Last updated June 14, 2010 
ITL: Inexpedient to Legislate (oppose) 
OTP: Ought to Pass (support)
W/A: With Amendment
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HB 410 relative to the licensing of alcohol and drug counselors

New Futures Testimony on HB 410

This bill authorizes qualified master licensed alcohol and drug use counselors to practice co-occurring disorder counseling and makes various technical changes to the regulation of alcohol and drug counselors by the board of licensing for alcohol and other drug use professionals (Prime) Laurie Harding
William Butynski
Alida Millham
Kathleen Taylor

Executive Departments and Administration
OTPW/A
1/13/10 

Ways and Means
OTP

Final House Vote
OTP
3/3/10

Executive Departments and Administration
OTP

Final Senate Action
OTP
5/12/10

HB 1352 relative to direct shippers This bill changes reporting requirements for direct shippers of alcoholic beverages and modifies the limitations on the number of containers of liquor and wine a direct shipper may ship to a consumer (Prime) John Hunt

Commerce and Consumer Affairs
OTPW/A

Final House Action
OTPW/A
2/17/10
 

Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
5/12/10

HB 1493 establishing a committee to study comprehensive mental health parity This bill establishes a committee to study comprehensive mental health parity (Prime)  Liz Merry
Barbara Richardson
Susan Ford
John DeJoie
 James Pilliod
Martha Fuller Clark
Peggy Gilmour
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
OTPW/A
 
Final House Action
OTPW/A
3/3/10
236-116
DIV
Health and Human Services
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
5/5/10
HB 1503-FN   establishing a liquor license review board This bill establishes a liquor license review board to conduct hearings in certain cases (Prime) Randolph Holden
Daniel Eaton
William Infantine
David Kidder

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Interim Study
2/3/10

 
HB 1504  establishing a liquor commission oversight committee This bill establishes a liquor commission oversight committee (Prime) Randolph Holden
Daniel Eaton
William Infantine
David Kidder

Local and Regulated Revenues
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
3/3/10

 
HB 1532 relative to the compilation of data on criminal substance abuse in New Hampshire This bill requires DHHS to collect data from local and state law enforcement agencies and EMS providers involving any criminal case involving a controlled drug and to consult with the NH Poison Information Center to develop and maintain a database of such information (Prime) Joy Tilton
William Butynski

Health Human Services and
Elderly Affairs  
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
1/27/10

 
HB 1550 requiring substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency vehicles This bill requires substance abuse treatment drugs to be available to emergency medical providers when responding to emergencies in all emergency medical vehicles (Prime) Joy Tilton
William Butynski
Health Human Services and
Elderly Affairs                      ITL

Final House Action
ITL
2/17/10
 
HB 1558 prohibiting the sale of certain energy drinks to minors This bill prohibits the sale of certain energy drinks to minors (Prime) Barbara Richardson
Barbara French,
William Butynski,
Julie Brown,
Carolyn Gargasz
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
2/3/10
 
HB 1612 relative to the restriction of the use and sale of carisoprodol, tramadol hydrochloride, and temazepam  This bill: 1. Identifies these three drugs as having a high potential for abuse  and requires them to be scheduled as controlled drugs; 2.  Establishes a substance review board to review prescription drug use and procedures in order to simplify the process for classifying prescription drugs (Prime) Joy Tilton
William Butynski
Health Human Services and
Elderly Affairs
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
1/27/10
 
HB 1636-FN establishing the real-time electronic controlled drug prescription monitoring program This bill establishes the real-time electronic controlled drug prescription monitoring program.  The bill grants the commissioner of the department of health and human services rulemaking authority for the purpose of the bill (Prime) Harold Rice
Joy Tilton
Carla Skinder

Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
3/3/10

HB 1664-FN making appropriations reductions in the operating budget for fiscal year 2011 and relative to state revenues and expenditures This bill makes appropriations reductions for fiscal year 2011 and reduces funding for the Alcohol Fund by $1 M in SFY 2011 from $3.8 M to $2.8 M (Prime) Sherman Packard  Neal Kurk

Finance
OTPW/A

Current House Action
Lay on the Table
3/24/10

 
HB 1689 exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011  This bill reinstates certain non - regulatory boards, commissions, and councils (including the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment) that would otherwise be abolished on July 1, 2011 (Prime) Laurie Harding
Anne-Marie Irwin
Michael Downing

Legislative Administration
OTPW/A

Final House Action
OTPW/A
2/17/10

Executive Departments and Administration
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
5/5/10

HB 1690 making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees and task forces  
This bill repeals certain non - regulatory boards, commissions, and councils (not including the Governor's Commission) effective July 1, 2010 and makes relevant statutory changes necessitated by the repeals. 
(Prime) Laurie Harding
Anne-Marie Irwin
Michael Downing

Legislative Administration
OTPW/A

Final House Action
OTPW/A
 2/17/10

Executive Departments and Administration
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
5/5/10

SB 181 (re-referred bill will be amended to add provisions)

(New title) repealing the transfer of liquor enforcement to the department of safety and establishing a committee to study the administrative structure and adjudicative process at the liquor commission.

New Futures Testimony
on SB 181

SB 181 was re-referred.  The provisions of LSR 2010 - S - 2910 repealing the transfer of liquor enforcement to the department of safety and establishing a committee to study the administrative structure and adjudicative process at the liquor commission will be included as an amendment to SB 181 and LSR 2921 will be withdrawn. (Prime) Margaret Hassen
John Gallus
Thomas Buco
William Butynski
 

Local and Regulated Revenues
OTP
RC 18-1

Finance
OTPW/a

House Vote
5/12/10

COC Report Adopted
6/2/10

Ways & Means
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A   1/21/10

Senator Odell Moved Nonconcur with House Amendment

COC Report Adopted
6/2/10

SB 319 relative to purchase by on-premises alcoholic beverages licensees This bill authorizes on-premises alcoholic beverages licensees to purchase liquor and wine from agency stores (Prime)  Bob Odell
John Gallus
Peter Bragdon
Martha Fuller Clark
Edward Butler
David Kidder
John Hunt

 Commerce and Consumer Affairs
OTPW/A

Final House Action
OTPW/A
5/5/10

Executive Departments and Administration
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
3/24/10

SB 325 relative to loitering by intoxicated persons This bill eliminates the prohibition against a liquor licensee allowing an intoxicated person to loiter on the premises (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark  John Hunt  
Local and Regulated Revenues
OTP

Final House Action
OTP
5/5/10

Judiciary
OTP

Final Senate Action
OTP
2/10/10

SB 331 establishing a governor's commission task force on substance use disorder treatment for Medicaid eligible individuals This bill directs the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention and treatment to establish a task force on substance use disorder treatment for Medicaid eligible individuals (Prime) Harold Janeway Sharon Carson
Bob Odell
Peggy Gilmour
Patricia McMahon
Bill Butynski
Suzanne Harvey
Kathleen Taylor
W. Doug Scamman
 

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
ITL
RC
12-8

Final House Action
ITL
4/14/10

Health and Human Services
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A
2/10/10
 

SB 371

relative to warning statements concerning drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy

New Futures Testimony on
SB 371

This bill establishes minimum lettering size for warning statements concerning drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy posted at liquor stores and liquor licensees (Prime) Molly Kelly
Jack Barnes
Martha Fuller Clark
Bob Odell
Deborah Reynolds
Sheila Roberge
Barbara Richardson
Mary Stuart Gile
Susan Emerson
 

Local and Regulated Revenues
ITL

Final House Action
ITL
5/5/10

Executive Departments and Administration
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A 
2/17/10

SB 398

relative to prohibited sales of alcoholic beverages

New Futures Testimony
on SB 398

 This bill reduces the penalty for a prohibited sale of alcohol from a misdemeanor to a violation if the sale occurs in the context of a compliance check and the sale is not made "knowingly". (Prime) Martha Fuller Clark John Hunt  

Local and Regulated Revenues
OTP

Criminal Justice and Public Saftey
OTP

Final House Action
OTP
DIV
243-66
5/12/10

Judiciary
OTPW/A

Final Senate Action
OTPW/A 2/10/10

SB 475-FN

relative to alcoholic beverage advertising restrictions

New Futures Testimony on
SB 475-FN

 This bill repeals all restrictions on "happy hour" advertising and expressly permits licensees to advertise liquor and alcohol prices separately from other advertisement or promotion (Prime) Peter Bragdon
Deborah Reynolds
  Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection
ITL

Final Senate Action
ITL
3/10/10
 
ITL: Inexpedient to Legislate (oppose) 
OTP: Ought to Pass (support)
W/A: With Ammendment