HB 71-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
10Apr2025... 0555h
2025 SESSION
25-0064
02/05
HOUSE BILL 71-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 25; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Sabourin, Rock. 30; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the use of public schools or institutions of higher learning from providing shelter for specified aliens who have not been admitted to the United States, absent a specified disaster.
This bill also requires the department of health and human services to include references to the patients' bill of rights in contracts and contract addenda.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Apr2025... 0555h 25-0064
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Prohibition on Use of School and Institution Facilities to Shelter Certain Aliens. Amend RSA 126-A by inserting after section 32 the following new section:
126-A:32-a Prohibition on Use of School and Institution Facilities to Shelter Certain Aliens.
I. In this section:
(a) “Shelter or housing”:
(1) Means emergency shelter or housing provided exclusively to specified aliens under order of the federal government, a state, or a unit of local government; and
(2) Does not include short-term emergency shelter made necessary by a specified disaster.
(b) “Short-term” means for a duration not to exceed 72 hours.
(c) “Specified alien” means an alien, as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a), who has not been admitted, as so defined.
(d) “Specified disaster” means any fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, tidal wave, earthquake, or snowstorm, for which a disaster declaration is made by the federal government or a state.
II. As a condition on receipt of state financial assistance under any applicable program by a district public school, chartered public school, public academy, or an institution of higher learning, the facilities of the school or institution shall not be used to provide shelter or housing for specified aliens.
2 Department of Health and Human Services; Contracts. All department of health and human services contracts or contract amendments shall include a provision requiring the contractor to comply with the patients' bill of rights as applicable pursuant to RSA 151:21.
3 Applicability. Section 2 of this act shall apply to contracts or contract amendments entered into on or after the effective date of that section.
4 Repeal. Section 2 of this act, relative to department of health and human services contracts, is repealed.
I. Section 4 of this act shall take effect November 30, 2026.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0064
4/30/25
HB 71-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0555h)
AN ACT prohibiting the use of the facilities of a public elementary school, a public secondary school, or an institution of higher education to provide shelter for aliens who have not been admitted into the United States and relative to department of health and human services contracts.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill prohibits certain educational facilities from being used to provide shelter to specified aliens who have not been admitted into the United States. The Department of Health and Human Services suggests that the bill may conflict with federal guidance, potentially resulting in the loss of federal funding from the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the worst-case scenario in which all such funding were withheld, the Department estimates the loss of federal revenue at $12 to $18 million per year. The fiscal impact, therefore, ranges from $0 to $18 million.
The Department of Education states that the bill will have no impact on that Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Departments of Education and Health and Human Services
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 13, 2025 | 2025-0555h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| April 2, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 29, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 22, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| June 5, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 22, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 06/05/2025, Vote 5-2; SC 24
May 22, 2025: Special Order to 06/05/2026, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2025 SJ 14
May 20, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025, Vote 5-2; SC 22A
May 15, 2025: Ought to Pass: RC 15Y-8N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
May 8, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 21
April 23, 2025: Hearing: 04/29/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 19
April 11, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 10
April 10, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0555h: MA RC 209-162 04/10/2025 HJ 12
April 10, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0555h (NT): AA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12
April 3, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
April 3, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0555h (NT) 04/02/2025 (Vote 14-11; RC) HC 19 P. 15
March 14, 2025: Executive Session: 03/17/2025 01:15 pm LOB 210-211
March 14, 2025: Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0555h: 03/17/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
March 3, 2025: Division III Work Session: 03/05/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
Feb. 14, 2025: Division III Work Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
Feb. 12, 2025: Division III Work Session: 02/14/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
Feb. 6, 2025: Referred to Finance 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 15
Feb. 6, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA RC 211-146 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 12
Jan. 30, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
Jan. 30, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/27/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC) HC 10 P. 7
Jan. 22, 2025: Executive Session: 01/27/2025 01:30 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
Dec. 23, 2024: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 2 P. 4