Legislative Updates

Attached is the updated legislative tracker from Legislative Solutions, NHCDA's lobbyist. Bills with recent action or upcoming hearings are highlighted.

The Senate and House finished their regular legislative sessions this week. They will not meet again until a veto day (to override gubernatorial vetoes) is scheduled and possibly a special session to deal with budget shortfalls. The Senate met on Monday and acted on seven remaining bills after passing about two dozen bills the previous…

The Senate will meet again in session on June 29 and the House will meet on June 30. The Senate will deal with a few remaining bills while the House will take up about two dozen bills passed by the Senate last week. The House may only concur or non-concur with the Senate changes to…

The Senate met in session for the first time in three months. They met in Representatives Hall which is the usual location for House sessions but instead was used by the Senate to allow the 24 members to socially distance. 26 House-passed bills were on the Senate calendar but each bill was used to include…

The 400 member NH House of Representatives held their first session since mid-March at the UNH Hockey arena yesterday. They met at the arena because it was big enough to maintain 6 feet social distancing. Legislators were screened and given a remote voting clicker. Masks were required for those sitting on the floor. For those…

The remainder of the House legislative session remains in limbo after key partisan votes in the House Rules Committee. The committee voted 5-4 to support the Speaker’s plan which would have the House finish work on its own bills June 1, act on all Senate bills by June 25 and complete remaining work by June…

On June 11, when the House holds its first session since mid-March, the first order of business will be voting on new bill deadlines which require a two-thirds vote. However, on Tuesday, Republican Leader Dick Hinch said, “We absolutely agree that the House needs to get back to work, and we want to get back…

As we mentioned last Friday, for the first time since the Civil War, the Senate and House will meet in session outside their chambers. On June 11, the Senate will take over Representatives Hall where the 400 member House usually meets. The House will meet at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore Center, which normally…

Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Morse, said they will be holding two session days in June. He said they will be using the House Chambers which has seating for 400 members and electronic voting capabilities which could expedite the Senate’s work. House Minority Leader, Dick Hinch, has said that the House will convene outside the Statehouse…

The Speaker of the House has indicated that the full House will not meet until there are an ample number of bills to deal with. He said “no one knows when or if we will be able to return to our historic Representatives Hall this session.” He also said that they are exploring other venues…