The New Hampshire Legislature prepared to hit the ground running with top-priority bills, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. Senate President Sharon Carson and House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) said expanded Republican majorities had them determined to start fast. Leaders set an ambitious early timeline tied to the governor’s budget, the outlet noted.
The leaders signaled they intended to move aggressively on their agenda from the opening days of the session. As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, expanded Republican majorities in both chambers gave them confidence to push priority bills early, ahead of the governor’s budget rollout.
As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, one of the early priorities centered on expanding the state’s Education Freedom Accounts program.
one to expand access to Education Freedom Accounts that has the backing of Gov. Kelly Ayotte
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Leaders laid out an aggressive schedule for moving bills, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader, aiming to act before the budget arrived.
They hope to send many important bills on their way to a second chamber before Feb. 13 when Gov. Kelly Ayotte presents her proposed, two-year state budget
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Carson and Osborne both pointed to their larger majorities as the reason for the fast start.
Both Senate President Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, and House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, said that with expanded Republican majorities they are determined to start fast.
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As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, both Senate President Sharon Carson and Osborne said the expanded Republican majorities in their chambers had them determined to start fast on the session’s priority bills. The outlet noted that leaders hoped to move many of those measures to a second chamber before the governor presented her proposed two-year state budget in mid-February, with the Education Freedom Accounts expansion among the early items carrying the governor’s backing.
The full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader details the priority bills, the leaders’ timeline, and how the expanded GOP majorities are shaping the agenda for the session.
For legislative leaders, the early push reflected a sense that their expanded majorities created an opening to act decisively. The priorities, as the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, ranged from education to broader policy goals, with leaders aiming to move bills quickly before the budget debate took center stage.
The leaders’ emphasis on speed signaled that the session’s opening weeks would be busy ones, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. With larger majorities behind them, Carson and Osborne said they intended to advance priority bills quickly, setting an early pace that they hoped would carry their agenda into the budget debate to come.
The reporting laid out the range of priority issues the Legislature planned to take up in its opening week.
The New Hampshire Legislature hits the ground running this week, tackling some of the top priority issues for the session ranging from universal Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) to minimum mandatory prison terms for fentanyl drug crimes and state support for local retirement costs.
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Read the full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
