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My committee is execing (voting on) bills today; planning on livetweeting as usual. #NHPolitics
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Starting off with SB88, which I missed the hearing for due to being late. Rep. Yokela is moving to ITL it.
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He also has an amendment for the bill, but says he's just going straight to ITL because he thought the amendment wouldn't pass.
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ITL motion on SB88 fails 7-13; now it's time for Rep. Yokela's amendment
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(I think the GOP reps joining the Dems on that were Guthrie, MacDonald, and Cahill)
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Amendment is adopted 11-9; Guthrie, MacDonald, and Cahill were GOP "no" votes, while Treleaven, Hicks, Reed, and I were Dem "yes" votes
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SB88 as a whole passes OTP/A unanimously 20-0; goes on the consent calendar
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Next is SB111; Rep. Pauer has an amendment to it
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hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1649055340368113668
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oh yeah I forgot to specify the subs for today: @LauraTelerski is subbing for @LathaMangipudi and @Ellen4NH is subbing for Al Howland
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Rep. Pauer's amendment seems like a it's just a language cleanup
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amendment is adopted 18-1 (Rep. Yokela was the 1, and Rep. Lascelles stepped out, so that's why it doesn't add up to 20)
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SB111 passes OTP/A as a whole by the same margin; goes on the consent calendar
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Rep. Turcotte has an amendment to SB110
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Original hearing on SB110: @cooljeanius/1649062663027146753
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amendment removes a few portions of the original bill
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Vote on amdmt to SB110 is a tie along party lines, 10-10, so it fails to be adopted; onto the underlying bill
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OTP on SB110 also ends in a 10-10 tie; next Rep. Pauer tries a motion to retain
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retain motion on SB110 fails 11-9, with Rep. Yokela joining the Dems, so the bill will be sent before the full House without recommendation
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Next is SB222; Rep. Turcotte has an amendment for this one as well
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original hearing on SB222: @cooljeanius/1649080026610933761
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Rep. Turcotte's amendment fails to be adopted 9-11 with Rep. Guthrie joining the Dems; onto the underlying bill (SB222)
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someone's going to need to explain Starlink to Rep. Pauer later, lol (it's not really germane to the current discussion though)
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Rep. Turcotte thinks having broadband will increase real estate prices, which will make the housing crisis worse, which... lolno; I don't think that's how this works. Anyways SB222 passes OTP 18-2, with Reps Yokela and Turcotte as the 2 "no" votes; taking a 15-minute break now.
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k we're back; onto execing SB78. Rep. Pauer has an amendment to it.
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Hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1649089010973966336
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I mentioned an amendment during the hearing; the one we're discussing now is a different one that's meant to supersede the previous one: @cooljeanius/1649089610788782080
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Amendment is adopted 19-1; Rep. Tatro was the 1 "no" vote. Onto the underlying bill.
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SB78 as a whole passes OTP/A by the same margin; goes on the consent calendar. Onto SB47.
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Hearing on SB47: @cooljeanius/1649115853147734037
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Rep. Turcotte's amendment changes the Reps/Senators ratio, changes the date for the report deadline, and does some other tweaks.
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amendment removes conservation commission input and regional planning commission input; this is our (cmte Dems) reason for opposing the amendment
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vote on amdmt ties 10-10, so it fails to be adopted. Onto the OTP motion on the underlying bill (SB47)
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actually we're going to to recess SB47 to a later date so there can be a better amendment that keeps the conservation committee; looks like we're going to be recessing SB132 (the anti-sanctuary bill) to a later date, too...
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ok so yeah we're adjourning now