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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/13/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a motion to move into exec?
- Is there a motion to move out of exec? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Seeing none. Yeah.
- <01:07:37.599>
We <01:07:37.839>don't >> Can I move exec so we can discuss a couple - So we're motioning the movement to exec. All in favor? >> Any oppos?
- And so with that, is there a motion to move out of exec? >> All in favor? >> Any opposed?
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/12/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm happy to take questions before I go exec bills.
- And I'm happy to take questions before I go exec bills.
- And I'm happy to take questions before I go exec bills.
- And I'm happy to take questions before I go exec bills.
- And I'm happy to take questions before I go exec bills.
Summary:
The House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 606, as amended, a bill aimed at preventing physicians from denying medically necessary sterilizing or fertility-affecting treatment based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or a doctor’s speculation about future reproductive intentions. Representative Ellen Reed, the sponsor, described the bill as a response to her own long experience with PCOS, heavy bleeding, and repeated refusals by doctors to perform a hysterectomy despite her clear wishes. She said the amendment narrows the bill to medically necessary care, adds definitions for “medical condition” and “appropriate reproductive care,” and removes earlier provisions about voluntary sterilization referrals. She also said the bill does not target religious objections, and that doctors could still refuse for medical, payment, or existing religious reasons not addressed by the bill.
Committee members asked about religious freedom, informed consent versus waivers, and the scope of the new definitions. Reed responded that religion was not added to the list of prohibited reasons for denial, and that the amendment is intended to protect doctors when patients sign informed consent or waivers. She explained that “appropriate reproductive care” includes procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, salpingectomy, and endometrial ablation, and that the bill now focuses on medically necessary treatment rather than elective sterilization. She said the change was intended to make the proposal narrower and more tailored after earlier concerns.
Several witnesses supported the bill with personal accounts of being denied hysterectomies or other procedures despite serious symptoms. Representative Lauren Selig described a decade-long effort to obtain a hysterectomy after years of cycle problems and migraines, saying doctors dismissed her concerns and treated her symptoms as normal. Jade Flad also testified in support, saying she had long been told to simply endure her cycle problems and noted that her husband was offered a vasectomy without similar barriers. The sponsor said online support was strong and that there was little or no written opposition testimony. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/13/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, I'd like to open an exec session on Senate Bill 589 FN and recognize Representative McGee for a
- Executive session. Next session for Senate Bill 599 FN relative to the renewable energy fund.
- Executive<01:54:09.199>
session. - Thank you very much. session to finish and that's HB540. session to finish and that's HB540.
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session.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/04/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, because basically as you get closer and closer to the end of the session, your focus is on the session
- Once the session is over, now you can focus on next year.
- Um, because basically as you get closer and closer to the end of the session, your focus is on the session
- Once the session is over, now you can focus on next year.
- , once we get done uh execing, once we get done uh execing, >> we're<01:33:23.760>
we're
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Turning to slide three, during the 2025 legislative session, the legislature passed one large child welfare
- I don't think the bill was signed until I think we were already out of session by the time the bill was
- So, Chair, Chairman, maybe in the, are we gonna have them come back again before the session ends for
- They always seem to take place after the session.
- So the legislator can't fire off the CYFD during the session for not completing the Kevin Nesk.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- after we hear from Senator Lang with a proposed amendment to Senate Bill 655, we'll go into executive session
- And then we will exec 655.
- And then we will exec 655.
- And, um, I'll take a motion to go into executive session. >> So moved. >> Do we have a second?
- I will entertain a motion to come out of executive session, if we could. I'll take it out, please.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Judiciary is now in session. My apologies.
- So Motion to go into executive session. So move. move. move.
- Motion to move out of executive session. Anything else? No.
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All out of executive session. Thank you. All out of executive session. - in favor of the motion to go out of exec in favor of the motion to go out of exec say<01:42:20.080
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- But as he works for the exec right now, as the exec leaves, if he's going to lead us in that direction
Keywords:
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Massage businesses established pursuant to House Bill 405 in the last legislative session, which was
- I mean, I can open up the exact session briefly if there's like two or three easy bills we want to do
- session next week. >> Next week.
- the exact session briefly if there's<01:43:08.639>
like <01:43:08.800>two <01:43:08.960 - <01:43:15.760>
session hearing and then a full exec session hearing and then a full exec session
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We're ready to start another fun and lively two-year session here.
- <00:13:43.680>
so public kind of informational session so public kind of informational session - All right, motion to come out of executive session? Who on consent?
- All right, motion to come out of executive session. A second? All in favor?
- All right, so I'll take a motion to go to executive session. Moved and seconded. All in favor?
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy May 19th, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But it keeps the COLA bill before the budget riders every session, so we don't lose sight of that.
- But it keeps the COLA bill before the budget riders every session, so we don't lose sight of that.
- problem in our pension system with COLA for our Plan 1 members, and it needs to be looked at every session
- I know that during the session, I worked with the left two board on the left one board issues, and I
- We're going to bring it to the exec.
Summary:
The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. Staff then provided an Attorney General update on pension-related litigation, including the newly filed Dawson class action challenging Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034, the concluded Dolan case, and the Fowler case, where the trial court orally ruled for plaintiffs on interest calculations and potential disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still pending. Committee members emphasized the need for ongoing monitoring and regular reporting on the Dawson case because of its potential impact on the committee and retirement systems.
An actuarial update followed, noting that June will include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate information, along with commentary on the demographic experience study. Staff said actuarial resources are limited and asked that any additional actuarial agenda items be scheduled for July or later. The committee also discussed the draft interim work plan and agreed to move the OSA annual update to July.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on Plan 1 COLA policy. Retiree representatives urged the committee to keep working on both immediate ad hoc COLA relief and a longer-term ongoing COLA solution. Members discussed a possible budget proviso requiring legislators to consider a COLA each budget cycle, and staff was asked to develop proposals for further discussion. The committee also agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS/PEACERS request involving animal control technicians, and to include an introductory Plan 3 briefing, with possible comparison to Plan 2, on the June agenda. Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling, including removing letters from the public website to better protect privacy while still making records available upon request. The committee approved the revised June agenda and adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- actually builds on the work that Chairman Meyer has done and Chairman Capri Leone have done in previous sessions
- This bill was heard before your committee last session and was voted out.
- HB 255, which last session passed unanimously through this committee and, uh, passed the House with overwhelming
- And uh I was just talking to one exec officer from the Morgan Stanley, and he pointed out that the fact
- And, uh, came out of committee in the Senate and right at the end of the session, and it didn't, uh,
Keywords:
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We would exec on the 27th. Pardon me. We would exec on the 27th, not the 30th. Right.
- 29th session. 29th session.
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We We would exec on the 27th. Pardon me. We We would exec on the 27th. - would exec on the 27th, not the 30th. would exec on the 27th, not the 30th.
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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy May 19th, 2026
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But it keeps the COLA bill before the budget riders every session, so we don't lose sight of that.
- problem in our pension system with COLA for our Plan 1 members, and it needs to be looked at every session
- I know that during the session, I worked with the left two board on the left one board issues, and I
- We're going to bring it to the exec.
Summary:
The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. The committee then received an Attorney General update on several pension-related cases. Counsel discussed the newly filed Dawson class action, which seeks to invalidate Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034 on federal and state constitutional grounds; she said the pleadings were unclear, the committee’s involvement was uncertain, and the case would need monitoring. She also reported that the Dolan case appears concluded after the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s ruling on constructive payment of attorney fees, and that the Fowler case remains pending after an oral ruling for plaintiffs on retroactive interest and possible disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still awaited.
The actuarial update said June would include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate discussion, along with commentary on the demographic experience study, and staff noted actuarial resources were limited for additional items until later in the summer or fall. The committee then discussed the interim work plan and correspondence, including letters supporting a Plan 1 COLA recommendation, retiree organization comments, and a request from Senator Robinson to study whether certain animal control technicians should be included in PERS. Members emphasized the need to keep working on an ad hoc COLA for Plan 1 retirees while also exploring a longer-term COLA mechanism, including possible budget proviso language to require COLA consideration each budget cycle.
Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling: materials will no longer be posted publicly on the website, but will still be available through public records requests and distributed securely to members by email or form submission. The committee agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS animal control technician issue and an introductory discussion of Plan 3, and to bring back COLA proposals in July for further executive committee review. The agenda was approved as amended, and the meeting adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll tell you, we're not going to exec this bill today.
- Um, so anybody who's waiting for that, it won't happen at the end of the session.
- I entertain a motion to go into executive session for a discussion.
- We are out of executive session, and we're only three minutes behind now.
- <01:59:26.400>
Been come out of executive session. Been come out of executive session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (04/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- session, I now have discovered.
- We do have reports that are due by the end of the day. closes uh exec sessions on a bunch of closes uh
- exec sessions on a bunch of bills<02:19:26.000>
and <02:19:26.240>please <02:19:26.559> - <04:18:51.439>
session because I'm going to open a exec session because I'm going to open - a exec session on<04:18:52.000>
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Summary:
The committee opened with Senate Bill 22-FN, which would expand child care licensing background checks so the Department of Health and Human Services can receive fuller criminal history information, including pending charges and other non-conviction records, similar to the system already used for school staff. Grant Bossi, for Senator Pearl, and DHHS officials Melissa Clement and Christine Sheay testified in support, saying the bill closes a gap that can allow people with disqualifying charges to work with children. They explained that the FBI record is a snapshot in time, that juvenile records are not included, and that the bill would apply to child care programs including residential group homes. Questions focused on what “confidential criminal history” means and how often checks are repeated; DHHS said checks are done every five years or sooner if new charge information is received. The hearing on SB 22 was then closed.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 23-FN, which would expand the child endangerment statute and remove the word “purposely” from part of the language. Senator Pat Long said the bill is intended to strengthen protection for children and allow more serious conduct to be charged appropriately. Testimony from law enforcement, including Executive Counselor Dave Wheeler, Sergeant Ryan Rooney of Nashua Police, and Nicholas Georgulis of Manchester Police, supported the bill as a way to distinguish routine misdemeanor cases from the most egregious abuse and neglect cases, such as children living in squalor or being exposed to severe danger. Wheeler and some members raised concerns that the language could be vague or overbroad and cited a prior Manchester firearm-in-a-car arrest as an example of possible unintended consequences; supporters responded that the bill still requires knowingly violating a duty of care and that the serious bodily injury or death standard limits its reach. Rooney also described a fentanyl overdose case involving an 11-year-old and said the current misdemeanor charge did not fully reflect the seriousness of the conduct. The committee recessed SB 23 briefly to open and close SB 161, then returned to SB 23, which remained under hearing with no final vote taken in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're not going to exec that.
- And I've asked not going to exec that.
- Like I said, for in executive session?
- And a motion come out of executive session. session. session.
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All Senator Mand of his ex session. All Senator Mand of his ex session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/28/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- going to open the um exec uh we're going to open the executive<00:01:13.200>
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session <00:01:33.920>on we're going to push the exec session on we're - going to push the exec session on that<00:01:35.079>
uh <00:01:35.280>off <00:01:35.520 - That closes the executive session on HB 69.
- That closes the executive session on HB 353. I'm now opening the executive session on HB 1228.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to exec probably HB 60, SB 63 next week. I think we got that email on that.
- and an exec session maybe on that when we meet next Tuesday the 22nd.
- , have a couple public hearings, and maybe have a work session on SB 83.
- a work session on SB 83. 83. 83.
- Thank you, everyone. hiring sessions they had so it was a hiring sessions they had so it was a regional
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on SB 60, which would expressly authorize advanced deposit wagering for horse racing in New Hampshire and set the online tax rate at 1.25%, matching the existing rate for in-person horse betting at Seabrook and Belmont. Senator Tim Lang said the bill is intended to clarify that online horse betting is permitted, regulate the activity, and create a revenue stream while keeping the tax rate consistent with brick-and-mortar wagering. Members asked about the rate compared with other states, whether the bill was really about casino front money, and whether geofencing would apply; Lang and later witnesses said the bill is narrowly limited to parimutuel horse racing and would use geofencing to keep wagering within New Hampshire.
Peter Bragdon, speaking for Churchill Downs, supported the bill and described advanced deposit wagering as remote betting on horse races under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978. He said Churchill Downs and other operators have long been active in New Hampshire, but the state’s lack of a specific statute has created a gray area. Bragdon said Churchill Downs stopped its own New Hampshire online operations in 2022 after discussions with the Lottery Commission and attorney general, while competitors continued operating, and he framed the bill as a fairness and consumer-protection measure that would clarify the law going forward. He also said the bill would not affect historic horse racing machines and would not create cannibalization of charitable gaming.
Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre said the Lottery Commission and attorney general had identified the issue as similar to the earlier fantasy sports situation, where legislation was used to regulate an activity rather than pursue enforcement. He said the commission requested the bill, would serve as the regulator, and would address violations through rulemaking and penalties. McIntyre said operators would maintain customer and transaction records, with the commission reviewing them as needed, and he noted that three operators are currently active in the state and not paying the proposed 1.25% rate. No vote was taken during the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Action right now and creating a work session and figuring out which way we go from the work session.
- So I'm just saying if we don't exec today, you know, if we exec this soon, would be able to get the..
- So I'm just saying if we don't exec today, you know, if we exec this soon, would be able to get the..
- don't exec today you know if we exec don't exec today you know if we exec this<00:30:13.200>
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on <01:05:47.039>HB session on HB session on HB 747<01:05:49.720>and
Summary:
The committee first discussed HB 443, which would change terms and vacancy language for members of a higher education commission. Members raised concerns that the bill was too narrow to address broader issues with commission membership, including expired appointments, attendance expectations, and whether the Department of Education could replace the commission’s role. Several members suggested the bill was not ready for action and favored holding it for further work, possibly through a subcommittee or work session. One member suggested that if attendance standards were added, no more than two unexcused absences should trigger removal, given the commission’s meeting schedule. The chair said he would defer action and form a small subcommittee to report back before the committee deadline.
The committee then moved to HB 484, dealing with repurposing Career and Technical Education classroom space after 20 years of exclusive use. The chair explained that the bill was aimed at the Milford CTE project, where shared use of space could allow a school to repurpose part of a CTE facility while still using it for CTE-related instruction. Members discussed other possible situations around the state, including Claremont, North Conway, and Jaffrey/Rindge, and whether the bill should be limited to Milford or broadened to allow local districts more flexibility. Some members favored passing the bill now to help CTE projects move forward, while others argued for an amendment removing the requirement that the space be vacated specifically to expand the CTE program occupying it.
Testimony and discussion emphasized that the Milford project had state approval but reduced funding, requiring a smaller scope and repurposing of existing space. Supporters said the bill could help preserve CTE programs while also benefiting general education space needs, and that local districts should have flexibility after 20 years. Opponents or cautious members noted that the language might not fit every district situation and asked for feedback from Director Beard and Steve Rothenberg before final action. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion provided, and instead discussed waiting for an amendment and additional input before acting.