Revision: March 30, 2022, 1:59 p.m.
Rep. Johnson, Belk. 3
March 30, 2022
2022-1282h
10/05
Floor Amendment to HB 1627-FN-A
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT establishing an education freedom account program administrator in the department of education and making an appropriation therefor, relative to the school meals direct certification with Medicaid program, and apportioning congressional districts.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following and renumbering the original section 4 to read as 6:
4 U.S. Representative Districts. RSA 662:1 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
662:1 U.S. Representative Districts. The state is divided into 2 districts for the choosing of representatives in the congress of the United States. Each district may elect one representative. The districts shall be constituted as follows:
I. The first district is constituted of:
(a) The county of Belknap;
(b) In the county of Carroll, the towns of:
(1) Moultonborough,
(2) Tuftonboro,
(3) Wolfeboro.
(c) In the county of Grafton, the town of:
(1) Bridgewater.
(d) In the county of Hillsborough the towns and city of:
(1) Bedford,
(2) Goffstown,
(3) Hudson,
(4) Litchfield,
(5) Manchester,
(6) Merrimack,
(7) New Boston,
(8) Pelham,
(9) Weare.
(e) In the county of Merrimack, the towns and city of:
(1) Allenstown,
(2) Canterbury,
(3) Chichester,
(4) Danbury,
(5) Dunbarton,
(6) Epsom,
(7) Franklin,
(8) Hill,
(9) Hooksett,
(10) Loudon,
(11) Northfield,
(12) Pembroke,
(13) Pittsfield.
(f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns and city of:
(1) Atkinson,
(2) Auburn,
(3) Brentwood,
(4) Candia,
(5) Chester,
(6) Danville,
(7) Derry,
(8) Deerfield,
(9) East Kingston,
(10) Epping,
(11) Exeter,
(12) Fremont,
(13) Greenland,
(14) Hampstead,
(15) Hampton,
(16) Hampton Falls,
(17) Kensington,
(18) Kingston,
(19) Londonderry,
(20) Newfields,
(21) Newmarket,
(22) Newton,
(23) North Hampton,
(24) Northwood,
(25) Nottingham,
(26) Plaistow,
(27) Raymond,
(28) Rye,
(29) Salem,
(30) Sandown,
(31) Seabrook,
(32) South Hampton,
(33) Stratham,
(34) Windham.
(g) In the county of Strafford, the towns of:
(1) New Durham,
(2) Strafford.
II. The second district is constituted of:
(a) The counties of:
(1) Cheshire,
(2) Coos,
(3) Sullivan.
(b) In the county of Carroll, the towns and unincorporated places of:
(1) Albany,
(2) Bartlett,
(3) Brookfield,
(4) Chatham,
(5) Conway,
(6) Eaton,
(7) Effingham,
(8) Freedom,
(9) Hale's Location,
(10) Hart's Location,
(11) Jackson,
(12) Ossipee,
(13) Madison,
(14) Sandwich,
(15) Tamworth,
(16) Wakefield.
(c) In the county of Grafton, the towns, city, and unincorporated place of:
(1) Alexandria,
(2) Ashland,
(3) Bath,
(4) Benton,
(5) Bethlehem,
(6) Bristol,
(7) Campton,
(8) Canaan,
(9) Dorchester,
(10) Easton,
(11) Ellsworth,
(12) Enfield,
(13) Franconia,
(14) Grafton,
(15) Groton,
(16) Hanover,
(17) Haverhill,
(18) Hebron,
(19) Holderness,
(20) Landaff,
(21) Lebanon,
(22) Lincoln,
(23) Lisbon,
(24) Littleton,
(25) Livermore,
(26) Lyman,
(27) Lyme,
(28) Monroe,
(29) Orange,
(30) Orford,
(31) Piermont,
(32) Plymouth,
(33) Rumney,
(34) Sugar Hill,
(35) Thornton,
(36) Warren,
(37) Waterville Valley,
(38) Wentworth,
(39) Woodstock.
(d) In the county of Hillsborough, the towns and city of:
(1) Amherst,
(2) Antrim,
(3) Bennington,
(4) Brookline,
(5) Deering,
(6) Francestown,
(7) Greenfield,
(8) Greenville,
(9) Hancock,
(10) Hillsborough,
(11) Hollis,
(12) Lyndeborough,
(13 Mason,
(14) Milford,
(15) Mont Vernon,
(16) Nashua,
(17) New Ipswich,
(18) Peterborough,
(19) Sharon,
(20) Temple,
(21) Wilton,
(22) Windsor.
(e) In the county of Merrimack, the towns and city of:
(1) Andover,
(2) Boscawen,
(3) Bow,
(4) Bradford,
(5) Concord,
(6) Henniker,
(7) Hopkinton,
(8) Newbury,
(9) New London,
(10) Salisbury,
(11) Sutton,
(12) Warner,
(13) Webster,
(14) Wilmot.
(f) In the county of Rockingham, the towns and city of:
(1) New Castle,
(2) Newington,
(3) Portsmouth.
(g) In the county of Strafford, the towns of:
(1) Barrington,
(2) Dover,
(3) Durham,
(4) Farmington,
(5) Lee,
(6) Madbury,
(7) Middleton,
(8) Milton,
(9) Rochester,
(10) Rollinsford,
(11) Somersworth.
5 Application. This act shall in no way disqualify any person from any elective office to which he or she was elected prior to the effective date of this act.
2022-1282h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes the position of education freedom account administrator in the department of education, division of learner support, and makes an appropriation to the department for the position. The bill requires the department of education to seek participation in the Medicaid direct certification methodology for school meals program. The bill also establishes new United States House of Representative districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.