Senator Perkins Kwoka Introduces SB 329
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us Senator Perkins Kwoka Introduces SB 329, establishing a commission to study barriers to housing development in New Hampshire, including workforce and middle-income housing. CONCORD – Yesterday, Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) introduced SB 329, which seeks to establish a commission to study barriers to housing development in New Hampshire, including workforce and midd
Senate Democrats Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Contact Name: Jessica Eskeland Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: jessica.eskeland@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) and Senator Jay Kahn (D-Keene) issued a statement in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Senators issued the following statement: “Today, and every day, we stand in in solidarity with Jewish people everywhere as we remember the over six million Jews murdered and five million others that Nazis deemed unworthy of
Senator Whitley Introduces SB 428-FN-A, establishing a scholarship fund for certain small businesses
Contact Name: Jessica Eskeland Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: jessica.eskeland@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 428 FN-A, which seeks to establish a scholarship fund in the capital access program of the business finance authority to cover entry costs for socially and/or economically disadvantaged individual small business owners applying for loans from the program. After the hearing, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) issued th
Senator Whitley Introduces SB 446-FN-A, establishing a child care workforce fund and grant program
Contact Name: Jessica Eskeland Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: jessica.eskeland@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 446-FN-A, which seeks to establish a child care workforce fund to provide grants to eligible child care programs for workforce recruitment and retention bonuses and benefits. After the hearing, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) issued the following statement: “This bipartisan bill is necessary to support the New Hamp
Committee Republicans Reject Protections for Abortion Care
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a party line vote of 3-2, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Senators Carson, Gannon, and French) voted Inexpedient to Legislate on SB 436, the Access to Abortion-care Act. The bill will next go before the full Senate for a vote. After the vote, prime sponsor Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) and co-sponsors Senator Becky Whitley (
Republicans Double Down on Deeply Unpopular Abortion Ban
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a party line vote of 3-2, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Senators Carson, Gannon, and French) voted to gut SB 399, Senator Cindy Rosenwald’s (D-Nashua) bill to repeal the 24 week abortion ban inserted into the last budget and replace the language with a vaguely worded attempt to clarify their mandatory ultrasound requirement. The bill wil
Senator Rosenwald’s Wellness Incentive Legislation Passes Senate HHS Committee
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a vote of 3-2, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted Ought to Pass with Amendment on SB 319, Senator Cindy Rosenwald’s (D-Nashua) bill to enable all full risk group market health coverage offered by health carriers to employers to provide a wellness financial incentive to insured persons when voluntarily supplied with sufficient evidence the insu
Senator Whitley Introduces Legislation Aimed at Reducing Food Insecurity
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 404 to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. SB 404 establishes a supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program. Following the hearing, the committee moved into Executive Session and voted the bill Ought to Pass with Amendment in a vote of 4-1 with Senator Gray voting against the motion. The
Senator Whitley Introduces SB 416
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 416 to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. SB 416 requires children's behavioral health assessments to include evidenced-based functional behavioral analysis, or similar assessment, and a behavioral intervention plan prior to the placement decision. After the hearing, prime sponsor Senator Becky Whitley
Senator Whitley Introduces SB 403, Re-establishing the Farmers' Market Program in the WIC Program
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 403, a bill to re-establish the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program, to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Immediately following the hearing, the committee moved into Executive Session and voted the bill Ought to Pass. It will n