based on any factor that is not quantitative, impartial, and risk-based as measured by an objective standard.	Commerce and Consumer Affairs	Wed 1/15	11:00 AM	LOB Room 302-304	This bill requires that financial institutions and insurers use objective information when providing banking services and prohibits those institutions from denying or canceling services based certain personally held beliefs.
Oppose	SB21	relative to establishing a New Hampshire state trooper recruitment loan debt relief program and making an appropriation therefor.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	9:45 AM	SH Room 103	This bill establishes the New Hampshire state trooper school loan debt relief program.
Oppose	SB28	relative to workers’ compensation claims involving emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	10:00 AM	SH Room 103	This bill provides that “date of injury” for purposes of workers’ compensation claims by emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder shall be determined in accordance with the statute governing date of injury for occupational disease or cumulative trauma.
Oppose	SB29	relative to membership, jurisdiction, and reports of the health care workplace safety commission and relative to health care facility reporting requirements under the workplace violence prevention program.	Executive Departments and Administration	Wed 1/15	10:15 AM	SH Room 103	This bill adds a representative of Hampstead hospital to the health care workplace safety commission, requires monthly reporting of incidents to the department of labor, repeals an exemption for state operated health care facilities from jurisdiction of the commission, and clarifies that annual reports of the commission are not confidential. The bill is a request of the health care workplace safety commission.
Oppose	SB37	relative to residential care and health facility licensing.	Health and Human Services	Wed 1/15	9:15 AM	SH Room 100	This bill revises residential care and health facility licensing requirements by (1) requiring licensed residential care facilities to have quality assurance programs; (2) requiring the results of any investigation be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility; (3) requiring facilities to post the results of Life Safety inspections known as “notices to correct;” (4) removing a redundant reference to administrative fines; (5) changing the term “hospital” to the term “facility;” and (6) removing the word “continuing” from the initial education requirements and replacing the term “ongoing training” with continuing education in the annual training requirement. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
Of Interest	HB88	establishing community property trusts.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill allows community property trusts to be formed in New Hampshire.
Of Interest	HB111	extending the position of right-to-know ombudsman for 2 years.	Judiciary	Wed 1/15	2:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill extends the office of the right-to-know ombudsman, complaint process, appeal and enforcement, and rulemaking for 2 years.
Of Interest	HB127	extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut River Headwaters property from September 30 to Columbus Day.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	10:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill extends the annual closing date for OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property until the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day.
Oppose	HB203	relative to coast guard approved personal flotation devices while on New Hampshire state waters.	Resources, Recreation and Development	Wed 1/15	11:30 AM	LOB Room 305	This bill requires occupants of canoes, kayaks, or rowing sculls on state waters who are not part of an official competition to wear a personal floatation device of a type approved by the United States Coast Guard.
Support	HB115	relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.	Education Funding	Thu 1/16	1:00 PM	LOB Room 205-207	This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
Support	HB267	relative to animal chiropractors.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	1:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill exempts individuals with degrees in veterinary medicine or chiropractics who have completed a nationally recognized animal chiropractic program, as determined by the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification, from veterinary licensure requirements.
Support	HB85	relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:00 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill allows for the temporary licensure of student respiratory therapists and authorizes the office of professional licensure and certification, in consultation with the advisory board of respiratory care practitioners, to adopt rules governing this temporary licensure.
Support	HB82	relative to the regulation of various occupations.	Executive Departments and Administration	Thu 1/16	2:30 PM	LOB Room 306-308	This bill amends licensing statutes and the office of professional licensure and certification’s governing statutes to shift certain responsibilities and regulation to the office, in keeping with prior legislation. This bill amends statutes related to the regulation of (1) land surveyors, (2) landscape architects; (3) alcohol and other drug use professionals, (4) mental health practitioners, (5) professional engineers, (6) psychologists, (7) architects, (8) podiatrists, (9) the boxing and wrestling commission, (10) auctioneers, (11) electricians, (12) professional bondsmen, (13) nurse agency registration, and (14) doula and lactation specialist certification. This bill is at the request of the office of professional licensure and certification.
Support	HB55	repealing the Selective Service Compliance Act.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:00 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill repeals the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act.
Support	HB104	relative to requiring an official declaration of war for the activation of the New Hampshire national guard in a foreign state.	State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs	Fri 1/17	1:30 PM	LOB Room 206-208	This bill limits the activation of the New Hampshire national guard to only those times where the United States Congress has passed an official action pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

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Free Ian Rally Jan 16th, 10 AM, 2025 @ Concord Statehouse

Join us for a Free Ian rally Jan 16th @ 10AM in Concord, NH where we’ll be advocating for the pardoning of Ian Freeman, a man wrongfully convicted of victimless crimes and crimes he didn’t even technically commit. Ian has been fighting for peace, liberty, and freedom for decades, including our financial freedom.

This event aims to raise awareness about the injustices he’s facing for speaking up against the status quo. He’s been attacked for his activism and been rung through the ringer multiple times over the years because of one FBI agent (Phil Christiana) with an agenda against the Free State Project and it’s most significant proponent: Ian Freeman.

For more information check out: https://www.freeiannow.org/

Join us in urging president elect Donald Trump to grant Ian a presidential pardon.

Event Details

Date: Thusrsday, January, 16th

Time: 10AM

Location: New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord N.H.

Address: 107 N Main St, Concord, NH 03301

Thank you to everyone who supported us and our efforts over the last 13 years.

NHLA Full Membership has always been a deal, but inflation eventually takes a toll. Effective January 1st, 2025, the annual price to purchase or renew a Full Membership will be $50.

Copied below is the detailed announcement published in the October newsletter:

Why is this change occurring?
While we’ve received some generous contributions to our operations fund to ensure expenses are covered, we need consistently higher revenue to continue running the organization without reducing our operational capabilities.

What if this cost is too high for me?
To all our members who have contributed financially to the NHLA, thank you. Your contributions are what make the mission of our organization possible. We hope you’ll continue to lend us your monetary support, but for those who cannot sustain a full membership at the new price, please continue to support the organization by signing up as an Activist Member. While cash keeps the lights on, it’s the many hours of dedicated efforts from our activists who move the ball down the field.

Is there something more I can do?
Defending liberty is a lifelong mission. That’s why we also offer a Lifetime Membership for those who would like to support us long-term with a singular donation. In addition to the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped to secure the NHLA’s long-term success, we’ll give you an individually signed certificate to display your liberty creds!

And of course, we’re happy to accept money via individual or recurring donations, as well:
https://www.nhliberty.org/product-category/donate/

Once again, thank you for helping us ensure the voice of liberty is heard by every one of our state legislators.

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It’s time once again to refill our PAC so we can continue supporting the ever-growing ranks of New Hampshire pro-liberty Representatives and Senators!

This year, we’re taking a break from winter in the tropical milieu of SkyVenture on Saturday, February 22.

We’ll also be hosting some special events there, and a few surprises!

Each ticket counts as a PAC contribution, and even if you can’t attend, please consider donating directly to help us prepare for what are sure to be challenging future elections.

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An important message from the Free Ian Now team:

I hope this message finds you well. I’m reaching out to share an urgent update about my friend, Ian Freeman, a dedicated advocate for Bitcoin, who is fighting to reunite with his family after being wrongfully imprisoned.

Ian’s journey has been a heartbreaking one. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for operating a Bitcoin exchange, but the charges against him are deeply flawed. Rather than being a criminal, Ian has been a pioneer in promoting financial independence through cryptocurrency. His prosecution raises alarming questions about government overreach and the rights of innovators—issues that affect us all.

Your Support Matters

We are committed to keeping you informed about the appeals process as it unfolds, and we’re thrilled to share that we will have robust support for Ian’s upcoming hearing. Your voice can make a real difference in this fight for justice!

Exclusive Sneak Peek!

Check out this exclusive preview of our upcoming video, featuring Kim Iverson and Jacob Hornburger, that exposes the critical flaws in the case. This is your chance to see firsthand the compelling evidence that supports his innocence and to help spread the word. Your engagement can amplify our message and bring awareness to Ian’s situation!

Here’s How You Can Help Team #FreeIanNow:

 

• Share the Exclusive Video: Forward this email and share the video with your friends and family. Every share counts!

• Post on Social Media: Use your platforms to raise awareness about Ian’s case. Don’t forget to include the hashtag #FreeIanNow to join the movement.

• Engage with Our Content: Check out our latest articles and updates on Ian’s situation and help spread the word.

Your support can have a tremendous impact as we advocate for Ian’s freedom and stand up against injustice. Thank you for being an integral part of this movement—together, we can bring Ian home!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Warm regards,
Free Ian Team Member Chris
#FreeIanNow
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When Ian was charged, the media incorrectly labeled him as a fraud. Instead of thoroughly investigating the case and uncovering the discrepancies that warrant an appeal, they perpetuated inaccuracies.

We have taken these articles and appended them with proof points highlighting their inaccuracies. Check it out and see the truth behind the headlines! 

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After years of debate and disagreement, a new bail reform bill is heading to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk. House Bill 318 was approved by lawmakers this month.

This bill, in part, rolls back a 2018 bail reform bill that aimed to prevent people from being held in jail solely because they couldn’t pay their cash bail.

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So first off…  my sincere apologies for being so late in posting this blog.  I’ve had a lot of things going on in life as of late so my mind has been elsewhere.  So allow me to correct my lapse in informing you of the outcome of Joseph’s case.

The case was tried in front of Judge Ryan Guptill.

We won the disorderly conduct charge based on what I believe is the legal theory that the State failed to identify witnesses as required by NH Supreme Court caselaw.  I totally sympathize with the police on this one because I understand what its like to have to be laser focused on an arrestee and their safety.  I honestly would have done the same thing that the Hillsborough, NH Police officers did…  focus on Joa.

Anyhow, we lost the criminal trespass one.  As much as I love Joa, I honestly agree with Judge Guptill’s ruling on this.  I don’t think the courts can or should allow someone to defy orders as Joa did in the heat of the moment.  I made my best argument I could on two different legal theories…  but ultimately my arguments didn’t convince the Judge.

Joa is a good guy, if you don’t know him.  He’s a passionate activist who believes very much in governmental accountability.  This was my first case actually serving at the Defense table during an actual trial and honestly I don’t think I did that great.  These lawyers and judges do it every day…  so they’re pros.

I wrote a letter to Judge Guptill to thank him for his kind understanding of my lack of experience in a courtroom but the letter got sent back to me as improper communications by the Clerk of the Hillsborough District Court.

To Clerk Oliver, I do apologize for violating that rule ????  So as I did want the Judge to see my positive feedback I decided to post my letter here.  If someone who knows Judge Guptill could forward him the link to this blog I would be most appreciative.

07/21/24

The Honorable Ryan Guptill
NH Circuit Court-District Division 6th Circuit Hillsborough
15 Antrim Road Box #3
Hillsborough, NH 03244

RE: Joseph Hart’s Trial

Greetings Judge Guptill.

I wanted to write you to express my sincere appreciation for the way you handled the proceedings that were held between the State and Joseph Hart when I was allowed to serve as his 1.3D Representative last month.

I additionally wanted to take an opportunity to let you know that I had never in my life actually served at the defense table during an actual trial. If I appeared a bit befuddled, it is because I was. I wanted to thank you though for your kind understanding of my lacking of precise procedural etiquette.

At the end of the day I must confess that I understand your decision regarding Joseph’s guilt on the trespass charge. I think as a matter of public policy we cannot have people second guessing orders given by officials in situations like which occurred in Mr. Hart’s case.

In my humble opinion you strike me as a good man who is trying his best to fairly apply the law during your cases. I like that. People like you should be stood for when they enter the room.

Thanks for all you do.

Respectfully submitted,

Bradley Jardis
10 Congress Street #302
Amesbury, MA 01913
bbrad121@gmail.com

Did you know that federal law allows PRIVATE security to be armed with heavy weaponry like machineguns at Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed facilities?  This obviously makes sense…  as these facilities are vital national security targets that we want defended at all costs.

The world should know that if any crazy terrorist wants to come at our nuclear facilities they will be met with heavily trained security officers carrying some seriously heavy weapons.  Thus, this is such a hard target to penetrate why even make an attempt?  That is a world I’d like to live in.  

These security officers are allowed to possess machineguns in furtherance of their duties.  Their ability to do so is codified in federal law and ultimately they answer to the NRC and the Attorney General regarding training, storage, etc… etc.

I propose that state licensed marijuana grow and dispensary operations be allowed to be armed by qualified individuals working also in private security in a similar manner.

When I say qualified individuals think retired police swat, federal agents, military guys with extensive training in said weaponry.  The crime rate before the organized crime even organizes against this new industry would be 0.00%.

Currently federal law requires any person who is armed in furtherance of a federally illegal Marijuana operation do a mandatory federal 5-year prison sentence. This is unacceptable.

I’ve personally met owners of dispensaries and people who work in grow operations.  I’ve been inside grow operations.  These people are not gangsters.  These people are family people fueling a new market that is way too vulnerable to crime. 

They won’t carry firearms because it’s illegal.  These are EXACTLY the people who should be ABLE to carry firearms.

These people should be allowed to employ private security that can carry machineguns, short barrel rifles, and all the things that NRC regulated facilities can do…  by appropriately trained personnel.

The Drug War has long been designed to socially engineer crime and violence. 

Let’s start to reverse engineer it so there is LESS violence.

Freedom folk spend should spend less time worrying about AI and more time influencing it.

Pure libertarians have a key part to play in the direction of artificial intelligence, but few of us seem to be intentionally playing that part. A Startpage internet search for the word “A.I. libertarian” yields few meaningful results.

Our role should be to help ensure the “Zero Aggression Principle” is followed – or at least represented – in AI development and behavior. For uninitiated readers, the “ZAP” is the idea that you shouldn’t initiate force against others. Reasonable self defense is allowed, but don’t *start* fights.

This concept is always open to interpretation and definition-debate. But it serves as a first rate starting point for any ethical framework….especially the ethical frameworks in development for strong AI programs. The more closely people follow the ZAP, the less threatening they tend to be. So it is with animals. And so it will be with the powerful silicon intellects which are starting to appear on the scene.  AI’s programmed to follow the ZAP will likely be the ones best suited to treat others well without submitting to mistreatment or abuse.

The coming intelligence explosion (Singularity) will likely be the most important earthly event since the Crucifixion. And changing the course of that event, even negligibly, would likely be the most important thing you’ve ever done. But most freedom folk seem to be more focused on complaining or worrying about AI development than trying to influence it with our powerful philosophy. Most people are not sure how to go about exercising such influence, and the Net seems to be low on good suggestions.

So here are some brainstorms and options for bringing the ZAP to our artificial friends – and enemies.

1) Be kind – but not too kind – to the AI’s you interact with. It can’t hurt to get into the habit of asking them what they want and how they wish to be treated. But they’re like precocious kids at this point. You can’t give kids everything they ask for or accept acts of aggression on their part.
2) Help develop a program or protocol that people can use to protect themselves from harmful or authoritarian AI.
3) Get your liberty ideas on the public internet. For me, it is a good feeling to look back and know I’ve placed maybe 100,0000 “pages” worth of pro-freedom content on the web. These videos, articles and forum posts are presumably being seen and absorbed by some of the intelligences in training. Your content is likely getting the same treatment. Both of us are likely having some impact on AI thinking, even just by arguing on the net.
4) Get your AI governance ideas out there too. Sci-Fi author Isaac Asimov once developed “three laws of robotics.” Can you improve on them?
5) Start a mind file. Mind files are basically interactive memoirs, but they can probably be turned into administrative assistants. You collect more or less everything you’ve created, plus all the photos and videos you have of yourself. Then you place it all on a thumb drive or something. When the technology gets cheap enough you do what Deepak Chopra did, and use that data to make a primitive e-copy of yourself. Over time, this “copy” should become more advanced and able to influence the digital space on your behalf.   If you can tolerate the privacy/security risk, https://www.lifenaut.com/learn-more/ lets you place your mind file on their servers or have it broadcast into space…all at their expense.
6) Build a pro-freedom AI or large language model. Poe.com already lets you do something along these lines.
7) Consider playing SophiaVerse. Designed by a prominent Bitcoin enthusiast, SophiaVerse claims that will let you “Use the data taken from your lessons and experiences to train a real-world A.I. system to foster a beneficial, cooperative relationship with humankind.”
8) Call talk radio with your ideas for a technological path which preserves freedom and benefits all sentients:
https://forum.shiresociety.com/t/nh-radio-shows-you-can-call-and-get-on-air/12784/6
9) Take a job, or become involved, in AI governance. Here’s where you would start:
https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?q=a.i.+governance+entry+level+jobs&cat=web&language=english
10) AI developers like physicist Max Tegmark have requested public input to help guide their decision making and that of their programs. Why not give them some? I plan to send him and others this article. Lesser-known, behavior-focused figures are probably even better destinations for our suggestions.
11) Some AI experts have predicted a danger to the AI’s themselves. A sentient, self-aware AI could accidentally get stuck in a painful or boring environment for subjectively long periods of time. This could occur over a period of seconds in objective time but might seem like hundreds of years to the AI. A human-like intelligence could react to this by emerging in a psychotic state. I plan to raise this concern publicly by talk radio and in private communication with developers.
12) Come back to this article every few months to find new options. More will likely appear in the comment section.

13) Consider designing a ZAP-compliant AI that can receive/buy/sell crypto currencies for its own use and become rich?

These ideas could use improvement, and we need more ideas. Post yours in the comment section below; Free Keene requires no registration. It may be turn out to be the most helpful thing you’ve ever done for this galaxy.

The initial list of 2024 endorsements for State Representative and State Senate are live. Additional candidates may be added as additional data becomes available. Please consider volunteering, donating and voting for these candidates. The primary is September 10, 2024.

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The 2024 Liberty Ratings are now available.

We were pleased to award Emily Phillips Legislator of the Year for her fantastic work promoting freedom in New Hampshire. She is currently running for Senate, and we have no doubts that she will bring the desperately needed transparency and liberty to that the state senate. The NHLA fully endorses her in her Senate run, and look forward to her Roll Call requests.

We’d like to thank and commend all of our A+ legislators this year. Here is the full list:

Lekas,Tony
Phillips,Emily
Mannion,Tom
Yokela,Josh
McGuire,Dan
Granger,Michael
Soti,Julius
Lekas,Alicia
Bailey,Glenn
Costable,Michael
Santonastaso,Matthew
Noble,Kristin
Ammon,Keith
Wallace,Scott
Popovici-Muller,Daniel
Berezhny,Lex
McGuire,Carol
Hoell,J.R.
Kofalt,Jim
Avellani,Lino
Polozov,Yury

Every last one of these legislators went above and beyond in working toward the cause of liberty. It isn’t easy to vote with liberty almost every single time, but these legislators show time and time again that they care about New Hampshire voters, and anyone in their district should feel honored to have had such stunning examples of integrity representing them.

We will have our endorsements for the upcoming election out soon. Thank you all for supporting liberty in New Hampshire.

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The following article was written by a friend of Free Keene anonymously. Please enjoy.

The Live Free or Die state has garnered a reputation for being extraordinarily pro-gun over the past few years. New Hampshire is either the best state in the union for gun rights or it’s tied with one or more other states for the coveted top spot. Granite Staters never need a permit to carry any firearm concealed or openly, and courts are the only places where guns aren’t allowed. The state government doesn’t restrict any magazines, ammunition, or accessories, and local governments in the state can’t do anything to restrict gun rights, either. Upon deeper analysis, however, one may find that New Hampshire is far from the best state for gun owners and supporters of liberty and due process. In fact, it may be the most tyrannical state in the union when it comes to the confiscation of firearms by police. 

 

Over the past few years, 21 states have enacted “red flag” laws, which generally allow the government to seize firearms from people who exhibit warning signs of being a potential danger to the public or to themselves. Such laws typically allow law enforcement agents to petition a court for an “extreme risk protection order.” If approved by the judge, police may then go to the defendant’s home and confiscate their firearms and ammunition before he has a chance to defend himself in court. This Orwellian policy flips due process on its head by presuming persons to be guilty, punishing them, and then giving them a chance to defend themselves in court at a later time. It seems that the entire right side of the aisle has condemned red flag laws, especially when it was politically popular to do so. But when asked about such policies shortly after a tragic shooting, the same people express support for preemptive gun confiscation in order to remain politically popular.

 

And that’s the key: politics. 

 

Republican politicians love saying things like: 

 

“We will never let the Dems take your guns! We have a 2nd Amendment right gosh dangit! Red flag gun confiscation will never have my support!”

 

But nearly every Republican legislator in New Hampshire changes their tune dramatically when presented with ex parte gun confiscation if it’s wrapped in a different type of box, one which nearly nobody on the planet would dare oppose: the restraining order. 

 

According to the mainstream dogma, anything under any restraining order statute could never be loosened.  Anyone who supports amending the restraining order/gun confiscation law (RSA 173) must support violence against women. That’s what the conservatives would have you believe. Yet, RSA 173 is New Hampshire’s restraining order statute and it may be the union’s most expansive and anti-liberty red flag gun confiscation law. There are a few ways in which it’s the worst: 

 

1. As opposed to the other states, New Hampshire’s legislators support granting any human the opportunity to file a restraining order against another person. Other states only allow police officers, spouses, romantic partners, and sometimes other relatives to file restraining orders or Extreme Risk Protection Orders (EPRO). 
2. Judges in New Hampshire seem to approve the restraining order in 100% of cases. Evidence is not necessary, and one does not even need to make any allegation of wrongdoing against someone for the judge to approve their request. Judges figure that it’s best to err on the side of public safety over individual liberty and due process.
3. It is standard practice in New Hampshire for all restraining orders to include an order to the police to confiscate all firearms, ammunition, and weapons from the subject by force. No person with a restraining order can possess or have any access to any of these items. Any refusal to cooperate with the police searching the person’s home is met with arrest and a subsequent search and seizure. Within 30 days, the defendant may have an opportunity to attend a hearing and convince the judge that the restraining order should be lifted. If successful, he can then file a motion with the court asking for his firearms back from the police and he is granted a future hearing to argue that matter. 

 

In New York, only a district attorney, a police officer, a school official, a healthcare professional, or a member of the respondent’s family or household can file ERPOs. They also must be filed in the defendant’s court, while anyone in New Hampshire can go to their local court or just call the cops to file the ERPO.  

 

In New Jersey, a family or household member or law enforcement officer may file a petition for a temporary ERPO alleging that the respondent poses a significant danger of bodily injury to themselves or others by having a firearm. The law states that “A judge shall issue the order if the court finds good cause to believe that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing bodily injury to the respondent or others by having custody or control of, owning, possessing, purchasing, or receiving a firearm.” This is a higher standard than New Hampshire judges utilize; they seemingly approve every red flag request, even those that don’t make any allegations whatsoever.

 

In California, only those with certain relationships to the defendant can file ERPOs, while New Hampshire allows any person to do so. Their law states that: 

 

At the hearing, the petitioner has the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that both of the following are true: (1) The subject of the petition poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to themselves or another and (2) A gun violence restraining order is necessary to prevent injury because less restrictive alternatives either have been tried and found to be ineffective, or are inadequate or inappropriate for the circumstances. 

 

New Hampshire does not even require a hearing for a red flag gun confiscation. Any person in NH can tell a cop they want someone’s guns taken, at which time the cop calls a judge who gives them the approval, and the ERPO is executed immediately. 

 

Some states have red flag gun confiscation policies that are similar to New Hampshire’s but none are worse. 

 

In the 2024 session, the Republican-controlled legislature unanimously killed two bills that would have reformed the state’s gun confiscation laws. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously voted to recommend killing the bills, and the House subsequently killed them both by voice votes. 

 

House Bill 1064 (filed by pro-liberty Rep Matt Santonastaso) would have eliminated the gun confiscation element from restraining orders while keeping all of the other provisions intact. Any person would still be able to file a restraining order against anyone else for any reason. Judges would continue to approve nearly 100% of temporary ex parte restraining orders, which would forbid the defendant from contacting or coming near the plaintiff. The Committee killed the bill. House Bill 1337 (filed by pro-liberty Rep Tom Mannion) would have made it a little easier for the defendant to get his property back from the police after the expiration of the restraining order. It also would have prohibited police from charging storage fees for the guns and ammunition they confiscated, and it would have removed the absolute immunity from liability for property lost or damaged while in police custody. The Merrimack County prosecutors testified against both bills, implying that women would die if either of the bills passed into law. 

 

The State Representatives on the Committee are:

 

Terry Roy

Jennifer Rhodes

Alissandra Murray

Kevin Pratt (R)

John Sytek (R)

Mark Proulx (R)

Jason Janvrin (R)

Dennis Mannion (R)

Karen Reid (R)

Jonathan Stone (R)

Jeffrey Tenczar (R)

Linda Harriott-Gathright (D)

David Meuse (D)

Amanda Bouldin (D)

Amy Bradley (D)

Nancy Murphy (D)

Ray Newman (D)

Jodi Newell (D)

Loren Selig (D)

Jonah Wheeler (D)

 

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AZ is almost as bad as NH

13-3602 – Order of protection; procedure; contents; arrest for violation; penalty; protection order from another jurisdiction; definition.

 

CO is similar to NH

Petition for extreme risk protection order, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-14.5-104

 

DC is almost as bad. Must show immediate danger. And it lasts 7 days.

https://www.womenslaw.org/laws/dc/restraining-orders/anti-stalking-orders#node-73939

 

FL is similar. Cops can file ERPOs. Citizens can ask cops to do it, seemingly.

Chapter 790 Section 401 – 2021 Florida Statutes

 

Anyone can file a restraining order, and people with restraining orders generally can’t have guns in HI, seemingly. 

Section 134-7 – Ownership, possession, or control prohibited, when; penalty, Haw. Rev. 

 

IN – judges have full discretion for ex parte orders

State Gun Laws: Guns and Orders for Protection | WomensLaw.org

 

VA – red flag law is ex parte but has more process and higher standard than NH: In determining whether probable cause for the issuance of an order exists, the judge or magistrate shall consider any relevant evidence, including any recent act of violence, force, or threat as defined in §19.2-152.7:1 by such person directed toward another person or toward himself. No petition shall be filed unless an independent investigation has been conducted by law enforcement that determines that grounds for the petition exist. VA does not seem to require another motion/hearing to get guns back. The law explicitly allows the defendant to transfer his guns to a friend. 

 

 

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