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Committee roundup: executive actions and votes on family-law and education bills
Summary
At its January session the House Children and Family Law Committee moved several bills through executive action: auditors and staff recommended technical fixes on special-education language, the committee advanced a marital-property enforcement bill and voted ITL on proposals requiring broad psychological evaluations and public broadcasting of
The House Children and Family Law Committee conducted executive action on several bills after hearings earlier in the session. Highlights:
House Bill 177 (special-education statutory cleanup)
- Motion: "Ought to pass" raised by sponsor (Representative Nancy Murphy); seconded by committee members. Roll call recorded a 13–0 vote in favor. - Committee note: Sponsor described HB 177 as a "housekeeping" bill to restore a reference to RSA 193:27 that was removed inadvertently when two bills amended the same paragraph. Department of Health and Human Services told the committee that the department would review placement language and fiscal impacts.
House Bill 320 (enforcement of marital property settlements)
- Motion: Representative Markell moved the committee report of "ought to pass," seconded by Representative Georges. The committee voted 14–0 to advance the bill. -…
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