The following is a list of scheduled meetings in the NH House of Representatives on January 27, 2016 as published by the Speaker’s Office. ~ Melanie
PRO-LIFE CAUCUS, LOB, Room 308
9:00 a.m. Regular meeting
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Room 302, LOB
10:00 a.m. Full committee work session on HB 1159-FN, relative to sale of tobacco products; HB 1182-FN, relative to fees for sales of wine by manufacturers;HB 1184-FN, relative to license fees for domestic wine manufacturers; HB 1207-FN, exempting wine sample fees from the meals and rooms tax;HB 1368-FN, requiring firearms owners to have liability insurance; HB 1444-FN-A, relative to the rate of the insurance premium tax; HB 1495-FN-LOCAL, relative to insurance incentives to lower costs of health care; HB 1590-FN-A-LOCAL, relative to the regulation and taxation of short-term rental businesses; HB 1647-FN, repealing laws regulating hawkers and peddlers and itinerant vendors; HB 1685-FN, relative to mortgage bankers, brokers, and services.
1:15 p.m. HB 1195, relative to prepayment contracts for petroleum products.
1:45 p.m. HB 1579, relative to regulation of the practice of out-of-state brokers by the real estate commission.
2:15 p.m. HB 1348, repealing the exemption for certain transactions under the consumer protection act.
3:00 p.m. HB 1150, relative to the penalty for failure to deliver goods under the Uniform Commercial Code.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, Room 204, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1335-FN, relative to state testing of law enforcement officers for steroid use.
11:00 a.m. HB 1614-FN, relative to the criminal penalty for prostitution.
1:00 p.m. HB 1613-FN, relative to criminal prosecution for those charged with prostitution.
2:00 p.m. HB 1297, relative to harm to unalienable rights of inhabitants.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
EDUCATION, Room 207, LOB
9:30 a.m. HB 1231, relative to school district policy regarding objectionable course material.
10:00 a.m. HB 1303, relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district.
10:30 a.m. HB 1201, relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district.
11:00 a.m. HB 1364, relative to the membership of the cooperative school district budget committee.
11:20 a.m. HB 1414, repealing the home education advisory council.
12:45 p.m. HB 1205, including libraries that provide children’s programming in the definition of drug-free school zone.
1:10 p.m. HB 1120, relative to teacher qualifications at charter schools.
1:40 p.m. HB 1456, relative to chartered public school boards.
2:15 p.m. HB 1137, relative to the adoption of school administrative unit budgets.
2:45 p.m. Executive session on HB 1561-FN, relative to freedom of expression on college campuses.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
ELECTION LAW, Room 308, LOB
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1377, relative to receipt of absentee ballots; HB 1387, relative to vacancies in county offices; HB 1515,requiring persons sending absentee ballot applications to comply with identification requirements for political advertising; HB 1532, permitting state or county prisoners to vote by absentee ballot; HB 1646, relative to the disclosure of felony convictions by individuals seeking an elected office.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 306, LOB
(note change from the original printed calendar)
10:00 a.m. HB 1640-FN, relative to the expiration of administrative rules.
10:30 a.m. HB 1245-FN, relative to petitions for adoption of rules under the administrative procedures act and incorporation of documents by reference
11:00 a.m. HB 1442-FN, relative to objections to proposed agency rules under the administrative procedure act.
11:30 a.m. HB 1167-FN, repealing the administrative procedure act.
12:00 p.m. HB 1224, establishing RV month in New Hampshire
1:30 p.m. Additional executive session on pending legislation as necessary..
FINANCE – DIVISION II, Room 209, LOB
10:00 a.m. Work session on HB 218-FN, (New Title) relative to third grade proficiency in mathematics; HB 242, relative to the statewide improvement and assessment program.
11:00 a.m. Work session on HB 549-FN-A-L, (New Title) relative to school building aid grants.
1:00 p.m. Work session on HB 1215-FN-A, changing the allocation of penalty assessment funds, establishing a compensation fund for victims of crimes against the person, and continually appropriating a percentage of penalty assessments to such fund.
1:30 p.m. Work session on HB 1475-FN-A, establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty.
FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES, Room 307, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1268, relative to liability for payment of expenses of search and rescue recovery by the fish and game department.
10:30 a.m. HB 1267, relative to the family hike safe card for fish and game search and recovery expenses.
11:00 a.m. HB 1388-FN, expanding crossbow use into muzzeloader season.
11:30 a.m. HB 1106, relative to days on which fishing is permitted without a license.
12:00 p.m. HB 1191, establishing an exotic game license for hunting in a game preserve.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Representatives Hall, SH
9:00 a.m. HB 1696-FN, requesting a modification of the New Hampshire health protection program. (Live streamed on the General Court website)
Room 205, LOB
1:30 p.m. HB 1634-FN, relative to the penalty for possession, use, or sale of fentanyl.
2:30 p.m. HB 1542-FN, requiring drug testing of public assistance recipients.
3:30 p.m. HB 1537-FN, relative to testing for Lyme disease.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
JUDICIARY, Room 208, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1417, relative to records of convenings of public bodies.
11:00 a.m. HB 1418-L, relative to the minutes of nonpublic sessions of public bodies.
1:00 p.m. HB 1419, relative to voting records in nonpublic sessions of public bodies.
2:00 p.m. HB 1510, relative to the review of minutes of nonpublic sessions.
3:00 p.m. HB 1175-FN, relative to post-judgment real estate liens.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Room 301, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1179-L, relative to the taxation of manufactured housing on the land of another.
10:20 a.m. HB 1277, establishing a homestead act.
10:40 a.m. HB 1293, relative to the procedure for charter amendments.
11:00 a.m. HB 1382, relative to the referendum procedure for public water systems.
11:20 a.m. HB 1585-FN, relative to competitive bidding in Carroll county.
1:00 p.m. HB 1181, relative to designating an alternate cemetery trustee.
1:20 p.m. HB 1253-L, relative to the removal of land use board members and municipal officers.
1:40 p.m. HB 1260, repealing the authority of assessing officials to obtain administrative inspection warrants to complete property appraisals.
2:00 p.m. HB 1284, relative to highway agents.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
9:30 a.m. HB 1212, naming welcome center at exit 44 on Interstate 93 in honor of Raymond S. Burton.
11:00 a.m. HB 1317, renaming the North Hampton state beach as the Robert Shaw Memorial state beach.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Room 305, LOB
10:30 a.m. Executive session on HB 1291, eliminating the land use board, establishing an advisory board, and requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor, executive council, and general court; HB 1298, relative to damage to private property; HB 1536-FN-A, relative to funding for search and rescue operations of the fish and game department, and applying resident fishing licenses to use by the purchaser’s family; HB 1693-FN-L, abolishing fluoridation in water.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
10:00 a.m. Full committee work session on HB 1140, relative to financial responsibility for gas transmission pipelines; HB 1148, relative to pipeline capacity contracts; HB 1174, relative to energy sources for new natural gas transmission compressor stations; HB 1472, relative to the siting of certain new pipelines and storage vessels.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION PLANS, Room 202, LOB
9:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 1352-FN, relative to the penalty for retirement system employers’ noncompliance with reporting requirements for retirees; HB 1673-FN-L, establishing a cash balance plan within the state retirement system.
STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, Room 303, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HCR 10, requesting an investigation on whether benzodiazepines contribute to suicides by veterans; HB 1130, requiring school districts to permit placement of a memorial honoring those who have died during military service; HB 1288, relative to the National Guard force protection policy.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
WAYS AND MEANS, Room 202, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1650, relative to limits in table stakes poker.
10:30 a.m. Work session on HB 1385-FN-A, relative to the sale or exchange of an interest in a business organization under the business profits tax; HB 1689,relative to operator requirements under the meals and rooms tax.
1:00 p.m. HB 1192-FN, repealing the education tax credit.
