1 | Position | Bill | Title | Day | Time | Room | NHLA Notes | |
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10 | Oppose | HB702 | relative to licensing of supervised visitation centers. | Children & Family | Jan 29 | 01:30 PM | LOB 206 | Adds licensing to a business with only five participants. |
11 | Of Interest | HB586 | relative to lender-placed insurance on motor vehicles. | Commerce | Jan 29 | 11:00 AM | LOB 302 | Large new section of insurance law. We are not qualified to analyze this. |
14 | Oppose | SB194 | relative to the insurance data security law. | Commerce | Jan 29 | 02:15 PM | SH 103 | New regulations and costs on businesses regarding breach of customer data. The market is more competent to resolve these issues. |
19 | Oppose | HB697 | relative to Medicare for all. | Commerce | Jan 30 | 02:30 PM | LOB 302 | This bill establishes a single payer health care system to provide health care for the citizens of New Hampshire. |
22 | Support | HB387 | clarifying change of use occupancy classifications. | ED&A | Jan 29 | 10:00 AM | LOB 306 | Grandfathering ability to use and improve property without compliance with new building codes. |
32 | Oppose | HB562 | relative to the state building code. | ED&A | Jan 29 | 10:30 AM | LOB 306 | Updates building code from 2009 to 2015 versions, adding regulations. |
33 | Oppose | SB222 | relative to licensure of pharmacy benefits managers. | ED&A | Jan 30 | 10:15 AM | LOB 101 | Adds licensing of pharmacy benefits managers; will increase costs. |
39 | Oppose | SB226 | relative to registration of pharmacy benefit managers, and reestablishing the commission to study greater transparency in pharmaceutical costs and drug rebate programs. | ED&A | Jan 30 | 10:30 AM | LOB 101 | Same as SB 222. |
44 | Support | HB629 | establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system. | ED&A | Jan 30 | 01:00 PM | LOB 306 | Attempts to stop the bleeding on the state pension system by requiring new hires to join a defined contribution plan. |
47 | Oppose | HB678 | relative to state funding of the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education for all New Hampshire students. | Education | Jan 29 | 01:00 PM | LOB 210 | A $1B increase in state expenses. |
48 | Of Interest | HB711 | relative to funding an adequate education. | Education | Jan 29 | 02:15 PM | LOB 210 | Raises and simplifies adequate education calculations. |
49 | Of Interest | HB709 | relative to the formula for determining funding for an adequate education. | Education | Jan 29 | 03:00 PM | LOB 210 | Small increase in adequate education payments. |
51 | Oppose | HB689 | establishing a student career and college investment program and making an appropriation therefor. | Education | Jan 30 | 01:30 PM | LOB 207 | Another program! |
63 | Support | HB505 | allowing voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office. | Election Law | Jan 29 | 10:00 AM | LOB 308 | Approval voting. |
64 | Oppose | HB535 | relating to early voting for persons aged 60 or older. | Election Law | Jan 29 | 01:00 PM | LOB 308 | Special voting treatment separating voters strictly by age. |
77 | Oppose | HB541 | relative to allocating electoral college electors based on the national popular vote. | Election Law | Jan 29 | 01:30 PM | LOB 308 | Eliminate NH's national political influence in presidential elections. |
81 | Oppose | HB706 | establishing an independent redistricting commission. | Election Law | Jan 29 | 02:00 PM | LOB 308 | Unconstitutional. Purports to change the powers of the legislature via a bill, not a constitutional amendment. |
83 | Of Interest | HB728 | relative to ranked-choice voting. | Election Law | Jan 30 | 10:00 AM | LOB 308 | |
86 | Oppose | SB69 | relative to short-term rentals. | Election Law | Jan 30 | 10:15 AM | LOB 102 | Adds regulation of private property. |
87 | Oppose | SB153 | establishing state holidays for biennial state primary elections and quadrennial presidential primary elections. | Election Law | Jan 30 | 10:45 AM | LOB 102 | Allow government workers the day off for elections. |
90 | Oppose | HB476 | replacing the milk producers emergency relief fund with the dairy premium fund. | Environ & Ag | Jan 29 | 02:30 PM | LOB 303 | More messing with the milk business. |
100 | Oppose | SB1 | relative to family and medical leave. | Finance | Jan 29 | 01:00 PM | SH 100 | 0.5% of wages is the camel's nose under the tent towards a state income tax. No need for gov to dictate benefits. |
103 | Oppose | HB693 | relative to aid to persons funded by Medicaid and for persons who are uninsured and establishing a special fund. | HHS | Jan 30 | 10:30 AM | LOB 205 | Doctors must accept Medicaid patients or pay a penalty. |
108 | Of Interest | HB696 | establishing a protective order for vulnerable adults. | HHS | Jan 30 | 02:00 PM | LOB 205 | Could effect 2A rights. |
113 | Of Interest | HB608 | expanding the law against discrimination based on gender identity to other areas of the law prohibiting discrimination. | Judiciary | Jan 29 | 01:00 PM | LOB 208 | Adds "gender identity" to long list of sections where discrimination is forbidden. |
114 | Support | HB729 | establishing a citizen's right-to-know appeals commission and a right-to-know law ombudsman and making an appropriation therefor. | Judiciary | Jan 30 | 11:00 AM | LOB 208 | Increases government transparency. Does add a new paid position at $48k. |
119 | Oppose | CACR2 | relating to compensation of legislators. Providing that compensation of legislators may be determined by a joint resolution with approval of the executive council. | Leg Admin | Jan 30 | 10:00 AM | LOB 303 | Bad idea to get rid of a volunteer legislature. |
121 | Oppose | CACR7 | relating to membership of the New Hampshire house of representatives. providing that the number of representatives be reduced. | Leg Admin | Jan 30 | 10:45 AM | LOB 303 | Reduce the size of the NH House. |
122 | Oppose | HB363 | including the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act and relative to the duties of the joint committee on legislative facilities. | Leg Admin | Jan 30 | 11:30 AM | LOB 303 | Undermines State sovereignty. Bill places the NH legislature under the federal public employee labor relations act. Needed to force members of the Legislature to take certain mandatory training such as anti-harassment training. |
124 | Oppose | HB129 | relative to property taxes for residents 65 years of age and older. | Municipal | Jan 29 | 10:30 AM | LOB 301 | Special purpose tax exemption. |
130 | Support | HB144 | relative to changes in property assessments. | Municipal | Jan 29 | 11:30 AM | LOB 301 | Requires notification of assesment changes. |
135 | Oppose | HB207 | allowing towns and cities to adopt a property tax credit against education taxes for certain persons over 55 years of age. | Municipal | Jan 29 | 01:00 PM | LOB 301 | Similar to HB129, Special purpose tax exemption. |
140 | Oppose | HB641 | allowing municipalities to collect an occupancy fee from operators of local rentals. | Municipal | Jan 29 | 02:30 PM | LOB 301 | New tax. |
146 | Of Interest | HB415 | relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings. | Municipal | Jan 30 | 01:30 PM | LOB 301 | Changes how towns adopt SB2. Seems to limit the vote to only those present at town meeting. |
150 | Oppose | HB735 | relative to carbon pricing. | Science & Tech | Jan 30 | 01:30 PM | LOB 304 | Carbon tax |
151 | Oppose | HB686 | relative to calculating and funding the interim cost of an opportunity for an adequate education and extending the interest and dividends tax to capital gains. | Ways & Means | Jan 29 | 10:00 AM | LOB 202 | New tax on capital gains! |
157 | Support | HB676 | repealing the collection of the state education property tax. | Ways & Means | Jan 29 | 11:00 AM | LOB 202 | $363M tax cut. |
163 | Of Interest | HB480 | relative to sports betting. | Ways & Means | Jan 30 | 10:00 AM | LOB 202 | Allows sports betting through the Lottery. Appears to set up a single agent approved by the Gov & Council to conduct the business. |