Transcript Highlights:

• Is the CDC? Has the CDC... Really, where the origin of the bill is the CDC?
• Has the CDC done anything to say we are not going to inform people about the risks of vaccination if
• Okay, they have been lied to by the CDC, which is changing. Not true.
• Okay, they have been lied to by the CDC, which is changing. Good things are happening.
• Listen to what's going to happen from the CDC. There's going to be new studies coming out.

Bills: S0118, S0896, S1690, S1756

Keywords: recreational vehicle parks, special assessments, property tax, occupancy rates, commercial assessment, school safety, guardian program, firearms, crimes near schools, security assessments, public postsecondary education, medical freedom, vaccination, ivermectin, healthcare practitioner liability, immunization exemptions

Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 896, a school safety bill expanding the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions. The bill requires active assailant response plans, security risk assessments, threat-management protocols, use of the suspicious activity reporting tool, and allows voluntary participation in Guardian for colleges and universities. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty are not eligible for Guardian. Members debated campus carry concerns, storage of firearms, and whether the bill could lead to broader gun access on campuses. Several faculty and gun-safety advocates testified against the bill, while supporters argued trained guardians can deter violence. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote. The committee then approved CS for CS for CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, clarifies regulations, and reduces overregulation of before- and after-school programs. An amendment expanded authority for the Florida Education Foundation to fundraise for early learning from birth to VPK. Testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing affordability, access to quality child care, and relief for working families, though one speaker opposed the bill as an expansion of government. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee passed CS for CS for SB 118, which clarifies how non-ad valorem special assessments are applied to recreational vehicle parks and limits the square footage used for assessment purposes to the maximum size of an RV space. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which addresses seaport and airport planning, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, advanced air mobility, toll programming, and other transportation-related changes. Amendments modified provisions on personal delivery devices, utility permits, autonomous vehicle penalties, and law-enforcement cruiser lights. Both bills were reported favorably. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756, the medical freedom bill, which proposes new vaccine information requirements, conscience-based school immunization exemptions, limits on compelled vaccination during public health emergencies, and behind-the-counter access to ivermectin for adults. The sponsor and supporters framed the bill as strengthening informed consent and parental rights, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and the inclusion of ivermectin. Public testimony was extensive and sharply divided. The transcript ends during continued testimony and debate on SB 1756, before a final vote is taken.

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• like I said before, the ACIP and CDC like I said before, the ACIP and CDC guidance<01:54:32.960>
• Uh, the CDC, I think I have it on this sheet here, the CDC in 2024 for New Hampshire recorded 14 chronic
• here, the CDC in 20 24 here, the CDC in 20 24 for<02:42:20.319> New<02:42:20.560> Hampshire
• <02:54:24.319> with Health and Human Services and CDC with Health and Human Services and CDC
• not decides not to follow the CDC not decides not to follow the CDC recommendations<02:54:50.720

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• Basically, through the Freedom of Information Act, the IAN organization obtained CDC emails, internal
• CDC emails, that show CDC officials were unsurprised by the results of a 2024 Global Vaccine Data Network
• <00:35:18.079> internal the title of the article is CDC internal the title of the article
• is CDC internal emails<00:35:19.119> admit<00:35:19.599> COVID<00:35:20.079> 19<
• CDC. CDC.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy met briefly without a quorum because many members were tied up in legislative committee of conference work. The chair said the committee would resume in June and, in the meantime, directed members to the committee webpage and the 2024 committee’s report and COVID-19 after-action report, which he said could be reviewed for possible updates and legislative recommendations on how New Hampshire should respond to future pandemics. The chair then introduced two recent articles as framing material: one about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a challenge to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s COVID vaccine mandate, and another about CDC internal emails and alleged failure to publicly acknowledge vaccine safety signals. He argued these examples raised concerns about mandates, transparency, and the balance between individual rights and public health, and said the committee would revisit the issue in future meetings. Representative Pollazok thanked the chair for presenting both legal and medical perspectives and suggested the committee focus on reviewing scientific methodology and the quality of evidence behind competing claims. A member asked whether vaccine pamphlets now include risks and benefits, and the chair responded that FDA-approved products should have patient inserts available on the FDA website, including sections listing adverse events from clinical studies and commercial use. He said he would research and email the committee copies or excerpts. Members also discussed how to evaluate studies over different time periods, dosing levels, and the timing of side effects, as well as the difficulty of comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated outcomes when definitions change over time. Before adjourning, the chair said the committee would ask the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services how it would monitor and assess vaccine or pandemic-related issues in real time and whether additional structures would be needed in a future emergency. He said the committee would likely take July and August off, resume in September, and aim to have a draft report by mid-October and a final report by late October ahead of the November elections.

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• Fali and people at the CDC and FDA have refuted this.
• and the FDA, not all people within the CDC and FDA, but some people within the CDC and FDA, have been
• the CDC and FDA have refuted this. the CDC and FDA have refuted this.
• > and FDA, not all people within the CDC and FDA, not all people within the CDC and the<00:37:
• the FDA, but some people within the CDC the FDA, but some people within the CDC and<00:37:52.000

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to review its mission and to discuss recent work on a letter sent to the governor and legislative leaders regarding COVID vaccine safety and related scientific references. Members said the letter, which included 31 cited sources, had been delivered to the governor’s office, the Speaker’s office, and the Senate President’s office, and a press release had been issued. Several members defended the letter’s sourcing and urged the public to read the materials and evaluate the evidence themselves, while also acknowledging questions about the trustworthiness of some cited articles. A major portion of the meeting focused on a research assistant’s effort to use AI tools to help reconstruct and verify the committee’s 2024 COVID report with citations. She reported mixed results from Copilot and Gemini, noting that the tools often produced broad or incomplete outputs and that she would need to break the report into smaller sections and ask for more specific source types. Members advised using more precise prompts and emphasized that any AI output would still need human verification. The committee said it hoped to produce a revised, fully footnoted 2024 report by early September. The chair then outlined the committee’s fall agenda, saying it would examine long COVID treatment, the patient bill of rights as it relates to COVID vaccinations and death reporting, standards of care and professional judgment by New Hampshire health care providers, and oversight of federal COVID-related funding such as CARES Act education relief dollars. He also referenced a recent fraud case involving misuse of COVID funds and suggested the committee may ask the DOJ for information. The committee will not meet in July or August and plans to resume in September and October, with a final report targeted for the end of October. The chair also introduced a recent DNI/Tulsi Gabbard press release about U.S.-funded biolabs overseas, which members discussed as a possible transparency issue relevant to future pandemic policy.

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• And on the current CDC schedule, you can get all those same vaccines.
• I mean, I think you're illustrating a point for us, because normally the changes to the CDC schedule
• The changes to the CDC schedule do go through the ACIP. These did not.
• The current CDC recommendation took those 17 diseases and put them in three buckets.
• We don't have alignment between the CDC and the ACIP. Thank you, Madam Chair, Representative.

Keywords: 996, all

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• It includes also a grant called CDC Health Disparities.
• It includes also a grant called CDC Health Disparities.
• A lot of this, the stipulations here are coming from the CDC, because this is a grant from the CDC, Centers
• A lot of this, the stipulations here are coming from the CDC, because this is a grant from the CDC, Centers
• <01:44:32.119> Disease um from the CDC Centers for Disease um from the CDC Centers for Disease

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met on March 28 for a Health and Human Services Oversight Committee meeting, approved the draft minutes from February 21, and then received updates from DHHS on the sudden termination of about $80 million in federal COVID-era funding. Commissioner Lori Weaver and Trisha Tilly said the funding had been expected to continue through September 2026, but an email ending it immediately created a 15-month budget gap. They explained that most of the money supported public health work, especially epidemiology, laboratory capacity, data systems, community health workers, outbreak response, and some behavioral health supports. DHHS said it had notified contractors, was reassessing which activities could continue, and had managed to avoid layoffs for its 20 affected staff by shifting funding sources, though some contract lab staff had to leave and some work would stop or be put on hold. Senators and representatives asked about impacts on labs, staffing, and the state budget lapse, and DHHS said the water lab and testing supplies would be affected and that the department was trying to backfill where possible with other federal funds. The committee then heard a maternal mortality report from the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. Alison Power and Caroline Naami explained that the MMRC reviews maternal deaths to identify contributing factors and make recommendations, and that it had completed one CDC grant and received another five years of funding. For 2023, the state recorded five pregnancy-associated deaths, including three from overdose, two from cardiovascular causes, and one homicide; the share of deaths related to substance use fell from 62.5% in 2022 to 40% in 2023. Over the 2019–2023 period, half of pregnancy-related deaths were due to overdose, most occurred postpartum, and many involved Medicaid recipients, transportation or financial barriers, and deaths at home. The committee said mental health and substance use remained the main drivers of maternal mortality, but that 79% of pregnancy-related deaths in the five-year aggregate were considered preventable. Presenters highlighted recommendations and ongoing interventions, including expanding Medicaid coverage through one year postpartum, strengthening behavioral health access, partnering with the Department of Corrections on care for pregnant and postpartum women, and continuing clinical education through the Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network. Members asked why the maternal mortality rate had declined in recent years; staff said the 2021 spike was tied to the pandemic and that recent declines likely reflected both that spike and the impact of interventions, though the small number of cases makes trends hard to interpret. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• He now lives in an APD group home through the iBudget waiver because you can't be CDC Plus.
• This is the essence of the home and community-based waiver, whether you're on the iBudget or CDC Plus
• I’m currently on the CDC Plus portion of the waiver.
• The current pilot... ...doesn’t include a CDC Plus alternative, and that is specified in the bill that
• there must be a CDC Plus consumer directive.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and heard six bills, all of which were reported favorably. HB 1567, relating to insulin administration by direct support professionals, was amended to clarify the type of insulin that may be administered and to allow supervision of self-administration of an insulin pen. Supporters described the bill as a way to keep people with developmental disabilities in group homes rather than forcing institutional placement; the amendment and bill both passed unanimously, 17-0. PCS for HB 1103, on services for persons with disabilities, would expand the APD managed care pilot statewide in phases, require more transparency on waitlist data, create a statewide family care council, and address transition services for young adults leaving foster care. Testimony was mixed: supporters emphasized the long APD waitlist and the need for a voluntary option, while some witnesses and members raised concerns about the accelerated rollout, limited data, and preserving consumer-directed care. The committee adopted the bill 17-0. CS for HB 127, on exceptional student education, would create micro-credentials and coordinate with the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities and OSHA to support students with disabilities transitioning to work; it passed 17-0 after testimony from a parent and advocates. HB 989, concerning licensure of family foster homes, was amended to streamline license transfers for foster parents moving within Florida while maintaining oversight and directing DCF rulemaking. A teacher and other supporters said the bill would reduce bureaucracy and help children remain in stable homes; it passed 17-0. PCS for HB 1091, on substance abuse and mental health care, updates processes related to the 988 crisis line, methadone treatment needs assessments, and forensic evaluators, and adds data/reporting requirements for DCF managing entities. After one amendment and testimony from supporters and one opponent, it passed 16-0. Finally, HB 633, on behavioral health managing entities, was amended and then approved 17-0; it requires more structured data and reporting from managing entities to increase accountability and transparency in the behavioral health system.

Transcript Highlights:

• The problem that the CDC has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers. protect us from
• I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC.
• I asked him specifically if it was his intent to let the scientists of the CDC, the NIH, BARDA, and other
• there are areas of Health and Human Services that, if you touch the gold standard for the NIH and the CDC
• experiences required not only to run a major organization, Health and Human Services, but also the CDC

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• De Jesus, Director of Economic Development, and I just wanted to talk about a little bit about what CDCs
• CDCs are unique in two ways.
• I think there's a lack of understanding when it comes to CDCs and CDFIs on what they do and what they
• A CDC may have one, two, or three staff members that provide the TA that they work one-on-one directly
• Dorchester Bay is the only Boston-based CDC that is also a CDFI.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held an informational hearing focused on the conditions facing small and micro businesses in Massachusetts and the state programs intended to support them. Chairs Andy Vargas and Adam Gomez opened by emphasizing equitable economic development, the importance of CDFIs, and the need to help underserved entrepreneurs, especially women, minorities, veterans, immigrants, and other groups facing barriers. Committee members noted the hearing would not take up bills, and testimony was limited to 10 minutes per organization. State and quasi-public agency witnesses described current programs and funding. Dico Gibral of the Executive Office of Economic Development highlighted the Business Front Door, multilingual access, small business office hours in Gateway Cities, and funding in the Mass Leads Act, including support for CDFIs, small business technology, and capital grants. Tom Hooper of Commonwealth Corporation described workforce training programs such as the Workforce Training Fund, Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, and Career Technical Initiative, saying they help small businesses train workers, fill labor shortages, and support returning citizens and people with disabilities. Committee members asked about federal funding uncertainty, workforce migration, training schedules, and program uptake. Business and advocacy groups focused on cost pressures and regulatory burdens. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association urged continuation of outdoor dining and takeout alcohol sales, and pressed for relief from high credit card swipe fees, support for surcharging, and streamlining municipal licensing. The Retailers Association of Massachusetts cited survey results showing inflation, utility costs, payroll taxes, health insurance, and interchange fees as major concerns, and said many members might sell or close within five years; it also backed ending the state prohibition on surcharging and creating an Office of Main Streets Massachusetts. MACDC, BECKMA, and the Coalition for an Equitable Economy emphasized the need for more technical assistance, CDFI and small business funding, and protections against rising costs, tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and immigration enforcement impacts on immigrant-heavy business districts. No votes were taken.

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• It allows the Department of Health to purchase recommended immunizations from the CDC or another vendor
• , groups will also include the CDC, groups will also include the CDC, American<00:24:43.360> Academy
• It also removes references to CDC recommendations.
• We'll see a reversion to the current status for accepting recommendations only through the CDC process
• recommendations only uh through the CDC recommendations only uh through the CDC process.<00:31:49.840

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• The comprehensive scope of these grants is clearly identified in CDC grant requirements and guidance
• also unclear how the new restructuring of this will impact state and local health departments. the CDC
• The two direct CDC grants support infectious disease mitigation and laboratory services.
• Obviously, we're deeply concerned about the $11 billion funding cut for the CDC and the risk it poses
• Many of the now cut CDC grants help state and local health departments reduce health disparities and

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• CDC, HPV causes an estimated 70% of oropharyngeal cancers.
• So how early, for instance, and I don't know if you know the answer how early does the is the CDC wanting
• And after COVID happened. believing, even the CDC at this point.
• And I know you don't like CDC apparently, but let me just say something about COVID and CDC.
• So I have a general distrust of the CDC and of the people. telling us that this stuff is actually, that

Bills: HB 1105, HB1527, HB1787, HB1972, HB2081, HB3296, HB3976, HB4071, HB4234, HB4438, HB4701, HB5092, HB5150, HB5180, HB5265, HB5333, HJR203

Keywords: tuition exemption, paramedics, higher education, laboratory fees, emergency medical services, peace officers, criminal justice, law enforcement, degree programs, public institutions, HB 1787, HPV, human papillomavirus, college health, university health, student health, public health education, prevention program, screening, early detection

Transcript Highlights:

• So following the CDC decision to abruptly end the grant...
• So following the CDC decision to abruptly end the grant funding, the county had to expedite the phase-out
• These two direct CDC grants support infectious disease mitigation and laboratory services.
• California Pan-Ethnic Health Network is deeply concerned about the $11 billion funding cut for the CDC
• Many of the now-cut CDC grants helped state and local health departments reduce health disparities and

Summary: The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses. Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color. On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.

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• take, um, pass down to them all the CDC rules and requirements.
• And she said, well, we get money from the CDC, the federal government.
• she said well we get money from the CDC she said well we get money from the CDC the<02:46:15.359
• the CDC in the last five years has taken a lot of wrong turns.
• um and I think are reflective of uh CDC um and I think the<02:54:29.920> CDC<02:54:30.920>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• According to the CDC, HPV causes an estimated 70% of oropharyngeal cancers, and more than 15,000 men
• For instance, and I don't know if you know the answer, how early does the, is the CDC wanting people
• I mean, the CDC wants my child to get a shot.
• apparently, but let me just say something about COVID and CDC.
• So I have a general distrust of the CDC and of the people telling us that this stuff is actually, uh,

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• So the CDC has to pay for that child's placement when they're locked out.
• care formally. >> So are they know and paid for then with a lockout they're paid got paid for by the CDC
• also apply a standard believe it is one 84 per day, which is the standard group care rate from the CDC
• So it and it becomes then braided funding of part Department funds and part CDC but not an increased
• amount from the CDC but a standard rate for a child placed in care.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The federal CDC and ACIP recommendations are designed with a sunset clause of next year, July 1st.
• The whole impetus for this bill is that right now we are waiting for finalization from the CDC.
• So now we're looking at, we're no longer looking at the CDC, is that correct?
• By the CDC, the CDC has to make a formal adoption of those recommendations.
• This body accepted the CDC as the authority.

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• report on diabetes since 2002 documents that the Department of Health and Social Services programs, CDC
• According to the CDC, 30 to 50% of adolescents are reported to consume energy drinks.
• According to the CDC, 30 to 50% of adolescents are reported to consume energy drinks.
• it for now until the FDA or CDC or whoever does an in-depth test, because we certainly can't do that
• The CDC did their own study on creative involved deaths and determined that over 90% of them were poly

Bills: HB305, HB395, HB341

Keywords: hemp, marijuana, THC regulations, cannabis products, adult-use industry, public health, youth protection, child support, reunification, Department of Services for Children, family court, liability

Summary: The committee met in late June with Senators Hansen, Buckson, Siegfried, Townsend, and Huxable present, and first approved the meeting minutes by voice vote. The opening bill, HB 341, would limit DFS from filing child support in foster care cases unless doing so would not hinder reunification; Children’s Department staff said the department has already decided to stop filing in all such cases, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $140,000 annually. Public testimony from the League of Women Voters supported the bill as a compassionate measure to help families reunite. The committee then heard HB 446/related anaphylaxis legislation for colleges and universities, which would allow institutions to stock and use intranasal epinephrine alongside auto-injectors and update training and reporting requirements. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supported the measure, emphasizing the need for needle-free options and faster treatment of anaphylaxis. The committee also took up HS1 for HB 356 on PFAS, which would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS beginning in 2028, require disclosure if PPE contains PFAS, and address recalls; DNREC and the fire service supported it, saying most departments have already transitioned away from PFAS foam. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 305, a diabetes wellness pilot program that would use continuous glucose monitoring, app-based care coordination, lab testing, and DHIN data analysis to shift care toward prevention and remission. Sponsor Senator Siegfried described the bill as a response to Delaware’s high diabetes costs and prevalence, and the Medical Society of Delaware supported it as a proactive model. The committee also discussed HB 395, which would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products and synthetic cannabinoids by classifying products over a THC threshold as marijuana and creating penalties for unlicensed sales; the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner supported the bill, while hemp industry representatives and Senator Hoffner warned it could harm legitimate hemp retailers and access to hemp products. The final item, HS1 for HB 332, would ban sales and marketing of kratom products to those under 21 and direct the state to study testing and regulation of kratom and synthetic variants. Supporters, including the Delaware Healthcare Association and several recovery advocates, said age-gating is a reasonable first step and that synthetic products are the main concern; opponents and some senators argued the bill should go further and fully ban kratom or better distinguish synthetic products from natural leaf kratom. No formal roll-call votes were taken on the substantive bills during the transcript, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.

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• All right, so right off of CDC, COVID hit us hard, and then this hiring freeze hit us, and we have not
• We still have our CDC open; the waitlist is about 150 kids right now for the CDC on base, and it's just
• The after-school care and preschool care is not as bad, but the straight CDC is a big challenge for us
• The CDC, you had a 150-kid waitlist there. Are you guys?
• One thing I noticed on the slide is you mentioned the CDC and the backlog, and then you talked about

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• The CDC wholesale cost is $859, and the commercial cost is $26.
• Commercial it's from the CDC Commercial it's from the CDC website<01:46:46.599> and<01:46
• The CDC private-pay cost is $3,600 per patient.
• <02:36:03.319> resulting<02:36:03.760> in<02:36:03.880> a CDC resulting in a CDC
• the state agency to get from the CDC the state agency to get from the CDC discount<02:53:39.720>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years. Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers. Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.