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The House Finance Committee passed its $13.8 billion budget proposals, HB 1 and HB 2, advancing them toward a full House vote. NH Journal reports House Majority Leader Jason Osborne praised the plan as built on conservative, realistic revenue estimates and containing tax cuts Republicans had campaigned on. On Wednesday, the House Finance Committee passed … Read more

Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Lynn released an opinion defending the constitutionality of HB 544, the bill barring state employees and contractors from teaching or training certain “divisive concepts.” NH Journal reports that in a memo to House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, Lynn argued government may direct the speech of its employees … Read more

House Democrats’ attempt to block a vote on a pro-life bill by walking out and denying a quorum backfired when Speaker Sherm Packard, anticipating the move, ordered the doors locked to maintain the quorum. NH Journal reports that with many Democrats excused or departed, Republicans expanded their working majority at the Bedford Sportsplex session. A … Read more

The New Hampshire House passed HB 625, the Fetal Life Protection Act banning abortions after 24 weeks except for medical emergencies, and HB 233, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, after a failed Democratic attempt to deny a quorum. NH Journal reports House Majority Leader Jason Osborne defended both measures as protecting basic human rights. … Read more

House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) sent a letter to New Hampshire police chiefs asking them to take precautions for state representatives after a Democratic lawmaker published the names, home addresses, and phone numbers of Republican House members online, according to NH Journal. The reporting describes the move as a direct response to a doxxing … Read more

House Republicans chose Acting Speaker Sherm Packard as their nominee for Speaker of the New Hampshire House, filling the vacancy left by the death of Speaker Dick Hinch, NH Journal reported. Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) backed Packard and helped consolidate caucus support behind him, with the full House set to formally elect a Speaker … Read more

This op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader describes how both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court flipped Republican in 2020, crediting grassroots door-knocking by Young Americans for Liberty. It singled out the victory of outspoken lockdown critic Jason Osborne in Rockingham 4 among the liberty-minded wins. While President Trump, GOP Senate candidate Corky … Read more

Rep. Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) will become New Hampshire House Majority Leader when the new session begins, NH Journal confirmed. The four-term representative had served as the Republican policy leader for the caucus during the prior biennium, a role colleagues credit with helping unify the House GOP. The confirmation, the outlet reported, came as House Republicans … Read more

This column by New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne originally appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader on February 23, 2020. Read it at unionleader.com. IN 2007, a new device, e-cigarettes, hit the U.S. market and revolutionized how Americans think about smoking. E-cigarettes have emerged as an effective tobacco harm reduction product that have … Read more