MVDC Actions - Week of 02/08/2026

Speak Up by Wednesday Evening! 

Action Alert: The House will be having another full floor voting session this Thursday. Please contact Your State Representatives by Wednesday Evening on the 3 bills listed below.

• Rep Keith Michael Ammon - keith.ammon@leg.state.nh.us 603-296-9879

• Rep Gerald Griffin - gerald.griffin@leg.state.nh.us 603-673-7467

• Rep Lisa C.M. Post - lisacmpost@gmail.com 802-730-5401

• Tell them that you are a constituent who considers voting records at election time. 

• Your email subject line should include a reference to being a constituent. Example: [Your Town] Constituent: Support HB1716 and Oppose HB1719 &  HB1002 on Thursday.

• Short emails are more effective. State your request and just a few talking points, put into your own words, or a personal story. 

  SUPPORT 1716-FN, relative to the academic accountability of education freedom accounts.Rep. Peggy Balboni (D-Rye) for the Minority of Education Policy and Administration: This bill would add student academic accountability to the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program. Annual student assessment is a requirement of all NH public school students, and test scores are often used as a measure of a school’s success. The EFA program is funded with taxpayer dollars and is one of four education pathways for NH students. Currently, there is no comparable academic accountability required for students in the EFA Program. Per state law, students in the EFA program must provide an annual record of educational attainment by taking either a nationally standardized test or the NH statewide assessment; or submitting a statement of teacher evaluation of a student portfolio. This bill does not propose any new methods of evaluation, it merely clarifies the portfolio option and adds a reporting requirement to an already existing statute. The minority feels that all students in taxpayer-funded educational programs, including public schools, charter schools, and the EFA program, should be held to the same academic reporting standards to evaluate student growth and the success of the program. 
  OPPOSE HB1719, removing Hepatitis B from the list of diseases for which immunization is required under state law.
  Rep. William Palmer (D-Cornish) for the Minority of Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs: This bill eliminates the Hepatitis B vaccine requirement and would make New Hampshire only the third state to do so. This is against the recommendation of the New Hampshire State Epidemiologist, the Infectious Disease Society of America, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. All the physicians who testified at the hearing were opposed to this bill, noting that the benefits far outweigh the risks of this vaccine. Since the universal birth vaccine dose became available in 1991 there has been a 95% drop in infant infections. Removal of the Hepatitis B vaccine requirement would further erode New Hampshire’s already declining vaccination rates, putting children, staff and community at increased risk for a disease that can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer and death. 
  OPPOSE HB1002, repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.
  Rep. Kat McGhee  (D-Hollis) for the Minority of Science, Technology and Energy: This bill repeals the solar energy systems tax exemption that allows towns to opt into solar energy tax exemptions if it fits their plans to lower local energy demand and costs. One hundred and fifty three cities and towns are using this exemption to support local sustainable energy adoption. The Hudson tax assessor was sent by his select board to ask us not to pass this bill. The tax impact was ‘in the noise’ and the town was committed to the exemption. Passing this bill upends traditional respect for local control. In every case of the towns who will be affected by this if it goes forward, voters spoke on what they thought was best. The minority believes passing this bill tells them they were wrong.