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New Hampshire House is in session today; the budget's been getting a lot of attention lately, but I'm not actually seeing it on our schedule for today? There're still plenty of other bills for today, tho, including SB132, the antisanctuary bill. Livetweeting as usual. #NHPoliticsPermalink On twitter.com
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I need a new strap for my briefcase; one of the clips won't stay attached on my current one...Permalink On twitter.com
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"members take your seats please"Permalink On twitter.com
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prayer: @AlexisSimpsonNH pledge: Jordan Ulery anthem: group of teens from HudsonPermalink On twitter.com
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list of absences seems short todayPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Plamondon has been sworn in since we last met!Permalink On twitter.com
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that's @Marc4Nashua btwPermalink On twitter.com
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first bill of regular calendar: SB58. Rep. Hynes has a floor amendment.Permalink On twitter.com
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SB58 has a long title; it's about arrests at health facilities. Removed from consent for amending purposes.Permalink On twitter.com
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Hynes amendment fails 43-323; now Tom Mannion has a floor amendment. Rep. Roy is saying that this is meant to address a situation that arose during the assault that caused Rep. Adjutant to resign to focus on his health.Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Mannion's floor amendment fails on a voice vote; committee recommendation of OTP/A on SB58 passes on voice votePermalink On twitter.com
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Next bill: SB213, relative to educational institution policies on social media. It changes the definition of "social media account" for educational purposes. Rep. Belcher is speaking against it.Permalink On twitter.com
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So basically this allows LinkedIn to be used in school? Who was asking for this?Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. McDonnell is also speaking against this bill... some of these points are kind of fair, but I'm not hearing anything about #SoftwareFreedom being mentioned... wishing this bill had been on my radar sooner so I could've had time to analyze it more closely...Permalink On twitter.com
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Now Rep. Ladd is speaking in favor of SB213, mentioning the credentialing aspectsPermalink On twitter.com
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I feel kinda skeptical about giving special legal carveouts to LinkedIn, but then again I haven't studied the bill too closely, so I'll defer to my colleagues on the Education Committee and trust that they've done their homework on this...Permalink On twitter.com
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(this is why we have committees, after all, for division-of-labor purposes...)Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah these "employers are requesting it" & "it's industry-standard" arguments aren't very convincing to me, I'd want to hear from students & job-seekers instead, about whether *they* want it or not... there are lots of bad things that employers want and that are industry-standardPermalink On twitter.com
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SB213 passes OTP/A 201-175; onto SB70, relative to the establishment of an online election information portal, which passes on voice votePermalink On twitter.com
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Next: SB61, relative to surface water setbacks for landfills. This seems to be another entry in the whole #SaveForestLake sagaPermalink On twitter.com
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btw, since LinkedIn came up previously, here's my profile on it: linkedin.com/in/eric-gallager-44118a34 (I don't think I've really used the whole credentialing features that were being discussed; haven't really updated it in awhile...)Permalink On twitter.com
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Committee Amendment to SB61 is adopted; now there are floor amendmentsPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Potenza is speaking in favor of her floor amendment to SB61; she's attacking bureaucrats. Reminder that bureaucrats are people and citizens, too; my father is one, for instancePermalink On twitter.com
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Wait so @WendyENThomas is in favor of this amendment, too, so it's bipartisan... now I'm uncertain...Permalink On twitter.com
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Yeah, I didn't find Rep. Potenza's speech very convincing, but this speech by Rep. Thomas is persuading me to support this amendment. Water safety issues are kind of her area of expertise, after all...Permalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: Rep. Germana in favor of this amendment to SB61; he also wrote this on the topic: @mike_t_wright/1666600262851493890Permalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: Judy Aron speaking against this amendment (2167h) to SB61Permalink On twitter.com
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roll-calling is probably going to backfire on this...Permalink On twitter.com
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amendment 2167h fails 162-226; onto debate on the underlying bill (as amended by the committee amendment, which was the one before this one)Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Verville now saying something about "greenies" (which I guess he's using to refer to environmentalists?)Permalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: Rep. Bixby speaking about how the committee amendment has made SB61 betterPermalink On twitter.com
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SB61 passes OTP/A 236-132; now @LWMcV moves to remove SB149 (relative to nurse agencies) from the tablePermalink On twitter.com
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Sounds like Rep. Moulton has changed her position on the bill; now she's in favor of it: @cooljeanius/1654130324606185476Permalink On twitter.com
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Again, I believe in listening to the actual nurses on this topic, so if Rep. Moulton is now in favor of it, then so am I. Motion to remove SB149 from the table passes 190-188Permalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: @cwgrassie speaking in favor of SB149Permalink On twitter.com
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SB149 is meant to end nurses double-booking themselves... I wouldn't go so far as to call the practice "extortion", because by that logic, a bunch of other labor tactics (such as striking, etc.) would also be "extortion", but I'll at least agree that it's rather dishonest...Permalink On twitter.com
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yeah this was kind of a tough one, because on the one hand, I want to take the side of labor whenever there's a labor/management dispute, but OTOH, I also want to see government-run enterprises such as county nursing homes succeed, so... well, I ended up voting for it.Permalink On twitter.com
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SB149 ended up passing 191-187Permalink On twitter.com
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Now up: SB172. Rep. Lynn is trying to attach the text of HB117 to it via an amendment, which apparently failed on the other side of the wall, and would end the "good-cause" requirement for evictions. It's a bad amendment; having a "good-cause" requirement is good.Permalink On twitter.com
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We should be treating housing as a human right instead of as a profit-making opportunity for landlords. Evictions make people lose housing; GOP trying to portray evictions as pro-housing is absurd.Permalink On twitter.com
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The way we fix our housing crisis is by building more housing, not by evicting tenants to make more room.Permalink On twitter.com
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Good to hear Rep. Maggiore is correcting his previous vote in favor of ending the "good-cause" requirement for evictions!Permalink On twitter.com
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Lynn amendment fails 185-188; yay! We protected tenants! Bill as a whole passes on voice vote.Permalink On twitter.com
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anyways we're on lunch break nowPermalink On twitter.com
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k back from lunch; Senate has sent the budget back to us... voting on concurrence now. Rep. Sweeney had a brief speech in favor, and now it looks like we're votingPermalink On twitter.com
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aaaahhhh I needed more time to decidePermalink On twitter.com
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Senate changes to HB1 are concurred to 351-25, now onto HB2Permalink On twitter.com
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Now Rep. Pearson(?) is speaking about the retirement system changes; this will be a sticking point for manyPermalink On twitter.com
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A Rep. is now moving to tablePermalink On twitter.com
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these are actually some fair points in favor of tabling; I would like more time to consider, but we might not have that time, though, so I guess I'm a "no" on tabling after allPermalink On twitter.com
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tabling motion failed by... well, I missed the margin; now Dan McGuire is offering his perspective on the retirement benefits partPermalink On twitter.com
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I wish we could motion to "divide the question" on these Senate changes, but have been informed that apparently that's not possible...Permalink On twitter.com
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I am hoping very much that @SenJeb is actually serious about reaching a deal this summer: @annmarietimmins/1666857407560003604Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Prout opposes concurrence with Senate changes to HB2, Rep. Wallner supports concurrencePermalink On twitter.com
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Now Rep. Laurie Sanborn is speaking in favor of concurrence with Senate changes on HB2Permalink On twitter.com
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Speech I have found most convincing in this part of the debate has been Rep. Wallner'sPermalink On twitter.com
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I will be voting to concur, but totally understand if people want to vote against concurrence due to the retirement changes or the northern border stuffPermalink On twitter.com
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Senate changes to HB2 are concurred to 326-53... which, yeah, is cool, but I don't really think is worth applauding ourselves over; acting self-congratulatory like that is a bad lookPermalink On twitter.com
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back to the regular calendar now with SB42, relative to overpayment of unemployment compensation. There's a floor amendment, 1799hPermalink On twitter.com
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Now Rep. Brian Sullivan is speaking against the amendment, on the grounds that it guts the billPermalink On twitter.com
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missed the name of this Rep. who's currently speaking in favor of the amendment; I should know it since he often speaks on labor bills, but I'm just blanking currently...Permalink On twitter.com
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right it's Rep. InfantinePermalink On twitter.com
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amendment fails 186-187, onto the vote on the underlying bill (SB42)Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Infantine is now speaking against SB42, since the amendment to it didn't passPermalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Brian Sullivan is now speaking in favor of SB42Permalink On twitter.com
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SB42 passes OTP 196-178Permalink On twitter.com
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Next is SB193, relative to the obligation of collective bargaining units to negotiate in good faithPermalink On twitter.com
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SB193 passes 200-171 (I'm kinda fading here; apologies for decrease in descriptiveness)Permalink On twitter.com
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onto bills from my committee with SB110Permalink On twitter.com
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hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1649062663027146753Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Preece is correct that this bill is bipartisan, or at least it was on the other side of the wall: @cooljeanius/1649064495157747712Permalink On twitter.com
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executive session on it: @cooljeanius/1656320809336553472Permalink On twitter.com
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(amendment didn't get adopted, nor did it come to the floor, so we're voting on it unamended)Permalink On twitter.com
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SB110 passes OTP 190-180; time for the controversial anti-sanctuary bill next (SB132)Permalink On twitter.com
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Rep. Stavis moves to table SB132Permalink On twitter.com
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SB132 is tabled 203-168; phew!On twitter.com
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Now up: SB60, a water quality bill that Rep. Hynes is trying to attach marijuana legalization to as an amendmentPermalink On twitter.com
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amendment is rejected on voice vote, bill (SB60) passes on voice votePermalink On twitter.com
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Next bill: SB160, about OHRVsPermalink On twitter.com
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this is another bill that Rep. Hynes removed from consent to try to attach an unrelated amendment toPermalink On twitter.com
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amendment to SB160 fails on voice vote; bill as a whole passes on voice votePermalink On twitter.com
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oh hey the special committee on childcare actually got to send a bill to us! Maybe the special committee on housing will also get to handle some bills of its own now, too!Permalink On twitter.com
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SB94 (childcare bill) passes 329-34Permalink On twitter.com
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SB118, requiring car seats for kids under 2, is on now. I remember last term's iteration of the bill getting weirdly controversialPermalink On twitter.com
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yeah Erica Layon is like one of the last people I'd listen to on the safe operation of motor vehiclesPermalink On twitter.com
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Erica Layon: "I have 2 cars!" ...ok which of them did you get pulled over for DUI in again?Permalink On twitter.com
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last term's version of this bill was HB251: @cooljeanius/1380589651870818305Permalink On twitter.com
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hopefully debate will go quicker on this topic than it did in 2021: @cooljeanius/1380603087585415169Permalink On twitter.com
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(note that back in 2021 I hadn't established certain livetweeting conventions yet, such as leaving off the "FN" since that never actually disambiguates anything, and only including the #NHPolitics hashtag at the start of the threads)Permalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: @CathRombeauNH in favor of car seats for small children: @LauraTelerski/1666888904190877700Permalink On twitter.com
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SB118 passes 192-173; next is SB256, establishing a safety program for OHRVsPermalink On twitter.com
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current GOP speaker against SB256 opposes it because he says it's "no fun"... yeah you know what else is no fun? Dying or getting seriously injured because you were doing something unsafePermalink On twitter.com
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In Tears of the Kingdom, I can build a virtual OHRV without the need for safety training. People who think this bill infringes on their fun should look into safer virtual options, which won't be affected, and are more fun in the first place anywaysPermalink On twitter.com
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if OHRV operation only affected the people operating them, then yeah I could be convinced that this bill is an overreach, but that's not the case. People operating OHRVs unsafely put others at risk as well. Share the trails with hikers! As a hiker, I hate when OHRVs go byPermalink On twitter.com
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SB256 passes 186-179Permalink On twitter.com
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ok we're done with bills from the regular calendar now; onto bills pulled from consentPermalink On twitter.com
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motion to table CACR9 passes on voice votePermalink On twitter.com
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third reading motion!Permalink On twitter.com
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these golf fundraiser promos are kinda cringePermalink On twitter.com
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apparently Steve Pearson was the first responder when Candace Moulton got in a car accident; small state!Permalink On twitter.com
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Now @TimothyHorrigan has a speech about Elizabeth Gurley FlynnPermalink On twitter.com
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Coincidentally I also have my Elizabeth Gurley Flynn pin on today, tooPermalink On twitter.com
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Now speaking: @mariapz1974 about disappointment with the state budgetPermalink On twitter.com
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ok adjournedPermalink On twitter.com
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