League Advocacy and Action: New Hampshire
Week of April 24
Senate in session Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4 at 10:00 AM
House in session Thursday May 4 (the last day to act on Senate bills) at 10:00 AM
Senate REPORTS for vote
- HB 1534, relative to maintaining construction and demolition debris as a solid waste. Inexpedient to Legislate, Vote 4-1
- HB 1566, (New Title) relative to the definitions of resident for motor vehicle law purposes and domicile for voting purposes and relative to vehicle registration and driver’s license requirements Ought to Pass, Vote 4-1 CACR 41, relating to representative districts. Providing that representative districts shall be apportioned according to specified standards. Ought to Pass, Vote 3-1
- HB 1333, relative to solid waste reduction goals. Inexpedient to Legislate, Vote 4-1
- HB 1495, relative to setback requirements for landfills located near rivers. Interim Study, Vote 3-2 SUPPORT PASSAGE
- HB 1523, relative to certain rulemaking authority of the commissioner of environmental services. Ought to Pass, Vote 3-0
- HB 1582, prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system. Ought to Pass, Vote 6-0
- HB 1167-FN-A, making an appropriation to the land and community heritage investment program. Ought to pass with amendment, Vote 5-3
- SB 131-FN, establishing a school choice certificate program. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Vote 11-10.
FYI-
- OPPOSE or SUPPORT indications reflect LWVNH/US positions re committee recommendations for bills.
- ITL =Inexpedient to Legislate; OTP=Ought To Pass as determined by the committees in every case.
- Sometimes we support the committee majority report, sometimes we do not. How we communicate our positions is key to how our Senators and Representatives will understand how we want them to vote.
- Committee positions we support will be shown with SUPPORT; committee positions we oppose will have OPPOSE. A bill of interest will be listed with no position indicated.
- Hearings can be in the Capitol Building (SH) or in the Legislative Office Building behind the Capitol, the LOB.
Instead of being called the "State Legislature," the New Hampshire Senate and House together are referred to as the "New Hampshire General Court"- even though it is legislative, not judicial. The General Court consists of:
- the State Senate with 24 state senators.
- the State House of Representatives with 400 members. The New Hampshire House is the third-largest parliamentary body in the English-speaking world.
- http://www.state.nh.us/gencourt/gencourt.htm New Hampshire General Court (state legislature)
Bills introduced in the General Court can be found at: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/billstatus/legislation.html