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The sidewalks on State Street are clear again! Anyways, long day of hearings scheduled today; livetweet thread starts here... #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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First bill is HB1026 from Rep. Piemonte. This is a rewrite of a bill of his that passed out of our committee last year but died in the state Senate.Permalink On twitter.com
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it actually started out as three separate bills last year, but then got combined into one: @cooljeanius/1367118959753969668Permalink On twitter.com
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The bill numbers last year were HB243, HB415, and HB454: @cooljeanius/1367136522412167168Permalink On twitter.com
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Executive session notes for last year's bill(s): @cooljeanius/1380548119063056388Permalink On twitter.com
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oh wait that wasn't the executive session, but rather it was from when the bill went before the whole HousePermalink On twitter.com
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The executive session for the bill was later the same day we originally heard it: @cooljeanius/1367198313288720391Permalink On twitter.com
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Katherine Heck of the NHMA has testimony for us about how the Municipal Association prefers the word "may" to "shall" in this legislationPermalink On twitter.com
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"active" in the context of modifying the word "spreadsheet" means "editable"Permalink On twitter.com
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I wish more people on this committee understood version control systems like git (and websites for hosting them like GitHub), as this seems like the perfect use-case for one. Don't really want to ask about it, though, as it'd take too long to explain...Permalink On twitter.com
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Next up is HB1068, this year's "tiny houses" billPermalink On twitter.com
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Last year it was HB588: @cooljeanius/1367170358445547527Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Maggiore introduced it to us but recommends it be ITL-ed because he wants another attempt at rewriting it (he's one of the sponsors with Rep. Testerman)Permalink On twitter.com
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main question remaining is how best to handle the "on-wheels" version of tiny housesPermalink On twitter.com
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Stephen Days (sp?) of Manchester has testimony for us about his own experiences trying to build a tiny house but getting deniedPermalink On twitter.com
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actually it's "Daves" not "Days"Permalink On twitter.com
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Guessing his accounts are @StephenDaves and @ReadRothbard on here?Permalink On twitter.com
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I'm pretty anti-Rothbard, but I do also want tiny houses, but I also want to respect Rep. Maggiore's desire for an attempt to rewrite, so... idk, I'm torn in multiple directions here...Permalink On twitter.com
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.@ivyvann has some helpful testimony for us on what exactly the existing regulations regarding tiny houses already arePermalink On twitter.com
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Also I'm getting out-of-order here, but @NatchGreyes of the NHMA said he supported Rep. Maggiore's request to ITL the bill, but then... I don't think the guy after him (missed his name) realized he was actually with the Municipal Association?Permalink On twitter.com
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Blue sheet numbers for HB1068 are 9 for, 9 againstPermalink On twitter.com
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Rob Tardif is back this year to raise wastewater management concerns; he had similar testimony on HB588 last year: @cooljeanius/1367178872119296002Permalink On twitter.com
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still true of HB1068: @cooljeanius/1367179919776743424Permalink On twitter.com
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We're going to go straight to executive session on HB1068, per Rep. Maggiore's requestPermalink On twitter.com
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I would've voted to retain this bill, or vote to put it to interim study, if this had been the previous year of the term, but since this is the second year of the term, we don't have time for that, so the only real option is ITLPermalink On twitter.com
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motion to ITL HB1068 passes unanimously, 15-0 (there are some absences today)Permalink On twitter.com
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Next bill is HB1238, another zoning bill. Rep. Michael Vose is introducing it to us; he claims this would help with the housing crisis.Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Vose has an amendment for HB1238 to distribute to us that changes "including" to "including, but not limited to," and changes the focus from workforce housing to the building of multi-family dwelling units.Permalink On twitter.com
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A lawyer from @gcglaw has testimony for us in favor of HB1238Permalink On twitter.com
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He also works with the @NewHampshireHBAPermalink On twitter.com
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I think he's this guy: gcglaw.com/our-people/ari-b-pollackPermalink On twitter.com
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I know one of his colleagues highlighted here (Dodd Griffith): @gcglaw/1184896758381514752Permalink On twitter.com
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.@NatchGreyes of the NHMA has testimony for us in favor of HB1238Permalink On twitter.com
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.@ivyvann has a good question about NHMA's usual opposition to statewide zoning mandates (which this apparently doesn't count as)Permalink On twitter.com
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Gary Smith has testimony for us in favor of HB1238 (the pre-amended version); he also testified on the "Tiny Houses" bill earlier, but I missed his name thenOn twitter.com
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Blue sheet numbers for HB1238 are 16 in favor, 0 againstPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. @JdmMeuse is here to introduce HB1119 to us, which would allow municipalities to regulate single-use plastic bags.Permalink On twitter.com
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lol the section before this in the statute it modifies allows municipalities to regulate martial arts weapons "including throwing stars, throwing darts, nunchaku, blow guns," and so on... wonder what prompted that...Permalink On twitter.com
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I thought that this would have been affected by last year's HB439, but, after reviewing, it turns out that bill didn't even pass (it was tabled), and it modified a different portion of the RSAs anyways: @cooljeanius/1366403674931683328Permalink On twitter.com
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That one amended RSA 47:17, XV, while this one amends RSA 31:39, I(m)-(p)Permalink On twitter.com
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this discussion is highlighting some issues with the English language; we need separate words to distinguish between "inclusive or" and "exclusive or", and also we ought to be able to use parentheses as grouping symbolsPermalink On twitter.com
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i.e., there is some confusion as whether "single-use plastic bags and paper bags" parses as "(single-use plastic bags) and paper bags" or "single-use (plastic bags and paper bags)" (i.e., whether the adjective "single-use" modifies just plastic bags, or both plastic & paper bags)Permalink On twitter.com
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Bruce Burke (sp?) of Pittsfield (who looks kinda like Larry David) has testimony for us in favor of HB1119Permalink On twitter.com
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oh wait maybe he's actually @BberkeNh?Permalink On twitter.com
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Christina Dubin (who I think is @christina_dubin) has testimony that I think was in favor of HB1119? (she ran out of time to testify)Permalink On twitter.com
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.@CurtisJBarry has testimony for us against HB1119Permalink On twitter.com
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he's from @NHRetailersPermalink On twitter.com
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lobbyist from @NHGrocers opposes HB1119Permalink On twitter.com
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lobbyist from the recycled plastic bags manufacturers association opposes HB1119Permalink On twitter.com
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All these lobbyists against this bill should just say "we oppose this bill because it goes against our economic interests" instead of engaging in all this motivated reasoning to reverse-engineer other arguments in favor of their positionsPermalink On twitter.com
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I think the recycled plastic bags people were this group: bagalliance.org/Permalink On twitter.com
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.@rosemarierung has testimony in favor of HB1119Permalink On twitter.com
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blue sheet numbers for HB1119 were 118 in support, 11 opposedPermalink On twitter.com
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There was some testimony on that I didn't have time to type up; moving on to HB1268Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. @harvey_juliet is introducing HB1268 to usPermalink On twitter.com
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I mentioned last year's HB439 earlier; THIS one actually has something to do with it (the previous one didn't): @cooljeanius/1366403674931683328Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1268 is this year's attempt to take another stab at doing HB439; last year HB439 was laid on the table. The language might not explicitly mention mask mandates, but the introducer's testimony makes it clear that this is in fact about mask mandates.Permalink On twitter.com
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HB439 passed out of the committee along party lines last year before it got tabled: @cooljeanius/1366475695040430093Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Blasek gave a pretty maddening speech in favor of HB439 when it came before the full house: @cooljeanius/1380558337553670145Permalink On twitter.com
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In retrospect I shouldn't have been mad that a motion to table replaced the motion to ITL, as it still resulted in the bill being effectively killed anyways: @cooljeanius/1380561568799338496Permalink On twitter.com
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.@NatchGreyes of the NHMA has testimony for us in opposition to HB1268, for their usual municipal-type reasonsPermalink On twitter.com
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.@christina_dubin of the Surfrider Foundation opposes HB1268Permalink On twitter.com
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I think the handles for the group are @Surfrider and @SurfriderNHPermalink On twitter.com
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Matt Cahillane of DHHS says he isn't technically taking a position on the bill, but is raising some concerns with HB1268 for usPermalink On twitter.com
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so yeah lunch break nowPermalink On twitter.com
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back from lunch; Rep. Renzullo is introducing HB1289 to us, about the use of OHRVs and tax abatementsPermalink On twitter.com
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uh... apparently he was supposed to have stepped down 8 years ago? @KlandriganUL/473822347473215488Permalink On twitter.com
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Andrew Renzullo tried to do a Bruce Willis impression for of us this gifPermalink On twitter.com
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In totally unrelated news, Bruce Willis has a new special category for himself at the Razzies this year based on doing these: vulture.com/article/randall-emmett-movies.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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anyways back to the bill under consideration: it modifies RSA 76:16: gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/v/76/76-16.htmPermalink On twitter.com
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This just seems like a really weird place in the RSAs to put language about OHRVsPermalink On twitter.com
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we're supposed to be trying to move away from "Would you believe...?" type questions, but old habits die hard, I guessPermalink On twitter.com
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Dwayne Monahan (sp?) has testimony for us in favor of HB1289Permalink On twitter.com
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so yeah this is being sold as an anti-OHRV bill, I guess under the reasoning that if towns have to grant tax abatements for OHRV usage, they'll pass restrictions on OHRV usage instead, to maintain their previous levels of revenuePermalink On twitter.com
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People testifying at these hearings ought to wear (larger) name tags, IMO, or at least make sure their pink sheets make their way past me on their way to the clerk...Permalink On twitter.com
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woman from Gorham currently testifying wants to see the bill expanded to apply to all roads, beyond just the Class 5 and Class 6 roads it would currently apply toPermalink On twitter.com
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yeah I sympathize with a lot of these complaints about OHRVs (I don't like ATVs either), I just don't know if a tax abatement is the best way of dealing with them...Permalink On twitter.com
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.@NatchGreyes of the NHMA has testimony saying they aren't officially taking a position on HB1289, but just wanted to address some questions raised for previous witnessesPermalink On twitter.com
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we're not going to get through all our bills scheduled for today, are we...Permalink On twitter.com
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next is HB1293, a sewage and waste disposal bill. Rep. McConkey is introducing it to us.Permalink On twitter.com
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Rob Tardif is back to testify in favor of HB1293; apparently he's actually from @NHDES and not DHHS like I previously statedPermalink On twitter.com
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oh wait never mind; looks like I never said he was from DHHS previously after all, and actually had the correct agency (DES) there in the first place...Permalink On twitter.com
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I need to finish reading "A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear" some day; I forget whether it was wastewater management issues that eventually led to the bears, or something else... (don't really want to drag the hearing out by asking about it, though)Permalink On twitter.com
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Christopher Albert of GSOWA has testimony for us in favor of HB1293Permalink On twitter.com
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(GSOWA is the "Granite State Onsite Wastewater Association", for reference)Permalink On twitter.com
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Next bill is HB1365 by @RepAbramson, which would allow towns and cities to tax residential and non-residential property at different rates (we don't already do this?)Permalink On twitter.com
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I need to go back and try playing SimCity again; I haven't played since the original, so I forget if it allowed for separate tax rates for residential and non-residential...Permalink On twitter.com
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It's weird hearing Dems on the committee trying to be more pro-business than Rep. Abramson; we need an actual anti-business party in this state...Permalink On twitter.com
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Nick Norman of some landlords association (ick) has testimony against HB1365Permalink On twitter.com
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Katherine Heck of the NHMA has comments on the bill, but they don't have an official position on it overallPermalink On twitter.com
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two other states that have local property tax structures like this include Massachusetts and New Jersey (seems like weird states for someone like Abramson to be getting ideas for legislation from?)Permalink On twitter.com
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(I mean, *I* don't have any problems with looking to MA or NJ for inspiration, I'm just surprised that people who go around calling it "Taxachusetts" would also be okay with it)Permalink On twitter.com
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David Juvet (who was at a previous hearing) has testimony against HB1365Permalink On twitter.com
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he's from the @BIAofNHPermalink On twitter.com
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not sure why some are so eager to keep Fidelity here when they do evil Wall Street stuff, contribute to inequality, and have executives among the richest billionaires in the world. They can afford the extra taxes.Permalink On twitter.com
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blue sheet numbers for HB1365 are 2 in support, 5 againstPermalink On twitter.com
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lol, someone in the hallway was apparently someone I added to my list of testifiers; they were mostly just surprised to see their worlds colliding! Feel free to subscribe to the list yourself if you'd like to get an idea of who's trying to influence us: twitter.com/i/lists/1356423245092823042Permalink On twitter.com
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also feel free to let me know about any accounts I may have missed so that I can add them (I feel if people are testifying here in public, it's fair game to add their public accounts to my public list, since it's all already public info anyways)Permalink On twitter.com
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Next bill is HB1393, about school district budget caps. Rep. Pauer is introducing it to us.Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Pauer's husband, Eric, of the School District Governance Association, is testifying in favor of HB1393.Permalink On twitter.com
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I'd only seen Eric Pauer via Zoom previously, but seeing him in person makes me think he looks kinda like @OlafScholzPermalink On twitter.com
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ok this isn't exactly the way I remember learning the law of large numbers; what he's describing sounds more like regression to the mean, which I thought was something differentPermalink On twitter.com
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never mind, after looking it up, it looks like they are actually related after allPermalink On twitter.com
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Barrett Christina of the NH School Board Association has testimony for us against HB1393... (the School Boart Association and the School District Governance Association are separate and opposing organizations)Permalink On twitter.com
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Mr. Christina testified before us last year back when we were still doing Zoom hearings: @cooljeanius/1367131369806180352Permalink On twitter.com
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same guy: @ReachHigherNH/854352176000454656Permalink On twitter.com
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.@BrianRiceHawk of @NEANHNews @NEANHVotes has testimony for us against HB1393; I appreciate his voice on this!Permalink On twitter.com
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blue sheet numbers for HB1393: 44 in support, 108 opposedPermalink On twitter.com
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Last bill of the day: HB1667, a bill by Rep. Pauer on veterans' tax credits. Looks like we will actually get through all our bills today after all!Permalink On twitter.com
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merge conflicts possible with another of our billsPermalink On twitter.com
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Ken Weyler has testimony for us in favor of HB1667Permalink On twitter.com
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Eric Pauer has testimony for us in favor of HB1667Permalink On twitter.com
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this is based on his own experience with the militaryPermalink On twitter.com
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wow we got out on time! Done hearing all our bills for now; still need to exec them later (and then there's crossover, when we get the Senate bills later this spring)Permalink On twitter.com
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