Last Session - Thursday June 4

The House and Senate will both meet to vote on Committee of Conference reports. Any bill where agreement was not reached by May 28th is now dead.

A Committee of Conference (COC) happens when the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill and must negotiate a final compromise before the bill can become law. A small group of lawmakers from both chambers is appointed to work out the differences—often behind closed doors.

WE ARE HERE → If they reach a compromise, they file a report, which then goes to both chambers for a vote. If both chambers accept the CoC report, the bill is sent to the Governor like any other bill.

From various sources, here are reports being considered on Thursday:

Phone calls to make by Wednesday this week:

Contact our reps and urge them to OPPOSE:

• HB155: (New Title) relative to business enterprise tax returns and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.

  • From Amherst Dems - Provides broad tax cuts for businesses

• HB281: requiring electronic voter checklists to be supplied in a sortable format. / HB317: (New Title) allowing a supervisor of the checklist to verify a person's identity, with identification, if they personally know that person. / HB1062: authorizing the secretary of state to conduct random audits of the citizenship qualification of registered voters. HB1306: relative to the counting of absentee ballots.

  • From Amherst Dems - More voter restrictions

• HB360: (Second New Title) prohibiting public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, relative to licensing requirements for health care facilities established within a 15 mile radius of a critical access hospital, and relative to the administration of prescription medication to minors by youth camp staff.

  • From Amherst Dems - Restricts gender affirming care for minors and includes additional health care restrictions

• HB609: relative to the general court's authority over the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession, transportation, licensing, permitting, taxation, and other matter pertaining to firearms, stun guns, Tasers, pepper spray devices, knives and other self-defense tools.

  • From Rep. David Meuse - HB609 (Campus Carry), In its final form, this bill seeks to breathe new life into a zombie bill—HB 1793 aka the “campus carry” bill, which would have allowed anyone age 18 or over—including random visitors—to tote firearms on NH college campuses with no restrictions. Read full Facebook POST HERE

• HB751: (Second New Title) establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.

  • From Kent Street Coalition - HB751 (Open Enrollment), allowing at least 10% of the students in any district to transfer to another district, and requiring the sending district to cover 80-100% of their tuition costs, at an average cost of more than $18,000 per student.] More info can be found HERE.

  • From InDepthNH - ARTICLE HERE

• HB1300: (Second New Title) establishing a school district local tax cap question for the state general election of 2026 and related limitations on central office administrative expenses in school districts.

  • From Kent Street Coalition - HB1300 (Tax Cap), requiring every town and city ward to include a tax cap question on their ballots during the 2026 and 2028 general elections - separating this decision from the regular school budget and town meeting process and making it more likely that voters will adopt tax caps without understanding the actual consequences. More info can be found HERE.

A phone call is one of the most effective ways to reach out, but emails also help.

• Denise Ricciardi - 603.271.1403 - Denise.Ricciardi@gc.nh.gov

• Keith Michael Ammon - 603.296.9879 - Keith.Ammon@gc.nh.gov

• Gerald Griffin - 603.673.7467 - Gerald.Griffin@gc.nh.gov

• Lisa C.M. Post - 802.730.5401 - Lisacmpost@gmail.com

Here is a script/template you can use - feel free to make it your own:

Hello, my name is [NAME] and I live in Mont Vernon. I'm calling to ask Representative [NAME] to vote NO on several bills.

First is HB1300, the tax cap bill. It does not provide real property tax relief, weakens local control, and takes important school funding decisions away from the town meeting process.

Second is HB751, the open enrollment bill. It would allow at least 10% of students in every school district to transfer to other public schools and require the district they leave to pay tuition for each of them—at an average cost of more than $18,000 per student. Where would this money come from, especially if a tax cap is also imposed? In addition, many questions about the impact on students with disabilities remain unanswered.

I also urge Representative [NAME] to vote NO on HB155, which provides broad tax cuts for businesses and could increase pressure on local property taxpayers at a time when residents and municipalities are already struggling.

Please vote NO on HB281, HB317, HB1062, and HB1306, which add voter restrictions and make election administration more difficult for local communities.

I also ask Representative [NAME] to vote NO on HB360, which restricts gender-affirming care for minors and adds additional healthcare restrictions.

Finally, please vote NO on HB609 (open carry), which would allow anyone age 18 or older—including visitors who are not students or staff—to carry firearms on New Hampshire college campuses.

Thank you for your time and consideration.