Internal Affairs

The Senate Committee on Internal Affairs.

Bills Referred, 2011-2012

• HB 114: reinstating and expanding the duties of the joint legislative historical committee. (Signed into law)
• HB 160: relative to the powers of the joint committee on legislative facilities. (Killed)
• HB 190: relative to legislative study committees. (Signed into law)
• HB 390: relative to the reinstatement and repeal of certain boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces, and relative to the commission on the status of women. (Signed into law)
• HB 590: establishing a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs. (Became law unsigned)
• HB 592: apportioning state representative districts and relative to the boundaries of wards. (Veto overridden, became law)
• HB 656: relative to boundaries of wards. (Killed)
• HB 1195: relative to membership of the joint legislative historical committee. (Signed into law)
• HB 1237: establishing the joint committee on employee relations. (Killed)
• HB 1256: establishing a New Hampshire state register of historic places. (Signed into law)
• HB 1276: establishing a committee to study general court policies and procedures related to persons with disabilities. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 1350: relative to the style and form of new articles and amendments to articles proposed by constitutional amendment concurrent resolutions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1435: establishing a liaison committee to monitor the department of environmental services. (Killed)
• HB 1436: establishing a liaison committee to monitor the management of natural resources by the department of resources and economic development. (Killed)
• HB 1623: relative to records of the legislative ethics committee. (Signed into law)
• HB 1632: establishing a committee to assess the cost savings of digitizing the general court. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• HB 1670: apportioning executive council districts. (Signed into law)
• HB 1671: apportioning congressional districts. (Died on the table)
• HB 1672: apportioning delegates to state party conventions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1717: apportioning county commissioner districts. (Signed into law)
• HCR 2: in support of the Arizona immigration law. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 6: requiring the Congress of the United States of America to reaffirm its adherence to the Constitution of the United States regarding international agreements and treaties. (Died on the table)
• HCR 9: urging the President and Congress to address the privacy, constitutional, safety, and religious freedom concerns presented by advanced imaging technology employed by the Transportation Security Agency at the nation’s airports. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 11: to urge the Congress of the United States to withdraw the membership of the United States from the United Nations so that the United States may retain its sovereignty and control over its own funds and military forces. (Died on the table)
• HCR 12: urging Congress to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in accordance with Article 2205 of the agreement. (Died on the table)
• HCR 19: affirming States' powers based on the Constitution for the United States and the Constitution of New Hampshire. (Died on the table)
• HCR 37: urging the New Hampshire delegation to support any legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 40: for the purpose of petitioning the Congress of the United States to adopt an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for submission to the states, to require, with certain exceptions, that the federal budget be balanced; or, in the alternative, to call a convention for the sole and exclusive purpose of proposing a federal balanced budget amendment for submission to the states for ratification. (Adopted by both chambers)
• HCR 43: urging the joint legislative historical committee to move the granite gates Lafayette passed through to the state house grounds. (Adopted by both chambers)
• CACR 5: relating to the governor's power to reduce appropriations. Providing that the governor shall have line item reduction power of items in any bill making appropriations of money. (Died on the table)
• CACR 6: relating to taxation. Providing that a 3/5 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees, or to authorize the issuance of state bonds and providing that the general court shall appropriate funds for payment of interest and installments of principle of all state bonds. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• CACR 12: relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall have the authority to define standards for public education, establish standards of accountability, mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, and have full discretion to determine the amount of state funding for education. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• CACR 13: Relating to prohibiting an assessment, rate, or tax on personal income. Providing that no assessment, rate, or tax on income earned by a natural person shall be levied by the state of New Hampshire except taxes in effect on January 1, 2012 and adjustments to the rate of such taxes. (Passed both chambers, not ratified by the voters)
• CACR 14: Relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall have the authority to define standards for public education, establish standards of accountability, mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, and shall have full discretion to determine the amount of state funding for education. (Killed)
• CACR 33: relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially. (Died on the table)
• SB 196: relative to the renomination or reelection of teachers and grievance procedures. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 201: apportioning state senate districts. (Signed into law)
• SB 202: apportioning congressional districts. (Signed into law)
• SB 356: limiting the authority of delegates to Article V conventions and recodifying the laws relative to religious societies. (Vetoed, override failed)
• SCR 1: urging Congress to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (Killed)

And 403 bills in 7 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 4, 2012 for hearings on HB 1237, HB 1276, HB 1350 and HB 1632.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 1, 2012 for hearings on HCR 2, HCR 37, HCR 40 and HCR 43.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 18, 2012 for hearings on HB 1195, HB 1256, HB 1436 and HB 1671.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 4, 2012 for hearings on HB 1672 and CACR 13.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 6, 2012 for hearings on HB 1670, HB 656 and HB 1717.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 22, 2012 for a hearing on CACR 33.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 7, 2012 for a hearing on HB 592.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 1, 2012 for a hearing on SB 356.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on January 24, 2012 for a hearing on SB 202.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on January 11, 2012 for a hearing on SB 201.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 26, 2011 for a hearing on HB 390.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 11, 2011 for hearings on CACR 6 and CACR 12.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 4, 2011 for hearings on HB 114, HB 160, HB 190, HB 390 and HB 590.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 27, 2011 for hearings on HCR 6, HCR 9, HCR 11, HCR 12 and HCR 19.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 22, 2011 for hearings on SB 196 and CACR 14.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 15, 2011 for hearings on CACR 5 and SCR 1.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 19, 2006 for hearings on HB 1357 and CACR 41.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 12, 2006 for hearings on HB 1172-FN, HB 1311-FN-A, HB 1566 and HB 1567.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on April 5, 2006 for hearings on HB 1597-FN-LOCAL, HB 1662-FN and HCR 22.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 29, 2006 for hearings on HB 1222-FN and HB 1238-FN.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 23, 2006 for hearings on HB 1217, HB 1509, HB 1403 and HB 1125.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 15, 2006 for hearings on HB 1122, HB 1166 and HB 1147.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on March 8, 2006 for hearings on HB 345, HB 391 and HB 1118.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 22, 2006 for hearings on SCR 8, SB 229 and HB 506.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 15, 2006 for hearings on HB 234-FN, HB 713-FN and SB 375-FN.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 8, 2006 for hearings on HB 221, HB 380, HB 501 and HB 349.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on February 1, 2006 for hearings on SB 236, SB 271, SB 389 and SB 345.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on January 25, 2006 for hearings on SB 289-FN, SB 295-FN and SB 238.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 18, 2005 for hearings on HB 617-FN and HB 354.
• The Committee on Internal Affairs met on May 11, 2005 for hearings on HCR 8, HB 366, HB 381-FN, HB 404, HB 424-FN and HB 618-FN-LOCAL.

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