2019 Legislative Session Underway
Bow, NH - February 4, 2019
The NH General Court (the Legislature) began its substantive work early in January, but it is only in the past two weeks that activity has really picked up. You may recall that the 2019-20 Legislature is quite different from the 2017-18 version. Voters erased Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House in the November 2018 elections, so Democrats now control the Senate 14-10 and the House by a nearly 60-vote margin. With a Republican governor still holding office, there will be a fair amount of friction and a need for some degree of cooperation between the Legislative and Executive branches if anything is to be accomplished. It is a new situation for both Democrats and Republicans, and it will be interesting to watch as the session unfolds over the next five months.