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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 billsPermalink On 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 insteadOn 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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