Tom Ploszaj
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the “Education Freedom Account” program, which gives students access to the per-pupil share of state school funding to spend on private school or home school expenses?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire ban abortion after 24 weeks gestation, with exceptions for cases of rape/incest and health complications?
"I believe this is the responsibility of the parents and with responsibility comes action. I believe 24 weeks would be enough time for parents to make an informed decision."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH pursue expanded commuter rail?
"I oppose expanded commuter rail."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH limit terms for elected officials?
"I oppose term limits for NH elected officials."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH increase funding for heroin treatment programs?
"I support increased funding for heroin treatment programs."
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Other, 2023
On the 2022 Citizens Count Issue Survey, Ploszaj marked he was "Against" banning abortions during the first trimester (e.g. after 6 weeks gestation). However, in 2023 Ploszaj voted to consider HB 591, a bill that would prohibit a doctor from performing an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat, which is generally in the first trimester.
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban abortions during the second trimester (e.g. after 15 weeks gestation)?
"Undecided"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Was NH right to ban hand-held cell phone use while driving?
"New Hampshire should repeal the new law and only ban text messaging."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire ban discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3?
"The question is; does NH parents want unknown and unqualified adults to be talking, discussing, suggesting sexual topics with their 5-8 year old children without parental consent?"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state law that bans teaching certain concepts, such as the idea that people may be "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously"?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add an income tax on earned income?
"One of the worst types of taxation is that on earned income which immediately removes capital from workers' saving/investments."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH add a broad-based sales tax?
"New Hampshire government has a spending issue that needs to be contained. There is no need for expanding taxation. There are presently taxes which affects the elderly, fixed and low-income which may be able to be repealed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a tax credit for businesses that contribute to student loan repayment for employees?
"I support the taxpayer free choice of deciding how/where/when their present taxes are used."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire lower business taxes?
"I support assessing how businesses should compensate/fund for any possible negative results from their operations."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add a tax on capital gains?
"I am in favor of reducing the div.& inc. tax rate if data supports an overall increase of revenue from the rate cut. I am in favor of repealing the div. & interest tax and replacing its equivocal lost revenue with a capital gains tax. Div. & interest taxation disproportionally affects NH senior and retired residents. NH government needs to refrain from expanded spending, especially in the post-COVID-19 economy."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH authorize one or more casinos?
"I support some casino gambling in New Hampshire."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the tax on cigarettes?
"Taxation needs to be based on needs and the economy not as a deterrent or punishment."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire government do more to address climate change?
"I have not yet identified a program that addresses the changing/maintaining of NH climate which would not be a cost, new tax or an increase of an existing tax for NH residents."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH continue to base statewide assessments on Common Core standards?
"I need more input on the return of assessment costs"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support giving voters who register without ID on Election Day a ballot that only counts if they return identifying documents to the state before a deadline?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH decriminalize small amounts of marijuana?
"The possession of small quantities of marijuana should not be a crime."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire add a fee or mileage charge for electric vehicle owners to help pay for transportation and/or electric infrastructure?
"Remove the electrical ratepayers taxes/charges which subsidies electric vehicles owners."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add restrictions to the governor's powers during a state of emergency?
"For"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state do more to encourage municipalities to remove zoning barriers to housing development?
"One size does not fit all. Control by the local people who should know what's best for their individual locality."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH broaden campaign finance disclosure laws?
"I will need to research the need for amending the statute"
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire extend the renewable portfolio standard past 2025, requiring public utilities to obtain more than 25% of electricity from renewable energy sources?
"I support New Hampshire in aggressively advancing GEN IV generation facilities for thermo uses along with electric generation. Political driven subsidizing of renewable or non-renewable energy are still subsidies."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire guarantee the right to access abortion before 24 weeks?
"Against"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH provide more funding for charter schools?
"In my opinion, the two major parties positions are not in the best interest of quality education or use of educational funding but are based on political ideology and campaign donations. I support funding to educate our youth but believe parents should have the opportunity to decide which school offers their child the best education for that particular child. I believe that the state should cherish and make available a quality education for all NH children and their choice to attended the public or charter school of their choice."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH increase law enforcement policies and penalties for heroin-related offenses?
"I oppose increased law enforcement policies and penalties for heroin-related offenses."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH increase tolls and/or add new toll booths?
"I am opposed to any new or increased taxes-we should just control our spending. I am willing to discuss I-93 and I-95 tolls exiting NH both north and south. This income would be derived from those passing through or leaving NH. The interstates have deprived the state and towns the opportunity tourist spendings along their routes."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase public access to reports of police misconduct?
"I am a supporter of police as Peace Officers being legally responsibile to report misconduct. The NH legislature has given law enforcement extraordinary powers and responsibilities and with those comes the need for focused oversite. Law enforcement should be held to a higher standard and those with serious/continued misconduct prosecuted/removed. Those on the EES (Laurie List) need to reviewed for the determination of denial of certification."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the option of mail-in ballots for all voters, not just absentees?
"I support the NH Constitution Art. 11 - The general court shall provide ... for voting ... by... qualified voters... absent from the city or town of which they are inhabitants, or who by reason of a physical disability are unable to vote ..."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should NH legalize the recreational use of marijuana?
"With restrictions similar to tobacco and alcohol. Presently the criminality and decriminalization system in place does more harm to persons, families, and NH than legalization with recovery programs for those addicted."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by allowing home-growing and private use without sales?
"Each of my cannabis responses are dependent of the the text of legislation. As I have witnessed, there were good bills/intents of proposed bills on many topics/issues which were written badly or been amended where the bill could not be supported."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by licensing growers and private retail locations?
"Each of my cannabis responses are dependent of the the text of legislation. As I have witnessed, there were good bills/intents of proposed bills on many topics/issues which were written badly or been amended where the bill could not be supported."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire legalize the recreational use of marijuana by establishing state-run cannabis stores?
"Each of my cannabis responses are dependent of the the text of legislation. As I have witnessed, there were good bills/intents of proposed bills on many topics/issues which were written badly or been amended where the bill could not be supported."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Was NH right to expand Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible?
"I oppose NH's expanded Medicaid program."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire raise the minimum wage?
"New Hampshire present system works which has shown an increase in starting wages without legislation."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Do employees in NH need more legal protections in the workplace?
"I am open to discussion of specific areas where employment laws need to be reviewed and/or changed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH do more to enforce federal immigration laws?
"I oppose increased state enforcement of federal immigration laws."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH add restrictions on welfare recipients?
Regarding drug tests for welfare recipients: "I would support legislation to prevent all waste and misuse of assistance funds."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the size of solar panel installations that may participate in net energy metering?
"The bill priority must be beneficial overall to the residents of NH. Incentives be it regulation or statute in favor of NH electricity producers is more advantageous than incentivizing out of state utilities with tax reductions."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase subsidies and tax credits for business investment?
"I have not reviewed the present system of abatements, subsidies or credits to make an informed opinion"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH allow the Northern Pass to proceed with some (not all) of the lines buried?
"I oppose the Northern Pass as currently proposed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire increase the base amount of per-pupil funding it provides to local school districts?
"Historically an increase in per pupil cost has not shown an equivalent increase in student performance."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should the state permanently increase how much tax revenue it shares with towns and cities every year, beyond public school funding?
"The yearly state tax revenue is not guaranteed and should only be what is needed and to retain a 'rainy day' amount and alos to fund state mandates."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the gradual phase-out of the Interests and Dividends tax?
"I had supported for the complete removal of the I&D tax which due to politics was reduced to being phased out over time."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Do you support Gov. Sununu's proposal to allow employers and employees to opt-in to a private, paid family and medical leave insurance plan, based on a pool of state employees, excluding coverage for personal illness?
"I am in favor of the idea but have not researched if this targets a subset of employees and employer in which other employees and employers would be prevented from joining. I need more information to make an informed opinion."
For| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH continue to use property taxes instead of a new broad-based tax, such as an income tax?
"I am opposed to any new or increased taxes-we should just control our spending. I am willing to discuss I-93 and I-95 tolls exiting NH both north and south. This income would be derived from those passing through or leaving NH. The interstates have deprived the state and towns the opportunity tourist spendings along their routes."
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Do you support the state’s current system of public school funding, with each district’s total funding primarily dependent on local property tax revenue?
"I am open to ways to increase the student competency assessment score along with other ways in assessing the individual student's educational achievement levels. There have been other plans and suggestions on how to provide for quality education for the individual student that need to be assessed."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire continue to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which requires utilities to purchase allowances for every ton of carbon they emit?
"I would like to review data in that REGGI improves NH environment and is not a carbon tax scheme of a non-fiduciary reallocation of wealth."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should New Hampshire repeal the ban on abortion after 24 weeks gestation?
"Against"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH require car insurance for some or all drivers?
"I oppose legislation that would mandate insurance in order to register a vehicle."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH require labels on some or all genetically modified foods?
"I oppose such legislation because this is a complex area and requires more study."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
Should NH pass right-to-work legislation?
"I believe the first step for NH is to make available for public employees the choice for the individual to decide, say annually, how they wish to be represented providing the worker with their best of two options. This will provide both unions and public departments will the opportunity to give the worker a fair contract. If not the worker can chose to return to the other form of representation."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a road usage fee?
"Lowering the gas tax and using the revenue for only roads and bridges would do more for infrastructure maintanience and improvement than a new tax would."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
What is your opinion on the state providing some funding for Planned Parenthood?
"I need to research why Plan Parent has an apparent monopoly of state funding of women health care"
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2014
State role in economic growth
"Yes, the state should do more. This is an area where the state, private sector, unions and political parties need to do more together to guarantee NH will be a leader in new job growth. Business use many factors to decide where to locate or expand. If any one of the four refuses to work for the betterment of NH it will be to the detriment of both NH and its workers."
Other| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH continue to administer statewide standards-based student assessments?
"I have not had enough input on the pros / cons or factual information on thisthese testing issues"
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire create a statewide family and medical leave program, paid for with a percentage of employee wages, with no opt-out?
"By definition, this would create a tax on income on one subset of employees with no way to readjust for any life changes."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2022
Should NH pass stricter gun control laws?
"Against"
Undecided| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire provide student loan debt repayment programs for workers in industries with labor shortages?
"I have not reviewed how and this would benefit the taxpayer or fill any shortage and need to research the methodology of such a program."
Against| Read My Position
Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire add tax incentives for affordable housing development?
"This would have a direct impact on local property taxation. Any incentives need to be available by local municipalities."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2020
Should New Hampshire allocate tax revenues for private and home schooling costs?
"Firstmost I am for the best quality of education that can be offered to each student. Presently cost for a student outside their district is covered. If a student excels and benefits from another approved educational environment revenues should be allocated."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should parents be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry?
"Parents should be allowed to opt their children out of the NH immunization/vaccination registry."
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Citizens Count Issue Survey, 2017
Should NH restrict further wind power development?
"I support restrictions on further wind power development."
Session days attended
Party unity score/partisanship
Participated in official roll call votes
Bills sponsored (as prime sponsor)
Prime sponsored bills that became law
Voting Record
SB 263 (2023)
Permanently reauthorizes the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program, commonly known as expanded Medicaid. Previous law ended the program on December 31, 2023. This bill also reestablishes and revises the commission to evaluate the New Hampshire Granite Advantage Health Care Program, commonly known as expanded Medicaid.
HB 106 (2023)
Establishes a procedure for issuing "extreme risk protection orders" to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others. An extreme risk protection order would restrict a person's access to firearms, and is also known as a "red flag law."
HB 59 (2023)
Requires commercial sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks.
HB 2 (2023)
State budget bill (part 2). The governor presented his proposal for the next state budget February 14. The House and Senate both made changes to that proposal. Click here to read a summary of the 2023 budget process.
HB 208 (2023)
Establishes greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state, to net zero by 2050. This bill also requires the Department of Environmental Services to develop a climate action plan by July 1, 2024, that includes evaluation of best available information, considers inclusion of strategies, programs and compliance mechanisms with measurable goals and targets, considers opportunities to encourage investment in low/moderate income, rural and minority communities, makes recommendations on retraining and apprenticeship opportunities, and coordinates with other state agencies.
HB 639 (2023)
Legalizes marijuana for adults over age twenty-one. The bill allows limited home-growing of marijuana. A new Cannabis Commission would oversee licensing and regulations related to the manufacture, testing, and sale of legal marijuana. Cannabis sales would be taxed under the Meals and Rooms tax system. Alternative Treatment Centers, which currently serve the state's medical marijuana patients, would be allowed to apply for a "dual use certificate" that allows them to participate in recreational marijuana business. Towns could limit marijuana businesses.
HB 523 (2023)
Increases the maximum electric generating capacity to participate in net energy metering, from one to five megawatts. This bill also modifies the transition of tariffs applicable to some customer-generators.
HB 57 (2023)
Gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next three years, with future adjustments based on the consumer price index. This bill also raises the tipped minimum wage from 45% to 50% of the regular minimum wage. Lastly, this bill allows a minimum wage of $8 per hour for youth under age 18 for the first six months of employment.
HB 624 (2023)
Requires state and local law enforcement to notify the public before an immigration checkpoint.
HB 567 (2023)
Requires at least 30 days written notice for a rent increase. Large, multi-unit rental owners must provide at least 60 days notice. If the rent increase is over 15%, large multi-unit landlords must provide at least 6 months notice.
HB 10 (2023)
Establishes a parental bill of rights. Some of the parental rights in this bill include:
"The right to direct the education and care of his or her minor child"
"The right to be physically present at any health care facility ... at which their minor child is receiving hospital care"
"The right to consent in writing before a biometric scan of his or her minor child is made, shared, or stored"
SB 272 (2023)
Establishes a parental bill of rights in education. Some of the parental rights in this bill include:
"The right to access and review all medical records of a child maintained by a school or school personnel"
"The right to inquire of the school or school personnel and to be truthfully and completely informed if the child is being identified or referred to by school district staff, as being of a gender other than that of which the child was identified or referred when enrolled"
HB 367 (2023)
Increases the maximum household income limit for participation in the Education Freedom Account program, from 300% to 500% of the federal poverty guidelines. The Education Freedom Account program allows families to spend the state's per-pupil share of education funding on private or home school expenses.
The House amended the bill to only increase the income limit to 350% of the federal poverty guidelines.
HB 224 (2023)
Repeals the civil and criminal penalties for health care providers who violate the state's ban on abortion after 24 weeks.
HB 557 (2023)
Removes the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to require vaccinations beyond those in state law. This bill specifically notes that the requirements for chickenpox, Hepatitis B, and Hib vaccinations will expire in 2026.
HB 1609 (2022)
Revises the law banning abortions after 24 weeks gestation to include exceptions for rape, incest, and fatal fetal anomalies. This bill also repeals the requirement to conduct an obstetric ultrasound before every abortion. Lastly, this bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to compile and publish an annual report of statistics relative to abortions after 24 weeks.
HB 1668 (2022)
Requires commercial sales and transfers of firearms to take place through licensed dealers. Those dealers are required to perform background checks. Also requires private sales or transfers to go through a licensed firearm dealer, if it's not absolutely clear that both the owner and the recipient are allowed to own guns.
HB 1598 (2022)
Allows personal consumption and possession of marijuana over age 21, with some limits (e.g. four ounces of cannabis in plant form). Home-growing would be illegal. The state Liquor Commission would regulate marijuana growing and sales. Revenue from marijuana sales would go to substance misuse-related education, prevention, treatment, and recovery; and offsetting the statewide education property tax.
HB 1576 (2022)
Repeals the law aimed at banning critical race theory in public schools and workplaces. That law prohibits the teaching of certain concepts in school and public employee trainings. For example, the law prohibits teaching that people of a certain race or sex are "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."
HB 1661 (2022)
Requires sending district schools and career and technical education (CTE) centers to enter into an agreement to include scheduling, access, transportation and credits for CTE students.
The House amended the bill to also set aside $35 million for a new legislative parking garage. The Senate revised the bill to lower this number to $9.35 million.
The Senate also amended this bill to add the substance of SB 430, an omnibus bill about care covered under Medicaid, childcare regulations, and more.
HB 1431 (2022)
Establishes a parental bill of rights. Some of the parental rights in this bill include:
HB 227 (2021)
Allows a landlord to evict a tenant at the expiration of the term of the lease or tenancy, if the term is longer than six months. The House amended the bill to also require the landlord to give 30 days' notice.
HB 1022 (2022)
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin pursuant to a standing order from a physician or APRN.
The Senate amended the bill to also establish a commission to study the use of Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 and to provide a recommendation regarding whether to make the standing order permanent.
HB 1131 (2022)
Prohibits public schools from adopting, enforcing, or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.
HB 1178 (2022)
Prohibits any state or local enforcement of any federal laws or actions aimed at limiting firearms.
SB 418 (2022)
Establishes "affidavit balloting" for voters who do not have a valid identification at the polls. Those voters would be given a prepaid envelope to return with documentation proving their eligibility to vote, and their "affidavit ballots" would be numbered and counted separately. Any voter who fails to provide documentation proving their eligibility to vote within ten days of the election would have their ballot pulled and their votes deducted from the official vote totals.
HB 1080 (2022)
Creates a right for health care providers to conscientiously object to participating in providing abortion, sterilization, or artificial contraception services.
HB 1221 (2022)
Reduces the Business Profits Tax rate from 7.6% to 7.5% and the Business Enterprise Tax rate from 0.55% to 0.50% for taxable periods ending on or after December 31, 2023.
The House amended the bill to only cut the Business Profits Tax to 7.5%.
The Senate amended the bill to also provide towns and cities with 7.5% of their retirement contribution costs for teachers, police officers, and firefighters for one year.
HB 1683 (2022)
Repeal the Education Freedom Account program. The program allows the parent of a school age child to receive funds from a scholarship organization to pay for education expenses.
HB 1495 (2022)
Prohibits employee vaccine requirements for any state or local government employees or government contractors. This bill has an exception for medical providers when there is a direct threat present.
The House amended the bill to prohibit any state or local government from requiring businesses to implement a vaccine mandate, with an exception for medical facilities.
HB 1455 (2022)
Prohibits state enforcement of any federal law, order, or rule that requires an individual, as a condition of employment or any other activity, to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or to submit more than once per month to COVID-19 testing.
HB 1210 (2022)
Requires public employers, private employers, and postsecondary education institutions that receive public funds and mandate a vaccination or other inoculation procedure to accept an employee's or student's request for a medical, religious, or right of conscience exemption.
HB 177 (2021)
Prohibits the siting of new landfills, excluding expansions of existing landfills, within 2 miles of state parks. "State parks" do not include state historic sites and recreational rail trails.
The House voted to add this bill to SB 103, but the Senate rejected that change.
HB 121 (2021)
Establishes a fifteen member independent redistricting commission, appointed by House and Senate party leaders after an application process.
SB 89 (2021)
The House voted to add a new section to the bill that states New Hampshire election laws will not be affected by the passage of the federal "For the People Act." Supporters argue that this is an important measure to protect the integrity of New Hampshire elections from federal interference. Opponents argue it is unconstitutional to attempt to nullify federal laws, and this measure could require New Hampshire to run two separate election systems, one for state officials and one for federal officials.
SB 61 (2021)
Right-to-work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
HB 1 (2021)
State budget bill. The governor presented his version of the next state budget February 11. The House passed a revised version of his budget on April 7. The Senate passed a different version on June 3. The House and Senate passed a final version on June 24. Click here to read a summary of the 2021 budget proposals.
HB 2 (2021)
State budget bill (part 2). The governor presented his version of the next state budget February 11. The House passed a revised version of his budget on April 7. The Senate passed a different version on June 3. The House and Senate passed a final version on June 24. Click here to read a summary of the budget proposals.
SB 141 (2021)
Authorizes the FBI to conduct all National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) searches concerning the purchase, sale, and transfer of firearms through Federal Firearm Licensees operating in New Hampshire. This bill then abolishes the "gun line" in the State Police and repeals the state’s partial point of contact system for handguns, allowing the authority to remain exclusively with the FBI.
HB 625 (2021)
Prohibits abortion after 24 weeks gestation, unless there is a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
The House and Senate added a similar ban to the 2021 state budget bill.
HB 458 (2021)
Repeals the the law that requires public middle schools and high schools to provide menstrual hygiene products at no cost. This bill then permits school health departments "to make reasonable efforts to secure, through grants and donations, and distribute menstrual hygiene products to students in need."
HB 542 (2021)
Excludes religious gatherings from any prohibition on in-person gatherings during a state of emergency. The House amended the bill to more broadly protect religious activities. The Senate amended the bill to narrow its scope again; the Senate version requires the state to allow religious services and other activities to proceed to the same or greater extent as other essential business activity during a state of emergency.
