HOUSE RECORD First Year of the 166th General Court Calendar and Journal of the 2019 Session State of New Hampshire Web Site Address: www.gencourt.state.nh.us Vol. 41 Concord, N.H. Thursday, March 7, 2019 No. 8X HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 7 (Cont’d) Thursday, February 28, 2019 Rep. Ley moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted. HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 8 Thursday, March 7, 2019 The House assembled at 9:00 a.m., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer was offered by Guest Chaplain, Veeramani Ranganathan, co-founder of the Hindu Temple of New Hampshire. May the Lord protect and nourish us both. May he bless us with the bliss of knowledge. May we strive together. May what we study be well-studied. May we not quarrel with each other. May there be peace, peace and peace everywhere. May all be happy. May all enjoy health and freedom from disease. May all enjoy prosperity. May none suffer. May there be peace, peace and peace for all. Representative Andrew Renzullo, member from Hudson, led the Pledge of Allegiance. The member from Walpole, Representative Lucy Weber, led the singing of the National Anthem. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Berrien, Doherty, Dontonville, Ellison, Klose, Megan Murray, Nordgren, Sanborn, Varney, Warner and Webb, the day, illness. Reps. Fowler, Harvey, Higgins, McWilliams, Merlino, Myler, Pimentel, Ruprecht, Suzanne Smith, Southworth, St. Clair, Swinburne and Viens, the day, important business. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Cameron Hall and Josh Relente, students at Newport Middle High School, Pages for the day. Jayne Somero and Beth Wirkkala, wife and sister of Rep. Somero. Kylee Rock, guest of Rep. Aron. Lew Feldstein, Burnadette Hallleran, Padma Kunapareddy, Nikhil Vootkur, Archana Dubey, Ganeshbabu Sivalingam, Ashok Kakadia, Deepa Mangalot, Deepa Jacob, Barindar Aluwalia, guests of Rep. Mangipudi. Girl Scouts of the Girls Rock the Capitol group, guests of the New Hampshire House women legislators. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION affirming revenue estimates for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021. SPONSORS: Rep. Almy, Graf. 13 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen A RESOLUTION affirming revenue estimates for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021. Whereas, the House Ways and Means Committee has considered what the unrestricted revenue estimates should be for fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021 and has presented those estimates to the House of Representatives; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives: That the House wishes to go on record as affirming the following revenue estimates for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021. 2 7 MARCH 2019 HOUSE RECORD FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 GEN’L & EDUCATION TRUST FUND: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Business Profits Tax $392.300 $514.500 $472.100 $461.000 Business Enterprise Tax 261.700 318.700 292.400 285.600 Subtotal 654.000 833.200 764.500 746.600 Meals & Rooms Tax 346.500 350.000 364.900 383.100 Tobacco Tax 214.500 203.100 198.000 193.100 Liquor Sales 146.900 133.600 129.500 131.600 Interest & Dividends Tax 98.000 100.700 101.700 101.700 Insurance Tax 117.500 122.300 125.100 127.100 Communications Tax 40.700 41.300 37.600 34.200 Real Estate Transfer Tax 164.300 157.000 159.400 160.200 Court Fines & Fees 13.200 12.700 12.900 12.700 Securities Revenue 46.500 43.000 43.500 43.500 Utility Consumption Tax 3.000 3.000 0.000 0.000 Beer Tax 13.200 13.000 13.100 13.100 Other 74.800 68.800 68.400 71.900 Lottery Transfers 88.000 96.000 96.000 96.000 Tobacco Settlement 35.000 40.000 39.700 39.200 Utility Property Tax 43.400 39.600 40.100 40.500 Statewide Property Tax 363.100 363.100 363.100 363.100 Medicaid Recoveries 9.100 3.800 3.600 3.200 TOTAL GEN’L & EDUCATION TRUST FUNDS $2,471.700 $2,624.200 $2,561.100 $2,560.800 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 HIGHWAY FUNDS: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Road Toll $126.300 $129.000 $130.200 $132.300 Motor Vehicle Fees 115.700 120.000 120.200 114.600 Miscellaneous 0.200 0.100 0.200 0.200 TOTAL HIGHWAY FUNDS $242.200 $249.100 $250.600 $247.100 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FISH AND GAME FUNDS: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Fish & Game Licenses $9.600 $9.600 $9.700 $9.700 Fines & Miscellaneous 1.800 1.800 3.200 3.200 TOTAL FISH & GAME FUNDS $11.400 $11.400 $12.900 $12.900 Rep. Almy moved Ought to Pass and offered floor amendment (0806h). Floor Amendment (0806h) Amend the resolution by replacing all after the resolving clause with the following: That the house of representatives affirms the following revenue estimates for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021. FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 GEN’L & EDUCATION TRUST FUND: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Business Profits Tax $392.300 $514.500 $481.500 $466.100 Business Enterprise Tax 261.700 318.700 298.300 288.700 Subtotal 654.000 833.200 779.800 754.800 Meals & Rooms Tax 346.500 350.000 364.900 383.100 Tobacco Tax 214.500 203.100 198.000 193.100 Liquor Sales 146.900 133.600 129.500 131.600 Interest & Dividends Tax 98.000 100.700 101.700 101.700 Insurance Tax 117.500 122.300 125.100 127.100 Communications Tax 40.700 41.300 37.600 34.200 Real Estate Transfer Tax 164.300 157.000 159.400 160.200 Court Fines & Fees 13.200 12.700 12.900 12.700 Securities Revenue 46.500 43.000 43.500 43.500 Utility Consumption Tax 3.000 3.000 0.000 0.000 7 MARCH 2019 HOUSE RECORD 3 Beer Tax 13.200 13.000 13.100 13.100 Other 74.800 68.800 68.400 71.900 Lottery Transfers 88.000 96.000 96.000 96.000 Tobacco Settlement 35.000 40.000 39.70 39.200 Utility Property Tax 43.400 39.600 40.100 40.500 Statewide Property Tax 363.100 363.100 363.100 363.100 Medicaid Recoveries 9.100 3.800 3.600 3.200 TOTAL GEN’L & EDUCATION TRUST FUNDS $2,471.700 $2,624.200 $2,576.400 $2,569.000 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 HIGHWAY FUNDS: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Road Toll $126.300 $129.000 $130.200 $132.300 Motor Vehicle Fees 115.700 120.000 120.200 114.600 Miscellaneous 0.200 0.100 0.200 0.200 TOTAL HIGHWAY FUNDS $242.200 $249.100 $250.600 $247.100 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FISH AND GAME FUNDS: Official Committee Committee Committee (Dollars in Millions) Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Fish & Game Licenses $9.600 $9.600 $9.700 $9.700 Fines & Miscellaneous 1.800 1.800 3.200 3.200 TOTAL FISH & GAME FUNDS $11.400 $11.400 $12.900 $12.900 Rep. Almy spoke in favor. Floor amendment (0806h) adopted. Motion of Ought to Pass as Amended adopted. MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rep. Almy moved that HR 8, affirming revenue estimates for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021, be laid on the table. Motion adopted. CONSENT CALENDAR Rep. Ley moved that the Consent Calendar with the relevant amendments as printed in the day’s House Record be adopted. HB 160, relative to the adoption of budgets and special assessments by condominium associations, removed by Rep. Prudhomme-O’Brien. HB 597-FN, relative to sales of beverages and wine hosted by other licensees, removed by Rep. Williams. HB 694-FN, establishing a take-back program for illegal controlled drugs, removed by Rep. Dolan. HB 132-FN, relative to net neutrality, removed by Rep. Abramson. Consent Calendar adopted. HB 203, relative to options in cable television franchise products. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Richard Abel for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill would require cable system television opera- tors to offer a basic tier of programming and an economy-customer option that allows subscribers to choose a limited number of additional channels a la carte. The committee felt that this might be an attractive option for many consumers but is impractical at the state level since all programming matters are preempted by federal law. For this reason, the committee recommends the bill as Inexpedient to Legislate. Vote 20-0. HB 367-FN, establishing a state bank. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Greg Indruk for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. This bill would establish a state-owned bank. The bank would be authorized to receive deposits of public funds and certain private funds, pay interest on public deposits and make, purchase, guarantee, modify or purchase participation interest in certain types of loans, with bank income returned to the state’s General Fund at year end. While several members of the commit- tee find merit in the idea of establishing a state bank, this bill was overwhelmingly deemed Inexpedient to Legislate due, in considerable part, to its lack of detail, particularly with regard to a capitalization funding mechanism, the needs of which have been estimated to be in a range between $50 million to $63 million. Further questions remain with regard to the bank’s constitutionality, business model, potential conflict with other agencies and institutions, incentive structure and prudential model. It is not clear this bill adequately addresses these issues, even considering its provisions establishing an advisory committee.