Liberty Wins in New Hampshire

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2023

August 8th HB409 signed by Governor. This removes the redundant "Booth License" that barbers, cosmetologists, and estheticians were previously required to have in order to do business.

August 4th HB275 signed by Governor. This allows a pupil's parents to pay the difference between a receiving school tuition cost and the sending district tuition cap in a school tuition program, thus allowing families more choice when deciding how to educate their children

August 4th HB119 signed by Governor. This allows homestead food operations to sell food, excluding potentially hazardous food, from the homestead residence, at the owner's farm stand, or at farmers' markets. It also expands food service and meat inspection regulations to cover bison, elk, and red deer.

August 3rd Commonwealth vs. Dean F. Donnell dismissed on the grounds that Massachusetts permitting laws, as applied to New Hampshire residents, is unconstitutional. This would imply that New Hampshire residents are allowed to carry firearms in Massachusetts without a Massachusetts carry permit.

June 28th HB594 signed by Governor. This bill allows out-of-state professional licenses to be recognized as valid in New Hampshire.

June 27th HB367 signed by Governor. This bill expands School Choice to families earning 350% of the federal poverty guidelines.

June 20th HB2 signed by Governor. This budget contained State of Emergency reform, a faster phase-out of the Interest and Dividends tax, and included an alert system for federal checkpoints.

June 15th HB251 passed by both house and senate. It would put the cost in dollars for compliance with electric renewable portfolio standards on the December electrical bill.

May 4th HB54 signed by Governor. It removed inspection requirements for antique vehicles if they are driven less than 5,000 miles every 2 years

2022

November 8th The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance reports that 97 of their endorsed candidates win in the NH State House, and 2 of their endorsed candidates win in the NH State Senate.

July 27th NH Executive Council votes to defund Planned Parenthood for the 4th time in less than a year.

July 1st: HB1455 signed, prohibiting state enforcement of any federal law, order, or rule that requires an individual to provide proof of vaccination against Covid. This nullifies federal Vaccine Mandates.

July 1st: HB1174 signed into law. This bill permits election challengers to observe the hand counting of ballots and tabulation of votes from a distance which enables them to maintain a line of sight on any electronic ballot counting device.

June 24th: HB1178 signed into law, prohibiting the state from enforcing any federal statute, regulation, or Presidential Executive Order that restricts or regulates the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

June 24th: HB1495 signed into law. This prohibits the state from requiring businesses to require vaccine or documentation related to vaccination or immunity status. (Note: This does not ban businesses from requiring vaccination, this bans the state from requiring businesses to require vaccination) See: Vaccine Mandate

June 24th: HB1604 signed into law. This bill requires state hospitals and medical facilities to grant religious and medical exemptions from vaccination requirements. See: Vaccine Mandate

June 24th: HB1606 signed into law. This modifies the vaccine registry so that instead of it being an opt-out system, it is an "opt" system. It also provides that a patient's personal data shall not be entered into the registry without their explicit consent. This applies to all vaccines, not just ones that are pushed as a result of recent events. See: Vaccine Registry

June 8th: Anti-vaccine mandate protesters who disrupted Executive Council meeting will not be prosecuted.

June 7th: HB314 signed into law. This bill reduced licensing requirements for farmers by increasing the amount of food homestead food operations can sell before requiring a license.

June 2nd: HB-1663 signed into law. This bill clarified that homeschool student portfolios remained the property of the parent, not the state, as well as making other aspects of homeschooling in New Hampshire more libertarian in nature.

May 26th: HB-1221-FN is signed, reducing Business Profits Taxes.

May 26th: HB1439 signed. This bill requires that people be allowed to have family present while the patient receives care. This is important due to the authoritarian way in which families were separated due to Covid lunacy.

May 26th: HB1476-FN is defeated. This bill would have rolled-back various bail reforms.

May 20th: HB1003 signed, prohibiting health-care providers from refusing to provide care based on a patient's vaccination status.

May 20th: HB1488 signed. It bans government from discriminating against people based on their refusal to participate in the immunization registry.

May 20th: HB1608 signed, ensuring people are informed that they have a right to remove their Covid vaccination status from the immunization registry.

May 5th: A prohibition against OHRV (Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle) travel on Hoit Road Marsh is repealed.

May 4th: SB277 enacted. This turns temporary healthcare licenses issued in 2021 to deal with medical shortages permanent, and extends provisions allowing out-of-state medical workers to operate in NH legally.

April 20th: The NH Supreme Court orders the town of Canaan to release report on police misconduct.

April 11th: HB207 signed, eliminating licensing requirements for Household Goods carriers.

April 4th: HB440 signed. This prohibits the suspension of civil liberties during a state of emergency.

March 23rd: Town of Barrington forced to drop lawsuit against 2A Tactical.

March 15th: HB1280 passes, prohibiting the state from using refusal to vaccinate as evidence to terminate parental rights

2021

June 24th: SB130 passes, bringing School Choice to New Hampshire through Educational Freedom Accounts.

June 25th: HB2 approved, phasing out the Interest and Dividends tax, reducing Business Taxes, reduced spending by over $100 million, reformed governor Emergency Powers, restricted teaching discrimination (including Critical Race Theory), and provided $100 million in property tax relief.

2020

September 17th: HB712 defeated. This bill would have introduced a Paid Family Leave program funded by an income/payroll tax.

March 6th: HB559 defeated, this would have required stores to use paper bags.

2019

May 30th: passes after governor veto overridden. HB455, repeals the option of the state to put an individual to death as a penalty for a crime.

September 25th: Defeated HB2, which would have increased taxes on employers, established a Capital Gains tax, established a 0.5% tax on wages, as well as establishing a framework for a massively expanded state budget.

September 19th: Defeated SB1, which would have established a Paid Family Leave program funded by an income/payroll tax.

September 9th: Defeated HB1, which would have increased spending by 11.5%.

2018

December 5th: NH Constitution amended by vote to include a Right of Privacy.

December 5th: NH Constitution amended by vote to ensure that taxpayers have standing to bring actions against the government.

2017

March 28th: HB-474 bans the use of Stingrays, which are wireless cell-phone snooping devices, without a warrant.

February 22nd: SB12 takes effect, and New Hampshire becomes a Constitutional Carry state.

2016

June 6th: SB481 signed into law, abolishing Certificates of Need for hospitals.

2015

June 22nd: Agents from the Department of Revenue attempted to enforce tax and licensing regulations at PorcFest, but left after being met by an unwelcoming crowd of festival attendees.

2013

July 24th: HB253 signed, it allows a nano brewery to obtain a license upgrade exempting the licensee from sales limitations where the nano brewery has an existing on-premises beverage and wine license and sells food. This allowed nano-breweries to thrive.

2012

June 22nd: HB146 signed. This is a jury nullification law.

2011

July 5th: SB0002 signed. This bill allows cities and towns under a charter, and towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions under the municipal budget act to adopt a tax cap to limit increases to the amount to be raised by taxes in the annual budget.

June 14th: HB0276 signed. This bill allowed wine manufacturers to sell wine at annual fairs or similar events and eliminated the requirement that wine provided as samples by a wine manufacturer be purchased from the liquor commission.

June 8th: HB651 signed. This legalized monk parakeets.

June 8th: HB262 signed, this legalized nano-breweries.

June 7th: HB544 passes, protecting knife ownership in all towns and municipalities.

May 16th: HB143 signed, legalizing the sale, distribution, and possession of Stove Polish.

May 9th: HB0229 signed, repeals the tax on gambling winnings.

2010

May 18th: HB1665 passes, removing all restrictions the carrying or selling of a stiletto, switch knife, dagger, or dirk-knife.

2009

June 3rd: HB436 signed, legalizing gay marriage and protecting the rights of clergy so that they aren't forced to solemnize gay marriage.