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Chart: Business bills to watch in 2014
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LSR |
Bill # |
Title |
Sponsor |
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AGRICULTURE |
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S-2796 |
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Relative to the definition of "agritourism.” |
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H-2235 |
Exempting New Hampshire agricultural products produced, sold, and consumed in New Hampshire from the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act. |
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CORPORATIONS AND LAW |
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H-2165 |
Relative to the rights of franchisees. |
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S-2747 |
Relative to bad faith assertions of patent infringement. |
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H-2543 |
Relative to fines imposed on corporations for criminal activity. |
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H-2544 |
Relative to monetary judgments in class-action civil suits under the Consumer Protection Act. |
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EDUCATION |
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H-2294 |
Relative to state licensing and oversight of child care agencies. |
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S-2634 |
Relative to private postsecondary career schools. |
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HEALTH |
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H-2399 |
Requiring that all providers be allowed to participate in the health exchange. |
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S-2699 |
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Relative to the Medicaid enhancement tax. |
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S-2601 |
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Requiring an insurer participating in the health exchange to include access to a hospital in each county of the state. |
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H-2840 |
Relative to pharmacy benefit cards. |
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H-2535 |
Relative to licensure of insurance exchange navigators. |
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S-2720 |
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Relative to certain health care data. |
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H-2837 |
Relative to payment of the Medicaid enhancement tax. |
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H-2472 |
Relative to health insurance cost-reduction incentives. |
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S-2778 |
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Requiring the insurance department to hold public hearings before approval of products to be sold on the health exchange. |
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H-2498 |
Allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates. |
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LABOR |
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S-2735 |
Relative to public or private criticism of employers by employees. |
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S-2806 |
Prohibiting an employer from using credit history in employment decisions. |
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H-2385 |
Relative to breastfeeding. |
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H-2036 |
Relative to inquiries into criminal records on employment applications. |
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H-2548 |
Relative to contributions to charities by employees. |
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H-2447 |
Making changes in the maximum weekly benefit amount of unemployment compensation. |
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H-2448 |
Relative to requiring prevailing wages on state-funded public works projects. |
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H-2039 |
Relative to privacy in the workplace. |
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H-2506 |
Relative to unemployment compensation for self-employed individuals. |
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S-2599 |
Relative to medical conditions covered by workers' compensation. |
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S-2787 |
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Repealing the requirement for notice of non-compete and non-piracy agreements prior to the start of employment. |
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H-2167 |
Prohibiting an employer from using credit history in employment decisions. |
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H-2449 |
Establishing a state minimum hourly wage. |
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S-2609 |
Relative to paycheck equity. |
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REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION |
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S-2645 |
Relative to notice of changes to zoning and historic districts. |
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H-2296 |
Relative to the New Hampshire Law Against Discrimination. |
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H-2163 |
Relative to grounds for termination of tenancy. |
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H-2293 |
Relative to fill and dredge permitting applications. |
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H-2461 |
Relative to notification of radon level prior to sale or lease of property. |
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RETAIL, HOSPITALITY |
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H-2567 |
Relative to the disposal of sharps waste by retail establishments. |
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S-2826 |
Relative to motorist service signs. |
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H-2272 |
Establishing a paint stewardship program. |
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TAXES |
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H-2288 |
Relative to expanding the research and development tax credit against the business profits tax to be a reinvestment tax credit. |
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H-2174 |
Relative to including nonprofit charitable enterprises in the business enterprise tax and lowering the rate of the tax. |
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S-2736 |
Establishing a job creation credit against the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for small businesses increasing employment in New Hampshire. |
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S-2771 |
Relative to economic revitalization zone tax credits. |
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S-2683 |
Establishing an innovation business tax incentive program and credit against interest and dividend taxes. |
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TRANSPORTATION |
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H-2266 |
Relative to the road toll for alternative fuels. |
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S-2595 |
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Establishing road toll fees for electric and hybrid electric vehicles. |
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H-2061 |
Repealing the priority status of the widening of I-93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border in the state of New Hampshire 10-year transportation improvement plan. |
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H-2021 |
Relative to exemptions from seasonal weight restrictions on roads. |
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UTILITIES |
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S-2664 |
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Relative to New Hampshire cable franchises. |
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H-2417 |
Relative to the divestiture of PSNH assets. |
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H-2115 |
Relative to renewable portfolio standards. |
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S-2721 |
Relative to the siting of wind turbines. |
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S-2688 |
Permitting the Public Utilities Commission to authorize a telephone company to permanently discontinue its service. |
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H-2478 |
Relative to approval of a telecommunication utility merger, consolidation, reorganization, or sale by the Public Utilities Commission. |
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S-2703 |
Relative to allocations from the energy efficiency fund. |
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H-2492 |
Relative to least cost integrated resource plans filed by an electric utility. |
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H-2454 |
Allowing towns and cities to terminate the application of the property tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities within the town or city. |
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*This is an incomplete list of some of the business-related legislative service requests submitted by senators and House members in the next legislative session. Not all of these LSRs may be filed as bills.
