BEDFORD — Legislation that would refund business fines and annul criminal convictions for violators of COVID-19 restrictions when the pandemic is over received initial approval Wednesday from the House, over the objection of Gov. Chris Sununu.

The 188-169 vote was one of the first acts on specific bills (HB 63) taken this year by the House of Representatives, which was meeting for the first of two days at the NH Sportsplex in Bedford.

“This is not just about the businesses that have been fined, but by those who fear they will be next,” said Rep. Andrew Prout, R-Hudson, the bill’s prime author.  “This will allow us to chart a path to get beyond the emergency once it has passed.”

Shortly after the vote, Sununu

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