2020 Legislative Service Requests
FORESTRY-BIOMASS 2020-2091 HB Title: relative to removal of trees from state property. Sponsors: (Prime) Jim Fedolfi
2020-2111 HB Title: repealing the timber tax. Sponsors: (Prime) Richard Marple , Kenneth Weyler, John Burt, Joseph Pitre, John O'Day
2020-2190 HB Title: relative to exemptions from timber taxes for certain residential cutting. Sponsors: (Prime) Jack Flanagan
2020-2250 HB Title: relative to notification to abutters of an intent to cut timber. Sponsors: (Prime) Kenneth Wells
2020-2778 SB Title: relative to financial assistance for biomass and forest product workers. Sponsors: (Prime) Dan Feltes
2020-2563 HB Title: establishing a commission to review and propose initiatives to implement the recommendations of the 2020 forest resources plan. Sponsors: (Prime) Larry Laflamme, Jeb Bradley, David Luneau, Henry Noel
2020-2642 HB Title: relative to baseload renewable generation credits for biomass energy facilities. Sponsors: (Prime) Joshua Adjutant , Kat McGhee, Timothy Josephson, Catherine Sofikitis, Rosemarie Rung, Dennis Ruprecht
2020-2619 HB Title: relative to payments to the public utilities commission in lieu of meeting renewable portfolio standards for biomass. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
FISH AND GAME
2020-2039 HB Title: relative to cruelty to a wild animal, fish, or wild bird. Sponsors: (Prime) Ellen Read , Betty Gay, Nancy Murphy
2020-2042 HB Title: relative to the methods of taking turkey during youth turkey hunt weekend. Sponsors: (Prime) James Spillane , John Reagan, Ed Comeau, Robert L'Heureux, Kevin Verville, David Love, Jason Janvrin
2020-2787 SB Title: establishing a surcharge on certain saltwater licenses and establishing a fund for derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters , Robert Renny Cushing, Judith Spang
2020-2240 HB Title: relative to the qualifications for the members of the fish and game commission. Sponsors: (Prime) Ellen Read , Martha Fuller Clark, Mary Eisner, Debra Altschiller, Kathryn Stack, Ryan Buchanan, Cam Kenney
2020-2478 HB Title: relative to fines imposed by the fish and game commission. Sponsors: (Prime) Timothy Egan , Roger Dontonville, Mark King
2020-2685 HB Title: establishing a committee to study prohibiting recreational trapping. Sponsors: (Prime) Kathryn Stack
2020-2689 HB Title: establishing a safari hunting license for hunting certain exotic game. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing
2020-2432 HB Title: relative to the funding for search and rescue operations of the fish and game department and making an appropriation therefor. Sponsors: (Prime) David Love , Jeffrey Goley, Gary Hopper, Robert Forsythe
2020-2367 HB Title: repealing the prohibition on hunting with a ferret. Sponsors: (Prime) Max Abramson , Josh Yokela, William Fowler
OHRV
2020-2191 HB Title: establishing a committee to study minimizing the use of public roads in the OHRV trail system known as Ride the Wilds in Coos county. Sponsors: (Prime) Jack Flanagan
2020-2274 HB Title: relative to OHRV trails known as "Ride the Wilds." Sponsors: (Prime) Jack Flanagan
2020-2300 HB Title: requiring an off highway recreational vehicle club to have certain tests performed on a rail trail prior to use as an OHRV trail. Sponsors: (Prime) Wendy Thomas , Kathryn Stack
2020-2301 HB Title: removing the authorization for OHRV use on certain sections of state highway. Sponsors: (Prime) Wendy Thomas , Kathryn Stack
2020-2338 HB Title: permitting OHRVs on certain public ways. Sponsors: (Prime) Tony Lekas
2020-2715 HB Title: relative to OHRV speed limits on roads. Sponsors: (Prime) Judith Spang , David Watters, Wayne Moynihan, Jay Kahn, Wendy Thomas, Bruce Cohen
2020-2359 HB Title: relative to utility terrain vehicle operation on roads. Sponsors: (Prime) Rebecca McWilliams , Laurie Sanborn, Alan Turcotte, Raymond Howard, Nicole Klein-Knight
ENERGY-RENEWABLE ENERGY
2020-2626 HB Title: relative to the net metering cap for customer-generators. Sponsors: (Prime) John Plumer , Howard Pearl, Michael Costable
2020-2082 HB Title: relative to energy infrastructure development and corridors. Sponsors: (Prime) Suzanne Smith
2020-2617 HB Title: relative to including battery storage facilities in the definition of energy facility. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2618 HB Title: repealing the preservation and use of renewable generation to provide fuel diversity. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2619 HB Title: relative to payments to the public utilities commission in lieu of meeting portfolio requirements for class III resources. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2620 HB Title: repealing the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2621 HB Title: relative to municipal energy commissions. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2622 HB Title: relative to the energy consumption reduction goal. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2623 HB Title: relative to renewable energy credits. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2624 HB Title: relative to the system benefits charge. Sponsors: (Prime) Michael Harrington
2020-2642 HB Title: establishing a committee to study the applications of microgrids in New Hampshire and changes in law necessary to allow for microgrids in electrical supply, and relative to baseload renewable generation credits for biomass energy facilities. Sponsors: (Prime) Joshua Adjutant
2020-2674 HB Title: relative to the regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Sponsors: (Prime) John Mann
2020-2675 HB Title: relative to the air pollution advisory committee. Sponsors: (Prime) John Mann
2020-2153 HB Title: relative to net energy metering limits for customer generators. Sponsors: (Prime) Timothy Lang
2020-2168 HB Title: establishing a committee to study applications of microgrids in electricity supply. Sponsors: (Prime) Peter Somssich
2020-2169 HB Title: relative to the duties of the site evaluation committee. Sponsors: (Prime) Mark Vallone , Andrew Bouldin
2020-2175 HB Title: relative to the property tax exemption for solar energy systems. Sponsors: (Prime) Reed Panasiti
2020-2276 HB Title: relative to incentives for energy efficiency projects and renewable energy infrastructure by commercial and industrial ratepayers. Sponsors: (Prime) Chris Balch
2020-2260 HB Title: establishing a climate action plan. Sponsors: (Prime) Craig Thompson
2020-2307 HB Title: relative to integrated energy resource planning. Sponsors: (Prime) Kat McGhee
2020-2309 HB Title: establishing a committee to study attainment of a clean-energy electric grid by 2030. Sponsors: (Prime) Kat McGhee
2020-2420 HB Title: relative to group host net energy metering. Sponsors: (Prime) Lee Oxenham
2020-2430 HB Title: requiring utilities to include a decommissioning charge fund in new and replacement natural gas infrastructure proposals. Sponsors: (Prime) Chris Balch
2020-2456 HB Title: relative to the alternative compliance payments for renewable energy obligations not met through the purchase of renewable energy credits. Sponsors: (Prime) Howard Pearl
2020-2457 HB Title: relative to hydroelectric power. Sponsors: (Prime) Howard Pearl
2020-2256 HB Title: authorizing funds of the department of agriculture to be used for increasing farmer energy energy efficiency. Sponsors: (Prime) Craig Thompson
2020-2481 HB Title: establishing an energy conservation program and an energy conservation project fund. Sponsors: (Prime) Latha Mangipudi
2020-2688 HB Title: establishing an office of offshore wind energy development council in the office of strategic initiatives. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing
2020-2755 SB Title: relative to the duties and membership of the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters
2020-2782 SB Title: establishing the New Hampshire youth climate and conservation council. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters
2020-2481 HB Title: establishing an energy conservation program and an energy conservation project fund and establishing the state PACE reserve fund. Sponsors: (Prime) Latha Mangipudi
2020-2674 HB Title: relative to the regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Sponsors: (Prime) John Mann
2020-2774 HB Title: relative to the production for customer-sited sources that are net metered and for which certain certificates are not issued. Sponsors: (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark
2020-2775 SB Title: relative to the electric renewable portfolio standard. Sponsors: (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark
2020-2927 SB Title: establishing an offshore wind commission, establishing an office of offshore wind industry development in the department of business and economic affairs, and making an appropriation therefor. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2020-2088 HB Title: relative to the definition of prime wetland. Sponsors: (Prime) Chuck Grassie , Judith Spang, Jaci Grote
2020-2224 HB Title: establishing a PFAS remediation and mitigation fund. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing
2020-2231 HB Title: relative to authorizing the state to set higher environmental standards than those established in federal law. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Backus
2020-2268 HB Title: relative to banning the pesticide chlorpyrifos. Sponsors: (Prime) Mary Eisner
2020-2279 HB Title: relative to eliminating exposure to certain pesticides and establishing an alternative pest management working group. Sponsors: (Prime) Chris Balch
2020-2284 HB Title: establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills or the expansion of existing landfills. Sponsors: (Prime) Elaine French
2020-2285 HB Title: prohibiting the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or USDA forest land. Sponsors: (Prime) Elaine French
2020-2595 HB Title: relative to standards for perfluorochemicals in drinking water and ambient groundwatreater. Sponsors: (Prime) Nancy Murphy
2020-2599 HB Title: requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used. Sponsors: (Prime) Nancy Murphy
2020-2065 HCR Title: urging Congress to grant states broader authority to set higher environmental standards than those established in federal law. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Backus , David Watters, Robert Renny Cushing
2020-2361 HB Title: requiring the adoption of vehicle emissions standards based on the California clean car standards. Sponsors: (Prime) Rebecca McWilliams
2020-2230 HB Title: establishing a road usage fee and making an appropriation therefor. Sponsors: (Prime) Norman Major , John Graham
2020-2180 HB Title: relative to seasonal platforms on certain lakes. Sponsors: (Prime) John MacDonald
2020-2511 HB Title: restricting the distribution of plastic straws. Sponsors: (Prime) Judith Spang
2020-2327 HB Title: establishing a commission to develop a statewide strategy on tick management. Sponsors: (Prime) Dianne Schuett
2020-2695 HB Title: relative to public notice requirements for permits issued by the department of environmental services. Sponsors: (Prime) Judy Aron
2020-2697 HB Title: relative to a fee for single-use carryout bags. Sponsors: (Prime) Garrett Muscatel
2020-2736 SB Title: relative to shoreland water quality. Sponsors: (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark
2020-2756 SB Title: establishing the coastal program administered by the department of environmental services Sponsors: David Waters
WATER
2020-2005 HB Title: relative to the labeling of bottled water. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing , Martha Fuller Clark, Dan Feltes, Timothy Josephson, Mark Pearson, Tom Sherman, Nancy Murphy, Patricia Bushway, David Meuse, Deborah Hobson, Cassandra Levesque
2020-2031 HB Title: relative to the operation of personal water craft around the marshlands or flats of the Rye estuary and the New Castle back channel. Sponsors: (Prime) Kate Murray , Tom Sherman, Patricia Bushway, Jaci Grote
2020-2075 HB Title: requiring periodic water tests of rental property. Sponsors: (Prime) Wendy Thomas , Mary Eisner, Charlotte DiLorenzo, Sherry Frost, Edith DesMarais, Kathryn Stack, David Coursin, Wendy Chase
2020-2087 HB Title: relative to criminal penalties for not providing adequate food, water, and shelter for animals. Sponsors: (Prime) Katherine Rogers , Kate Murray, Cam Kenney
2020-2119 HB Title: abolishing fluoride in water. Sponsors: (Prime) Richard Marple
2020-2180 HB Title: relative to seasonal platforms on public waters of the state. Sponsors: (Prime) John MacDonald , Jeb Bradley, Karel Crawford, William Marsh
2020-2542 HB Title: relative to large groundwater withdrawals from replacement wells. Sponsors: (Prime) Mark Pearson , Martha Fuller Clark, Kenneth Weyler, Regina Birdsell, Joseph Guthrie, David Welch, Dennis Green, Peter Somssich, Jeffrey Salloway, Jon Morgan, Deborah Hobson
2020-2543 HB Title: addressing impacts to other water users from new sources of water for community water systems. Sponsors: (Prime) Mark Pearson , Martha Fuller Clark, Kenneth Weyler, Regina Birdsell, Joseph Guthrie, David Welch, Dennis Green, Peter Somssich, Jeffrey Salloway, Jon Morgan, Deborah Hobson
2020-2595 HB Title: relative to standards for perfluorochemicals in drinking water and ambient groundwater. Sponsors: (Prime) Nancy Murphy , Linda Massimilla, Mary Eisner, Betty Gay, Jeffrey Salloway, Peter Petrigno, Bruce Cohen, David Meuse, Wendy Chase, Jon Morgan, Sue Mullen
2020-2628 HB Title: repealing the exemption from property taxes for water and air pollution control facilities. Sponsors: (Prime) Robert Renny Cushing , Mary Beth Walz, Michael Edgar
2020-2736 SB Title: relative to shoreland water quality. Sponsors: (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark
2020-2769 SB Title: relative to parking restrictions at public access to public waters. Sponsors: (Prime) Jeanne Dietsch
2020-2787 SB Title: establishing a surcharge on certain saltwater licenses and establishing a fund for derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters , Robert Renny Cushing, Judith Spang
2020-2804 SB Title: relative to testing for lead in water in schools and child care facilities. Sponsors: (Prime) Cindy Rosenwald
2020-2809 SB Title: relative to municipal water pollution control. Sponsors: (Prime) David Watters, Martha Fuller Clark, Judith Spang
NEW HAMPSHIRE SITE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
2020-2169 HB Title: relative to the duties of the site evaluation committee. Sponsors: (Prime) Mark Vallone , David Doherty, Charlotte DiLorenzo, Liz McConnell, Andrew Bouldin, Chris Balch