The following is the list of the scheduled meetings in the New Hampshire House on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Published as submitted by the Speaker’s Office.
PRESS CONFERENCE, Legislative Office Building, Lobby
9:30 a.m. NH House Democrats
SCHOOL VISITS
9:00 AM – Henry Wilson School – Manchester
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College, Room 210-211, LOB
1:00 p.m. House chairs and vice chairs are invited to attend a presentation by students from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences on cost effective criteria in legislating. Cost-effective criteria in legislating has been a much-examined subject for the past two decades. NCSL published “Legislating for Results” in 2003, and the Pew Charitable Trust, in conjunction with the MacArthur Foundation, provides assistance through their “results first” initiative to states wishing to implement a cost-benefit analysis approach that helps them invest in policies and programs that are proven to work.
8:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 515-FN, relative to child neglect and other changes to the child protection act.CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW, Room 206, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 466-FN, relative to the detention of a minor while waiting for the disposition of his or her case; SB 515-FN, relative to child neglect and other changes to the child protection act; SB 543-FN, relative to private transferring of adopted children.
1:00 p.m. SB 506, clarifying who may adopt.
1:45 p.m. SB 539, relative to access to records under the child protection act.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Room 302, LOB
10:00 a.m. Business subcommittee work session on SB 488-FN-L, (Second New Title) relative to breastfeeding.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on SB 488-FN-L, (Second New Title) relative to breastfeeding; SB 500-FN, relative to student health insurance plans; SB 450,relative to investments by insurance companies.
EDUCATION, Room 207, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 503-A, relative to pre-kindergarten education using “pay for success” financing; SB 326, relative to the membership of the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees; SB 483-FN, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the necessity of creating a chartered public school program officer position and to study appropriations to chartered public schools for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years.
ELECTION LAW, Room 308, LOB
10:45 a.m. Continued public hearing on SB 418, relative to obtaining a ballot to vote and adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws.
11:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 353, relative to names on ballots; SB 418, relative to obtaining a ballot to vote and adding National Guard members to the absentee voting laws; SB 456-FN, relative to reporting of receipts and expenditures by candidates and candidate committees; SB 4, (New Title) relative to eligibility to vote and relative to availability of voter information; SB 509-FN, relative to voter registration forms and relative to voter identity verification; SB 458-FN, relative to reporting by political committees; SB 423, relating to the right of 17-year olds to register to vote; SB 546-FN, relative to petitions for verification of checklists.
ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE, Room 303, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 121-FN-L, (New Title) relative to exceptions from the land use change tax for removal of certain materials; SB 345, relative to the definition of agritourism; SB 415, (New Title) requiring appropriate hydration be made available to certain animals and establishing a committee to study harmful weather conditions for dogs.
FINANCE, Rooms 210-211
1:00 p.m. Presentation by Dartmouth’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, on cost-effective criteria in legislating.
FINANCE – DIVISION I, Room 212, LOB
10:00 a.m. Continued work session on SB 522-FN-A, (New Title) making an appropriation to the office of professional licensure and certification for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
10:30 a.m. Work session on SB 302-FN-A, (New Title) making an appropriation to the department of safety for disaster and emergency response preparedness.
11:15 a.m. Work session on SB 495-FN-A, relative to state retiree health plan costs and funding.
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Room 205, LOB
8:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 127-FN, (New Title) relative to the appointment of special Medicaid representatives.
9:30 a.m. Continued public hearing on SB 481-FN, (New Title) relative to a special health care service license and establishing a fund.
10:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 323, (New Title) relative to the use of force by employees of hospitals or other health care facilities; SB 417, relative to employment contract restrictions upon physicians; SB 420-FN, relative to aid to the permanently and totally disabled; SB 481-FN, (New Title) relative to a special health care service license and establishing a fund; SB 491-FN, (New Title) relative to Medicaid home health care services and relative to the scope of practice of licensed nursing assistants; SB 496-FN, relative to personal care attendant services; SB 533-FN-A-L, (New Title) relative to the governor’s commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery and making supplemental appropriations to the commission, the department of justice, and the department of health and human services; SB 535-FN-A, establishing a grant program for high schools for heroin and opiate prevention education.
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. Full committee work session on SB 193-FN-L, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the duties of the attorney general and the county attorneys; SB 331, relative to fulfilling the requirement for a notarized signature electronically; SB 337, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the immunity of court-appointed special advocates; SB 341, (New Title) establishing a committee to study guardianship in New Hampshire;SB 387, relative to the disposition of ward accounts; SB 402, relative to procedures related to the disclosure of exculpatory evidence by police officers.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Room 307, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 409-FN, relative to the first responder’s critical injury benefit; SB 449, relative to payment of workers’ compensation benefits by direct deposit
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION, Room 104, LOB
9:55 a.m. Executive session on pending legislation.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on pending legislation if necessary.
1:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 364, establishing a committee to study the feasibility of incorporating complete streets into the 10-year transportation improvement plan.
2:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 549-FN, relative to public-private partnerships for intermodal infrastructure and transportation and establishing the public-private infrastructure oversight commission.
RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Room 305, LOB
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 363, (New Title) relative to the definition of owner of an OHRV or snowmobile.
10:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on SB 383, establishing a commission to study the importance of hiking trails, trail maintenance, and New Hampshire’s trail network.
1:00 p.m. SB 324, (New Title) eliminating the land use board and requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor and executive council.
1:30 p.m. Executive session on pending legislation.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
10:00 a.m. Overview of the state’s energy use by the State Energy Manager.
11:00 a.m. Presentation to science committee of the NH Energy Grid paper by Dartmouth College Policy Research Shop students and Professor Ron Shaiko.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on SB 321, relative to incentive payments to certain churches which are owners of small renewable energy generation facilities.
TRANSPORTATION, Room 203, LOB
10:00 a.m. SB 471-FN, relative to parking for persons with disabilities.
10:30 a.m. SB 478-FN, permitting the online renewal of a nondriver’s picture identification card.
11:00 a.m. SB 550-FN, relative to the maximum gross weight for dump trailers.
1:00 p.m. Work session on SB 436, relative to after-market automobile parts.
2:00 p.m. Executive session on SB 362, requiring notice to planning boards of placement of signs on scenic byways; SB 510-FN, relative to parking at state park parking meters; SB 519, relative to highway signs.
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
10:30 a.m. Full committee work session on SB 552-FN, (New Title) relative to application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax;SB 239-FN, relative to application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax.
11:00 a.m. Executive session on SB 239-FN, relative to application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax; SB 342-FN, making certain changes to business profits tax provisions affecting a business organization when owners sell or exchange ownership interests in the business; SB 343, establishing a commission to study apportionment of gross business profits under the business profits tax; SB 344-FN, relative to tax credits applicable to client companies of employee leasing companies; SB 442-L, (New Title) establishing a commission to study the taxability of lease interests in public property; SB 444-FN, relative to lottery retailer incentive awards; SB 552-FN, (New Title) relative to application of the Internal Revenue Code to provisions of the business profits tax.
1:00 p.m. Full committee work session on SB 440-FN, repealing the repeal of certain fees in the shore land protection act; SB 494-FN-A, (New Title) limiting an exemption from the road toll.
