Legislative Session Ending June 2021

TAXES & FEES

ABSENT: requiring state taxpayers to make up for poor investments by the Retirement Board. (HB274)
        FOR Shifting property taxes from some property owners to other owners. (SB102)
        AGAINST prohibiting an income tax on earned personal income. (CACR1)
        AGAINST prohibiting any broad-based sales tax. (CACR2)
        AGAINST Requiring a super-majority vote to override a property tax cap via city charter exclusions or ordinances. (SB52)
        ABSENT: reducing the cost of electricity. (HB614)
        AGAINST reducing the cost of electricity. (HB351)

EDUCATION

   ABSENT: giving parents more information about students’ assessments. (HB194)
        AGAINST expanding the choice of school options in an educational hardship to private schools and not just public schools. (HB388)
        AGAINST requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the US civics naturalization test. (HB319)
        AGAINST requiring schools with unused space to make it available to approved charter school students. (HB278)

GUN CONTROL

        ABSENT: permitting self-defense within a vehicle. (HB197)
        AGAINST strengthening the right to keep and bear arms. (CACR8)
        AGAINST clarifying that displaying a firearm does not constitute reckless conduct. (HB195)
        AGAINST stating that displaying a firearm to warn away a trespasser is not a crime. (HB196)
        AGAINST requiring political subdivisions to obey state law regarding firearms regulation. (HB307)
        AGAINST allowing law-abiding persons to carry a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile. (HB334)
        AGAINST Making it faster for law-abiding citizens to obtain approval from a background check. (SB141)
        AGAINST Prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms. (SB154)

    ELECTION INTEGRITY

      AGAINST improving voter checklists to remove people who have moved or died. (HB285)
      AGAINST requiring the same level of identity for absentee ballot requests as all other voting. (HB292)

    CIVIL RIGHTS   

AGAINST requiring a two-thirds vote of the legislature for the taking of property in a declared emergency. (HB402)
        AGAINST protecting religious services as essential services that may not be unduly burdened. (HB440)
        AGAINST guaranteeing free exercise of religion even during a state of emergency. (HB542)
        AGAINST Removing a privacy-invading requirement for students’ families to complete a Federal application for financial aid as a condition for graduation. (SB147)
        AGAINST Giving private sector employees the same right as public employees to join or not join a union. (SB61)

    OTHER    

ABSENT: presuming the defendant is guilty until proven innocent. (HB246)
        FOR spending public funds for abortions. (HB2-1068)
        ABSENT: allowing school nurses to have associate (community college) degrees rather than bachelor’s degrees. (HB349)
        AGAINST prohibiting municipalities from requiring a license for children to operate a lemonade stand. (HB183)
        AGAINST allowing after market window tinting to the same degree as can be ordered on new vehicles. (HB224)
        AGAINST Preferring individual and free market planning to government planning. (SB86)
        ABSENT: prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks. (HB625)
        ABSENT: requiring that any baby born alive shall not be killed just because it was unwanted. (HB233)