Former Representative Barbara French (D - Merr 6)

On record 1999 to 2016. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Yea 1,431, Nay 1,009, Not Voting/Not Excused 41, Not Voting/Excused 133
• Bills sponsored: 130, 28 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 476-FN (2016): relative to the certification of school nurses.
• SB 318 (2016): permitting the state to enter into a lot line agreement with a private abutter to the Bradford Pines Natural Area.
• SB 306 (2016): enabling the sampling of beer or wine at farmers' markets.
• HB 465 (2016): relative to workers' compensation for domestic employees.
• HB 1622-FN (2016): relative to radioactive waste and establishing a nuclear waste storage fee.
• HB 1369 (2016): requiring judges to grant earned time credits when a prisoner has substantially reduced the threat he or she poses to the public.
• HB 1311 (2016): relative to solitary confinement.
• HB 1193 (2016): (New Title) relative to the wellness and primary prevention council and relative to certification of school nurses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1153 (2016): prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting residency restrictions on sex offenders.
• SB 99 (2015): (New Title) establishing a committee to study allowing the sampling of beer or wine at farmer’s markets, establishing a committee to study powdered or crystalline alcohol, and relative to the definition of alcohol.
• SB 161 (2015): relative to the wellness and primary prevention council.
• HB 476-FN (2015): amending the definition of "qualifying medical condition" in the therapeutic cannabis law.
• HB 111 (2015): relative to land retained by the state.
• HR 26 (2014): honoring and recognizing the Cadet Nurse Corps.
• HB 682-FN (2014): relative to credit card fees.
• HB 465 (2014): repealing New Hampshire's atomic energy policy.
• HB 250-FN-A (2014): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1351 (2014): prohibiting tanning facilities from tanning persons under 18 years of age.
• SB 185 (2013): establishing a commission on housing policy and regulation.
• SB 442 (2010): relative to the grant program to administer exotic aquatic plant prevention.
• HB 642-FN-A-LOCAL (2010): establishing a flat rate education income tax and relative to the statewide enhanced education tax and certain other taxes.
• HB 1598-FN (2010): relative to the use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds.
• HB 1593-FN (2010): establishing a board of dental hygienists.
• HB 1558 (2010): prohibiting the sale of certain energy drinks to minors.
• HB 1479-FN (2010): requiring that body mass index be assessed in all pupils in grades one, 4, 7 and 10.
• HB 1446 (2010): naming a bridge in Hopkinton in honor of Officer Sean M. Powers.
• HB 1160 (2010): relative to the tanning of minors.
• SB 64-FN (2009): (New Title) relative to increasing dental hygienist membership on the board of dental examiners, and establishing a study of the regulation of dental hygienists.
• HCR 9 (2009): urging the United States Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. (prime sponsor)
• HB 536 (2009): relative to smoking in and around health care facilities.
• HB 505 (2009): waiving medical records fees for persons applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
• HB 492 (2009): requiring certification for persons performing radon tests. (prime sponsor)
• HB 482 (2009): relative to mold assessment, testing, and remediation. (prime sponsor)
• HB 414 (2009): establishing a commission to study preventing dental disease among New Hampshire's children.
• HB 400-FN-A (2009): relative to Medicaid reimbursement rates for personal care attendants and personal care services providers and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 251 (2009): relative to the state registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adults.
• HB 250 (2009): relative to access to information in the abuse and neglect of adults registry and relative to persons providing child care or child placing services who are charged with a crime.
• HB 234 (2009): establishing a committee to study the certificate of need process.
• HB 214 (2009): (New Title) establishing a committee to study health care services in correctional facilities and the issue of access to inmates by medical care, mental health care, and substance abuse treatment providers.
• HB 181 (2009): relative to disclosure of contaminants prior to the sale of real property.
• HB 166-FN-A (2009): increasing the beer tax.
• SB 395 (2008): establishing a commission to review New Hampshire's statutes on human immunodeficiency virus education, prevention, and control.
• HCR 14 (2008): urging Congress to establish the Homeowners and Bank Protection Act.
• HCR 13 (2008): urging Congress to create an Office of the National Nurse.
• HB 717 (2008): allowing municipalities to establish local community services and care planning boards. (prime sponsor)
• HB 711-FN (2008): requiring insurance coverage for the cost of hormone treatment drugs for transsexuals.
• HB 502-FN-A-LOCAL (2008): (New Title) extending Medicaid coverage through age 20 to individuals who were foster children and are attending postsecondary school.
• HB 1574-FN-A (2008): increasing the beer tax.
• HB 1505-FN (2008): establishing the New Hampshire birth conditions program.
• HB 1435 (2008): requiring certain food programs to comply with Centers for Disease Control/Institute of Medicine standards.
• HB 1405-FN (2008): (New Title) regulating outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters.
• HB 1385 (2008): waiving medical records fees for persons applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
• HB 1339 (2008): establishing an optional mortgage loan payment program for payment of property taxes and municipal charges of qualifying elderly homeowners.
• HB 1155-FN-A (2008): making an appropriation of certain revenues to the board of nursing.
• HB 1154 (2008): establishing a commission to study flooding in the town of Bradford, specifically Lake Massasecum, Lake Todd, and the watershed. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 3 (2007): urging that New Hampshire members and veterans of the armed forces and national guard and their dependents receive health screening for depleted uranium exposure. (prime sponsor)
• HB 862-FN (2007): establishing an incapacitated adult fatality review committee.
• HB 688 (2007): establishing the council on the relationship between public health and the environment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 53 (2007): relative to school health personnel.
• HB 213 (2007): relative to the availability of school nutrition program funds for charter school and nonpublic schools.
• HB 122 (2007): (New Title) naming a bridge in the town of Henniker after Sergeant Russell M. Durgin. (prime sponsor)
• HB 66 (2006): (New Title) regulating mandatory overtime for nurses and assistants.
• HB 659-FN-A (2006): establishing a state recycling program to provide technical services to municipalities and establishing a fee on take-out food and beverages. (prime sponsor)
• HB 538 (2006): (New Title) relative to deconstruction of structures.
• HB 1702-FN-A (2006): establishing a New Hampshire health access corporation, continually appropriating a special fund, and allowing the healthy kids corporation to cover adults.
• HB 1527 (2006): allowing municipalities to establish local community services and care planning boards.
• HB 1526 (2006): relative to the composition of the medical review subcommittee of the medical review board.
• HB 1525 (2006): relative to the safety of school bus stops.
• HB 1314 (2006): relative to an adult roles and responsibilities curriculum. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1265 (2006): (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1225-FN-A (2006): (New Title) relative to the judicial branch family division for the Henniker and Hillsborough District Courts.
• HB 1220 (2006): establishing a committee to study a statewide review of all unanticipated fatalities and serious injury involving incapacitated adults and individuals 60 or older.
• HB 1136 (2006): establishing a commission to study the care needs of medically fragile students in the school system.
• HB 1119 (2006): relative to naming the Richard Monahan Bridge in the town of Carroll.
• SB 214 (2005): relative to screening panels for medical injury claims.
• SB 177-FN (2005): prohibiting the sale of certain food and drinks in the public school cafeterias.
• SB 171 (2005): establishing a committee to study HIV/AIDS service delivery.
• SB 130-FN (2005): relative to the "Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights."
• HB 661-FN (2005): relative to radiological monitoring in nuclear emergency planning zones.
• HB 57 (2005): relative to the burning of construction and demolition debris.
• HB 56 (2005): relative to food safety in restaurants.
• HB 388 (2005): establishing a commission to study the retirement system medical benefits subsidy for retired teachers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 151 (2005): requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee.
• HB 129-FN-LOCAL (2005): (New Title) establishing a high performance school incentive and relative to the use of system benefits charge funds for school building projects that promote indoor air quality or energy efficiency.
• SB 512-FN (2004): (New Title) establishing a Lake Sunapee public access commission .
• SB 199 (2004): revising the nurse practice act.
• SB 159-FN (2004): relative to milfoil and other exotic aquatic weeds.
• HB 793-FN-A (2004): relative to reimbursement rates for home health services and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 712-FN (2004): (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of improving data collection and service delivery relative to home and community-based long-term care services. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1421-FN (2004): relative to solid waste incineration.
• HB 1352-FN (2004): requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1267 (2004): requiring fast food restaurants to provide nutritional information to consumers.
• HB 1240 (2004): prohibiting minors from sitting in the smoking sections of restaurants.
• HB 1157 (2004): establishing a committee to study the feasibility of implementing model legislation on medical resident work hour restrictions.
• SB 34 (2003): relative to independent living retirement communities.
• HCR 13 (2003): declaring the health rights of the citizens of New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 831 (2003): (New Title) adding duties to the oversight committee on health and human services.
• HB 463 (2003): adding certain health care providers to certain statutes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 412 (2003): establishing a committee to study insurance coverage for alternative medical treatment.
• HB 263 (2003): establishing an oversight committee to review the allocation of funds disbursed for the developmental disabilities waitlist.
• SB 397 (2002): prohibiting smoking in restaurants in New Hampshire.
• SB 330 (2002): (New Title) relative to the administration of a patient's own prescription by emergency medical care providers.
• SB 311-FN (2002): establishing a no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.
• HCR 25 (2002): encouraging an increased distribution of federal money from the military budget to the states. (prime sponsor)
• HB 592-FN-A (2002): (2nd New Title) relative to a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1381-FN-A (2002): requiring licensing of public bathing facilities and of the operators, designers, and installers of public bathing facilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1367-FN (2002): relative to the childhood lead poisoning prevention program.
• HB 1219 (2002): establishing a committee to study ways to implement the principles of state health care reform. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1135 (2002): (New Title) relative to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. (prime sponsor)
• HB 754 (2001): relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply.
• HB 737 (2001): relative to the possession and use of epinephrine auto-injector devices by emergency medical care providers.
• HB 605-FN (2001): prohibiting televised advertisements of lottery games and prohibiting self-serve lottery game vending machines.
• HB 569 (2001): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the information, training, and support needs of family caregivers in New Hampshire.
• HB 389 (2001): establishing a committee to study the nursing home industry in New Hampshire.
• HB 138 (2001): relative to participation by minors in certain athletic activities.
• SB 128 (2000): [2nd New Title] replacing the housing assistance trust fund with a homeless prevention fund.
• HJR 22 (2000): relative to the unintended consequences of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
• HB 1569-FN (2000): (3rd New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to develop a voluntary MTBE testing program of state water supplies and to study the amount of MTBE in gasoline in the state.
• HB 1441-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): relative to establishing a pilot welfare-to-work program in rural communities and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1390 (2000): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1217 (2000): establishing a committee to study marriage preparation. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1215 (2000): establishing a committee to study school nurse certification. (prime sponsor)
• SB 223-FN-A (1999): (New Title) establishing a wellness and primary prevention council.
• HCR 1 (1999): encouraging an increased distribution of federal money out of the military budget to the states sufficient to meet domestic needs.
• HB 594 (1999): prohibiting the introduction of zebra mussels and other exotic aquatic animals in New Hampshire.
• HB 421 (1999): (New Title) relative to penalty provisions for the law regarding control of marine pollution, exotic aquatic weeds, and other aquatic growth.
• HB 283-A (1999): making a capital appropriation to the department of administrative services for the funding, siting, and design of the new Henniker-Hillsborough district courthouse. (prime sponsor)
• HB 211-FN-A-LOCAL (1999): relative to intergenerational homeshare programs and making an appropriation therefor.
• HCR 9 (1997): urging the governor and general court to take action to bring about property tax relief. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 23 (1994): relative to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Recent Votes

• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Yea
• June 16, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, OTP — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB512, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB533, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB582, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1208, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1266, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: HB1637, Veto Override — Nay
• June 16, 2016: Amend Journal — Nay
• June 16, 2016: Print Remarks — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB4, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB320, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB324, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB391, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB441, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB485, Reconsider — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB523, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1703, OTP — Yea
• June 1, 2016: Rules Suspension — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB427, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB605, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1193, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1590, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1637, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB1656, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• May 19, 2016: HB1590, Reconsider — Nay
• May 19, 2016: HB1661, CofC — Nay
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR4, Remove from Table — Yea
• May 19, 2016: HB636, Non Concur — Yea
• May 19, 2016: HB1298, Concur — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB506, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB537, OTP — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB532, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB336, ITL — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB336, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB498, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB4, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: CACR27, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB466, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB533, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB534, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB426, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB324, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB515, OTPA — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB500, OTP — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB533, OTPA — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB368, OTP — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB521, OTPA — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB492, Table — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB510, OTP — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB509, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB509, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB481, Table — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Yea
• April 6, 2016: SB320, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• April 6, 2016: SB330, OTP — Yea
• April 6, 2016: SB441, OTP — Nay
• March 23, 2016: Print Remarks — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB280, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB602, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB602, OTPA — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1120, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1274, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1300, OTPA — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1338, OTP — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1365, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1393, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1135, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1153, Table — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1153, OTP — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1610, Table — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1414, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1143, Table — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, Table — Nay
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, OTPA — Yea
• March 10, 2016: HB1301, OTPA — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1322, OTPA — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1346, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1480, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1112, Table — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1180, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1500, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1349, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB2016, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1104, ITL — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1140, ITL — Yea

And 2,514 earlier votes.

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