This man is a hero. Standing up for the kids in his care when no one else would. Maybe ReopenNH folks in Pembroke should be calling and emailing the athletic director...

https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/04/a-message-from-coach-brad-keyes-fired-for-refusing-to-make-track-athletes-wear-masks-while-competing

New Director's Report is live! Check out Melissa's quick update on what is going on this week in the House – it is a BUSY week. https://reopennh.com/directors-report-big-week-in-the-house

If you haven't emailed the reps about supporting the budget, please send an email to allreps@reopennh.com. Ask them to the support the budget as amended, with state of emergency reforms included.

Wednesday through Friday this week, the N.H. House will meet to vote on seven ReopenNH bills and the state budget that contains three emergency reform provisions, which would help restore the balance of powers, reestablish our constitutional form of government, and protect citizens from medical tyranny.

We appreciate your help so far during this process, and we intend to keep you up to date as House bills head over to the Senate and vice versa and we advance our movement through the people's Legislature to restore our Republic. At this time, please get in touch with your own state representatives and talk to them to consider the following recommendations. We've listed them in order of importance:

• Please ask your representatives to support the budget, which consists of HB 1 and HB 2, as amended. The amendment that contains emergency powers reform includes ReopenNH provisions in sections 76, 77 and 332. In summary: 
◦ Section 76 would give the Legislature the sole authority to continue–or not continue–states of emergency, and it could end the current State of Emergency as soon as it becomes effective state law.
◦ Section 77 creates a nominal State of Emergency option so the state could continue to receive federal funds related to a State of Emergency without allowing the governor to exercise extraordinary powers.
◦ Section 332 is essentially the text of HB 63, which would refund penalties given to businesses for violating emergency orders and expunge any record of wrongdoing.
• HB 440 as amended has been rewritten as an amazing bill to prohibit the suspension of civil liberties during a State of Emergency. The bill, which is a beautifully written masterpiece, responds to the Binford decision of the N.H. Superior Court and clarifies that a State of Emergency does not give the governor or state bureaucrats the authority to suspend law or the Constitution due to a State of Emergency. Reading this bill as amended will make you smile, or perhaps even bring tears of joy. Please ask your representatives to support this bill as amended with emphasis.
• Likewise, HB 542 as amended has been rewritten as an amazing religious freedom bill that would have prevented many of the abuses of power during the State of Emergency that affected churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious assemblies. Please ask your representatives to support this bill as amended with emphasis.
• HB 506 would protect the individual right to bodily autonomy by creating a new protected class of individuals under state civil rights law who could not be discriminated against by any public or private establishment in the state. That means you could not be denied access to a store, workplace, school, or government office because you refuse to take a vaccine, a Covid-19 test or wear a medical device, such as a mask. The bill is currently opposed by the committee, but we want the bill to become law. Please ask your representatives to oppose the committee's recommendation and support an OTP recommendation for HB 506.
• HB 402 adds protections to the governor's emergency power to take commercial private property by requiring a supermajority vote of the Legislature and the Executive Council before such a property could be taken by warrant. Please ask your representatives to support this bill.
• HB 439 would strip out language from the law enabling city counsils to pass ordinances that gives them blanket authority to do anything they want, including local mask ordinances. Please ask your representatives to support this property rights bill.
• HB 221 would prohibit the state from entering citizens' information into the state's new vaccine registry without written consent from the patient. The committee voted to oppose this bill, so please ask your representatives to vote against the committee's recommendations and support an OTP recommendation for HB 221.
• HB 417 as amended is a different approach from the language in the budget to amend emergency powers law in RSA 4:45.

The bill would extend an initial state of emergency to 30 days, but then require legislative approval to renew a state of emergency or any emergency orders issued by the governor. The bill would also require oversight by the Executive Council prior to spending any federal emergency dollars. This bill is a step in the right direction, but is not as effective as the language in the budget. We support passing both the budget and HB 417 to give the Senate two options for amending emergency powers laws. Please ask your representatives to support both the budget and HB 417.

For clarification folks, we need you to contact your Representatives at this time: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/default.aspx

Junior is on point. Maybe there are some elected Republicans who need to see this tweet? https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1379409607165161472?s=20

House session update. Now the fun begins.

This just in: HB2 has passed the house with state of emergency reforms in place. Sununu is already threatening to veto. On to the Senate!

It’s Time to Contact the Senate!
NH House Passes Emergency Reforms along with State Budget
Please contact all 24 senators and ask them to support the budget. As written, the State of Emergency would end.

The N.H. House passed the budget bills today containing the emergency powers reforms that you helped us include, and now the bill is on its way to the Senate. We appreciate the representatives who voted with us today, and we also appreciate you for reminding them to do the right thing. Thank you!

Votes tomorrow and Friday for our other emergency powers bills are still to come as part of this week’s House session.

Now that the N.H. House budget has passed, it will be sent to the Senate, which will work to pass its own version of the budget. We are going to want to contact the Senate and ask them to include emergency powers reforms in the budget. Once the Senate budget is passed, the House and Senate will appoint members to attend a committee of conference to work out the differences. This is the point when we must push the hardest for our Legislature to do the right thing. Assuming the Legislature acts to include the emergency powers reforms, and the amended budget passes both the House and the Senate, the governor will then have five business days to sign the budget, veto the budget, or allow the budget to become law without his signature. We will continue to ask our representatives to deny their support for any budget that does not include these emergency powers reforms.

We are working on several strategies to advance our cause from this point forward. As of today, please contact all 24 senators using the email addresses listed below and ask them to support emergency powers reforms in the budget. You may also use the “Find Your Senator” button to get a phone number to call your own Senator.

Talking points to consider using in your calls and emails:
- The House budget contains comprehensive State of Emergency reforms that the governor promised us last fall, but has since said he won’t sign. Let’s hold the governor to his word and restore the Constitutional balance of powers to the Legislature by including these reforms in the final budget.
- The emergency powers reforms in no way impede the governor’s ability to issue emergency orders during a State of Emergency, but they do create legislative oversight to the extension of State of Emergency declarations to prevent abuses of power.
- The State of Emergency is intricately tied into the budget because the budget defines spending policy for the state and the executive branch is spending our tax dollars to implement its emergency powers, so it is perfectly appropriate for State of Emergency reforms to be in the budget.
- It is imperative the Senate pass the budget so that the Legislature can have a say in the budget process. The Legislature, not the governor, should be creating state laws and setting state spending policy.
- The State of Emergency is over and citizens need to have some normalcy restored so the economy and culture can recover. It’s going to take time, but we cannot let this biennium go by without a return to the Constitutional balance of powers. Passing these reforms in the budget is our best chance we have to restore our government to its intended form.

N.H. State Senate
(Copy and Paste this list into the BCC field of your email client and put your own email address in the TO field).

Erin.Hennessey@leg.state.nh.us, Bob.Giuda@leg.state.nh.us, Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us, David.Watters@leg.state.nh.us, Suzanne.Prentiss@leg.state.nh.us, James.Gray@leg.state.nh.us, Harold.French@leg.state.nh.us, Ruth.Ward@leg.state.nh.us, Denise.Ricciardi@leg.state.nh.us, Jay.Kahn@leg.state.nh.us, Gary.Daniels@leg.state.nh.us, Kevin.Avard@leg.state.nh.us, Cindy.Rosenwald@leg.state.nh.us, Sharon.Carson@leg.state.nh.us, Becky.Whitley@leg.state.nh.us, Kevin.Cavanaugh@leg.state.nh.us, John.Reagan111@gmail.com, Donna.Soucy@leg.state.nh.us, Regina.Birdsell@leg.state.nh.us, Lou.Dallesandro@leg.state.nh.us, Rebecca.PerkinsKwoka@leg.state.nh.us, Chuck.Morse@leg.state.nh.us, William.Gannon@leg.state.nh.us, Tom.Sherman@leg.state.nh.us,

We just learned that NH Rep. Greg Hough (Laconia) lost their home and everything inside, including a family member. Please keep this family in your prayers, and if you are in a position to help the family financially, a Go Fund Me has been setup to replace immediate needs like clothing and shelter: https://gofund.me/bb025ed0

Breaking: State of Emergency reform in HB 417 passed 328 to 41. That's veto proof!

Here's a nice write-up of yesterday's House session: https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/04/so-kids-what-did-we-learn-from-wednesdays-house-session-4-7-21

Breaking update from the NH House session: both HB542 and HB440 have passed. These bills provide religious liberty protections during states of emergency (in-person worship shall not be prohibited and free exercise of religion shall not be substantially burdened). On to the Senate!

https://reopennh.com/rebuildnh-celebrates-bipartisan-effort-to-restore-balance-of-powers/

REBUILDNH CELEBRATES BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO RESTORE BALANCE OF POWERS
Representatives Overwhelmingly Vote to Prevent Abuse of Emergency Powers

EAST DERRY, N.H.—The N.H. House of Representatives overwhelmingly declared that no governor ought to use emergency powers the same way as Gov. Chris Sununu ever again, and passed a reform yesterday with a bi-partisan veto-proof majority that will make sure of this.

While the bill, HB 417, does not affect the current state of emergency, it ensures that any governor who declares an emergency in the future will need to work with the Legislature as a co-equal partner like the founders intended. Importantly, the bill would require legislative oversight over any emergency order issued by a governor during a state of emergency to ensure the order is lawful and considers constitutional protections of New Hampshire citizens. The bill passed with an overwhelming bi-partisan, veto-proof majority vote of 328-41.

“The Legislature this week has demonstrated its wisdom by passing a bipartisan bill that would prevent any governor from abusing power and unilaterally making decisions for the citizens of this state during a state of emergency,” said Andrew J. Manuse, chairman of RebuildNH. “It would also be wise for Gov. Chris Sununu to cease his unnecessary criticism of the Legislature, which is constitutionally authorized to pass state laws, and acknowledge that his year-long state of emergency and emergency order extensions have crossed the line. Now would be a good time for him to start a conversation with leaders of the People’s House and start backing out of his alarming unilateral control of the state.”

Gov. Sununu has acted above the law during the State of Emergency by creating, in Emergency Orders 52 and 64, an alternative justice system for businesses accused of violating his emergency orders. Rather than prosecute emergency order offenders in court as the law requires—offering the accused the possibility of a jury trial, the right to face their accuser, and a capped fine if found guilty—Sununu’s system allows hearsay evidence in an administrative hearing within the executive branch and demands payment of excessive fines.

In addition, the governor has waived provisions in the N.H. Constitution, Part 1, Article 2B, just passed in 2018, as well as state law, which protects the private information of citizens from government intrusion. In this case, he has arbitrarily declared that all citizens’ information will be submitted to the vaccine database for the Covid-19 vaccine, despite the law clearly stating that citizens must agree to volunteer such information.

Arguably, the governor also lacked authority to mandate citizens wear facial coverings, which are classified as a medical device, without the advice of their doctor and their own consent, and he also lacked the authority to shut down businesses, religious assemblies, and other private organizations.

“The Legislature spoke very clearly and soundly that a government by one man is unacceptable,” said JR Hoell, treasurer of RebuildNH. “The founding fathers left England to establish a new government as they did not want us to be ruled under a monarchy, and they put protections in place to make sure the same government could not happen here. The Legislature has just confirmed that New Hampshire should not be ruled that way either. The wisely drafted bill allows the Governor 30 days to get things under control, but that’s it. All future extensions require approval of the Legislature.”

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About RebuildNH
RebuildNH, also known as ReopenNH, is a PAC made up of concerned individuals devoted to getting New Hampshire back to work through a restoration of balance and reason in state government.

We cannot have private businesses treating clients like this. They need to be held accountable. Please do not give these places business. Find out what establishments are treating their patients with dignity and go there instead. https://reopennh.com/stories/southern-nh-medical-center/

HOT MIC! House Speaker Sherm Packard calls Rep. Anne Copp a dirty word in session today. Rep. Copp – GASP – did not wear a mask while walking around outside her assigned seat.
https://twitter.com/AdamSextonWMUR/status/1380630967430344708?s=20

Yesterday two important religious liberty bills passed the House. Thank you to the Republican majority for recognizing and protecting our first freedoms. Here's a clip on WMUR, featuring ReopenNH-endorsed Rep. Keith Ammon: https://twitter.com/RepKeithAmmon/status/1380655700360187905?s=19

On to the Senate!

Gov. Sununu doesn’t wear a mask or social distance. Neither should you.

⭐️⭐️ CALL TO ACTION ⭐️⭐️

SUPPORT HB220 establishing medical freedom in immunizations (already passed house)

SENATE HEARING 4.14 9:45AM

PLEASE SIGN-IN SUPPORT (see attached image for guidance)! http://gencourt.state.nh.us/remotecommittee/senate.aspx

And send a SHORT email to the committee (make sure to include your name and town): Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us, James.Gray@leg.state.nh.us, Tom.Sherman@leg.state.nh.us, Becky.Whitley@leg.state.nh.us,Kevin.Avard@leg.state.nh.us,kirsten.koch@leg.state.nh.us