UPDATED: 1/19/2021
This year, it is most important to address urgent needs and long-term structural items that will allow the State to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger than ever and preparing for the future. We must care for each other, and look to a future for this state focused on multi-generational, sustainable communities prepared with the best schools and outdoor amenities.
In total, I am sponsoring or co-sponsoring 57 pieces of legislation, which are listed below. I’ll be sure to keep you updated throughout the year on where my legislation stands and other initiatives I plan to work on.
Housing
| 2021-0781 | HB | Title: relative to emergency housing assistance. | HB512 text |
| 2021-0873 | SB | Title: relative to a notice to quit for residential tenants. | |
| 2021-0878 | SB | Title: relative to prohibiting certain denials of rental assistance. | |
| 2021-0961 | SB | Title: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase homeless services. | |
| 2021-0511 | HB | Title: relative to training and procedures for zoning and planning boards and relative to financial investments and incentives for affordable housing development. | HB586 text |
| 2021-0929 | SB | Title: relative to the commission to study barriers to increased land development in New Hampshire. | |
| 2021-0930 | SB | Title: establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program. | |
| 2021-0974 | SB | Title: establishing a committee to study adopting changes to the state fire and building codes. |
Redistricting & Election Access
| 2021-0910 | SB | Title: establishing an independent advisory commission on redistricting. | |
| 2021-1038 | SB | Title: relative to resources used by legislative committees in connection with redistricting. | |
| 2021-1039 | SB | Title: relative to maps created or considered by legislative committees tasked with redistricting. | |
| 2021-1040 | SB | Title: requiring that any legislative committee meetings on redistricting be open to the public. | |
| 2021-1042 | SB | Title: modifying the absentee voter registration process, absentee ballot application, and absentee ballot voting process. | SB47 text |
| 2021-0989 | SB | Title: relative to the use of electronic poll books by cities and towns. | SB46 text |
Green Energy
| 2021-0862 | SB | Title: relative to renewable energy procurement. | |
| 2021-0901 | SB | Title: relative to the alternative compliance payments for renewable energy obligations not met through the purchase of renewable energy credits. | |
| 2021-0945 | SB | Title: relative to the installation, interconnection, and use of energy storage systems by customers of utilities. | |
| 2021-0988 | SB | Title: relative to group host credits for net energy metering. |
Small Business Relief
| 2021-0900 | SB | Title: relative to beverage manufacturer licenses. | |
| 2021-1047 | SB | Title: increasing the minimum gross business income required for filing a business profits tax return. |
COVID-19 Relief
| 2021-0864 | SB | Title: extending unpaid leave benefits to employees for COVID-19 purposes. | |
| 2021-0895 | SB | Title: relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing. | |
| 2021-1016 | SB | Title: relative to copayments for COVID-19 testing. | |
| 2021-1056 | SB | Title: relative to paid sick leave. | |
| 2021-0940 | SB | Title: relative to child care scholarships. | |
| 2021-1020 | SB | Title: relative to the SNAP incentive program. | |
| 2021-0946 | SB | Title: requiring a COVID-19 needs assessment of nursing homes and long-term care facilities and making an appropriation therefor. |
PFAS
| 2021-0068 | HB | Title: creating a statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. | HB236 text |
| 2021-0842 | SB | Title: prohibiting incineration of PFAS in New Hampshire. |
Municipal Meetings and Funding
| 2021-0911 | SB | Title: relative to remote access to meetings under RSA 91-A. | |
| 2021-0853 | SB | Title: providing for optional town meeting procedures and allowing preprocessing of absentee ballots. | |
| 2021-0256 | SB | Title: establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal. | |
| 2021-0884 | SB | Title: relative to a state share of retirement system contributions by employers. | |
| 2021-0886 | SB | Title: relative to the property tax relief act of 2021. | |
| 2021-0887 | SB | Title: relative to a temporary change in the formula for school funding. | |
| 2021-0970 | SB | Title: postponing assessment reviews and reappraisals of property. |
Criminal Justice
| 2021-1001 | SB | Title: requiring implicit bias training for judges; establishing a body-worn and dashboard camera fund and making an appropriation therefor; relative to race and ethnicity data on driver's licenses, and relative to juvenile delinquency. | |
| 2021-0913 | SB | Title: relative to incarceration under a suspended sentence. |
LGBTQ+ Issues
Letter on IVF
Letter on Adoption
| 2021-0168 | HB | Title: prohibiting provocations based on a victim’s actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation from being used as a defense in manslaughter cases. | HB238 text |
Workers' Rights
| 2021-0861 | SB | Title: requiring employers to provide access to a sufficient space for nursing mothers and reasonable break time. | |
| 2021-0197 | HB | Title: relative to payment for earned but unused vacation or personal time. | HB113 text |
| 2021-0392 | SB | Title: requiring an employer to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees. |
Arts
| 2021-1058 | SB | Title: relative to the support and promotion of New Hampshire's live performance industry to the council on the arts. |
Environmental
| 2021-0255 | SB | Title: establishing the coastal program administered by the department of environmental services | |
| 2021-0741 | HB | Title: relative to the sale and distribution of polystyrene food service products. | HB618 text |
| 2021-0823 | SB | Title: establishing a surcharge on certain saltwater licenses and establishing a fund for derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup | |
| 2021-0876 | SB | Title: enabling municipalities to establish a community preservation and resilience program funded in part through a surcharge on real property. | |
| 2021-0877 | SB | Title: relative to public bodies. | |
| 2021-0976 | SB | Title: relative to the enjoyment of publicly-accessible and publicly-funded recreation areas. | |
| 2021-0927 | SB | Title: relative to tidal waters. | |
| 2021-1068 | SB | Title: establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state and establishing a climate action plan. |
Medical Rights
| 2021-1046 | SB | Title: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for primary prevention services for families. | |
| 2021-0859 | SB | Title: relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists. | |
| 2021-0257 | SB | Title: establishing a dental benefit under the state Medicaid program. |
Naming Bills
| 2021-0554 | HB | Title: proclaiming April 11 as Wentworth Cheswill Day. | HB283 text |
| 2021-0909 | SB | Title: recognizing October 13 as metastatic breast cancer awareness day. | |
| 2021-0922 | SB | Title: relative to Native American name restoration. | SB33 text |
I will be updating this page throughout the legislative session, but you can also view the 2021 LSRs on the New Hampshire General Court website.