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Votes at a glance: Committee actions and amendments from the Feb. 1 ED&A hearing
Summary
During the Feb. 1 Senate Executive Departments and Administration session the committee adopted an amendment and passed SB 93 (LNA pathway), approved SB 197 (nurse supervision alignment), adopted a committee amendment and passed SB 21 as amended (trooper recruitment/retention program), and recorded actions on SB 191 and SB 193.
The Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee took a number of committee-level actions during its Feb. 1 hearings and subsequent executive session. The following lists committee actions reported on the hearing record; these are committee procedural and policy actions, not final floor enactments.
- SB 93 (LNA licensure pathway): Committee adopted a replace‑all amendment (filed as 2025‑0372s) to add a pathway allowing students who complete the fundamentals-of-nursing curriculum in a board‑approved RN/LPN program to apply for initial LNA licensure. The amendment was adopted and the committee voted to pass SB 93 as amended; the measure was advanced on consent.
- SB 197 (nurse supervision): Committee heard testimony from Department of Health and Human Services and voted in executive session to advance the bill. The language removes the commissioner’s direct supervisory role and aligns supervision with RSA 326‑B (Nurse Practice Act).
- SB 21 (state trooper recruitment/retention program): The committee adopted a committee amendment clarifying timing and benefit mechanics for a proposed recruitment/retention incentive and voted to pass the bill as amended. Committee amendment language (committee amendment) inserted clarifying timing (benefit occurs after the first year anniversary of employment) and removed an explicit reference to “tax‑free” treatment from the text. The bill was advanced as amended for further consideration, with the understanding that funding would be decided in Finance.
- SB 191 (fleet registration): Sponsor asked for additional time to work with DMV and stakeholders on technical issues (IRP interaction, fee distribution, IT and law‑enforcement concerns). The committee agreed to hold and have the sponsor continue drafting; later committee business indicated further work with DMV and industry is expected.
- SB 193 (program oversight): Committee discussion occurred; a motion to pass was debated in executive session, and the committee recorded at least one dissenting vote. The committee did not place the bill on consent, and a member agreed to take the bill out for further work rather than advance it in its current form.
Other items: The committee also took committee-level actions on several other bills during extended executive session (motions to recommend OTP/ought-to-pass, hold or refer) and agreed to return to a number of bills for drafting changes and stakeholder consultations. Those items are reflected in committee minutes and are now in various procedural stages (held, referred, or advanced to the floor depending on the bill). This roundup summarizes committee-level actions recorded on the hearing day; final floor votes and appropriations decisions remain for subsequent floor and budget processes.
Limitations: Committee votes recorded in the hearing transcript did not include full roll-call tallies for every item in the public hearing text; the list above summarizes motions, adopted amendments and committee decisions as described in the transcript and in executive-session statements.
