The Week of April 28 – May 2, 2025

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 225requiring public notice before re-assessment of property values for local tax purposes.

10:00 AMExecutive Session

• SB 42relative to notice of death affidavits.
• SB 78relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
• SB 105enabling towns to adopt budget caps.
• SB 217relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects.
• SB 225requiring public notice before re-assessment of property values for local tax purposes.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Municipal and County Government page

Regular meeting. Set up by HB 1280 of 2020.

House Calendar 18 (PDF)

• HB 742requiring catastrophic special education state aid funding to be drawn from the education trust fund.

House Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

Regular meeting. Set up by SB 390 of 2008.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

This meeting on the New Hampshire Council on Suicide Prevention page

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

• 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.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 431establishing a commission to study the costs of special education.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 699relative to special education definitions.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 361prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.

10:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 50relative to intentional or knowing violation of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Education page

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 151relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 217relative to absentee ballots.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 270requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices.

10:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 274relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 481relative to the state primary date.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs page

• HB 154enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 633creating a legislative study committee to investigate the implementation of housing investment trusts in New Hampshire.

10:10 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 77prohibiting certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 81relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 276establishing a liquor license where beverages, wine, and liquor can be sold without food.

10:40 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 505allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.

10:50 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 310establishing a commission to study the creation of a regulatory framework for stable tokens, tokenized real-world assets, and blockchain-based trusts in New Hampshire.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 639relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Commerce page

10:00 AMSubcommittee Work Session

• SB 19relative to hotel and motel operations.

11:00 AMExecutive Session

• SB 19relative to hotel and motel operations.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page

10:00 AMExecutive Session

• SB 153relative to expedited driveway permitting of major entrances for residential use of 20 units or greater and the time frame for approval or denial of permit applications.

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 153relative to expedited driveway permitting of major entrances for residential use of 20 units or greater and the time frame for approval or denial of permit applications.

House Calendar 21 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Public Works and Highways page

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 291relative to the religious use of land property tax exemption.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 249relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Ways and Means page

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

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

1:10 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 188relative to contempt of the general court.

1:20 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 584relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.

1:30 PMPublic Hearing

• 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.

1:40 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 511relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Judiciary page

• SB 36relative to the collection and reporting of abortion statistics by health care providers and medical facilities.
• SB 37relative to residential care and health facility licensing.
• SB 92relative to the collection of birth worksheet information.
• 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 130establishing a commission to study delivery models for emergency medical services in the state of New Hampshire.
• SB 134relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program.
• SB 138relative to record requests by health care providers.
• SB 202relative to Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia training for first responders.
• SB 243relative to the child care scholarship program.
• SB 248establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire.
• 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.?.
• SB 252relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine.
• SB 257establishing a committee to study state guidelines for Medicaid eligibility determinations.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

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

• SB 173relative to residential property subject to housing covenants under the low income housing tax credit program.

This meeting on the House Housing page

• SB 150defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.
• SB 151relative to accessible parking permit verification and fraud prevention.
• SB 266relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age.

This meeting on the House Transportation page

• SB 98extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs.
• SB 204relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 292relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.
• SB 294relative to lab fees for career and technical education courses.
• SB 295relative to education freedom accounts.

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

• SB 16requiring municipalities to post a copy of election return forms on their websites and in public locations.
• SB 18permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances.
• SB 22relative to disclosure of criminal history and criminal records to the child care licensing unit of the department of health and human services.
• SB 23expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
• SB 28relative to workers' compensation claims involving emergency responders with acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.
• SB 29relative to membership, jurisdiction, and reports of the health care workplace safety commission and relative to health care facility reporting requirements under the workplace violence prevention program.
• SB 50establishing a committee to study the regulation of private animal boarding facilities.
• SB 51relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program.
• SB 60relative to advanced deposit account wagering and the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.
• SB 63relative to funding for the division of travel and tourism.
• SB 65relative to stormwater management for solar arrays.
• SB 67relative to workers' compensation and resolution of payment disputes.
• SB 68adding a member to the governor's commission on disability.
• SB 73relative to the operation of bingo games.
• SB 74relative to real property annual reporting requirements of state departments for permitting programs.
• SB 77providing children in delinquency and children in need of services (CHINS) cases the identical types of psychological evaluations as children in child protection matters.
• SB 91allowing one-time special appraisals of residences located in commercial zones.
• SB 93relative to licensed nurse assistant (LNA) licensure application materials.
• SB 107enabling the state treasurer to invest certain fish and game funds.
• SB 108relative to the department of energy.
• SB 110relative to terrain permitting.
• SB 133relative to the designation of emergency medical services performed by ambulance service providers as essential services.
• SB 146relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record.
• SB 147relative to licenses to sell pari-mutuel pools on simulcast horse races.
• SB 160relative to the administration of raffles.
• SB 161making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children.
• SB 169requiring employers to provide certain information regarding cost sharing to employees receiving workers' compensation benefits.
• SB 171relative to required pay for remote work.
• 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 194relative to qualifications for cosmetologists.
• SB 196relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.
• SB 201relative to classified and unclassified positions.
• SB 212changing references from "votes" to "ballots" in the laws regarding elections.
• SB 228relative to the limitations on community customer generators.
• 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 232clarifying certain net metering terms and conditions.
• SB 233relative to the grid modernization advisory group.
• SB 236relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy.
• SB 241relative to construction of a public pier on Hampton Beach and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 254relative to controlled substance inventories and relative to surrogate parent criminal history records checks.
• SB 278including qualifying convictions from other states as grounds for termination of parental rights petitions.
• SB 284relative to authority for municipalities to regulate mandatory on-site parking requirements.
• SB 285relative to changing the term "physician assistant" to "physician associate.".
• SB 299relative to penalties for contractors violating water pollution and waste disposal regulations.

House Journal 13 (PDF)

What the House did that day

• HB 55relative to the Selective Service Compliance Act.
• HB 59relative to the assault of a firefighter, emergency medical care provider, or law enforcement officer.
• HB 62relative to protection of persons from domestic violence and military protective orders.
• HB 68making best interest placements within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny the placement.
• HB 76relative to tracking special education complaints.
• HB 85relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.
• HB 90relative to the definition of part-time teachers.
• HB 107relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards.
• HB 108relative to bullying and cyberbullying across multiple school districts.
• HB 109relative to false reports to law enforcement.
• HB 124enabling a municipal forest committee or conservation commission to offer surplus money to the municipality for deposit in the municipal unreserved fund balance.
• HB 146relative to the use of body-worn cameras.
• HB 163relative to state funds.
• HB 168relative to including municipal public works facilities as eligible capital facilities for the assessment of impact fees.
• HB 183relative to reporting requirements for emergency medical services personnel.
• HB 190relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.
• HB 195relative to the expectation of privacy in the collection and use of personal information.
• HB 198relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public.
• HB 207relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.
• HB 210establishing a commission to study the state flag and its history.
• HB 214relative to the regulation of recreational therapists and respiratory care practitioners and relative to delaying the effective dates of various new procedures for criminal history records checks.
• 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 227relative to licensure for psychotherapy activities or services.
• HB 230relative to the adoption of public health ordinances by municipalities.
• HB 240relative to nonpayment of dog licensing fees.
• HB 248relative to notice requirements regarding state employee investigations and relative to legislative ethics requirements.
• HB 250enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs.
• HB 268relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals.
• HB 272exempting certain agricultural practices from municipal noise regulation.
• 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 288limiting how far in advance of an election an absentee ballot may be requested.
• HB 291relative to the penalty for incorrect application of fertilizers.
• HB 302relative to enabling the state treasury to invest in precious metals and digital assets.
• HB 319relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten.
• HB 331relative to the secretary of state's procedures for enrolled bills.
• HB 355relative to the membership of the solid waste working group.
• HB 357relative to the department of health and human services' rulemaking authority regarding immunization requirements.
• HB 380relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.
• HB 405establishing a commission to study human trafficking within illicit massage businesses and relative to prostitution and related offenses.
• HB 435relative to the definition of professional engineer.
• HB 440relative to educator licensing.
• HB 445establishing a study commission to examine the causes of and ways to alleviate the shortage of law enforcement officers in New Hampshire.
• HB 451establishing the paint product stewardship program.
• HB 468establishing the crime of and penalties for unlawful use of unmanned aircraft systems and changing the reckless driving minimum penalties.
• HB 469relative to the operation of the public deposit investment pool and the membership of its committee.
• HB 470relative to the use of general anesthesia, deep sedation, and moderate sedation in dental treatment.
• HB 474requiring a second witness at the counting of write-in votes.
• HB 482relative to the penalty for driving over 100 miles per hour.
• HB 494relative to the math learning communities program.
• HB 509relative to the contents of the attorney general's annual report detailing state forfeiture information for the preceding fiscal year.
• HB 538reallocating positions in the liquor commission.
• HB 551repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.
• HB 552relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan.
• HB 554clarifying the placement of advertising signs on state-owned property.
• HB 569relative to the establishment of county-wide communication districts.
• HB 571including Constitution Day in patriotic exercises required of public schools.
• HB 591relative to hours for keno gaming.
• HB 602requiring certain offenders to participate in a victim impact program.
• HB 617relative to the homestead right.
• HB 626directing the secretary of state to implement a vulnerability disclosure program for certain election systems.
• HB 647relative to the fee for a newborn lifetime hunting and fishing license.
• HB 653establishing a pilot program within the department of education to implement alternatives to restraint and seclusion of students.
• HB 658raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.
• HB 667relative to health education and requiring the viewing of certain videos demonstrating gestational development.
• HB 670adjusting the minimum fine for attacks by nuisance dogs.
• HB 679relative to immunization requirements.
• HB 697relative to witness fees in criminal cases.
• HB 705relative to health care cost transparency.
• HB 723repealing the multi-use energy data platform.
• HB 731relative to supportive housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities.
• HB 737creating local options for games of chance, authorizing keno throughout the state, and changing charitable gaming license fees and reporting requirements.
• HB 741allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.
• HB 749requiring instruction on communism in public high schools.
• HB 753relative to expedited due process hearings to enforce special education rights.
• 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 776relative to the crime of aggravated driving while intoxicated and relative to proclaiming the Virginia opossum the state marsupial of New Hampshire.

Senate Journal 11 (PDF)

What the Senate did that day

• SB 294relative to lab fees for career and technical education courses.

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

Regular meeting. Set up by SB 34 of 1987.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

The recording, on YouTube

This meeting on the Joint Legislative Performance Audit and Oversight Committee page