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House Municipal & County Government Committee hearing thread for Thursday, January 13, 2022 starts here. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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Today I learned there’s a sign-in sheet for the LOB for people to get mileage for committee hearings… I live in Concord anyways, though, so I don’t think I’d get mileage anyways even if I did sign in…Permalink On twitter.com
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These microphones are new for some committee members, so apologies for any livestream viewers who can’t hear members who aren’t turning on their mics when speaking…Permalink On twitter.com
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first up is HB1029, about the Claremont Police Commission… didn’t we have another one of these previously this term?Permalink On twitter.com
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ah, testifier is addressing it; a section was left out of the previous bill, apparently…Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. O’Hearne introduced it; Rep. Cloutier is now speaking on it as a co-sponsorPermalink On twitter.com
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it just changes one word: “city manager” becomes “city council”: gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=1424&inflect=2Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. O’Hearne is @AndrewAohearne; can’t seem to find an account for Rep. Cloutier…Permalink On twitter.com
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the previous bill on it was HB88 apparently…Permalink On twitter.com
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got a brief moment to go sign in on the blue sheets for the Labor Committee hearing today; I’ll come back to that laterPermalink On twitter.com
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aw, Chairman Dolan wants laptops away when testifiers are testifying; guess I gotta stop livetweeting...On twitter.com
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I’ll still be able to pop back in when we have downtime, I guess… anyways that was HB1046, about the election of Sullivan County commissioners… Rep. Linda Tanner spoke in favor of it, while Kate Horgan of the NH Association of Counties and @Walt_Stapleton spoke against it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Oh apparently the @dupont_group has an account on here after allPermalink On twitter.com
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I wish @nhrepPorter were still here on this committee to help Chair Dolan with process details...Permalink On twitter.com
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So @JulieDGilman1 just spoke in favor of HB1112, about competitive bidding for counties… Kate Horgan says the NH Association of Counties opposes it though.Permalink On twitter.com
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A note about the @dupont_group: it’s the lobbying group that represents the NH Association of Counties, and it’s actually a local NH organization. I thought it was related to @DuPont_News aka $DD at first, but they’re not, apparently… (I’d rebrand if I were the former!)Permalink On twitter.com
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ok so since my last update to this thread, @RepWilhelm spoke on HB1275, which would adjust representation on regional planning boards to be more proportional to population. Seems like a good idea to me, but the reps of smaller towns seemed kind of opposed to it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Next @Ellen4NH spoke on HB1387 to us, which would allow municipalities to adopt a property tax homestead exemption, which would make property taxes more progressively-structured. I like the idea, but was kinda disappointed other Dems on the committee seemed to be balking at it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Natch Greyes of the NHMA was going to testify against HB1387, but there was a last-minute amendment to it that apparently addressed a bunch of their concerns, so he didn’t have much to say about it. Anyways, lunch now; maybe I’ll stop in on some other committees…Permalink On twitter.com
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reminders for myself for next time: get a new 3-ring binder for storing legislation in, as the current one is filling up, and also remember to bring a pen for note-taking for when I have to put the tech away…Permalink On twitter.com
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right I was going to say stuff about the bills in other hearings… most of the bills in the Labor Committee hearing are good today; of them, I support CACR14, CACR28, HB1363, HB1207, and HB1076. The only one of them I really oppose is HB1089.Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1089 and HB1363 might seem similar since they’re both about noncompetes, but HB1089 is more specifically targetted to antivaxxers. While I generally support limiting noncompetes, being antivax isn’t a good reason for getting out of them. HB13863 is more general and thus better.Permalink On twitter.com
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Summary of the others, which’re all good: CACR14: Constitutional amendment to provide a right to join a union CACR28: Constitutional amendment to provide a right to a minimum wage HB1207: Requires employers to provide PTO for employees to vote HB1076: Bans bad productivity quotasPermalink On twitter.com
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Meanwhile in Election Law I signed in in support of CACR22, a constitutional amendment for #RCV (the exact method of which is to be determined by law), and CACR15, to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries where they’ll be 18 by the general election.Permalink On twitter.com
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Anyways my committee is back now; first up is HB1397 on the length of terms for Rockingham County officers. Chair Dolan introduced it and @Al_Baldasaro is now testifying to it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Cathy Stacey, the Rockingham County Register of Deeds, is testifying in favor of HB1397 now. This all feels very familiar...Permalink On twitter.com
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Right the one this was making me think of was HB560: @cooljeanius/1356286756719628288Permalink On twitter.com
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looks like we already passed that one? @cooljeanius/1358819170104864768Permalink On twitter.com
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This whole "only ask one question" rule is pretty annoying; I want to do entire lines of questioning... the "you have 5 minutes to ask questions" rule that they use for committee hearings in the federal-level Congress seems better to mePermalink On twitter.com
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.@phalvorsennh testifying to ask that 4-year terms ought to be extended to all counties in NH besides just RockinghamPermalink On twitter.com
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.@RockSheriffNH also supports longer terms for Rockingham County officersPermalink On twitter.com
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next is HB1277, which would require municipalities to report cybersecurity incidents. Peter Somssich is introducing it; this was something that Commissioner Goulet (of the Department of IT), who testified against my #SOFTWAREAct on Tuesday, asked for.Permalink On twitter.com
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This is like Jeopardy with the "can you word that in the form of a question?" requestsPermalink On twitter.com
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Margaret Byrnes of the NHMA had an amendment to suggest. And with that, our committee has adjourned.Permalink On twitter.com
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lots of people out in the LOB hallways this afternoon...Permalink On twitter.com
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