We need your help to encourage the Senate to support HB 275 this week, which is currently sitting idle in the Senate Committee on Executive Departments and Administration.
This is the language that we facilitated in an agreement between the House Freedom Caucus, Senators and the Governor in order to support the budget last year in HB 2. The Senate and Governor agreed to this language in order to garner support from Freedom Caucus members. It’s time to encourage the Senate to honor that deal.
To give you a quick overview of the difference between these two efforts, consider section 91:459 of HB 2 and contrast that with the language in HB 275. The language that became law theorizes that a State of Emergency is the natural condition of government and requires both the House and Senate to vote to end it.
We disagree, and therefore pushed for the language in HB 275. This language theorizes that a Constitutional Republic is the natural condition of government and that both the House and Senate ought to have to vote to continue a State of Emergency, and otherwise it should automatically end.
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Because of our disagreement, we encouraged our RebuildNH representatives to hold back their vote on the budget. In that effort, an agreement was made among House leaders, the Senate and the governor to accept our language in exchange for a positive vote for the budget. Now it is time to ensure we get our side of the deal, so please contact the Senate today and urge them to honor their word.
You may choose to target your efforts on Sen. Jeb Bradley and Sen. Chuck Morse, the Senate leaders, by calling Bradley at 603-271-3266 or Morse at 603-271-3479 or Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us and Chuck.Morse@leg.state.nh.us or contacting the whole Senate by following the instructions below where we list the entire Senate contact list.
Support Liberty Even During An Emergency
In another major effort, we are asking you to contact Gov. Chris Sununu and ask him to sign HB 440 into law. This bill protects civil liberties even during a declared State of Emergency, which is basic common sense. Please call the governor at 603-271-2121 or email governorsununu@nh.gov and remind him that it is his constitutionally sworn duty to protect the civil liberties of his constituents. Protecting New Hampshire from the potential overreach of his successors is another one of his responsibilities while in office.
Encourage the House to Support Medical Freedom for Health Workers
⭐ Support OTP-A: HB 1604, including state medical facilities in the statute providing medical freedom in immunizations. HB 1604 is coming back to the House for a second vote with a new committee amendment.
The bill would add state-run medical facilities into the Medical Freedom in Immunizations Act, by providing employees of these facilities a streamlined vaccine exemption process that must be granted. This bill barely passed the House the first time around and the main excuse given by a handful of Republican representatives was that the bill could jeopardize Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Now, the bill has been amended in House Finance and would no longer jeopardize this funding. Please contact the representatives who voted “no” the first time and inform them of this development in the committee amendment, asking them to support the amended bill.
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JC.Allard@leg.state.nh.us,mike.bordes@leg.state.nh.us, Bill.Boyd@leg.state.nh.us, graham4rep@hotmail.com, rjlynn4@gmail.com,norman.major@leg.state.nh.us, Mary.Mayville@leg.state.nh.us, betsy.mckinney@leg.state.nh.us, cdrouillard@comcast.net, Dan.Wolf@leg.state.nh.us You may also email your representatives by finding them here.
Senate Committee Hearings This Week
We really would love for you to show up for these two Senate committee hearings on Wednesday. You all came out in a snow storm to support HB 1131 in the House, and now we need a larger show of force to get this past in the Senate. While you’re at it, please support HB 1044, a bill that will drastically improve medical services that are available without being tied to federal funds and federal strings. Please try to be there on Wednesday!
Wednesday, March 30, 2022, | N.H. Senate
Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs
State House, Room 100
⭐ 9:45 a.m. —SUPPORT—HB 1044, relative to direct payment and membership-based health care facilities. This is a really important bill, that amazingly would carve out an exemption allowing business ventures to create hospitals and other medical facilities that only accept direct payment, which would exempt them from federal COVID regulations and other potential federal overreach. Please Click here to register your disposition. Email the committee.
⭐ 10 a.m.—SUPPORT—HB 1131, relative to facial covering policies for schools. This bill prohibits public schools from creating policies that force students or members of the public to wear masks. Please Click here to register your disposition. Email the committee.
Senate Session This Week
⛔ OPPOSE OTP, SUPPORT ITL: SB 382, relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services. Apparently Senators have been convinced by their lobbyists to support this bill, and that is a serious problem. This bill is EVIL! This bill would prohibit telemedicine from any practitioner not licensed in New Hampshire, which would cut-off effective COVID treatments from people who have been receiving them from out-of-state telemedicine doctors. The NH Legislature does not have the authority to regulated interstate commerce, because this power is delegated to the U.S. Congress in the U.S. Constitution, and thus we believe this bill is unconstitutional! This bill needs to die.
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Erin.Hennessey@leg.state.nh.us, Bob.Giuda@leg.state.nh.us, Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us, David.Watters@leg.state.nh.us, Suzanne.Prentiss@leg.state.nh.us, James.Gray@leg.state.nh.us, Harold.French@leg.state.nh.us, Ruth.Ward@leg.state.nh.us, Denise.Ricciardi@leg.state.nh.us, Jay.Kahn@leg.state.nh.us, Gary.Daniels@leg.state.nh.us, Kevin.Avard@leg.state.nh.us, Cindy.Rosenwald@leg.state.nh.us, Sharon.Carson@leg.state.nh.us, Becky.Whitley@leg.state.nh.us, Kevin.Cavanaugh@leg.state.nh.us, John.Reagan111@gmail.com, Donna.Soucy@leg.state.nh.us, Regina.Birdsell@leg.state.nh.us, Lou.Dallesandro@leg.state.nh.us, Rebecca.PerkinsKwoka@leg.state.nh.us, Chuck.Morse@leg.state.nh.us, William.Gannon@leg.state.nh.us, Tom.Sherman@leg.state.nh.us
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