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State Senator
David Watters
(D) - New Hampshire
New Hampshire Senate District 04
In Office - Started: 12/05/2012

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB63 Relative to funding for the division of travel and tourism. This bill raises funds for the division of travel and tourism through from the meals and rooms tax. Crossed Over
SB99 Relative to regional career and technical education agreements. This bill extends access to career and technical education and requires regional CTE agreements to include an access program for full and part time students. Crossed Over
SB85 Relative to chartered bank lending limits. This bill: I. Raises the amount of money a bank can loan to a single borrower. II. Shortens the de novo status period for new banks. Crossed Over
SB210 Establishing a study committee to study the issue of school bullying. This bill creates a study committee to study the issue of school bullying. Crossed Over
SB185 Relative to office of professional licensure and certification investigations. This bill puts time limitations on investigations conducted by the office of professional licensure and certification in response to allegations of professional misconduct. Crossed Over
SB87 Relative to one day liquor license requirements and making salons and barber shops eligible for on-premise licenses. This bill allows for-profit organizations to receive a one day liquor license and makes barber shops, salons, and spas eligible for on-premises licenses. Crossed Over
SB222 Relative to moving the state primary date. This bill moves the state primary date to June. Crossed Over
SB198 Declaring the third week in September to be New Hampshire service dog week. This bill declares the third week in September to be New Hampshire service dog week. Crossed Over
SB163 Repealing the temporary moratoria and limitation on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans. This bill repeals the authority for a local legislative body to adopt an ordinance establishing a temporary moratoria and limitations on building permits and the approval of subdivisions and site plans. Crossed Over
SB165 Relative to the audit requirements for consumer cooperative associations. This bill increases the threshold for an annual audit or review of a consumers' cooperative association's books. Crossed Over
HB753 Relative to expedited due process hearings to enforce special education rights. This bill requires that expedited due process hearings must not exceed the timelines applicable to regular due process hearings in actions to enforce special education rights. Passed
HB569 Relative to the establishment of county-wide communication districts. This bill allows counties to initiate the establishment of county-wide communications districts. Passed
HB168 Relative to including municipal public works facilities as eligible capital facilities for the assessment of impact fees. This bill enables municipalities to enact impact fees on developments to help meet the need occasioned by that development for construction or improvement of public works facilities. Passed
SB12 Relative to adding eligibility for a disability placard for certain veterans. This bill allows individuals who have received a special number plate for certain veterans under RSA 261:86 to automatically qualify for a walking disability placard based on their evaluation by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, eliminating the need for additional proof. Crossed Over
SB30 Proclaiming the Virginia opossum the state marsupial of New Hampshire and relative to the penalty for incorrect application of fertilizers. This bill proclaims the Virginia opossum the state marsupial of New Hampshire and renames such opossums within the borders of the state as "New Hampshire opossums." Crossed Over
HB397 Establishing a multi-agency task force chaired by the department of safety. This bill establishes a multi-agency task force to identify solutions to increase law enforcement presence and patrols on New Hampshire waterways. Dead
HB710 Enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators. This bill: I. Defines "advanced nuclear resource" (ANR) and includes ANR options alongside renewable energy sources for utility services. II. Sets limitations and guidelines for investments in distributed electric generation. III. Clarifies the coordinator's duties in nuclear development and regulatory activities. IV. Allows the department of energy or the electric distribution utilities, or both, to issue requests for proposals (RFPs) for multi-year agreements for energy, in conjunction with or independent of any attendant environmental attributes from electric energy sources, and coordinate with one or more New England states in issuing this RFP. V. Modifies the scope and capacity limits of community solar projects, including expanding the annual cap for low-moderate income community solar projects from 6 MW to 18 MW. VI. Allows group net metering members to sign agreements with multiple group hosts, as long as their combined allocated load does not exceed their total load. VII. Expands the definition of "political subdivision" to include public housing authorities and explains eligibility for participation in group net metering. Crossed Over
HB457 Relative to zoning restrictions on dwelling units. This bill prohibits the legislative body of a city, town, village district, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places from adopting or enforcing any ordinance that restricts the number of occupants of any dwelling unit to less than 2 occupants per bedroom or is based on the familial or non-familial relationships or marital status, occupation, employment status, or the educational status, including but not limited to scholastic enrollment or academic achievement at any level among the occupants of the dwelling unit, including but not limited to college students. Crossed Over
HB696 Relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities. This bill provides: I. That an electric generating facility exempt from the utility property tax and making a payment in lieu of taxes to the municipality shall not be responsible for payment of the state education tax until such agreement expires or until July 1, 2032, whichever occurs first. II. For calculation and payment of the utility property tax in future agreements. Crossed Over
SB98 Extending the donations to regional career and technical education center programs. This bill extends the authority of school districts to accept charitable donations to offset costs of career and technical education center programs. Crossed Over
SB272 Relative to electric-vehicle charging station funding. This bill authorizes towns to create revolving funds for installation and maintenence of electric vehicle charging stations. This bill prohibits any person not driving an emergency vehicle from stopping, standing, or parking in a parking place designated for electric vehicles. Crossed Over
SB273 Relative to motorist duties when approaching highway emergencies involving a stopped or standing vehicle. This bill adds stopped or standing vehicles as highway emergencies requiring approaching drivers to give a wide berth. Crossed Over
SB271 Relative to qualifications for issuing veteran license plates to include General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions. This bill broadens the eligibility criteria for special numbered plates for veterans and special veteran designations on driver's license to include not only those veterans defined in RSA 21:50, I(a) but also those who received a general discharge under honorable conditions. Crossed Over
SB170 Relative to development and related requirements in cities, towns, and municipalities. This bill: I. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from restricting certain development-related activities. II. Requires cities, towns, and municipalities to allow for septic systems, wells, electric systems, drainage structures, and other utilities to be placed in open spaces or perimeter buffers of subdivisions. III. Prohibits cities, towns, and municipalities from mandating that occupants of housing units be related by blood or marriage. IV. Adopts limits on road frontage requirements and setbacks for lot lines to improve housing density, ensuring these requirements are consistent with existing shoreland protection and environmental standards. Crossed Over
SB195 Relative to the composition and duties of the New Hampshire advisory council on career and technical education. This bill changes the composition and duties of the advisory council on career and technical education. Crossed Over
HB140 Establishing a voluntary "blue envelope" program for drivers with autism spectrum disorders and trauma and stressor-related disorders. This bill establishes a program, named the blue envelope program, where a motor vehicle driver with an autism spectrum disorder or trauma and stressor-related disorder may carry and present to law enforcement a blue envelope containing written information and guidance on effective communication with the driver. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB211 Relative to the use of air rifles for hunting game. This bill: I. Allows the taking of game in New Hampshire with air rifles. II. Further defines "air rifle." III. Requires the fish and game commission to make rules creating and administering a hunting tag program for air rifle hunting. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB171 Relative to required pay for remote work. This bill excludes employees who work remotely from certain reporting-time payment requirements. Crossed Over
SB292 Relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education. This bill authorizes the governor to draw a warrant from the general fund to fund the state's obligation to distribute special education aid to school districts. Crossed Over
SB300 Criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations. This bill makes it a class B felony and a tier II registrable offense for a person to knowingly create, produce, manufacture, or direct an intimate visual representation of a child without the parent or guardian's consent. Crossed Over
HB156 Relative to the duties of the advisory committee on state procurement. This bill creates an advisory committee on state procurement of agricultural products to review state procurement policies and make recommendations to encourage local food production and conservation. Crossed Over
HB105 Creating a new conservation license plate and directing the additional fee to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund. This bill creates the "Love NH Lakes" number plate and directs that the residual amount of the special fee for the plate and royalties and proceeds from the commercial use of its design be deposited in the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund. Crossed Over
HB416 Prohibiting the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state. This bill prohibits the intentional disposal of yard waste into the surface waters of the state and provides a penalty therefor. Crossed Over
HB354 Relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors. This bill permits the board of education to offer a certificate of eligibility to individuals interested in becoming career and technical educators in identified specialty areas. Crossed Over
HB373 Relative to the management and regulation of town real property. This bill: I. Requires selectmen to obtain an approval vote to rent or lease a specified real property owned by the town for a period of more than one year and up to 99 years. II. Provides that selectmen can enter into leases of any real property owned by the town for up to one year without action by the legislative body, and that selectmen may be granted universal authority by an approval vote of the legislative body to enter into leases of any real property owned by the town for up to 5 years. Crossed Over
SB54 Relative to refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration and penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. This bill modifies periods of suspension under different circumstances stemming from a refusal of consent to testing to determine alcohol concentration. This bill further modifies the penalties for aggravated driving while intoxicated. Crossed Over
SB58 Relative to venue in criminal prosecutions of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. This bill broadens criminal venue to allow for prosecution of the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting in the jurisdiction where either the death occurred or where the manufacturing, selling, or dispensing took place. Crossed Over
HB658 Raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund. This bill raises the cap on reimbursement from the oil discharge an disposal cleanup fund for owners of on-premise-use facilities who have demonstrated financial need. This bill is a request of the department of environmental services. Crossed Over
HB616 Relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. This bill prohibits the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of abuse of animals unless such person is charged with cruelty to animals or the animals require temporary protective custody. This bill also requires the state veterinarian or their designee to accompany an investigating officer when livestock are the subject of a cruelty case in order to set probable cause criteria for the taking of the animal. Crossed Over
HB612 Enabling the division of motor vehicles to create a temporary traditional driver's license for youth operators about to turn 21. This bill allows the division of motor vehicles to create a temporary traditional driver's license for youth operators whose youth operator license will expire in 30 days or less. Crossed Over
SB235 Enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire and allowing the fish and game department to collect donations at sites approved by the executive director. This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire. Crossed Over
SB143 Relative to the impaired driver care management program and recovery residences. This bill modifies the requirements for the impaired driver care management program and when it is required. This bill further amends the certification standards for recovery houses. This bill is a request of the department of health and human services. Crossed Over
HB752 Relative to procedures for the closing of a charter school. This bill adds to the procedures for the closing of a chartered public school, requires records to be kept either by a chartered public school, or in the event of its closure, by the department of education, for 60 years, and establishes the closed charter schools fund for the collection of transcript request fees. Crossed Over
HB371 Relative to the definition of occasional food service establishment. This bill expands the definition of occasional food service establishment. Passed
HB165 Relative to the maximum amount of disaster relief funding provided to municipalities after a natural disaster. This bill increases the maximum annual amount of disaster relief funding a municipality may receive from the state disaster relief fund. Passed
HB73 Relative to harm reduction, substance misuse, and the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. This bill defines harm reduction and drug misuse for purposes of alcohol and drug misuse treatment and prevention and establishes a substance use disorder access point program. Passed
HB631 Permitting residential building in commercial zoning. This bill allows multifamily or mixed-use developments as a permitted use by right in certain urban municipalities, outlines specific zoning regulations that cannot be imposed on such developments, and provides definitions for key terms. Crossed Over
HB672 To allow for off-grid electricity providers in New Hampshire. This bill defines "off-grid electricity providers" and establishes a specific category for off-grid electricity providers, exempting them from certain regulations as long as they remain independent from the regulated electric grid. Crossed Over
HB437 Providing specific curative measures for undischarged mortgages. This bill establishes automatic discharge periods for undischarged mortgages based on whether their term or maturity date is stated or not. Crossed Over
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. This bill creates an exception to the 3-year timeframe to petition for a new trial. Crossed Over
SB233 Relative to the grid modernization advisory group. This bill establishes the energy reliability and large-scale storage task force to develop market-based solutions and programs for electric system reliability using energy storage. The bill also repeals RSA 374-H:3 related to the department of energy investigation of energy storage. Crossed Over
SB252 Relative to criteria for providing certain medical care through telemedicine. This bill modifies the requirements for the use of telemedicine to prescribe non-opioids and opioids classified in schedules II through IV, including authorizing physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to do so. Crossed Over
SB217 Relative to public notice of historic tax rates and tax impacts of proposed projects. This bill requires cities and towns to provide public notice of historical tax rates and proposed building projects. Crossed Over
SB196 Relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects. This bill exempts certain agency projects of not more than $1,000,000 from the department of administrative services competitive bidding requirements. The current statute exempts such projects if the estimated total cost is not more than $500,000. The bill also provides that the change in law is contingent on additional staffing within the department of military affairs and veterans services. Crossed Over
SB184 Recognizing the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. This bill establishes the second Thursday in October as children's environmental health day. Crossed Over
SB150 Defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures. This bill: I. Defines electric vehicle charging station. II. Charges a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures. III. Authorizes the department of agriculture, markets, and food to appropriate funds for electric vehicle charging station testing and certification. Crossed Over
SB160 Relative to the administration of raffles. This bill changes requirements for the sale of raffle tickets held in conjuction with bingo games and raises the maximum value tickets may be sold for. Crossed Over
SB146 Relative to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record. This bill amends requirements for viewing of a deceased body in regard to medical examiner's certificates and medical certification of the death record. This bill is a request of the department of justice and the office of the chief medical examiner. Crossed Over
SB108 Relative to the department of energy. This bill transfers specific regulatory and adjudicative responsibilities from the public utilities commission to the department of energy, including prohibiting unauthorized telecommunications service provision, protecting ratepayer communication preferences, and refining net energy metering, assessment, complaint, investigation, and aggregation procedures. Crossed Over
SB228 Relative to the limitations on community customer generators. This bill: I. Modifies the scope and capacity limits of the community solar projects, as well as the terminology used to describe the beneficiaries. II. Places limits on the size of the solar arrays for low-moderate income community solar projects. III. Ensures that group net metering members can sign agreements with multiple group hosts, regardless of on-bill crediting participation, as long as the combined load doesn't exceed their total load. IV. Expands the definition of "political subdivision" to include not-for-profits, while removing the previous specification about special purpose entities. Crossed Over
SB232 Clarifying certain net metering terms and conditions. This bill allows renewable energy generators in ISO-NE electricity markets to retain their market participant status while qualifying for net metering tariffs, modifies requirements for the development and review of alternative net metering tariffs, and clarifies metering practices for customer-generators. Crossed Over
SB192 Establishing a committee to study enhanced coordination between county correctional facilities, the department of corrections, and the department of health and human services. This bill establishes a committee to study implementation of a justice system unique identification number, a unified client information system for justice agencies, and relevant data dashboards. Crossed Over
SB230 Relative to electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources. This bill: I. Adds a definition of "small modular reactors" to the electric utility restructuring chapter. II. Modifies the definition of "distributed energy resources" to include the new definition of "small modular reactors." Crossed Over
SB194 Relative to qualifications for cosmetologists. This bill reduces the amount of hours of training in a school of cosmetology required for a person to be issued a cosmetologist's license. Crossed Over
SB236 Relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy. This bill transfers the electric assistance program from the public utilities commission to the department of energy. This bill is a request of the department of energy. Crossed Over
HB451 Establishing the paint product stewardship program. This bill establishes the paint product stewardship program. Crossed Over
HB226 Relative to the use of drug checking equipment. This bill amends and adds definitions to the Controlled Drug Act to exclude drug checking equipment from being considered drug paraphernalia and authorizes the use of drug checking equipment. Crossed Over
HB355 Relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. This bill changes a member on the solid waste working group and extends the due dates for interim and final reports. Crossed Over
SB51 Relative to decal fees and the statewide public boat access program. This bill ensures decal fees cannot be diverted from the statewide public boat access program. Crossed Over
SB149 Relative to the crime of aggravated driving while intoxicated. This bill adds wrong-way driving to the list of aggravating factors that can elevate a driving while intoxicated offense to an aggravated driving while intoxicated offense. This bill is at the request of the department of safety. Crossed Over
SB189 Relative to fetal death records. This bill changes and updates requirements and procedures for fetal death records. This bill is at the request of the secretary of state. Crossed Over
SB106 Relative to the participation of customer generators in net energy metering. This bill requires large customer-generators participating in net energy metering to consume at least 33 percent of their own generation. Crossed Over
HB655 Relative to fish and game violations, permits, and licenses. This bill: I. Increases the restitution for the illegal taking or possession of certain animals, and make such restitution mandatory. II. Allows for an increased hunting license suspension for a third violation of a fish and game law or regulation. III. Establishes a class A misdemeanor penalty for a third-offense violation of fish and game offenses that carry a license suspension penalty. IV. Removes the requirement that a crossbow permit issued for certain persons with a disability be perpetual. V. Adds Atlantic menhaden to the list of species that nonresidents may not take unless the state in which such person is a resident provides a reciprocal licensing privilege for residents of this state. Crossed Over
SB200 Relative to accepting a portrait of Sylvia Larsen. This bill authorizes the joint legislative historical committee to accept a portrait of Sylvia Larsen. Crossed Over
SB186 Relative to a portrait in the likeness of Senator Jeb Bradley at the state house. This bill authorizes the joint legislative historical committee to accept a gift of a portrait of Senator Jeb Bradley. Crossed Over
HB704 Relative to caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs and making an appropriation therefor. This bill makes appropriations to the department of health and human services for the purpose of funding the Alzheimer's disease and related disorder (ADRD) caregiver respite program, the foster grandparent program, the retired senior volunteer program, and the senior companions program. In Committee
SB86 Relative to the housing finance authority's affordable housing guarantee program. This bill established a affordable housing guarantee program within the housing finance authority to promote affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons. In Committee
SB275 Providing property tax relief for some child care agencies. This bill provides property tax exemptions for some child care agencies. Dead
SB264 Relative to the therapeutic cannabis program. This bill amends the definition of "provider" for purposes of the therapeutic cannabis program to require a physician assistant to prescribe consistent with a collaboration agreement if such an agreement is required; clarifies that provider concerns that are required to be sent to the applicable regulatory authority includes New Hampshire regulatory authorities; and adds that prohibitions applicable to providers also applies to analogous interactions with out-of-state entities. This bill is a request of the department of health and human services. In Committee
SB237 Relative to the office of the consumer advocate and the site evaluation committee. This bill adds the interests represented by the consumer advocate into the definition of "material interest" resulting in the consumer advocate having a role in the proceedings of the site evaluation committee, particularly in matters affecting residential utility consumers. Dead
HB460 Relative to utility investments in distributed energy resources. This bill further defines a factor that the public utilities commission must consider to determine public interest prior to authorizing a utility's rate recovery for its portion of investments. In Committee
HB363 Establishing redistricting criteria. This bill establishes redistricting criteria. In Committee
HB141 Relative to campaign disclosures for limited liability companies. This bill defines how political contributions received from limited liability companies are divided amongst the members of the limited liability company for the purpose of determining compliance of donors with the contribution limits. In Committee
SB277 Relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities. This bill provides: I. That an electric generating facility exempt from the utility property tax and making a payment in lieu of taxes to the municipality shall not be responsible for payment of the state education tax until such agreement expires or until July 1, 2032, whichever occurs first. II. For calculation and payment of the utility property tax in future agreements. In Committee
SB288 Establishing an advisory council on the system of care for healthy aging in New Hampshire. This bill directs the commission on aging to establish an advisory council on the system of care for healthy aging in New Hampshire. In Committee
SB279 Establishing the housing champion business loan program and making appropriations to the department of business and economic affairs and the business finance authority. This bill: I. Allows housing champion communities to participate in a business loan program administered by the business finance authority and makes an appropriation to fund such loans. II. Makes an appropriation to the department of business and economic affairs for deposit in the housing champion designation and grant program fund. In Committee
SB303 Directing the commissioner of the department of education to compile a report on the effects of the dissolution of the United States Department of Education on New Hampshire and its residents. This bill directs the commissioner of the department of education to compile a report on the effects of the dissolution of the United States Department of Education on New Hampshire and its residents. In Committee
SB304 Directing the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to assemble a report on the effects of tariffs on Canada and New Hampshire residents. This bill directs the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to assemble a report on the effects of tariffs on Canada and New Hampshire residents. In Committee
SB244 Relative to expanding access to primary health care services, increasing the size of the health care workforce, and making appropriations therefor. This bill expands access to primary health care services by directing the department of health and human services to amend its contract with the Bi-State Primary Care Association's Recruitment Center in order to expand health care workforce recruitment and retention efforts and increases funding for such programs. The bill also makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for opioid treatment providers. In Committee
HB759 Relative to community energy generators. This bill defines community generators as customer-generators serving municipal or county aggregations or serving competitive electricity suppliers and clarifies how such generators are accounted for. The bill provides that such customer-generators are not on utility default service and specifies how line loss adjustments are to be accounted for. In Committee
CACR2 Relating to the drawing of district boundaries. Providing that no district boundaries shall be drawn in a way that favors or disfavors any political party or candidate. Relating to the drawing of district boundaries. Providing that no district boundaries shall be drawn in a way that favors or disfavors any political party or candidate. In Committee
HB496 Requiring the liquor commission to distribute certain information in liquor stores. This bill requires the liquor commission to produce and distribute information about alcohol use disorder at liquor stores. In Committee
HB692 Relative to utility companies adopting advanced meters. This bill requires electric distribution utilities under the public utilities commission, which have not yet implemented or are not in the process of implementing interval and advanced metering functionality, to develop a plan to make such metering available to customers on an opt-in basis. In Committee
HB641 Establishing a private right of action for civil rights violations. This bill allows a person who is the subject of a civil rights violation to bring suit and receive punitive damages. In Committee
HB674 Relative to non-wire alternatives, time-of-use tariffs, and multi-year rate settings. This bill: I. Defines non-wire alternatives, time-of-use pricing, and time-of-use tariffs. II. Requires the department of energy and public utilities commission to regulate non-wire alternatives, time-of-use pricing, time-of-use tariffs, and multi-year rate cases. In Committee
HB760 Relative to utility default service. This bill clarifies certain policy principles regarding electric utility default service, including default service rates and recovery for over or under collection. The bill also repeals certain electric utility restructuring policy principles regarding universal service and the provision of default service. In Committee
HB761 Relative to customer energy storage. This bill provides that the department of energy shall adopt rules relative to installation and use of energy storage systems. The bill also provides that the public utilities commission may approve tariffs and issue orders in adjudicated proceedings consistent with, or in the absence of such rules. In Committee
HB755 Relative to the state's electric utility market. This bill revises the definition of grid modernization to reference cost-effective measures intended to create a competitive market place of electricity suppliers, defines "load reducer" for purposes of electric utility restructuring; and establishes certain retail market reforms intended to enable innovation. In Committee
HB389 Requiring candidates to attest they have not spent more than $1,000 in an election. This bill requires candidates to attest that they have not spent more than $1,000 in an election. In Committee
HB199 Extending the statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This bill extends the statute of limitation on civil actions brought relative to damage caused by PFAS. In Committee
HB329 Relative to school district policies governing air quality and temperature issues in schools. This bill requires school boards to develop a policy governing air quality and temperature issues in schools, as well as a heat illness prevention and emergency response plan. In Committee
HB619 Making an appropriation to the solid waste management fund. This bill makes a nonlapsing $1,000,000 appropriation for the 2025-2027 biennium to the solid waste management fund. In Committee
SB55 Providing temporary exemptions from the land use change tax for qualifying housing projects. This bill provides temporary exemptions from the land use change tax for qualifying housing projects. Dead
HB535 Relative to defining the role of the public utilities commission. This bill clarifies and eliminates certain grants of authority to the public utilities commission, and requires, in any contested case before the commission to which the department of energy and the office of the consumer advocate are parties, the commission to approve by order any settlement agreement to which all parties are a signatory, unless the commission determines after hearing that any settlement provision is contrary to law. This bill is at the request of the office of the consumer advocate. In Committee
SB123 Requiring coverage of ear acupuncture as a treatment for substance misuse under the state Medicaid plan. This bill requires coverage of ear acupuncture as a treatment for substance misuse under the state Medicaid plan. In Committee
SB132 Relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics. This bill requires health insurance policies to provide coverage for adult prosthetics, including activity-specific prosthetic devices. Current law requires such coverage for children's prosthetics. In Committee
HB599 Establishing a committee to examine weatherization initiatives for homes in New Hampshire. This bill establishes a committee to examine weatherization initiatives for homes in New Hampshire. In Committee
SB81 Increasing the annual real estate transfer tax revenue contribution and making an appropriation to the affordable housing fund. This bill increases the amount of annual real estate transfer tax revenues that are transferred to the affordable housing fund. In Committee
SB122 Relative to financial eligibility for the Medicare savings program. This bill directs the department of health and human services to remove asset limits and increase income thresholds for the Medicare savings program and to submit any amendment to the state Medicaid plan required for implementation. In Committee
SB199 Relative to establishing a new recruitment and retention program for new New Hampshire state troopers. This bill creates and enumerates the parameters for a new recruitment and retention program for new New Hampshire state troopers. In Committee
SB224 Relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit. This bill allows towns and cities to adopt an increase of the optional veterans’ tax credit against property taxes up to $1000. Dead
SB276 Relative to raising the research and development tax credit. This bill: I. Raises the aggregate value of all research and development tax credits that can be claimed. II. Raises the hard cap on the research and development tax credit an entity can claim. In Committee
SB216 Relative to the authority of moderators on election day. This bill defines the authority of moderators on election day over electioneering corridors and electioneering areas. Dead
SB208 Requiring local school boards and public libraries to adopt curation policies. This bill requires school districts and library board of trustees to adopt policies governing material curation and removal, and indemnifies staff for complying with such policies. In Committee
SB207 Requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program. This bill transfers the administration of the education freedom account program under RSA 194-F from scholarship organizations to the department of education. Dead
SB214 Enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting. This bill allows for no-excuse absentee registration and voting. Dead
SB176 Relative to the state minimum hourly rate. This bill provides for increases in the minimum hourly rate. Dead
HB536 Relative to a cost of living adjustment in the state retirement system. This bill provides a cost of living adjustment to members of the New Hampshire retirement system who have been retired for at least 60 months as of July 1, 2025. In Committee
HB490 Relative to indemnification for municipalities adopting policies to address homelessness. This bill allows public property to be used to aid and shelter the homeless and indemnifies the governmental unit from claims for injury related to such aid and shelter absent intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for safety. In Committee
HB573 Relative to the funding for search and rescue operations of the fish and game department and making an appropriation therefor. This bill provides that general funds shall be used for funding search and rescue operations of the fish and game department and authorizes the executive director of fish and game to invest in technology necessary to enable the solicitation and collection of donations. Such funds collected shall be credited to the fish and game search and rescue fund. This bill also makes an appropriation to the fish and game department to purchase technology necessary to enable the solicitation and collection of donations. In Committee
HB603 Relative to increasing the adequacy grant for pupils receiving special education services. This bill increases the annual cost of an adequate eduction for each pupil in ADMR receiving special education services. In Committee
HB125 Relative to electing Strafford county commissioners at-large. This bill changes how county commissioners are elected in Strafford county and provides that all county commissioners shall be elected at large. In Committee
SB203 Relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program. This bill changes income eligibility and reporting requirements for the education freedom account program and modifies the program's administration and oversight. Dead
HB443 Relative to terms of appointed members on the higher education commission. This bill clarifies the terms of membership for members of the higher education commission. In Committee
HB121 Establishing local school district special education parent advisory councils. This bill requires school administrative units to establish a special education parent advisory council. In Committee
SB59 Establishing a recruitment incentive program within the community college system for public safety communicators and dispatchers and making an appropriation therefor. This bill expands the law enforcement, firefighter, and EMT recruitment and retention program in the community college system to include public safety communicators and dispatchers. The bill also establishes the police standards and training recruitment and retention fund, administered by the police standards and training council, and transfers a sum to the newly established fund for New Hampshire police academy cost reimbursement. In Committee
SB53 Relative to natural organic reduction of human remains. This bill allows for the natural organic reduction of human remains and provides for regulation of the practice. In Committee
HB589 Defining and prohibiting wanton animal waste and prohibiting certain wildlife hunting contests. This bill defines and prohibits wanton animal waste and prohibits certain wildlife hunting contests. In Committee
SB70 Creating a mobile driver's license and non-driver identification card. This bill directs the division of motor vehicles to create mobile drivers' licenses and non-driver identification cards, as well as an electronic management system to manage all aspects of their utilization. In Committee
HB578 Erecting a sound barrier along the F.E. Everett Turnpike. This bill requires the department of transportation to install sound barriers along a certain segment of the F.E. Everett turnpike in the town of Merrimack. In Committee
SB234 Relative to the electric assistance program. This bill: I. Establishes an advisory council for the electric assistance program. II. Caps the system benefits charge for the program at 2 mills (or 0.2 cents) per kilowatt-hour, with adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. The bill is a request of the office of the consumer advocate. Dead
SB239 Appropriating funds to the fish and game department for continuing environmental review and to cover a deficit for previously instituted salary increases. This bill makes an appropriation to the fish and game department for continuing environmental review for threatened and endangered species and makes an appropriation to the fish and game fund. In Committee
SB242 Relative to the cost of living adjustments for certain group II retirees in the New Hampshire retirement system. This bill establishes a cost of living adjustment in 2025 to be paid by the retirement system on the first $50,000 of a retired group II member's or beneficiary's allowance. The cost of this supplemental allowance is paid from the state general fund. In Committee
SB219 Requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. This bill requires the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. Dead
SB115 Making an appropriation for regional drinking water infrastructure. This bill makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services to fund regional drinking water infrastructure. In Committee
SB155 Relative to highway toll credits. This bill allows the use of toll credits as a match for federal highway funds for certain projects, including municipal, county, and non-profit projects, while requiring legislative approval for other uses. In Committee
SB117 Making an appropriation to the department of education to fund the online tutoring program. This bill makes an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the department of education to fund the online tutoring program and requires the department to report on the program annually. In Committee
HB681 Establishing a statewide online energy data platform. This bill outlines the framework and operational guidelines for an online energy data platform, as approved by the commission in Order No. 26,589 on March 2, 2022. In Committee
SB111 Authorizing a reliability indexing credit pilot program. This bill establishes a reliability indexing credit pilot program for the procurement of reliability indexing credits from qualified energy storage resources, defines related terms, and authorizes the public utilities commission to approve multi-year agreements and cost recovery mechanisms. In Committee
SB158 Raising the funding cap for the New Hampshire community development finance authority. This bill raising the funding cap for the New Hampshire community development finance authority. In Committee
SB120 Relative to insurance coverage for biomarker testing. This bill requires health insurance coverage for biomarker testing. The bill also requires the state Medicaid plan to include coverage for biomarker testing. In Committee
SB191 Relative to registration of vehicles in a fleet of 25 or more. This bill establishes a 5-year fleet vehicle registration program in the division of motor vehicles for fleets of 25 vehicles or more. In Committee
SB290 Relative to the definition of "torture" in animal abuse cases. This bill defines torture within the animal cruelty statute. In Committee
HB465 Relative to the housing opportunity zone program. This bill provides income verification requirements for housing opportunity zones. In Committee
HB246 Directing the state conservation committee to implement the conservation district climate resilience grant program and making an appropriation therefor. This bill directs the state conservation committee to implement the conservation district climate resilience grant program and makes an appropriation therefor. In Committee
HB169 Relative to a quorum of the public utilities commission. This bill defines "majority" of the public utilities commission to be a 2/3 majority regardless of any vacancies and further defines the commission as a regulatory agency. In Committee
HB61 Creating a committee to study the laws relative to oyster harvesting. This bill creates a committee to study the laws relative to oyster harvesting. In Committee
HB339 Relative to municipal master plans. This bill expands the scope of the master plan to include preservation of agriculture land and promotion of food production enterprises as well as any other relevant topics. In Committee
HB576 Relative to tracking the number of ALS diagnoses in the state. This bill adds ALS to the critical health problems reporting act. In Committee
HB422 Increasing penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act. This bill increases penalties for violations of the shoreland and water quality protection act. In Committee
HB334 Relative to the comprehensive state development plan. This bill adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning protecting natural resources and identifying environmental threats. In Committee
HB332 Allowing for the establishment of a village district to protect and remediate surface waters. This bill allows for consistent environmental policies for towns that share a body of water. In Committee
SB159 Establishing a marine habitat fee. This bill establishes a marine habitat fee and a marine habitat fee fund. Dead
SB240 Making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for eligible water projects. This bill makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services for the purpose of making payments to communities for projects for new awards and for making payments for projects that have previously been awarded state aid grant funding for eligible and completed wastewater infrastructure projects. In Committee
HB604 Relative to a loan forgiveness program for low-income homeowners to build new accessory dwelling units or renovate existing structures into accessory dwelling units. This bill establishes a conditional loan forgiveness program to encourage lower-income homeowners to construct or renovate accessory dwelling units. In Committee
HB106 Establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs. This bill establishes a commission to determine the financial cost of climate damage to New Hampshire and methods of recouping such costs. In Committee
SB20 Relative to payment by the state of a portion of retirement system contributions of political subdivision employers. This bill provides that the state shall pay 7.5 percent of contributions of retirement system employers other than the state for group I teachers and group II members. In Committee
SB35 Making an appropriation for rail trail project matching funds. This bill appropriates funds to the department of transportation to be granted to the town of Warner as matching funds for a section of the rail trail in Warner. In Committee
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB57 Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/22/2025 Nay
HB57 Relative to the standards applicable to bail in criminal matters. Committee Amendment 05/22/2025 Nay
HB148 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain circumstances. Ought to Pass 05/22/2025 Nay
HB446 Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools. Ought to Pass 05/22/2025 Nay
HB446 Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools. Floor Amendment 05/22/2025 Yea
HB446 Relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools. Inexpedient to Legislate 05/22/2025 Yea
HB90 Relative to the definition of part-time teachers. Committee Amendment 05/15/2025 Yea
HB71 Prohibiting the use of the facilities of a public elementary school, a public secondary school, or an institution of higher education to provide shelter for aliens who have not been admitted into the United States and relative to department of health and human services contracts. Ought to Pass 05/15/2025 Nay
HB282 Increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty. Laid on Table 05/15/2025 Nay
HB282 Increasing the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty. Laid on Table 05/15/2025 Nay
HB356 Enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Inexpedient to Legislate 05/15/2025 Yea
HB324 Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools. Ought to Pass 05/15/2025 Nay
HB324 Relative to prohibiting obscene or harmful sexual materials in schools. Floor Amendment 05/15/2025 Yea
HB511 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Ought to Pass 05/15/2025 Nay
HB557 Relative to the information that appears on the school budget ballot. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/15/2025 Nay
SB62 Relative to law enforcement participation in a federal immigration program and relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Concur 05/15/2025 Nay
HB649 Removing the requirement for physical safety inspections and on-board diagnostic tests for passenger vehicles and eliminating funding for the motor vehicle air pollution abatement fund. Rereferred 05/15/2025 Yea
HB699 Relative to special education definitions. Ought to Pass 05/15/2025 Nay
HB768 Allowing public schools to contract with any approved nonpublic school. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/15/2025 Nay
HB771 Relative to funding for open enrollment schools. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/15/2025 Nay
SB138 Relative to record requests by health care providers. Concur 05/15/2025 Nay
SB105 Enabling towns to adopt budget caps. Concur 05/15/2025 Nay
HB190 Relative to therapeutic cannabis possession limits. Laid on Table 05/08/2025 Nay
HB381 Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Laid on Table 05/08/2025 Nay
HB381 Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
HB381 Limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Committee Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
HB380 Relative to penalties for criminal violations of the therapeutic use of cannabis. Laid on Table 05/08/2025 Nay
HB551 Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
HB551 Repealing the license to sell pistols and revolvers and limiting liability for certain design features of firearms. Floor Amendment 05/08/2025 Nay
HB226 Relative to the use of drug checking equipment. Laid on Table 05/01/2025 Nay
HB198 Relative to legalizing certain quantities of cannabis and establishing penalties for the smoking or vaping of cannabis in public. Laid on Table 05/01/2025 Nay
HB319 Relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten. Ought to Pass 05/01/2025 Nay
HB53 Permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. Laid on Table 04/17/2025 Nay
HB53 Permitting qualifying patients and designated caregivers to cultivate cannabis for therapeutic use. Inexpedient to Legislate 04/17/2025 Nay
HB75 Legalizing cannabis for persons 21 years of age or older. Laid on Table 04/17/2025 Nay
HB231 Prohibiting school district personnel from transporting students to medical or mental health appointments, visits, or procedures without parental consent. Ought to Pass 04/17/2025 Yea
SB83 Establishing an elderly, disabled, blind, and deaf property tax exemption reimbursement fund, authorizing video lottery terminals, renaming the lottery commission, and creating a voluntary statewide self-exclusion database. Floor Amendment 03/27/2025 Yea
SB83 Establishing an elderly, disabled, blind, and deaf property tax exemption reimbursement fund, authorizing video lottery terminals, renaming the lottery commission, and creating a voluntary statewide self-exclusion database. Floor Amendment 03/27/2025 Yea
SB83 Establishing an elderly, disabled, blind, and deaf property tax exemption reimbursement fund, authorizing video lottery terminals, renaming the lottery commission, and creating a voluntary statewide self-exclusion database. Floor Amendment 03/27/2025 Yea
SB83 Establishing an elderly, disabled, blind, and deaf property tax exemption reimbursement fund, authorizing video lottery terminals, renaming the lottery commission, and creating a voluntary statewide self-exclusion database. Floor Amendment 03/27/2025 Yea
SB96 Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB96 Relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB275 Providing property tax relief for some child care agencies. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/27/2025 Nay
SB275 Providing property tax relief for some child care agencies. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/27/2025 Nay
SB268 Permitting classification of individuals based on biological sex under certain limited circumstances. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/27/2025 Nay
SB211 Relative to biological sex in student athletics. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB211 Relative to biological sex in student athletics. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB260 Relative to access to abortion care. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/27/2025 Nay
SB260 Relative to access to abortion care. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/27/2025 Nay
SB287 Requiring applicants for absentee ballots to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Nay
SB300 Criminalizing the creation of child intimate visual representations. Ought to Pass 03/27/2025 Yea
SB304 Directing the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to assemble a report on the effects of tariffs on Canada and New Hampshire residents. Laid on Table 03/27/2025 Nay
HB592 Relative to magistrates and the standards applicable to and the administration of bail. Ought to Pass 03/20/2025 Yea
HB592 Relative to magistrates and the standards applicable to and the administration of bail. Ought to Pass 03/20/2025 Yea
SB72 Establishing a parents' bill of rights in education. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/20/2025 Nay
SB84 Relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/20/2025 Yea
SB134 Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program. Ought to Pass 03/20/2025 Nay
SB33 Relative to the regulation of public school materials. Ought to Pass 03/13/2025 Nay
SB33 Relative to the regulation of public school materials. Rereferred 03/13/2025 Yea
SB33 Relative to the regulation of public school materials. Ought to Pass 03/13/2025 Nay
SB33 Relative to the regulation of public school materials. Rereferred 03/13/2025 Yea
CACR8 Relating to sheriffs. Providing that no person shall hold the office of county sheriff after he or she has attained the age of seventy-five years. Ought to Pass 03/13/2025 Nay
SB144 Authorizing the state to report mental health data for firearms background check purposes and providing for processes for confiscation of firearms following certain mental health-related court proceedings and for relief from mental health-related firearms disabilities. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB176 Relative to the state minimum hourly rate. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB176 Relative to the state minimum hourly rate. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB214 Enabling no-excuse absentee registration and voting. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB207 Requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB207 Requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB203 Relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB203 Relative to administration of the education freedom accounts program. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/13/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/13/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/13/2025 Nay
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB295 Relative to education freedom accounts. Floor Amendment 03/13/2025 Yea
SB34 Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program. Ought to Pass 03/06/2025 Nay
SB34 Relative to parental consent for student participation in Medicaid to schools program. Ought to Pass 03/06/2025 Nay
SB71 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/06/2025 Nay
SB71 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Floor Amendment 03/06/2025 Yea
SB71 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/06/2025 Nay
SB71 Relative to cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Floor Amendment 03/06/2025 Yea
SB72 Establishing a parents' bill of rights in education. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/06/2025 Nay
SB72 Establishing a parents' bill of rights in education. Floor Amendment 03/06/2025 Yea
SB100 Relative to violations of the prohibition on teaching discrimination. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/06/2025 Nay
SB134 Relative to work requirements under the state Medicaid program. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 03/06/2025 Nay
SB119 Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. Shall the Decision of the President Stand 03/06/2025 Nay
SB119 Relative to Medicaid pharmaceutical services and relative to standing orders for Ivermectin. Shall the Decision of the President Stand 03/06/2025 Nay
SB219 Requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/06/2025 Nay
SB219 Requiring the secretary of state to enter into a membership agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center. Inexpedient to Legislate 03/06/2025 Nay
SB227 Relative to site setbacks for landfills. Laid on Table 03/06/2025 Yea
SB159 Establishing a marine habitat fee. Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2025 Nay
SB159 Establishing a marine habitat fee. Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2025 Nay
SB15 Relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 01/30/2025 Nay
SB15 Relative to establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 01/30/2025 Nay
SB14 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses. Ought to Pass w/Amendment 01/30/2025 Nay
  Committee Position Rank
Detail New Hampshire Senate Capital Budget Committee 1
Detail New Hampshire Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2
Detail New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee 1
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
NH District 4 Senate Democrat In Office 12/05/2012
NH District Strafford 4 House Democrat Out of Office 12/01/2008 01/16/2024