Concord, NH – On July 26, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed the following 53 bills into law:

• HB 185: Relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities based on shared parenting and requiring all municipalities and school governing bodies to post on their official website the amount of funds received by the state either by allocation or grant, and relative to disability pensions for public safety employees who are victims of violence
• HB 645: Relative to the establishment of decentralized autonomous organizations as legal entities within the state
• HB 1245: Relative to release of confidential records of a person appointed a guardian and relative to patient access to medical records
• HB 1371: Relative to allowing the land use master plan to include a section on waste reduction
• HB 1456: Relative to the appointment and removal of the members of the board of tax and land appeals and the housing appeals board
• HB 1469: Relative to the retention of individualized education program records
• HB 1499: Establishing a committee to study the civilian clean energy, community resilience, and conservation corps, and establishing a committee to study the child protection act
• HB 1554: Relative to certified culvert maintainer program reporting and requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to regulate the cutting of native aquatic vegetation on submerged lands in public waters or certain public-owned water bodies and establishing rulemaking authority for such regulation
• HB 1567: Relative to zoning provisions concerning family and group family childcare uses
• HB 1607: Relative to expanded safe haven protections
• HB 1609: Relative to the commission on the primary care workforce and the state office of rural health
• HB 1712: Renewing the committee to study non-pharmacological treatment options for patients with chronic pain
• SB 236: Establishing a committee to study nonprofit organizations contracting with the department of health and human services for children's services
• SB 310: Relative to bear registration, federal duck stamps, and the transport of out of state lobsters and crabs
• SB 324: Relative to lottery license renewal notices
• SB 327: Providing penalties for the assault or harassment of sports officials
• SB 331: Relative to certain historic commemorations
• SB 337: Relative to doula and lactation service provider certification
• SB 338: Relative to the education professional standards board
• SB 355: Relative to newborn screening for cytomegalovirus
• SB 357: Relative to expanding the definition of providers who can certify patients of the therapeutic cannabis program
• SB 372: Relative to plumbing apprenticeships
• SB 378: Relative to the performance-based school accountability system task force
• SB 379: Relative to emergency action plans for sports related injuries
• SB 391: Relative to electric grid interconnection for certain customer generators
• SB 393: Relative to making an appropriation to the department of environmental services to fund regional drinking water infrastructure
• SB 403: Relative to the health care workforce
• SB 406: Making an appropriation to the department of health and human services to increase rates for shelter programs
• SB 433: Establishing a committee to study the marketing of e-cigarettes and e-liquid in this state, including the legality of available products, appropriate wholesale and retail compliance and tax collection system of the same
• SB 435: Relative to the New Hampshire unitrust statute
• SB 441: Relative to establishing an advisory group to examine potential funding sources for career and technical education (CTE) construction and renovation
• SB 449: Relative to the permit issuance timeline for state air permits and the department of environmental services duty to make annual reports
• SB 451: Relative to an expedited track for certain applications to the site evaluation committee
• SB 463: Expanding access to court-appointed counsel for children in dependency proceedings
• SB 473: Governing unclaimed horse racing ticket and voucher money
• SB 497: Relative to establishing the disproportionate share hospital fund
• SB 502: Relative to the scanning of drivers' licenses by real estate brokers
• SB 528: Relative to trustees of the university system
• SB 539: Establishing a procedure for the department of environmental services to transfer ownership of dams to municipalities or other interested parties
• SB 542: Creating a committee to study fish and game department funding and partnerships
• SB 544: Replacing the deer seal system with a confirmation number system
• SB 545: Establishing a committee to study the scope and role of veterinary technicians
• SB 555: Relative to receipt of pharmaceutical rebates by insurers and pharmacy benefits managers
• SB 556: Prohibiting health carriers from establishing payment or reimbursement provisions based solely on a participating advanced practice registered nurse's licensure
• SB 559: Relative to the New Hampshire vaccine association
• SB 572: Relative to establishing a committee to study the sharing of confidential records among members of a multidisciplinary child protection team
• SB 574: Relative to the appointment of a temporary agent for a minor child or incapacitated person
• SB 585: Relative to a property lien resulting from unpaid meals and rooms taxes
• SB 592: Renaming Route 127 from Central Street in Franklin to the town line of Sanbornton as Chief Bradley Haas Memorial Highway
• SB 595: Relative to the rates for pole attachments
• SB 600: Relative to the board of pharmacy and certified public accountant examinations.
• SB 603: Relative to telephone number and area code conservation
• SB 604: Providing a death benefit for a New Hampshire hospital security officer killed in the line of duty and establishing a death benefit for state security officers killed in the line of duty

The Governor signed the following bill into law earlier this week:

• HB 1222: Relative to physician assistant scope of practice and establishing a committee to research physician assistant scope of practice

Additionally, Governor Chris Sununu vetoed the following two bills on July 26, 2024:

• HB 1187: Relative to prohibiting lease agreements of equipment for building or facility improvements
• NOTE: A copy of the Governor’s veto message on HB 1187 can be found here  .
• SB 318: Converting the manufactured housing installations standards board and the board of examiners of nursing home administrators into advisory boards, and creating a new advisory board named the advisory board of massage therapists, reflexologists, structural integrators, and Asian bodywork therapists
• NOTE: A copy of the Governor’s veto message on SB 318 can be found here  .

NOTE: SB 311, relative to property tax offset for the town of Hampstead and making an appropriation therefor, will become law without the Governor’s signature.