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Your State House – 3/10/24

January 12, 2025March 10, 2024 Carol McGuire

This week, my committee met to recommend eleven bills to the full House. Most had gone to the subcommittee, and as usual, we nearly always agreed with the subcommittee recommendation, and most recommendations were unanimous. HB 1387, my bill on the state building code adoption process, had a minor amendment to allow consideration of a … Read more

Billionaire-Backed Organizations Fund NH Progressive Candidates: Republicans Should Take Note.

March 10, 2024 Op-Ed

One could be forgiven for mistakenly believing that Jennifer Mandelbaum was running unopposed in the Rockingham District 21 special election. The 32-year-old contender for a seat in the NH House of Representatives, whose race reaches its conclusion on March 12, is virtually ubiquitous both online and in signage.

NH House, Selectively Reactionary?

November 19, 2024March 10, 2024 Julie Smith

I just read today’s “Judy Aron Report,” which is a great thing to do the day after the House meets. One of many reasons to encourage others to do the same is that she captures most of the items of great public interest.

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NH House Republican Attendance for the Week of 3-7-2024

March 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Thursday is session day, and if you missed Judy Aron’s round-up this morning, make a note to check that out (right after you’ve finished looking to see if your rep missed any roll call votes or if they missed a lot of them).

HB1002 Is Dead (For Now) – HB1610 (Requiring State Assessments for Homeschoolers) Is At Deaths Door

March 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

We have two bits of excellent news for Granite Staters fighting the good fight – two bills you’ve all been battling have either died in committee or crawled out on their last legs, most certainly to die unless someone screws something up – always an option this session.

When Witnesses are Asked to Swear an Oath to Tell the Truth – Democrats Object

March 4, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Today during a hearing of House Special Committee on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (regarding DCYF), something interesting and (perhaps) wonderful occurred. A recommendation was made to ask those testifying to swear they were telling the truth (under penalty of perjury), and a Democrat objected to it.

How Many “Votes” Has Your NH House Republican Rep. Missed So Far This Year?

March 4, 2024 Steve MacDonald

You elected them to New Hampshire’s Citizen Legislature to represent you. When they don’t show up, you’re not being represented, are you? And with the razor-thin majority, every vote matters, so, as promised, we are releasing our first NH House Republican Attendance Report.

We’re Going to Publish Weekly NH House Republican Attendance Reports!

March 3, 2024 Steve MacDonald

We’ve had a handful of very relevant content in recent days about the troubles in the New Hampshire House. The slip Republican majority gets wins in the morning only to lose later because Democrats keep score better and are more patient and focused on their agenda.

How Republicans Are Turning Wins Into Losses

February 27, 2024 Norm Silber

It is a well-known legislative strategy in the NH House to protect a “win” against later efforts of your opponents to convert it into a loss. This is especially important when the numbers of Reps on each side of the aisle are fairly close together, as we find ourselves now.

Op-Ed: House Leadership?

February 22, 2024 Op-Ed

Despite prompting from House Rs, the leadership refused to reconsider HB1212, which Republicans won and had ITL’d. That was the first of a waterfall of mistakes that cost big losses in the House for conservatives, solely due to inadequate House leadership.

NH Democrat with 38% HRA Score Decides He is a Republican – Leaves Dems to Caucus with GOP

February 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Merideth, NH Rep Matt Coker (D – until a few minutes ago) has announced -more or less – that his party has left him, so he’s decided to leave it. He has changed party affiliation and formally joined the New Hampshire Republican House Caucus.

ICYMI – Democrat Rep. Uses Her Baby As Prop While Promoting ‘Right to Abortion’ Amendment on House Floor

February 2, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Vermont passed a Constitutional Right to personal “reproductive liberty.” Advocates called it a right to abortion, but it still doesn’t say that, and it has yet to confront any sort of legal challenge, but New Hampshire Dems wanted one for themselves. They just didn’t have the votes.

Gun Control Hearing – January 31st

January 28, 2024 Kimberly Morin

From the Women’s Defense League: On Wednesday January 31st at 3:15 PM there will be a gun control hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.

The bill is House Bill 1037 – AN ACT relative to repealing limited liability for manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition.

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HB1500: The Dems Latest Act to Chill Free Speech and Expression … Is a New Kind of Stupid (With an Old Twist)

January 27, 2024January 26, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A group of New Hampshire Democrats have introduced a bill that is so blatantly unconstitutional that you’d think even they would know better. There is no chance of that. Oppressing speech feels right, especially if your bill allows you to accuse people of a crime without evidence of one.

House Speaker Forms Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy

January 20, 2024 Op-Ed

Concord, NH: Today, House Speaker Sherman Packard (R-Londonderry) announced the formation of the Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy:

Your State House 1/16/24

January 12, 2025January 16, 2024 Carol McGuire

This week, the House started public hearings on the new bills. My committee first met to review the performance audit of mental health professional licensing. There were no surprises; the auditors found conflicting requirements, various laws not enforced, and leisurely activity by the licensing boards. Most of the statutory changes suggested have been submitted already, … Read more

Your NH State House (1-11-2024)

January 12, 2025January 11, 2024 Carol McGuire

This year started with two days of session to consider all the bills held over from last year. As usual, the consent calendar of 146 non-controversial bills passed on a voice vote, after five were removed. Those bills would be considered individually at the end of the session. A great many of these bills were … Read more

Restore Trust … in Elections

January 8, 2024 Op-Ed

Let’s talk about an important piece of legislation coming up in committee this week. It is House Resolution 25, scheduled for a public hearing in Legislative Administration on Wednesday, January 10, at 10 am, in the Legislative Office Building, Room 301-303. Here is a cliff notes version.

ICYMI – Bi-Partisan NH House Vote Bans Transition Surgery for Minors [Update!]

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Steve MacDonald

You’ll likely have heard the latest shot ’round the world. But, if not, a Democrat legislator in the New Hampshire House, speaking to his fellow members, said that while he supports transgender people, he could not condone surgical intervention on children.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From Wednesday’s House Session (1/3/24)?

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 Judy Aron

We learned that today was the first of two days this week that the House will determine the fate of around 66 bills that were retained from last year. We voted on 37 of those bills today.