The New Hampshire General Court Committee Hearing Schedules
How to Register Your Position on a Bill
This PDF published by the New Hampshire House of Representatives gives instructions on how to register your support or opposition, or give testimony on a bill that is scheduled for committee hearing.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARINGS
HOUSE CALENDAR
- A day by day schedule of house committee activities with links to bill information.
HOUSE REMOTE SIGN IN
- Sign in to indicate your position on a bill or sign up to testify. Sign in no later than 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing if you wish to testify, and no later than 11:59 PM that day to register your support or opposition.
- A day by day schedule of house committee activities with links to bill information.
HOUSE REMOTE SIGN IN
- Sign in to indicate your position on a bill or sign up to testify. Sign in no later than 8:00 AM on the day of the hearing if you wish to testify, and no later than 11:59 PM that day to register your support or opposition.
Week of January 17, 2022
Tuesday, January 18
HOUSE CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 3:30 PM
HB1199
Title: prohibiting reunification therapy.
Sponsors: (Prime) Gay (R), Stapleton (R), Mark Pearson (R), Wuelper (R), Bernardy (R), Greeson (R), Woods (d), Nutter-Upham (D), Moran (D), Rung (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:30 AM
HB1058
Title: relative to the time allowed for public school students to eat lunch.
Sponsors: (Prime) Deshaies (R), Ham (R), Allard (R), Espitia (D), Simpson (D), Massimilla (D), Suzanne Smith (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 10:00 AM
HB1261
Title: prohibiting the use of Native American mascots in public schools, colleges, and universities.
Sponsors: (Prime) Cannon (D), Cushing (D), Vail (D), Tucker (D), Ellis (D), Bartlett (d), Kahn (D), Watters (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 11:15 AM
HB1627
Title: establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors: (Prime) Hill (R), Cordelli (R), Ladd (R), Weyler (R)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:30 PM
HB1367
Title: relative to civics instruction in schools.
Sponsors: (Prime) Hobson (R), Hough (R), Moffett (R)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 3:45 PM
HB1144
Title: requiring public schools to teach labor history.
Sponsors: (Prime) Gallager (D), Labranche (D)
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 10:45 AM
HB1420
Title: prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state's solid waste plan is updated.
Sponsors: (Prime) Massimilla (D), Thompson (R), Burroughs (D), Theberge (R), Hennessey (R)
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 11:15 AM
HB1049
Title: establishing a committee to study landfill siting criteria and methods for reducing pressure on landfill capacity.
Sponsors: (Prime) Aron (R), Bixby (D), Megan Murray (D), Merner (R), McWilliams (D), Watters (D), Hennessey (R)
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:00 PM
HB1454
Title: relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.
Sponsors: (Prime) Tucker (D), Thompson (R), Massimilla (D), Egan (D), Hatch (D), Merner (R), Laflamme (D), Myler (D), Deshaies (R), Hennessey (R), Sherman (D)
HOUSE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:30 PM
HB1652
Title: relative to the recycling of beverage containers.
Sponsors: (Prime) Egan (D), McGhee (D), Tucker (D), Massimilla (D)
HOUSE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICE AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:50 AM
HB1609
Title: relative to the scope of the fetal protection act.
Sponsors: (Prime) Wolf (R), Deshaies (R), Allard (R), Graham (R), Ham (R), Depalma IV (R)
HOUSE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICE AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 11:00 AM
HB1045
Title: requiring legislative oversight over the emergency powers of the department of health and human services.
Sponsors: (Prime) Mark Pearson (R)
HOUSE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICE AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:45 PM
HB1369
Title: relative to COVID-19 health and safety policies at New Hampshire performing arts venues.
Sponsors: (Prime) Wilhelm (D), Marsh (D), Knirk (D), Sherman (D)
HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:00 AM
HB1100
Title: relative to changing the penalties for driving without a license.
Sponsors: (Prime) Sykes (D)
Wednesday, January 19
HOUSE COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:15 PM
HB1523
Title: establishing a New Hampshire child care fund.
Sponsors: (Prime) McWilliams (D), Toll (D), Whitley (D), Perkins Kwoka (D)
HOUSE COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM
HB1589
Title: prohibiting the sale of products containing intentionally-added PFAS.
Sponsors: (Prime) Bill Boyd (R)
HOUSE COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:45 PM
HB1622
Title: relative to mental health parity.
Sponsors: (Prime) Luneau (D), Bartlett (d), Knirk (D), Ladd (R), Whitley (D), Sherman (D)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:00 AM
HB1027
Title: establishing the crime of undermining legislative process by false claim of emergency.
Sponsors: (Prime) Baxter (R), Yokela (R)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:45 AM
HB1025
Title: relative to impeding, provoking, or harassing law enforcement officers.
Sponsors: (Prime) Baldasaro (R), Love (R), Sheehan (R), Ulery (R), Stephen Pearson (R), Post (R), Carson (R), Giuda (R)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 11:15 AM
HB1011
Title: relative to the penalty for criminal mischief.
Sponsors: (Prime) Welch (R), Meuse (D)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 12:00 PM
HB1017
Title: establishing criminal penalties for harming or threatening to harm an essential worker.
Sponsors: (Prime) Stavis (D), Almy (D), Moran (D), Vann (D), Klee (D), Janice Schmidt (D), Abel (D), Sullivan (D)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM
HB1127
Title: relative to posthumous exonerations and annulments.
Sponsors: (Prime) Cushing (D)
This bill would allow the legislature to grant a posthumous exoneration and annulment in a case where the injustice of a law or policy for which the person was convicted becomes evident. It would also grant a posthumous exoneration and annulment of the convictions of Willard Uphaus and Eunice "Goody" Cole.
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:00 AM
HB1632
Title: relative to civil rights education in public elementary and secondary schools.
Sponsors: (Prime) Ulery (R), Alicia Lekas (R), Wuelper (R), Bernardy (R), Tony Lekas (R), Stapleton (R)
HOUSE ELECTION LAW COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 from 9:30 AM until 2:30 PM
The committee will take up a slew of bills addressing issues like voter documentation, voter data and lists, political contributions and campaign reporting. This includes: HB1542 at 11:00 AM which would force eligible voters who forget their ID to come back with that information before their votes would count. NHCVR urges voting rights supporters to oppose this bill. They are urging support for: HB1442 at 1:30 PM which would require that voter information documents be offered in various languages in addition to English.
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:00 PM
HB1291
Title: prohibiting discrimination against tenants holding certain vouchers for purposes of renting dwellings.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kenney (D), Chase (D), Horrigan (D), Marjorie Smith (D), Timothy Smith (D), Wilhelm (D), Grossman (D), Rosenwald (D), Watters (D), Donna Soucy (D)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 10:00 AM
HB1041
Title: extending the public employees labor relations act to employees of the general court and relative to the duties of the joint committee on legislative facilities.
Sponsors: (Prime) Cushing (D), Schultz (d), Edgar (D)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 10:45 AM
HB1084
Title: relative to disclosure of the sources of legislative bill proposals.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I), Janice Schmidt (D), Vann (D) This bill would require the identification of a private organization when it’s responsible for distributing a model act used by a legislator to propose legislation.
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:40 PM
HB1309
Title: establishing a committee to study revising house rules to assure that all sections of the budget trailer bill receive an adequate public hearing.
Sponsors: (Prime) Wolf (R), Deshaies (R), Allard (R), Rouillard (R), Ebel (D), Gordon (R)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM
HB1368
Title: relative to recusal by members of the general court for conflicts of interest.
Sponsors: (Prime) Gordon (R), Wall (D)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:15 PM
HB1370
Title: establishing a committee to study childcare options for New Hampshire state legislators.
Sponsors: (Prime) Wilhelm (D), Megan Murray (D), Conley (D), Wallner (d), Toll (D), McWilliams (D), Whitley (D)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:30 PM
HB1486
Title: relative to an income-based public assistance stipend for legislators.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I), Levesque (D), Frost (D)
HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:45 PM
HB1586
Title: relative to a likeness of Wentworth Cheswill at the state house.
Sponsors: (Prime) DiLorenzo (D), Marjorie Smith (D), Cushing (D), Read (I), Horrigan (D), Simpson (D), Cahill (D), Perkins Kwoka (D).
Cheswill, from Newmarket, is considered the first African American elected to public office in the U.S.
HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:30 AM
HB1040
Title: establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for electric-powered and hybrid vehicles for the funding of improvements to the state's highways and bridges and their resulting improvements to the environment.
Sponsors: (Prime) Major (R), Graham (R), Almy (D), Abrami (R), Cloutier (D), McGhee (D), Watters (D), Giuda (R), Reagan (R), Gannon (R)
HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:45 AM
HB2022
Title: relative to the 10-year transportation plan.
Sponsors: (Prime) Graham (R)
HOUSE RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:45 PM
HB1167
Title: establishing a maximum contaminant level for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water.
Sponsors: (Prime) Bill Boyd (R), Myler (D), Woodcock (D)
HOUSE RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:30 PM
HB1185
Title: relative to treatment of water contaminated with perfluorinated chemicals.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rung (D), Chretien (D), Cohen (D), Healey (R), Mooney (R), Meuse (D), Weston (D), Bill Boyd (R)
HOUSE RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 3:45 PM
HB1602
Title: relative to perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water.
Sponsors: (Prime) Grassie (D), Cohen (D), Meuse (D), Woods (d), Bill Boyd (R), Marsh (D), Vail (D), Langley (D), Watters (D)
Thursday, January 20
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 starting at 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM
COMMITTEE SCHEDULE
The committee will take testimony on half a dozen bills relating to the legalization of cannabis possession and use.
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 9:00 AM
HB1015
Title: relative to school district policies regarding objectionable material.
Sponsors: (Prime) Cordelli (R), Osborne (R), Moffett (R), Rice (R), Notter (R), Ammon (R), Hobson (R), Gould (R), Reagan (R), Avard (R)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:15 AM
HB1255
Title: relative to teachers' loyalty.
Sponsors: (Prime) Alicia Lekas (R), Layon (R), Cordelli (R), Ammon (R), Tony Lekas (R)
From the bill text: “No teacher shall advocate any doctrine or theory promoting a negative account or representation of the founding and history of the United States.... Such prohibition includes but is not limited to teaching that the United States was founded on racism.”
OPPOSE
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 1:45 PM
HB1113
Title: prohibiting the department of education and the state board of education from directing or limiting school instructional options, such as remote learning.
Sponsors: (Prime) Porter (D), Woodcock (D), Myler (D), Mullen (D), Ellison (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:30 PM
HB1434
Title: relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prudhomme-O'Brien (R), Love (R), Cordelli (R), Moffett (R), Ruth Ward (R), Ricciardi (R), Giuda (R)
HOUSE ELECTION LAW COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 9:30 AM
HB1567
Title: relative to the removal of election officials from office.
Sponsors: (Prime) Alliegro (R), Silber (R)
OPPOSE
HOUSE ELECTION LAW COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 AM
HB1485
Title: relative to direct recall elections.
Sponsors: (Prime) Sweeney (R), Alexander (R), Berry (R)
HB1567 and HB1485 expand the ability of residents to seek removal of an elected official, either via the courts or through a recall petition.
HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 AM
HB1677
Title: relative to the administration and settlement of claims of abuse at the youth development center and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors: (Prime) Umberger (R), Wallner (d), Rice (R), Long (D), Jeb Bradley (R)
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 1:45 PM
HB1021
Title: prohibiting regulation of religious land use based on the religious nature of the assembly or speech taking place on the land or in the structure.
Sponsors: (Prime) Wuelper (R), Gould (R), Ankarberg (R)
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:30 PM
HB1519
Title: defining "religious belief" and protecting it from discrimination.
Sponsors: (Prime) Foster (R), Pauer (R), Gail Sanborn (R), Deshaies (R), Spillane (R), Ammon (R), Edwards (R), Tony Lekas (R), Rollins (R)
OPPOSE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 3:30 PM
HB1195
Title: relative to public comment periods at public meetings.
Sponsors: (Prime) Dolan (R), Ankarberg (R), Thomas (R), Maggiore (D), Cordelli (R), Potucek (R), Deshaies (R), Baldasaro (R), Pauer (R)
OPPOSE
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 AM
HB1053
Title: relative to the hourly rate paid to an employee for hours worked but not previously scheduled.
Sponsors: (Prime) Adjutant (D), Cloutier (D), Labranche (D)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:30 AM
HB1386
Title: establishing a committee to study the effects of heat and high temperature on employee working conditions.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I), Toomey (D), Bouchard (D)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:00 AM
HB1385
Title: prohibiting the use of credit history in employment decisions.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I), Bouchard (D), Toomey (D)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:30 AM
HB1251
Title: prohibiting payment of subminimum wages.
Sponsors: (Prime) Altschiller (D), Schultz (d), Klein-Knight (D), Vail (D), Schuett (D), McWilliams (D), Caplan (D), Donna Soucy (D)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 1:00 PM
HB1094
Title: relative to employee work schedules and rest periods.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:00 PM
HB1231
Title: relative to failure to make payment of compensation.
Sponsors: (Prime) Abramson (R)
HOUSE LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 3:00 PM
HB1156
Title: requiring certain public servants to receive a copy of a pre-employment background investigation.
Sponsors: (Prime) Trottier (R), Bordes (R)
HOUSE MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:30 AM
HB1272
Title: limiting the authority of town health officers.
Sponsors: (Prime) Harvey-Bolia (R), Blasek (R), Berezhny (R), Post (R), Renzullo (R), Binford (R), Littlefield (R), Pauer (R)
This bill would restrict the ability to make bylaws or ordinances relating to public health matters.
OPPOSE
HOUSE STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:45 AM
HCR7
Title: reaffirming support for the nation of Israel and the location of the embassy of the United States therein.
Sponsors: (Prime) Spillane (R), Silber (R), Blasek (R), Verville (R), Bershtein (R), Aron (R), Yakubovich (R), Johnson (R), Binford (R), Notter (R)
HOUSE STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:15 AM
HR17
Title: opposing all federal and state efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation.
Sponsors: (Prime) Bernardy (R), Notter (R), White (R), Cambrils (R)
OPPOSE
HOUSE STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:45 PM
HR18
Title: urging Congress to remove the exception from the 13th Amendment: "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."
Sponsors: (Prime) Amanda Bouldin (D), Andrew Bouldin (D), Hyland (D), Spillane (R), Klein-Knight (D), Peter Schmidt (D), Almy (D), Janice Schmidt (D), Read (I), Knirk (D), Watters (D)
HOUSE STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 3:30 PM
CACR32
Title: relating to independence. Providing that the state peaceably declares independence from the United States and proceeds as a sovereign nation.
Sponsors: (Prime) Sylvia (R), Green (R), Santonastaso (R), Dodge (R), Howard (R), Bailey (R), Torosian (R)
OPPOSE
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 9:00 AM
HB1338
Title: establishing a committee to study imposing a tax on manufacturers based on the cost to dispose of single-use products and product packaging materials.
Sponsors: (Prime) Read (I), Frost (D), Labranche (D)
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 9:45 AM
HB1407
Title: including the promotion of affordable housing under the land and community heritage investment program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Klein-Knight (D), Caplan (D), Vann (D), Bouchard (D)
Housing Action NH opposes this bill.
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:30 AM
HB1541
Title: establishing a deferral from the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for qualified limited liability startups.
Sponsors: (Prime) Abramson (R)
Friday, January 21
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 9:45 AM
HB1577
Title: relative to exemptions from prosecution for victims of human trafficking.
Sponsors: (Prime) Abbas (R), Steven Smith (R), Bordenet (D), Rhodes (R), Ruth Ward (R)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 10:30 AM
HB1340
Title: relative to the definition of "domestic violence" and relative to criminal convictions for domestic violence.
Sponsors: (Prime) Abramson (R)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 11:15 AM
HB1388
Title: relative to the unsolicited disclosure of an intimate image.
Sponsors: (Prime) Nutting-Wong (D), Abbas (R), Rhodes (R)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 12:00 PM
HB1176
Title: relative to reducing the penalty for sex work within one's own home.
Sponsors: (Prime) Abramson (R), Adjutant (d)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 1:45 PM
HB1400
Title: prohibiting law enforcement from using the scent of marijuana as probable cause for a search.
Sponsors: (Prime) Amanda Bouldin (D)
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 2:15 PM
HB1266
Title: relative to restrictions on enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Sponsors: (Prime) Piemonte (R), Torosian (R), Potucek (R)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 11:15 AM
HB1355
Title: requiring the scholarship organization to refer suspected cases of misuse of funds or fraud in the education freedom account program to the attorney general.
Sponsors: (Prime) Luneau (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 2:00 PM
HB1283
Title: relative to liability as taxable income of education freedom account payments.
Sponsors: (Prime) Luneau (D), Ames (D), Marjorie Smith (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 2:45 PM
HB1516
Title: relative to the source of funds for education freedom accounts.
Sponsors: (Prime) Porter (D), Marjorie Smith (D), Myler (D), Mullen (D), Ellison (D), Berch (D), Tanner (D), Heath (D), Cornell (D), Woodcock (D), Kahn (D), Prentiss (D)
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Friday, January 21 at 3:30 PM
HB1114
Title: relative to education service providers under the education freedom account program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Cornell (D), Mullen (D), Porter (D), Heath (D), Vail (D), Van Houten (D)
SENATE COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARINGS
SENATE CALENDAR
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Week of January 17, 2022
Tuesday, January 18
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:00 AM
SB235
Title: relative to the authority to offer multiple education instruction options.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Watters (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Heath (D), Myler (D), Luneau (D), Wolf (R), Ames (D)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:15 AM
SB236
Title: establishing a committee to study New Hampshire teacher shortages and recruitment incentives.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Ruth Ward (R), Prentiss (D), Watters (D), Myler (D), Heath (D)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:45 AM
SB351
Title: relative to annual performance and financial reporting by private and religious schools that receive public funds.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Prentiss (D), Cavanaugh (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Sherman (D), Watters (D), Whitley (D), Rosenwald (D), D'Allesandro (D), Donna Soucy (D)
SENATE ENERGY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:45 AM
SB270
Title: establishing a low-moderate income community solar savings program and relative to statewide energy efficiency programs.
Sponsors: (Prime) Watters (D), Avard (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), D'Allesandro (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Hennessey (R), Whitley (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Gannon (R), Sherman (D), Giuda (R), Cali-Pitts (D), McGhee (D)
SENATE ENERGY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 10:00 AM
HB549
Title: (New Title) relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.
Sponsors: (Prime) Vose (R), Harrington (R), Ammon (R), Nunez (R), Ruth Ward (R), Gannon (R)
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:00 PM
SB371
Title: making an appropriation to the lead paint hazard remediation fund.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rosenwald (D), Hennessey (R), D'Allesandro (D), Avard (R), Stapleton (R), Wilhelm (D), Espitia (D), Amanda Bouldin (D), Nordgren (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:00 PM
SB300
Title: relative to the state commission for human rights.
Sponsors: (Prime) Avard (R), Giuda (R), Ammon (R), Homola (R), Hill (R)
This is an anti-vaccine bill.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:00 PM
SB393
Title: relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women in the custody of a state or county correctional facility.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Watters (D), Rosenwald (D), Hennessey (R), Kahn (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Wazir (D), Myler (D), Wallner (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:30 PM
SB294
Title: relative to the release of a defendant pending trial.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jeb Bradley (R), Hennessey (R), Ricciardi (R), Carson (R), Deshaies (R), Barbara Shaw (D), Abbas (R)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:40 PM
SB308
Title: relative to driver's licenses for certain visa holders.
Sponsors: (Prime) Watters (D), Birdsell (R), Kahn (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sykes (D), Sullivan (D), McWilliams (D)
Wednesday, January 19
SENATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:15 AM
SB227
Title: relative to death benefits for first responders who die from suicide.
Sponsors: (Prime) Birdsell (R), Prentiss (D), Carson (R), Cavanaugh (D), Stephen Pearson (R)
SENATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:30 AM
SB357
Title: relative to mental health training for first responders.
Sponsors: (Prime) Birdsell (R), Carson (R), Watters (D), Cavanaugh (D), Timothy Soucy (d), Prentiss (D), Stephen Pearson (R)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:30 AM
SB326
Title: establishing the office of early childhood.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), Watters (D), Donna Soucy (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Myler (D), Mullen (D), McWilliams (D), Luneau (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:00 PM
SB399
Title: repealing the fetal health protection act.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rosenwald (D), Watters (D), Cavanaugh (D), D'Allesandro (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Donna Soucy (D), Kahn (D), Marjorie Smith (D), Simpson (D), Amanda Bouldin (D), Rogers (D), Cushing (D)
SUPPORT
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM
SB436
Title: relative to access to abortion care.
Sponsors: (Prime) Perkins Kwoka (D), Rosenwald (D), D'Allesandro (D), Watters (D), Whitley (D), Donna Soucy (D), Sherman (D), Cavanaugh (D), Kahn (D), Prentiss (D), Simpson (D), Knirk (D), Weber (D), Ebel (D), Megan Murray (D)
Planned Parenthood has tools for advocacy related to these bills.
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:45 AM
SB315
Title: directing that a portion of revenue distributions from the meals and rooms municipal revenue fund be used by municipalities to reduce the local property tax rate.
Sponsors: (Prime) D'Allesandro (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Watters (D), Prentiss (D), Wall (D), Wallner (d), Leishman (D)
Thursday, January 20
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 1:00 PM
SB400
Title: relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jeb Bradley (R), Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), D'Allesandro (D), Watters (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Rosenwald (D), Avard (R), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Donna Soucy (D), Kahn (D), DiLorenzo (D), Umberger (R), Alexander (R), Sweeney (R), Porter (D)
Housing Action NH supports this bill.
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:00 PM
SB405
Title: relative to fines and penalties for election law violations.
Sponsors: (Prime) Giuda (R), Avard (R), Birdsell (R), John MacDonald (R), Lang (R)
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:30 PM
SB418
Title: relative to verification of voter affidavits.
Sponsors: (Prime) Giuda (R), Jeb Bradley (R), French (R), Gannon (R), Howard (R)
OPPOSE
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 AM
SB407
Title: relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prentiss (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Rosenwald (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), Watters (D), Kahn (D), Megan Murray (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Gannon (R), D'Allesandro (D), Donna Soucy (D), Nordgren (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:30 AM
SB419
Title: relative to public health networks.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prentiss (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Carson (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Watters (D), Kahn (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), D'Allesandro (D), Murphy (D), Marsh (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:45 AM
SB444
Title: relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Watters (D), Hennessey (R), Carson (R), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Rosenwald (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Kahn (D), Donna Soucy (D), D'Allesandro (D), Wallner (d), Altschiller (D), Wazir (D), Luneau (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:00 AM
SB450
Title: relative to the prescription drug affordability board.
Sponsors: (Prime) Sherman (D), Rosenwald (D), Watters (D), Carson (R), Gannon (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Merchant (D), Marsh (D), Murphy (D)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:00 AM
SB235
Title: relative to the authority to offer multiple education instruction options.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Watters (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Heath (D), Myler (D), Luneau (D), Wolf (R), Ames (D)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:15 AM
SB236
Title: establishing a committee to study New Hampshire teacher shortages and recruitment incentives.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Ruth Ward (R), Prentiss (D), Watters (D), Myler (D), Heath (D)
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:45 AM
SB351
Title: relative to annual performance and financial reporting by private and religious schools that receive public funds.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kahn (D), Prentiss (D), Cavanaugh (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Sherman (D), Watters (D), Whitley (D), Rosenwald (D), D'Allesandro (D), Donna Soucy (D)
SENATE ENERGY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 9:45 AM
SB270
Title: establishing a low-moderate income community solar savings program and relative to statewide energy efficiency programs.
Sponsors: (Prime) Watters (D), Avard (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), D'Allesandro (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Hennessey (R), Whitley (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Gannon (R), Sherman (D), Giuda (R), Cali-Pitts (D), McGhee (D)
SENATE ENERGY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 10:00 AM
HB549
Title: (New Title) relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.
Sponsors: (Prime) Vose (R), Harrington (R), Ammon (R), Nunez (R), Ruth Ward (R), Gannon (R)
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:00 PM
SB371
Title: making an appropriation to the lead paint hazard remediation fund.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rosenwald (D), Hennessey (R), D'Allesandro (D), Avard (R), Stapleton (R), Wilhelm (D), Espitia (D), Amanda Bouldin (D), Nordgren (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:00 PM
SB300
Title: relative to the state commission for human rights.
Sponsors: (Prime) Avard (R), Giuda (R), Ammon (R), Homola (R), Hill (R)
This is an anti-vaccine bill.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:00 PM
SB393
Title: relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women in the custody of a state or county correctional facility.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Watters (D), Rosenwald (D), Hennessey (R), Kahn (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Wazir (D), Myler (D), Wallner (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 2:30 PM
SB294
Title: relative to the release of a defendant pending trial.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jeb Bradley (R), Hennessey (R), Ricciardi (R), Carson (R), Deshaies (R), Barbara Shaw (D), Abbas (R)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 18 at 1:40 PM
SB308
Title: relative to driver's licenses for certain visa holders.
Sponsors: (Prime) Watters (D), Birdsell (R), Kahn (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sykes (D), Sullivan (D), McWilliams (D)
Wednesday, January 19
SENATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:15 AM
SB227
Title: relative to death benefits for first responders who die from suicide.
Sponsors: (Prime) Birdsell (R), Prentiss (D), Carson (R), Cavanaugh (D), Stephen Pearson (R)
SENATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:30 AM
SB357
Title: relative to mental health training for first responders.
Sponsors: (Prime) Birdsell (R), Carson (R), Watters (D), Cavanaugh (D), Timothy Soucy (d), Prentiss (D), Stephen Pearson (R)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:30 AM
SB326
Title: establishing the office of early childhood.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), Watters (D), Donna Soucy (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Myler (D), Mullen (D), McWilliams (D), Luneau (D)
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 1:00 PM
SB399
Title: repealing the fetal health protection act.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rosenwald (D), Watters (D), Cavanaugh (D), D'Allesandro (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Donna Soucy (D), Kahn (D), Marjorie Smith (D), Simpson (D), Amanda Bouldin (D), Rogers (D), Cushing (D)
SUPPORT
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM
SB436
Title: relative to access to abortion care.
Sponsors: (Prime) Perkins Kwoka (D), Rosenwald (D), D'Allesandro (D), Watters (D), Whitley (D), Donna Soucy (D), Sherman (D), Cavanaugh (D), Kahn (D), Prentiss (D), Simpson (D), Knirk (D), Weber (D), Ebel (D), Megan Murray (D)
Planned Parenthood has tools for advocacy related to these bills.
SENATE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 19 at 9:45 AM
SB315
Title: directing that a portion of revenue distributions from the meals and rooms municipal revenue fund be used by municipalities to reduce the local property tax rate.
Sponsors: (Prime) D'Allesandro (D), Sherman (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Watters (D), Prentiss (D), Wall (D), Wallner (d), Leishman (D)
Thursday, January 20
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 1:00 PM
SB400
Title: relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jeb Bradley (R), Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), D'Allesandro (D), Watters (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Rosenwald (D), Avard (R), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Prentiss (D), Donna Soucy (D), Kahn (D), DiLorenzo (D), Umberger (R), Alexander (R), Sweeney (R), Porter (D)
Housing Action NH supports this bill.
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:00 PM
SB405
Title: relative to fines and penalties for election law violations.
Sponsors: (Prime) Giuda (R), Avard (R), Birdsell (R), John MacDonald (R), Lang (R)
SENATE ELECTION LAW AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 2:30 PM
SB418
Title: relative to verification of voter affidavits.
Sponsors: (Prime) Giuda (R), Jeb Bradley (R), French (R), Gannon (R), Howard (R)
OPPOSE
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:00 AM
SB407
Title: relative to expanding Medicaid to include certain postpartum health care services and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prentiss (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Rosenwald (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), Watters (D), Kahn (D), Megan Murray (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Gannon (R), D'Allesandro (D), Donna Soucy (D), Nordgren (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:30 AM
SB419
Title: relative to public health networks.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prentiss (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Carson (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Whitley (D), Watters (D), Kahn (D), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), D'Allesandro (D), Murphy (D), Marsh (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 10:45 AM
SB444
Title: relative to childhood adverse experiences treatment and prevention.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Watters (D), Hennessey (R), Carson (R), Cavanaugh (D), Sherman (D), Rosenwald (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Kahn (D), Donna Soucy (D), D'Allesandro (D), Wallner (d), Altschiller (D), Wazir (D), Luneau (D)
SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Thursday, January 20 at 11:00 AM
SB450
Title: relative to the prescription drug affordability board.
Sponsors: (Prime) Sherman (D), Rosenwald (D), Watters (D), Carson (R), Gannon (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Prentiss (D), Merchant (D), Marsh (D), Murphy (D)
Session Year 2022 Bills
HB50
Title: apportioning state representative districts.
Sponsors: (Prime) Barbara Griffin (R)
Committees: House Committee - Special Committee on Redistricting |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
Explanation: New Hampshire state House of Representatives redistricting maps.
HB52
Title: apportioning congressional districts.
Sponsors: (Prime) Barbara Griffin (R)
Committees: House Committee - Special Committee on Redistricting |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
Explanation: Congressional redistricting maps which are grossly gerrymandered.
HB54
Title: apportioning county commissioner districts.
Sponsors: (Prime) Barbara Griffin (R)
Committees: House Committee - Special Committee on Redistricting |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
Explanation: County Commissioner redistricting maps.
HB60
Title: raising the minimum age of marriage.
Sponsors: (Prime) Levesque (D), Grassie (D), Walz (d), Altschiller (D), Rung (D), Petrigno (D), Denny Ruprecht (D), Wazir (D), Frost (D), Timothy Smith (D)
Committees: House Committee - Children and Family Law |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Senate Status:
Explanation: raising the minimum age of marriage. Voted ITL 01/05/2022 in House. This leaves the minimum age of marriage at 16, rather than raising it to 18.
HB103-FN
Title: establishing a dental benefit under the state Medicaid program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Schapiro (D), Stavis (D), McWilliams (D), Wazir (D), Rosenwald (D)
Committees: House Committee: Finance |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: IN COMMITTEE
Senate Status:
Explanation: establishing a dental benefit under the state Medicaid program, passed by a vote of 225-127.
HB125
Title: relative to post-arrest photo distribution by law enforcement officers.
Sponsors: (Prime) Klein-Knight (D), Bouchard (D), Roy (R)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: relative to post-arrest photo distribution by law enforcement officers. Referred for IS.
HB135
Title: requiring parties responsible for pollution of a drinking water supply to be financially responsible for certain consequences of that pollution.
Sponsors: (Prime) Boehm (R), Lascelles (R), Notter (R)
Committees: House Committee - Judiciary | Senate Committee - Energy and Natural Resources
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Explanation: requiring parties responsible for pollution of a drinking water supply to be financially responsible for certain consequences of that pollution. Voted ITL BILL KILLED 01/05/2022.
HB196
Title: adding trespass as an exception to the charge of criminal threatening.
Sponsors: (Prime) Yakubovich (R), Binford (R), Roy (R), Tony Lekas (R), Rhodes (R), Aron (R), Piemonte (R), DeSimone (R)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: adding trespass as an exception to the charge of criminal threatening. Referred for IS.
HB197
Title: relative to the use of deadly force in defense of another.
Sponsors: (Prime) Yakubovich (R), Binford (R), Tony Lekas (R), Ankarberg (R), Aron (R), Rhodes (R), Piemonte (R), Abramson (R)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: relative to the use of deadly force in defense of another. This would essentially expand the right to use deadly force to one’s vehicles. Referred for IS 01/05/2022.
HB227
Title: relative to termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.
Sponsors: (Prime) Lynn (R)
Committees: House Committee – Judiciary | Senate Committee - Commerce
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Explanation: This bill would allow landlords to evict tenants for no other reason than that their lease had ended.
HB238
Title: prohibiting provocations based on a victim’s actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation from being used as a defense in manslaughter cases.
Sponsors: (Prime) Query (D), Levesque (D), Weston (D), Bunker (D), Mullen (D), Tanner (D), Alexander (R), Toll (D), Amanda Bouldin (D), Perkins Kwoka (D)
Committees: House Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
Explanation: prohibiting provocations based on a victim’s actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation from being used as a defense in manslaughter case, passed by a vote of 199-156. In effect this would prohibit the use of the so-called “panic defense” by defendants who kill someone who identifies as LGBTQ.
SUPPORT
HB255
Title: relative to limited liability for institutions of higher education and businesses.
Sponsors: (Prime) Ladd (R), Steven Smith (R), Aron (R), Barbara Shaw (D)
Committees: House Committee: Education |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: LAID ON TABLE
Senate Status:
Explanation: relative to limited liability for institutions of higher education and businesses. This bill, as amended, would broadly prohibit any requirement that people be vaccinated for COVID-19 at work, at school, or in community gatherings. Tabled in House (Rep. Ladd) 01/06/2022 by a vote of 213-142.
HB307
Title: relative to the state preemption of the regulation of firearms and ammunition.
Sponsors: (Prime) Silber (R), Yakubovich (R), Comtois (R), Gould (R)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: This bill will expand the right to carry weapons on NH state university and college campuses and municipal property by restricting local rulemaking authority and imposing fines of up to $10,000 for violations of the statute. Democratic senators offered amendments to eliminate the fines, and to remove NH state colleges and universities from the bill, but both failed on party line votes. Because the bill was amended, it will return to the House for a vote.
HB319
Title: requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test.
Sponsors: (Prime) Moffett (R), Pearl (R), Lang (R), Rouillard (R), Barbara Shaw (D), Hobson (R), Giuda (R)
Committees: House Committee – Education | Senate Committee - Education
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: REPORT FILED
Explanation: to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test. Moved for consideration at a future date - Special Order to the Next Session, Without Objection 01/05/2022.
HB359
Title: creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person's ethnicity.
Sponsors: (Prime) Walz (D)
Committees: House Committee: Judiciary |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: LAID ON TABLE
Senate Status:
Explanation: creating a private cause of action for discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person's ethnicity. Tabled in House (Rep. McLean) 01/06/2022.
HB427
Title: prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs.
Sponsors: (Prime) Altschiller (D), Toll (D), Grote (D), Snow (D), Berch (D)
Committees: House Committee - Children and Family Law | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: PASSED
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED
Explanation: prohibiting corporal punishment of children in state agency programs. Voted OTP 01/05/2022.
HB440
Title: (New Title) prohibiting the suspension of civil liberties during a state of emergency.
Sponsors: (Prime) Kofalt (R), Ammon (R), Nunez (R), Avard (R), Homola (R)
Committees: House Committee - Judiciary | Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: prohibiting the suspension of civil liberties during a state of emergency. Voted OTP/A 01/05/2022.
HB473
Title: establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement.
Sponsors: (Prime) Janigian (R), Abbas (R), Edgar (D), Gay (R), McBride (R), Morse (R)
Committees: House Committee - Commerce and Consumer Affairs |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Senate Status:
Explanation: establishing a renter's insurance notification requirement. Voted ITL 01/05/2022 in House.
HB503
Title: (Second New Title) codifying the council on housing stability and relative to telehealth and medically assisted treatment for substance use disorder.
Sponsors: (Prime) Long (D), Wilhelm (D)
Committees: House Committee - Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs | Senate Committee - Health and Human Services
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: codifying the council on housing stability. This bill also addresses access to medication-assisted treatment for addiction and coverage under Medicaid. Voted OTP/A 01/05/2022.
HB549
Title: (New Title) relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.
Sponsors: (Prime) Vose (R), Harrington (R), Ammon (R), Nunez (R), Ruth Ward (R), Gannon (R)
Committees: House Committee - Science, Technology and Energy | Senate Committee - Energy and Natural Resources
General Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: IN COMMITTEE
Explanation: relative to the energy efficiency resource standard and the system benefits charge. Voted OTP/A in House 01/06/2022 by a vote of 343-0.
HB579
Title: requiring notice to the public before immigration checkpoints are conducted.
Sponsors: (Prime) Craig (R), Tony Lekas (R), Amanda Bouldin (D), McWilliams (D), Chretien (D), Andrew Bouldin (D), Labranche (D), Wilhelm (D), Moran (D)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status:
Explanation: requiring notice to the public before immigration checkpoints are conducted, voted OTP/A by a vote of 254-85.
HB607-FN
Title: establishing local education savings accounts for students.
Sponsors: (Prime) Verville (R), Cordelli (R), Jeudy (D), Alicia Lekas (R), Seaworth (R), Greene (R), Potucek (R), Hill (R), Yokela (R), Cushman (R), Reagan (R)
Committees: House Committee - Education |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: TABLED (Tabled bills can be removed from the table with a simple majority until March 31 “Crossover Day”; after that date, it would take a 2/3 vote to advance the bill.)
Senate Status:
Explanation: In addition to the costly school voucher program passed into law with the state budget, HB 607 would create another, even more dangerous school voucher plan that allocates locally raised school taxes to fund school voucher accounts that can be used to pay for private, religious, or homeschooling. For most NH communities, the majority of the funding needed for their public schools is raised at the local level through local property taxes. HB 607 targets that funding. This bill would have devastating impacts on local communities and public schools.
HB622-FN
Title: protecting nascent human life as a reasonable and valid state interest.
Sponsors: (Prime) Stapleton (R), Abramson (R), Bill Nelson (R), Mark Pearson (R)
Committees: House Committee – Judiciary |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: TABLED (Tabled bills can be removed from the table with a simple majority until March 31 “Crossover Day”; after that date, it would take a 2/3 vote to advance the bill.)
Senate Status:
Explanation: an abortion bill amended to eliminate a section of the Fetal Life Protection Act requiring an invasive ultrasound, was tabled by a vote of 325-23 after the Speaker unexpectedly ruled the amendment non-germane.
HB629-FN
Title: relative to the home cultivation of cannabis plants and the possession of certain cannabis-infused products.
Sponsors: (Prime) McGuire (R), True (R), Verville (R), Tony Lekas (R), Sylvia (R), McWilliams (D)
Committees: House Committee - Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: PASSED/ADOPTED
Senate Status:
Explanation: relative to the home cultivation of cannabis plants and the possession of certain cannabis-infused products. OTP by a vote of 241-113 in the House 01/06/2022.
SB39
Title: exempting information and records contained in law enforcement personnel files from disclosure under the right-to-know law.
Sponsors: (Prime) Carson (R)
Committees: Senate Committee - Judiciary
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: exempting information and records contained in law enforcement personnel files from disclosure under the right-to-know law. Referred for IS 01/05/2022.
SB63
Title: relative to business liability protection for exposure to coronavirus and COVID-19.
Sponsors: (Prime) Giuda (R), Hennessey (R), Carson (R), Gannon (R), Morse (R), Lynne Ober (R), Weyler (R), Edwards (R), Stapleton (R)
General Status: SENATE
Committees: Senate Committee – Commerce
House Status:
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: relative to business liability protection for exposure to coronavirus and COVID-19. Referred for IS in Senate 01/05/2022.
SB68
Title: requiring an employer to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.
Sponsors: (Prime) Hennessey (R), Gannon (R), Watters (D), D'Allesandro (D), Sherman (D), Ricciardi (R), Rosenwald (D), Reagan (R), Whitley (D), Carson (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Gray (R), Prentiss (D), Marsh (D), Deshaies (R), DeSimone (R), Birdsell (R)
Committees: House Committee - Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Senate Committee - Commerce
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: INTERIM STUDY
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED
Explanation: requiring an employer to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees. Voted Refer for Interim Study’ (IS) 01/05/2022 in House, which means the committee wants to keep working in it.
SB69-FN
Title: requiring employers to provide access to a sufficient space for nursing mothers and reasonable break time.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Hennessey (R), Perkins Kwoka (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Cavanaugh (D), Donna Soucy (D), McWilliams (D), Wazir (D), Marsh (D), Abel (D)
Committees: House Committee - Commerce and Consumer Affairs | Senate Committee - Commerce
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: LAID ON TABLE
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: requiring employers to provide access to a sufficient space for nursing mothers and reasonable break time. Tabled in House (Rep. Hunt) 01/05/2022.
SB75
Title: relative to school district information on the COVID-19 dashboard maintained by the department of health and human services.
Sponsors: (Prime) Prentiss (D), Whitley (D), Murphy (D)
Committees: Senate Committee - Health and Human Services
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: relative to school district information on the COVID-19 dashboard maintained by the department of health and human services. Referred for IS.
SB92-FN
Title: relative to increasing the penalty for criminal mischief, the release of a defendant pending trial, and requiring law enforcement candidate background checks.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jeb Bradley (R), Avard (R), Carson (R), Hennessey (R), D'Allesandro (D), Ricciardi (R), Giuda (R), Cavanaugh (D)
Committees: House Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety | Senate Committee: Judiciary
General Status: HOUSE
House Status: LAID ON TABLE
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: Senate Roll Call taken on 3/19/2021 Ought to Pass w/Amendment - Motion Passed (18-6); Lay on Table in House (Rep. Abbas) 01/06/2022.
SB121
Title: relative to a state-based health exchange.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rosenwald (D), Jeb Bradley (R), Sherman (D), Marsh (D), Bartlett (d), Weber (D), Hunt (R)
Committees: Senate Committee - Health and Human Services
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Explanation: relative to a state-based health exchange, allowing the state Department of Insurance to study the option of setting up a state-based health exchange for people to enroll in Affordable Care Act policies. NH currently uses the federal system and gets charged a small fee for that. Voted OTP/A 01/05/2022.
SB144-FN
Title: relative to child care scholarships.
Sponsors: (Prime) Whitley (D), Rosenwald (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Watters (D), Hennessey (R), Prentiss (D), D'Allesandro (D), Donna Soucy (D), Sherman (D), McWilliams (D), Nordgren (D), Wallner (d)
Committees: Senate Committee - Finance
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: IN COMMITTEE
Explanation: relative to childcare scholarships, allowing a pilot program for childcare scholarships based on enrollment instead of attendance. Voted OTP/A and referred to Finance Committee.
SB151-FN
Title: relative to renewable energy procurement.
Sponsors: (Prime) Watters (D), Perkins Kwoka (D), Sherman (D), Rosenwald (D), Donna Soucy (D), Cushing (D)
Committees: Senate Committee - Finance
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: INTERIM STUDY
Explanation: relative to renewable energy procurement. Referred for IS 01/05/2022.
SB156
Title: relative to management of the secure psychiatric unit facility at New Hampshire hospital.
Sponsors: (Prime) French (R), Giuda (R), Gray (R), Carson (R), D'Allesandro (D), Birdsell (R), Sherman (D)
Committees: Senate Committee - Health and Human Services
General Status: SENATE
House Status:
Senate Status: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Explanation: relative to management of the secure psychiatric unit facility at New Hampshire hospital. Voted ITL BILL KILLED 01/05/2022.
Legislative Resources
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Representative Mark Alliegro (R)
Grafton - District 7
Mark.Alliegro@leg.state.nh.us
Senator Bob Giuda (R)
District 02
Bob.Giuda@leg.state.nh.us
- American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Their work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.
Representative Mark Alliegro (R)
Grafton - District 7
Mark.Alliegro@leg.state.nh.us
Senator Bob Giuda (R)
District 02
Bob.Giuda@leg.state.nh.us
