Governor Chris Sununu Signs State Budget, 23 Bills Into Law

Concord, NH – Today Governor Chris Sununu issued the following statement after signing HB 144 and HB 517 into law:

"Granite Staters deserve results, and I am proud to say that we have delivered a fiscally responsible budget filled with bold, innovative ideas that meets the needs of New Hampshires citizens."

Please see below for additional bills that Governor Chris Sununu signed into law today:

• HB 144, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019.
• HB 517, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures
• SB 187, clarifying the application of the road toll
• SB 133, relative to security screening at state correctional facilities
• SB 96, relative to compensation of the boxing and wrestling commission
• SB 42, eliminating the hearing requirement for late reinstatement of corporations
• SB 24, relative to examinations by the insurance commissioner
• SB 230, an act establishing the Uniform Power of Attorney Act
• SB 142, relative to honoring E. Maude Ferguson, the first woman elected to the New Hampshire senate.
• SB 85, amending the Uniform Securities Act
• HB 246, relative to timber trespass
• HB 652, establishing a veterans track within the court system and relative to annulment of a sentence imposed by a mental health court
• HB 460, relative to minutes under the right-to-know law
• HB 190, relative to the wildlife habitat account and the fisheries habitat account
• HB 208, establishing a commission to study current mental health procedures for involuntary commitment
• HB 85, relative to installation requirements for arc-fault circuit interrupters
• HB 186, relative to limitation of actions in which the state is a plaintiff
• HB 195, establishing a committee to study temporary seasonal docks
• HB 238, establishing a committee to study broadband access to the Internet
• HB 160, relative to use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes
• HB 511, establishing a commission to study environmentally-triggered chronic illnesses
• HB 568, relative to the taxability of lease interest in public property
• HB 356, establishing a committee to study education funding and the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, establishing a committee to study the organizational structure of the department of education and the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of the department of education, and relative to the duties of the commissioner of the department of education