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| Legislative Update Week of April 7th, 2025 Tuesday, April 8th, N.H. Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs LOB 103 9:30 a.m. – SUPPORT – HB230 This bill places limits on town health officers. Town health officers are simply citizens that have a one time 4 hour training but current law gives them unlimited power to make an ordinance about anything. There are no limits. During Covid, town health officers across the state abused their power and implemented citizen tracking and mask mandates. This bill restricts what they can make ordinances about to “nuisances”, which would include things that are specific to the town, not blanket situations like a pandemic or endemic disease. This bill was vetoed last year, but this year, it even gained wide democrat support and passed the House on the consent calendar. Click here to register your disposition and testimony Email the committee James.Gray@gc.nh.gov Timothy.Lang@gc.nh.gov David.Rochefort@gc.nh.gov Rebecca.PerkinsKwoka@gc.nh.gov pat.long@gc.nh.gov Wednesday, April 9th, N.H. Senate Health and Human Services SH, 100 10:00 a.m.– SUPPORT – HB679 This bill could very well be the only attempt in the country to roll back the long standing school vaccine mandates. The language prohibits the state from mandating any vaccine that doesn’t stop transmission, which is in line with the limitations in Jacobsen v. Massachusetts. I think making the argument there is no legal, moral, or ethical grounds for mandating vaccines that don’t stop transmission is a good starting place for walking back these mandates.  Click here to register your disposition and testimony Email the committee David.Rochefort@gc.nh.gov Kevin.Avard@gc.nh.gov Regina.Birdsell@gc.nh.gov Suzanne.Prentiss@gc.nh.gov pat.long@gc.nh.gov Wednesday, April 9th, N.H. Senate Health and Human Services SH, 100 10:15 a.m.– SUPPORT – HB357 Currently there are two ways a vaccine can be added to the school mandated schedule in New Hampshire: through the legislative process and through the rule making process. This bill eliminates the rule-making path. This means that bureaucrats can not mandate vaccines.  Click here to register your disposition and testimony Email the committee David.Rochefort@gc.nh.gov Kevin.Avard@gc.nh.gov Regina.Birdsell@gc.nh.gov Suzanne.Prentiss@gc.nh.gov pat.long@gc.nh.gov Wednesday, April 9th, N.H. Senate Health and Human Services SH, 100 10:30 a.m.– SUPPORT – HB358 This bill fixes the issues we have been seeing with religious exemptions. The department of health and human services is claiming that people need to use their specific form. This bill says that a parent can simply write their own statement and that no specific form can be required.  Click here to register your disposition and testimony Email the committee David.Rochefort@gc.nh.gov Kevin.Avard@gc.nh.gov Regina.Birdsell@gc.nh.gov Suzanne.Prentiss@gc.nh.gov pat.long@gc.nh.gov Wednesday, April 9th, N.H. House Education Policy LOB 205-207 2:00 p.m.– SUPPORT – SB96 This bill requires that school’s disclose any information about the child that the parent requests. This bill is a direct response to the Manchester case where a child was being socially transitioned in school and the parents were denied information about it.  Click here to register your disposition and testimony  Email the committee houseedpolicy@rebuildnh.com Thursday, April 10th, N.H. House House Session SUPPORT Amendment/SUPPORT OTPA– HB71 In response to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center mandating vaccines for transplant patients and violating the Patient Bill of Rights, HB71 had a non-germane amendment hearing to add language specifying that the state can’t contract with any hospital in violation of the Patient Bill of Rights. We are asking that the representative vote for the committee amendment. On a related note, I received the right to know request from the Attorney General’s office regarding communications with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and vaccination requirements. The hospital did claim in an email that their policy is now in compliance with the patient bill of rights, although the Attorney General’s office did not ask for any proof. NOTE: This is NOT a committee vote. You can’t register. You email your representatives. Find your representative here. Towards Liberty, Melissa Blasek Executive Director, RebuildNH |
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