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NH SENATE
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https://gc.nh.gov/house/committees/remotetestimony/
SUBMIT TESTIMONY FORM BY
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NH HOUSE
Tuesday, 27 January
House Election Law
HB 1520: 10:20 a.m. (R) This bill defines both New Hampshire and United States citizenship for the purposes of voting. And also requires the secretary of state to distribute New Hampshire citizenship cards to native citizens and those persons from other states who take an oath of allegiance to the state of New Hampshire. Suggest OPPOSE
HB 1382: 10:40 a.m. (R) This bill requires proof of citizenship for certain overseas voters voting under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. Suggest OPPOSE
CACR 21 11:20 a.m. (R) This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution would amend the constitution to recognize the right of all legal residents who are 18 years or older to vote in the place they claim as home so long as they actually reside in the place they claim as their permanent home. (not a college dorm). Suggest OPPOSE
HB 1695: 2:40 p.m. (D) requiring the secretary of state to include a voter's guide to the proposed constitutional amendment to voters on the ballot.
Suggest SUPPORT
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IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, PLEASE CONTINUE WITH KENT STREET'S postings:
10:00
Title: relative to eviction safeguards for tenants whose Social Security payments are disrupted.
SUPPORT (S)
10:30
Title: allowing exceptions to the cap on residential security deposits for applicants not meeting standard approval criteria. OPPOSE (S)
11:30
Title: prohibiting landlords from charging more than one application fee per tenant every 12 months.
SUPPORT (S)
2:00
Title: relative to prohibiting the rental of residential property to individuals unlawfully present in the United States.
OPPOSE (S)(C)(EC)(T)(V)
"Lawfully present" is a difficult term to define and puts people at risk of a felony conviction. It could also lead to racial and ethnic profiling by potential landlords. The bill puts significant barriers in the way of people simply trying to find housing which NH's housing crisis already makes difficult enough.
House Education​
Title: relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency. OPPOSE (S)(C
This bill would allow the Department of Education to take over operation of a school district in cases deemed a financial emergency. In other states, these kinds of takeovers have proven harmful to districts, and they exclude parents and communities from decision making. The bill also would allow the Department of Education to require the school district to renegotiate its employment contracts and reallocate its resources.
House Ttransportation
Title: relative to establishing a registration fee for bicycles and electric bicycles using state or municipally funded bike paths, trails, or roadways.
OPPOSE (S)
This bill would impose a $50 registration fee for bicycles.
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
11:30
Title: relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.
OPPOSE (S)
3:15
Title: permitting public employees to bargain individually with public employers without any intervention.OPPOSE (S)(C)(EC)(T)(V)
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28
10:30
Title: limiting judicial immunity. OPPOSE (S)
11:00
Title: relative to judicial immunity and permitting civil actions against judicial officers for certain criminal bail decisions.OPPOSE (S)​
2:00
Title: relating to the adoption of tax laws. Providing that no law shall establish or increase a state imposed tax unless adopted by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
OPPOSE
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House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
10:30
Title: relative to possession of firearms on school property.
SUPPORT (S)
Guns do not belong in schools except in very limited circumstances.
11:00
HB 1047
Title: relative to the offense of capital murder.
OPPOSE (S)
This bill makes it a capital murder offense to knowingly cause the death of the governor or governor-elect of New Hampshire, a member or member-elect of the executive council, or any member or member-elect of the New Hampshire senate or New Hampshire house of representatives, or any candidate for any such offices after such candidate has been nominated at his or her party's primary, when such killing is motivated by knowledge of the foregoing capacity of the victim.
12:00
Title: relative to storage requirements for firearms.
SUPPORT (S)
1:30
Title: establishing a commission to study alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders who are primary caregivers. Total
SUPPORT (S)
2:00
Title: relative to the relinquishment of deadly weapons by those subject to a domestic violence protective order. SUPPORT (S)
3:30
Title: relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.
SUPPORT (S)(C)(EC)(T)(V)
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION see more 28 Jan
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Tuesday, 20 January
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House Election Law
HB 1487: 10:20 a.m. (D) This bill creates an independent commission to propose redistricting maps for the legislature to consider. The purpose is to support fairer elections. Suggest SUPPORT.
[HB 1300 (R) changes districts by R hands -- not independent.]
HB 1284: 11:00 a.m. (R) requires the voter's date of birth to be added to the checklist
Suggest OPPOSE.
HB 1342: 11:45 a.m. (R) This bill allows for absentee and Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act voter records to be accessed but prevents certain information relative to UOCAVA voters from being released. Suggest OPPOSE.
HB 1678: 1:00 p.m. (D) This bill allows for qualified voters to register to vote directly with the secretary of state. It also requires the secretary of state to create an online portal for direct voter registration. Suggest SUPPORT.
HB 1600: 1:20 p.m. (D&R) requiring the division of motor vehicles to make available the opportunity to register to vote at the time of application for or renewal of a drivers license or nondrivers identification card. Suggest SUPPORT.
​HB 1081: 1:50 p.m. (D) This bill requires political committees to certify with the secretary of state whether they have, or anticipate having, less than $1,000 in receipts or expenditures in an election cycle. Suggest SUPPORT
HB 1083: 2:15 p.m. (D) requiring the disclosure of the source of certain political donations in state elections. Suggest SUPPORT
​HB 1201: 2:30 p.m.​ (D) requiring certain political committees to disclose the identity of their donors. Suggest SUPPORT​​​​​​​​​​