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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Looking at these bills that we have, I'm not certain that we're really ready to exec any of the ones
- we're really have I'm not certain that we're really ready<01:56:50.679>
to <01:56:50.880>exec them <01:56:52.280>ones <01:56:52.440>we <01:56:52.599>heard ready to exec- any of them ones we heard ready to exec any of them ones we heard today<01:56:54.880>
unless <
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/15/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Either in this meeting or in past sessions, we've talked about this need for a moratorium.
- <00:52:14.640>
So <00:52:14.960>wrapping this legislative session. - So wrapping this legislative session.
- No, we can we can session on the 24th.
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Any of exec? So, move. All in favor? I. Any of exec? So, move.
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Transcript Highlights:
- We are in executive session.
- motion to go in executive session? motion to go in executive session? >> Second.
- We're out of executive session and we're ready to hear our next bill. session? session?
- We're in executive session.
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All executive session. I have a second. All executive session.
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Transcript Highlights:
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so schedule a uh intensive work session so schedule a uh intensive work session - Because we were so efficient yesterday, we don't need to do work sessions and exec sessions. >> Yes,
- And we'll have a similar format of public hearings followed by work session and exec both. >> Okay, whatever
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and <03:37:48.160>exec followed by work session and exec followed by - work session and exec both.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (05/23/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So it remembering sessions.
- With that, I close the executive session. I open the executive session on Senate Bill 151.
- session on Senate Bill 151. session on Senate Bill 151.
- I hereby close the executive session on House Bill 266.
- I hereby close the executive session on House Bill 266.
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Transcript Highlights:
- session as time allows.
- session.
- reopen our noticed executive session reopen our noticed executive session um<03:34:40.120>
so - He said he was going to close the executive session on House Bill 107 and open the executive session
- He said he was going to close the executive session on House Bill 336 and open the executive session
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Transcript Highlights:
- [Laughter] Too late to exec it, right?
- I'd like to go into executive session with the school nurse bill from last time.
- Motion to go into executive session. Second. All those in favor? All those in favor? I, I.
- Make a motion to re-refer. executive session second all those in executive session second all those in
- We're out of executive session. Thank you very much. Much.
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Transcript Highlights:
- We are now in the early session.
- I move that the Senate adjourn from the early session, that the business of the late session be in order
- The early session is adjourned. We are now in the late session.
- We will not be in session<05:54:11.360>
next <05:54:11.680>Thursday. - We currently only session next Thursday.
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Transcript Highlights:
- Well, well, well, I'm opening this subcommittee work session on HB 1648.
- or the second year of a session.
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or we're in the first year of a session or we're in the first year of a session - <01:38:36.159>
All the second year of a session. All the second year of a session. - Tighten up the language and then have it ready for when you want to exec it.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- In that second meeting it'll be like an exec session where we can debate some of the line items, and
- can be like an exec session where we can be like an exec session where we can debate<02:46:36.520
- We did receive a number of notices of work sessions coming, I guess.
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so <02:50:05.439>I sessions starting at 10:00 a.m. so I sessions starting - 26th and 27th as potential House session.
Summary:
Division 3 opened a work session focused on direct care agencies, with the chair saying the day would center on the Veterans Home and other state hospitals and homes. Members first discussed the upcoming Finance Committee process, including how many bills would be assigned to Division 3, whether they would appear on the House calendar, and how much time would be allowed for each bill. The chair said the division would likely spend about an hour on each bill, then return for a second day of review before making recommendations. Staff later identified three bills expected on the calendar: House Bills 704, 751, and 54. Members also raised a question about the use of educational trust fund money in the budget, but that issue was deferred.
The main presentation came from Kim McKay, commandant of the New Hampshire Veterans Home, who described the facility as a long-term care intermediate facility serving eligible veterans. She said the home is licensed for 250 beds, budgeted for 225 veterans, and currently has 135 residents with four more scheduled to arrive. McKay highlighted improvements over the last two years, including a reduction in the admission wait list from more than a year to about three to six months, the creation of an LNA training program, energy-saving and Wi-Fi upgrades, and a new electronic learning management system that will provide mandatory training and continuing education units for staff. She said the home’s long-term goal is to return to a 225-bed census, but staffing remains the biggest hurdle.
Members asked about admissions, wait times, staffing, vacancies, and the home’s use of contract nurses. McKay explained that the wait time is measured from the initial application date, not from a completed packet, and that staff now help families gather records and paperwork more quickly. She said the home averages about 45 deaths per year, residents stay about 2.5 years on average, and the vacancy rate is around 35 percent, though some positions are intentionally held open until census grows. She attributed staffing shortages largely to retention problems, citing higher private-sector pay, bonuses, and more flexible hours, and said the home has a handful of contract nurses, mainly on second shift. On finances, she said pharmacy services are contracted, the VA reimburses some medication costs based on disability, and the home is pursuing federal changes to cover high-cost medications and catastrophic disability cases. The discussion also covered the home’s off-book donation account, which is overseen by the state and transferred into the state system when funds are spent.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/02/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll accept the motion to go into executive session. I would like us to reconsider House Bill 64.
- With that, I'll take a motion to come out of executive session. So moved. Seconded. All in favor?
- Do we want to go into exec and discuss it? What do you guys want to do?
- I don't know if you want to make a motion, we need to go into exec.
- We’re in exact session. If somebody makes a motion, we’ll consider it. I wouldn’t mind holding it.
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New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Gentlemen, thank you for session starting at about 3:00. session starting at about 3:00.
- executive session on language says that executive session on pending<03:17:42.960>
legislation <03:17:55.520>session <03:17:55.760>on now, we will open an exec session on now, we - will open an exec session on House<03:17:56.319>
Bill <03:17:56.800>1128. - just that and open an executive session just that and open an executive session on<03:25:06.239>
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Transcript Highlights:
- Last session, I was very disappointed that the governor did not make housing more of a priority in her
- We're going to open the session on HB 1499.
- And, you know, last session during the debate on House Bill 60, we talked a lot about this idea that
- And at that point, about last session.
- make decisions in executive session make decisions in executive session without<02:35:28.800>
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Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, over the course of the legislative session.
- And the last item for overview is sunset, so last session.
- Last session was my first session as executive director and you made a significant investment.
- I'm so glad I'm on this committee this session.
- We've got about an hour until session begins. We've got about an hour until session begins.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/24/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so I've always gone from regular hearings into an executive session.
- Do we open up an executive session, or how do we motion? I motion to move into executive session.
- Well, then we can call an emergency session.
- So I I emergency sessions we've had.
- I was worried. executive session. And having concluded executive session.
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Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Oct 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, and welcome to this work session of the Consumer Protection and Business Committee of October
- From underwriting to agency brokerage and working with agents and broker producers and account execs,
- And I think these work sessions are educational for members of the public.
- And I think of these work sessions is educational for members of the public.
Summary:
The committee heard a work session on earthquake insurance, beginning with background from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. OIC staff explained that earthquake and earth movement are generally excluded from standard property policies, that earthquake coverage is usually purchased through endorsements or standalone policies with high deductibles and relatively high premiums, and that surplus lines are a limited backstop market not covered by the state guarantee fund. They also described parametric insurance and captive insurance as more specialized products generally suited to commercial or governmental buyers rather than ordinary consumers. A second panel of insurance and banking experts focused on commercial earthquake exposure, especially for older buildings, collateralized loans, and potential knock-on effects to banks and consumers if a major quake caused widespread damage. Members asked about consumer impacts, mitigation incentives, inventories of vulnerable buildings, and whether legislation such as prior work on unreinforced masonry could help reduce risk. The Washington Bankers Association said earthquake insurance is expensive and that affordability is a major concern, while also noting banks participate in disaster-recovery planning and would be affected by major regional losses. No votes or formal actions were taken.
The committee then received a presentation from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy on its cannabis and Initiative 502 research. WSIPP staff described the agency as a nonpartisan research institute that conducts legislative-directed studies and explained that its long-term I-502 assignment includes periodic reports leading to a final benefit-cost evaluation in 2032. Staff summarized findings from a 2023 report showing that cannabis possession convictions fell sharply after legalization, though some racial disproportionalities persisted, and that closer retail access was associated with higher reported adult cannabis use, more fatal traffic crashes involving drivers from nearby areas, and higher rates of cannabis use disorder diagnoses among Medicaid enrollees. A 2023 youth-focused report found that students attending schools near retailers were more likely to report cannabis use, had more unexcused absences, and were less likely to graduate on time. In the newest 2025 Medicaid study, staff said retail access was associated with higher probabilities of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, related hospitalizations, inpatient treatment, and co-occurring mental health diagnoses, with event-study analysis suggesting the increases appeared after retailers opened rather than before. Members asked about racial disproportionality, the meaning of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, THC and impairment, whether the findings reflected medical versus recreational use, and how the results should be interpreted in light of broader trends and data limitations. No formal committee action was taken.
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Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to open up the executive session. We have three bills to exec today.
- away at the end of the uh session? away at the end of the uh session?
- The Chair then closed the executive session. Representative Cole will write the report.
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So, I'll close the executive session. - So, I'll close the executive session.
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/11/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to open the session on HB 542.
- This closes the executive session on HB 542.
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session <00:03:33.680>on closes the exec session on closes the exec - And I said I will—I missed it by a session because I forgot last session—but I said I'm going to bring
- And I said I will—I missed it by a session because I forgot last session—but I said I'm going to bring
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New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Ted Cruz of Texas actually filed legislation in past sessions of Congress to amend the federal
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tax <00:06:57.240 - I hope you'll just find this bill inexpedient to legislate, as we did in the last legislative session
- all that and Wednesday the 19th exec all that and then<04:38:07.639>
um <04:38:08.039>have
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on HB 402, a bill to repeal a provision in RSA 194-F:2 stating that Education Freedom Account (EFA) funds “shall not constitute taxable income” to the parent or student. The bill sponsor argued the current language is misleading because the state cannot determine federal tax liability, and said the bill would simply remove inaccurate tax advice from state law. He cited IRS guidance and prior federal legislation, including a Ted Cruz proposal, to suggest some EFA uses may be taxable under federal law, while others may not, and said the bill could be amended if needed to avoid confusion.
Testimony was sharply divided. Py Campbell opposed the bill, arguing it would unfairly single out EFA students and could amount to a tax on education funds, including for self-employed families, and recommended it be voted inexpedient to legislate. Stephen Matthew French, a tax preparer, also opposed the bill, saying IRS Publication 970 already makes clear that scholarship-type payments used for tuition and related expenses are not taxable, and that the bill addresses a problem that does not exist. He warned that adding tax reporting requirements could create administrative costs for families and the program administrator.
Bill Ardinger, a tax attorney, supported the repeal of the statutory language, saying the state should not place potentially incorrect tax advice into law. He explained that under federal tax law, only certain scholarship-like uses are exempt, while many EFA-eligible expenses may not be, especially for families using the program for homeschooling or other nontraditional expenses. He said the current statute could mislead families into thinking all EFA payments are tax-free and could expose the state to future legal problems. The hearing ended after questions from committee members; no vote or final action was taken in the transcript.