NH 2008 Legislative Session

Status of bills of interest to homeschoolers

last updated 1/7/08 at 12:00 PM

Bills that became law

Bills that are before the legislature

Bills that did not pass the legislature

Bills that have been vetoed

CACR2 - the supreme court shall determine the constitutionality of judicial acts and the legislature shall determine the constitutionality of legislative acts.

Analysis: This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution defines judicial and legislative acts as they are defined in the case of Merrill v. Sherburne 1 N.H. 199 (1818), and provides that the supreme court shall have final authority on the constitutionality of judicial acts and the general court shall have final authority on the constitutionality of legislative acts.

1/4/07 - House Judiciary Committee (LOB 208)
2/6/07 - Hearing 10:00 AM
3/20/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
3/20/07 - Retained in committee
10/23/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
11/14/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/15/07 - Continued executive session 10:00 AM
11/19/07 – Committee votes 15-5 ITL

o Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Bette R Lasky for the Majority of Judiciary:
The majority of the committee found this proposed constitutional amendment inexpedient to legislate in the belief that such an amendment would upset the balance of power between the legislature and the judiciary. The protection of the rights of the minority and the give and take of these two branches of government, which has worked for hundreds of years, need not be changed.
Rep. Gregory M Sorg for the Minority of Judiciary:
CACR 2 would bring the Supreme Court back to constitutional legitimacy by writing into the Constitution the distinction between adjudicatory and legislative acts drawn by Justice Levi Woodbury in the 1818 Supreme Court case Merrill v. Sherburne, the first case to come before the court under the separation of powers provision, Article 37 of Part I. By so doing, it would restore the original understanding of the boundaries of the separation of powers, reflected in that case, whereby the judiciary was constituted the final authority of the constitutionality of adjudicatory acts and the legislature was constituted the final authority on the constitutionality of legislative acts. It has only been in recent times, since its 1983 decision in State v. LaFrance, that the court – bolstered by the recent insertion of Article 72-a into the Constitution, which removed the only effective check upon its ambitions - has laid claim to final, unreviewable authority, binding on the legislature, to refuse to enforce on constitutional grounds acts of a purely legislative character. By reason that the court has an inherent institutional bias in favor of resolution of separation of powers issues that enhance judicial power at the expense of legislative, this sweeping, anti-historical assertion of authority has resulted in judicial intrusions into the legislature’s exclusively granted constitutional authority to establish state policy to such an extent that the court acts today as a virtual third chamber of the legislature, with veto power over the other two, exercisable by whichever three persons happen to comprise a majority of the court at any given time. One can only hope that the legislative branch will eventually tire of having its hard fought-for policy choices repeatedly subordinated to those illegitimately imposed by the judicial, and take action to restore the separation of powers and checks and balances between them.

1/16/08 – House vote scheduled

CACR6 - Providing that: the state may meet its funding obligations under Article 83 by providing aid only to those communities that, in the reasonable judgment of the general court, are in need of such aid.

Analysis: This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that the state may meet its funding obligations under Article 83 by providing aid only to those communities that, in the reasonable judgment of the legislature, are in need of such aid.

1/4/07 - House Finance Committee (LOB 210-211)
2/6/07 - Hearing 11:00 AM
2/7/07 - Division II Work Session 11:30 AM
2/16/07 - Executive Session 1:00 PM
2/22/07 - Retained in committee
9/11/07 - Division II work session 11:00 AM
10/30/07 - Division II work session 10:00 AM
11/9/07 – Committee votes 14-9 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Marjorie K Smith for Finance:
Since this CACR was introduced, certain components of the proposed amendment have been enacted into law and the committee concluded that the remaining components did not help to resolve any outstanding issue.

1/16/08 – House vote scheduled

CACR14 - state aid to public schools cannot decrease unless the number of students decreases.

Analysis: This constitutional amendment concurrent resolution provides that total state aid to public education cannot decrease unless there is a decrease in the number of students attending the public school system.

1/4/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
2/13/07 - Hearing 10:00 AM
2/22/07 - Executive sesssion 9:00 AM
2/22/07 - Retained in committee
6/12/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:30 PM LOB 205
9/25/07 - Subcommittee work session 11:15 AM
11/8/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/19/07 – Committee votes 11-3 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. J. Timothy Dunn for Education:
This amendment would do two things: first, it would require the state to pay state aid for education at the current level unless the student population decreased, and second, it would allow targeting. Because of the current status of education funding, and because discussion of education funding CACRs was “indefinitely postponed,” the committee voted to ITL.

1/16/08 – House vote scheduled, roll call vote

HB79 - relative to the safety of school bus stops

Analysis: This bill requires a superintendent, upon the request of a parent, to review the safety of a school bus stop location

1/4/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
1/23/07 - Hearing, 2:00 PM
2/6/07 - Executive session 2:30 PM
2/22/07 - Retained in committee
9/18/07 - Subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
11/8/07 - Committee executive session 10:00 AM
11/19/07 – Committee votes 12-0 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Barbara E Shaw for Education:
The committee is in agreement with the ITL recommendation of its subcommittee. School bus issues arise locally, and policies and procedures exist within the local districts to deal with safety issues as needed. An appeal process is already in place. State agency resources are available when needed

1/2/08 – House votes ITL on a voice vote

HB145 - establishing an education funding study committee.

This bill establishes an education funding study committee.

1/4/07 - House Ways and Means Committee (LOB 202)
2/1/07 - Hearing 1:30 PM
2/16/07 - Executive Session 2:30 PM
2/16/07 - Retained in committee
5/17/07 - Committee work session 10:00 AM
6/12/07 - Subcommittee work session 2:00 PM
6/26/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
6/26/07 - Property tax subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
6/26/07 - Income tax subcommittee work session 11:00 AM
6/26/07 - Casino tax subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
6/28/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
6/28/07 - Full committee work session 1:00 PM
8/14/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
8/14/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
8/14/07 - Income tax subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
8/14/07 - Casino tax subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
8/21/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
9/4/07 - Sales tax subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
9/4/07 - Full committee work session 1:00 PM
9/11/07 - Casino and video gambling subcommittee work session
9/14/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
9/20/07 - Gambling subcommittee work session 9?30 AM
10/8/07 - Casino and gambling subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
10/16/07 - Casino and gambling subcommittee work session 1:30 PM
10/23/07 - Casino and gambling subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
10/30/07 - Casino and gambling subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
11/13/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/16/07 – Committee votes 16-2 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Michael G Marsh for Ways and Means:
This bill seeks to establish an education funding study committee, to consider a number of possible revenue sources to fund public education. Among the sources to be studied are an income tax, several variations of a sales tax, and a tax on legalized gambling. The committee was asked to consider the amount of revenue that could be raised, the economic consequences of each revenue source on the state, and the constitutionality of each tax. In its work on this retained bill, the committee believes it has arrived at a sufficiently good understanding of each possible tax so that a study committee to gain further knowledge is no longer necessary. Accordingly, it recommends that HB 145 be found Inexpedient to Legislate.

1/2/08 – House votes ITL on a voice vote

HB181 - establishing a tuition voucher program for New Hampshire national guard members and making an appropriation therefor.

Analysis: This bill establishes a tuition voucher program for New Hampshire national guard members to attend degree or certificate programs at state postsecondary institutions. The bill makes an appropriation for purposes of this program. This bill was requested by the committee to study state programs for national guard members established by 2006, 66 (SB 344).

1/4/07 - House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee (LOB 303)
2/1/07 - Hearing 10:30 AM
2/8/07 - Executive session 11:00 AM
2/8/07 - Committee votes 14-0 OTP/AM ( see report )
2/21/07 - House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote
2/21/07 - House Finance Committee (LOB 210-211)
3/16/07 - Division II work session 1:30 PM
3/19/07 - Division II work session 9:32 AM
3/22/07 - Executive session 9:32 AM
4/5/07 - Retained in committee
9/18/07 - Division II work session 10:00 AM
9/25/07 - Division II work session 11:00 AM
10/30/07 - Division II executive session 10:00 AM
11/13/07 – Committee votes 15-1 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Robert A Foose for Finance:
The committee received a recommendation from the Deputy Adjutant General that consideration of this bill be deferred until the next biennium because of a delay in developing an appropriate support structure. The delay was caused in part because of the General's staff's service in Afghanistan.

1/2/08 – House vote scheduled, consent calendar

HB211 - requiring that first-time driver's license applicants be informed of and examined on laws relating to blind pedestrians.

Analysis: This bill requires the department of safety to inform licensees of laws relating to blind pedestrians and to examine first-time driver’s license applicants on such laws. ~~This bill requires that first-time driver's license applicants be informed of and examined on laws relating to blind pedestrians..~~

1/4/07 - House Transportation Committee (LOB 203)
1/30/07 - Hearing 11:00 AM
2/13/07 - Executive session 1:00 PM
3/20/07 - Retained in committee
4/24/07 - Full committee work session 1:00 PM
5/15/07 - Subcommittee work session 11:00 AM
10/23/07 - Exective session 10:00 AM
11/5/07 – Committee votes 13-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Sherman A Packard for Transportation: The bill as amended requires the Department of Safety to inform the applicant for a new or renewal driver’s license of the safety issues surrounding blind pedestrians. The committee felt that it is important that the driving public be continually aware of the problems with handicapped people.

1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote

HB304 - relative to the criteria under which guardianship over a minor is granted.

Analysis: This bill provides that the court shall not grant guardianship that results in a change of legal residence for purposes of school attendance unless the court finds that the parents are unfit to care for the child.

1/4/07 - House Children and Family Law Committee (LOB 206)
2/13/07 - Hearing 2:15 PM
3/20/07 - Subcommittee work session 9:30 AM
3/22/07 - Subcommittee work session 9:30 AM
3/22/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
3/22/07 - Committee votes 17-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 23 - March 23, 1007
Rep. Mary E Walz for Children and Family Law:
This bill was requested by school districts whose taxpayers are being required to pay to educate students from around the country. These students move to their town and live with a host family so that the student can play hockey at a nearby arena. To avoid paying tuition to the town, the minor's family petitions to have guardianship granted to the host family. Usually any student living with a guardian is entitled to attend the local public school for free. This bill states that if guardianship is granted solely to facilitate the minor's participation in athletic activities, the receiving public school may assess tuition, even if the guardianship is granted.

3/27/07 - House votes OTP/AM
4/12/07 - Senate Education Committee (SH 103)
5/8/07 - Hearing 8:30 AM
5/29/07 - Committee votes 5-0 to re-refer to committee
5/31/07 - Senate votes to re-refer on a voice vote
1/3/08 – Hearing 1:00 PM
1/3/08 – Committee votes 4-0 ITL
1/17/08 – Senate vote scheduled

HB330 - establishing a task force to study the feasibility of supplying laptop computers to all 7th grade children in the state.

Analysis: This bill establishes a task force to study the feasibility of supplying laptop computers to all 7th grade children in the state.

1/4/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
2/7/07 - Hearing 1:00 PM
3/14/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
3/14/07 - Retained in committee
6/25/07 - Subcommittee work session 2:00 PM
10/10/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:30 AM
11/8/07 - Committee executive session 10:00 AM
11/19/07 – Committee votes 14-1 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Scott A Merrick for Education:
The committee agrees that supplying laptop computers to certain school students warrants further study and recommends ought to pass with amendment

1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote

HB352 - relative to trust funds for public school educational enhancement

Analysis: This bill permits school districts to establish a trust fund to accept private funds to enhance public education.

1/4/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
2/7/07 - Hearing 1:30 PM
3/14/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
3/14/07 - Retained in committee
9/18/07 - Subcommittee work session
11/8/07 - Executive session
11/19/07 – Committee votes 16-1 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Kimberley S Casey for Education:
This amended bill modified the law intended to allow local public school districts to establish endowment funds. It is enabling legislation. It was retained for further work by the committee, in consultation with the department of education and the attorney general’s office. The amendment reflects that work and provides for districts to establish trust funds using standard procedures and terminology.

1/16/08 – House vote scheduled, roll call vote

HB373 - relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor.

Analysis: This bill changes the prohibition on intoxication by a minor to a prohibition on consumption of any alcoholic beverage by a minor. This bill also directs the proceeds of sales of forfeited alcoholic beverages to the municipality in which the offense was committed.

1/4/07 - House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee (LOB 204)
2/7/07 - Hearing 1:00 PM
3/20/07 - Executive session 10:30 AM
3/22/07 - Retained in committee
4/25/07 - Full committee work session 10:35 AM
10/11/07 - Subcommittee work session 12:00 PM
11/1/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/2/07 – Committee votes 15-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. John E Tholl for Criminal Justice and Public Safety:
This bill, as amended, provides that anyone under the age of 21 who has in his or her possession or has consumed an alcoholic beverage shall be guilty of a violation. It further allows the court to impose a fine, or in lieu of any portion or all of the fine, impose community service. It also permits the court to order treatment and services. The committee is well aware of the tragic consequences of underage consumption of alcoholic beverages on our youth and society in general. The committee was unanimous in approving this legislation with the amendment to prevent the tragedies that result from underage drinking, the loss of life, the injuries, and the criminal acts that but for the consumption of alcoholic beverages would not have occurred as well as the damage done to youthful maturing bodies and brains of our youth.

1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote

HB432 - relative to age requirements for cocktail lounges

Analysis: This bill raises the minimum age at which a person may be in a cocktail lounge without a parent, legal guardian, or adult spouse from 18 to 21.

1/4/07 - House Commerce Committee (LOB 302)
2/16/07 - Hearing 1:45 PM
3/14/07 - Subcommittee work session
3/15/07 - Retained in committee
9/18/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
10/2/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
10/9/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
10/25/07 - Hearing on amendment 10:30 AM
10/25/07 - Subcommittee work session 11:00 AM
10/30/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/8/07 - Executive session continued 10:00 AM
11/13/07 – Committee votes 18-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. John B Hunt for Commerce:
As introduced, this will bill would bar anyone under the age of 21 from entering the cocktail lounge area of a restaurant. Given that many restaurants use these areas for over flow of their restaurants, this legislation would cause many families to wait for a table. The amendment replaces the entire bill and will create a new type of liquor license for establishments that do not want to serve food. Under current laws, only private clubs are exempt from the current food requirement which is that a restaurant must sell at least $75,000 worth of food a year or that their liquor sales are only 50% of their revenue. HB 432 would create a Tavern license that would be $24,000 per year and would require the owner to have liability insurance. The owners must also be at least 25 years of age and no one under the age of 21 would be allowed to enter. The bill also allows for smaller taverns of fewer than 50 seats with a license fee of $12,000. Under current law, restaurants with a cocktail license may stop serving food at 9:00 p.m. and it is difficult to restrict access to underage drinkers when they are already seated. The committee feels that now is the time to address the disparities in our law and will allow better enforcement of underage drinking. Finally under current law any city or town may request to the liquor commission to not issue these new licenses in their community.

1/2/08 – House votes to adopt committee amendment on a voice vote
1/2/08 – House votes to adopt floor amendment (Rep Pantelakos) on a voice vote
1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote
1/2/08 – House Ways and Means Committee (LOB 202)

HB463 - relative to the awarding parental rights and responsibilities to a stepparent or grandparent.

Analysis: This bill removes the reference to awarding parental rights and responsibilities to a stepparent or grandparent in a proceeding under RSA 461-A.

1/4/07 - House Children and Family Law Committee (LOB 206)
2/20/07 - Hearing 1:15 PM
3/20/07 - Committee votes 16-0 OTP

Published in House Calendar No. 23 - March 23, 1007
Rep. Daniel C Itse for Children and Family Law:
This bill was the result of an interim study committee of a bill of the same subject from the previous session. Currently, the statute regarding the distribution of parental rights and responsibilities during divorce states that these statutes have no bearing on the power of the court to award parental rights and responsibilities to stepparents or grandparents. This specific power exists nowhere else in our statutes. The committee believes that stepparents and grandparents have adequate capacity to obtain legal guardianship, if the parents can be proved incompetent, without muddying the waters during a divorce. The bill simply strikes the reference to stepparents and grandparents from our statute regarding the distribution of parenting rights and responsibilities during divorce.

3/27/07 - House votes OTP on a voice vote
4/12/07 - Senate Judiciary Committee (SH 103)
5/22/07 - Hearing 2:00 PM
5/29/07 - Committee votes 5-0 to re-refer
5/31/07 - Senate votes to re-refer on an voice vote
1/3/08 – Committee votes 5-0 ITL
1/17/08 – Senate vote scheduled

HB502-FN-A-L - extending Medicaid coverage through age 20 to individuals who were foster children and are attending postsecondary school. allowing foster families to receive subsidies for foster children attending postsecondary educational facilities and establishing a scholarship fund for foster children.

Analysis: This bill redefines which juveniles may be able to receive public medical assistance. This bill also establishes a study committee to study the state of Washington program, and other state programs, that extend foster care and support services to certain juveniles and the feasibility of extending healthcare benefits for children over 21 years old and certain children over 17 years old. This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to adopt rules authorizing continuing foster care and support services to youths in state-supervised foster care when they reach majority while they are enrolled in a postsecondary educational program. This bill also establishes a foster care scholarship endowment for foster children.

1/4/07 - House Children and Family Law Committee (LOB 206)
2/16/07 - Hearing 10:00 AM LOB 104
2/22/07 - Executive Session
2/22/07 - Retained in committee
6/26/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
8/14/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:15 PM
8/29/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:15 PM LOB 205
9/13/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
10/4/07 - Subcommittee work session 2:00 PM
10/9/07 - Subcommittee work session 9:00 AM
11/1/07 - Subcommittee work session 9:30 AM
11/1/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/6/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/6/07 – Committee votes 18-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Beth R Arsenault for Children and Family Law:
This bill extends medicaid coverage to students through age 20 who are attending post secondary schools and who were in foster care on their 18th birthday. The bill also establishes a study committee to examine other state programs that extend support services to former foster children such as extending health care benefits to age 21 for those who are attending collegereport not yet available on-line

1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote
1/2/08 - House Finance Committee (LOB 209)
1/17/08 – Hearing 10:00 AM

HB537-FN-L - establishing a task force on homeless teenagers.

Analysis: This bill establishes a task force to study the issue of homeless teenagers.

1/4/07 - House Children and Family Law Committee (LOB 206)
2/20/07 - Hearing 2:45 PM
3/20/07 - Executive session 11:00 AM
3/22/07 - Retained in committee
6/28/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:30 PM
8/14/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
8/28/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
9/11/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
9/27/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
10/18/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:00 PM
10/24/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 PM
11/1/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/6/07 - Executive session continued 10:00 AM
11/6/07 – Committee votes 17-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Barbara Hull Richardson for Children and Family Law:
This bill enables legislators and representatives of various agencies involved with homeless teenagers to solicit information and testimony from youth and young adults who are or have been homeless. Task force members will study the educational, social and financial needs of teenagers leaving the foster care system and special education system and identify the type and adequacy of available transition services and make recommendations for proposed legislation.

1/2/08 – House votes OTP/AM on a voice vote

HB578-FN - providing a definition of an adequate education and establishing an adequacy board.

Analysis: This bill outlines the components of an adequate education and provides for funding based on average teacher salaries and established teacher-pupil ratios. This bill also establishes an adequacy board to collect teacher salary information to determine adequate education funding.

1/4/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
3/6/07 - Hearing 11:15 AM
3/22/07 - Executive session 9:00 AM
3/23/07 - Retained in committee
11/8/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/19/07 – Committee votes 13-0 ITL

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Scott A Merrick for Education:
The committee voted to recommend inexpedient to legislate on all of the adequacy bills except HB 927, which will incorporate all adequacy concerns and issues. The committee did look at, and consider, all of the bills but felt it would be easier to operate under one bill, rather than seven. All of the adequacy bills, however, have been considered by the definition and costing committees and will continue to be discussed as the state legislature works toward defining and funding an adequate education.

1/2/08 – House votes ITL on a voice vote

HB584-FN - raising the age of minority for juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age.

Analysis: This bill changes the age of minority for the purpose of juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18.

1/4/07 - House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
2/15/07 - House Children and Family Law Committee (LOB 206)
3/6/07 - Hearing 10:00 AM
3/20/07 - Executive session 11:00 AM
3/22/07 - Retained in committee
5/3/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
5/15/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:15 PM
5/24/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:30 PM
6/14/07 - Subcommittee work session 1:30 PM
8/28/07 - Subcommitee work session 1:00 PM
9/19/07 - Subcommitee work session 1:00 PM
9/25/07 - Subcommitee work session 10:00 AM
10/17/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/1/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/6/07 – Committee votes 18-0 OTP/AM

Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Mary E Walz for Children and Family Law:
Except for major crimes, this bill will allow 17 year old children charged with a crime to be treated as juveniles; they will be treated the same as children under the age of 17. They will have their cases heard in juvenile courts and be incarcerated at YDC. If they are charged with a major crime, they will, as all juveniles, continue to be eligible to be certified as an adult and have their cases heard in the adult court system. In anticipation of this law, the state built enough capacity into the new YDC facilities to accommodate 17 year olds. In passing this law, New Hampshire will join the majority of states in treating 17 year olds as juveniles. Under current law, 17 year old children find themselves in a legal limbo. They cannot drop out of school. They cannot enter into a contract and thus cannot rent an apartment. There are limitations on when and where they can work. The committee also heard extensive testimony about the immaturity of 17 year olds brains and how that impacts their ability to make judgments. The services these children need are available through the juvenile system. Furthermore, studies show that incarcerating these children in the juvenile system lowers the recidivism rate.

1/2/08 – House votes 248-93 OTP/AM
1/2/08 – House Finance Committee (LOB 209)
1/17/07 – Hearing 10:30 AM

HB656-FN - relative to the issuance of identification cards to individuals who lack the ability to obtain a nondriver's picture identification card.

Analysis: This bill establishes special identification cards for individuals who lack the ability to obtain a nondriver's picture identification card.

1/31/07 - House Transportation Committee (LOB 203)
3/14/07 - Hearing 9:15 AM
3/15/07 - Executive session 9:02 AM
3/15/07 - Retained in committee
4/24/07 - Full committee work session 1:00 PM
5/15/07 - Subcommittee work session 10:00 AM
10/23/07 - Executive session 10:00 AM
11/5/07 – Committee votes 13-0 ITL
Published in House Calendar No. 2 – December 13, 2007
Rep. Peter F Bergin for Transportation:
The committee voted ITL as the content of this bill was folded into HB 901. Please see the report on HB 190
1/2/08 – House votes ITL on an voice vote

HB752-FN - relative to per pupil funding for charter school pupils.

Analysis: This bill specifies that, for each pupil, a charter school shall receive the greater of the inflation-adjusted tuition rate or the per pupil amount received for a public school pupil by the school district in the municipality in which the charter school pupil resides.

1/31/07 - House Education Committee (LOB 207)
2/20/07 - Hearing 2:30 PM
2/22/07 - Executive Session 9:00 AM
2/22/07 - Committee votes 12-1 OTP/AM

Rep. Claire D Clarke for Education:
Charter schools have had a considerable amount of pro