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Senate early session: committee reports advance dozens of bills, recorded votes on education and stewardship measures
Summary
The Senate adopted numerous committee recommendations and advanced multiple bills to third reading or finance, including votes on education revolving loans, paint stewardship, landfill rules, energy data platform repeal, and several public-safety and election-related measures.
The New Hampshire Senate's reconvened session covered a wide array of committee reports and floor actions. Among the items advanced or acted upon:
- Senate Bill 88 (project labor agreements): Committee amendment adopted; moved to third reading. - House Bill 649 (vehicle inspections): Floor amendment adopted; bill ordered to finance. - House Bill 292 (revolving loan fund for school districts): Passed 'ought to pass as amended' on roll call, ordered to third reading (16–8). Debate focused on interest-rate indexing, EFA expansion, and audit requirements. - House Bill 451 (paint stewardship): Committee recommendation adopted on roll call (13–11); program creates PaintCare stewardship and a retail user fee; opponents said the bill functions like a tax. - House Bill 707 (landfill site evaluation and temporary pause): Adopted as amended and ordered to finance after floor debate about local control and financial impacts. - House Bill 723 (energy data platform repeal): Committee recommendation adopted; bill ordered to finance. - A slate of bills across education, election law, judiciary and executive departments were reported out of committee and moved forward, many by voice vote or committee report.
Several bills drew recorded roll-call votes; others were advanced on voice. The body recessed for lunch and later convened a late session to read third readings as ordered and handle additional procedural business.
What happens next: Many bills were ordered to third reading or to committee on finance and will return to the floor; committee-referred fiscal notes and implementation details will be relevant to follow-up reporting.
