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The Week of April 20–24, 2026
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Monday, April 20
House Finance9:00 AM–10:00 AM(3 bills)Work Session
9:00 AMWork SessionGP 230
- SB 481relative to the sale of the Sununu youth services center property.
10:00 AMWork SessionGP 234
- SB 592enabling regional, conservation, and energy resource planning for habitat strongholds and wildlife corridors and creating a commission to study transferring ownership of the Winnipesaukee River Basin program to an alternative authority.
- SB 600requiring the governor to submit and present a quarterly fiscal year budget report about the general and education trust funds to the general court fiscal committee.
Oversight Commission on Children's Services10:00 AMStatutory Committee
Set up by HB 1162 of 2020.
This meeting on the Oversight Commission on Children's Services page
State Commission on Aging10:00 AMStatutory CommitteeNH Hospital Association, 125 Airport Rd., Concord
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 621 of 2019.
Tuesday, April 21
Senate Energy and Natural Resources9:00 AM–9:40 AM(5 bills)Public HearingSH 103
9:00 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1140enabling certain disabled persons to hunt from a motor vehicle.
9:10 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1141relative to permitting and fee authority for mining and prospecting.
9:20 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1275relative to the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on agriculture, exempting certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl products from use restrictions, and relative to the definition of "drinking water standard".
9:30 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1128restricting the use of weather modification technologies to declared emergencies.
9:40 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1577relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.
This meeting on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources page
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services9:00 AM–2:30 PM(3 bills)Full Committee Work SessionExecutive SessionGP 159
9:00 AMFull Committee Work Session
- SB 88prohibiting state government entities from including specified terms related to labor organization agreements in construction related contracts and grants.
- SB 416relative to the pooling and sharing of tips among tipped employees.
- SB 655relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.
2:30 PMExecutive Session
- SB 88prohibiting state government entities from including specified terms related to labor organization agreements in construction related contracts and grants.
- SB 416relative to the pooling and sharing of tips among tipped employees.
- SB 655relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.
This meeting on the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services page
Senate Education9:15 AM–9:45 AM(4 bills)Public HearingSL Map Room
9:15 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1358establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools.
9:25 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1374modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.
9:35 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1448prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum.
9:45 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1268modifying the structure and administration of home education programs and relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices.
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs9:15 AM–10:15 AM(5 bills)Public HearingSH 122-123
9:15 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1695preventing any guide or explanation regarding the effect of a proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot.
9:30 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1184relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property.
9:45 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1195relative to municipal zoning requirements for child day care providers.
10:00 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1213relative to the number, selection, and terms of town highway agents and relative to the appointment of an expert highway agent.
10:15 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1224relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings.
This meeting on the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs page
Senate Commerce9:30 AM–11:00 AM(7 bills)Public HearingSH 100
9:30 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1010relative to multi-family residential development on commercially zoned land.
9:45 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1103allowing municipalities to utilize community revitalization tax relief credits on a wider variety of properties and structures.
10:00 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1079allowing accessory dwelling units to be built within or attached to certain non-conforming structures.
10:15 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1540relative to municipal health ordinances and accessory dwelling units and relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
10:30 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1681relative to the definition, inspection, and local approval of tiny houses and yurts as innovative housing structures.
10:45 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1112relative to snow removal responsibilities in lease agreements.
11:00 AMPublic Hearing
- HB 1295relative to eligibility requirements for charitable and nonprofit housing projects.
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM–1:15 PM(8 bills)Public HearingSubcommittee Work SessionGP 229
10:00 AMPublic Hearing
- SB 524relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products.
10:30 AMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 524relative to the sale of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, devices, e-liquids, or alternative nicotine products and relative to the licensure and sale of certain liquor products.
1:15 PMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 444prohibiting the use of animal testing when other comparable methods are available.
- SB 487allowing credit union members to pay members of the board of directors for their services as a board member.
- SB 496relative to supervision and registration requirements for associates of broker-dealers.
- SB 525raising the maximum amount of state guarantees in force.
- SB 573establishing certification standards for certified public safety comfort dogs.
- SB 639establishing a committee to study the health and safety impacts of Red Dye 40 and other food additives in food and beverages sold in New Hampshire.
- SB 648requiring age verification by commercial entities to allow access to pornographic material.
This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page
House Housing10:00 AM–10:30 AM(3 bills)Public HearingExecutive SessionGP 231
10:00 AMPublic Hearing
- SB 523establishing a committee to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system.
10:30 AMExecutive Session
- SB 415relative to a certain exemption in interest in condominium units and abbreviated registrations.
- SB 490establishing a task force to assess the development of housing at Great Bay community college and authorizing the college the right to use vacant property for the purpose of developing housing.
- SB 523establishing a committee to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system.
Senate Transportation1:00 PM–1:50 PM(6 bills)Public HearingSH 122-123
1:00 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 113relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor.
1:10 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1078creating a gold star family and gold star father license plate.
1:20 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1483creating a motor vehicle license plate for amateur radio operators.
1:30 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1698relative to electronic credentials.
1:40 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1594establishing a weight-based tiered registration fee schedule for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
1:50 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 2026relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan; and relative to reconstruction of the Gregg Mill Road Bridge in the town of New Boston.
Senate Judiciary1:10 PM–1:50 PM(5 bills)Public HearingSH 100
1:10 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1489relative to interstate depositions and discovery.
1:20 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1124relative to the right to compute.
1:30 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1217permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances.
1:40 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1299permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances and establishing that certain biological sex distinctions do not qualify as discrimination.
1:50 PMPublic Hearing
- HB 1447restricting the use of certain public and private facilities on the basis of sex and establishing that such restriction does not qualify as discrimination.
Wednesday, April 22
Senate Executive Departments and Administration9:00 AM(1 bill)Public HearingSH 103
- HB 1511relative to the membership of the agriculture in the classroom committee, the annual proclamation of "New Hampshire Day at the Big E," and repealing the repeal of the produce safety chapter.
This meeting on the Senate Executive Departments and Administration page
Senate Ways and Means9:00 AM(1 bill)Public HearingSH 122-123
- HB 155relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs10:00 AM–1:15 PM(15 bills)Subcommittee Work SessionGP 229
10:00 AMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 256establishing safety and care requirements for clinician-administered drugs.
- SB 455relative to coverage for GLP-1 medication under the state Medicaid plan.
- SB 480limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services.
- SB 498relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.
- SB 544relative to managed care laws.
- SB 550relative to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopathy providers.
- SB 606relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing.
- SB 607relative to short-term, limited duration health insurance policies
- SB 614establishing multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements for nonprofit and for-profit providers and servicers.
- SB 646relative to mental health standards of care.
- SB 647authorizing the department of insurance to participate in a cooperative procurement group via an intergovernmental agreement for a prescription drug discount program.
- SB 661relative to pooled risk management programs.
- SB 665relative to pharmacy benefits managers, managed care laws, notice of drug pricing options and pharmacy benefit manager business practices.
1:15 PMSubcommittee Work Session
- SB 562relative to a home damage mitigation and resiliency program.
- SB 565requiring the commissioner of the insurance department to prepare and publish a report regarding fortified home and commercial standards, and other mitigation and resiliency programs.
This meeting on the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs page
House Executive Departments and Administration10:45 AM–1:00 PM(4 bills)Executive SessionGP 231
10:45 AMExecutive Session
- 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 516relative to certain unclassified positions in the department of health and human services.
- SB 669relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
1:00 PMExecutive Session
- SB 470relative to the expungement of certain disciplinary matters.
This meeting on the House Executive Departments and Administration page
Thursday, April 23
House Session Day80 bills
- 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 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 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 244updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code.
- HB 281requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format.
- HB 317allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person.
- HB 340relative to electioneering by public employees.
- HB 510establishing a commission to study due process in higher education disciplinary proceedings.
- HB 639relative to the use of and disputes over blockchain and digital currencies.
- HB 1099establishing a committee to study the cost and liability of providing educational services to students placed in residential facilities.
- HB 1215relative to supporting the preferred method of communication of an individual with a communication disability and relative to transfers from freestanding hospital emergency facilities.
- HB 1260relative to marriage registration forms and delayed certificates of marriage.
- HB 1381extending the time of the party filing period.
- HB 1541requiring the secretary of state to provide all voting precincts with secure containers for storing ballots.
- HB 1685establishing a committee to study aiding the growth of assistive technology businesses and adoption of assistive technologies in New Hampshire.
- CACR 11relating to sheriffs. Providing that there shall be no age limitation for a person to hold the office of county sheriff.
- SB 101authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state.
- SB 400relative to duties and reporting requirements of the therapeutic cannabis medical oversight board.
- SB 408relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.
- SB 414relative to enforcement of marital property settlements.
- SB 425adopting the physician associate licensure compact.
- SB 429relative to the placement of trauma kits in public schools and making an appropriation therefor and relative to the parental bill of rights concerning the creation of student media recordings.
- SB 441relative to the financial responsibility for local assistance and enabling municipalities to request a hearing regarding the residency of an assisted person.
- SB 447enabling 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.
- SB 448modifying the definition of veteran.
- SB 449relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.
- SB 450relative to a state parks pass pilot program for recovery centers and community mental health centers.
- SB 456establishing the commission for children's futures.
- SB 457relative to the licensing of physicians who graduated from medical schools outside of the United States or Canada.
- SB 459exempting classification of individuals based on biological sex from the definition of an unlawful discriminatory practice in certain limited circumstances.
- SB 460prohibiting tier III criminal offenders from being present in designated child safety zones absent a legitimate purpose.
- SB 464relative to civil rights enforcement.
- SB 465classifying xylazine as a schedule III controlled drug.
- SB 467relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
- SB 472removing the maximum age on the tenure of office for the position of deputy adjutant general.
- SB 473defining the term "field officers" within the national guard.
- SB 482establishing consumer protections for digital access transaction kiosks.
- SB 492authorizing the department of military affairs and veterans services to license and lease property in which the department holds a property interest.
- SB 494relative to the state fire code, fire incident reporting and investigations, and the duties of the state fire marshal.
- SB 502removing references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development, and makes various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate.
- SB 505relative to applications for guide licenses and repealing the fee for temporary registration of nonresidents relative to OHRVs.
- SB 510ensuring state-operated, publicly accessible spaces have designated smoking areas undetectable to visitors.
- SB 511relative to state park fee discounts for state residents.
- SB 512relative to fees to annul criminal records related to charges that do not result in conviction.
- SB 515relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances.
- SB 519relative to the use of unmanned aerial systems.
- SB 528prohibiting receiving compensation for lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary.
- SB 529giving preference to lumber sourced in the United States on all state-funded building projects.
- SB 530relative to fetal death reporting to the Centers for Disease Control.
- SB 534relative to compliance with certain political expenditures and contribution statutes.
- SB 538extending net metering eligibility terms for municipal energy projects.
- SB 540relative to plug-in solar generation systems.
- SB 541relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure.
- SB 543relative to long-term care eligibility and making an appropriation therefor.
- SB 545relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program.
- SB 548relative to health carrier provider contract standards.
- SB 549requiring certain syringe service program entities to provide options for disposal of used syringes and needles and creating reporting requirements for such entities.
- SB 557making synthetic and semisynthetic kratom illegal to prepare, distribute, manufacture, sell, possess, or advertise, with exceptions made for scientific research, and relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.
- SB 559reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.
- SB 560modernizing the New Hampshire coordinate system.
- SB 564prohibiting certain municipal development restrictions.
- SB 580relative to establishing a school cooperative purchasing program.
- SB 586requiring chartered public schools, school administrative units, and cities or school districts not audited under RSA 671:5 to be audited by an independent public accountant after the end of the fiscal year and requiring the results of such audits to be made available to the public.
- SB 589relative to port electrification, microgrid development, and cybersecurity standards for energy and water systems.
- SB 590relative to electric aggregation plans.
- SB 591allowing utility companies to own or build generation facilities.
- SB 593enabling the use of solid waste management funds by solid waste management districts.
- SB 595relative to rulemaking for transient non-community water systems.
- SB 599relative to the renewable energy fund.
- SB 610allowing the insurance commissioner to approve innovative short or long-term care policies.
- SB 617relative to the regulation and appeal of motor vehicle towing from public highways and relative to the removal of abandoned vehicles by law enforcement.
- SB 619establishing procedures for expedited court hearings and disposition of confiscated animals.
- SB 622relative to the offense of identity fraud.
- SB 624restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.
- SB 625establishing a committee to study options for family members of intentional homicide victims where the department of justice does not file charges in a case, repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services, and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.
- SB 627relative to toll rate adjustments for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan
- SB 632relative to a certain highway sign in Concord.
- SB 633relative to donations received by the granite patron of the arts fund.
- SB 656establishing a web-based occupational license application portal for veterans and military spouses.
- SB 657relative to the use of information technology and artificial intelligence systems by state agencies.
Senate Session Day55 bills
- HB 564relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.
- HB 629raising the cost of a boat decal fee and allocating the funds collected by such fees to the dam maintenance fund.
- HB 656relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.
- HB 1003prohibiting the Grafton county attorney from engaging in the private practice of law.
- HB 1051modifying the procedures and requirements for school bus driver criminal history records checks and expanding the personnel subject to such checks.
- HB 1072relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.
- HB 1073clarifying when the secretary of state shall complete the registry of New Hampshire decentralized autonomous organizations.
- HB 1086creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments.
- HB 1091relative to unauthorized camping on private property.
- HB 1093relative to public charter schools and governmental land use exemptions.
- HB 1100establishing an exception to the prohibition against interception and disclosure of telecommunication or oral communications.
- HB 1121defining the cost of an adequate education.
- HB 1127relative to the uniform voidable transactions act.
- HB 1130establishing a committee to study the procedure for judicial performance evaluations.
- HB 1173relative to post-secondary education opportunities for inmates.
- HB 1192exempting certain household pharmaceutical wastes from the definition of hazardous waste.
- HB 1196repealing the state housing champion designation and grant program.
- HB 1197making technical corrections to certain insurance laws.
- HB 1256removing the authority of the state librarian to award scholarships to students attending graduate library schools.
- HB 1298relative to the disposal of electronic ballot counting device external memory devices.
- HB 1301increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.
- HB 1306relative to the counting of absentee ballots.
- HB 1308relative to increasing the penalty for passing a stopped school bus.
- HB 1323relative to parental alienation, limiting certain prior authorization requirements for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and similar rehabilitative services, relative to children's mental health services for persons 18 years of age and younger.
- HB 1348relative to possession of human remains for law enforcement training purposes.
- HB 1363relative to employee candidate background checks.
- HB 1421modifying title exemptions for motor vehicles manufactured before the year 2000.
- HB 1425relative to the development of an online wetlands permit processing system.
- HB 1438enabling mental health caseworkers to report instances of animal abuse by their clients.
- HB 1457relative to natural organic reduction of human remains.
- HB 1466relative to obtaining a certificate of title for certain trailers.
- HB 1477relative to the permitting and regulation of anchored seasonal floating platforms on public waters.
- HB 1495allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.
- HB 1526relative to the adopting of a municipal budget committee and electing members thereof.
- HB 1529repealing the reading recovery training program.
- HB 1537relative to the use of high resolution cameras to identify school bus stop light violators.
- HB 1549establishing that titles, bills of sale, and identification documents are required only at initial registration or transfer of ownership.
- HB 1563relative to the special education aid formula and the administration and monitoring of state special education aid.
- HB 1571requiring the department of education to review statewide academic standards and curricula.
- HB 1575relative to the determination of the default budget by the budget committee.
- HB 1576relative to the enforcement of criminal restitution obligations.
- HB 1600relative to access to the centralized voter registration database on election days.
- HB 1602creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.
- HB 1620requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances.
- HB 1633expanding the information provided to survivors of sexual assault regarding their existing rights.
- HB 1643relative to the report of a guardian ad litem.
- HB 1711relative to governmental land uses.
- HB 1726relative to the sale of surplus state-owned land and establishing a commission to study the sale of state-owned property.
- HB 1758relative to school bus drivers' certificates.
- HB 1759relative to the disqualification of a member of a local land use board.
- HB 1766relative to cruelty to livestock.
- HB 1807relative to mandatory reports to voters.
- HB 1827requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel.
- HB 1828requiring the department of education to establish an auditing process relative to teacher preparation programs at the post-secondary educational level.
- HB 1836relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.
Friday, April 24
Solid Waste Working Group9:30 AMStatutory CommitteeNHDES – 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH (Room 208C)
Regular meeting. Set up by HB 413 of 2021.
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety10:00 AM(2 bills)Executive SessionGP 159
- SB 409relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer and relative to liability of governmental units.
- SB 667relative to the assault of emergency room personnel.
This meeting on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety page
New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission12:00 PMStatutory CommitteeNHDES, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH
Subcommittee meeting. Set up by SB 380 of 2016.
This meeting on the New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission page
Calendars & Journals
The newest listed here
- 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.
45 documents the General Court lists are not linked here.