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The New Hampshire Legislature: where legislators combine jeans and boots (for mud and slush protection) with our suits and ties... it's an interesting contrast when you switch from looking at someone's feet to their faces! #NHPolitics
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2 subs today: Sue Newman and Wayne MacDonald. Rep. Lascelles is making a motion to reconsider on HB1223, about attendance requirements for board members.
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We ITL-ed it yesterday 12-7; motion to reconsider passes today 10-8: @cooljeanius/1496552207646441477
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I guess there was some arm-twisting behind the scenes... really wish we still had @nhrepPorter on this committee to keep us straight on process...
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since the motion to reconsider passed, we're now back to the original ITL motion
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the hearing on HB1223 was February 7th: @cooljeanius/1490721166968778752
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Republicans seem to want to move to interim study on it now...
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the re-vote on the original ITL motion on HB1223 is overturned by the same party line margins, 10-8... motion to put to interim study will probably pass along the same lines...
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yup
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motion to reconsider HB1272 so an amendment can be introduced for it
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if this were a motion to reconsider so that we could kill it, I'd be for it, but since it's just reconsideration for an amendment, I don't really see the point of it; we had a chance to take it up yesterday and missed it...
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from yesterday: @cooljeanius/1498306716555005959
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yeah this amendment was at the hearing for the bill but got forgotten by the time of yesterday's executive session: @cooljeanius/1484209252835147780
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amendment is an improvement but I'll still be voting against the final bill; amendment passes 12-6
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Rep. Treleaven is here now
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HB1272 passes as amended, 17-1 (I was the one, although I did vote for the amendment)
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ANOTHER motion to reconsider, this time for HB1268
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motion to reconsider HB1268 passes 11-8 (Rep. Treleaven can vote with us now, so vote totals should start adding up to 19 again)
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amendment makes the bill worse IMO; Republicans are prioritizing property rights over the well-being of the people again
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yesterday's executive session: @cooljeanius/1498303859084644356
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hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1493623508282318850
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amendment to HB1268 passes 15-4; I'm sick of all the propertarians in this state...
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OTP/A on HB1268 passes along party lines, 10-9... taking a break now...
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Now up: HB1342, the bill to fix Nashua's spending cap, which Republicans made worse last year.
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Hearing on HB1342: @cooljeanius/1488182123945148431
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yeah the hearing on it brought out the whackoes: @cooljeanius/1488187048787906562
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Chair Dolan is recessing the ITL motion on HB1342 until he can get some legal advice on it
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now up: HB1375, re: definition of "veteran"
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HB1375 OTPs unanimously, 19-0, and goes on the consent calendar. Hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1488158494842892292
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Now up: HB1393: @cooljeanius/1493686486306328579
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Oops, I made a typo; "Boart" should be "Board": @cooljeanius/1493697916770439174
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yeah I'm ITL on this: @cooljeanius/1493699830748794888
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Rep. Stavis made a good point making a comparison to how EFAs don't get capped; basically this is just another step in the Republican attempt to dismantle public education and replace it with private education
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HB1393 is very unpopular: @cooljeanius/1493700671031455747
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HB1393 OTPs along party lines, 10-9... the GOP war on public education continues.
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Now: HB1406, which I'm a cosponsor on. Prime sponsor @OmgEgan said he might actually prefer interim study, but instead we just passed it as-is, unanimously, 19-0. Which... well, fine!
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Next: HB1617, which... we may have already exec-ed? I forget, and my notes don't say specifically, so... idk: @cooljeanius/1491484082609532932
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I guess we didn't actually already ITL it previously, so... well, time to do so now...
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HB1617 is ITL-ed unanimously, 19-0; goes on the consent calendar
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Now: HB1667, on veterans' tax credits
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hearing on HB1667 was Feb. 15: @cooljeanius/1493701397929508869
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ok so good sounds like this works ok with HB1375
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meh, I don't really have strong feelings on HB1667; will just follow how the rest of the Dems vote...
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didn't quite catch the vote total on that (HB1667), but I think it was party-line... since Rep. Stavis had stepped out, that would have made it 10-8...
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Chair Dolan got a legal opinion back on HB1342, so we're back to discussing that now...
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This is kind of confusing
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Motion to ITL HB1352 fails 7-12, with some Republicans (like Rep. Guthrie) joining the Dems. Next motion on it is to put it to Interim Study.
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Reps. Melvin and Ayer are the other GOP reps joining Dems on this (besides Rep. Guthrie); motion to put it to interim study fails by the same margin, 7-12
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Although, wait, if we've got 3 GOP reps joining us... shouldn't that make the margin 13-6 instead?
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oh I guess that's due to Rep. Gilman joining the GOP
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HB1342 OTPs by the same margin, 12-7.
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ok I think we're done; we won't have any bills from the Senate for awhile, so looks like I'll be getting a short reprieve from hearings for awhile...
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actually I guess there's still some post-hearing milling around to do; won't take long, though...
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I'll be speaking to my own bills from my committee on the full House floor, assuming they get a debate
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that awkward moment when you realize the coat you're trying to put on isn't your own... too many of us have similar-looking ones!