Browse the scheduled meetings in the NH House on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Published as submitted by the Speaker’s Office. ~ Melanie
UPHAM-WALKER HOUSE, 20 Park St., Concord
8-9:30 a.m. All members of the House and Senate are cordially invited to attend the annual coffee with Bishop Peter Libasci of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester.
STATE HOUSE ANNEX, Room 411
January is National Eye Health Care Month and House members are invited to attend one of three seminar’s on eye health at 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. or 12:30 p.m.
CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW, Room 206, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 1434-FN, relative to out-of-home placements under the child protection act; HB 1620-FN-A, relative to forensic child abuse evaluations and making an appropriation for the training of forensic child abuse specialists; HB 1651, establishing a commission to study the collection of child abuse data.
1:00 p.m. HCACR 16, relating to parental rights. Providing that parents have the natural right to control the health, education, and welfare of their children.
2:00 p.m. HB 1471, relative to parental rights.
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. HB 1617, relative to funding for housing projects by the New Hampshire housing finance authority.
10:45 a.m. HB 1307, relative to the procedure for amendment of condominium instruments.
11:15 a.m. HB 1227, repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
1:00 p.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.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, Room 204, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1321, relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
10:45 a.m. HB 1606-FN, relative to unlawful sale or possession of alcoholic beverages.
1:00 p.m. HB 1631-FN, relative to penalties for possession of marijuana.
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
10:00 a.m. Continued public hearing on HB 1561-FN, relative to freedom of expression on college campuses.
10:30 a.m. Executive session on HB 1272-FN, relative to bus transportation for chartered public school students; HB 1351, relative to the laws governing chartered public schools; HB 1563-FN-L, relative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils; HB 1551-FN-A, establishing the John and Molly Stark scholarship program and making an appropriation therefor; HB 1644-FN, relative to screening and treatment for dyslexia and related disorders and establishing a reading specialist in the department of education; HB 1189-FN, relative to aid granted to Dartmouth College to assist indigent students from New Hampshire; HB 1652-FN-A, establishing a teacher preparation for mathematics education scholarship program; HB 1667-FN-L,repealing the statutes authorizing the department of education.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE, Room 303, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1674-FN, requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods.
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
9:45 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1564-FN-A, establishing an independent redistricting commission.
10:00 a.m. HB 1642-FN-L, relative to persons executing election affidavits.
10:10 a.m. HB 1223, relative to changes of address on election day.
10:20 a.m. HB 1503, relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place.
10:30 a.m. HB 1511-FN-L, relative to hours of polling.
10:45 a.m. HB 1143, relative to showing a ballot.
11:00 a.m. HCACR 23, relating to the warning of biennial meetings. Providing that the selectmen are not required to be present to receive the votes.
11:20 a.m. HCACR 17, relating to domicile for the purpose of voting. Providing that only a resident of the state may establish a domicile for the purpose of voting.
1:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1144-L, relative to notice for sessions of correction of the check list; HB 1467, relative to notice of village district elections; HB 1468, relative to sessions for correction of the checklist; HB 1529-FN, relative to reporting of felony convictions for voter checklist updates; HB 1534, relative to reports of death of voters.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 306, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1187-FN-L, repealing licensure of showmen.
10:15 a.m. HB 1433-FN, establishing the office of ombudsman in the department of state.
10:45 a.m. HB 1424-FN, establishing an office of program evaluation and government accountability.
11:00 a.m. HB 1357, relative to the duties of the department of cultural resources.
11:15 a.m. HB 1226, relative to administration of pharmaceutical agents by optometrists.
1:15 p.m. HCACR 21, relating to the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general be elected to a 4-year term.
1:45 p.m. HCR 11, encouraging and commending the governor and council to open meetings of the council with an opening prayer.
2:00 p.m. HB 1699-FN-A-L, establishing a licensed alcohol and drug counselor in the bureau of emergency medical services to develop a training program for fire and emergency medical services personnel and making an appropriation therefor.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
FINANCE – DIVISION I, Room 212, LOB
10:00 a.m. Work session on HB 1591-FN-A, relative to the health care premium contribution for retired state employees who are over 65 years of age, relative to funding of retiree health benefits, and making an appropriation to the department of administrative services; HB 1592-FN, relative to the health care premium contribution for retired state employees who are over 65 years of age, relative to funding of retiree health benefits, and making an appropriation to the department of administrative services.
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Room 205, LOB
8:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1695-FN, establishing an office of health services planning and review within the department of health and human services.
9:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session HB 1557-FN, relative to alcohol and drug treatment programs.
Room 212, LOB
9:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1619-FN, relative to the use of Narcan.
Room 205, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1138, relative to access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices.
11:00 a.m. HB 1256, requiring the attorney general to prepare an inventory of all untested rape kits.
1:15 p.m. HB 1310, establishing a commission to study health care for all residents of New Hampshire.
2:15 p.m. HB 1425-FN, restricting the use of food stamps in convenience stores.
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 1370, relative to termination of tenancy.
11:00 a.m. HB 1204, relative to payment of rent pending the stay of an eviction proceeding.
1:00 p.m. HB 1196, relative to the amount of a money judgment for unpaid rent.
2:00 p.m. HB 1216-FN, requiring public bodies and agencies to provide information which is not regularly kept or reported upon payment by the requestor.
3:00 p.m. HB 1413, establishing a commission to study processes to resolve right-to-know complaints.
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. HB 1376, relative to temporary workers.
10:30 a.m. HB 1278, requiring payment of lawful money to employees.
11:00 a.m. HB 1252, permitting employers to pay wages to employees weekly or biweekly.
11:30 a.m. HB 1331, relative to the membership of the compensation appeals board.
1:00 p.m. HB 1301, relative to the issuance of youth employment certificates.
1:30 p.m. HB 1476, relative to prohibitions on the employment of youth.
2:30 p.m. HB 1463, relative to mandatory vaccines.
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 1129, relative to approval of fees established by the register of deeds.
10:20 a.m. HB 1164, relative to contributions by a city to the county or state.
10:40 a.m. HB 1384, clarifying powers of commissioners of deeds.
11:00 a.m. HB 1513, relative to the duties of registers of probate.
11:20 a.m. HB 1587, relative to limitations on capital reserve funds of counties.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 1221, relative to excluding certain one-time expenditures from the default budget in official ballot municipalities; HB 1389, prohibiting a town meeting from materially changing a petitioned warrant article in a town that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting; HB 1375, relative to charter commissions for budgets in official ballot jurisdictions; HB 1123, relative to a property tax exemption for certain stand-by generators.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
10:00 am HB 1242, relative to rules of the department of transportation on driveway permits.
11:00 am HB 1397, establishing a committee to study improvements to the Hannah Duston Memorial.
11:30 a.m. Executive session on HB 1251-FN-A, requiring the department of transportation to upgrade a portion of road in the town of Pittsfield.
12:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1568-FN-A, relative to prepaid road tolls for certain alternative energy vehicles.
12:30 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1602-FN-A-L, establishing a road usage fee and making an appropriation therefor.
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
10:00 a.m. HB 1172, relative to corrective action implementation of audit findings concerning Cannon Mountain.
11:15 a.m. HB 1461, relative to the definition of and criteria for protection instream flow.
1:00 p.m. HB 1589-FN, prohibiting the transportation of exotic aquatic weeds.
1:45 p.m. HB 1595-FN, relative to the rivers management and protection program.
2:30 p.m. *Work 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 1147, requiring a report on federal landholdings within the state and establishing a moratorium on federal land acquisitions. (*not listed on the original printed calendar)
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
10:15 a.m. Executive session on HB 1149, requiring a royalty on the price of natural gas conveyed by pipeline intended for use in a foreign country; HB 1337,relative to rules of the public utilities commission on requiring deposits after disconnect notices to customers; HB 1412-FN, relative to duties of the public utilities commission; HB 1553-FN, transferring the administration of the telecommunications accounting unit; HB 1622-FN, relative to radioactive waste and establishing a nuclear waste storage fee.
1:00 p.m. Continued public hearing on HB 1134, relative to open access to broadband infrastructure.
1:30 p.m. HB 1104, relative to electric renewable energy classes.
2:30 p.m. HB 1691-FN, making certain changes to the renewable portfolio standard.
TRANSPORTATION, Room 203, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1131, relative to vehicles formerly used as ambulances.
10:20 a.m. HB 1132, relative to carrying a rifle or shotgun in certain vehicles.
10:40 a.m. HB 1151, relative to after-market tinting on side windows.
11:00 a.m. HB 1405, repealing the prohibition on after-market tinted glass in motor vehicles.
11:20 a.m. HB 1358, regulating engine idling of certain vehicles.
1:00 p.m. HCACR 24, relating to the right to travel. Providing that all people have the right to travel within the state in their choice of privately owned conveyance.
1:40 p.m. HB 1347, establishing a committee to study sharing the road with bicycles and motorcycles.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
2:00 p.m. Full committee work session on HB 1616-FN, relative to drivers’ licenses and identification cards that are compliant with federal identification law.
2:30 p.m. Executive session on HB 1295-FN, eliminating the bureau of certificate of title; HB 1430-FN, relative to registration of compact utility tractors; HB 1446, relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving; HB 1567-FN-A, authorizing friends of animal number plates; HB 1583-FN, allowing for voluntary donations to veterans’ organizations through a check-off box on driver’s license applications and automobile registration forms; HB 1655-FN, relative to registration fees for agricultural/industrial utility vehicles; HB 1666-FN, relative to certain definitions in the motor vehicles law; HB 1697-FN, relative to the operation and insurance of transportation network companies.
WAYS AND MEANS, Room 202, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 1258-FN, establishing exemptions from the business profits tax and business enterprise tax for new businesses in New Hampshire.
10:30 a.m. HB 1422-FN, creating an exemption from the business profits tax for new businesses in New Hampshire.
11:00 a.m. HB 1572-FN, establishing a broadband deployment tax credit incentive program against the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax.
11:30 a.m. HB 1254-FN-L, providing an exemption from the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for certain manufacturing businesses.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 1672-FN-A-L, relative to excess federal matching funds, property tax relief, and general fund appropriations; HB 1436-FN,relative to exemption from the yield tax on timber for clearing for solar energy; HB 1197, relative to conservation number plate funds; HB 1208-FN, relative to administration of the tobacco tax; HB 1656-FN, relative to exceptions to the real estate transfer tax; HB 1290, relative to filing dates for business taxes; HB 1289, making technical corrections to certain tax laws.
