Rep. Kelley Potenza

Maddy summaryHB 566 requires new landfill permit applicants to submit a detailed plan for managing leachate - the liquid waste that seeps from landfills. This directly affects landfill developers and operators seeking permits for new facilities. The key provision mandates specific technical documentation outlining how leachate will be collected, treated, and prevented from contaminating soil or water. The bill became law on July 22, 2025, and takes effect September 13, 2025.

Maddy summaryHB 560 is a multi-topic bill that bundles four distinct policy proposals. It would allow parents access to their minor children's medical records, impose penalties for refusing alcohol concentration testing, define how pre-sequestration timber tax revenue is handled, and establish a moratorium on carbon sequestration projects in New Hampshire forests while creating a commission to study their impact on tax revenue and the logging industry. The bill does not create a single unified policy but combines these separate provisions. Key mechanisms include new parental access rules for medical records, penalties for refusing alcohol tests, and a temporary pause on carbon sequestration projects with a mandated study. This bill directly affects parents, healthcare providers, drivers facing alcohol testing, and entities involved in forestry and carbon sequestration in New Hampshire.

Maddy summaryHB 156 clarifies the specific duties and responsibilities of the state's advisory committee on procurement. The bill directly affects committee members and state agencies that rely on the committee's guidance for purchasing processes. It modifies the committee's role in reviewing procurement policies and procedures without altering the underlying state procurement laws. This is a procedural bill focused on administrative structure, not new spending or regulations.

Maddy summaryHB 80 would have allowed public body members (like city councilors or school board members) to attend meetings remotely via video call or similar technology only when in-person attendance was truly impossible. The bill aimed to provide flexibility for members facing unavoidable physical barriers to attending meetings directly. However, the bill was defeated by the committee on May 22, 2025, with a "Inexpedient to Legislate" vote, meaning it did not become law. This procedural bill was ultimately not enacted.

Maddy summaryHB 78 modifies the residency requirements for individuals serving as county commissioners. It mandates that all county commissioners must be an inhabitant who resides actually and permanently in the specific district they are chosen to represent, rather than only in the broader county. This bill amends existing law to clarify and standardize this district-level residency requirement for county commissioners across the state. For Strafford County, these new qualifications will apply to elections starting with the 2026 state general election or any vacancies prior, without affecting current commissioners' terms.