cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 58,938

                                                                                                                  1. The sidewalks on State Street are clear again! Anyways, long day of hearings scheduled today; livetweet thread starts here... #NHPolitics
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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.
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                                                                                                                it actually started out as three separate bills last year, but then got combined into one: @cooljeanius/1367118959753969668
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                                                                                                              The bill numbers last year were HB243, HB415, and HB454: @cooljeanius/1367136522412167168
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                                                                                                            Executive session notes for last year's bill(s): @cooljeanius/1380548119063056388
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                                                                                                          oh wait that wasn't the executive session, but rather it was from when the bill went before the whole House
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                                                                                                        The executive session for the bill was later the same day we originally heard it: @cooljeanius/1367198313288720391
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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 legislation
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                                                                                                    "active" in the context of modifying the word "spreadsheet" means "editable"
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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...
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                                                                                                Next up is HB1068, this year's "tiny houses" bill
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                                                                                              Last year it was HB588: @cooljeanius/1367170358445547527
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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)
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                                                                                          main question remaining is how best to handle the "on-wheels" version of tiny houses
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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 denied
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                                                                                      actually it's "Daves" not "Days"
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                                                                                    Guessing his accounts are @StephenDaves and @ReadRothbard on here?
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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...
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                                                                                .@ivyvann has some helpful testimony for us on what exactly the existing regulations regarding tiny houses already are
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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?
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                                                                            Blue sheet numbers for HB1068 are 9 for, 9 against
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                                                                          Rob Tardif is back this year to raise wastewater management concerns; he had similar testimony on HB588 last year: @cooljeanius/1367178872119296002
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                                                                        still true of HB1068: @cooljeanius/1367179919776743424
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                                                                      We're going to go straight to executive session on HB1068, per Rep. Maggiore's request
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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 ITL
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                                                                  motion to ITL HB1068 passes unanimously, 15-0 (there are some absences today)
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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.
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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.
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                                                            A lawyer from @gcglaw has testimony for us in favor of HB1238
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                                                          He also works with the @NewHampshireHBA
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                                                      I know one of his colleagues highlighted here (Dodd Griffith): @gcglaw/1184896758381514752
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                                                    .@NatchGreyes of the NHMA has testimony for us in favor of HB1238
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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)
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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 then
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                                              Blue sheet numbers for HB1238 are 16 in favor, 0 against
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                                            Rep. @JdmMeuse is here to introduce HB1119 to us, which would allow municipalities to regulate single-use plastic bags.
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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...
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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/1366403674931683328
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                                      That one amended RSA 47:17, XV, while this one amends RSA 31:39, I(m)-(p)
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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 symbols
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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)
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                                Bruce Burke (sp?) of Pittsfield (who looks kinda like Larry David) has testimony for us in favor of HB1119
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                              oh wait maybe he's actually @BberkeNh?
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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)
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                          .@CurtisJBarry has testimony for us against HB1119
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                        he's from @NHRetailers
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                      lobbyist from @NHGrocers opposes HB1119
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                    lobbyist from the recycled plastic bags manufacturers association opposes HB1119
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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 positions
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                I think the recycled plastic bags people were this group: bagalliance.org/
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              .@rosemarierung has testimony in favor of HB1119
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            blue sheet numbers for HB1119 were 118 in support, 11 opposed
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          There was some testimony on that I didn't have time to type up; moving on to HB1268
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        Rep. @harvey_juliet is introducing HB1268 to us
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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/1366403674931683328
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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.
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      HB439 passed out of the committee along party lines last year before it got tabled: @cooljeanius/1366475695040430093
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        Rep. Blasek gave a pretty maddening speech in favor of HB439 when it came before the full house: @cooljeanius/1380558337553670145
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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/1380561568799338496
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            .@NatchGreyes of the NHMA has testimony for us in opposition to HB1268, for their usual municipal-type reasons
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              .@christina_dubin of the Surfrider Foundation opposes HB1268
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                I think the handles for the group are @Surfrider and @SurfriderNH
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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 us
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                    so yeah lunch break now
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                      back from lunch; Rep. Renzullo is introducing HB1289 to us, about the use of OHRVs and tax abatements
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                        uh... apparently he was supposed to have stepped down 8 years ago? @KlandriganUL/473822347473215488
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                          Andrew Renzullo tried to do a Bruce Willis impression for of us this gif
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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.html
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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.htm
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                                This just seems like a really weird place in the RSAs to put language about OHRVs
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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 guess
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                                    Dwayne Monahan (sp?) has testimony for us in favor of HB1289
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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 revenue
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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...
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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 to
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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...
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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 witnesses
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                                                we're not going to get through all our bills scheduled for today, are we...
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                                                  next is HB1293, a sewage and waste disposal bill. Rep. McConkey is introducing it to us.
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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 stated
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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...
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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)
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                                                          Christopher Albert of GSOWA has testimony for us in favor of HB1293
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                                                            (GSOWA is the "Granite State Onsite Wastewater Association", for reference)
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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?)
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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...
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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...
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                                                                    Nick Norman of some landlords association (ick) has testimony against HB1365
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                                                                      Katherine Heck of the NHMA has comments on the bill, but they don't have an official position on it overall
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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?)
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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)
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                                                                            David Juvet (who was at a previous hearing) has testimony against HB1365
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                                                                              he's from the @BIAofNH
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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.
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                                                                                  blue sheet numbers for HB1365 are 2 in support, 5 against
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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/1356423245092823042
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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)
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                                                                                        Next bill is HB1393, about school district budget caps. Rep. Pauer is introducing it to us.
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                                                                                          Rep. Pauer's husband, Eric, of the School District Governance Association, is testifying in favor of HB1393.
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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 @OlafScholz
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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 different
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                                                                                                never mind, after looking it up, it looks like they are actually related after all
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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)
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                                                                                                    Mr. Christina testified before us last year back when we were still doing Zoom hearings: @cooljeanius/1367131369806180352
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                                                                                                        .@BrianRiceHawk of @NEANHNews @NEANHVotes has testimony for us against HB1393; I appreciate his voice on this!
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                                                                                                          blue sheet numbers for HB1393: 44 in support, 108 opposed
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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!
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                                                                                                              merge conflicts possible with another of our bills
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                                                                                                                Ken Weyler has testimony for us in favor of HB1667
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                                                                                                                  Eric Pauer has testimony for us in favor of HB1667
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                                                                                                                    this is based on his own experience with the military
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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)