Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs

The House Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs.

Bills Referred, 1993-1994

• HB 186: relative to notice by automobile insurance companies of policy cancellation. (Killed)
• HB 197: relative to insurance fraud. (Signed into law)
• HB 217-FN: relative to mandatory automobile insurance. (Killed)
• HB 246: relative to health clubs. (Killed)
• HB 266-FN: regulating home improvement contractors. (Killed)
• HB 284: regarding notice for condominium association meetings and relative to voting by condominium owners. (Signed into law)
• HB 290: establishing priority of real estate tax liens. (Signed into law)
• HB 293: relative to notice to tenants prior to the sale of a manufactured housing park. (Signed into law)
• HB 313: relative to mortgage insurance. (Signed into law)
• HB 314: relative to commingling of funds and security deposits. (Killed)
• HB 316: relative to assessments by the joint underwriters association. (Killed)
• HB 322: requiring insurers to provide insureds with a statement reflecting the dollar amount of allowable benefit for medical procedures. (Signed into law)
• HB 326: requiring persons who repossess motor vehicles to notify the local police or county sheriff of the repossession. (Signed into law)
• HB 327: establishing a committee to study discrepancies between New Hampshire Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Massachusetts Blue Cross/Blue Shield. (Killed)
• HB 328: relative to the priority for distribution in insolvency proceedings of fees and costs paid in advance by consumers in relation to a mortgage application. (Signed into law)
• HB 329: granting condominium associations a 6-month assessment lien priority over first mortgage or deed of trust liens. (Killed)
• HB 333: requiring health insurers to notify New Hampshire policy holders who have out-of-state insurance that they may incur different charges than those insured under an in-state plan by the same company. (Killed)
• HB 340: relative to technical changes in the small employer insurance law. (Signed into law)
• HB 341: relative to a small employer insurance availability act and standardized medical benefits forms. (Killed)
• HB 348: standardizing forms used by insurance companies for medical benefits claims. (Signed into law)
• HB 358: allowing the creation of or participation in professional corporations by physician assistants. (Signed into law)
• HB 361: relative to credit finance charges. (Killed)
• HB 382: changing the annual rate of interest on judgments and business transactions. (Killed)
• HB 388: relative to disclosures by the seller of real property. (Signed into law)
• HB 389: relative to the disclosure of certain historical information regarding property. (Signed into law)
• HB 392: relative to merchants' refund policies. (Killed)
• HB 394: relative to discrimination in automobile insurance policies. (Killed)
• HB 399: removing a certain portion of the blue laws regarding Sunday business activity and relative to certain police regulations. (Signed into law)
• HB 405: relative to financing of manufactured housing. (Signed into law)
• HB 408: providing for grace periods on and adjustments to mortgage payments prior to a foreclosure. (Killed)
• HB 442-FN: creating a new New Hampshire port authority and making an appropriation therefore. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 457: making fee splitting or accepting fees for referrals by pharmacists or pharmacies, or ownership of a pharmacy by a licensed practitioner, grounds for suspension or revocation of a pharmacy license. (Signed into law)
• HB 473-FN: exempting certain charitable organizations from certain charitable trust filing fees. (Signed into law)
• HB 474: prohibiting automobile insurers from requiring coverage for an insured automobile for persons in the insured's household under age 25, if the person under age 25 does not drive the insured automobile. (Killed)
• HB 496: making ownership of a pharmacy by certain medical professionals grounds for pharmacy permit suspension or revocation. (Killed)
• HB 518: relative to automobile insurance premium rates. (Killed)
• HB 521: relative to maternity benefits. (Signed into law)
• HB 526: relative to insurance reimbursement for prescription goods and services by New Hampshire pharmacists. (Killed)
• HB 529: requiring certain billing procedures for custodial fees on IRA accounts. (Killed)
• HB 542: restricting the interest rate which may be charged on loans, including business and consumer credit loans. (Killed)
• HB 544: relative to telephone solicitation. (Killed)
• HB 546: relative to general contractors bidding for construction work. (Killed)
• HB 550: extending time limits within which condominium projects can be completed. (Killed)
• HB 552: prohibiting insurance companies from refusing to insure pre-existing conditions. (Killed)
• HB 574: relative to the certification of insurance agents and brokers. (Killed)
• HB 602-FN: relative to claiming assets which have escheated to the state. (Signed into law)
• HB 630: relative to promoting fire safety and diminishing fire losses by requiring the availability of fire extinguishers. (Signed into law)
• HB 639-FN-A: establishing a review board to address grievances of tenants and owners of manufactured housing parks and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• HB 663-FN: making technical corrections to the Business Corporations Act, repealing 2 obsolete provisions regarding corporate stock, and relative to interstate cooperation regarding securities laws. (Signed into law)
• HB 672-FN-A-LOCAL: establishing a healthy kids corporation and making an appropriation therefor and continually appropriating a special fund. (Signed into law)
• HB 1115: relative to violations of RSA 205-A. (Signed into law)
• HB 1117: relative to new motor vehicle arbitration. (Signed into law)
• HB 1125: permitting collection agencies to accept assignments of debts. (Killed)
• HB 1142-FN: relative to lenders regulated by the banking department and relative to consumer credit transactions. (Killed)
• HB 1145-FN: relative to cashers of checks and setting certain fees. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1150: requiring a financial institution to allow an applicant for a mortgage loan to select an appraisal firm from a list of firms supplied by the institution. (Killed)
• HB 1152: requiring insurance companies to give discounts to drivers over 55 years who complete an approved driver safety course. (Killed)
• HB 1154: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of establishing a separate arbitration board for recreational vehicle defects. (Signed into law)
• HB 1159: requiring manufactured housing park owners to compensate residents for relocation costs due to change in land use of the park. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1187: relative to the signature of manufactured housing park owners on deeds and the fee for such signature and relative to land fee increases in manufactured housing parks. (Signed into law)
• HB 1193: amending the charter of St. Mary's Bank and relative to charter conversions by banks. (Signed into law)
• HB 1202: relative to rules in manufactured housing parks. (Killed)
• HB 1203-FN: making technical amendments to the banking laws. (Signed into law)
• HB 1234: allowing condominium unit owners to post "for sale" or "for lease" signs inside their condominium. (Killed)
• HB 1248: requiring disclosure that a buyer's premium at certain auctions in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 1269-FN-LOCAL: licensing operators of manufactured housing parks and relative to fees for such licensure. (Killed)
• HB 1275-FN: relative to filing fees for certain charitable corporations. (Killed)
• HB 1292: requiring certain disclosure during recruitment by multi-level or network marketing businesses. (Killed)
• HB 1309: prohibiting insurance companies from mandating that automobile glass repairs be made at specific glass companies or locations. (Signed into law)
• HB 1320: regulating commerce pertaining to consumer transactions involving credit reporting agencies. (Signed into law)
• HB 1334: regulating the licensure and practice of title insurance agents, including fees. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1337: relative to designating a managing broker in a real estate branch office in the event of a vacancy. (Signed into law)
• HB 1339: relative to bank boards of directors or trustees. (Signed into law)
• HB 1341: requiring delivery of non-subscription publications to cease 14 days after written notification by the recipient. (Killed)
• HB 1344: requiring financial institutions which sell notes to disclose the sale price of the note to the debtor and any obligor on the note, upon request. (Killed)
• HB 1347: requiring a financial institution to allow an applicant for a mortgage loan to select a hazardous waste site assessment firm from a list of firms supplied by the institution. (Killed)
• HB 1357: requiring that any company engaged in the business of leasing motor vehicles provide full disclosure of all aspects of a lease agreement to a potential purchaser. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1363: requiring that, if the posted or advertised sale price of a product is not charged to the customer, the customer receives the product free. (Killed)
• HB 1371: relative to claiming the homestead right in a levy by sale of an execution on real estate. (Signed into law)
• HB 1377: requiring an optometrist or ophthalmologist to release prescriptions for replacement contact lenses, and setting certain fees for certain out-of-state business registration and renewal. (Signed into law)
• HB 1391: relative to consumer protection and going out of business sales. (Signed into law)
• HB 1396: limiting the use of information compiled by consumer reporting agencies. (Killed)
• HB 1398: establishing a committee to study the possibility of linking the New Hampshire port authority with the Pease International Trade Center by rail or pipeline. (Signed into law)
• HB 1416: relative to liens on manufactured housing. (Signed into law)
• HB 1420: relative to the sale of defective vehicles and vehicle leases which are not sales or security interests. (Signed into law)
• HB 1425: requiring a certain minimum water flow before property may be sold. (Killed)
• HB 1437: requiring members of certain professions to provide written notice to their clients or customers if such professionals do not carry malpractice insurance. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1453: allowing certified clinical social workers to obtain third party payments for services rendered which would otherwise qualify for such payments. (Signed into law)
• HB 1456: relative to mental health care service providers. (Vetoed, override failed)
• HB 1461: establishing a committee to study the issue of health care provider cooperative agreements in New Hampshire. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 1466: including advanced registered nurse practitioners in insurance policies for certain conditions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1467: requiring any pre-owned automobile purchased from a dealer to be capable of passing the state inspection process, except as provided in RSA 358-F. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1468: allowing builders to use native lumber when the lumber is certified or stamped by a New Hampshire wood processing mill. (Signed into law)
• HB 1500-FN: defining "out-of-state pharmacy" and requiring the registration of such pharmacies that sell to individuals within the state. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1504-FN-LOCAL: requiring certain damage disclosure upon the sale or transfer of an automobile. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1510: relative to the availability of on-site foreign currency exchange. (Killed)
• HB 1545: relative to disclosure regarding contests and gift giveaways. (Signed into law)
• HB 1559: relative to smoking in indoor public places. (Killed)
• HB 1562-FN: establishing an uninsured motorist claims fund. (Killed)
• HB 1564-FN-LOCAL: authorizing a resident of a municipality to participate in the municipality's health plan at that resident's own expense. (Killed)
• HCR 10: encouraging Congress to examine federal banking laws and regulations to determine which laws and regulations are overly restrictive and burdensome to banks and to repeal those laws and regulations. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 25: in support of the free transfer of the former Pease Air Force Base. (Adopted by both chambers)
• SB 5: repealing article 6 of the uniform commercial code on bulk sales and making conforming amendments. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 6: permitting the bank commissioner to examine and report on certain non-bank lenders. (Signed into law)
• SB 7: changing the bonding requirement for mortgage brokers. (Signed into law)
• SB 9: adopting the uniform commercial code Article 2A on leases and conforming amendments to Articles 1 and 9. (Signed into law)
• SB 10: revising articles 3 and 4 of the uniform commercial code and adopting article 4A of the uniform commercial code. (Signed into law)
• SB 22: relative to foreclosure notification waiver. (Signed into law)
• SB 25: relative to charitable gifts of life insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 26: relative to contracts between public adjusters and insureds and relative to continuing education for adjusters. (Signed into law)
• SB 53: relative to third party administrators. (Signed into law)
• SB 55: relative to accident and health insurance and health maintenance organizations. (Signed into law)
• SB 56: relative to coverage for intra-family or inter-spousal claims under liability insurance policies. (Signed into law)
• SB 57: relative to accreditation under the insurance laws. (Signed into law)
• SB 65: requiring health care providers to disclose an ownership interest in any entity to which they refer patients. (Signed into law)
• SB 76: establishing the right of a New Hampshire manufacturer to be indemnified by the purchaser or lessee of a New Hampshire product for injury or damage caused by such product. (Signed into law)
• SB 96: making the State Credit Union Act conform with the Federal Credit Union Act. (Signed into law)
• SB 98: relative to fees charged for processing and approval of residential mortgage loan applications. (Signed into law)
• SB 108: relative to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. (Killed)
• SB 158: relative to economic security, establishing a housing security guarantee program and continually appropriating a special fund. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 191-FN: relative to the New Hampshire real estate practice act. (Signed into law)
• SB 227-FN: establishing a revenue-neutral initial public offering exemption for national securities markets and clarifying which securities markets do not qualify for an exemption. (Killed)
• SB 230-FN: relative to sprinkler systems in residential care homes and supported residential care facilities. (Killed)
• SB 518: requiring health care providers to clearly state the benefits and services provided to enrollees and subscribers and relative to policy language simplification. (Signed into law)
• SB 525: relative to medicare supplemental insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 526: relative to risk retention groups not chartered in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• SB 532: relative to jewelers' liens. (Signed into law)
• SB 534: relative to condominium common assessments. (Signed into law)
• SB 539: establishing a committee to study the issue of exclusivity contracts between health care insurers and health care providers. (Signed into law)
• SB 549: relative to loans made by a bank to its executive officers, directors, or trustees. (Signed into law)
• SB 550-FN: relative to fees for filing documents with the insurance department. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 554: relative to insurance information and privacy protection. (Killed)
• SB 555: relative to health insurance which covers family members and making technical corrections to the insurance laws. (Signed into law)
• SB 558: relative to imposing late payment fees on retail credit customers. (Signed into law)
• SB 564: relative to authentication of municipal and county bonds. (Signed into law)
• SB 573: establishing a committee to study the relocation of abandoned manufactured homes within manufactured housing parks. (Signed into law)
• SB 574: relative to credit for reinsurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 590: relative to the investment of trust funds by banks in affiliated investments. (Killed)
• SB 632-FN-A: establishing a pilot program to disseminate from the Pease International Trade Center trade information to promote international trade and making an appropriation therefor. (Killed)
• SB 651-FN: creating a real estate recovery trust fund, to be funded by certain fees. (Killed)
• SB 670-FN: making technical corrections to the securities laws, relative to fees for securities registration, and reinstating the charter of the Union International Corporation. (Signed into law)
• SB 684: limiting fees charged by companies and lenders for checks drawn on insufficient funds. (Killed)
• SB 695: relative to the financial regulation of life and health insurers. (Signed into law)
• SB 711: relative to small employer and individual insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 717: relative to residency forms and automobile insurance. (Killed)
• SB 743-FN: relative to insurance coverage for children. (Signed into law)
• SB 747-FN: relative to rent-to-own agreements. (Signed into law)
• SB 767-FN: relative to mental illness coverage under insurance policies. (Signed into law)
• SB 804: establishing a committee to study delinquent property taxes owed by condominium unit owners. (Referred for interim study)
• HBI 2: relating to examining the practice of selling food and beverages to small grocery stores at the wholesale level. (Killed)
• HBI 4: relating to gas pricing in different localities. (Killed)

And 234 bills in 2 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on October 25, 1994 for executive sessions on HB 1145-FN, HB 1334, HB 1357, HB 1437, HB 1467, HB 1504-FN-LOCAL, SB 550-FN and SB 804.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on October 19, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1467 and HB 1504-FN-LOCAL. It also held a work session on SB 550-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on October 13, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1145-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on October 11, 1994 for a work session on HB 1357.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on June 30, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1357.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on June 16, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1357.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on June 7, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1357.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 26, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 558, SB 590, SB 717, SB 518 and SB 711.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 21, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on SB 684.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 20, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on SB 711.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 19, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 518, SB 555, SB 590, SB 711 and SB 717.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 14, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 558, SB 518, SB 555 and SB 711.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 13, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 534 and SB 684.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 12, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on SB 651-FN, SB 743-FN, SB 767-FN, SB 518, SB 555, SB 711 and SB 747-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 11, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on SB 740-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 7, 1994 for hearings on SB 670-FN and SB 711. It also held a subcommittee work session on SB 747-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 6, 1994 for hearings on SB 740-FN, SB 767-FN, SB 743-FN and SB 632-FN-A. It also held subcommittee work sessions on SB 532 and SB 684.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on April 5, 1994 for hearings on SB 564 and SB 590. It also held subcommittee work sessions on SB 554 and SB 651-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 31, 1994 for hearings on SB 549 and SB 558.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 30, 1994 for hearings on SB 518, SB 539, SB 534, SB 651-FN and SB 573.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 29, 1994 for hearings on SB 532, SB 684, SB 804, SB 670-FN and SB 747-FN. It also held a subcommittee work session on SB 526.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 23, 1994 for hearings on SB 695 and SB 717. It also held a subcommittee work session on SB 554.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 22, 1994 for a hearing on SB 525.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 16, 1994 for hearings on SB 526, SB 555 and SB 574.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 15, 1994 for hearings on SB 550-FN and SB 554.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 9, 1994 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1545.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 8, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1456 and HB 1309.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 2, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1152, HB 1320, HB 1396, HB 1545, HB 1150, HB 1347, HB 1416, HB 1391 and HB 1559.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on March 1, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1453, HB 1456, HB 1461, HB 1466, HB 1500-FN, HB 1564-FN-LOCAL, HB 1150 and HB 1347.
• The Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Consumer Affairs met on February 16, 1994 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 1337, HB 1377, HB 1309, HB 1357, HB 1152, HB 1320 and HB 1396.

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