Upcoming Hearings

(New Title) exempting dogs guarding livestock or crops from nuisance dog statutes when engaged in such work.

 limiting consumer access to certain high-risk rodenticides.

requiring utilities and electric grid operators to assess and report the vulnerability of high-voltage transformers to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances, and to recommend mitigation measures to protect the state electric infrastructure.

relative to the New Hampshire marine patrol.

authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters.

relative to authorizing or rescinding the use of electronic ballot counting devices.

enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections.

relative to the official ballot referendum form of town meetings.

relative to the time in which candidates for state representative may file their candidacy for a special election.

(New Title) providing an option for each candidate's party affiliations to be printed on the town or school district ballot.

relative to town meeting warrants.

extending the time of the party filing period.

requiring the secretary of state to provide all voting precincts with secure containers for storing ballots.

requiring the secretary of state to create a voter education program that includes information on recent changes to voting laws.

establishing the first-in-the-nation security task force to coordinate planning for presidential campaign events.

(New Title)  relative to mandatory reports to voters.

relative to cooperative school district school board elections.

(New Title) prohibiting certain public entities from conducting or sponsoring political surveys, polls, or questionnaires in their official capacities.

(New Title) relative to qualifying scholarship granting organizations and federal workforce Pell grants.

(New Title) relative to access to curricular courses and cocurricular programs within school districts.

requiring the department of education to establish an auditing process relative to teacher preparation programs at the post-secondary educational level.

relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.

relative to certain laws applicable to state chartered banks, credit unions, trust companies, and other consumer credit entities subject to the authority of the banking department.

(New Title) relative to regulated conditional deposits.

governing special bank and credit union deposits.

relative to disclosure requirements for condominium associations.

establishing special assessment districts and expands the housing infrastructure grant program to allow for municipal upgrades linked to new housing and making an appropriation therefor.

enabling wine and beverage manufacturers to offer tastings of and sell products of certain New Hampshire wine and beverage manufacturers.

relative to judicial determinations related to children placed in a qualified residential treatment program in certain juvenile matters and appointment of counsel in certain circumstances.

relative to family caregiver support in certain programs and child care support for kinship caregivers.

enabling students to utilize education freedom account funds to pay for certain career and technical education funding.

requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.

establishing a task force to study the feasibility of the creation of cosmetology related programming in Coos County.

(New Title) relative to establishing a school cooperative purchasing program.

(New Title) prohibiting student identification cards from being used as photo identification for purposes of obtaining a ballot.

relative to amounts reported by political committees.

(New Title) relative to the sharing of data between the department of safety and the secretary of state for the purposes of verifying the accuracy of information in the centralized voter registration database.

relative to foreign funding and influence in constitutional amendment and local ballot question campaigns.

relative to photo identification cards issued solely for the purpose of voting.

prohibiting municipalities from requiring licenses for the production and sale of homestead food products.

classifying xylazine as a schedule III controlled drug.

including a determination of the best interest of the animal in the definition of foster home.

restricting access to certain hemp-derived products.

requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners.

(New Title) relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic inflation-based toll reviews for the New Hampshire turnpike system to support the 2027-2036 ten-year transportation plan.

(New Title) modifying the procedures and requirements for school bus driver criminal history records checks and expanding the personnel subject to such checks.

establishing an exception to the prohibition against interception and disclosure of telecommunication or oral communications.

relative to the apparent use of a deadly weapon during the offense of criminal threatening.

relative to the offense of improper influence.

relative to additional grounds for eviction under the landlord and tenant statute.

(New Title) relative to notice and proceedings for tenants and landlords engaged in eviction processes.

relative to the scope of review of state agency interpretations.

relative to qualifications to practice acupuncture.

(New Title) relative to the practice of dentistry and when radiographic examinations are required.

relative to the authority of various boards.

enabling veterinary technicians to provide rabies vaccinations while indirectly supervised by a veterinarian.

prohibiting the use of scented products in public areas of state buildings.

relative to the inter-agency data sharing for the purpose of distributing summer electronic benefit transfer (EBT) benefits. 

relative to the right of licensed health care providers to freely communicate with patients, colleagues, and the public about medical information, emerging therapies, and treatment options.

repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

authorizing the establishment of experimental treatment centers.

permitting treatment of certain severe illness under the right to try act.

(New Title) taxing certain occupants who have established permanent residences under the meals and rooms tax.

(New Title) relative to meals and rooms taxes.

increasing the research and development tax credit cap.

relative to credits for assessments paid by insurers.

relative to credits for assessments paid by insurers.

creating a child care tax credit for qualifying businesses.

relative to business profits tax expense deductions.

(New Title) relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.

relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination.

establishing the seizure safe schools act.

(New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.

relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. 

prohibiting receiving compensation for lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary.

relative to health carrier provider contract standards.

establishing certification standards for facility comfort dogs.

relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing.

requiring an opportunity for public comment prior to proposed long-term care rate increases under certain circumstances.

(New Title) adopting the physician associate licensure compact.

(New Title) relative to the licensing of physicians who graduated from medical schools outside of the United States or Canada.

relative to the administrative procedure act.

enabling the governor to declare a state of emergency due to the failure of the legislature to pass a budget or continuing resolution to fund the New Hampshire state government by July 1 of the first year of a biennium.

(New Title) removing references to the department of business and economic affairs and the office of planning and development, and makes various changes to how certain committees and commissions participate or operate.

relative to written notice provided by state agencies to municipalities regarding pending applications.

(New Title) relative to the composition of the board of dental examiners.

relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.

defining the cost of an adequate education.

allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.

allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.

relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.

requiring the secretary of state to create, post on the secretary of state's website, and otherwise distribute notice of proposed constitutional amendments.

allowing election moderators access to the area designated for counting votes during the performance of their duties.

relative to the disposal of electronic ballot counting device external memory devices.

relative to the counting of absentee ballots.

enabling supervisors of the checklist to correct the checklist on any day of the week.

relative to the form of ballot for amendments to the constitution.

relative to the sale and labeling of eggs.

relative to cruelty to livestock.

increasing penalties for persons violating laws relative to the sale of seeds, plants, and nursery stock.

creating a special license for non-resident vessel operators participating in tuna tournaments.

relative to the contents of parenting plans.

relative to a parent's ability to raise their child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex.

relative to the penalty for false reports of suspected abuse and neglect made to the division for children, youth, and families.

relative to the report of a guardian ad litem.

limiting times vaccine clinics may operate at schools and requiring parents or legal guardians to be present with their child during the administration of vaccinations at such a clinic.

directing the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements and relative to the form of such exemption.

removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law.

(New Title) relative to disbursement of funds by the New Hampshire vaccine association and establishing a committee to study the efficacy of the New Hampshire vaccine association.

relative to liability of governmental units.

relative to recordings of custodial interrogations.

relative to the statute of limitations for bringing a private right of action for violation of the statute prohibiting medical procedures and treatments intended to alter a minor's gender.

limiting the use of certain facilities on the basis of sex and redefining the term "gender identity."

(New Title) prohibiting certain unlawfully present felons from occupying or renting real property.

(New Title) holding state contracts with DEI provisions to be void as a matter of law and establishing a right of action for citizens where public entities or state agencies engage with contracts with DEI provisions.

relative to the penalties for the offense of disobeying an officer.

relative to the offense of loitering or prowling.

relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.

(New Title) relative to relative to the participation of large customer-generators in net metering and relative to energy storage in connection with net metering.

extending net metering eligibility terms for municipal energy projects.

relative to portable solar generation devices.

modernizing the New Hampshire coordinate system.

(New Title) relative to port electrification, microgrid development, and cybersecurity standards for energy and water systems.

(New Title) relative to state park fee discounts for state residents.

(New Title) relative to donations received by the granite patron of the arts fund.

(New Title) relative to state park fee discounts for state residents.

(New Title) relative to donations received by the granite patron of the arts fund.

(New Title) requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test, take a course that covers fundamental American documents as part of the general education curriculum, or pass a civics course competency test.

(New Title) requiring the department of education to review statewide academic standards and curricula.

permitting excused absences for students participating in civic engagement or attending a career or technical education event.

permitting excused absences for students participating in civic engagement or attending a career or technical education event.

(New Title) requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel.

making technical corrections to certain insurance laws.

relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.

(New Title) relative to home heating oil and propane contracts and sales.

(New TItle) relative to health carrier recordkeeping requirements in utilization review, including specifications regarding the use of artificial intelligence.

requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials. 

prohibiting the sale of nitrous oxide and certain inhalants for recreational purposes.

establishing the commission for children's futures.

relative to a certain exemption in interest in condominium units.

establishing a task force to assess the development of housing at Great Bay community college and authorizing the college the right to use vacant property for the purpose of developing housing.

(New Title) establishing a commission to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system.

prohibiting certain municipal development restrictions.

(New Title) relative to capital appropriations for regional drinking water infrastructure.

relative to electric aggregation plans.

(New Title) relative to electric utility investment in distributed energy resources.

relative to the renewable energy fund.