Video & Transcript Research : 'Exec Sessions'
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- As such, late breaking, I had to draft an amendment to this that we will hear in exec during exec session
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New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/22/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Lawan, will you lead us and then we'll go into executive session.
- All right, so motion to move into exec. So, we have a motion to move into exec.
- Any other business for executive session? Any other business for executive session?
- So I'll take a motion to come out of executive session. I have a Senator. All those in favor say I.
- All right, we're out of executive session.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislature uses State Printing exclusively for all the bills and amendments during session.
- Did the exec request that in their budget? Sorry, Mr. Chair. Can you repeat that question?
- On the transportation services for the air fleet, did the exec request?
- The session will probably start without us. Sometimes that happens.
- You'll find the beginning of the session more interesting whenever we're about to do, probably.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/09/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- A motion to come out of exec. So moved. A motion to come out of exec. So moved.
- motion to come out of exec? motion to come out of exec?
- Motion to exec. All right. All right. All in favor of exec? Do you want consent? Move consent.
- We're not going to exec this today.
- You want to exec a couple of these? Yes. Do we have a motion for exec? So move. Second.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/23/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
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to <00:20:44.000>exec want to exec want to exec this<00:20:46.559 - So I'll take a motion to come out of exec. So moved. Second. All in favor? I.
- I'll take a motion to come out of exec. I'll take a motion to come out of exec.
- We're in exec. Yes. We haven't done a motion on this. Okay. For 248. Got it.
- I know judiciary will stay in double sessions. There you have it.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for the purpose of: are we ready to exec this bill?
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243 <01:06:37.960>FN exec session on House Bill 243 FN exec session - Are you going to exec bills this afternoon? We'll see.
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confidential
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them.
After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (01/15/2025)
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and of the bill uh in the last session and of the bill uh in the last session - He cannot discuss situations or give advice. an emergency session without any an emergency session without
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting of the new session with opening remarks, member introductions, and a discussion of committee logistics. Members described their backgrounds and priorities, including criminal justice, right-to-know and privacy issues, domestic violence, death-with-dignity legislation, abortion, firearms, landlord-tenant policy, housing, and technology/privacy concerns. The chair noted there were already 34 bills assigned to the committee and expected more, and said the committee would likely continue to have a heavy workload this session.
The chair also outlined how the committee would operate: meetings would generally be on Wednesdays, with possible Mondays as needed; hearings would not require a quorum, but executive sessions would; and members were asked to provide updated phone numbers and email addresses, especially cell numbers. He explained that the committee would continue its practice of seating members in a mixed partisan arrangement to encourage communication, and that the new clerk had joined the committee.
A significant portion of the meeting focused on procedures for executive sessions and meeting times. The chair said the committee would follow the traditional rule allowing executive sessions on bills heard that day if proper notice was given, but he would avoid taking up controversial matters without full attendance. Members then discussed whether meetings should start at 9, 9:30, or 10 a.m., with concerns raised about long commutes, evening obligations, and winter driving after dark. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided, but the chair indicated he would try to accommodate the committee’s preference while balancing the workload.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (05/20/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- going to meet as in the full committee on a week from tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10:00 a.m., and we'll exec
- going to meet as in the full committee on a week from tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10:00 a.m., and we'll exec
- going to meet as in the full committee on a week from tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10:00 a.m., and we'll exec
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Summary:
The committee took up Senate Bill 74, which requires agencies to report annually on permits that are significantly delayed. An amendment was offered and adopted to replace the bill’s original permit-by-permit reporting with a summary report by category, including counts of permits taking more than 60, 120, or 180 days and general reasons for delay. The amendment also delayed the first report until April 30, 2027, so agencies would report only on future permitting activity rather than reconstructing past files.
Members discussed whether delays caused by incomplete applications or requests for additional information should be included in the reporting categories. The sponsor and others said the bill is intended to measure delays after an application is administratively complete, but that reasons such as waiting on applicant-provided engineering data could still be captured under the summary reasons. Several members praised the amendment as a substantial improvement and said it would produce more useful information with less burden on agencies, while one member said they would support the amendment but not the bill because agencies already face budget constraints.
The committee first approved the amendment unanimously by show of hands, then voted 7-1 to report Senate Bill 74 ought to pass as amended, with one member opposed and one absent. Afterward, the committee briefly discussed a separate Senate message on House Bill 67, noting that the Senate version had no additional general-fund cost and that any remaining issues would be handled with the election law committee before concurrence.
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New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/23/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/10/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we're going to look for a motion to come out of executive session. All in favor? I.
- Will have to deal with this session.
- Senator Gannon, are you ready to exec Senate Bill 21? I do. I have an amendment.
- Any further discussion the committee wants to have before we go out of exec session?
- Seeing none, I would entertain a motion to go out of exec. Motion to go out of exec. Second.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We received 140 responses to that request, and we conducted a tribal listening session.
- Chair, are to interrupt, but we can go into executive session if you need to ask some legal questions
- But we can go into executive session if you need to ask some legal questions.
- There was a similar appropriation that you all did during the special session for FY26 and FY27.
- Chairman, the exec rec on line 68. Mr.
Keywords:
SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/25/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a motion to move into exec?
- Is there a motion to move out of exec?
- Is there a motion to move out of exec?
- Is there a motion to move into exec? Motion to move into exec. Second by Senator Waters.
- Motion to move out of exec. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We are in executive session.
- into executive session. So move second. into executive session. So move second.
- So we'll talk about that in the executive session when we get into executive session now.
- we can go into executive session now. we can go into executive session now.
- motion to go into executive session. motion to go into executive session.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/19/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you want to exec this now? Sure. All right. Can I have a motion on Senate Bill 95?
- The other one, yeah, if you can do that, we can print it out and have it for our next exec session when
- With that, I'll take a motion to come out of exec. Second. All in favor? All right.
- Anything else you all want to discuss before we move out of exec session?
- Anything else you want to discuss before we go out of executive session?
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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session <03:31:46.760>on <03: - Seeing no objection, close the exec session on HB 737.
Summary:
The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries.
Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor.
Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
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New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/14/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- be maybe 14, 15 bills to exec in the morning session from 10 to 12, and I would like the reports by
- then I'll call an exec session for it.
- So, um, if that's true, I'd like to open an exec session as we publish.
- Exec sessions may be held throughout the day, time permitting, from time to time.
- So, I'll open an exec session on 1440FN and ask for a motion. >> We have a motion to ITL.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee.
The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures.
Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- There were concerns raised during the press conference earlier during the session from the governor in
- I mean, that's just a respect between all parties and chambers and even the exec for them to come to
- That's what happened in the special session.
- yes, within our strong end, those are the critical elements that we've incorporated on top of the exec
- on the executive you don't agree to we'll go into further detail what they told us and stuff on the exec
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- our conversation goes, you know, sending this to OS to have as an amendment for when we do a work session
- or an executive session.
- or an executive session.
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Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. The bill sponsor said the measure was prompted by recent reporting on leachate problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations at a Bethlehem facility and deficiencies at other sites, and argued the bill is meant to improve public health protections without dictating specific treatment methods or hindering innovation. The sponsor also said the proposal was developed with input from the Department of Environmental Services (DES) and industry representatives, and that a forthcoming amendment would revise the bill’s language to better fit the permitting process.
The sponsor explained that the amendment would move several requirements out of the contract section and into the planning section, change references such as “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” include landfill expansions, and remove language that could be read as requiring long-term contracts. Questions from members focused on whether the bill would create enforceable consequences if a plan is not followed, whether it would limit operators’ flexibility, and whether existing DES rules already cover the subject. The sponsor said enforcement details should be addressed by DES and emphasized that the bill would not lock operators into any particular contract or technology.
The Business and Industry Association testified in opposition to the bill as introduced, saying it appeared unnecessary because DES already regulates leachate through existing rules, including Env 806.53, and has authority to update those rules as technology changes. The witness argued that putting the requirements into statute could freeze the regulatory framework, create conflicts with future rulemaking, and make it harder for DES to respond quickly to new treatment methods or operational issues. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.