committee meetings
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
ASSESSING STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-a), Department of Revenue Administration, 109 Pleasant Street, Concord
9:30 a.m. Regular meeting.
FINANCE, Rooms 210-211, LOB
Budget Presentations:
9:30 a.m. State Employees Association/SEIU.
10:00 a.m. Department of Resources and Economic Development.
11:00 a.m. Department of Administrative Services.
1:00 p.m. Department of Transportation
2:00 p.m. Department of Fish and Game.
3:00 p.m. Department of Safety
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
1:00 p.m. Work session on HB 482-FN-A-L, relative to county reimbursements for nursing home services.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS REFORM, Rooms 201-203, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 492-FN, establishing a deferred retirement option in the judicial retirement plan, and relative to benefits related to service of certain judges of probate retiring because of permanent disability.
11:00 a.m. HB 465-FN, relative to the number of years for calculating average final compensation for retirement system benefits.
Executive session may follow.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING, Room 308, LOB
2:00 p.m. HCO 1, relative to implementing an election pursuant to representative districts established in the order.
2:30 p.m. HB 592, apportioning state representative districts, congressional districts, executive council districts, and county commissioner districts.
3:00 p.m. HB 224-FN, establishing an independent legislative redistricting commission.
Executive session may follow.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS (INSURANCE/CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION), Room 302, LOB
10:00 a.m. Insurance /Consumer subcommittee work session on HB 31, relative to insurance payments for ambulance services.
FINANCE – (DIVISION I), Room 212, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Corrections
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services
JUDICIARY, Rooms 206-208, LOB
10:00 a.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 329-FN, requiring parental notification before abortions may be performed on unemancipated minors.
1:00 p.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 513-FN, relative to end of life aid in dying for certain persons suffering from a terminal disease.
Executive session may follow.
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Room 301, LOB
10:30 a.m. Executive session on HB 66, relative to assessment of the land use change tax on cluster or condominium developments, HB 205-FN, relative to notice to owners of upstream dams, HB 338, allowing towns and cities to exempt farm buildings and structures from property taxation, HB 358, relative to the maintenance, repair, and preservation of burial grounds, HB 639-FN-L, requiring impact studies for large-scale retail development.
OIL FUND DISBURSEMENT (RSA 146-D:4), Room 305, LOB
9:00 a.m. Regular meeting.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS REFORM, Room 307, LOB
10:00 a.m. Public hearing on proposed amendment to HB 231-FN, relative to payment of state retiree medical benefits for spouses and dependents. The proposed amendment establishes specific monthly payments by state retirees toward their health care premiums. Copies of the proposed amendment are available from the Sergeant-at-Arms Office.
11:00 a.m. Full committee work session on HB 231-FN, relative to payment of state retiree medical benefits for spouses and dependents.
12:30 p.m. Executive session on HB 231-FN, relative to payment of state retiree medical benefits for spouses and dependents.
tuesday, march 1
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS (BANKING/BUSINESS DIVISION), Room 302, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 581, regulating guaranteed price plans and prepaid contracts for petroleum.
10:30 a.m. HB 643, relative to propane sales.
11:00 a.m. HB 394-FN, relative to the regulation of oil heating technicians.
11:30 a.m. HB 577, relative to the use of foreign languages by retail establishments.
1:15 p.m. HB 617, repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities.
2:00 p.m. HB 333-FN, repealing certain provisions relating to the sale of oleomargarine.
2:30 p.m. HB 445-FN, relative to the regulation of electronic tracking devices.
Work sessions on these bills may follow the public hearings.
3:00 p.m. Full committee executive session on HB 96, relative to issuance of individual health insurance policies by health carriers, HB 328, relative to New Hampshire domestic liquor and wines, HB 262-FN, relative to beverage manufacturers, HB 126-FN, prohibiting interference with access to medical services and health insurance of New Hampshire citizens, HJR 2, prohibiting the implementation of the insurance department rules regarding the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association, HB 255, requiring consumer protection for prepaid services, HB 276-FN, relative to wine manufacturers, HB 247, relative to seller financing of mortgages and making changes to the laws regulating mortgage bankers and brokers and debt adjustment services, HB 291, relative to permissible fireworks, HB 171, relative to restrictions on liquor licenses, HB 175, relative to technical changes in life, accident, and health insurance, HB 419-FN, relative to language in insurance certificates, HB 298, requiring condominium management companies to make certain disclosures to the condominium board of directors, HB 322, relative to occupancy fees charged by manufactured housing park owners, HB 405, relative to dissolving corporations, HB 408, relative to residential mortgage loan transactions, HB 317, relative to fire warning devices and carbon monoxide detection devices in dwellings, HB 248, establishing a commission to study business regulations in New Hampshire, HB 430, establishing a committee to study the feasibility of establishing a state development bank in New Hampshire, HB 398, relative to service animals.
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND STATUTORY RECODIFICATION, Room 206, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 89, requiring the attorney general to join the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, Room 204, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 283-FN, relative to impaired drivers.
10:45 a.m. HB 486-FN, relative to penalties for alcohol ignition interlock circumvention.
11:15 a.m. HB 628-FN, making the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person's breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual assault.
1:00 p.m. HB 553, relative to the law on wiretapping and eavesdropping.
1:45 p.m. HB 552, establishing a committee to study repealing the revisions to the law implemented by SB 500-FN of the 2010 legislative session.
2:30 p.m. HB 524-FN, excluding persons convicted of violent crimes from mandatory early release on probation or parole.
3:00 p.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 576-FN, relative to the right to brandish a firearm in defense of one's property.
Executive session may follow.
EDUCATION, Rooms 205-207, LOB
10:30 a.m. HB 296, relative to procedures for juvenile delinquency petitions filed by a school district or school official.
11:00 a.m. HB 377-FN, requiring daily physical education for public school pupils.
11:30 a.m. HB 422, prohibiting vaccinations in public schools.
1:00 p.m. HB 370, making changes to the pupil safety and violence prevention act.
2:00 p.m. HB 429, permitting a child 16 years of age or older to withdraw from school with parental permission.
2:30 p.m. HB 501-FN-L, requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools.
Executive session may follow.
ELECTION LAW, Room 308, LOB
10:30 a.m. Executive session on HB 186-FN, relative to restrictions on political communications, HB 251, relative to absentee ballots, HB 257, relative to removal of political advertising, HB 258, eliminating certain unenforced election laws, HB 411, relative to distributing campaign materials at the polling place, HB 451-FN, prohibiting the use of prerecorded political messages for political advocacy within 30 days prior to an election, HB 459-FN, relative to placement of political advertising.
11:00 a.m. HB 588, relative to polling hours and location of polling places.
11:15 a.m. HB 423, relative to including workplace harassment in the legislative ethics law.
1:00 p.m. HB 598, prohibiting a candidate from receiving the nomination of more than one party.
1:45 p.m. HB 427-FN, prohibiting political advertising on public property.
2:15 p.m. HB 421, relative to candidates for United States senator.
Executive session may follow.
ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE, Room 303, LOB
11:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 46, relative to the membership of the current use advisory board.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 46, relative to the membership of the current use advisory board, HB 325-FN, relative to the purchase of ill animals from licensed animal vendors and inspections of animal vendor premises by the state veterinarian, HB 495-FN, relative to the prevention of the use of pesticides on the grounds of child day care facilities, schools, and state parks.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 306, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 444-FN, making John Stark Day a New Hampshire state holiday.
10:30 a.m. HB 449-FN, expanding the information available on the state transparency website.
11:00 a.m. HB 480-FN, establishing a state renovation, repair, and painting (RRP) rule program relative to lead-safe practices.
1:00 p.m. HB 30, relative to reciprocity for licensure by the board of veterinary medicine.
1:30 p.m. HB 476-FN, establishing an independent board of psychologists.
Executive session may follow.
2:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 137-FN-L, relative to the state fire code and the state building code, HB 260, relative to the state fire code and the appeal process for decisions of the state fire marshal.
FINANCE, Rooms 210-211, LOB
10:00 a.m. Or immediately following the Chairmen’s meeting, executive session on HB 269-FN, establishing a priority based budget system focused on measurable results, HB 425-FN-A-L, making an appropriation for the special education catastrophic aid program for the 2011 fiscal year, HB 482-FN-A-L, relative to county reimbursements for nursing home services, HB 618-FN, requiring state agencies to submit an efficiency level expenditure estimate to the commissioner of administrative services as part of the biennial budget process.
10:30 a.m. Or immediately following the executive session, full committee work session on HCR 6, requiring the Congress of the United States of America to reaffirm its adherence to the Constitution of the United States regarding international agreements and treaties.
FINANCE – (DIVISION I), Room 212, LOB
Budget Work Session
1:00 p.m. Or immediately following the full committee work session, Department of Corrections.
FINANCE – (DIVISION II), Rooms 210-211, LOB
1:00 p.m. Or immediately following full committee work session, budget work session.
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
1:00 p.m. Or immediately following full committee work session, Department of Health and Human Services
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Room 205, LOB
8:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 642-FN, requiring the departments of health and human services and administrative services to jointly issue a certain request for information.
9:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 58, relative to inter-facility transfers of critical access hospital patients, HB 75, establishing a commission to study bed bugs in New Hampshire, HB 191, relative to the community mental health system, HB 312-L, relative to notice required for the fluoridation of drinking water, HB 573, relative to the administration of certain pain relief medications by a school nurse, HB 632, relative to labeling requirements for dispensing of drugs by automated pharmacy systems, HB 284-FN, relative to contact lens prescriptions, HB 163, establishing the medical sharps advisory council on disposal of medical sharps, HB 407, establishing a committee to study the rising incidence of autism, HB 484-FN, requiring random drug testing of food stamp program participants, HB 485-FN, relative to requiring photo identification for food stamp program participants, HB 642-FN, requiring the departments of health and human services and administrative services to jointly issue a certain request for information.
Representatives Hall
10:00 a.m. HB 442-FN, relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Executive session may follow.
JUDICIARY, Room 208, LOB
10:00 a.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 347, exempting from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials.
10:30 a.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 596, establishing a recommended procedure upon the abandonment or foreclosure of a manufactured home within a housing park.
11:00 a.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 637-FN, relative to lowering the legal drinking age for members of the armed forces.
Executive session may follow.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on CACR 11, relating to terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges be commissioned for renewable 5-year terms, HB 141, relative to the treatment of cable television as a protected utility service, HB 158, relative to the misuse of social security numbers, HB 254, relative to offers of judgments, HB 305, relative to the homestead right, HB 314, relative to judicially appointed officials, HB 315, relative to appointment of attorneys by judges, marital masters, and judicial officers, HB 329-FN, requiring parental notification before abortions may be performed on unemancipated minors, HB 344-FN, establishing a judicial performance review commission, HB 349-FN, relative to alternative dispute resolution in civil cases, HB 412, establishing a committee to study issues of judicial standing under federal and state law, HB 431, relative to psychiatric evaluations, HB 437-FN, relative to the definition of marriage, HB 443-FN, establishing that marriage between one man and one woman shall be the only legal domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this state, HB 499-FN, relative to the employer's lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers' compensation, HB 513-FN, relative to end of life aid in dying for certain persons suffering from a terminal disease, HB 514, relative to entry on private land, HB 522-FN, relative to elder abuse, HB 527, relative to tort reform, HB 532-L, relative to municipal liability for dog bites, HB 569-FN, establishing domestic union as a valid contract and extending certain rights to parties to a domestic union, HB 574, relative to the taking of private property during a state of emergency, HB 609-FN, establishing the New Hampshire circuit court to replace the current probate courts, district courts, and judicial branch family division, HB 640-FN, relative to notice to the department of health and human services of the allocation of spousal income and relative to estate planning by guardians, HB 641-FN, relative to lien authority for the office of reimbursements within the department of health and human services, HCR 17, declaring that Copp v. Henniker and the opinions which subsequently relied upon Copp versus Henniker are void and of no force, HCR 18, declaring Merrill v. Sherburne to be void and of no force, HR 7, directing the house judiciary committee to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach marital master Phillip Cross and/or any justice of the New Hampshire superior court.
LABOR, INDUSTRIAL AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Room 303, LOB (Please note room change.)
9:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 26-FN, clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation.
Room 307, LOB
10:15 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 420-FN, relative to voluntary registration for independent contractors under workers' compensation law.
11:00 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 494-FN, relative to tipped employees who deal card and table games at games of chance venues.
Executive session may follow.
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 133, relative to the minimum wage, HB 273, relative to public or private criticism of employers by employees, HB 275, establishing an employers' private right of action to enforce the payment of workers' compensation coverage, HB 401, relative to postsecondary training for workers with disabilities, HB 26-FN, clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation, HB 236, relative to workers' compensation for illegal aliens, HB 362, relative to binding arbitration in public labor relations disputes, HB 420-FN, relative to voluntary registration for independent contractors under workers' compensation law, HB 494-FN, relative to tipped employees who deal card and table games at games of chance venues, HB 560, increasing the minimum wage, HB 582, relative to communication between employers and employees during bargaining negotiations, HB 589, repealing written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit, HB 647, relative to withholding of wages.
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION, Room 104, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 190, relative to legislative study committees, HB 114, establishing a committee to study merging the state heritage collections committee and the joint legislative historical committee, HB 357-FN, suspending the payment of travel expenses for legislators and staff, HB 520-FN, requiring certain bills to have performance standard notes.
11:00 a.m. HB 561-FN, prohibiting the state payment of the cost of wireless communications services for legislators and staff.
Executive session may follow.
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Room 301, LOB
8:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 232-FN, relative to abandoned homes in manufactured housing parks.
11:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 361, enabling counties to adopt semi-annual payment of county taxes by towns and cities, HB 293-FN, relative to phasing out and repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation, HB 341, relative to local spending caps, HB 457-FN, reducing the interest rate on late and delinquent property tax payments, subsequent payments, and other unpaid taxes, HB 340-FN, promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system, HB 109, relative to residential fire sprinklers, HB 232-FN, relative to abandoned homes in manufactured housing parks.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 287-FN-A, making an appropriation for funding disaster relief and hazard mitigation in response to the May 2006 Suncook River avulsion.
Executive session may follow.
Capital budget presentations and public hearing on proposed HB 25.
1:00 p.m. Adjutant General
1:30 p.m. Department of Cultural Resources
2:00 p.m. Veterans Home
2:30 p.m. Liquor Commission
3:00 p.m. Department of Safety
RESOURCES, RECREATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Room 305, LOB
1:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 27, relative to de minimis impact work in designated rivers, HB 33, relative to the preservation and care of the Franconia Notch forest reservation and memorial park, HB 149, designating segments of the Lamprey, North Branch, Pawtuckaway, North, Little, and Piscassic Rivers as protected rivers, HB 404, relative to toilets at campgrounds and exclusions for such requirements for certain parcels of land, HB 439-FN-L, relative to claiming an invasive species as a habitat, HB 470-FN, repealing the comprehensive shoreland protection act, HB 568, relative to smoking within certain areas of New Hampshire state parks and historic sites.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
10:15 a.m. HB 543-FN, relative to biomass combined heat and electricity facilities.
11:15 a.m. Continued public hearing on HB 388-FN, requiring providers of prepaid wireless services and voice over internet protocol services to pay surcharges for deposit in the enhanced 911 system fund.
1:00 p.m. Continued public hearing on HB 311-FN, relative to solar renewable energy.
1:30 p.m. HB 559, establishing a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses and authorizing the development of a solar photovoltaic renewable energy project in Manchester.
Executive session may follow.
TRANSPORTATION, Room 203, LOB
9:45 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 342, relative to boat operation rules, HB 548, relative to boater safety education and relative to the minimum age for operation of motorized vessels.
10:00 a.m. HB 610-FN-A, establishing number plates supporting New Hampshire public higher education.
10:30 a.m. HB 540-FN, relative to motor vehicle inspections.
11:30 a.m. HB 335-FN-A, establishing multi-use number plates.
1:15 p.m. HB 397, relative to image display devices in motor vehicles.
Executive session may follow.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Room 302, LOB
3:00 p.m. Or immediately following the House session, continued executive session from March 1, if needed
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 306, LOB
2:00 p.m. Or 45 minutes after the House session, executive session on HB 339-FN-A, allowing the state veterinarian to employ a meat inspection services administrator, HB 446-FN, repealing the authority for regulation of certain professional occupations, HB 450, relative to the regulatory authority of the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics, HB 517-FN, repealing provisions concerning licensure of fuel gas fitters, HB 43, relative to the adoption of forms under the administrative procedures act, HB 211, relative to the review and approval of proposed agency rules under the administrative procedures act, HB 310-FN, relative to the use of open data formats and the adoption of a statewide policy regarding open government data standards, HB 331-FN, relative to posting agency expenditures on the state transparency website, HB 348-FN, transferring the duties of the racing and charitable gaming commission to the lottery commission and abolishing the racing and charitable gaming commission, and prohibiting new electronic gaming devices without statutory authorization, HB 418-FN, requiring state agencies to consider open source software when acquiring new software, HB 458-FN-A, establishing a sunset review process for executive agency and judicial programs and making an appropriation therefor, HB 586, establishing an interdepartmental public health and environmental coordinating committee, HB 222-FN, relative to administrative rules which contain a fee increase, allowing political subdivisions to object to a proposed rule, and eliminating certain statutory provisions granting general rulemaking authority.
FINANCE – (DIVISION I), Room 212, LOB
Budget work session immediately following the House Session
TRANSPORTATION, Room 203, LOB
3:00 p.m. Or immediately following the House session, executive session on HB 455-FN, authorizing optional enhanced drivers' licenses and optional enhanced nondrivers' picture identification cards, HB 549, relative to driver's license reexaminations, HB 134, relative to eligibility for walking disability plates, HB 610-FN-A, establishing number plates supporting New Hampshire public higher education, HB 397, relative to image display devices in motor vehicles, HB 546, relative to the use of hand-held cellular phones while driving, HB 342, relative to boat operation rules, HB 271-FN-A, establishing number plates for firefighters and emergency medical care providers, HB 354, relative to licensure requirements for retail vehicle dealers, HB 516-FN-A, establishing Red Sox number plates to benefit the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, HB 548, relative to boater safety education and relative to the minimum age for operation of motorized vessels, HB 335-FN-A, establishing multi-use number plates, HB 540-FN, relative to motor vehicle inspections.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW, Room 206, LOB
9:30 a.m. HB 587, relative to grounds for divorce for persons with minor children.
10:30 a.m. HB 415, relative to access to abuse and neglect investigation records pending a child custody dispute.
11:30 a.m. HB 506-FN, relative to false allegations of child abuse.
1:30 p.m. HB 591, relative to the determination of parental rights based on the best interest of the child; relative to grounds for modification of an order regarding parental rights and responsibilities, and relative to grandparent and stepparent visitation rights.
Executive session may follow.
12:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 52, relative to grounds for modification of parental rights and responsibilities.
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS (INSURANCE/CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION), Room 302, LOB
9:00 a.m. HB 351-FN, relative to insurance reimbursement for doctors of naturopathic medicine.
10:00 a.m. HB 607, relative to exemptions under the consumer protection act.
10:30 a.m. HB 606, establishing a committee to study the formation of a consumer protection working group.
11:00 a.m. HB 359-FN, prohibiting the use of certain information to underwrite insurance coverage.
11:30 a.m. HB 424, relative to surplus lines tax collection.
1:15 p.m. HB 345-FN, relative to insurance payments for ambulance providers.
2:00 p.m. HB 616-FN, relative to coverage for divorced spouses.
Work sessions may follow the public hearings.
2:45 p.m. Full committee executive session on HB 581, regulating guaranteed price plans and prepaid contracts for petroleum, HB 643, relative to propane sales, HB 394-FN, relative to the regulation of oil heating technicians, HB 577, relative to the use of foreign languages by retail establishments, HB 617, repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities, HB 333-FN, repealing certain provisions relating to the sale of oleomargarine, HB 445-FN, relative to the regulation of electronic tracking devices.
COMMISSION TO STUDY REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFE AND SECURE LANDFILLS (HB 672, Chapter 252:1, Laws of 2007), Room 304, LOB
1:00 p.m. Regular meeting.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, Room 204, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 207-FN, relative to physical force in defense of a person.
HB 210-FN, relative to the use of deadly force to protect oneself.
HB 567, relative to physical force in defense of a person.
1:00 p.m. Continued public hearing on HB 434, relative to procedures for investigating law enforcement officers involved in critical incidents.
1:30 p.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 536-FN, relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license.
Executive session may follow.
EDUCATION, Room 207, LOB
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 219, establishing a committee to study the abolishment of the department of education, HB 220-FN, relative to the approval of plans and specifications for the construction of school buildings, HB 290, relative to staffing exceptions for small schools, HB 296, relative to procedures for juvenile delinquency petitions filed by a school district or school official, HB 369-FN-L, relative to withdrawal from a school administrative unit or an authorized regional enrollment area school, HB 370, making changes to the pupil safety and violence prevention act, HB 376, relative to representative voting on joint boards of school administrative units, HB 377-FN, requiring daily physical education for public school pupils, HB 386, adding Granite State college to the university system of New Hampshire corporate charter and adding a student trustee from Granite State college to the university system board of trustees, HB 422, prohibiting vaccinations in public schools, HB 429, permitting a child 16 years of age or older to withdraw from school with parental permission, HB 501-FN-L, requiring the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public schools, HB 505-FN, making charter schools eligible for grants for leased space, HB 528-FN-L, requiring school districts to develop a facility maintenance and capital improvement program, HB 542-FN, amending the school attendance statutes, amending the statute for suspension or expulsion of a pupil for possession of certain weapons, and repealing the rulemaking and reporting provisions of the Parents as Teachers program.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 306, LOB
9:30 a.m. HB 503, allowing a master electrician to have 2 apprentice electricians under his or her supervision.
10:15 a.m. HB 508-FN, establishing a performance measurement system for state agencies.
11:00 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 623, prohibiting preferences in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or admission by state agencies, the university system, the community college system, and the postsecondary education commission.
1:00 p.m. HB 565, establishing a dental hygienists committee within the board of dental examiners.
1:30 p.m. HB 452-FN, establishing the independent regulation of dental hygienists.
Executive session may follow.
FINANCE – (DIVISION I), Room 212, LOB
Budget Work Sessions
9:00 a.m. Judicial Branch
1:00 p.m. Judicial Council
FINANCE – (DIVISION II), Rooms 210-211, LOB
10:00 a.m. Budget work session.
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services
FISH AND GAME AND MARINE RESOURCES, Room 307, LOB
9:30 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 571-FN, relative to lobster and crab licenses issued by the fish and game department.
10:00 a.m. Executive session on HB 194, repealing the prohibition on having or carrying certain crossbow, rifles, or shotguns in vehicles, HB 196, relative to the certificates of completion of a basic hunter education program or bow hunter education program, HB 206-FN, establishing an apprentice hunting license, HB 294, relative to the distance from highways for the taking of moose, HB 571-FN, relative to lobster and crab licenses issued by the fish and game department.
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND ELDERLY AFFAIRS, Room 205, LOB
9:00 a.m. Full committee work session on HB 71, authorizing establishment of pharmaceutical drug take-back programs.
Executive session may follow.
10:00 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 493-FN, relative to the certification of integrated residential communities.
11:00 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 489-FN, relative to health information exchange.
1:00 p.m. HB 554, relative to mental health records.
Executive session may follow.
JUDICIARY, Room 208, LOB
10:00 a.m. Continued executive session from March 1, if needed and executive session on HB 347, exempting from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials, HB 596, establishing a recommended procedure upon the abandonment or foreclosure of a manufactured home within a housing park, HB 637-FN, relative to lowering the legal drinking age for members of the armed forces.
LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION, Room 104, LOB
2:00 p.m. Work session on Rep. Michael Brunelle’s qualifications to serve subject to Part II, Article 7 of the NH Constitution.
MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Room 301, LOB
10:30 a.m. Executive session on SB 15, relative to the duties of tax collectors and clerks, SB 16, relative to amendments to warrant articles, HB 352, relative to merger of lots or parcels, HB 403-L, requiring a public hearing on certain school district warrant articles, HB 541, relative to ownership of property placed in trust qualifying for certain property tax exemptions and credits, HB 622, relative to adjustments to the semi-annual collection of property taxes in towns and cities.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
Capital budget presentations and public hearing on proposed HB 25.
9:30 a.m. Administrative Services
1:00 p.m. Department of Corrections
2:00 p.m. Department of Education
2:30 p.m. Judicial Branch
REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, Room 104, LOB
10:00 a.m. Continued hearing and work session on Petition 1.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Room 304, LOB
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 496-FN, relative to radiological monitoring in nuclear emergency planning zones.
STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, Room 203, LOB
9:00 a.m. Executive session on HCR 11, to urge the Congress of the United States to withdraw the membership of the United States from the United Nations so that the United States may retain its sovereignty and control over its own funds and military forces, HCR 10, urging the National Park Service to permit the exhumation of the body of Meriwether Lewis to determine the cause of his death, HCR 15, ordering our federal senators to vote against the Law of the Sea Convention, HCR 9, urging Congress to support H.R. 6416 or similar legislation relative to airport security, HCR 8, urging the Transportation Security Administration to terminate recent changes to pat down search procedures and urging Congress and the President to change or discontinue the use of advanced imaging technology at airports, HCR 13, urging Congress to pass legislation against losses in value due to money supply by the federal reserve; restoring gold and silver money; and phasing out the federal reserve system, HCR 14, applying to Congress to convene a convention proposing amendments to the United States Constitution, HCR 12, urging Congress to withdraw the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in accordance with Article 2205 of the agreement.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2), Rooms 305-307, LOB
9:00 a.m. Continued regular meeting.
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS (BANKING/BUSINESS DIVISION), Room 302, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 566, relative to the identification of dental prosthetic appliances.
10:30 a.m. HB 633, preventing prescribing practitioners from owning pharmacies in-state and out-of-state.
11:00 a.m. HB 578, relative to payment at time of medical services.
11:30 a.m. HB 504-FN, licensing reverse distributors of drugs and requiring manufacturers and wholesalers to report changes in ownership.
1:15 p.m. HB 385-FN, relative to the applicability of licensure requirements for mortgage bankers and brokers.
2:00 p.m. HB 613, establishing exemptions from the licensing requirements for first mortgage bankers and brokers.
2:30 p.m. HB 562, relative to overdraft fees charged by banks.
Work sessions may follow the public hearings.
FINANCE – (DIVISION I), Room 212, LOB
Budget Work Session
1:00 p.m. Department of Administrative Services
FINANCE – (DIVISION II), Rooms 210-211, LOB
10:00 a.m. Budget work session.
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Sessions
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM, Room 207, LOB
9:00 a.m. HCR 26, declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.
Executive session may follow.
9:30 a.m. Full committee work session on CACR 7, relating to education funding. Providing that the general court shall distribute funds in the manner that it determines will best promote an equal opportunity for an adequate education, CACR 12, relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that a reasonable share of state funds shall be distributed on a per pupil basis.
10:00 a.m. Or immediately following the work session, executive session on HCR 26, declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches, CACR 7, relating to education funding. Providing that the general court shall distribute funds in the manner that it determines will best promote an equal opportunity for an adequate education, HB 337-FN-L, relative to the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSIONS REFORM, Rooms 201-203, LOB
10:00 a.m. HB 460-FN, relative to the retirement age for group II members.
11:00 a.m. HB 462-FN, relative to the determination of employer assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system.
1:00 p.m. HB 580-FN-L, relative to the New Hampshire retirement system.
Executive session may follow.
2:00 p.m. Full committee work session on HB 227-FN, relative to the membership of the retirement system board of trustees, HB 461-FN, relative to repealing the authority for retirement system members to purchase service credit for certain out-of-state service, HB 464-FN, requiring the transfer of certain retirement system group II special account funds to the state annuity accumulation fund, HB 456-FN, relative to the calculation of average final compensation for the purpose of determining retirement system benefits, HB 265-FN, redefining earnable compensation in the retirement system for new and non-vested members in service, HB 463-FN, relative to the retirement system maximum initial benefit limitation, HB 360-FN, establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system and establishing a committee to study the transition of current employees into the new plan and administration of the new plan, HB 492-FN, establishing a deferred retirement option in the judicial retirement plan, and relative to benefits related to service of certain judges of probate retiring because of permanent disability, HB 465-FN, relative to the number of years for calculating average final compensation for retirement system benefits, HB 460-FN, relative to the retirement age for group II members, HB 462-FN, relative to the determination of employer assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system, HB 580-FN-L, relative to the New Hampshire retirement system.
3:00 p.m. Executive session on HB 227-FN, relative to the membership of the retirement system board of trustees, HB 461-FN, relative to repealing the authority for retirement system members to purchase service credit for certain out-of-state service, HB 464-FN, requiring the transfer of certain retirement system group II special account funds to the state annuity accumulation fund, HB 456-FN, relative to the calculation of average final compensation for the purpose of determining retirement system benefits, HB 265-FN, redefining earnable compensation in the retirement system for new and non-vested members in service, HB 463-FN, relative to the retirement system maximum initial benefit limitation, HB 360-FN, establishing a state defined contribution retirement plan for state and political subdivision members of the retirement system and establishing a committee to study the transition of current employees into the new plan and administration of the new plan, HB 492-FN, establishing a deferred retirement option in the judicial retirement plan, and relative to benefits related to service of certain judges of probate retiring because of permanent disability, HB 465-FN, relative to the number of years for calculating average final compensation for retirement system benefits, HB 460-FN, relative to the retirement age for group II members, HB 462-FN, relative to the determination of employer assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system, HB 580-FN-L, relative to the New Hampshire retirement system.
MONDAY, MARCH 7
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services building blocks.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 281-A:62), Room 307, LOB
9:00 a.m. Rescheduled regular meeting.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 188-E:21), Room 101, LOB
3:00 p.m. Regular meeting.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services building blocks.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY, Representatives Hall
10:15 a.m. HB 648, relative to eminent domain petitions by public utilities.
1:30 p.m. HB 649, relative to the Northern Pass Project to construct and operate transmission lines from the Canadian border to a proposed terminal in Franklin, New Hampshire.
Executive session may follow.
WAYS AND MEANS, Room 202, LOB
10:00 a.m. Rescheduled public hearing on HB 611-FN-A, relative to determination of the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax.
1:00 p.m. HB 83, relative to vessel registration.
Executive session may follow.
2:00 p.m. Executive session on CACR 6, relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees provided that the legislature may increase the rate of taxes and fees with a majority vote in any fiscal year that insufficient revenues are provided to pay the principal and interest on a debt payable in that year, to which the state has pledged its faith and credit, CACR 10, relating to establishing a New Hampshire state reserve fund. Providing that the New Hampshire state reserve fund shall be under the authority of the state treasurer and dedicated to offset the business profits tax, business enterprise tax, and the interest and dividends tax for purposes of lowering the rates of such taxes, HB 83, relative to vessel registration, HB 454-FN-A, establishing a job creation credit against the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for small businesses increasing employment in New Hampshire, HB 557-FN-A, relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships, HB 611-FN-A, relative to determination of the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Room 302, LOB
1:15 p.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 125-FN, relative to lawful commerce in firearms, including manufacture and sale, in New Hampshire.
2:00 p.m. Full committee public hearing on HB 440-FN, requiring that New Hampshire join the lawsuit challenging federal health care reform legislation, and repealing the authority for state implementation of federal health care reform.
Executive session may follow.
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services building blocks.
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
Capital budget presentations and public hearing on proposed HB 25.
9:30 a.m. Department of Employment Security
10:00 a.m. Department of Environmental Services
1:00 p.m. Department of Transportation
WAYS AND MEANS, Room 202, LOB
10:00 a.m. Continued executive session from March 9, if needed.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
FINANCE – (DIVISION III), Room 209, LOB
Budget Work Session
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services building blocks.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
Capital budget presentations and public hearing on proposed HB 25.
10:00 a.m. Department of Health and Human Services
11:15 a.m. McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center
1:00 p.m. Department of Information Technology
2:00 p.m. Department of Resources and Economic Development
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, Room 201, LOB
Capital budget presentations and public hearing on proposed HB 25.
9:30 a.m. Community College System
10:30 a.m. University of New Hampshire
1:00 p.m. Other Departments, Agencies, etc.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2), Rooms 305-307, LOB
9:00 a.m. Continued regular meeting.
GUARDIANS AD LITEM BOARD (RSA 490-C:1), Room 102, LOB
1:00 p.m. Regular meeting.
MONDAY, MARCH 21
INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS (RSA 21-H:14-c), Room 100, State House
9:00 a.m. Regular meeting.
TASK FORCE TO STUDY EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION (SB 500, Chapter 378:7, Laws of 2008), Room 307
2:00 p.m. Regular meeting.
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
ASSESSING STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-a), Room 301, LOB
9:00 a.m. Regular meeting.
FISCAL COMMITTEE (RSA 14:30-a), Rooms 210-211, LOB
10:00 a.m. Regular business.
MONDAY, MARCH 28
OIL FUND DISBURSEMENT (RSA 146-D:4), Room 305, LOB
9:00 a.m. Regular meeting.
