The Week of May 5–9, 2025

• 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.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources page

9:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 464prohibiting certain candidates for political office from participating in counting ballots.

9:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 367changing the method for adopting partisan town elections to be the same as rescinding partisan town elections.

9:45 AMPublic Hearing

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

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 67relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs page

• SB 72establishing a parental bill of rights.
• SB 269removing references to matrimonial age and time waivers in the vital records act.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Children and Family Law page

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 280relative to wage payments.

10:10 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 467defining "social districts" and enabling municipalities to create social districts.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

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

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 457relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

10:40 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 60relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Commerce page

10:00 AMSubcommittee Work Session

• SB 25allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member and relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.
• SB 26allowing the department of justice to authorize the preclosing use of a portion of a deposit held in escrow for the payment of certain construction customizations, upgrades, or change orders.
• SB 52relative to default provisions in New Hampshire trusts.
• SB 85relative to chartered bank lending limits.
• SB 164relative to homeowners and prohibiting certain types of listing agreements.

1:15 PMSubcommittee Work Session

• SB 162relative to restrictions on acquisition of ownership, controlling, and occupancy interests in real property by certain foreign principals on or around certain military installations, and criminal penalties and civil forfeiture procedures for illegal acquisition.
• 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.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page

• SB 99relative to regional career and technical education agreements.
• SB 195relative to the composition and duties of the New Hampshire advisory council on career and technical education.
• SB 209relative to owner's project managers for projects funded by school building aid and relative to reporting requirements for persons or entities financing lawsuits.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Funding page

• SB 84relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing.
• SB 163repealing the temporary moratoria and limitation on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans.
• SB 165relative to the audit requirements for consumer cooperative associations.
• SB 166relative to notice required prior to sale of a manufactured housing unit located in a resident-owned community.
• SB 170relative to development and related requirements in cities, towns, and municipalities.
• SB 174prohibiting planning boards from considering the number of bedrooms a given unit or development has during the hearing and approval process.
• SB 188relative to the state building code.
• SB 281prohibiting municipalities from denying building or occupancy permits for property adjacent to class VI roads under certain circumstances.
• SB 282relative to stairway requirements in certain residential buildings.
• SB 283relative to the calculation of floor-area-ratios under local building ordinances.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Housing page

10:00 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 154relative to authorized organizations issuing multi-use decal plates.

10:20 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 271relative to qualifications for issuing veteran license plates to include General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.

10:40 AMPublic Hearing

• SB 273relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies involving a stopped or standing vehicle.

1:00 PMExecutive Session

• SB 12relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans.
• SB 13invalidating out-of-state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants and prohibiting driver's license issuance and renewal to individuals with pending asylum claims, regardless of a grant of temporary work authorization.
• SB 40relative to safe boater education certificates.
• SB 154relative to authorized organizations issuing multi-use decal plates.
• SB 156allowing the division of motor vehicles to contract with a third-party vendor to facilitate the secure transfer of title applications and information.
• SB 157relative to inspection and registration of certain fleet vehicles and necessary amendments and administrative rules regarding the state implementation plan.
• 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.

House Calendar 22 (PDF)House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Transportation page

10:00 AMExecutive Session

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

10:00 AMFull Committee Work Session

• SB 83relative to licenses for primary and secondary game operators.
• SB 249relative to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.
• SB 291relative to the religious use of land property tax exemption.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Ways and Means page

10:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 699relative to special education definitions.

10:30 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 532relative to alternative dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation.

10:45 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 446relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.

11:00 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 676relative to the composition and responsibilities of the parent and education service provider advisory commission, and establishing education freedom account impact and parent satisfaction surveys.

11:15 AMPublic Hearing

• HB 768allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Education page

• HB 546relative to financial disclosures and the public reporting of those disclosures by the secretary of state.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Executive Departments and Administration page

• HB 1making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027.
• HB 2relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.

Senate Calendar 19 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Finance page

1:00 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 612enabling the division of motor vehicles to create a temporary traditional driver's license for youth operators about to turn 21 and relative to requiring employers to provide certain information regarding cost sharing to employees receiving workers' compensation benefit and relative to declaring the third week in September to be New Hampshire service dog week.

1:15 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 713relative to mile markers along Route 112.

Senate Calendar 18 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Transportation page

1:30 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 433making 17 the age of consent for marriage if either party is active duty military and removing language regarding age waivers for marriage registration records, since age waivers are no longer issued in New Hampshire.

1:40 PMPublic Hearing

• 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.

1:50 PMPublic Hearing

• HB 148permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances.

2:00 PMPublic Hearing

• 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.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Judiciary page

Regular meeting. Set up by HB 461 of 1985.

House Calendar 17 (PDF)

This meeting on the State Veterans Advisory Committee page

• SB 97relative to intra-district public school transfers.
• SB 102making informational materials regarding type 1 diabetes available on the department of education website.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Education Policy and Administration page

• SB 47requiring certain health insurance policies of a birth mother to provide coverage for a newly born child from the moment of birth.
• SB 121requiring notice to the insurance department of the discontinuance of certain types of insurance, including Medicare Advantage Plans.
• SB 124relative to continuing care retirement communities.
• SB 247prohibiting network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense a prescription of the PBM reimbursement that is below the pharmacy's acquisition cost.
• SB 297relative to pooled risk management programs.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page

• SB 148prohibiting those convicted of murder from financially profiting from the death of the victim.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Judiciary page

• SB 197relative to the medical supervision of the licensed registered nurse employed by general court.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Legislative Administration page

• 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.

This meeting on the House Environment and Agriculture page

• HB 187relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child.

Senate Calendar 20 (PDF)

This meeting on the Senate Children and Family Law page

• HB 64relative to extending hiring preferences for military members and their spouses to the state and private businesses, and establishing purchase preferences for disabled veterans and military spouses regarding state supply purchases.
• HB 87prohibiting the posting of land not owned by the poster.
• HB 92requiring recusal of members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards in certain circumstances.
• HB 110authorizing counties to establish revolving fund accounts.
• HB 127extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property.
• HB 134relative to the state building code.
• HB 179relative to hazardous waste accident fees.
• HB 213relative to wage garnishment for child support.
• 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 265requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary.
• HB 469relative to the operation of the public deposit investment pool and the membership of its committee.
• 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.
• SB 19relative to hotel and motel operations.
• SB 23expanding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
• SB 31establishing an apprentice guide license.
• SB 32relative to the fish and game commission.
• SB 42relative to notice of death affidavits.
• SB 58relative to venue in criminal prosecutions of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
• SB 62relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
• SB 78relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.
• SB 92relative to the collection of birth worksheet information.
• SB 95relative to youth recreation camp cabins and the state building and fire codes.
• SB 105enabling towns to adopt budget caps.
• 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 138relative to record requests by health care providers.
• 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 145establishing an evidence shipping pilot program.
• SB 151relative to accessible parking permit verification and fraud prevention.
• 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.
• SB 172banning certain contract provisions from being enforced against advanced practice registered nurses.
• SB 173relative to residential property subject to housing covenants under the low income housing tax credit program.
• SB 179relative to the state council on housing stability.
• SB 184recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day.
• SB 190relative to the state health assessment and state health improvement plan advisory council and the commission on the interdisciplinary primary care workforce.
• 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.
• 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.
• SB 248establishing a committee to study palliative and hospice care in New Hampshire.
• SB 250relative to pharmacist administration of long-acting injectable drugs.
• 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 258establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards.
• SB 262relative to the penalty for trafficking in persons under 18 years of age.
• 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.
• SB 266relative to safety and accountability of drivers under 18 years of age.
• SB 292relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.
• SB 295relative to education freedom accounts.

House Journal 14 (PDF)

What the House did that day

• HB 66relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law.
• HB 70relative to the use of electronic medical records.
• HB 107relative to political advertising printed in newspapers, periodicals, or billboards.
• HB 126relative to prescriptions for certain controlled drugs.
• HB 138relative to tax impact notation on warrant articles with multi-year tax impacts.
• HB 154enabling voters to request to have their ballots hand-counted.
• 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 178relative to foster parent representation of foster children with disabilities.
• HB 190relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits.
• HB 200relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap.
• HB 207relative to repealing the prohibition on the possession or sale of blackjacks, slung shots, and metallic knuckles except by or to minors.
• HB 223relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate within 15 miles of a critical access hospital.
• HB 242relative to brew pub licenses.
• HB 247authorizing municipalities to hold a referendum on whether to allow historic horse racing.
• HB 270requiring the preservation of electronic ballot counting device external storage devices.
• HB 284requiring tax impact statements on municipal warrant articles.
• HB 309relative to making electronic rent payments optional.
• HB 328establishing a charitable gaming oversight commission.
• HB 358relative to exemption from immunization requirements on the basis of religious belief.
• HB 374relative to local tax cap and budget laws.
• HB 380relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis.
• HB 381limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.
• HB 382repealing the requirement that vehicle funding loan contracts have successive periodic payments that are substantially equal in amount.
• HB 404relative to information on the hike safe card.
• HB 406relative to the formation of fraudulent businesses.
• HB 410limiting local authority to adopt restrictions on the building and development of residential properties.
• HB 437providing specific curative measures for undischarged mortgages.
• 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 499making technical corrections to certain insurance laws.
• HB 504relative to the state energy policy.
• HB 514allowing private persons to sue for violations of election laws.
• HB 522relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state.
• HB 548relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities that operate on a membership-based business model.
• HB 551repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms.
• HB 559relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.
• HB 566requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
• HB 584relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty.
• HB 627relative to permitting the public utilities commission to approve new providers for the Lifeline program.
• HB 631permitting residential building in commercial zoning.
• HB 666relative to adding restitution payment for violations of the confidentiality of the library use records and adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential matters.
• HB 672to allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire.
• HB 682relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation.
• HB 685permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing.
• HB 687relative to class action settlements and consent decrees.
• HB 690directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy.
• HB 694requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value.
• HB 696relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities.
• HB 707establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
• HB 732to enhance informed consent and accountability in psychotropic drug prescriptions for children under Medicaid.
• SB 18permitting the commissioner of health and human services to authorize additional beds for a pediatric intermediate care facility under certain circumstances.
• SB 65relative to stormwater management for solar arrays.
• SB 73relative to the operation of bingo games.
• SB 93relative to licensed nurse assistant (LNA) licensure application materials.
• SB 161making technical corrections to statutes governing out-of-state placements for children.
• SB 196relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.
• SB 212changing references from "votes" to "ballots" in the laws regarding elections.
• SB 233relative to the grid modernization advisory group.
• SB 254relative to controlled substance inventories and relative to surrogate parent criminal history records checks.
• SB 285relative to changing the term "physician assistant" to "physician associate.".

Senate Journal 12 (PDF)

What the Senate did that day

Regular meeting. Set up by SB 46 of 2015.

This meeting on the Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) page

Regular meeting. Set up by SB 423 of 2026.

This meeting on the Commission to Study the Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in First Responders page

Regular meeting. Set up by HB 193 of 2012.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the Mount Washington Commission page

• SB 14relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses; relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting; and relative to amending the penalties for the possession and use of a quantity of psilocybin for persons 18 years of age or older.
• SB 15relative to incorporating hard labor as a sentencing option for capital murder and serious sexual assaults on children, defining hard labor, establishing medical exemptions and penalties for abuse thereof, providing alternative punitive measures for legitimate medical exemptions, and authorizing jury determination of hard labor in qualifying cases.
• SB 54relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
• SB 300criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)House Calendar 24 (PDF)

This meeting on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety page

Regular meeting. Set up by HB 737 of 2019.

House Calendar 23 (PDF)

This meeting on the Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Perfluorinated Chemicals page