Republicans Reject Financial Transparency for School Voucher Program
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a 3-2 party-line vote, Republican members of the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee voted Inexpedient to Legislate on SB 252, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy’s (D-Manchester) bill to require property tax bills to include information regarding the amount disbursed from the education trust fund in the prior fiscal year and the amount the mun
Republicans Refuse to Prohibit Partisan Gerrymandering
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, on a party-line vote of 3-2, Republican members of the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee voted to Interim Study Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka’s (D-Portsmouth) bill, SB 255, which would have established redistricting criteria to specifically prohibit partisan gerrymandering. The bill will next go before the Senate for a vote. After the vote, Senat
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans Double Down on Gag Rule
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Yesterday, the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to kill two bills seeking to address the Republican-passed gag rule on free speech. SB 298, prime sponsored by Senator David Watters (D-Dover) would have repealed the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education. SB 304, prime sponsored by Senator Jay Kahn (D-Keene) wou
Republicans Reject Support for NH Small Businesses
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, the Republican members of the Senate Commerce Committee voted Inexpedient to Legislate on SB 428, which sought to establish a scholarship fund in the capital access program of the NH Business Finance Authority to cover entry costs for "socially and/or economically disadvantaged" individual small business owners, as defined in federal law, applying for loans from t
Senator Soucy Continues to Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) introduced SB 203, relative to the state minimum hourly rate, to the Senate Commerce Committee. The bill would incrementally increase the minimum wage as follows: · From September 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, $10 per hour. · From July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, $12 per hour. · From July 1, 2024, a
Senator Watters Introduces Offshore Wind Legislation
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, Senator David Watters (D-Dover) introduced two pieces of legislation relative to offshore wind to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. SB 440, as amended, directs the Office of Offshore Wind in the Department of Energy to develop criteria for power purchase agreements, for protecting New Hampshire's environmental and fisheries interests, and for prom
Senate Democrats Push Back on Gerrymandered House Map
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a party-line vote of 3-2, Republican members of the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee voted Ought to Pass as Amended on HB 50, the gerrymandered House map drafted by House Republicans. The bill will next be brought before the full Senate for a vote. After the vote, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) and Senator Rebecca Perkins
Senate Democrats Reject Partisan Redistricting
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Today, in a party line vote of 3-2, Republican members of the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee voted Ought to Pass on SB 240, the Republican drawn Senate District map which further gerrymanders the state. The bill next goes before the full Senate for a vote. After the vote, Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) and Senator Rebecca Perkins
Senate Democrats Continue to Fight for Abortion-care Access in New Hampshire
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us CONCORD – Yesterday, after the majority of Senate Republicans failed in their attempt to kill the Access to Abortion-care Act, the bill was Laid on the Table. After the vote, prime sponsor Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) and co-sponsor Senator Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton) issued the following statements: Senator Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) stated, “As elected
Republicans Dismantle Reproductive Health Care
Contact Name: Marina Altschiller Phone: (603) 568-9357 Email: marina.altschiller@leg.state.nh.us Republicans Dismantle Reproductive Health Care CONCORD – Today, Senate Republicans voted down four floor amendments presented by Senate Democrats on SB 399. The original language of SB 399, as sponsored by Senator Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua) sought to repeal the Republican abortion ban inserted into the last state budget. In the Senate Judiciary Committee, the bill was amended by t