Rep. Mike Bordes

Maddy summaryHB 592 revises New Hampshire's bail procedures for defendants awaiting trial. It requires courts to release most defendants within 36 hours of arrest (excluding weekends/holidays), unless they face specific offenses like homicide, aggravated assault, sexual assault, or child exploitation. The bill mandates automatic detention for these serious offenses and prohibits detaining someone solely due to inability to pay bail - requiring courts to prove no reasonable alternative conditions exist. This directly affects defendants charged with crimes, courts handling bail hearings, and law enforcement managing pretrial detention.

Maddy summaryHB 703 requires New Hampshire school districts participating in USDA meal programs to adopt policies that prevent denying meals, stigmatizing students, or restricting activities due to unpaid meal balances. It prohibits schools from withholding meals, taking served food, using identifying tokens/stickers, limiting access to events like sports or field trips, or requiring students to perform chores to pay meal debt. Schools must also develop outreach plans to encourage free/reduced-price meal applications and accept voluntary donations to reduce meal debt. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, directly affecting all public K-12 students in participating school districts.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes specific responsibilities for correctional facilities regarding the transfer and medical care of inmates. It mandates that facilities housing prisoners are responsible for arranging and conducting transfers to medical facilities using certified staff, while also requiring them to accept prisoners ordered by courts and provide necessary medical evaluations. Additionally, the legislation ensures that correctional facilities retain custody and security control over inmates even when they are admitted to medical facilities for treatment. The bill would take effect 60 days after its passage but was ultimately not recommended for future legislation during an interim study.

Maddy summaryHB 1351 prohibits the sale, distribution, and use of adhesive-based rodent traps, commonly known as glue traps, within New Hampshire. The bill defines these traps as devices that capture rodents using an adhesive substance and bans their importation, transport, and possession by individuals, retailers, and exterminators. While the law generally takes effect on January 1, 2025, it includes a one-year grace period allowing retailers and licensed pest control professionals to sell or use existing inventory acquired before that date. This legislation aims to eliminate the use of these specific traps in the state, with the ban becoming fully enforceable for all new stock starting in 2026.

Maddy summaryHB 1293 updates New Hampshire laws to regulate the sale and application of fertilizers specifically for urban lawns and turf. The bill establishes strict limits on nitrogen content, capping application rates at 0.7 pounds per 1,000 square feet per use, and defines specific categories for low-phosphate and no-phosphate products intended for new or established urban grass. It also introduces new definitions for terms like "enhanced efficiency fertilizer" and "plant biostimulant" to clarify what products fall under regulatory oversight. Although the governor initially vetoed the measure, the legislature overrode the veto, and the law is set to take effect on January 1, 2025.