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The Week of May 12–16, 2025
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Monday, May 12
Committee to Study Exotic Aquatic Weeds and Exotic Aquatic Species of Wildlife in the State of New Hampshire8:30 AMStatutory CommitteeWilliams Room, French Wing, Conservation Center at 54 Portsmouth Street, Concord, NH
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 1131 of 2004.
Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education9:00 AMStatutory Committee25 Hall Street, Concord, NH
Regular meeting. Set up by SB 190 of 2015.
This meeting on the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education page
New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission9:00 AM–10:00 AMStatutory Committee
9:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNHDES 29 Hazen Drive, Concord
Subcommittee meeting. Set up by SB 380 of 2016.
10:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNHDES, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH
Regular meeting. Set up by SB 380 of 2016.
This meeting on the New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission page
New Hampshire Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission1:00 PMStatutory CommitteeExecutive Council Chambers, Rm 207
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 1639 of 2020.
This meeting on the New Hampshire Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission page
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Tuesday, May 13
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs9:15 AM–9:55 AM(4 bills)Public HearingLOB 103
9:15 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 228relative to petitioned articles at annual or special town meetings.
9:25 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 356enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.
9:40 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 475relative to the reductions from the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
9:55 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 613relative to use of accessible voting systems.
This meeting on the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs page
Senate Commerce9:30 AM(1 bill)Public HearingSH 100
- HB 60relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term.
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM–1:15 PM(6 bills)Subcommittee Work SessionPublic HearingLOB 302-304
10:00 AMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 24allowing students under age 21 to taste wine in educational settings.
- SB 79enabling the use of self-pour automated systems by liquor commission licensees.
- SB 80consolidating licensing, auditing, and enforcement responsibilities for wholesale and retail e-cigarettes sales under the liquor commission.
- 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.
1:15 PMPublic Hearing
- SB 245prohibiting surprise ambulance billing and regulating ground ambulance reimbursement.
This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page
House Finance10:00 AM(3 bills)Work SessionLOB 212
Senate Judiciary1:30 PM–2:30 PM(7 bills)Public HearingSH 100
1:30 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 387relative to balloons being released into the air.
1:40 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 397establishing a multi-agency task force chaired by the department of safety.
1:50 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 80allowing a public body member's presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable.
2:00 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 485authorizing persons who win the state lottery to remain anonymous.
2:10 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 337relative to the reporting requirements of the judicial council.
2:20 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 343relative to reporting regarding the northern border alliance program.
2:30 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 369relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
Wednesday, May 14
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM–10:45 AM(3 bills)Subcommittee Work SessionLOB 302-304
10:00 AMSubcommittee 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.
10:30 AMSubcommittee Work Session
- 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.
10:45 AMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 164relative to homeowners and prohibiting certain types of listing agreements.
This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page
Thursday, May 15
Senate Judiciary1:00 PM–1:40 PM(5 bills)Public HearingSH 100
1:00 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 57relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters.
1:10 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 480relative to restoration of competency to stand trial for criminal defendants.
1:20 PMPublic Hearing
- 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.
1:30 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 520relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas.
1:40 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 376specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status.
Senate Session Day103 bills
- HB 50relative to intentional or knowing violation of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.
- HB 63relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis.
- HB 67relative to agreements with the secretary of state for the use of accessible voting systems.
- 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.
- HB 77prohibiting certain licensees from electronically recording or storing personal information obtained from an identification card.
- HB 81relative to consumption of beverages or liquor in areas not approved for service by the liquor commission.
- HB 82relative to the regulation of various occupations.
- HB 85relative to temporary licensure for student respiratory therapists.
- HB 88establishing community property trusts.
- HB 90relative to the definition of part-time teachers.
- HB 105creating a new conservation license plate and directing the additional fee to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.
- HB 118repealing certain committees and commissions and relative to the membership of the New Hampshire rare disease advisory council.
- 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 132eliminating liability for support and recovery over certain indigent relations.
- HB 142relative to Gold Star Mother's Day.
- HB 151relative to the term for supervisors of the checklist.
- HB 156relative to the duties of the advisory committee on state procurement.
- HB 171establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
- HB 187relative to restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child.
- HB 188relative to contempt of the general court.
- HB 189relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.
- HB 217relative to absentee ballots.
- 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 225relative to the employment of military spouses in the event of involuntary deployment of service member.
- HB 233requiring meetings of the New Hampshire vaccine association to be audio and video recorded and published on its website within 48 hours.
- HB 235relative to amending the educator code of ethics and code of conduct to include responsibility to parents.
- HB 259relative to increasing the number of handicap license plates and placards the department of motor vehicles may issue to individuals.
- HB 260creating a commemorative license plate celebrating the 250th anniversary of American Independence.
- HB 273relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records.
- HB 274relative to the verification of voter rolls annually.
- HB 276establishing a liquor license where beverages, wine, and liquor can be sold without food.
- HB 280relative to wage payments.
- 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 292establishing a revolving loan fund for school districts.
- 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.
- HB 320relative to enforcement of marital property settlements.
- 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 324relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools.
- HB 328establishing a charitable gaming oversight commission.
- HB 340relative to electioneering by public employees.
- HB 354relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors.
- HB 356enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.
- HB 361prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools.
- HB 373relative to the management and regulation of town real property.
- 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 413relative to subdivision regulations on the completion of improvements and the regulation of building permits.
- HB 416prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state.
- HB 421relative to notice of tax exempt-status filing procedures by town officials or offices.
- HB 428relative to the state building code.
- HB 431establishing a commission to study the costs of special education.
- 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.
- HB 452relative to the issuance of drivers' licenses for aliens temporarily residing in New Hampshire.
- HB 461relative to department of safety and department of motor vehicle training and testing materials.
- HB 467defining "social districts" and enabling municipalities to create social districts.
- HB 481relative to the state primary date.
- HB 484relative to reallocation or repurposing of career and technical education classroom space by local school districts.
- HB 486relative to grandparents' visitation rights.
- HB 489allowing volunteer emergency workers to use a rear facing blue light on their private vehicles when involved in emergency service.
- HB 505allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations.
- HB 511relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
- HB 546relative to financial disclosures and the public reporting of those disclosures by the secretary of state.
- HB 557relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot.
- 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 577relative to modifying the definition of ADUs.
- 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 606relative to a patient's right to appropriate reproductive care for medical conditions.
- 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.
- HB 613relative to use of accessible voting systems.
- 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.
- HB 632permitting health care providers affiliated with the Veterans Administration to certify medical accommodations on behalf of veterans residing in New Hampshire.
- HB 633creating a legislative study committee to investigate the implementation of housing investment trusts in New Hampshire.
- HB 634relative to the New Hampshire council on autism spectrum disorders.
- HB 639relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.
- HB 649relative to the maintenance obligations of motor vehicle operators.
- 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 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.
- HB 677relative to the possession and use of epinephrine at recreation camps, schools, and institutions of higher education.
- HB 699relative to special education definitions.
- HB 701relative to the terminal patients' right to try act.
- 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.
- HB 713relative to mile markers along Route 112.
- HB 718requiring the state board of education to report the unfunded financial impact to school districts for rules adopted by the board which exceed state or federal minimum standards.
- HB 731relative to supportive housing options for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- HB 739relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for use in school districts.
- HB 752relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school.
- HB 763relative to school emergency plans for sports related injuries.
- HB 768allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school.
- HB 771relative to funding for open enrollment schools.
- HB 780relative to the director of the division of archives and records management of the department of state.
- HB 781requiring school districts to adopt policies establishing a cell phone-free education.
- SB 19relative to hotel and motel operations.
- SB 32relative to the fish and game commission.
- 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 95relative to youth recreation camp cabins and the state building and fire codes.
- SB 105enabling towns to adopt budget caps.
- SB 138relative to record requests by health care providers.
- 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 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 258establishing crimes related to the fraudulent use of gift cards.
- SB 292relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.
Friday, May 16
Administrative Rules9:00 AMStatutory CommitteeLOB Room 306-308
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 366 of 1983.
New Hampshire Transportation Council9:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNH Transportation Council, 7 Hazen Drive, Room 185, Concord, NH
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 267 of 2018.
This meeting on the New Hampshire Transportation Council page
Oversight Commission on Children's Services9:00 AMStatutory CommitteeSH Room 100
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 1162 of 2020.
This meeting on the Oversight Commission on Children's Services page
Commission to Study the Use of OHRVs in New Hampshire10:00 AMCancelledDepartment of Natural and Cultural Resources, 172 Pembroke Road, Concord
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 1188 of 2022.
This meeting on the Commission to Study the Use of OHRVs in New Hampshire page
Fiscal Committee11:00 AMStatutory CommitteeLOB Room 210-211
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee1:00 PMStatutory CommitteeLOB Room 206-208
Legislative Ethics Committee1:00 PMStatutory CommitteeLOB Room 104
Regular meeting. Set up by SB 29 of 1991.
New Hampshire-Ireland Trade Council1:30 PMCancelledDepartment of Business and Economic Affairs, 100 North Main Street, Suite 100, Concord, NH 03301
Regular meeting. Set up by SB 317 of 2024.
This meeting on the New Hampshire-Ireland Trade Council page
Long-Term Seacoast Commission on Drinking Water2:00 PMStatutory Committee
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 495 of 2019.
This meeting on the Long-Term Seacoast Commission on Drinking Water page
Commission to Study Environmentally-Triggered Chronic Illness3:00 PMStatutory CommitteeRemote
Regular meeting. Set up by SB 85 of 2019.
This meeting on the Commission to Study Environmentally-Triggered Chronic Illness page
No meetings shown.
Calendars & Journals
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- House Calendar HC 38 (PDF)
- House Journal HJ 16 August 19, 2026 (PDF)
- Senate Calendar SC 35 (PDF)
- Senate Journal SJ 15 — August 19, 2026 (PDF)
Every calendar and journal, as a list
The calendar is what each chamber publishes ahead of time: hearings, committee reports and what the next session will take up. The journal is the record of a session day. These open the General Court’s own files.
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