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Committee puts sober-living standards under study after lengthy public testimony
Summary
A Senate executive committee paused final action on a bill to certify sober living homes and instead agreed to pursue interim study or a subcommittee after members and stakeholders raised confusion about overlapping certifying bodies, applicable rules and protections for residents.
The Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee on [date not specified] concluded a work session on Senate Bill 298 — a proposal to certify sober living houses and set operational standards — by agreeing to pursue further study rather than advance the bill.
Chair (role) opened the work session and said the topic is “complex and important.” Representative Groa said she left the hearing unsettled because she could not reconcile the roles of New Hampshire Corps and the New Hampshire Partnership for Recovery Residents (NHPRR) and expressed concern that the bill’s language could be interpreted by a future administration or legislature to sweep in shared rental housing that was not the bill’s intention.
Several committee members urged guardrails. Representative Slotchi pointed out that landlord-tenant law does not necessarily govern these residences…
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