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.

Here's how you can participate in the legislative process:

Register your support or opposition on the NH General Court website by the date of the hearing.
Write a letter/email to the appropriate Committee and copy your local representative(s).
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