cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 60,050

                                      1. At the LOB for a memorial for Renny before session; snow is still all clumpily weighing down the tree branches outside...
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                                      speakers: @cwgrassie, @AlexisSimpsonNH, Mary Jane Wallner, Bob Backus, @TerieNorelli
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                                    ok time to head across the street to the State House now
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                                  Some selfies with my seatmates, since this is my first time sitting in my official seat here... I'm between @TrishKleeNH and Erika Connors, and @LStavis, @OmgEgan, @arieloxaalNH, and @frostnhstaterep are in the row behind me! #NHPolitics
                                  oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their APIoh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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                                .@eukreign led the Pledge of Allegiance today; National Anthem was played on trombone... Rep. Wallner is memorializing Renny before the full House now.
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                              Taking up a resolution supporting Ukraine now.
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                            dang I lost my notes... I swear I had them when I sat down here...
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                          reminder that I'll be skipping voice votes that go by too quickly for me to comment on
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                        Now under discussion: HB1151, @JdmMeuse's bill to prevent deadly weapons from being used to stifle people's First Amendment rights to protest. This is a good bill and I fully support it.
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                      not sure I really like this carveout from the @ACLU for rallies specifically for 2A rights (how is intent determined? Doesn't this lead to the law no longer being viewpoint-neutral?); but I still support the bill overall.
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                    Rep. Abbas is speaking against the bill; he seems to be taking the side of the McCloskeys from Missouri
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                  motion is to ITL HB1151; I'll be voting against it in an attempt to try to pass the bill instead.
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                Rep. Burt is bragging about how much he loves open-carrying; he's precisely why I want to pass this
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              Speaker Packard calls out people for whistling the @Jeopardy theme
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            Motion to ITL HB1151 passes; Republicans want to allow gun-wavers to continue to threaten protestors.
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          next: HB1282, a phone privacy bill. I support the general idea behind the bill (to protect the privacy of phone records), but some decent concerns about implementation have been raised, so I joined the vote to table.
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        Motion to table fails, so back to the motion of OTP. I actually could be convinced to go either way on the underlying motion (I supported tabling just for more time to consider), so let's listen to debate...
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      yeah this description of current process isn't really helping reassure me that current process is okay, but it sounds like the proposed alternative might actually be worse?
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    I really don't know... I think I'll just go with the majority of other Dems on this, but if prime sponsor @joshyokela wants to come back next year with a better version of the bill that addresses Dem concerns, I could be convinced to support that version.
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      Now: HB1483, on police using deadly force. I support stopping police violence, so I'll be supporting this bill.
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        Limits on deadly force are good. It would seem really hypocritical to go supporting the #BlackLivesMatter protests against police violence previously and then go and oppose legislation that would actually address that problem.
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          HB1483 is ITL-ed on voice vote; oh well...
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            Next: HB1636, another attempt at doing the "guns on snowmobiles" bill (previous version of it got vetoed due to stuff about background checks getting added; I'm assuming that this is a "clean" version?)
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              yeah the previous version was HB334: @cooljeanius/1478741363692916737
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                the term "housekeeping bill" gets overused so much; this is more than just a minor language cleanup.
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                  I am voting against the committee report of OTP for HB1636
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                    HB1636 passes; all the more reason to avoid snowmobiles and OHRVs now...
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                      Now voting to table HB1159, a bill to create a totally one-sided and biased "Victims of Communism Memorial Day"... it's tabled by a wide margin.
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                        next: HB1257, requiring the retirement system to divest from companies in China. Seems... meh; I'm ITL on it.
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                          HB1257 is ITL-ed by a wide margin.
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                            Next: HB1299, about importation of wildlife. Debate is just OTP vs. Interim Study, so, whatever. It passes anyways.
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                              Next: HB1126, permitting minors over the age of 16 to obtain a vaccination without parental consent. This is weird, a bill on vaccines that's actually good?
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                                HB1126 is ITL-ed... oh well, sorry, teens...
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                                  Next is CACR21, to eliminate the county-level office of Register of Probate. I remember we had one Register of Probate candidate who ran explicitly to make it an appointed position; the race is usually uncontested and pretty pointless. I support getting rid of this office.
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                                    .@TimothyHorrigan raised some decent points about needing to remove more references to the office from other parts of the Constitution and statute law, but we can just get those later.
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                                      CACR21 passes by a wide margin; looks like it'll be on the ballot this fall
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                                        bunch of stuff going by on voice vote too quickly to comment on
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                                          next: CACR14, a constitutional amendment to provide a constitutional right to join a union. I think I'm a cosponsor on this one?
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                                              Stand up for unions! Vote down the motion of ITL on CACR14! #1u
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                                                I don't think those drafting complaints are really being raised in good faith, but if I cosponsor a future version of this amendment again, I'll try to address them anyways.
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                                                  CACR14 is ITL-ed along party lines; Republicans confirm their disdain for unions (and, by extension, working people). Oh well, we can try again later...
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                                                    Now up: HB1387, Ellen Read's bill to create property tax homestead exemption. It's enabling legislation that would help make the tax structure of towns that adopt it more progressive, so I support it, and oppose the motion of ITL.
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                                                      Rep. Lascelles talking about our committee trying to be nonpartisan and reach consensus is rich, given how many party line votes we've had on the committee.
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                                                          Executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1485642353897525249
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                                                            HB1387 is ITL-ed by a wide margin... oh well, looks like NH will keep its unfair property tax structure...
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                                                              Rep. Boehm apparently has recovered from collapsing at the Governor's State-of-the-State Address
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                                                                It's really nice and sunny out now (the snow is already melting), so I had lunch outside today.
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                                                                  ok time to reconvene
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                                                                    now up: HB1456, relative to the Hampton marine memorial. It passed out of committee unanimously, so I guess the only reason it's not on the consent calendar is due to the fiscal note...
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                                                                      HB1456 passes on voice vote
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                                                                        uh... going out of order here?
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                                                                          ok we're back in order now, time for the secession (i.e. treason) CACR
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                                                                            motion is to table CACR32, but we don't want to table it, because we want to get people on the record as to whether they support the underlying motion
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                                                                              motion to table fails! Time to get people on the record as to the underlying motion.
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                                                                                .@tjsnh is giving a strong speech in support of America.
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                                                                                  I didn't quite catch the name of this person speaking in favor of secession...
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                                                                                    good grief Rep. Abramson is being ridiculous
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                                                                                      Rep. Deshaies is speaking against secession. He's not on Twitter, apparently
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                                                                                        Right, Rep. Santonastaso was the previous speaker who was giving all those justifications for treason: @Granitepolitics/1501987481650143241
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                                                                                          Since Rep. Deshaies raised the idea of removing members who support this, I say we take him up on his idea, once we have the roll call results
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                                                                                            wow I'm actually applauding a PI by Al Baldasaro!
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                                                                                              CACR32 is ITL-ed 323 to 13; nice to have a moment of unity in opposition to treason!
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                                                                                                voting on a "print remarks" motion now so we can have everyone on record
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                                                                                                  onto HB1411
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                                                                                                    I supported the bill when I was subbing on the executive session for it, but I think I'll vote against it this time, just because I hadn't really had time to fully consider the effects of the amendment to it failing previously: @cooljeanius/1484568851379597315
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                                                                                                      I think it passed
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                                                                                                        Rep. Labranche is making a motion to remove HB1175 from the table
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                                                                                                          right this was the one about taking video of police, I think I was a cosponsor on it
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                                                                                                              looks like HB1175 stays on the table
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                                                                                                                Next is HB1138, to remove front license plates from vehicles. I support regulation of cars, so I support keeping the requirement for front license plates for everyone, and oppose this bill.
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                                                                                                                  (ideally I'd rather just ban cars entirely, but since that's unlikely, I'll just take continuing to regulate them for now)
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                                                                                                                    missed the results of that vote, too... I'm kind of confused now, since what we're currently discussing isn't in our notes... I think it's stuff bounced back to us from the Senate?
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                                                                                                                      the Senate changed the redistricting maps, apparently
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                                                                                                                        onto bills removed from the consent calendar; most of these are going by on voice vote...
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                                                                                                                          I'm not seeing HB1149 in my notes?
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                                                                                                                            oh, so NOW Rep. Abramson cares about coronavirus... go figure...
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                                                                                                                              stuff is still going by quickly on voice vote
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                                                                                                                                here's another bill removed from consent that's not in my notes: HB1555
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                                                                                                                                  ok it looks like this bill would remove a permit requirement for campfires: legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1555/id/2461928
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                                                                                                                                    Bill would have just gone to interim study if it hadn't been pulled from consent, but instead it looks like it'll end up being tabled, so... meh, not much difference...
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                                                                                                                                      Last bill: HB1509, tabled.
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                                                                                                                                        Third reading motion already; we're getting out of here early today!
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                                                                                                                                          kind of a bottleneck to leave the chamber... we should add another door in the wall or something...