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Liquor Commission warns HB 2 changes could cut net transfers as commission defends enforcement division
Summary
New Hampshire Liquor Commission presented fiscal trends to the Senate Ways and Means Committee, warning that House-passed HB 2 language that removes two transfers and eliminates the enforcement division could reduce net transfers to the general fund and raise operational risks for licensing and enforcement.
The New Hampshire Liquor Commission told the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday that recent national trends and changes in state transfer language would affect commission revenues and program transfers under House-passed HB 2.
The commission chair, Joseph Malika, and Chief Financial Officer Tina Demers presented sales, enforcement and transfer data and said enforcement cuts and transfer changes in HB 2 would materially change the fund balance and operations. "In 2024, the Liquor Commission generated $744,400,000," Demers said, citing FY24 figures and noting the commission is governed by RSA 176.3. She told the committee that House language removing two transfers would reclassify amounts that previously went to the Alcohol Abuse Prevention Fund and Granite Advantage (Medicaid expansion) as general-fund revenue, changing the pattern of transfers in the coming biennium.
The commission described several elements the committee should weigh. Demers said section 2 67–2 79 of HB 2 would…
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