Committee
New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee
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committee members
Joe Alexander (R)
Louise Andrus (R)
Paul Berch (D)
Dan Bergeron (D)
Timothy Horrigan (D)
Katelyn Kuttab (R)
Chair
Bob Lynn (R)
Vice Chair
Dennis Mannion (R)
Zoe Manos (D)
Donald McFarlane (R)
Jonathan Morton (R)
Mark Paige (D)
Kristine Perez (R)
Clerk
Katy Peternel (R)
Catherine Rombeau (D)
Marjorie Smith (D)
Richard Tripp (R)
Eric Turer (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CACR6 | Relating to the right to compute. Providing that the right of individuals to use computation resources shall not be infringed. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| CACR7 | Relating to the presumption of innocence. Providing that in all cases and suits of the state against one of the people, the defendant shall be innocent unless proven guilty. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| HB66 | Relative to material subject to disclosure under the right to know law. | Dead | 12/23/2024 |
| HB74 | Defining the term citizen for the purposes of the right to know law and including preliminary drafts circulated to a quorum of a majority of a public body as disclosable documents. | In Committee | 12/23/2024 |
| HB80 | Allowing a public body member's presence at a meeting by electronic or other means of communication only if physical presence is unavoidable. | Dead | 12/23/2024 |
| HB88 | Establishing community property trusts. | Dead | 12/23/2024 |
| HB98 | Relative to professional limited liability company (PLLC) assistant manager status. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/23/2024 |
| HB111 | Extending the position of right-to-know ombudsman for 2 years and exempting individuals who assist in the preparation of a right-to-know complaint at no charge from the unauthorized practice of law. | In Committee | 12/26/2024 |
| HB114 | Removing fees and charges for governmental records under the right-to-know law and reinstating potential liability for disclosure of information exempt from disclosure. | In Committee | 01/06/2025 |
| HB132 | Eliminating liability for support and recovery over certain indigent relations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/06/2025 |
| HB148 | Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances. | Vetoed | 01/06/2025 |
| HB164 | Relative to local records retention. | In Committee | 01/06/2025 |
| HB188 | Relative to contempt of the general court. | Crossed Over | 01/07/2025 |
| HB195 | Relative to the expectation of privacy in the collection and use of personal information. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| HB199 | Extending the statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| HB232 | Relative to the rights of conscience for medical professionals. | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| HB253 | Relative to interest-bearing pooled trust accounts maintained by lawyers. | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| HB254 | Relative to options for end of life care. | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| HB265 | Requiring that a public body's meeting minutes include start and end times of the meeting and the printed name of the recording secretary. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| HB268 | Relative to hearings before the board of tax and land appeals. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| HB273 | Relative to a parent's access to their minor child's library records. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| HB293 | Preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet access. | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| HB313 | Relative to non-public sessions at public meetings where discussion in public would likely affect a person's reputation. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| HB337 | Relative to the reporting requirements of the judicial council. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| HB369 | Relative to misdemeanor sexual assault prosecutions and relative to the duty to report for sexual offenders and offenders against children. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| HB376 | Specifying that library user information exempted from disclosure in the right-to-know law includes information regarding library cards and library membership status. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| HB391 | Relative to preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| HB400 | Requiring a public body's collective bargaining negotiations to be deemed public meetings and requiring that arguments made and information generated during the meetings be made available to the public under the right-to-know law. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| HB462 | Establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential premises. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| HB476 | Relative to restrictions on elective abortion. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB480 | Relative to restoration of competency to stand trial for criminal defendants. | Crossed Over | 01/13/2025 |
| HB485 | Authorizing persons who win the state lottery to remain anonymous. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB509 | Relative to the contents of the attorney general's annual report detailing state forfeiture information for the preceding fiscal year. | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| HB520 | Relative to authorizing hearing officers of the department of education to issue subpoenas. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB522 | Relative to the expectation of privacy in personal information maintained by the state. | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| HB580 | Relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB584 | Relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB587 | Allowing admission of one-party audio and video recordings in certain circumstances. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB593 | Relative to loss of consortium involving pets. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB601 | Relative to causes of action against companies that misstate the impacts of their business on the environment. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB611 | Relative to repayment regarding appointed counsel for indigent criminal defendants. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB614 | Relative to litigation alleging constitutional rights violations. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB615 | Relative to drug forfeiture proceedings. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB620 | Relative to the exercise of the freedom of religion. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB633 | Creating a legislative study committee to investigate the implementation of housing investment trusts in New Hampshire. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| HB641 | Establishing a private right of action for civil rights violations. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB666 | Relative to adding restitution payment for violations of the confidentiality of the library use records and adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential matters. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB687 | Relative to class action settlements and consent decrees. | Dead | 01/21/2025 |
| HB697 | Relative to witness fees in criminal cases. | Crossed Over | 01/21/2025 |
| HB722 | Relative to establishing causes of actions against educational institutions that charge excessive tuition rates. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| HB733 | Relative to reporting requirements for persons or entities financing lawsuits. | Crossed Over | 01/22/2025 |
| HB746 | Relative to an award of attorney's fees upon a successful appeal of a local property tax assessment. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| HB762 | Appropriating $30,000 to the judicial branch for the purpose of hiring a contractor to conduct a manual review of domestic violence and stalking cases and related criminal cases. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| HCR11 | Declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HR6 | Condemning the judicial doctrine of "disparate impact". | In Committee | 12/26/2024 |
| HR7 | Instructing the house of representatives to investigate whether grounds exist to impeach Judge David Ruoff. | In Committee | 01/07/2025 |
| SB141 | Extending the time to petition for a new trial in certain cases and relative to adding library cards and membership status to the list of confidential library user records. | Crossed Over | 03/28/2025 |
| SB146 | Relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| SB148 | Prohibiting those convicted of murder from financially profiting from the death of the victim. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| SB189 | Relative to fetal death records. | Crossed Over | 03/28/2025 |
| SB263 | Criminalizing and creating a private right of action for the facilitation, encouragement, offer, solicitation, or recommendation of certain acts or actions through a responsive generative communication to a child, and relative to the termination of tenancy at the expiration of the tenancy or lease term. | Crossed Over | 03/28/2025 |
| SB268 | Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. | Crossed Over | 03/28/2025 |