Updates

On Thursday, bills ranging from cannabis legalization, to bail reform, to school meal programs came up for final votes in the full House. While some survived the gauntlet to live on in the Senate, others were killed or tabled. Here’s a quick recap of the good, the bad, and the ugly on a mixed-results day.

In addition to showing up to vote on bills and doing committee work, legislators like me have the option of prime-sponsoring or cosponsoring bills. Here’s a report on some of the bills I’ve sponsored this legislative session and where they now stand.

With the deadline to act on House bills looming, Thursday’s session of the New Hampshire House of Representatives was a long one. But there was good news on housing, gun safety, election protection, and much more. Here’s a quick recap…

Another day of close wins for Republicans, but tough losses for anyone who would genuinely like to see our legislature drag itself knuckles-first out of the Stone Age. Here’s a quick recap…

Although here were a handful of positives during Thursday’s session of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, there were boatloads of close votes that went the wrong way—especially for supporters of public education and fair elections. Here’s a quick recap.

Another long and challenging Thursday session saw public education, fans of energy diversity, immigrants, public health advocates, and electric car owners all take it on the chin. But there was some good news too. Here’s what happened as the day unfolded.

A few more wins along the way would have been great, but passing a cannibis legalization bill while defeating yet another attempt by out-of-state oligarchs to pass a poison pill that would have decimated organized labor in our state were two of the highlights in a long and challenging Thursday session.

Be still my foolish heart! On Thursday, we killed a book ban, slowed down the relentless assault of school vouchers on property taxpayers, overturned a GOP effort to starve hungry kids, and passed a resolution condemning unnecessary restrictions on medication abortions.

Last week’s session of the New Hampshire House of Representatives was a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly—with an extra dose of ugly. Here are the highlights and lowlights.

It’s not unusual for an elected official to say in a social media post that he or she is “proud” to be at an event. But it’s definitely a bit unusual for one say they were humbled and inspired by one. Count me in as officially humbled and inspired by what I saw and heard at the first-ever convening of state legislators by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

Last week, any confusion around the use of a dangerous restraint technique on children in educational and treatment settings in New Hampshire was officially laid to rest when Gov. Sununu signed HB 491 into law. 

By now—if you’ve had the stamina to consume any news beyond Trump’s indictments and the attempted asphyxiation of eastern US cities by Canada—you may have heard the New Hampshire House and Senate passed a new state budget. Here’s a quick recap of the good, the bad and the ugly.

On Thursday, the work of LGBTQ advocates, healthcare advocates, and Democratic leadership paid off with outstanding attendance that resulted two well-earned victories. While celebrations are in order, so is caution. Here’s why.

If there is one thing you learn as a state rep, it’s to never be surprised at anything that takes place on the floor of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. But on Thursday, we surprised state house observers (and ourselves) by passing a bipartisan 2024-2025 budget by a loud and overwhelming voice vote. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s in, what’s out, and what else we voted on.

Until this week, the near-even split between Democrats and Republicans in the New Hampshire House of Representatives had mainly worked in favor of the GOP. But on Wednesday, key votes began to swing the other way. Here’s a quick recap.

With little notice, New Hampshire passed a very unfortunate milestone last week as our state hit and then surpassed 3,000 deaths from COVID-19. A few thoughts…

While housing, energy costs, abortion rights, and the future of public education have dominated local news reports in this session of the legislature, efforts are also underway in Concord to further reduce the risk of tragic incidents involving interactions between police and members of New Hampshire’s minority communities.

A disappointing day earlier this week for me personally along with legislative advocates and citizen supporters of bills that would reduce the risk of gun violence and gun suicide in NH.

An intense month of public hearings wrapped up on Friday for the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. Up next: completing votes on all 56 bills by February 24.

Summer in New Hampshire is beach, boat, and fireworks season. But it’s also the time of year when bills that made it through New Hampshire’s legislative Hunger Games finally reach the governor’s desk for action. Here’s a quick recap of some of the good, the bad, and the ugly bills that have made it to the finish line so far.