New Hampshire Honors Overdose Awareness Day
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, New Hampshire honored Overdose Awareness Day through a virtual ceremony. Earlier this year, HB 1135, which contained text from SB 564 proclaiming August 31st Overdose Awareness Day, was signed into law. Prime sponsor of SB 564, Senator Melanie Levesque (D-Brookline) issued this statement following the ceremony: “In 2019 we lost 284 New Hampshire residents to drug overdo
GOFERR Legislative Advisory Board Recommends Swift Implementation of Rapid Testing at Community Heal
Contact Name: Sara Persechino, Michael O’Brien Phone: (603) 271-3479, (603) 271-0515 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us, mike.b.obrien@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – In July, Senator Lou D’Allesandro and Representative Mary Jane Wallner asked the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan and cost estimate for ensuring New Hampshire schools have access to rapid COVID-19 testing. Today, the GOFERR Legislative Advisory Board recommended that plan, 8-0, which will
Senate President Celebrates the Life of Senator Harold Janeway
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Senate President Donna Soucy released the following statement in remembrance of her former colleague, Senator Harold Janeway: “Senator Janeway was a soft-spoken, gentle, and generous man who will be greatly missed by all of us in the Senate - and indeed by all of New Hampshire. Harold was also a man who treasured the good things in life - swimming in his pond, sleeping
New Hampshire Senate Democrats Release 2020 Policy Synopsis
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, the New Hampshire Senate Democratic Caucus released their 2020 Session Policy Synopsis. The document outlines legislation put forward by Senate Democrats in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, criminal justice reform, child protection, voting rights, and the promises made and kept through their Granite State Opportunity Plan which they campaigned on in 2018. Senate Presi
Governor Sununu and Secretary Gardner Continue to Issue Conflicting Absentee Voting Statements and C
Contact Name: Sara Persechino, Michael O’Brien Phone: (603) 271-3479, (603) 271-0515 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us, mike.b.obrien@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Yesterday, at his press conference, Governor Chris Sununu said anyone can take an absentee ballot, drop it off in dropboxes and that every town has them, which conflicts with Secretary Gardner saying that dropboxes must be individually staffed. In addition, in deflecting his responsibility to issue a public mask
Governor Sununu Blocks Progress, Hits Another Veto Record - Kills One-Third of All Bills Sent to His
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Governor Sununu acted on the final four bills from the 2020 legislative session, vetoing all four and bringing his total vetoes this year to 22, or 36% of the total pieces of legislation sent to his desk. This marks another notch for Sununu in his refusal to work with the Legislature - a record for highest percentage of bills ever vetoed by a New Hampshire governor. Th
Governor Sununu Vetoes Extreme Risk Protection Orders
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Governor Sununu vetoed HB 687, a bill establishing a procedure for issuing extreme risk protection orders to protect against persons who pose an immediate risk of harm to themselves or others. Senator Martha Hennessey (D-Hanover) issued the following statement in response: “Between 2013-2017, we lost nearly 1,200 New Hampshire residents to suicide. Nearly half of those
Governor Sununu Vetoes Senate Democrats’ Bill to Protect Granite State Workers
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Governor Sununu vetoed HB 1494, a Senate omnibus bill to protect Granite State workers. As amended, HB 1494 covered a variety of workers’ protections, including health and safety standards and a state death benefit. Senate Commerce Chair Kevin Cavanaugh (D-Manchester), prime sponsor of the amendment, issued the following statement in response: “Throughout this pandemic
Governor Sununu Vetoes Medical Monitoring
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Governor Sununu vetoed HB 1375, a bill to establish the elements of a claim for medical monitoring and the damages that may be awarded. Senator Shannon Chandley (D-Amherst) issued the following statement in response: “As a state, we have taken significant steps to address the public health consequences caused by the contamination of our drinking and waste water by PFAS
Governor Sununu Vetoes Reproductive Health Parity Act of 2020
Contact Name: Sara Persechino Phone: (603) 271-3479 Email: Sara.Persechino@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Governor Sununu vetoed HB 685, the Reproductive Health Parity Act of 2020, which would have ensured affordable access to safe, legal abortion by requiring insurance plans that cover maternity benefits to provide coverage for emergency or elective abortion services. Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) issued the following statement in response: “While Chris Sununu claims