2011 New Hampshire Liberty Related Bills Report
2011 New Hampshire Liberty Related Bills Report
This report includes a partial selection of the list of pro-liberty bills, resolutions or constitutional amendments that at least passed either the New Hampshire House of Representatives or the NH Senate as of January 4th 2012. I attempted to not include duplicate bills. The bills included on this list are bills that I believe the majority of people find pro-liberty; though, I personally may not think all of the bills listed are pro-liberty.
Over 60 pro-liberty bills and 2 pro-liberty resolution passed in NH in 2011. 3 pro-liberty bills were vetoed by Governor Lynch.
Note: This Report is not affiliated with the state of New Hampshire or any organization.
The list is arranged as follows:
House bills that became law
Senate bills that became law
Bills that were vetoed but may be included in the veto override session
Bills that did not become law but passed either the House or Senate
A description of each piece of information describing a bill is as follows:
Title of the bill, resolution or amendment
Status of the bill
Analysis or amended analysis of the bill
Link to a discussion of the bill, this section does not exist for all of the bills
Link to the General Court website for more information on the bill
If the formatting for the discussion links mess up, use this link to look at the discussions, http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdi...-New-Hampshire
If the formatting for the General Court website links messes up, use this link to look up the bills, http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
House bills that became law:
HR13
Passed House 258-112, Doesn't need to pass anyway else as it is a House Resolution
This house resolution declares that the advisory opinion issued by the supreme court in response to SR 9 under New Hampshire constitution, Part II, Article 74 was incorrect and a dangerous addition to a series of decisions of the court inimical to the authority of the legislature and the right of the people to be controlled by no laws other than those to which they or their elected representatives have consented, and urging the senate to remove HB 89, a bill requiring the attorney general to join a lawsuit challenging ObamaCare, from the table and pass it.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...illnumber=HR13
HCR9
Approved by Gov. Lynch
This resolution urges the President and Congress of the United States to immediately address the serious constitutional and safety concerns presented by advanced imaging technology employed by Transportation Security Agency employees at the nation’s airports and, if these concerns cannot be satisfactorily addressed, urges the discontinuation of their use.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ul-s-H.R.-6416
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...illnumber=HCR9
HB26
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill clarifies the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation, reduces the amount of a work-related theft resulting in the loss of wage credits, and disqualifies an unemployed individual who is discharged for single or multiple thefts in an amount greater than $100 but less than $250 from receiving unemployment benefits for 4 to 26 weeks.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...illnumber=hb26
HB30
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill allows persons who received a certificate from PAVE, the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence, to apply for licensure with the board of veterinary medicine.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB71
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill allows New Hampshire communities and private entities in conjunction with law enforcement officers to establish controlled and non-controlled pharmaceutical drug take-back programs. Under this bill, the department of justice, the pharmacy board, the department of safety, and the department of environmental services shall establish guidelines by rule, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for communities and private entities to follow if they choose to establish a pharmaceutical drug take-back program.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB82
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill makes various changes to the statute governing annulment of criminal records.
This bill is the result of the committee to study the statute governing the annulment of criminal records established in 2010, 307.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB90
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill permits enforcement of the requirement of boaters to have a safe boater education certificate when the operator is issued a written warning for a violation or offense or when the operator is involved in an accident.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB109
Veto overridden
This bill prohibits local planning boards from requiring the installation of a fire suppression sprinkler system in proposed one- or 2-family residences as a condition of approval for a local permit.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB133
Veto overridden
This bill modifies the state minimum hourly wage.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...H-minimum-wage
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb133
HB142
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals the prohibition on the sale of artificial flowers and miniature flags by street vendors.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB143
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals the prohibition on the sale of stove polish and related compounds used as polishes.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB148
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill prohibits the acceptance of federal funding for motorcycle-only roadside checkpoints.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...NH-bucks-trend
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB155
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill permits a municipality to issue a raffle permit that expires one year from the date of issuance rather than on the date of the raffle.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB156
Became law as part of the budget (which passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature), not a stand alone bill
This bill reduces the rates of the tobacco tax on cigarettes and on tobacco products other than cigarettes [for at least two years.]
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...x-by-ten-cents
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=HB156
HB187
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill changes the carry forward periods from 5 years to 10 years for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-taxes-forward
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB229
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals the tax on gambling winnings.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...e-gambling-tax
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb229
HB262
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill establishes a nano brewery license for businesses that manufacture up to 2,000 barrels of beer or specialty beer annually.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...hol-regulation
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB276
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill permits wine manufacturers to sell wine at annual fairs or similar events. This bill also eliminates the requirement that wine provided as samples by a wine manufacturer be purchased from the liquor commission.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...hol-regulation
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB291
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill defines permissible fireworks as consumer fireworks, with certain limited exceptions. The bill also revises the membership and duties of the permissible fireworks review committee.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ireworks-in-NH
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB295
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill requires the board of medicine to post a statement on Lyme disease treatment on its website.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB316
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill removes the penalty of loss of appeal for property owners who refuse to grant consent to assessing officials to inspect their property or who fail to file an inventory form.
This bill also permits the owner of involuntarily merged lots or parcels to have the lots restored to their premerger status.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...forcement-bill
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB322
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill modifies the statutory cap on the fee that a manufactured housing park owner may charge if a tenant exceeds the park’s adult occupancy rate.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB329
Veto overridden
This bill prohibits any abortion provider from performing an abortion on certain minors or incompetent females without giving 48 hours’ written notice, in person or by certified mail, to a parent or guardian unless a medical emergency exists. The bill provides a procedure for alternate notice in certain circumstances.
This bill also establishes a procedure for waiver of the notice in certain circumstances.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...the-girls-life
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB331
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill requires agencies to post expenditure information in a check register format on the state transparency website.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...ponsors=376919
HB333
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals labeling requirements for oleomargarine sold in less quantities than the original packages contain and for serving colored oleomargarine.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB347
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill exempts from nondisclosure the records of accidents involving and violations by county, city, and town employees and officials.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB390
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill reinstates and repeals certain boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces and is a request of the committee to study the list of non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces established in 2009, 144:87, II.
The bill also repeals the New Hampshire commission on the status of women contingent on its merger with a New Hampshire nonprofit corporation qualified by the Internal Revenue Service as a section 501(c)(3) entity.
http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_sta...llnumber=hb390
HB404
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill includes self-composting toilets or incinerating toilets on the list of toilet facilities which may be provided in recreational campgrounds or camping parks.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...ponsors=376919
HB424
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill enables premium taxes for nonadmitted insurance, including surplus line insurance, to be collected and disbursed. This bill also allows a foreign insurance company to be designated as a surplus line insurer under certain circumstances.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB441
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill eliminates the prohibition on devices that may be used to adjust muffling devices on boats.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB532
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill limits municipal liability for dog bites.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-for-dog-bites
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...ponsors=376942
HB542
Veto overridden
This bill requires school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent’s or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ng-regulations
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb542
HB544
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill adds knives to the list of firearms, ammunition, and firearms-related items over which the state has authority.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...Preemption-Law
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB549
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill eliminates the requirement that a driver be examined upon reaching his or her seventy-fifth birthday.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...NH-bucks-trend
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
HB570
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
The bill exempts persons licensed as operators of for-hire vessels for recreational fishing in coastal and estuarine waters from requirements from licensure as a guide.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb570
HB580
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill establishes a committee to study collective bargaining by public employees.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB589
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals written majority authorization for an employee organization to be certified as the exclusive representative of public employees in a bargaining unit.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ses-card-check
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=HB589
HB590
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill establishes a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ion-in-Fed-aid
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB601
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill establishes an oversight committee to provide legislative oversight, policy direction and recommendations for legislation with respect to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 Public Law 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152. This bill requires the insurance commissioner to obtain approval from the oversight committee before implementing any of the federal changes. This bill also directs the insurance commissioner to decline certain exchange planning grant funds [$660,000 so far] and to indicate to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services that the money is to be used to reduce the federal budget deficit.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ging-Obamacare
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb601
HB623
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill prohibits preferences in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or admission by state agencies, the university system, the community college system, and the postsecondary education commission. It prohibits preferential treatment or discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...rmative-action
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB629
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill repeals the uninsured health care database.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb629
HB635
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill requires the governor to develop a plan for consolidating certain agency functions.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=hb635
HB651
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill allows for the sale and possession of monk parakeets, also known as quaker parrots.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-Parrots-in-NH
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=HB651
Senate bills that became law:
SB1
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill eliminates the requirement that the terms of a collective bargaining agreement automatically continue if an impasse is not resolved at the time of the expiration of such agreement.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...repealed-in-NH
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...billnumber=SB1
SB2
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill authorizes cities and towns to adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...nding-cap-bill
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...billnumber=SB2
SB3
Vetoed, became law as part of the budget (which passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature), not a stand alone bill
This bill makes various changes to the state retirement system including:
I. Increasing retirement ages of group II members for service retirement, disability retirement, vested deferred retirement, and split benefits.
II. Changing the definitions of earnable compensation and average final compensation used in calculating retirement benefits.
III. Changing the composition of the board of trustees.
IV. Transferring remaining funds from the special account into the state annuity accumulation fund.
V. Eliminating future increases to medical benefits premium payments.
VI. Increasing member contribution rates.
VII. Establishing a committee to study the establishment of a federal tax qualified voluntary defined contribution plan and a committee to study matters related to disability, medical subsidies, and COLAs.
VIII. Limiting when the option to become a member of retirement system applies, and defining part-time employment.
IX. Changing the eligibility for state employees to receive medical benefits.
X. Extending a temporary supplemental allowance for fiscal year 2013
XI. Changing the interest calculation attributed to contributions.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...irement-system
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legi...11/SB0003.html
SB57
Veto overridden
I. Increases the maximum percentage of interest allowed to be charged by title loan lenders annually.
II. Reduces the number of additional pay periods for which a lender may allow a title loan to be renewed.
III. Requires a borrower whose title loan has been renewed to pay at least 10 percent of the loan’s original principal balance at the time of renewal.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
SB81
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill provides that commissioners of agencies have the authority to transfer or reassign personnel within the agency and to delegate, transfer, or assign the authority to administer programs or services within components of the agency. The bill also limits the extension of the service of a commissioner or agency head as a holdover from an expired term.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
SB86
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill requires the department of labor to issue one warning to employers for certain violations before a fine may be imposed.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
SB87
Became law as part of the budget (which passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature), not a stand alone bill
Eliminate the temporary $30-$75 surcharge on motor vehicle registrations
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...istration-fees
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...illnumber=SB78
SB88
Veto overridden
I. Allows a person who is anywhere he or she has a right to be to use deadly force to protect oneself or a third person.
II. Inserts a civil immunity provision for the use of force against a perpetrator in certain circumstances.
III. Deletes the minimum mandatory sentencing requirement for felony convictions which include the possession, use, or attempted use of a firearm.
IV. Amends the definition of “non-deadly force” to include the act of producing or displaying a weapon.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?283682-NH-House-passes-bill-similar-to-castle-doctrine-and-another-pro-liberty-gun-bill
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...illnumber=sb88
SB91
Veto overridden
This bill prohibits municipalities from requiring automatic fire suppression sprinklers in certain dwellings.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...tle=sprinklers
SB93
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill expands the vaccines which may be administered by a pharmacist and changes the qualifications for pharmacists to administer vaccines.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...ssionyear=2011
SB111
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill exempts short sales from certain requirements pertaining to foreclosure consultants.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
SB120
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill modifies various alcoholic beverage advertising restrictions.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...hol-regulation
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb120
SB121
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill modifies the definition of “employer” for the purposes of notification under the worker adjustment and retraining notification act.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb121
SB125
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill modifies standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...the-government
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb125
SB146
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill requires state agencies to submit a [10% for each year] reduced spending level alternative as part of the biennial budget process.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...budget-forever
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...ssionyear=2011
SB148
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill provides that a resident of New Hampshire shall not be required to obtain, or be assessed a fee or fine for failure to obtain, health insurance coverage.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...ging-Obamacare
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb148
SB176
Passed with Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill removes obsolete references to the 3-day waiting requirement for a marriage license and clarifies when a certified copy of a divorce decree or death certificate is required.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=10
SB196
Passed without Gov. Lynch’s signature
This bill amends the length of time required for a teacher to be entitled to the rights of notification and hearing for failure to be renominated or reelected. This bill declares that in cases of nonrenomination or nonreelection because of reduction in force, the reduction in force shall not be based solely on seniority. This bill also limits a petition for review as the exclusive remedy available to a teacher on the issue of the nonrenewal of such teacher.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb196
Bills that were vetoed:
HB218
Vetoed
This bill modifies the New Hampshire rail transit authority.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...nsit-authority
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
HB474
Vetoed
This bill prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a labor union.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...rk-bill-HB-474
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...&txtsstatus=11
SB154
Vetoed
This bill makes extensive changes to the comprehensive shoreland protection act.
This bill repeals New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. This bill also clarifies how the moneys in the greenhouse gas emissions reduction fund may be used.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill...llnumber=sb154
