By Steve Woodcock, Special to The Conway Daily Sun
This week’s session dealt almost entirely with bills that came over from the Senate. If a bill came through a committee with unanimous bipartisan support and had a financial note (FN), meaning a cost implication, the bill had to be voted upon individually and could not be grouped in the Consent Calendar. These FN bills will have far-reaching effects on New Hampshire’s Medicare and Medicaid, solar power, housing, toll roads, civil rights, education, crypto scams and veterans.
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