Tuesday • April 8 • 2025
Vol.XVII • No.XV
Manchester, N.H.
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Of the 69 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 12 and opposition of 10 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 69 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 19 and opposition of 4 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Support | SB97 | relative to intra-district public school transfers. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 4/7 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill authorizes parents to transfer their children to other schools within their resident district as long as such school has the capacity to accommodate the student. |
| Support | SB217 | relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 4/7 | 10:15 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires cities and towns to provide public notice of historical tax rates and proposed building projects. |
| Support | SB78 | relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 4/7 | 10:35 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill removes the zoning board of adjustment’s discretion for determining when to take an appeal and replaces it with a non-discretionary 30-day period. |
| Support | SB105 | enabling towns to adopt budget caps. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 4/7 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill enables towns to adopt budget caps. |
| Of Interest | SB108 | relative to the department of energy. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 4/7 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill transfers specific regulatory and adjudicative responsibilities from the public utilities commission to the department of energy, including prohibiting unauthorized telecommunications service provision, protecting ratepayer communication preferences, and refining net energy metering, assessment, complaint, investigation, and aggregation procedures. |
| 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 4/8 | 10:00 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. |
| Oppose | HB406 | relative to the formation of fraudulent businesses. | Commerce | Tue 4/8 | 10:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Establishes a registry of registered agents for New Hampshire businesses. II. Allows corporations to restate their articles of incorporation. III. Enables the secretary of state to verify and prevent fraudulent business formations. IV. Creates penalties for individuals who fraudulently formulate businesses. The bill is a request of the secretary of state. |
| Support | HB319 | (New Title) relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten. | Education | Tue 4/8 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill removes the requirement that school districts provide transportation to half-day kindergarten students. |
| Support | HB230 | relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 4/8 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill changes when town public health officials may make regulations relating to public health. |
| Of Interest | HB265 | requiring that a public body’s meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name and signature of the recording secretary | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 4/8 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill requires that public meeting minutes be documented with the start time, end time, and recording secretary’s signature. |
| Support | HB517 | (New Title) repealing certain outreach and marketing requirements under the Granite State paid family leave plan. | Finance | Tue 4/8 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill repeals the requirement that the state engage in certain outreach and marketing activities to increase awareness of the Granite State paid family leave plan. |
| Support | SB91 | allowing one-time special appraisals of residences located in commercial zones. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 305 | This bill allows owners of a residence in an industrial or commercial zone to file one application for a special appraisal of the residence based on its current use as a residence. |
| Support | SB188 | allowing independent permitting and inspections, and allowing local governments to authorize licensed engineers and architects to perform building code inspections. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 305 | This bill: I. Allows independent third-parties, hired by the property owner, to inspect land, buildings, and structures to determine compliance with state and local building codes. II. Establishes private providers as an alternative to local enforcement agencies for conducting building code inspections and plan reviews. |
| Support | SB281 | prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 305 | This bill changes the requirements that allow a building to be constructed on a lot adjacent to a class VI roadway. |
| Support | SB282 | relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 305 | This bill allows residential buildings between 6 and 4 floors above grade to have only one stairway under certain conditions. |
| Support | SB283 | relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 305 | This bill requires municipalities to exclude below-grade areas from floor-area-ratio (FAR) calculations and review and adjust height limitations as needed to maximize capacity and height potential for new construction. |
| Support | SB284 | relative to the required maximum number of residential parking spaces. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 305 | This bill limits residential parking spaces to one per unit, with exceptions for certain workforce housing and multi-family developments. |
| Support | SB170 | (New Title) relative to development and related requirements in cities, towns, and municipalities. | Housing | Tue 4/8 | 2:30 PM | LOB Room 305 | This bill: I. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from restricting certain development-related activities. II. Requires cities, towns, and municipalities to allow for septic systems, wells, electric systems, drainage structures, and other utilities to be placed in open spaces or perimeter buffers of subdivisions. III. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from mandating that occupants of housing units be related by blood or marriage. IV. Adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards. |
| Support | HB522 | relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state. | Judiciary | Tue 4/8 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes an expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state. |
| Support | HB146 | relative to the use of body-worn cameras. | Judiciary | Tue 4/8 | 1:40 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill modifies the scenarios requiring retention of body-worn camera recordings to include violation-level cases. |
| Oppose | SB28 | relative to workers’ compensation claims involving emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Tue 4/8 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 307 | 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 | SB169 | requiring employers to provide certain information regarding cost sharing to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits. | Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services | Tue 4/8 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 307 | This bill requires employers who provide supplemental pay to employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits to notify the employee with a breakdown of payments, anticipated financial adjustments, employee costs of withholdings, and method of payment options. |
| Oppose | SB14 | relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 4/9 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill adds mandatory minimum sentences for certain fentanyl-related offenses. |
| Oppose | SB15 | relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 4/9 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill sets a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. |
| Oppose | SB54 | relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 4/9 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill modifies periods of suspension under different circumstances stemming from a refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration. This bill further modifies the penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. |
| Oppose | SB49 | establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Wed 4/9 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems. This bill is at the request of the department of safety. |
| Support | SB34 | relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 4/9 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires schools to obtain parental consent for each new service that is provided to a student under the Medicaid to schools program. The bill also requires certain legislative policy committees to receive reports regarding the Medicaid to schools program. |
| Support | HB509 | relative to the contents of the attorney general’s annual report detailing state forfeiture information for the preceding fiscal year. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/9 | 9:50 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill changes the requirements for the annual report from the attorney general concerning forfeitures of personal property. |
| Support | HB267 | relative to animal chiropractors. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/9 | 10:50 AM | SH Room 103 | 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 | HB233 | (New Title) requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 4/9 | 1:20 PM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours. |
| Support | HB679 | relative to immunization requirements. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/9 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease. |
| Support | HB357 | relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/9 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill limits childhood immunization requirements to diseases identified in statute. The bill removes the authority of the commissioner of health and human services to adopt rules requiring immunization for additional childhood diseases. |
| Support | HB358 | relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/9 | 10:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides that a parent or legal guardian may claim an exemption from childhood immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief by providing a signed statement to that effect. The bill removes the statutory reference to a form used for such purpose. |
| Support | HB94 | relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan. | Health and Human Services | Wed 4/9 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides that the state Medicaid plan shall not include circumcision unless the child has a specific diagnosis for which the procedure is determined to be medically necessary. |
| Oppose | SB37 | relative to residential care and health facility licensing. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 4/9 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | 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 investigations and inspections to be posted on the department of health and human services website; (3) removing a redundant reference to administrative fines; (4) changing the term “hospital” to the term “facility;” and (5) removing the word “continuing” from the initial education requirements and replacing the term “ongoing training” with continuing education in the annual training requirement. |
| Oppose | SB119 | relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 4/9 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill directs pharmacists to dispense brand name drugs to Medicaid beneficiaries when the brand name drug is on the department of health and human services preferred drug list. The bill also directs the department to develop a standing order for certain Medicaid-covered, over-the-counter medications, medical supplies, and laboratory tests when deemed medically necessary and cost effective by the department. The bill is a request of the department of health and human services. |
| Oppose | SB263 | criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. | Judiciary | Wed 4/9 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill criminalizes and creates a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. |
| Oppose | HB309 | relative to making electronic rent payments optional. | Commerce | Thu 4/10 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill prohibits landlords from requiring a tenant or prospective tenant to pay by electronic funds transfers. |
| Support | HB631 | (New Title) permitting residential building in commercial zoning. | Commerce | Thu 4/10 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires municipalities to permit multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land, with stipulations for infrastructure and exemptions for adaptive reuse. |
| Support | HB90 | relative to the definition of part-time teachers. | Education | Thu 4/10 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill defines “part-time teacher.” |
| Support | HB741 | allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose. | Education | Thu 4/10 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill allows parents to send their children to public schools outside of their resident district. |
| Oppose | HB250 | enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. | Energy and Natural Resources | Thu 4/10 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill enables local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. |
| Oppose | HB355 | relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. | Energy and Natural Resources | Thu 4/10 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill changes a member on the solid waste working group and extends the due dates for interim and final reports. |
| Support | HB207 | relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors. | Judiciary | Thu 4/10 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill amends the prohibition against carrying or selling a blackjack, slung shot, or metallic knuckles to prohibit sale to or possession of the said items by those under 18 years of age. |
| Support | HB381 | exempting firearms and firearm accessories manufactured for in-state use only from the National Firearm Act. | Judiciary | Thu 4/10 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill exempts firearms and firearm accessories manufactured for in-state use only from the National Firearm Act. |
| Support | HB551 | repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers. | Judiciary | Thu 4/10 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill repeals the local licensing requirement for the sale of pistols and revolvers. |
| Oppose | SB267 | relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron. | Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Fri 4/11 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill establishes a mandatory $500 fine for engaging in prostitution as a patron, in addition to any other penalty, and directs that the funds are to be forwarded to the department of justice for the purposes of funding the New Hampshire human trafficking collaborative task force. This bill also enhances the penalty for paying, agreeing to pay, or offering to pay another person to engage in sexual contact or penetration with the payor or another person from a misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor. |
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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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Of the 4 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 1 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 42 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 13 and opposition of 4 with 1 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Oppose | HB225 | relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 9:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill provides employment protections to the spouses of military service members who are involuntarily mobilized in support of war, national emergency, or contingency operations. |
| Support | HB150 | enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill defines commercial kitchen equipment and allows for its use in homestead food operations. |
| Oppose | HB304 | relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 10:15 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill details labeling requirements for food products produced in homestead kitchens. |
| Support | HB577 | relative to modifying the definition of ADUs. | Commerce | Tue 3/25 | 10:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill expands accessory dwelling units by right to include detached units, adds definitions related to accessory dwelling units, and increases the maximum square footage. |
| Oppose | HB86 | increasing the cost of service for notice of civil forfeiture of unlicensed dogs to the rate for certified mail. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/25 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 103 | 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. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/25 | 9:45 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill increases the range of the optional tax credit for service-connected total disability. |
| Support | HB87 | prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill prohibits the posting of land not owned by the poster and creates a penalty therefor. |
| Support | HB211 | relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill: I. Allows the taking of game in New Hampshire with air rifles. II. Further defines “air rifle.” III. Requires the fish and game commission to make rules creating and administering a hunting tag program for air rifle hunting. |
| Support | HB508 | relative to decreasing assessment rates for entities providing VoIP and IP-enabled services, as well as certain local exchange carriers and their affiliates. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/25 | 9:40 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill decreases the gross utility revenue of all excepted local exchange carriers, and all providers’ gross revenue received from New Hampshire retail customers for a VoIP service or an IP-enabled service. |
| Oppose | HB493 | requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. | Executive Departments and Administration | Tue 3/25 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill requires education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. |
| Support | HB51 | relative to hemp-derived cannabinoids and the definition of cannabis in therapeutic cannabis. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill: I. Eliminates “seeds” from the definition of “cannabis” concerning therapeutic cannabis. II. Permits alternative treatment centers to purchase non-intoxicating hemp cannabinoids for use in products. |
| Support | HB53 | permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill permits qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. |
| Support | HB196 | (New Title) relative to annulling certain cannabis possession offenses. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires the annulment of misdemeanor or violation-level offenses for possession of cannabis prior to January 1, 2025 upon petition. |
| Support | HB75 | legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older. | Judiciary | Tue 3/25 | 1:45 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill legalizes the possession and use of cannabis for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| Support | HB302 | relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets. | Ways and Means | Tue 3/25 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill enables the state treasurer to invest state funds into precious metals and digital assets. |
| Support | HB85 | relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/26 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | 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. |
| 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 3/26 | 9:45 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 | HB55 | (New Title) relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/26 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill relocates the Selective Service Registration Awareness and Compliance Act from RSA chapter 187-A to chapter 112, and removes the state university’s requirement to enforce selective service registration. |
| Support | HB63 | relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. | Health and Human Services | Wed 3/26 | 9:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill allows authorized entities, including schools, camps, and day care facilities, to possess and administer epinephrine nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis. The law currently permits epinephrine administration through auto-injectors. |
| Support | HB126 | relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs. | Health and Human Services | Wed 3/26 | 10:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill clarifies exceptions to the 34-day limit on prescriptions for controlled drugs and permits a pharmacist to fill a prescription for a 92-day supply of injectable androgen under certain circumstances. |
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Of the 7 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 21 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 2 and opposition of 1 with 2 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Support | HB208 | relative to certification requirements for school nurses. | Education | Tue 3/18 | 10:45 AM | LOB Room 101 | This bill allows a superintendent and school board to nominate and appoint a school nurse, who must be licensed and registered with the board of nursing. |
| Of Interest | HB127 | extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut River Headwaters property from September 30 to Columbus Day. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/18 | 9:20 AM | SH Room 103 | 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 | HB468 | establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems. | Judiciary | Tue 3/18 | 2:30 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill establishes the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of small unmanned aircraft systems. |
| Oppose | HB25 | making appropriations for capital improvements. | Public Works and Highways | Tue 3/18 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 201 | This bill makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapse dates for previous appropriations. |
| Support | HB224 | relative to rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund. | Ways and Means | Tue 3/18 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires moneys paid into the renewable energy fund to be rebated to ratepayers. |
| Support | HB524 | repealing the New Hampshire vaccine association. | Ways and Means | Tue 3/18 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill repeals RSA 126-Q, relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association. |
| Of Interest | SB301 | creating a joint legislative oversight committee. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/19 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill creates a joint legislative oversight committee. |
| Support | HB591 | expanding hours for keno gaming on weekends. | Ways and Means | Wed 3/19 | 9:50 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill expands permitted keno hours of operations on weekends. |
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Of the 15 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 12 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppose | SB265 | repealing the provision related to religious use of land and structures. | Judiciary | Tue 3/11 | 1:15 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill repeals the statute that prohibits certain zoning ordinances and site plan reviews related to the use of land and structures for religious purposes. |
| Support | HB695 | relative to school districts and medically-related grants. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 3/12 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill directs the department of education to require school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting schools from seeking grants for medical products or services or accepting grant-provided medical products or services, or funds therefor, unless the citizens of the municipality vote in favor of such action. |
| Support | HB768 | allowing public schools to contract with any approved private school. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 3/12 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved private school, including religious schools. |
| Support | HB446 | relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 3/12 | 2:15 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires school districts to email parents copies of non-academic surveys in public schools. |
| Of Interest | HB1 | making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. | Finance | Wed 3/12 | 2:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | No analysis needed. |
| Of Interest | HB2 | relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. | Finance | Wed 3/12 | 2:00 PM | SH Room Reps Hall | This bill: 1. Makes various changes to the standards and the administration of bail. 2. Adds new definitions to the endangered species conservation act. 3. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules and review procedures such that actions of state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 4. Establishes an environmental scientist position within the department of environmental services to ensure that state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 5. Requires that rules established by the executive director of the fish and game department establish an administrative fee that the executive director may collect from payments made to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund. 6. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules regarding when mitigation payments to the threatened and end |
| Support | HB621 | allowing the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/12 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill allows the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies. The bill also directs the department of health and human services and the division of vital records to update the memorandum of understanding regarding information sharing to reflect this practice. |
| Support | HB664 | relative to childhood immunization requirements. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/12 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill provides that childhood immunization requirements shall not require a vaccine that has not been tested with an inert placebo in clinical trials. |
| Support | HB679 | relative to immunization requirements. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/12 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease. |
| Support | HB584 | relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. | Judiciary | Wed 3/12 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum. |
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Of the 48 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 12 and opposition of 3 with 1 being of interest.
Of the 35 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 5 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | HB748 | establishing a local education freedom account program. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 3/3 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill allows school districts to adopt a program for local education freedom accounts for a parent of an eligible student to receive a grant from a scholarship organization for qualifying educational expenses at a public school, chartered public school, nonpublic school, or program approved by the department of education. |
| Support | HB231 | prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical procedures without parental consent. | Education Policy and Administration | Mon 3/3 | 3:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill requires school districts to create a policy prohibiting school district personnel from transporting any student who is a minor for any medical or health-related procedures or appointments 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 | HB413 | relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits. | Municipal and County Government | Mon 3/3 | 9:40 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill: I. Extends the existing 5-year exemption for subdivision plats to 7 years and increases the preliminary step from 2 years to 3 years. II. Changes the building code and fire code appeals process, limiting the jurisdiction of the local building code board of appeals to hearing decisions made under local amendments to those codes. III. Provides that decisions of the building code review board regarding decisions of the fire marshal and local building code board of appeals may be appealed to superior court or the housing appeals board. |
| Of Interest | HB266 | relative to structural changes to the department of energy. | Science, Technology and Energy | Mon 3/3 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill: I. Ensures the department’s full party status in proceedings before the public utilities commission. II. Requires the department to support the public utilities commission, site evaluation committee, office of the consumer advocate, and any related entities. III. Allow the department to demand documents and specific answers from public utilities or related entities. This bill is at the request of the department of energy. |
| Oppose | HB493 | requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. | Children and Family Law | Tue 3/4 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill requires education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure. |
| Support | SB90 | allowing high-density residential development on land zoned for commercial use. | Commerce | Tue 3/4 | 10:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill authorizes high-density residential development on commercially zoned land. |
| Support | SB175 | relative to the use of covenants by municipalities. | Commerce | Tue 3/4 | 10:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill grants municipalities the authority to enforce private covenants while prohibiting municipalities and state government from requiring or encouraging covenants as a condition of zoning or land use approval, with exceptions made for workforce housing developments. |
| Support | SB281 | prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances. | Commerce | Tue 3/4 | 10:45 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill changes the requirements that allow a building to be constructed on a lot adjacent to a class VI roadway. |
| Support | SB283 | relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances. | Commerce | Tue 3/4 | 11:00 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill requires municipalities to exclude below-grade areas from floor-area-ratio (FAR) calculations and review and adjust height limitations as needed to maximize capacity and height potential for new construction. |
| Support | SB163 | prohibiting local moratoria and limitations on building permits. | Commerce | Tue 3/4 | 11:30 AM | SH Room 100 | This bill prohibits municipalities from adopting new ordinances, regulations, or policies that establish moratoria or limitations on building permits or approvals for subdivisions and site plans, and repeals existing authority for temporary moratoria or limitations. |
| Support | HB463 | relative to the composition of the board of recount in elections for the select board and for the school board. | Election Law | Tue 3/4 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 306-308 | This bill prohibits candidates for the select board and the school board from sitting on a board of recount in an election where such candidate is on the ballot. |
| Oppose | SB214 | enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting. | Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Tue 3/4 | 9:15 AM | LOB Room 103 | This bill allows for no-excuse absentee registration and voting. |
| Support | SB231 | relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/4 | 9:00 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands and lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements do not exceed 50 feet and are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards. |
| Oppose | SB235 | enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire. | Energy and Natural Resources | Tue 3/4 | 9:40 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire. |
| Support | HB616 | relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals. | Environment and Agriculture | Tue 3/4 | 1:30 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill prohibits the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of abuse of animals unless such person is charged with cruelty to animals or the animals require temporary protective custody. This bill also requires the state veterinarian or their designee to accompany an investigating officer when livestock are the subject of a cruelty case in order to set probable cause criteria for the taking of the animal. |
| Support | SB270 | relative to allowing owners to gather items necessary for work from impounded vehicles. | Judiciary | Tue 3/4 | 1:00 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill allows individuals to retrieve personal and work-related items from an impounded vehicle so long as the individual is accompanied by the vehicle’s owner. |
| Oppose | SB259 | creating an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities. | Judiciary | Tue 3/4 | 1:10 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill creates an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities. |
| Oppose | SB263 | criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. | Judiciary | Tue 3/4 | 1:40 PM | SH Room 100 | This bill criminalizes and creates a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child. |
| Oppose | HB660 | requiring historic horse racing facilities to compensate their host communities with a percentage of the revenue generated from their historic horse racing machines. | Ways and Means | Tue 3/4 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 202-204 | This bill requires historic horse racing facilities to transfer 10 percent of revenue generated, after breakage and payment of winnings, to host municipalities. |
| Support | HB529 | relative to the liquor commission. | Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Wed 3/5 | 1:15 PM | LOB Room 302-304 | This bill: I. Extends the hours of sales of alcoholic beverages. II. Allows on-premises licensees to deliver liquor to customers who order a meal for home delivery. III. Allows on-premises licensees to sell beer in refillable containers and refill such containers with beer. |
| Support | HB695 | relative to school districts and medically-related grants. | Education Policy and Administration | Wed 3/5 | 2:00 PM | LOB Room 205-207 | This bill directs the department of education to require school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting schools from seeking grants for medical products or services or accepting grant-provided medical products or services, or funds therefor, unless the citizens of the municipality vote in favor of such action. |
| Oppose | HB250 | enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. | Environment and Agriculture | Wed 3/5 | 10:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill enables local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. |
| Oppose | SB302 | requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners. | Executive Departments and Administration | Wed 3/5 | 9:15 AM | SH Room 103 | This bill requires background checks for solid waste facility owners including partners and managers. |
| Support | HB559 | relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/5 | 9:30 AM | LOB Room 201 | This bill provides that not more than one emergency medical care provider shall be required to provide care to a patient during transport in an ambulance or other emergency medical service vehicle. |
| Support | HB357 | relative to the department of health and human services’ rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/5 | 10:30 AM | LOB Room 201 | This bill limits childhood immunization requirements to diseases identified in statute. The bill removes the authority of the commissioner of health and human services to adopt rules requiring immunization for additional childhood diseases. |
| Support | HB358 | relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/5 | 11:30 AM | LOB Room 201 | This bill provides that a parent or legal guardian may claim an exemption from childhood immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief by providing a signed statement to that effect. The bill removes the statutory reference to a form used for such purpose. |
| Support | HB701 | relative to a health care patient’s right to try certain emergency health care treatment options. | Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Wed 3/5 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 201 | This bill expands a health care patient’s right to try emerging health care treatment options. |
| Support | HB522 | relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state. | Judiciary | Wed 3/5 | 11:00 AM | LOB Room 206-208 | This bill establishes an expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state. |
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Of the 31 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 5 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
Of the 0 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 0 with 0 being of interest.
| Position | Bill | Title | Committee | Day | Time | Room | State Analysis |
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| Support | HB200 | relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/27 | 9:00 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires a supermajority vote of the legislative body to override a local tax cap. |
| Support | HB138 | relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/27 | 10:20 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires a notation stating the estimated tax impact for any special warrant article with a multi-year tax impact in towns that have voted to require a notation stating the estimated tax impact of the annual budget and all special warrant articles. |
| Support | HB284 | requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/27 | 10:40 AM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill requires that municipalities require tax impact statements on budgets and warrant articles and a total tax summary statement. |
| Support | HB613 | relative to enabling local political subdivisions to vote and set a reduced default budget option. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/27 | 1:00 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill enables local political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to adopt provisions for an annual choice for a reduced default budget. |
| Support | HB475 | relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings. | Municipal and County Government | Thu 2/27 | 1:45 PM | LOB Room 301-303 | This bill alters the definition of default budget to include salary and benefit reductions which occur as a result of position turnover. |
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