Saturday • April 19 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.XVI
Manchester, N.H.
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Of the 0 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 56 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 3 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Support | HB649 | removing the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminating funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund. | Commerce | Tue 4/1 | 9:50 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill removes the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminates funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund. |
| Support | HB319 | (New Title) relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten. | Education | Tue 4/1 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill removes the requirement that school districts provide transportation to half-day kindergarten students. |
| Support | HB107 | relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 4/1 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill removes the requirement to mark political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals or billboards as “political advertising.” |
| Support | HB672 | to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 4/1 | 9:40 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill defines “off-grid electricity providers” and establishes a specific category for off-grid electricity providers, exempting them from certain regulations as long as they remain independent from the regulated electric grid. |
| Support | HB779 | allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 4/1 | 10:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill allows for the sale of uninspected rabbit meat in intrastate commerce. |
| Oppose | HB468 | establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems. | Judiciary | Tue 4/1 | 2:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems. |
| Support | HB231 | (New Title) prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent. | Education | Wed 4/2 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 101 | This bill requires school districts to create a policy prohibiting school district personnel from transporting any student who is a minor for any medical, mental health, or health-related procedures, appointments, or visits without knowledge and approval of a parent or guardian unless he or she is following a published school district emergency health or medical protocol or policy. |
| Support | HB435 | relative to the definition of professional engineer. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/2 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill clarifies that the “practice of engineering” for purposes of the regulation of professional engineers does not include any professional service or creative work performed in the fields of information technology, information security, electronics, digital systems, or computing. |
| Oppose | HB64 | relative to extending hiring preferences for military members and their spouses to the state and private businesses, and establishing purchase preferences for disabled veterans and military spouses regarding state supply purchases. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/2 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill expands the definition of veteran for purposes of veteran hiring and employment preferences to include a veteran’s spouse and any active duty service member regardless of length of service. This bill also extends employment preferences for veterans or their spouse to include veteran owned suppliers of goods and services in dealings with the state. |
| Support | HB117 | relative to the substitution of biological products. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/2 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill modifies the definition of “interchangeable biological product” and allows for interchangeable biological products to be provided by pharmacists subject to certain restrictions. |
| Support | HB223 | relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/2 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill exempts ambulatory surgical centers, emergency medical care centers, birthing centers, drop-in or walk-in care centers, dialysis centers, and special health care services from the notice and consent requirements for establishment within 15 miles of a critical access hospital. |
| Of Interest | HB204 | relative to criteria for reporting child support delinquencies to federal agencies. | Children and Family Law | Thu 4/3 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires the department of health and human services to ensure that the automated system of reporting child support delinquencies meets, but does not exceed, federal guidelines. The bill also directs the department to provide the amount of the arrearage to the requesting agency. |
| Support | HB189 | defining “clean energy” and the department of energy’s 10-year state energy strategy to include new technology small-scale nuclear energy, renewable energy, and fuel diversity; and, removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board. | Energy and Natural Resources | Thu 4/3 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill defines “clean energy” to mean small-scale nuclear energy and renewable energy, and makes it part of the department of energy’s 10-year state energy strategy. This bill also removes reference to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board. |
| Support | HB504 | relative to the state energy policy. | Energy and Natural Resources | Thu 4/3 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill revises the state energy policy to promote affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure energy resources for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. |
| Support | HB682 | relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation. | Energy and Natural Resources | Thu 4/3 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Removes the office of offshore wind industry development from the office of energy innovation. II. Repeals the offshore wind industry workforce training center committee and the offshore and port development commission. III. Moves the grid modernization advisory council and the hydrogen advisory council to the office of energy innovation. |
| Support | HB218 | relative to providing victims of crime with a free police report of the investigation. | Judiciary | Thu 4/3 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides victims of crime with a right to request a free initial police report and, following the conclusion of the investigation or case, a free copy of the complete case file. |
| Oppose | HB59 | relative to the assault of a firefighter, emergency medical care provider, or law enforcement officer. | Judiciary | Thu 4/3 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes felony-level offenses for assaults on firefighters, emergency medical care providers, and law enforcement and for assaults specifically targeting law enforcement officers. |
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