NH 2022 Legislative Session: Bills of Particular Interest
NOFA-NH's Policy Committee is closely tracking many exciting bills currently in the state’s legislative process—from farm to school and nutrition assistance to organic farming, compost, and more. Below is a list of the bills we recommend supporting and opposing during the 2022 legislative session.
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Here's how you can participate in the legislative process:
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Register your support or opposition on the NH General Court website by the date of the hearing.
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Write a letter/email to the appropriate Committee and copy your local representative(s).
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Testify during a legislative hearing or upload remote testimony prior to the hearing.
Support
2022-2158 HB 1657
Title: Establishing a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Alexis Simpson , Linda Massimilla, Kat McGhee, William Marsh, Megan Murray, Tom Loughman, Gary Merchant, James Allard, Sue Mullen, Brodie Deshaies
2022-3057 SB369
Title: Relative to organic farming.
Sponsors: (Prime) Jay Kahn, David Watters, Lucy Weber, Peter Bixby, Dan Wolf, Tom Sherman, James Allard, Suzanne Prentiss, Rebecca Whitley, Brodie Deshaies
2022-2962 SB403
Title: Re-establishing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rebecca Whitley , Jeb Bradley, David Watters, Donna Soucy, Mel Myler, David Luneau, Regina Birdsell, Jay Kahn, Bill Gannon, Kevin Cavanaugh, Tom Sherman, Safiya Wazir, Cindy Rosenwald, Erin Hennessey, Suzanne Prentiss, Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Brodie Deshaies
2022-2963 SB404
Title: Establishing a supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Rebecca Whitley , Lou D'Allesandro, Jeb Bradley, David Watters, Donna Soucy, Mary Jane Wallner, Kimberly Rice, David Luneau, Jess Edwards, Bill Gannon, Kevin Cavanaugh, Tom Sherman, Cindy Rosenwald, Erin Hennessey, Suzanne Prentiss, Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, Brodie Deshaies
2022-2746 HB1412
Title: Relative to gardening, homesteading, and organic food production.
Sponsors: (Prime) William Foster , Lino Avellani, Gregory Hill, Charles Melvin, Michael Yakubovich, Dawn Johnson, Richard Littlefield, Brodie Deshaies, Lex Berezhny, Melissa Blasek
2022-2265 HB1172
Title: Requiring composting and waste recycling to be made available to residents of public housing.
Sponsors: (Prime) Eric Gallager
2022-2729 HB1406
Title: AN ACT authorizing municipalities to collect compost.
SPONSORS: Rep. Egan, Graf. 2; Rep. Gallager, Merr. 15; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 6; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1
2022-2633 HB1304
Title: Establishing a committee to study the impacts of outdoor working conditions in heat and cold.
Sponsors: (Prime) Maria Perez
2022-2373 HB1517
Title: Creating a pollinator solar scorecard.
Sponsors: (Prime) Mary Hakken-Phillips , Rebecca McWilliams
2022-2035 HB1635
Title: Relative to the purchase of output of limited electrical energy producers and including qualifying storage system
Sponsors: (Prime) Kat McGhee, Dan Wolf, Troy Merner, Walter Stapleton, James Allard
2022-2116 HB1450 text
Title: Including agricultural resources under the land and community heritage investment program.
Sponsors: (Prime) Tony Caplan , Peter Bixby, Laurel Stavis
22-2052 HB1561
Title: Relative to school nutrition standards.
Sponsors: (Prime) Brodie Deshaies , Suzanne Smith, Alexis Simpson, Bonnie Ham, James Allard
22-2041 HB1058 - Title: Relative to the time allowed for public school students to eat lunch.
Sponsors: (Prime) Brodie Deshaies , Suzanne Smith, Linda Massimilla, Alexis Simpson, Bonnie Ham, Manny Espitia, James Allard
22-2051 HB1564
Title: Requiring school districts to provide breakfast for students.
Sponsors: (Prime) Brodie Deshaies , Suzanne Smith, Linda Massimilla, Alexis Simpson, Dan Wolf, Bonnie Ham, James Allard
22-2886 SB 233
Title: Relative to water bottle filling stations in schools.
Sponsors: (Prime) Tom Sherman , Marjorie Porter, Mel Myler, David Luneau, Suzanne Prentiss
Oppose
2022-2144 HB1198 - Relative to rules of the department of education concerning culture and climate in schools.
Sponsors: (Prime) Gregg Hough , David Binford