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Monday, March 3

House Municipal and County Government9:00 AM–1:00 PM(16 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 301-303

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 471establishing a commission to study issues related to growth, traffic, and planning and land use for certain towns.

9:20 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 373relative to the management and regulation of town real property.

9:40 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 413relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.

10:10 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 229repealing the alternative procedure for adoption of zoning ordinances.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 372relative to lease agreements of equipment for building or facility improvements.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 123defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.
  • HB 125relative to electing Strafford county commissioners at-large.
  • HB 247authorizing municipalities to hold a referendum on whether to allow historic horse racing.
  • HB 490relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness.
  • HB 512relative to preventing municipal employees from being paid under multiple municipal contracts simultaneously.
  • HB 544relative to an optional local public safety assessment on certain room occupancies.
  • HB 554clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property.
  • HB 562relative to the filling of vacant positions on elected municipal boards and school boards.
  • HB 569relative to the establishment of county-wide communication districts.
  • HB 643expanding the number of Grafton County commissioners.
  • HB 668authorizing municipalities to hold a referendum to rescind the licenses of historic horse racing facilities.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Municipal and County Government page

New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission9:00 AM–10:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNHDES, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH

9:00 AMStatutory Committee

Subcommittee work session. Set up by SB 380 of 2016.

10:00 AMStatutory Committee

Regular meeting. Set up by SB 380 of 2016.

This meeting on the New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission page

House Science, Technology and Energy9:00 AM–2:00 PM(10 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionSubcommittee Work SessionLOB 302-304

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 266relative to structural changes to the department of energy and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights and relative to the effect of murder on a decedent's estate.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HR 15urging New Hampshire's congressional representatives to advocate for a change in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policy.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 599establishing a committee to examine weatherization initiatives for homes in New Hampshire.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 219relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards.
  • HB 567relative to the elimination of useful thermal energy from renewable energy classes.
  • HB 696relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities.
  • HB 764prohibiting the intentional release of polluting emissions, including cloud seeding, weather modification, excessive electromagnetic radio frequency, and microwave radiation and making penalties for violation of such prohibition.

2:00 PMSubcommittee Work Session

  • HB 537relative to electric rates approved by the public utilities commission for residential condominium property.
  • HB 539requiring electric utilities to use residential electric rates for certain types of residential condominiums.
  • HB 680relative to standardizing homeowners associations' electricity billing for shared meter usage.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Science, Technology and Energy page

House Education Policy and Administration9:30 AM–3:30 PM(11 bills)Public HearingSubcommittee Work SessionExecutive Session

9:30 AMPublic HearingLOB 205-207

  • HB 748establishing a local education freedom account program.

10:15 AMPublic HearingLOB 205-207

  • HB 752relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school.

11:00 AMPublic HearingLOB 205-207

  • HB 763relative to school emergency plans for sports related injuries.

11:00 AMSubcommittee Work SessionLOB 203

  • HB 131relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention.
  • HB 781requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education.

1:00 PMExecutive SessionLOB 205-207

  • HB 93enabling school districts to appoint a school district treasurer.
  • HB 384prohibiting bullying in schools.
  • HB 667relative to health education and requiring the viewing of certain videos demonstrating gestational development.
  • HB 748establishing a local education freedom account program.
  • HB 752relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school.
  • HB 754establishing automatic discovery in due process hearings for actions seeking to enforce special education rights.
  • HB 763relative to school emergency plans for sports related injuries.
  • HB 781requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education.

3:00 PMExecutive SessionLOB 205-207

  • HB 231prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent.

3:00 PMPublic HearingLOB 205-207

  • HB 231prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent.

3:30 PMPublic HearingLOB 205-207

  • HB 555relative to required holocaust and genocide study requirements for an adequate public education.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Policy and Administration page

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs9:30 AM–1:00 PM(2 bills)Public HearingLOB 306-308

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 377relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day.

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 712limiting breast surgeries for minors, relative to residential care and health facility licensing, and relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs page

House Judiciary10:00 AM(13 bills)Executive SessionLOB 206-208
  • HB 88establishing community property trusts.
  • HB 148permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.
  • HB 199extending the statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
  • HB 232relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals.
  • HB 253relative to interest-bearing pooled trust accounts maintained by lawyers.
  • HB 254relative to options for end of life care.
  • HB 268relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.
  • HB 293preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access.
  • HB 611relative to repayment regarding appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants.
  • HB 615relative to drug forfeiture proceedings.
  • HB 762appropriating $30,000 to the judicial branch for the purpose of hiring a contractor to conduct a manual review of domestic violence and stalking cases and related criminal cases.
  • CACR 6relating to the right to compute. Providing that the right of individuals to use computation resources shall not be infringed.
  • CACR 7relating to the presumption of innocence. Providing that in all cases and suits of the state against one of the people, the defendant shall be innocent unless proven guilty.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Judiciary page

New Hampshire Council on Suicide Prevention10:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNational Guard Edward Cross Training Center, 722 Riverwood Drive, Pembroke
House Children and Family Law11:00 AM(1 bill)Subcommittee Work SessionLOB 201
  • HB 553relative to the definition of abuse and neglect and conditions triggering a rebuttable presumption of harm in abuse and neglect cases.

House Calendar 12 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Children and Family Law page

Public Higher Education Study Committee1:00 PMStatutory CommitteeSH Room 100
New Hampshire Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission2:00 PMStatutory CommitteeExecutive Council Chamber, State House Rm 207, Concord, NH

Tuesday, March 4

Senate Education9:00 AM–9:30 AM(3 bills)Public HearingLOB 101

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 96relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and relative to enforcement of parental rights against school districts and school employees.

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 210relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 211relative to biological sex in student athletics.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Education page

Senate Energy and Natural Resources9:00 AM–10:20 AM(5 bills)Public HearingSH 103

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 231relative to road frontage requirements and setbacks for wetlands.

9:20 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 232clarifying certain net metering terms and conditions.

9:40 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 235enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire and allowing the fish and game department to collect donations at sites approved by the executive director.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 236relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 237relative to the office of the consumer advocate and the site evaluation committee.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources page

House Housing9:00 AM–2:00 PM(3 bills)Executive SessionSubcommittee Work SessionLOB 305

9:00 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 342relative to the approval process for new construction and to the adoption of energy efficient and clean energy districts by municipalities.

9:00 AMSubcommittee Work Session

  • HB 342relative to the approval process for new construction and to the adoption of energy efficient and clean energy districts by municipalities.

10:00 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 572establishing the "partners in housing" program, an initiative under the housing champions fund to assist municipalities, counties, and developers in building workforce housing, and making an appropriation therefor.

2:00 PMSubcommittee Work Session

  • HB 410limiting local authority to adopt restrictions on the building and development of residential properties.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Housing page

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs9:15 AM–10:00 AM(4 bills)Public HearingLOB 103

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 214enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 215establishing voting procedures for electing town officers in unorganized towns or places.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 216relative to the authority of moderators on election day.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 218relative to absentee ballots.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs page

House Environment and Agriculture9:30 AM–1:30 PM(13 bills)Full Committee Work SessionExecutive SessionPublic HearingLOB 301-303

9:30 AMFull Committee Work Session

  • HB 152prohibiting the sale and use of adhesive-based rodent traps.
  • HB 171establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
  • HB 251allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons.
  • HB 263relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care.
  • HB 277relative to the use of the term "foal" and "colt.".
  • HB 307relative to the food production area for homestead food.
  • HB 396relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • HB 505allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.
  • HB 642allowing the sale of dehydrated meat without a homestead food license.
  • HB 707establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
  • HB 779allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.
  • HR 13opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire.

11:20 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 171establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
  • HB 263relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care.
  • HB 277relative to the use of the term "foal" and "colt.".
  • HB 307relative to the food production area for homestead food.
  • HB 396relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
  • HB 779allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.
  • HR 13opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire.

1:30 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 616relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Environment and Agriculture page

House Children and Family Law10:00 AM–11:00 AM(9 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 206-208

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 493requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure.

10:30 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 543establishing a committee to study how the family division customarily treats accusations of domestic violence and to study current family division practices relative to the right to testify and right to submit evidence.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 543establishing a committee to study how the family division customarily treats accusations of domestic violence and to study current family division practices relative to the right to testify and right to submit evidence.

11:00 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 10establishing a parental bill of rights.
  • HB 285relative to determination of parental rights and responsibilities.
  • HB 430reducing the retention period for records of unfounded abuse and neglect reports by the department of health and human services.
  • HB 493requiring education on child abuse and neglect for certain healthcare providers as a condition for licensure.
  • HB 553relative to the definition of abuse and neglect and conditions triggering a rebuttable presumption of harm in abuse and neglect cases.
  • HB 560relative to parental access to a minor child's medical records, relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated, defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.
  • HB 652abolishing the family division, creating the office of family mediation, and reassigning the jurisdiction of the family division.
  • HB 661relative to the department of health and human services management of social security payments, supplemental security income payments, and veterans benefits for children in foster care.

House Calendar 12 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Children and Family Law page

Senate Commerce10:00 AM–11:45 AM(8 bills)Public HearingSH 100

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 90allowing high-density residential development on land zoned for commercial use.

10:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 174prohibiting planning boards from considering the number of bedrooms a given unit or development has during the hearing and approval process.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 175relative to the use of covenants by municipalities.

10:45 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 281prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 283relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances.

11:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 85relative to chartered bank lending limits.

11:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 163repealing the temporary moratoria and limitation on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans.

11:45 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 399establishing a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act and relative to the effective date of the C-PACER program.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Commerce page

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM(5 bills)Subcommittee Work SessionLOB 104
  • HB 241relative to health insurance coverage of pain management services for the management of chronic pain.
  • HB 297relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.
  • HB 648relative to insurance coverage for glucose monitoring.
  • HB 733relative to reporting requirements for persons or entities financing lawsuits.
  • HB 774requiring Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page

House Election Law10:00 AM–1:00 PM(26 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 306-308

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 463relative to the composition of the board of recount in elections for the select board and for the school board.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 420relative to the chain of custody for ballots.

10:40 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 492allowing political parties to request recounts when no candidate is named on the ballot.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 574requiring background checks of the private companies and their contractors who program and maintain New Hampshire voting machines.

11:20 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 497requiring the periodic evaluation of the forms and procedures related to performing voter checklist duties.

11:40 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 514allowing private persons to sue for violations of election laws.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 130relative to the arrangement of candidates on primary election ballots.
  • HB 151relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.
  • HB 154enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted.
  • HB 158requiring the secretary of state to review absentee ballot data biennially, forward certain requests to the election law unit for review, and make a report to the general court.
  • HB 220closing the presidential or state primary of political parties.
  • HB 333requiring moderators to designate a space for electioneering at polling places and provide a schematic thereof.
  • HB 356enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.
  • HB 363establishing redistricting criteria.
  • HB 365relative to proof of United States citizenship for indigent voters.
  • HB 367changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections.
  • HB 395empowering inspectors of the election to observe duties performed by supervisors of the checklist.
  • HB 408moving the date of the state primary to the fourth Tuesday in August.
  • HB 412relative to elections and appointments to fill vacancies of local cooperative school boards.
  • HB 429relative to amending the term length for county commissioners.
  • HB 481relative to the state primary date.
  • HB 521authorizing online voter registration.
  • HB 590relative to cooperative school district school board elections.
  • HB 600enabling ranked-choice voting for municipal elections.
  • HB 714creating a single primary ballot.
  • CACR 2relating to the drawing of district boundaries. Providing that no district boundaries shall be drawn in a way that favors or disfavors any political party or candidate.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Election Law page

House Transportation10:00 AM(12 bills)Executive SessionLOB 203
  • HB 212allowing a 180-day operation waiver when a motor vehicle fails an emission control test.
  • HB 249allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stop lights as stop signs.
  • HB 298creating an exception to the prohibition on removing VIN tags from vehicles manufactured prior to 1981 where removal is reasonably necessary for repair or restoration.
  • HB 411relative to making the use of a mobile electronic device while driving a secondary offense.
  • HB 414prohibiting the division of motor vehicles from suspending a license on the basis of debt owed to a private entity related to the towing or storing of a motor vehicle.
  • HB 441relative to visible motor vehicle diesel emissions and "rolling coal".
  • HB 461relative to department of safety and department of motor vehicle training and testing materials.
  • HB 489allowing volunteer emergency workers to use a rear facing blue light on their private vehicles when involved in emergency service.
  • HB 533relative to the use of civilian employees in commercial truck inspections.
  • HB 594relative to the definition of a way.
  • HB 632permitting health care providers affiliated with the Veterans Administration to certify medical accommodations on behalf of veterans residing in New Hampshire.
  • HB 758establishing a committee to study airport operation hours.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Transportation page

House Ways and Means10:00 AM–11:00 AM(7 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 202-204

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 660requiring historic horse racing facilities to compensate their host communities with a percentage of the revenue generated from their historic horse racing machines.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 658raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.

11:00 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 155relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
  • HB 417relative to repealing the communications services tax.
  • HB 585relative to the property tax exemption for religious organizations.
  • HB 658raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.
  • HB 660requiring historic horse racing facilities to compensate their host communities with a percentage of the revenue generated from their historic horse racing machines.
  • HB 688authorizing municipalities to tax charitable gaming facilities based on their enterprise value.
  • HB 737creating local options for games of chance, authorizing keno throughout the state, and changing charitable gaming license fees and reporting requirements.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Ways and Means page

House Municipal and County Government10:30 AM(1 bill)Subcommittee Work SessionLOB 307
House Science, Technology and Energy10:30 AM–1:00 PM(6 bills)Full Committee Work SessionExecutive SessionLOB 302-304

10:30 AMFull Committee Work Session

  • HB 221enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
  • HB 535relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission.
  • HB 672to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire.
  • HB 710enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
  • HR 15urging New Hampshire's congressional representatives to advocate for a change in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policy.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 221enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
  • HB 535relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission.
  • HB 599establishing a committee to examine weatherization initiatives for homes in New Hampshire.
  • HB 672to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire.
  • HB 710enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.
  • HR 15urging New Hampshire's congressional representatives to advocate for a change in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policy.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Science, Technology and Energy page

House Education Funding11:00 AM(4 bills)Executive SessionLOB 205-207
  • HB 563relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.
  • HB 675limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.
  • HB 739relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for use in school districts.
  • HB 773relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

Senate Finance1:00 PM(1 bill)Public HearingSH 103
Senate Judiciary1:00 PM–1:50 PM(6 bills)Public HearingSH 100

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • SB 270relative to allowing owners to gather items necessary for work from impounded vehicles.

1:10 PMPublic Hearing

  • SB 259creating an exception to physical attendance and quorum requirements under the right-to-know law for individuals with disabilities.

1:20 PMPublic Hearing

  • SB 143relative to the impaired driver care management program and recovery residences.

1:30 PMPublic Hearing

  • SB 300criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations.

1:40 PMPublic Hearing

  • SB 263criminalizing 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, and relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.

1:50 PMPublic Hearing

  • CACR 8relating to sheriffs. Providing that no person shall hold the office of county sheriff after he or she has attained the age of seventy-five years.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Judiciary page

State Veterans Advisory Committee5:00 PMStatutory CommitteeEdward Cross Training Center Facility, 722 Riverwood Drive, Pembroke

Wednesday, March 5

Senate Executive Departments and Administration9:00 AM–9:45 AM(6 bills)Public HearingSH 103

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 184recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day.
  • SB 298relative to the scope of review of state agency interpretations, prohibiting the use of scented products in public areas of state buildings, and establishing a committee to study the implementation and effectiveness of the mandatory statewide certification process and operational standards for recovery residences.

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 186preventing portraits depicting persons from being hung in certain places in the statehouse, unless the subject of the portrait has been dead for at least 10 years and provided exemplary and noteworthy services to the citizens of this state.
  • SB 302requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 195relative to the composition and duties of the New Hampshire advisory council on career and technical education.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 198declaring the third week in September to be New Hampshire service dog week.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Executive Departments and Administration page

House Judiciary9:00 AM–2:30 PM(7 bills)Public HearingLOB 206-208

9:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 520relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 188relative to contempt of the general court.

10:15 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 195relative to the expectation of privacy in the collection and use of personal information.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 522relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state.

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HCR 11declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.

1:45 PMPublic Hearing

  • HR 7instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Judge David Ruoff.

2:30 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 132eliminating liability for support and recovery over certain indigent relations.

House Calendar 10 (PDF)House Calendar 12 (PDF)House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Judiciary page

House Education Policy and Administration9:30 AM–2:45 PM(9 bills)Executive SessionPublic HearingLOB 205-207

9:30 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 121relative to school district financial requirements and district probation processes.
  • HB 286establishing a study committee to investigate if one school superintendent per county is feasible.
  • HB 360prohibiting public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities established within a 15 mile radius of a critical access hospital, and relative to the administration of prescription medication to minors by youth camp staff.
  • HB 361prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
  • HB 699relative to special education definitions.
  • HB 709allowing parents or guardians to admit their children into any school district where they pay any property or school district taxes.
  • HB 781requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education.

2:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 695relative to school districts and medically-related grants.

2:45 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 324relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Policy and Administration page

House Environment and Agriculture9:30 AM–2:00 PM(5 bills)Full Committee Work SessionPublic HearingLOB 301-303

9:30 AMFull Committee Work Session

  • HB 616relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 250enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 424directing the department of agriculture, markets, and food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establishing a committee to study the protection of business owners from requests to accommodate customers with fraudulent or untrained service animals.

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 262relative to group licenses for dogs.

2:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 401relative to animal testing funded by New Hampshire state funds.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Environment and Agriculture page

Senate Health and Human Services9:30 AM–9:45 AM(2 bills)Public HearingLOB 101

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 251establishing a commission to study the delivery of public health services through regional public health networks and the continued development of coordinated responses to public health incidents and emergencies in New Hampshire.?.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

  • SB 248establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire.

Senate Calendar 11 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Health and Human Services page

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs9:30 AM–1:00 PM(4 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 201

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 559relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.

10:30 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 357relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 357relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.

11:30 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 358relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.

11:30 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 358relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 701relative to the terminal patients' right to try act.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs page

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM–1:15 PM(14 bills)Executive SessionPublic HearingLOB 302-304

10:00 AMExecutive Session

  • HB 185relative to reimbursement rates for ambulance service providers.
  • HB 186relative to the legalization and regulation of cannabis and making appropriations therefor.
  • HB 241relative to health insurance coverage of pain management services for the management of chronic pain.
  • HB 297relative to providing self-funded employer health benefit plans access to their claims data.
  • HB 302relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.
  • HB 451establishing the paint product stewardship program.
  • HB 499making technical corrections to certain insurance laws.
  • HB 538reallocating positions in the liquor commission.
  • HB 552relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan.
  • HB 639relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.
  • HB 648relative to insurance coverage for glucose monitoring.
  • HB 733relative to reporting requirements for persons or entities financing lawsuits.
  • HB 774requiring Medicare supplemental policies to cover pre-existing conditions.

1:15 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 529relative to the liquor commission.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety10:00 AM(12 bills)Executive Session

10:00 AMExecutive SessionLOB 202-204

  • HB 102relative to oversight of federal law enforcement actions.
  • HB 190relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.
  • HB 191providing criminal penalties for the transporting of an unemancipated minor in order to obtain a surgical procedure or a termination of the minor's pregnancy without parental permission.
  • HB 194relative to the crime of interference with custody and relative to the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing of certain medications by pharmacists.
  • HB 198relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.
  • HB 206relative to government agent entries into secured premises.
  • HB 218relative to providing victims of crime with a free police report of the investigation.
  • HB 226relative to the use of drug checking equipment.
  • HB 321requiring the division of motor vehicles to extend a fine payment period for certain motor vehicle violations from 30 days to 90 days if the driver requests the extension.
  • HB 330relative to establishing penalties for violations of the confidentiality of motor vehicle records.
  • HB 343relative to reporting regarding the northern border alliance program.

Executive Session1000 am LOB 202-204

  • HB 146relative to the use of body-worn cameras.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety page

House Executive Departments and Administration10:00 AM–2:00 PM(5 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionLOB 306-308

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • HB 610relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board.

11:00 AMExecutive Session

  • CACR 1relating to the governor. Providing that there be a lieutenant governor who shall assume the duties of the governor if the governor is incapacitated.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

  • CACR 1relating to the governor. Providing that there be a lieutenant governor who shall assume the duties of the governor if the governor is incapacitated.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 210establishing a commission to study the state flag and its history.

1:30 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 161changing the membership of the New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs.

1:30 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 161changing the membership of the New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs.

2:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 470relative to the use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation in dental treatment.

2:00 PMPublic Hearing

  • HB 470relative to the use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation in dental treatment.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Executive Departments and Administration page

House Education Funding11:00 AM(1 bill)Executive SessionLOB 205-207
  • HB 115making temporary appropriations for the expenses and encumbrances of the state of New Hampshire.

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

House Finance1:00 PM(10 bills)Work Session

1:00 PMWork SessionLOB 210-211

  • HB 71prohibiting school facilities from being used to provide shelter for aliens; relative to department of health and human services contracts; and requiring the use of public notices before reassessment of property values for tax purposes.

1:00 PMWork SessionLOB 212

  • HB 66relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law.
  • HB 67relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.
  • HB 111extending the position of right-to-know ombudsman for 2 years and exempting individuals who assist in the preparation of a right-to-know complaint at no charge from the unauthorized practice of law.
  • HB 164relative to local records retention.
  • HB 216relative to workers' compensation and creditable service towards retirement.
  • HB 282increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty, relative to the determination of education adequacy grants and calculation of certain group II benefits within the retirement system.
  • HB 511relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
  • HB 619making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund.
  • HB 650removing references to repealed funds and relative to state park and robotics education funds.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Finance page

Thursday, March 6

House Session Day118 bills
  • HB 54allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for-profit.
  • HB 62relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders.
  • HB 73relative to harm reduction, substance misuse, and the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery.
  • HB 89designating "Within the Crystal Hills" as the official animated film of New Hampshire.
  • HB 94relative to coverage of circumcision under the state Medicaid plan.
  • HB 114removing fees and charges for governmental records under the right-to-know law and reinstating potential liability for disclosure of information exempt from disclosure.
  • HB 143criminalizing 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.
  • HB 150enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale.
  • HB 153establishing a committee to study adding statewide resources to assist with the investigation, training, prosecution, and prompt response of animal cruelty.
  • HB 156relative to the duties of the advisory committee on state procurement.
  • HB 162relative to informed consent for law enforcement searches of houses or other property.
  • HB 176relative to changing the state flag design.
  • HB 177relative to children in placement pursuant to an episode of treatment for which the department of health and human services has a financial responsibility.
  • HB 181relative to making the state responsible for maintaining Opticom systems for fire and emergency on state roads and making an appropriation therefor.
  • HB 184establishing a committee to study changing school start times.
  • HB 187relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child.
  • HB 202relative to the duties of the fish and game commission.
  • HB 208relative to certification requirements for school nurses.
  • HB 215requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project.
  • HB 222repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections.
  • HB 223relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
  • HB 224relative to rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund.
  • HB 230relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities.
  • HB 245establishing the speed enforcement and awareness fund and providing for grants to municipal law enforcement for speed enforcement and speed awareness traffic equipment.
  • HB 248relative to notice requirements regarding state employee investigations and relative to legislative ethics requirements.
  • HB 269relative to the date for correction of the voter checklist.
  • HB 294relative to the processing of absentee ballots.
  • HB 300relative to directing the department of transportation to issue a request for proposals regarding the Conway Branch rail line and establishing a study committee to investigate the future of railroads in the state.
  • HB 305relative to speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement.
  • HB 320relative to enforcement of marital property settlements.
  • HB 335requiring courts to order a minor and their family have psychological evaluations and, if necessary, counseling, where parental rights and responsibilities are contested in a family court matter.
  • HB 350requiring that all family division hearings be video and audio recorded and broadcast live.
  • HB 364relative to ballots delivered to elder care facilities.
  • HB 375allowing municipalities to designate sections of state and local highways for all terrain vehicles.
  • HB 378relative to an employee's unused earned time.
  • HB 383relative to the authority of condominium boards and unit owners to create and amend condominium instruments.
  • HB 390relative to adding retired fire apparatus (fire trucks) to antique vehicle exemptions.
  • HB 394relative to the powers and duties of cooperative school district budget committees and the role of cooperative school district board member representatives on such committees.
  • HB 399establishing a commission to study the New Hampshire zoning enabling act and relative to the effective date of the C-PACER program.
  • HB 419requiring vehicle headlights to be on when windshield wipers are also on.
  • HB 421relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices.
  • HB 425allowing tax-exempt entities to keep their tax-exempt status while renting facilities or property to entities that share their mission.
  • HB 426relative to property tax exemptions for charitable organizations for the prior tax year.
  • HB 435relative to the definition of professional engineer.
  • HB 438relative to immigration detention facilities.
  • HB 440relative to educator licensing.
  • HB 464prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.
  • HB 479establishing a committee to study the use and problems associated with regulating the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills and transfer centers.
  • HB 484relative to reallocation or repurposing of career and technical education classroom space by local school districts.
  • HB 485authorizing persons who win the state lottery to remain anonymous.
  • HB 486relative to grandparents' visitation rights.
  • HB 498relative to when a person may receive an absentee ballot.
  • HB 500establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing the enhanced enforcement zone fund to assist with funding enhanced enforcement.
  • HB 503amending how revenues from taxes are allocated to the education trust fund.
  • HB 515repealing the chartered public school eligibility for state school building aid.
  • HB 524relative to disbursement of funds by the New Hampshire vaccine association.
  • HB 531setting annual limits on the amount of charitable gaming revenue which may be distributed to one charitable organization.
  • HB 532relative to alternative dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation.
  • HB 540relative to historic horse racing licenses for large facilities.
  • HB 541establishing a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency.
  • HB 542relative to weekly benefit amounts for unemployment compensation.
  • HB 545requiring certain cervid meat processed outside of New Hampshire to be tested for chronic wasting disease before being brought into New Hampshire.
  • HB 547relative to county reimbursement of funds.
  • HB 566requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
  • HB 571including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools.
  • HB 575prohibiting offshore wind energy infrastructure.
  • HB 577relative to modifying the definition of ADUs.
  • HB 578erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike.
  • HB 583relative to state participation in the Medicaid direct certification program for free and reduced price school meals.
  • HB 588relative to the distribution of revenues generated from historic horse racing pari-mutuel pools.
  • HB 589defining and prohibiting wanton animal waste and prohibiting certain wildlife hunting contests.
  • HB 591relative to hours for keno gaming.
  • HB 593relative to loss of consortium involving pets.
  • HB 596relative to reporting requirements for entities that collect meals and rooms taxes.
  • HB 598establishing a committee to study data sources of all entities operated by all branches of government that are or are potentially made available to the public, identify the data formats of those sources, and recommend legislation to standardize types and formats of data output from all or select governmental entities.
  • HB 607relative to funding the Hampton Beach area commission and making appropriations therefor.
  • HB 617relative to the homestead right.
  • HB 622relative to the definition of "part-time” for purposes of employment of a retired member of the New Hampshire retirement system.
  • HB 624establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.
  • HB 625relative to enabling municipalities to levy payments against non-profits at a percentage of their assessed property values.
  • HB 634relative to the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders.
  • HB 640relative to the transparency of federal agency operations within New Hampshire.
  • HB 644relative to flying drones in state parks.
  • HB 649relative to the maintenance obligations of motor vehicle operators.
  • HB 654relative to allowing small customer-generators the ability to participate in group-net metering.
  • HB 657relative to short-notice booking access for New Hampshire residents to state parks.
  • HB 659establishing the New Hampshire college graduate retention incentive program.
  • HB 662requiring the discussion of abortion procedures and viewing of certain videos during health education in public schools.
  • HB 663allowing the division of historic resources to expend moose plate funds to administer and fund grants.
  • HB 681establishing a statewide online energy data platform.
  • HB 683relative to off-highway recreational vehicles.
  • HB 685permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing.
  • HB 689enabling municipalities to adopt a volunteer incentive property tax credit.
  • HB 691prohibiting the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water systems.
  • HB 704making an appropriation to the retired senior volunteer program.
  • HB 708directing the department of energy to begin planning for the introduction of an additional overlay area code.
  • HB 713relative to mile markers along Route 112.
  • HB 715relative to personal electric vehicles.
  • HB 719repealing the use of unused district facilities by chartered public schools.
  • HB 723repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
  • HB 724relative to lead paint poisoning prevention and remediation.
  • HB 730requiring school districts to educate and provide information to students regarding adoption during health education for grades 9 through 12, and in college in certain circumstances.
  • HB 735relative to elections in collective bargaining.
  • HB 738requiring certain non-public schools or education service providers that accept public funds to perform background checks on all employees and volunteers.
  • HB 743relative to patient access to health care prices and billing practices.
  • HB 744relative to workers' compensation indemnity benefits percentage.
  • HB 746relative to an award of attorney's fees upon a successful appeal of a local property tax assessment.
  • HB 751establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.
  • HB 756relative to establishing a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering daycare and public schools.
  • HB 766enabling municipalities to adopt an exemption from the local education property tax for certain elderly residents.
  • HB 770relative to establishing a program to earn tuition credits for state of New Hampshire higher education institutions through community service.
  • HB 771relative to funding for open enrollment schools.
  • HB 782expanding property tax exemptions for certain elderly and disabled persons; raising public awareness regarding tax credits and exemptions; and requiring an annual report regarding the efficacy of the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program.
  • HR 9urging the department of education to emphasize STEM education in public schools.
  • HR 10recognizing the importance of clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment with regard to our fundamental rights.
  • HR 17affirming revenue estimates for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027.
  • HCR 1calling for policymakers locally and nationally to fully consider all relevant information and factors pertaining to climate change before pursuing courses of action that could adversely affect any economy or environment.
  • HCR 6calling for the removal of the superintendent of school administrative unit 67.

House Journal 7 (PDF)

What the House did that day

Senate Session Day124 bills
  • SB 17relative to insurance cost-sharing calculations.
  • SB 21relative to establishing a New Hampshire state trooper recruitment loan debt relief program and making an appropriation therefor.
  • SB 27relative to dwellings over water.
  • SB 34relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program.
  • SB 36relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.
  • SB 41changing the reckless driving minimum penalties.
  • SB 48relative to competency to stand trial for certain offenses.
  • SB 53relative to natural organic reduction of human remains.
  • SB 54relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
  • SB 56relative to consolidating the New Hampshire health and education facilities authority within the business finance authority and establishing a surplus land revitalization program.
  • SB 57establishing a study committee to analyze reducing the number of school administrative units and establishing a commission to study the costs of special education.
  • SB 58relative to venue in criminal prosecutions of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
  • SB 59establishing a recruitment incentive program within the community college system for public safety communicators and dispatchers and making an appropriation therefor.
  • SB 63relative to funding for the division of travel and tourism.
  • SB 65relative to stormwater management for solar arrays.
  • SB 69relative to acceptance of or rejection of charitable contributions, gifts, or donations by local school boards, establishing a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program, and specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status.
  • SB 70creating a mobile driver's license and non-driver identification card.
  • SB 71relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
  • SB 72establishing a parental bill of rights.
  • SB 74relative to real property annual reporting requirements of state departments for permitting programs.
  • SB 78relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
  • SB 81increasing the annual real estate transfer tax revenue contribution and making an appropriation to the affordable housing fund.
  • SB 82relative to the housing opportunity project extension and homes for homeland heroes grant program.
  • SB 84relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.
  • SB 87relative to one day liquor license requirements and making salons and barber shops eligible for on-premise licenses.
  • SB 89enabling non-citizens who are legally authorized to work in the United States to deliver alcohol.
  • SB 91allowing one-time special appraisals of residences located in commercial zones.
  • SB 92relative to the collection of birth worksheet information.
  • SB 93relative to licensed nurse assistant (LNA) licensure application materials.
  • SB 94repealing municipal amendments to technical requirements of the state building code in certain circumstances.
  • SB 95relative to youth recreation camp cabins and the state building and fire codes.
  • SB 98extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs.
  • SB 99relative to regional career and technical education agreements.
  • SB 100relative to the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
  • SB 102making informational materials regarding type 1 diabetes available on the department of education website.
  • SB 105enabling towns to adopt budget caps.
  • SB 106relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy metering.
  • SB 107enabling the state treasurer to invest certain fish and game funds.
  • SB 108relative to the department of energy.
  • SB 109relative to alteration of terrain permits.
  • SB 110relative to terrain permitting.
  • SB 111authorizing a reliability indexing credit pilot program.
  • SB 112relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities.
  • SB 114making appropriations to the department of health and human services to support community and transitional housing through community mental health centers.
  • SB 115making an appropriation for regional drinking water infrastructure.
  • SB 116relative to the Pillsbury Lake Village District community water system, and making an appropriation therefor.
  • SB 117making an appropriation to the department of education to fund the online tutoring program.
  • SB 118relative to the personal needs allowance of residents of nursing homes; making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility staff; establishing the Hampstead hospital and residential treatment facility capital investment fund; and permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use.
  • SB 119relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin.
  • SB 120relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing.
  • SB 121requiring notice to the insurance department of the discontinuance of certain types of insurance, including Medicare Advantage Plans.
  • SB 122relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.
  • SB 123requiring coverage of ear acupuncture as a treatment for substance misuse under the state Medicaid plan.
  • SB 126relative to notice of changes to provider contracts.
  • SB 128relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.
  • SB 129relative to establishing an uncompensated health care fund to be administered by the department of insurance and assessed by a surcharge on commercial insurers, reinsurers, and trusts overseeing self-insured plans.
  • SB 131relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor.
  • SB 132relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.
  • SB 133relative to the designation of emergency medical services performed by ambulance service providers as essential services.
  • SB 134relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program.
  • SB 137relative to hospital stays covered under the state Medicaid plan.
  • SB 139creating a private right of action in civil rights cases.
  • SB 140establishing a domestic violence fatality review committee.
  • SB 141extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records.
  • SB 142establishing the department of children's services and juvenile justice.
  • SB 145establishing an evidence shipping pilot program.
  • SB 146relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record.
  • SB 149relative to the crime of aggravated driving while intoxicated.
  • SB 150defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.
  • SB 152authorizing the sale of toll credits to fund a newly established noise barrier construction fund for the design and construction of noise barrier projects.
  • SB 154relative to authorized organizations issuing multi-use decal plates.
  • SB 155relative to highway toll credits.
  • SB 158raising the funding cap for the New Hampshire community development finance authority.
  • SB 161making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children.
  • SB 168regulating online gambling and directing net proceeds to the education trust fund, the general fund, and to reimburse municipalities for elderly, disabled, blind, and deaf tax exemptions.
  • SB 180designating Coos county as a distressed place-based economy and requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills.
  • SB 181relative to workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
  • SB 182relative to the maternal mortality review panel.
  • SB 185relative to office of professional licensure and certification investigations.
  • SB 187adopting the dentist and dental hygienist compact.
  • SB 188relative to the state building code.
  • SB 190relative to the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council and the commission on the interdisciplinary primary care workforce.
  • SB 191relative to registration of vehicles in a fleet of 25 or more.
  • SB 192establishing a committee to study enhanced coordination between county correctional facilities, the department of corrections, and the department of health and human services.
  • SB 193requiring the head of each state agency to submit a strategic plan for program activities.
  • SB 196relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.
  • SB 197relative to the medical supervision of the licensed registered nurse employed by general court.
  • SB 199relative to establishing a new recruitment and retention program for new New Hampshire state troopers.
  • SB 202relative to Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia training for first responders.
  • SB 212changing references from "votes" to "ballots" in the laws regarding elections.
  • SB 217relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects.
  • SB 219requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center.
  • SB 220relative to public hearings and deliberation for the denial of tax exemptions.
  • SB 223relative valid photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot and relative to the production of lists of certain schools of higher education.
  • SB 225requiring public notice before re-assessment of property values for local tax purposes.
  • SB 226suspending applications for new landfills and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of incinerating solid waste.
  • SB 227relative to site setbacks for landfills.
  • SB 229relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat.
  • SB 230relative to electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources.
  • SB 233relative to the grid modernization advisory group.
  • SB 234relative to the electric assistance program.
  • SB 238establishing the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prevention and treatment program and making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for this purpose.
  • SB 239appropriating funds to the fish and game department for continuing environmental review and to cover a deficit for previously instituted salary increases.
  • SB 242relative to the cost of living adjustments for certain group II retirees in the New Hampshire retirement system.
  • SB 246providing maternal depression screening for new mothers; increasing access to health care services for new mothers; enabling new parents to attend infant pediatric medical appointments; and developing a plan for perinatal peer support certification.
  • SB 253relative to participation in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program.
  • SB 255establishing and developing crisis stabilization services.
  • SB 256establishing safety and care requirements for clinician-administered drugs.
  • SB 258establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards.
  • SB 261requiring that custodial interrogations be recorded, establishing a fund to make grants to state law enforcement agencies to purchase equipment to enable such recordings, and making an appropriation therefor.
  • SB 262relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age.
  • SB 266relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age.
  • SB 267relative to the penalty for engaging in prostitution as a patron.
  • SB 271relative to qualifications for issuing veteran license plates to include General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.
  • SB 272relative to electric-vehicle charging station funding.
  • SB 273relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies involving a stopped or standing vehicle.
  • SB 274establishing a 4-year pilot program to improve rail trails in New Hampshire, including the establishment of 2 funds, the rail trails program fund and the emergency trail repair fund, and making appropriations therefor.
  • SB 276relative to raising the research and development tax credit.
  • SB 277relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities.
  • SB 278including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions.
  • SB 280requiring a food delivery service to enter into an agreement with a food service establishment or food retail store before offering delivery service from that restaurant.
  • SB 286creating the New Hampshire office of film and creative media.
  • SB 289relative to use and preservation of body-worn camera recordings in certain matters.
  • SB 290relative to the definition of "torture" in animal abuse cases.

Senate Journal 6 (PDF)

What the Senate did that day

Friday, March 7

House Finance9:00 AM(4 bills)Work SessionLOB 209
  • HB 494relative to the math learning communities program.
  • HB 506relative to background checks during motions to return firearms and ammunition and relative to invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and relative to requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.
  • HB 671establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program.
  • HB 716making an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program.

House Calendar 14 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Finance page

House Environment and Agriculture9:30 AM(2 bills)Subcommittee Work SessionLOB 301-303
  • HB 250enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.
  • HB 616relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes.

House Calendar 15 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Environment and Agriculture page

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety10:00 AM(11 bills)Executive SessionLOB 202-204
  • HB 380relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.
  • HB 387relative to balloons being released into the air.
  • HB 397establishing a multi-agency task force chaired by the department of safety.
  • HB 405establishing a commission to study human trafficking within illicit massage businesses and relative to prostitution and related offenses.
  • HB 416prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state.
  • HB 445establishing a study commission to examine the causes of and ways to alleviate the shortage of law enforcement officers in New Hampshire.
  • HB 466relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
  • HB 473criminalizing multiple forms of exposing children to controlled substances and allowing law enforcement to take a child into protective custody for screening and testing in an instance of suspected or actual criminal exposure to controlled substances.
  • HB 482relative to the penalty for driving over 100 miles per hour.
  • HB 528amending the penalties for the possession and use of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older.
  • HB 551repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.

House Calendar 13 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety page

House Election Law1:00 PM(10 bills)Executive SessionSubcommittee Work SessionLOB 306-308

1:00 PMExecutive Session

  • HB 608requiring moderators to inspect absentee ballot affidavits for full execution including use of a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.

1:00 PMSubcommittee Work Session

  • HB 217relative to absentee ballots.
  • HB 289regarding domicile qualifications for voting.
  • HB 317allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.
  • HB 323requiring the presentation of a government-issued photographic means of identification in order to vote.
  • HB 385reestablishing voter identification exceptions.
  • HB 418relative to eligibility for absentee voting.
  • HB 608requiring moderators to inspect absentee ballot affidavits for full execution including use of a notary, election officer, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths.
  • HB 618enables election officials to verify the single use of an out-of-state driver's license presented when a person votes by using the centralized voter registration database.
  • HB 684preventing the use of student identification cards as a means to obtain a ballot.
  • HB 686prohibiting certain public entities from conducting or sponsoring political surveys, polls, or questionnaires in their official capacities.

House Calendar 15 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Election Law page

Joint Legislative Historical Committee1:00 PMStatutory CommitteeSH Room 100

Organizational meeting. Set up by HB 828 of 1981.

This meeting on the Joint Legislative Historical Committee page

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