The New Hampshire House and Senate met in a one-day special session to pass legislation to close an estimated $295 million gap in the biennial budget. The good news for the business community is that new taxes and fees that had at one time been very much a part of the discussion were not included in the final compromise package. Gone were proposals such as the estate tax and a new tax on electricity generation. Also scrubbed from the final bill were proposals to give municipalities the ability to enact “local option” rooms and meals taxes and increases to the insurance premium tax.

Although the business community, for the most part got through this budget crisis unscathed, the future is not at all rosy. Critics of the budget bill are skeptical that revenue estimates are accurate and absent more significant budget cuts, we will once again be facing huge deficits. Others point to the revenue from future sales or leasing of state assets to be “phony revenue” since there is no guarantee that whatever assets are sold will bring in the revenue expected. And finally, everyone recognizes that the last budget was bailed out with hundreds of millions in federal stimulus spending that won’t be available next time. The bottom line? As difficult and unpleasant as this legislative session was, look for 2011 to be even worse.

Gone, but hopefully not forgotten

One of the highlights of the budget bill passed on Wednesday was the repeal (finally) of the extension of the interest and dividends tax to distributions from LLCs and partnerships. The BIA and others had turned up the heat on this issue to the point that the House and Senate had separate stand-alone repeal bills available to use if the omnibus budget bill, which contained identical repeal language, was defeated. As it turned out, the “backup” bills were not necessary and with the governor’s signature, the controversial tax from the 2009 session will soon be nothing more than an unpleasant memory. We hope that a lesson has been learned from all of this about what can happen when complex issues, especially tax proposals, are passed at the last second without proper consideration and input from the public.

The impenetrable wall penetrated

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund, which accrues to the state from the auctioning of CO credits as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and which, by design, was supposed to be available for businesses and residential energy improvement projects, was raided to the tune of $3.1 million to help bring the budget into balance. Were we happy over this? Not at all, but we were not exactly surprised either. During the legislative debate over implementation of RGGI two years ago, BIA warned that such a fund would be a tempting target for future legislators whenever quick cash was needed to balance the budget. Strong supporters of RGGI at that time claimed to have built an “impenetrable wall” around the fund and that BIA’s concerns were alarmist. Guess who’s alarmed now?

So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, adieu

This marks our final edition of Legislative Review for 2010. We hope this BIA service has helped you keep track of the many bills that will impact your company and the broader business community. We’ll publish again in January 2011, with the start of a new session and new challenges.

Last Laugh

A big-city counterfeiter decided the best place to pass off his phony $18 bills would be in some small "hick town." So, he got into his very expensive new luxury car and off he went.

After driving for a while, he found a tiny town with a single store. He entered the store and handed one of the bogus bills to the man behind the counter. "Can you change this for me, please?" he asked.

The store clerk looked at the $18 bill for a short time, then smiled and said to the man, "Ah reckon so, mister. Ya want two nines or three sixes?"

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Tracked Legislation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - BIA staff contact: David Juvet, x115

SB 515 Relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prime Sponsor: Maggie Hassan. Enrolled

Workforce Housing

HB 1395 Relative to workforce housing. Prime sponsor: David Hess. Enrolled

Transportation

HB 1481 Relative to the use of turnpike tolls. Prime sponsor: John Graham. Enrolled

ENERGY AND REGULATED UTILITIES - BIA staff contact: Michael Licata, x112

HB 1251 Relative to the sale and transfer procedures for shutdown emissions credits. Prime sponsor: Naida Kaen. Enrolled
HB 1270 (2nd New Title) Relative to balancing amounts expended from the renewable energy fund. Prime sponsor: Suzanne Harvey. Enrolled Bill Amendment #2139 Adopted
HB 1353 Relative to group net energy metering. Prime sponsor: Suzanne Harvey. Enrolled
HB 1377 Permitting utilities to establish loan programs for owners of residential and business property engaging in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Prime sponsor: Jacqueline Cali-Pitts. Enrolled
HB 1534 Relative to the issuance of air permits and certain fees relative to air permits. Prime sponsor: Naida Kaen. Enrolled
HB 1615 (New Title) Relative to the determination of value and a notice requirement for purposes of the utility property tax. Prime sponsor: Betsey Patten. Enrolled
SB 323 (New Title) Requiring the public utilities commission to study certain energy policy issues.Prime sponsor: Peter Bragdon.Sen. Fuller Clark Concurs with House Amendment 1705h, MA, VV
SB 449 (New Title) Relative to the designation of staff members as staff advocates in public utilities commission adjudicatory proceedings. Prime sponsor: Jacalyn Cilley. Enrolled

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS - BIA staff contact: Michael Licata, x112

HB 1266 Relative to notification requirements for lowering the water level of a lake or pond. Prime sponsor: L. Mike Kappler. Enrolled
HB 1291 Relative to the fuel oil importation fee. Prime sponsor: Chris Christensen. Enrolled
HB 1334 Relative to penalties for unpaid fines concerning hazardous materials accidents. Prime sponsor: John DeJoie. Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary. House Concurs with Senate AM 1740s (Rep Shurtleff): MA VV
HB 1450 Relative to the designation of a portion of the Cocheco River as a protected river. Prime sponsor: L. Mike Kappler. Enrolled
HB 1609 Relative to current use and the land use change tax. Prime sponsor: Derek Owen. Introduced and Referred to Senate Energy, Environment and Economic Development. House Concurs with Senate AM 1662s (Rep Sad): MA VV
SB 327 (New Title) Relative to disclosure of electric service energy sources and environmental characteristics and relative to disciplinary actions against competitive electric suppliers. Prime sponsor: Amanda Merrill. Sen. Fuller Clark Concurs with House Amendment 1482h, NT, MA, VV
SB 369 (New Title) Relative to the effect of changes in local permit status on large groundwater withdrawal permits issued by the department of environmental services. Prime sponsor: John Barnes, Jr. Enrolled
SB 382 (New Title) Relative to The New Hampshire Native Plant Protection Act of 1987. Prime sponsor: Harold Janeway. Enrolled Bill Amendment #2306 Adopted
SB 441 Relative to the lakes management and protection program. Prime sponsor: Amanda Merrill. Sen. Fuller Clark Concurs with House Amendment 1373h, MA, VV

FISCAL POLICY - BIA staff contact: David Juvet, x115

Business Taxes

SB 483 Relative to the interpretation of Internal Revenue Code section 1031 as it relates to taxation under the business profits tax. Prime sponsor: Lou D’Allesandro. Sen. Odell Concurs with House Amendment 1924h, MA, VV

HEALTH CARE - BIA staff contact: Adrienne Rupp, x114

SB 505 (New Title) Establishing the commission on health care cost containment and appropriating a special fund. Prime sponsor: Margaret Hassan. Enrolled

Health Insurance

HB 561 Relative to insurance coverage for persons having deafness and hearing loss. Prime sponsor: Susan Emerson. House Concurs with Senate AM #1427s & #1480s (Rep Butler): MA DIV 188-108
HB 569 (New Title) Clarifying insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment of pervasive developmental disorder or autism. Prime sponsor: Suzanne Butcher. Introduced and Referred to Senate Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection. House Concurs with Senate AM 1906s (Rep Butler): MA VV
SB 390 Relative to health insurance premium only cafeteria plans. Prime sponsor: Matthew Houde. Enrolled.
SB 392 (Second New Title) Requiring public hearings concerning health care cost increases in health care services and relative to hospital billing for services to uninsured patients. Prime Sponsor: Martha Fuller Clark. Introduced and Referred to House Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Sen. Hassan Concurs with House Amendment 1586h, NT, MA, VV
SB 436 (New Title) Relative to health insurance open enrollment periods and establishing a temporary commission relative to children’s health insurance. Prime sponsor: Peggy Gilmour. Introduced and Referred to House Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Sen. Hassan Concurs with House Amendment 1694h, NT, MA, VV
SB 455 (New Title) Relative to federal health care reform. Prime sponsor: Kathleen Sgambati. Introduced and Referred to House Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Sen. Hassan Concurs with House Amendment 1808h, NT, MA, VV

Medicaid

HB 1355 Relative to certain Medicaid appropriations. Prime sponsor: Laurie Harding. Introduced and Referred to Senate Finance. Sen. Bragdon Moved Remove From Table, RC 12Y-12N, MF

HUMAN RESOURCES - BIA staff contact: David Juvet, x115

HB 1137 Relative to withholding of wages. Prime sponsor: Gary Daniels. Enrolled
HB 1271 (New Title) Establishing a task force on work and family. Prime Sponsor Mary Gile. Introduced and Referred to Senate Executive Departments and Administration. House Concurs with Senate AM 1372s (Rep Goley): MA VV

Workers' Compensation

HB 1163 (New Title) Relative to the definition of employer for purposes of safety provisions under the workers’ compensation law. Prime sponsor: Chip Rice. Enrolled
HB 1368 (New Title) Relative to the definition of “employee” for workers’ compensation purposes and relative to the New Hampshire return to work program. Prime sponsor: Jeffrey Goley. Enrolled
HB 1371 (New Title) Allowing an injured employee to have a witness present at the examination by health care providers performing independent medical examinations and establishing a committee to study certain aspects of independent medical examinations. Prime Sponsor: Patrick Long. Enrolled

MISCELLANEOUS

HB 1352 Relative to direct shippers. Prime Sponsor: John Hunt. House Concurs with Senate AM 2013s (Rep Butler): MA VV
HB1502 Relative to costs associated with cashing payroll checks. Prime sponsor: Rip Holden. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DIV 181-175. Reconsideration (Rep Vaillancourt): MF DIV 163-193

BILLS IN COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

HB 478 Relative to remotely readable devices and relative to the illegal use of a payment card scanning device or reencoder. Prime sponsor: Neal Kurk. Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off
HB 1168 Clarifying the definition of gross misconduct for purposes of unemployment compensation. Prime sponsor: Thomas Donovan. Conference Committee Report #2179 Adopted, DIV 201-108
HB 1171 Repealing the prohibitions on Sunday business activities. Prime sponsor: Carol McGuire. Conference Committee Report #2245 Adopted, VV
HB 1239 (2nd New Title) Relative to processing certain environmental permits and administrative fines for violations of dredge and fill requirements, relative to air quality in public schools, and drinking water revolving loan funds. Prime sponsor: Suzanne Gottling. Conference Committee Report #2153 Adopted, VV
HB 1462 (New Title) Establishing a shoreland advisory committee. Prime sponsor: Nancy Stiles. Conference Committee Report #2264 Adopted, VV
HB 1490 (New Title) Establishing a citizens task force to study state revenues and expenditures. Prime sponsor: Peter Bergin. Conference Committee Report #2350 Adopted, VV
HB 1607 Relative to the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax. Prime sponsor: Susan Almy. Conference Committee Report #2337 Adopted, VV
HB 1613 Relative to the general banking laws of the state. Prime sponsor: Edward Butler. Conference Committee Report #2270 Adopted, VV
SB 383 (New Title) Relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax and relative to economic revitalization zone tax credits. Prime sponsor: Bette Lasky. Conference Committee Report 2221; Adopted, VV
SB 408 Relative to purchasing alliances. Prime sponsor: Kathleen Sgambati. Conference Committee Report 2175; Adopted, VV
SB 411 Relative to permitting of large groundwater withdrawals. Prime sponsor: Jacalyn Cilley. Conference Committee Report 2177; Adopted, VV
SB 480 Relative to appeals of decisions by the department of environmental services. Prime sponsor: Martha Fuller Clark. Conference Committee Report #2244 Adopted, RC 197-159. Conference Committee Report 2244; Adopted, VV
SB 497 Changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. Prime Sponsor: Lou D’Allesandro.

BILLS LAID ON TABLE

HB 50 (New Title) Relative to proceedings of medical injury claims screening panels. Prime sponsor: Robert Rowe. Introduced and Referred to Senate Judiciary. Ought to Pass Not Voted On. Sen. Hassan Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV
HB 1336 Relative to health care liability claims. Prime sponsor: William Smith. Special Ordered to Regular Place on Mar 11 Calendar, Without Objection. Inexpedient to Legislate: MF DIV 145-117 Lacking the Required Two-Thirds. Lay on the Table (Rep Eaton): MA RC 178-119
HB 1664 Making appropriations reductions in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011 and relative to state revenues and expenditures. Prime sponsor: Sherm Packard. Remove From Table (Rep Packard): MF DIV 152-172
SB 389 Relative to the interest and dividends tax on certain distributions to investors in investment organizations. Prime sponsor: Matthew Houde. Ought to Pass Not Voted On. Sen. Janeway Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV
SB 467 Establishing job creation incentives under the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Ought to Pass, Not Voted On. Sen. D'Allesandro Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-10N, MA
SB 468 Relative to tort reform. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate Not Voted On. Sen. Sgambati Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV
SB 473 Making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate, Not Voted On. Sen. D'Allesandro Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV
SB 474 Changing the rate of the meals and rooms tax, repealing the meals and rooms tax on campsites, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Committee Amendment 0890s, NT, Not Voted On. Sen. Gilmour Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-10N, MA
SB 476 Clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate, Not Voted On. Sen. Reynolds Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV
CACR 34 Relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. Prime sponsor: Peter Bragdon. Without Objection, Chair moved to Special-Order CACR 34 to the front of the Calendar. Inexpedient to Legislate, Not Voted On. Sen. Laskey Moved Laid on Table, RC 14Y-9N, MA

BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW

HB 1292 Relative to underground storage tank facility permits, compliance, and cleanup fund eligibility. Prime sponsor: Chris Christensen. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Effective 05/18/2010; Chapter 0055
HB 1293 (New Title) Relative to the oil discharge cleanup fund and relative to tax exemptions for water and air pollution control installations. Prime sponsor: Chris Christensen. Signed by the Governor 05/25/2010; Chapter 0094. I. Section 3 and 5 Effective 07/01/2015 at 12:02 a.m. II. Remainder Effective 05/25/2010
HB 1294 Relative to underground storage facility operator training. Prime sponsor: Chris Christensen. Signed by the Governor 05/26/2010; Effective 05/26/2010; Chapter 0102
HB 1422 Establishing a committee to study the establishment of a department of natural resources. Prime sponsor: Patricia McMahon. Signed by the Governor 05/19/2010; Effective 05/19/2010; Chapter 0073
HB 1445 Eliminating the meals and rooms tax on campsites. Prime Sponsor: Herbert Richardson. Signed By the Governor 05/03/2010; Effective 05/03/2010; Chapter 0006
HB 1488 Relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst. Prime sponsor: Edward Butler. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Effective 07/17/2010; Chapter 0057
HB 1537 (New Title) Allowing primary care providers to provide preventive oral health services to children between 0 and 3 years of age under the state Medicaid program. Prime sponsor: Rich DiPentima. Signed by the Governor 05/19/2010; Effective 07/18/2010; Chapter 0076
HB 1542 Repealing nitrogen oxide emitting generation source requirements. Prime sponsor: Naida Kaen. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Chapter 0059. I. Section 1 Effective 06/17/2010. II. Remainder Effective 01/01/2014
HB 1586 Relative to mandated benefits review. Prime sponsor: Andrew Renzullo. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Effective 05/18/2010; Chapter 0061
HB 1649 (New Title) Relative to health information and patient rights. Prime sponsor: Robert Bridgham. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Effective 01/01/2011; Chapter 0064
HB 1651 Requiring that current information and reports relative to the state budget be made available on the state website. Prime sponsor: Norman Major. Signed by the Governor 05/18/2010; Chapter 0065. I. Section 2 Effective as Provided in Section 3. II. Remainder Effective 07/01/2010
SB 300 Relative to the system benefits charge. Prime sponsor: Margaret Hassan. Signed by the Governor on 1/14/10; Eff. Date 1/14/10; Chapter 0001
SB 445 Relative to funds chargeable for unemployment compensation. Prime sponsor: Margaret Hassan. Signed by the Governor on 05/18/2010; Effective 05/18/2010; Chapter 0045
SB 501 Relative to worksharing benefits under the unemployment compensation law, and relative to training grants. Prime sponsor: Margaret Hassan. Signed by the Governor on 05/11/10; Sections 1, 2 & 5 Effective 05/11/10. Remainder Effective 01/01/11

BILLS REFERRED TO INTERIM STUDY

HB 1234 Relative to disclosure of property rights and responsibilities in the sale of shorefront property. Prime sponsor: Leigh Webb. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1305 Relative to designating uses for surface waters. Prime sponsor: Marcia Moody. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1315 Relative to the employer's lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers' compensation. Prime sponsor: Gary Richardson. Ought to Pass, RC 11Y-13N, MF. Sen. Bragdon moved Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
HB 1345 Relative to information for property tax assessments of commercial and industrial properties. Prime Sponsor: Susan Almy. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1348 Relative to enforcement of surface water classification. Prime sponsor: Judith Spang. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1437 Requiring the department of health and human services to provide a legislative report on Katie Beckett, the Medicaid program for home care for children with severe disabilities. Prime sponsor: Robert Elliot. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1573 Relative to the greenhouse gas emissions reduction fund and the renewable energy fund. Prime sponsor: Jacqueline Cali-Pitts. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1604 Establishing a credit against the interest and dividends tax for taxes paid to other states on certain distributions. Prime sponsor: Peyton Hinkle. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1616 Creating an exemption from the business enterprise tax for new businesses in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor: Peyton Hinkle. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1618 Exempting certain federally tax-exempt transactions from the business profits tax. Prime sponsor: Carol McGuire. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
HB 1661 Making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares. Prime sponsor: David Hess. SRefer to Interim Study: MA RC 190-150
SB 316 Establishing a statewide transportation policy. Prime sponsor: Molly Kelly. Referred to Public Works and Highways for Interim Study
SB 335 Relative to wetland impact assessments in construction permit applications. Prime sponsor: Harold Janeway. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 387 Relative to penalties for violations of the consumer protection act. Prime Sponsor: Jacalyn Cilley. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 400 Relative to assessment of the land use change tax. Prime sponsor: Betsi DeVries. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 418 Establishing requirements for electric distribution company solicitation of proposals from renewable energy developers. Prime sponsor: Martha Fuller Clark. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 422 Relative to small power producer electric sales in brownfields and economically depressed locations. Prime sponsor: Martha Fuller Clark. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 423 Relative to health insurance coverage for licensed athletic trainer services. Prime sponsor: Molly Kelly. Refer to Interim Study: MA VV
SB 454 Relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 456 Relative to energy conservation in new building construction. Prime sponsor: Amanda Merrill. Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV
SB 469 Requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. Prime Sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Refer to Interim Study, RC 13Y-11N, MA

BOOT HILL (where bills go when they're dead)

HB 1202 Relative to renewable energy credits. Prime sponsor: Suzanne Harvey. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1221 Relative to excavating and dredging permits. Prime sponsor: Judith Day. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1222 Relative to the authority of the commissioner of the department of environmental services to grant permits under the comprehensive shoreland protection act. Prime sponsor: Judith Day. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1243 Relative to automatic teller machine card overdraft fees. Prime sponsor: Edward Butler. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1253 Removing the exemption to the consumer protection act for insurance trade and commerce. Prime sponsor: David Nixon. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1255 Relative to requirements for apportionment of damages. Prime sponsor: David Nixon. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1256 Restricting medical injury claims subject to pretrial screening panel review to claims exceeding $250,000. Prime sponsor: David Nixon. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1257 Changing requirements for extensions of time for hearings by pretrial screening panels for medical injury claims. Prime sponsor: David Nixon. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
HB 1258 Relative to the award of costs and attorneys' fees incurred in the medical injury screening panel process. Prime sponsor: David Nixon. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1283 Relative to participation in the state children's health insurance program. Prime sponsor: Andrew Renzullo. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1296 Prohibiting a state agency from establishing a fee without legislative approval. Prime sponsor: Jordan Ulery. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 200-156
HB 1309 Requiring insurance coverage for infertility treatments. Prime sponsor: Amy Perkins. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1316 Requiring new construction and renovations of commercial buildings over 4,000 square feet to follow the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines relative to volatile organic compounds. Prime sponsor: Yvonne Thomas. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1370 Requiring independent medical examination practitioners to file a report with the insurance department. Prime sponsor: Patrick Long.Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 5/12/10; SC19A. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
HB 1382 Relative to workforce housing. Prime sponsor: William O’Brien. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1385 Relative to appeals under the workers' compensation law. Prime sponsor: Lawrence Perkins. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1403 Relative to wrongful termination. Prime sponsor: William Butynski. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1431 Relative to health care choice. Prime sponsor: Andrew Renzullo. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1438 Relative to a patient's right to know regarding charges for health care. Prime sponsor: Andrew Renzullo. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1464 Increasing the threshold amounts for taxation under the business enterprise tax. Prime sponsor: Peyton Hinkle. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 196-167
HB1505 Establishing a commission to study state-imposed burdens on unregulated businesses. Prime sponsor Neal Kurk. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1509 Relative to unemployment compensation for self-employed individuals. Prime sponsor: Nancy Stiles. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1531 Prohibiting New Hampshire physicians and medical staff from sharing patient records in a health information exchange without the patient's written consent. Prime sponsor: Neal Kurk. Removed from Consent Calendar (Rep Vaillancourt). Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1545 Relative to group size for premiums charged by health insurance carriers when issuing small employer health coverage. Prime sponsor: Susi Nord. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1585 Allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates. Prime sponsor: Willliam O’Brien. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1597 Relative to employer-provided health insurance coverage and prohibiting denial of coverage for preexisting conditions. Prime sponsor: David Hess. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1603 Relative to the carry forward periods for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax. Prime sponsor: Peyton Hinkle. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA DIV 188-173
HB 1611 Establishing a sales and use tax. Prime sponsor Gilman Shattuck. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1622 Repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget on July 1, 2012. Prime sponsor: Leo Pepino. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 195-164
HB 1633 Repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget on July 1, 2010. Prime sponsor: Leo Pepino. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 196-167
HB 1640 Repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget as of July 1, 2011. Prime sponsor: Leo Pepino. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1641 Repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget on July 1, 2014. Prime sponsor: Leo Pepino. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 188-154
HB 1643 Relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. Prime sponsor: John Cebrowski. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 188-174
HB 1645 Relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. Prime sponsor: William Smith. Recommit (Rep Vaillancourt): MF DIV 102-249. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA 232-122
HB 1659 Including solar hot water heating systems in electric renewable energy class I. Prime sponsor: Jacqueline Cali-Pitts. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1669 Repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget on July 1, 2013. Prime sponsor: Leo Pepino. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 194-155
HB 1670 Establishing a searchable budget database for state spending. Prime sponsor: Fran Wendelboe. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 201-162
HB 1672 Making appropriation additions and revenue reductions for fiscal year 2011. Prime sponsor: Sherman Packard. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 198-163
HB 1679 Establishing a soft drinks tax. Prime sponsor: Catherine Mulholland. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 288-65
HB 1684 Requiring an annual state operating budget. Prime sponsor: David Campbell. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HB 1685 Relative to testing the water quality of private water supply wells. Prime sponsor: Judith Spang. Removed from Consent Calendar (Rep Vaillancourt). Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
HR 22 Encouraging Bank of America to change its business practices. Prime sponsor: Joel Winters. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 291-58
SB 334 (New Title) Establishing a committee to study methods of encouraging the installation and use of small scale renewable energy resources by homeowners and businesses. Prime sponsor: Harold Janeway. Special Order to Next Week (Rep F.Holden): MF DIV 78-261. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 300-46
SB 336 Relative to payroll deductions. Prime sponsor: Peter Bragdon. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
SB 338 Relative to modification of PSNH generation assets. Prime sponsor: Martha Fuller Clark. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
SB 343 Relative to Medicaid managed care. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 241-108
SB 417 Relative to national health care reform and Medicaid. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 14Y-10N, MA, === BILL KILLED ===
SB 432 Relative to technical changes in public utilities law concerning telecommunications. Prime sponsor: Amanda Merrill. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
SB 452 (New Title) Relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. Prime sponsor: Jeb Bradley. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
SB 459 Relative to medical payments coverage. Prime sponsor: Jacalyn Cilley. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
SB 462 Relative to distribution of funds for education. Prime sponsor: Robert Letourneau. Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===
SB 492 Extending the local property tax exemption for wooden poles and conduits. Prime sponsor: Lou D'Allesandro. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 222-129. Indefinitely Postpone (Rep Walz): MA RC 188-154
CACR 22 Relating to taxation. Providing that taxes imposed by the state of New Hampshire or its subdivisions may be graduated. Prime sponsor: Timothy Robertson. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV
CACR 23 Relating to taxation. Providing that a 2/3 vote is required to pass legislation imposing new or increased taxes or license fees provided that the legislature may increase the rate of taxes and fees with a majority vote in any fiscal year that insufficient revenues are provided to pay the principal and interest on a debt payable in that year, to which the state has pledged its faith and credit. Prime Sponsor: Jordan Ulery.Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 239-108
CACR 26 Relating to taxation. Providing that there shall be no broad-based taxes in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor: David Bettencourt. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 221-136. Print Rep Kurk's Remarks in Permanent Journal (Rep W.D.Scamman): MA VV
CACR 27 Relating to education funding. Providing that state funding of education shall be targeted. Prime sponsor: Nancy Elliott. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 233-125
CACR 30 Relating to: health care. Providing that: people may enter into private contracts with health care providers for health care services and to purchase health care coverage. Prime sponsor: Andrew Renzullo. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV

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