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Here's my negative COVID test for today's House session... be leaving for it in a bit! Session thread will start here. Glad it's only the afternoon today! #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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having trouble connecting to wi-fi today; might just have to tweet this entire thing over data...Permalink On twitter.com
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convening now; Pastor Bob leading the prayer again...Permalink On twitter.com
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Pledge leader this time was @marysullivanheaPermalink On twitter.com
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2 resignations to notePermalink On twitter.com
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memorialization for Claire Clarke being given currently (Rep. Caroletta Alicea's mother)Permalink On twitter.com
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coverage of her death in the Monitor: concordmonitor.com/Remembering-Rep-Claire-Clarke-44985850Permalink On twitter.com
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onto billsOn twitter.com
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these concurrences with the Senate aren't in my notes...Permalink On twitter.com
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several bills removed from the consent calendar todayPermalink On twitter.com
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First bill from regular calendar: HB1465, which passed out of C&FL unanimously, but couldn't go on consent due to a fiscal note... and it's tabled.Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah I'm going to go back to my policy of skipping bills that only get a voice vote and no debatePermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Abramson is speaking in favor of HB1469, which would prohibit banks or businesses from using social credit scores, which... I don't think is something that actually happens here anyways?Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Bartlett is breaking down how HB1469 isn't based on any factsPermalink On twitter.com
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we already have anti-discrimination laws... I don't really like siding with the banks on this, but the legislation really just isn't necessary. It's just right-wingers being paranoid about the "woke" and China again.Permalink On twitter.com
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oh poor Mike Lindell getting his bank cut off, boo hooPermalink On twitter.com
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What a ridiculous comparison to the HolocaustPermalink On twitter.com
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truckers in Canada getting their assets seized isn't anywhere near comparable to the Nazis shipping people off to the gas chambers, good griefPermalink On twitter.com
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I'd been debating with myself previously as to whether or not I should have brought painkillers with me today; I wish I'd decided to actually bring them... (neckache)Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1469 passes along party linesPermalink On twitter.com
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Next: motion to table HB1468, one of the cannabis legalization bills. Apparently this one isn't as good as some of the other legalization bills...Permalink On twitter.com
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"Bogarting"?!Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1468 tabled by a large marginPermalink On twitter.com
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next: HB1540, relative to recording custodial interrogations. Breakdown is kind of bipartisan on both sides... Rep. True speaking against it...Permalink On twitter.com
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...quoting Meatloaf?!Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1540 passes by a decent bipartisan marginPermalink On twitter.com
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HB1598 is next, another cannabis legalization bill... apparently this one is better than the previous one, but Rep. Adjutant is motioning to table it? Huh?Permalink On twitter.com
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apparently there are still some issues with it...Permalink On twitter.com
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whatever, I'm going to oppose tabling it; issues listed don't seem big enough to keep us from moving forward with itPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Testerman has a floor amendment which would add an additional fine for providing cannabis to a minor, which seems unnecessaryPermalink On twitter.com
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Testerman amendment fails; onto the bill as a whole. Rep. Homola spreading FUD about her perceived dangers of legalizationPermalink On twitter.com
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Where is Rep. Homola even getting all this anti-legalization FUD from? Am I just too bubbled to be coming across it? Because I've literally never heard some of the arguments she made before.Permalink On twitter.com
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I do kinda find it funny that we'd be selling marijuana via the state liquor stores, though, and that having marijuana be a state-run enterprise is somehow more palatable to the Republicans that support this than allowing private sale and taxing it...Permalink On twitter.com
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Think we can use these same arguments to get state-run healthcare? Hm, do private hospitals pay taxes currently? If so, we could argue that we'd be reducing their taxes by just having the government run them directly insteadPermalink On twitter.com
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didn't quite catch the results of that vote, but I think legalization passed. Onto the education bills next...Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Porter is speaking to the history of NH Public schools... it's a shame we have more libertarians than tradcons among our state Republicans, because these arguments seem like they'd be convincing to tradcons...Permalink On twitter.com
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yay the wi-fi works now!Permalink On twitter.com
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how can EFAs be "popular" and "successful" already when they haven't even really gotten off the ground yet? They're a new invention; Rep. Cordelli is just projecting his own feelings onto what he thinks the public reaction is.Permalink On twitter.com
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motion to ITL HB1516 passes along party lines; Republican assault on public education continues...Permalink On twitter.com
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Current bill: HB1657, creating a farm-to-school program to have school-provided meals be locally sourced. Seems like a good idea to me!Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1657 ITL-ed along party lines... oh well, maybe next time...Permalink On twitter.com
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next bill: HB1660, a school lunch bill. Rep. Woodcock giving a good speech in favor of it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Some nice pins available at the Dem table todayPermalink On twitter.com
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oooh that was a close one, 177-174... if only we had a few more Dems here... (that was for ITL-ing HB1660, btw)Permalink On twitter.com
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time for another voucher-related bill (HB1684, to limit EFAs to budgeted amounts)Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1684 is ITL-ed along party lines; Republicans want to let EFA costs balloon uncontrollablyPermalink On twitter.com
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Next are bills from Election Law, starting with HB1423, creating a voter-owned election fund. Seems like "Democracy Dollars"?Permalink On twitter.com
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the "it's a Republic, not a Democracy" hairsplitters will be the death of mePermalink On twitter.com
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regardless of whether we currently *are* a democracy or not, the point is, we *ought* to be. Democracy is good and we should have more of it at all levels of society.Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1423 is ITL-ed along party lines; Republicans continue to squelch democracyPermalink On twitter.com
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next is HB1482, a bill for #RCV procedures. I probably should have looked more closely into the bill details, as I prefer some RCV vote-counting methods over others, but, regardless, I'm going to vote against the motion to ITL it anywaysPermalink On twitter.com
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oh well, motion to ITL passes; so much for *that* RCV attempt...Permalink On twitter.com
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next is HB1484, that election-denier, big-lie-spreader, conspiracy-whacko-supported election audit bill. Motion is to table it.Permalink On twitter.com
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Why didn't this go on the consent calendar? It came out of committee unanimously, doesn't appear to have a Fiscal Note, and isn't listed in the "pulled from consent calendar" section...Permalink On twitter.com
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HB1484 is tabled by a wide margin; not wide enough, though...Permalink On twitter.com
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special-ordering HB1662 to nowPermalink On twitter.com
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HB1662 is about DHHS privacy obligationsPermalink On twitter.com
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next is HB1496, to make voter checklists available in spreadsheet format. Seems like there could be privacy issues here...Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah leaving important portions of legislation in the "legislative intent" domain seems worse than just fixing the bill so its actual language captures the intent betterPermalink On twitter.com
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HB1496 passes along party lines; get ready for more incoming spam from telemarketers, now that it's easier for them to get your contact infoPermalink On twitter.com
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Current bill: HB1584, an agricultural fairs bill. It passes.Permalink On twitter.com
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Next bill: HB1417, a bill tweaking the state retirement systemPermalink On twitter.com
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this one sure is taking a lot of votes...Permalink On twitter.com
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ugh, procedural chicanery...Permalink On twitter.com
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ok after like a dozen votes on it, I think we've finally passed HB1417... third reading motion now...Permalink On twitter.com
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memorializations and unanimous consent speeches nowPermalink On twitter.com
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ok be back tomorrowPermalink On twitter.com
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