Senator Rosenwald Champions Increased Nursing Home Rates
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted Ought to Pass on Senator Cindy Rosenwald’s (D-Nashua) bill, SB 412, making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for nursing home reimbursement rates. The bill will next be brought before the full Senate for a vote. After the vote, prime sponsor Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) issued the following sta
Senator Perkins Kwoka Introduces Legislation to Support the Pilot Landlord-Tenant Mediation Program
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Perkins Kwoka introduced SB 216 to the Senate Commerce Committee. SB 216 seeks to establish a commission to study the ongoing landlord and tenant mediation program in the circuit courts. After the hearing, the Senate Commerce Committee voted unanimously to adopt the legislation.
Prime sponsor Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) issued the foll
Senator Perkins Kwoka Introduces Legislation to Assist NH Tenants Amid Statewide Housing Shortage
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka introduced SB 217 to the Senate Commerce Committee. SB 217 seeks to expand the minimum required notice landlords must give their tenants for evictions from 30 to 90 days in instances when the landlord is seeking to repair, renovate, or sell the rental property. Prime sponsor Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) issued the foll
Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy Introduces SB 427
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Yesterday, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) introduced SB 427, which seeks to make modest but important updates to NH election laws and procedures, making it easier for eligible voters to exercise their right to vote and easing the workload for our local election officials. After the hearing, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) issued t
Senate Democrats Applaud Federal Delegation for Securing Critical Funding for Planned Parenthood NNE
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) will receive $500,000 through a Title X Dire Need Grant award. This critical funding was secured thanks to the NH Congressional Delegation pushing for this funding at the federal level. The need for this funding has become increasingly critica
Senate Committee Passes the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act of 2022
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD - Today, Senator Sue Prentiss (D-West Lebanon) introduced SB 407, which is the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act of 2022. This legislation will amend the state Medicaid plan to provide 12 months of continuous coverage for new moms and babies at the most vulnerable time, which is during the postpartum period. Following the public hearing, the committee moved into Executive S
Senator Whitley Introduces ACEs Treatment and Prevention Act
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 444, also known as the ACEs Treatment and Prevention Act, to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. SB 444 builds on the many years of bipartisan work to improve the children’s mental health system and identifies solutions to better support New Hampshire’s young children to help prevent crises down the roa
Senate Democrats Fight for Access to Abortion Care
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) introduced SB 436, the Access to Abortion-care Act, to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Access to Abortion-care Act would put abortion rights into statute, ensuring that in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, New Hampshire families would continue to have access to safe abortion care in thei
Senate Democrats Fight to Repeal Republican Abortion Ban
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) introduced SB 399 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 399 repeals the Republican abortion ban inserted into the state budget which prohibits a health care provider from performing an abortion after 24 weeks and has no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal fetal anomalies, and requires mandatory ultrasounds for all individuals s
Senator Whitley Introduces SB 393-FN, relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 271-3375 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us Senator Whitley Introduces SB 393-FN, relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women in the custody of a state or county correctional facility CONCORD – Today, Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) introduced SB 393-FN, which limits the types of restraints used on pregnant people who are incarcerated in NH jails and prisons and addresses the issue of shackling during transporta