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At the State House for the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing; my pet rescue bill (HB1186) and the squirrel bill (HB1356) will be heard here. #NHPolitics
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ok so the hearing for HB1186 went relatively painlessly
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they're exec-ing it now; Sen. Gray seems like he's going to ruin it...
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oh wait they didn't actually move out of executive session on it, so no vote...
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Hm I'll have to ask @SenDavidWatters about that book about Corbin Park he brought up
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"Invisible Animals" I think it was?
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oh gosh this testifier on HB1299 brought in an easel with a foldback packet of poster paper for his testimony; I thought we weren't allowed to have props here... (I'd totally be stealing @katieporteroc's whiteboard idea if we were!)
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(and if I had an adequate whiteboard of my own)
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we're onto the lobster bill now; there were quite a few testifiers signed up to speak on this one...
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so tired of hearing about lobsters by now
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I just want to get to the squirrel bill
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last lobster speaker!
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ok squirrel bill is next; they're exec-ing the lobster bill now
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Right, I was just reminded of this art by @NullNoMore, lol: @NullNoMore/1356858165812293632
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voting on the lobster bill results in a 2-2 tie... and the squirrel bill was recessed, apparently? I'm going to stick around just in case...
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ok so it looks like the hearing has ended without getting to the squirrel bill; oh well... time to get lunch before some House-side things...
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over to a House Environment & Natural Resources Subcommittee work session on SB367, a recycling bill... seems like it could be relevant to my own recycling bill! (currently in interim study)
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Someone from... I think it was @AmerChemSociety is here to answer questions for the subcommittee
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this is kind of a complicated bill; not exactly something that someone subbing can really pick up and participate on easily...
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bill reads like a page from a spelling bee study list; words include: pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, solvolysis, monomers, oligomers, and... hm, are some of these other "-olysis" words typos?
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other guy (Chris... or Charles? Last name Cookson) joining the ACS person is from... I think it was @SustainPlastics but they seem to be British? Or maybe it was @APRrecycles or something...
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ok so yeah this amendment seems to have fixes for some of the "-olysis" typoes I noticed: correct spellings are "ammonolysis" and "glycolysis" ("hydrolysis", "amylolysis", and "methanolysis" were already correct)
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"I'm more of a social studies / language arts person; I don't need to take any additional chemistry classes!" I told myself in high school and college... Well, now I'm kinda regretting that...
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Mike Fitzgerald of DES is now joining the discussion
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assuming it's this Mike Fitzgerald: @SamEBEnergy/169457384631173120
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tag for @NHDES
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ok so it looks like I didn't actually have anything to contribute for this subcommittee work session on this recycling bill; staying in-place for another separate ENR hearing in the same room...
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next, the full House Environment & Agriculture Committee hearing SB368, a bill on 2 separate issues: unlicensed pet sales, and an agricultural hearings officer revolving fund.
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Stacey Ober (I think her handle is @OberSober; she helped with my pet rescue bill) of the @akcdoglovers is testifying to the pet-related portion of SB386; it basically just adjusts the penalty amount
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oh wait it's 368, not 386... anyways, moving straight from the hearing to the work session on the bill...
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why do other committees have work sessions, but mine never does? We only ever have hearings and executive sessions, but no work sessions, on Municipal & County Government... (not that I'm necessarily complaining, mind you)
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sounds like there's a non-germane amendment hearing in the works for this bill
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ok looks like we're done here, and I wasn't really needed for this afternoon after all...