Committees
Actually, that’s not a joke. There really is a committee on committees.
But there’s a reason: Some people think there are too many committees, so a committee was formed to look into the matter.
Ironic? Perhaps. But committees are also just a way of getting people to work in small groups. Can you imagine the entire 400-member House of Representatives trying to have a conversation on every single issue that comes before them? They ultimately have a chance to do just that, but the committee recommendations also help to streamline the conversation.
For more about how standing committees operate, check out the primer “How a Bill Becomes a Law in the Granite State.”
To get straight to the action, including finding out which legislator serves on what committee, we invite you to visit the many links below.
NH House standing committees
with links to each committee’s General Court webpage
- Children and Family Law
- Commerce and Consumer Affairs
- Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification (no General Court web page yet)
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Education
- Election Law
- Environment and Agriculture
- Executive Departments and Administration
- Finance
- Finance—Division 1
- Finance—Division 2
- Finance—Division 3
- Fish and Game and Marine Resources
- Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
- Judiciary
- Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
- Legislative Administration
- Municipal and County Government
- Petitions for Redress of Grievances (no General Court web page yet)
- Public Works and Highways
- Resources, Recreation and Development
- Rules
- Science, Technology and Energy
- State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
- Transportation
- Ways and Means
NH Senate standing committees
