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Legislative Update: Cross Over

The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA’s legal services or your municipal attorney.

2023 Legislative Preview

As the New Hampshire General Court develops the biennium state budget and begins to wrestle with hundreds of bills, legislators need to hear from local officials about the concerns of municipalities. To help you connect better with legislators, this webinar will:

* Include a preview of legislation that has been filed for 2023

* Outline the messages legislators need to hear from you

* Introduce NHMA’s new legislative tracking software and interactive platform for members

* Recommend grassroots action to get the municipal voice heard

Town of Northfield Town Administrator, Ken Robichaud, Receives NHMA's Russ Marcoux Municipal Advocate of the Year Award

The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA’s legal services or your municipal attorney.

Legislative Update: We’re Off to the Races

The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA’s legal services or your municipal attorney.

Executive Director Message

The information contained in this article is not intended as legal advice and may no longer be accurate due to changes in the law. Consult NHMA’s legal services or your municipal attorney.

Government Affairs Update: Fall 2022

Fall is a time of birth and renewal. It’s the time to renew old bonds, forage new ones, and begin to sing that old carol: getting to know you, getting to know all about you. For, of course, fall – or at least the time of fall when you’ll have the opportunity to read this article – will be when we all know which of our neighbors have been selected to form the new year’s legislature.

2023-2024 Legislative Policy Process Update

                                  FLOOR POLICIES DUE:  August 12                                                POLICY CONFERENCE:  September 23

NHMA’s legislative policy process is moving forward!  Members received by regular mail in early June the links to the proposed 2023-2024 Legislative Policy Positions and Legislative Principles, as recommended by NH

STATE HOUSE REPORT: A Very Good Year Legislatively

In January, our greenhorn of a team was looking at the legislative term with some amount of trepidation, but the sky didn’t fall, and we approached the session the same way that you’d eat any elephant – one bite at a time. As it turns out, it was a very good year for municipalities. Despite not being a budget year, funding municipal interests turned out to be a top priority, particularly for the Senate, with approximately $100 million in direct payments coming to municipalities. Meanwhile, few of the bills that we opposed ended up on the governor’s desk.

Legislative Wrap-up Webinar

Join Executive Director Margaret Byrnes, Government Affairs Counsel Natch Greyes, and Government Finance Advisor Katherine Heck for a review of the highlights from the 2022 legislative session. This will be after the legislative session ends, so except for possible vetoes, all legislative action will be final. This webinar will discuss the most significant bills of municipal interest that made it through the legislature this year, as well as a few that failed but may be back in the future.

2022 Legislative Half-time Webinar

Join NHMA's Government Affairs Counsel Natch Greyes and Government Finance Advisor Katherine Heck for a look at the status of legislation affecting municipalities after "Crossover." Crossover is the date by which a bill must pass either the House or the Senate in order to "cross-over" to the other chamber for consideration. NHMA's advocacy team will discuss the current status of bills at the State House and offer a postmortem on a few that have been killed.

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