Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection.

Bills Referred, 2009-2010

• HB 90-FN: relative to the employment of veterans on Veterans' Day. (Signed into law)
• HB 103: relative to paying discharged and laid off employees. (Killed)
• HB 120-FN-LOCAL: relative to the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in single and multi-family dwellings. (Signed into law)
• HB 144: relative to title insurance. (Signed into law)
• HB 161: repealing protection of uncopyrighted compositions in state law. (Killed)
• HB 187-FN: relative to the state building code and establishing a committee to study the sale and installation of manufactured and modular homes and related consumer protections. (Signed into law)
• HB 199: relative to the warning accompanying a document tendered to settle bodily injury claims subject to certain automobile insurance coverage. (Signed into law)
• HB 213-FN: requiring the bureau of emergency communications to develop and maintain a statewide emergency notification system. (Signed into law)
• HB 216-FN: relative to fees for legal services rendered to workers' compensation claimants. (Signed into law)
• HB 237: relative to accident and health insurance short-term policies. (Signed into law)
• HB 238: relative to market conduct and enforcement. (Signed into law)
• HB 240-FN: relative to workers' compensation for death. (Signed into law)
• HB 271: relative to relevant information in a workers' compensation claim. (Signed into law)
• HB 286-FN: relative to life insurance form disapproval. (Signed into law)
• HB 299: prohibiting banks from requiring fingerprints in order to complete a banking transaction. (Killed)
• HB 330: relative to life, accident, and health insurance. (Signed into law)
• HB 334-FN: relative to consumer credit and amending the St. Mary’s Bank Charter. (Signed into law)
• HB 343: relative to payroll deductions. (Killed)
• HB 366: relative to retail vehicle dealers. (Signed into law)
• HB 376: relative to condominium association meetings. (Signed into law)
• HB 392-FN: establishing an on-premises cigar, beverage, and liquor license. (Signed into law)
• HB 411: relative to the safety of retirement accounts. (Died on the table)
• HB 416: relative to insurance examinations. (Signed into law)
• HB 478-FN: relative to remotely readable devices and relative to the illegal use of a payment card scanning device or reencoder. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 530-FN: relative to inspection of public buildings for compliance with accessibility standards. (Signed into law)
• HB 561-FN: relative to insurance coverage for persons having deafness and hearing loss. (Signed into law)
• HB 569-FN: clarifying insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment of pervasive developmental disorder or autism. (Signed into law)
• HB 602-FN-A: relative to costs associated with cashing payroll checks. (Killed)
• HB 610-FN: relative to consumer protection from certain practices of mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, and mortgage loan originators and implementing the S.A.F.E. mortgage licensing act. (Signed into law)
• HB 660-FN: relative to the life settlements act. (Signed into law)
• HB 680: making technical changes in the insurance laws. (Signed into law)
• HB 1137: relative to withholding of wages. (Signed into law)
• HB 1163: relative to the definition of employer for purposes of safety provisions under the workers’ compensation law. (Signed into law)
• HB 1165: relative to access to records for child support enforcement. (Signed into law)
• HB 1168: clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation. (Signed into law)
• HB 1171: repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HB 1187: relative to residential elevators and accessibility lifts. (Signed into law)
• HB 1207: relative to Delta Dental data submission. (Signed into law)
• HB 1208: relative to rebate exemptions. (Signed into law)
• HB 1236: relative to underwriting on the basis of credit information. (Signed into law)
• HB 1237: relative to a certain insurance rulemaking exemption. (Signed into law)
• HB 1252: relative to the duration of medical payments coverage under motor vehicle liability policies. (Signed into law)
• HB 1254: relative to insurance coverage in tort cases. (Signed into law)
• HB 1279-FN-A: relative to the licenses of mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers. (Signed into law)
• HB 1280-FN: relative to life and health guaranty limits. (Signed into law)
• HB 1281-FN: relative to certain securities laws. (Signed into law)
• HB 1315-FN: relative to the employer's lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers' compensation. (Referred for interim study)
• HB 1340: relative to condominium liens for assessments. (Signed into law)
• HB 1352: relative to direct shippers. (Signed into law)
• HB 1364: relative to Medicare unfair trade practices. (Signed into law)
• HB 1366: making certain technical corrections in the insurance laws. (Signed into law)
• HB 1368: relative to the definition of “employee” for workers’ compensation purposes and relative to the New Hampshire return to work program. (Signed into law)
• HB 1370: requiring independent medical examination practitioners to file a report with the insurance department. (Killed)
• HB 1371: allowing an injured employee to have a witness present at the examination by health care providers performing independent medical examinations and establishing a committee to study certain aspects of independent medical examinations. (Signed into law)
• HB 1393: relative to the treatment of New Hampshire investment trusts, and relative to pooled risk management programs. (Signed into law)
• HB 1417: allowing the companion dogs of restaurant owners in certain areas of restaurants. (Signed into law)
• HB 1459: relative to the board of trust company incorporation. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
• HB 1470: establishing a committee to study laws relating to condominium and homeowners' associations. (Signed into law)
• HB 1488-FN: relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst. (Signed into law)
• HB 1541-FN: prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. (Signed into law)
• HB 1586-FN: relative to mandated benefits review. (Signed into law)
• HB 1613-FN: relative to the general banking laws of the state. (Died: conferees could not agree)
• HCR 10: urging modification of the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Killed)
• HCR 30: urging the attorney general to fully investigate the proposed transaction between Catholic Medical Center Healthcare System and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. (Adopted by both chambers)
• SB 5: prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. (Signed into law)
• SB 30: relative to notice of rights under the manufactured housing law. (Signed into law)
• SB 40: relative to protecting workers and local governments with advance notice of impending plant closings and layoffs. (Signed into law)
• SB 46: relative to group life insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 55: establishing a commission to study the collision repair industry in New Hampshire. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)
• SB 61: relative to consumer credit report of satisfied debts. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 78: relative to contractor accountability and disclosure in the public works construction procurement process. (Signed into law)
• SB 80: establishing a committee to study requiring health insurance coverage for services provided by athletic trainers. (Signed into law)
• SB 92: relative to the commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• SB 94: relative to the creation of express trusts for payment of claims for materials and services rendered in building projects. (Died on the table)
• SB 99-FN-LOCAL: authorizing licensed new and used vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles in the issuance of vehicle titles and registrations. (Killed)
• SB 102-FN: relative to managed care and patient choice. (Signed into law)
• SB 119: relative to certain health coverage. (Signed into law)
• SB 129: relative to the solvency of the unemployment compensation trust fund. (Signed into law)
• SB 138-FN: relative to insurance coverage for telemedicine services. (Signed into law)
• SB 141-FN: relative to a life settlements model act. (Killed)
• SB 144-FN: allowing the unemployment compensation trust fund to be charged for benefits paid for certain employee terminations. (Signed into law)
• SB 147-FN: relative to the data collection practices of health care providers, relative to the development of an uninsured health care database, and defining “unnecessary hardship” for purposes of zoning variances. (Signed into law)
• SB 153: relative to business practices between motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers. (Signed into law)
• SB 167-FN: relative to employee leasing companies. (Signed into law)
• SB 170-FN: relative to benefits for unemployed persons who are attempting to establish a business. (Killed)
• SB 172: relative to eligibility for state-federal extended unemployment benefits. (Signed into law)
• SB 188: relative to establishing a commission to study hospital billing practices of health care providers. (Signed into law)
• SB 193: relative to the interest rate on small loans and relative to the definition of lender for purposes of regulating such loans. (Signed into law)
• SB 194: relative to the negotiation of payroll checks. (Killed)
• SB 308: relative to the price for filling prescriptions. (Signed into law)
• SB 314: relative to the investment of public funds and relative to the payment of costs for certain bank services. (Signed into law)
• SB 332: relative to recording requirements for mortgage and foreclosure notices. (Killed)
• SB 333: relative to foreclosure conveyances and foreclosure consultants. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 336: relative to payroll deductions. (Killed)
• SB 339: excluding certain governmental and nonprofit entities from certain licensing requirements as mortgage bankers, brokers, or services. (Signed into law)
• SB 340: relative to using credit rating for purposes of automobile and homeowner insurance. (Killed)
• SB 345-FN: relative to automatic renewal of contracts. (Died on the table)
• SB 352: relative to student insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 358-FN: relative to whistleblower protection and waste prevention in state government. (Signed into law)
• SB 368: relative to notice required under the retail selling statute. (Signed into law)
• SB 374: relative to the compensation of physician practices or other entities for providing medical information for workers' compensation purposes. (Killed)
• SB 380: relative to the definition of permissible fireworks. (Signed into law)
• SB 390-FN: relative to health insurance premium only cafeteria plans. (Signed into law)
• SB 392-FN: requiring public hearings concerning health insurance cost increases in health care services. (Signed into law)
• SB 401: relative to the safety of retirement accounts. (Killed)
• SB 408: relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. (Signed into law)
• SB 416: relative to the state minimum hourly wage applicable to tipped restaurant employees. (Signed into law)
• SB 420: establishing a committee to study pharmacy benefits management for injured workers covered by the workers’ compensation law. (Signed into law)
• SB 421: relative to the laws regulating trusts and trust companies in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• SB 423: relative to health insurance coverage for licensed athletic trainer services. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 429: relative to disclosure of finance charges. (Killed)
• SB 435: relative to the provision of caller locations in emergency situations. (Signed into law)
• SB 436: relative to health insurance open enrollment periods and establishing a temporary commission relative to children’s health insurance. (Signed into law)
• SB 445: relative to funds chargeable for unemployment compensation. (Signed into law)
• SB 452-FN: relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. (Killed)
• SB 455-FN: relative to federal health care reform. (Signed into law)
• SB 459: relative to medical payments coverage. (Killed)
• SB 468: relative to tort reform. (Died on the table)
• SB 469: requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 475-FN: relative to alcoholic beverage advertising restrictions. (Killed)
• SB 501-FN: relative to worksharing benefits under the unemployment compensation law, and relative to training grants. (Signed into law)
• SB 505-FN-A: establishing the commission on health care cost containment and appropriating a special fund. (Signed into law)
• SB 513: relative to incarcerated persons receiving workers' compensation. (Killed)
• SB 515: relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Signed into law)

And 131 bills in 1 earlier term.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 6, 2010 for hearings on HB 1368, HB 1459 and HB 1393.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 4, 2010 for hearings on HB 1340, HB 1393, HB 1366, HB 1370, HB 1371 and HB 1470.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 29, 2010 for hearings on HB 1417, HB 1459, HB 1254 and HB 1252.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 27, 2010 for hearings on HB 1187, HB 1368, HCR 30 and HB 1364.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 22, 2010 for hearings on HB 366, HB 1352, HB 1208 and HB 1237.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 20, 2010 for hearings on HB 271, HB 1163, HB 1171, HB 1207 and HB 1236.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 15, 2010 for hearings on HB 1315-FN and HB 1541-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 13, 2010 for hearings on HB 213-FN, HB 299, HB 1137, HB 1279-FN-A and HB 1168.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 8, 2010 for hearings on HB 660-FN, HB 286-FN, HB 1281-FN and HB 1613-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 6, 2010 for hearings on HB 569-FN, HB 1315-FN and HB 1165.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 30, 2010 for hearings on HB 561-FN, HB 1488-FN and HB 1586-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 23, 2010 for hearings on HB 478-FN and HB 1280-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 18, 2010 for hearings on SB 333, SB 515, SB 469, SB 421 and SB 513.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 16, 2010 for hearings on SB 408, SB 420, SB 436 and SB 468.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 8, 2010 for hearings on SB 435, SB 416, SB 421, SB 380 and SB 459.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 4, 2010 for hearings on SB 314, SB 333, SB 423 and SB 469.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on March 2, 2010 for hearings on SB 505-FN-A and SB 341.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on February 18, 2010 for a hearing on SB 501-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on February 16, 2010 for hearings on SB 452-FN, SB 392-FN, SB 475-FN and SB 358-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on February 9, 2010 for hearings on SB 308, SB 352, SB 390-FN, SB 392-FN and SB 455-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on February 2, 2010 for hearings on SB 368, SB 332, SB 340, SB 401 and SB 429.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on January 26, 2010 for hearings on SB 336, SB 339, SB 345-FN and SB 368.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on January 19, 2010 for hearings on SB 94, SB 374 and SB 445.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 26, 2009 for hearings on HB 237, HB 238 and HB 416.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 19, 2009 for hearings on HB 330, HB 680 and HCR 10.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 12, 2009 for hearings on HB 103, HB 376 and HB 161.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on May 5, 2009 for hearings on HB 90-FN, HB 392-FN and HB 199.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 28, 2009 for hearings on HB 530-FN, HB 187-FN, HB 610-FN and HB 334-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 21, 2009 for hearings on HB 240-FN, HB 602-FN-A, HB 120-FN-LOCAL and HB 530-FN.
• The Committee on Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection met on April 14, 2009 for hearings on HB 216-FN, HB 240-FN, HB 343, HB 144 and HB 411.

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