Bill hearings for this week are scheduled for April 15 in the Senate Commerce Committee and House Housing Committee.
Find them here:
https://www.cnht.org/news/2025/04/13/hearings-week-of-april-14/
You can use the House Portal, or email the House Housing Committee directly:
https://gc.nh.gov/house/committees/remotetestimony/
You can use the Senate Portal, or email the Senate Commerce Committee directly:
https://gc.nh.gov/remotecommittee/senate.aspx
You can also check both the House and Senate Testimony Portals during the week in case hearings are scheduled after you receive this message:
The full list of bills is here – some could still use commentary to the committees:
https://www.cnht.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bill_Watch2025.pdf
We also need to keep reminding the Governor of what these bills will do to “Mass Up NH”
KELLY.A.AYOTTE@GOVERNOR.NH.GOV
EVENTS and LINKS
Representative Len Turcotte, former Chair of the House Municipal Committee, will be speaking to the Bedford and Keene groups for awareness of this issue. Contact the groups’ Chairs to let them know you want to attend if you are not a member. They may ask you to arrive after the business portion of the meeting. This is a non-partisan issue and Rep Turcotte is very good at taking your questions.
Bedford Republican Committee Meeting
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Murphy’s Taproom and Carriage House
393 RTE-101, Bedford, NH
Danielle Evansic, Chair: (request email)
Keene Republican Committee Meeting
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Doors open at 6:00 PM
Ann Farrington, Chair: keenecityrepublicans@gmail.com
The meeting is on the second floor of the Court House (facing Court Street), but the entrance is located on Winter Street (the address itself is 33 Winter Street). There is a parking lot behind Citizens Bank directly across the street where you are welcome to park. Take the elevator to the second floor. The meeting room is at the end of the hall.
HB2 is the BUDGET BILL. It is currently before the Senate Finance Committee.
https://www.cnht.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HB2.pdf
See what provisions are of concern here:
https://www.cnht.org/news/2025/04/13/hb2-budget-bill/
Your help is appreciated!
If you have any questions about a bill, or are still not sure how to send in your position, please don’t hesitate to email jane@cnht.org or call 603-471-0138 from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
If you have to leave a message, speak loudly and clearly. We will call you back.
Have a great week.
Links:
Rep Turcotte on WMUR’s CloseUp:
https://www.wmur.com/article/advocate-local-control-top-down-changes-housing-policy-closeup-04132025/64468304
State Budget Would Repeal Housing Appeals Board
https://www.concordmonitor.com/NH-state-budget-would-end-Housing-Appeals-Board-60303634
Republicans Advancing the Housing Agenda
https://granitegrok.com/new-england/nh/2025/04/republicans-advancing-more-agenda-2030-goals-workforce-housing
College Republicans in Favor of Local Control
https://www.cnht.org/news/2025/04/13/unh-college-republicans-support-local-control/
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