The following is the schedule of sessions and meetings in the New Hampshire House on Thursday, February 11, 2016. Published as submitted by the Speaker’s Office. ~ Melanie
Representatives Hall
9:00 a.m. House Session (cont. from 2/10/16)
Legislative Office Building, Rm 210
Noon-1:00 p.m. The Early Childhood Advisory Council will offer a presentation on early childhood. A Framework for Action for New Hampshire’s Young Children will also be announced. Lunch will be provided.
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Room 302, LOB
1:15 p.m. HB 1160-FN, relative to licensing spas and salons to serve alcoholic beverages.
1:30 p.m. HB 1188, relative to the brew pub license.
1:45 p.m. HB 1152, relative to the definition of specialty beer.
2:00 p.m. HB 1206, relative to limited credits.
2:15 p.m. HB 1540-FN, relative to direct shipments of beer.
2:30 p.m. HB 1211, relative to requirements for certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
2:45 p.m. HB 1329, relative to prohibited sales of alcoholic beverages.
COMMISSION ON RURAL AFFAIRS (RSA 9-A:5), Heritage Commons, Samuel Read Hall, Highland Street, Plymouth State University, Plymouth
10:00 a.m. Regular meeting.
EDUCATION, Room 207, LOB
1:00 p.m. HB 1274, establishing a committee to study the efficacy of changes in the community college system of New Hampshire.
1:40 p.m. Full committee work session on HB 1274, establishing a committee to study the efficacy of changes in the community college system of New Hampshire; HB 1303, relative to withdrawal from a cooperative school district; HB 1364, relative to the membership of the cooperative school district budget committee; HB 1283, relative to school notification of a change in placement.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
FINANCE – DIVISION II, Room 209, LOB
1:00 p.m. Work session on HB 280, (New Title) authorizing multi-use decal plates, multi-use veterans decal plates, and relative to special motorcycle number plates for disabled veterans.
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Room 205, LOB
9:00 a.m. (Cancelled) Subcommittee work session on HB 1681-FN, relative to hypodermic syringes and needles containing trace amounts of controlled drugs.
1:15 p.m. HB 1209, relative to consultations under the telemedicine law.
2:15 p.m. HB 1210, relative to prescriptions for controlled drugs by telemedicine.
3:15 p.m. HB 1324, relative to membership of the oversight committee on health and human services.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (RSA 126-A:13), Room 104, LOB
1:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on food services performance audit review.
JUDICIARY, Room 208, LOB
1:00 p.m. HR 17, authorizing and directing the house judiciary committee to investigate whether cause exists for the impeachment of Governor Maggie Hassan.
1:30 p.m. HR 18, directing the house judiciary committee to investigate former superior court justices Robert Morrill and James O’Neill and retired Grafton county superior court clerk Robert Muh for violations of law and constitutions.
2:00 p.m. HR 19, authorizing and directing the house judiciary committee to investigate whether cause exists for the impeachment of the 5 executive councilors.
2:30 p.m. HB 1399-FN, requiring licensure of outpatient abortion clinics.
3:30 p.m. HB 1570-FN, repealing the law governing access to reproductive health care facilities.
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
1:00 p.m. HB 1523, relative to government construction contracts.
1:45 p.m. HB 1341, relative to employee payments to unions.
2:30 p.m. HB 1322, relative to reports to the public employee labor relations board.
Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from the time the committee is initially convened.
3:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 1278, requiring payment of lawful money to employees; HB 1346, relative to minimum wage for tipped employees; HB 1376, relative to temporary workers; HB 1476, relative to prohibitions on the employment of youth.
3:30 p.m. Work session on HB 1512, relative to the definition of “employee” for the purposes of workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation.
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION, Room 303, LOB
1:00 p.m. HB 1441-FN, requiring business impact notes for proposed legislation.
1:20 p.m. HCACR 18, relating to compensation of legislators. Providing that members of the general court shall receive $2,500 per year.
1:40 p.m. HB 1432-FN, including the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act.
2:00 p.m. HB 1103, requiring a report on the avails and income of a tract of land granted by the state to Dartmouth College.
2:20 p.m. HB 1486, relative to membership of the state house bicentennial commission.
2:30 p.m. HCR 12, urging support of the 65/25 initiative in New Hampshire.
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
9:00 am Subcommittee work session on HB 1293, relative to the procedure for charter amendments.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 1112, relative to subdivision of land; HB 1202, relative to applications submitted to a planning board; HB 1203, relative to voting on variances.
HB 1244-L, relative to municipal cemeteries; HB 1259, relative to liability for third party review of site plans; HB 1293, relative to the procedure for charter amendments; HB 1296, requiring the legislative body to approve the appointment of town managers and prohibiting town managers from hiring contractors to perform the duties of town managers; HB 1380, relative to duties of police commissions; HB 1585-FN, relative to competitive bidding in Carroll county.
RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Room 305, LOB
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 1147, requiring a report on federal landholdings within the state and establishing a moratorium on federal land acquisitions; HB 1170, relative to special permits for OHRV operation in Jericho Mountain State Park; HB 1172, relative to corrective action implementation of audit findings concerning Cannon Mountain; HB 1299, relative to the frequency of background checks for camp employees; HB 1332, adding a member to the aquatic resources compensatory mitigation site selection committee; HB 1461, relative to the definition of and criteria for protection instream flow; HB 1517, relative to temporary seasonal docks; HB 1589-FN, prohibiting the transportation of exotic aquatic weeds; HB 1595-FN, relative to the rivers management and protection program.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
1:00 p.m. HB 1483, relative to community renewable energy.
2:00 p.m. HB 1367, relative to the public utility commission’s authority to implement measures to increase the reliability, cost effectiveness, efficiency, or resiliency of the electrical grid.
WAYS AND MEANS, Room 202, LOB
1:00 p.m. Work session on HB 1572-FN, establishing a broadband deployment tax credit incentive program against the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax; HB 1650, relative to limits in table stakes poker.
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. Executive session on HB 1258-FN, establishing exemptions from the business profits tax and business enterprise tax for new businesses in New Hampshire; HB 1422-FN, creating an exemption from the business profits tax for new businesses in New Hampshire; HB 1254-FN-L, providing an exemption from the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for certain manufacturing businesses; HB 1689, relative to operator requirements under the meals and rooms tax; HB 1192-FN, repealing the education tax credit; HB 1443-FN, relative to the reasonable compensation deduction from gross business profits under the business profits tax and requiring the department of revenue administration to prepare draft rules relative to auditing; HB 1538-FN-A, relative to revising the business enterprise tax as a business flat tax, reducing the rate of the interest and dividends tax, repealing certain taxes, and establishing a commission to recommend statutory changes for the implementation of this new tax structure; HB 1360-FN, establishing a credit against business profits taxes for media production expenditures in New Hampshire.
