Transcript Highlights:

• </c> honestly on it. Let's do it that way. honestly on it. Let's do it that way.
• It was L008. heard about it. It was L008.
• Let's call it what it is.
• 31.200><c> it</c><03:31:31.439><c> is,</c> calling it what it is, calling it what it is, establishing
• That's what it says. It said it shall the excess money.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• it it statutoily you in this case it it it statutoily you know<00:22:10.880><c> we</c><00:22:11.440>
• It is what it is.
• It is what it is. So, it it just price. It is what it is.
• . it. it.
• how it it knows how much it that's how it it knows how much it consume,<03:55:56.319><c> right?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a budget-related issue involving liquor commission enforcement staff and tobacco enforcement funding. A member explained that proposed cuts to “group two” enforcement positions at the liquor commission could jeopardize the tobacco enforcement money that flows to Health and Human Services, and expressed confidence that the enforcement division would ultimately be preserved. The main hearing was on Senate Bill 19, which would modernize hotel and motel statutes by repealing outdated requirements. The sponsor and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association said the bill would remove obsolete rules such as the old guest book/card system and antiquated posting requirements for room rates and motel signs. Members questioned whether the bill would eliminate the requirement to record guest departure dates or affect inspection rights, and the witnesses said the intent was only to remove the book-and-card reference while leaving the rest of the recordkeeping requirement in place. Supporters argued the rate-posting rules are widely ignored, hard to enforce, and outdated in an era of digital reservations and variable pricing; the committee also discussed whether any consumer-protection purpose remained. The public hearing on SB 19 was then closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 280FN, which would require food delivery services to have an agreement with a restaurant or food retail store before offering delivery from that business. The sponsor said the bill restores a prior law that had sunset and was intended to prevent third-party platforms from listing restaurants without consent. Restaurant industry testimony strongly supported the bill, describing problems with unauthorized listings, delayed deliveries, and reimbursement disputes, and saying the agreement requirement protects restaurant brands and consumer expectations. Members shared examples of delivery problems and voiced support for reinstating the safeguard.

Transcript Highlights:

• . it. it.
• </c> people who advanced it um or wrote it. people who advanced it um or wrote it.
• Would you mind restating it? it? it?
• It it is it is commercial usage poorly.
• It it just seems awkward current year. It it just seems awkward to<05:33:06.000><c> me.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This it on its own for the 26th session.
• /c><00:28:11.679><c> in</c> chairman, I think it was when it was in chairman, I think it was when it
• it it has a done the work and and that it it has a little<00:33:57.600><c> bit</c><00:33:57.760><c>
• </c> it effective and efficient it is. it effective and efficient it is.
• </c><01:46:14.880><c> I</c> and it they it seems to work fine. I and it they it seems to work fine.

Committee: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So it's a very practical statutory... committee twice so it's it it came committee twice so it's it it
• it apply could it do this for like does it apply could it apply<00:17:02.199><c> to</c><00:17:02.480
• have it do you have it will he has it have it do you have it will he has it representative<00:18:24.679
• </c> appreciate it absolutely I'll shorten it appreciate it absolutely I'll shorten it up<01:53:09.760
• it it is about water Frontage uh and it it is about over<04:14:29.880><c> 7,000</c><04:14:30.840><c>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases. Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version. Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568. The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• That is it. it. it.
• Does it specify that it is not allowable to disclose it to the public? Yes, it does.
• </c> it in front of me. It doesn't matter. it in front of me. It doesn't matter.
• Um, but if it puts it out of balance, I wouldn't support it. So I'll leave it at that.
• </c> let it just uh uh expire um on its own. let it just uh uh expire um on its own.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:12:21.560><c> the</c> would make it clear that it is the would make it clear that it is the Department
• </c> exactly what it does it makes two exactly what it does it makes two relatively<05:00:36.680><c>
• , but it does not repeal it.
• ; all it does is delete some references to Class 2. but it does not repeal but it does not repeal it<
• It doesn't repeal it; it technically just reenacts it and changes the numbers.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It aims to modernize existing law regarding UAV use by law enforcement. pause for questions or we can
• </c> its revenue, if you could call it that, its revenue, if you could call it that, are<00:54:16.720
• it to this different statute, it moving it to this different statute, it will<01:26:21.520><c> bring
• It it it prohibits the judiciary issue.
• But, you know, it might in its own terms in 308B say it applies.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:03:08.480><c> it</c> bianual budget of 92 million, it it bianual budget of 92 million, it it
• was down it it was down below the it was down it it was down below the school<00:31:06.480><c> along
• Does it take more time than it would if it was local officers?
• 04.479><c> it</c> that she was discovered, but it it that she was discovered, but it it wasn't<02:58:
• </c><04:24:28.080><c> it</c> you know, I think a lot of it it you know, I think a lot of it it couldn't

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . it. it.
• When the legislature established Minnesota's modern permit to carry system in 2003 and reaffirmed it
• </c> with it. with it.
• ><03:09:13.920><c> it</c> No, I mean it it's it No, I mean it it's it &gt;&gt; I<03:09:16.000><c> don't
• </c><03:48:43.840><c> it</c> impression I get is that it it impression I get is that it it institutionalizes

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's not much to it, and there's a big delay for it.
• It was year and how we stop it.
• </c> provision in it, too. provision in it, too.
• it is.
• of it.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It is unserious and it comes charitable.
• </c> America or if we leave it as it is. America or if we leave it as it is.
• </c><02:25:05.600><c> it</c> two points in the lead, M3 gave it it two points in the lead, M3 gave it
• very solvency, its threat. its very solvency, its sustainability,<03:49:26.880><c> its</c><03:49:27.199
• I did it before and it led to than once.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At least open it and look at it.
• At least open it and look at it.
• At least open it and look at it.
• Um it it takes more than a month. month. Um it it takes more than a month.
• It is it is a expensive process.

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:14:30.480><c> with</c> it was a commission it was set up with it was a commission it was set up with
• So some it it it depends on the court.
• Um it it it puts downward to settlement.
• can do with it as it will.
• can do with it as it will.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:14:30.480><c> with</c> it was a commission it was set up with it was a commission it was set up with
• </c><00:29:10.320><c> The</c> it without saying it out loud. The it without saying it out loud.
• So some it it it depends on the court.
• </c> contest it. I did contest it later. contest it. I did contest it later.
• it, it becomes he if you don't document it, it becomes he said,<04:23:06.160><c> she</c><04:23:06.400

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs. Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs. Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• It is against the law. It is a crime.
• It is against the law. It is a crime.
• the</c><01:07:14.440><c> mind</c> information it just it boggles the mind information it just it boggles
• It doesn't say who's supposed to do it, who's job it is.
• it worse.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> It is It is a day worth commemorating. It is It is a day worth commemorating.
• </c> for it. for it.
• </c> lived it. lived it.
• </c> they need it where they need it. they need it where they need it.
• </c> use it. use it.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, sorry that he couldn't make it, but I think that he's going to be a great asset to the Construction
• Uh Sorry that he<00:08:45.320><c> couldn't</c><00:08:45.600><c> make</c><00:08:45.800><c> it,</c><00:
• but</c><00:08:46.240><c> I</c><00:08:46.320><c> think</c><00:08:46.560><c> that</c> he couldn't make it
• , but I think that he couldn't make it, but I think that he's<00:08:46.880><c> going</c><00:08:47.040

Bills: HB20 , HB463 , HB469 , HB649 , HB963 , HB1163 , HB1334 , HB1481 , HB1509 , HB1511 , HB1514 , HB1515 , HB1516 , HB1518 , HB1519 , HB1523 , HB1524 , HB1546 , HB1548 , HB1550 , HB1553 , HB1573 , HB1574 , HB1576 , HB1588 , HB1591 , HB1618 , HB1619 , HB1628 , HB1642 , HB1643 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1664 , HB1667 , HB1679 , HB1682 , HB1688 , HB1692 , HB1696 , HB1700 , HB1705 , HB1707 , HB1710 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1716 , HB1718 , HB1721 , HB1728 , HB1737 , HB1740 , HB1741 , HB1749 , HB1752 , HB1753 , HB1768 , HB1782 , HB1800 , HB1804 , HB1810 , HB1823 , HB1839 , HB1842 , HB1854 , HB1858 , HB1864 , HB1870 , HB1875 , HB1881 , HB1886 , HB1888 , HB1890 , HB1894 , HB1897 , HB1898 , HB1920 , HB1929 , HB1946 , HB1959 , HB1961 , HB1962 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB2001 , HB2005 , HB2020 , HB2021 , HB2022 , HB2023 , HB2062 , HB2078 , HB2093 , HB2095 , HB2096 , HB2097 , HB2101 , HB2137 , HB2152 , HB2207 , HCR137 , HCR181

Keywords: lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, eviction, housing access, tenant rights, judicial reporting, disassociation, disability, parking, travel placard, accessibility, mobility, small boat harbors, moorage, harbor permits, commercial use permit, commercial fishing

Bills: HB20 , HB463 , HB469 , HB649 , HB963 , HB1163 , HB1334 , HB1481 , HB1509 , HB1511 , HB1514 , HB1515 , HB1516 , HB1518 , HB1519 , HB1523 , HB1524 , HB1546 , HB1548 , HB1550 , HB1553 , HB1573 , HB1574 , HB1576 , HB1588 , HB1591 , HB1618 , HB1619 , HB1628 , HB1642 , HB1643 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1664 , HB1667 , HB1679 , HB1682 , HB1688 , HB1692 , HB1696 , HB1700 , HB1705 , HB1707 , HB1710 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1716 , HB1718 , HB1721 , HB1728 , HB1737 , HB1740 , HB1741 , HB1749 , HB1752 , HB1753 , HB1768 , HB1782 , HB1800 , HB1804 , HB1810 , HB1823 , HB1839 , HB1842 , HB1854 , HB1858 , HB1864 , HB1870 , HB1875 , HB1881 , HB1886 , HB1888 , HB1890 , HB1894 , HB1897 , HB1898 , HB1920 , HB1929 , HB1946 , HB1959 , HB1961 , HB1962 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB2001 , HB2005 , HB2020 , HB2021 , HB2022 , HB2023 , HB2062 , HB2078 , HB2093 , HB2095 , HB2096 , HB2097 , HB2101 , HB2137 , HB2152 , HB2207 , HCR137 , HCR181

Keywords: lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, eviction, housing access, tenant rights, judicial reporting, disassociation, disability, parking, travel placard, accessibility, mobility, small boat harbors, moorage, harbor permits, commercial use permit, commercial fishing

Transcript Highlights:

• long-term vision for its future.
• small business accelerator, its trades academy, And its expanding marketplace platforms.
• It serves as more than a conference.
• It serves as more than a conference.
• President, I second the motion. - It has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion?

Bills: SCR8 , SR10 , SCR90 , SR85 , SCR110 , SR103 , SCR54 , SR52 , SCR107 , SR101 , SCR178 , SR173 , SR76 , SCR40 , SR30 , SCR145 , SR137 , SCR62 , SCR95 , SR90 , SCR45 , SR44 , SCR119 , SR112 , SCR63 , SR57 , SCR21 , SR18 , SCR27 , SR24 , SCR75 , SR69 , SCR7 , SR7 , SCR149 , SCR55 , SR53 , SCR180 , SR175 , SCR86 , SR77 , SCR59 , SCR41 , SR31 , HB1678 , HB1824 , SCR177 , SR172 , SCR5 , SCR85 , SR75 , SCR139 , SR131 , SCR146 , SR138 , SR84 , SCR31 , SR27 , SCR46 , SR45 , SCR48 , SR47 , SCR9 , SR11 , SCR83 , SR73 , SCR20 , SR17 , SCR56 , SR54 , SCR87 , SCR39 , SR29 , SCR142 , SR134 , SCR203 , SR191 , SCR200 , SR188 , SCR196 , SR184 , SCR194 , SR183 , SCR114 , SR107 , SCR166 , SR157 , SCR96 , SR91 , SCR172 , SR163 , SCR109 , SR102 , SCR50 , SR49 , SCR64 , SR58 , SCR184 , SR165 , SCR81 , SR71 , SCR19 , SR16 , SCR22 , SR19 , SCR32 , SR28 , SCR57 , SR55 , SCR58 , SR56 , SCR103 , SR97 , SCR159 , SR150 , SCR163 , SR154 , SCR169 , SR160 , SCR68 , SR63 , SCR105 , SR99 , SCR112 , SR105 , SCR198 , SR186 , SCR11 , SR9 , SCR132 , SR124 , SCR189 , SR179 , SCR26 , SR23 , SCR93 , SR88 , SCR117 , SR110 , SCR164 , SR155 , SCR165 , SR156 , SCR170 , SR161 , SCR168 , SR159 , SCR173 , SCR197 , SCR47 , SR46 , SCR94 , SR89 , SCR99 , SR93 , SCR100 , SR94 , SCR130 , SR122 , SCR78 , SR82 , SCR154 , SR145 , SCR195 , SR192 , SCR162 , SR153 , SCR201 , SR189 , SCR202 , SR190

Keywords: building permits, seniors, health care, disability, safety modifications, county regulations, expedited processing, older adults, disability access, healthcare, permit processing, home modifications, kupuna, accessibility, parking, business hours, aging population, parking accessibility, private business hours, affordable housing