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Former Representative Barbara Richardson (D - Ches 5)

On record 1999 to 2010. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

  • Recorded roll call votes: Nay 721, Yea 1,018, Not Voting/Not Excused 5, Not Voting/Excused 2
  • Bills sponsored: 96, 19 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SB 407 (2010): relative to records maintained by the department of health and human services in abuse and neglect cases.
  • SB 384 (2010): authorizing the department of health and human services to provide private adoption agencies access to founded reports of abuse and neglect maintained by the department.
  • SB 371 (2010): relative to warning statements concerning drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy.
  • HB 304 (2010): relative to death with dignity for certain persons suffering from a terminal condition.
  • HB 1558 (2010): prohibiting the sale of certain energy drinks to minors. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1555 (2010): adding an exemption from immunization for conscientious beliefs.
  • HB 1536-FN (2010): relative to administering psychotropic drugs to children in court ordered placements. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1493 (2010): (New Title) establishing a committee to study comprehensive mental health and substance use disorders parity.
  • HB 1491 (2010): (New Title) relative to the child support calculation in cases of shared parenting.
  • CACR 22 (2010): relating to taxation. Providing that taxes imposed by the state of New Hampshire or its subdivisions may be graduated.
  • CACR 1 (2010): relating to taxes. Providing that all revenues raised by a state income tax shall be dedicated to funding public education.
  • HCR 5 (2009): urging Congress to enact a system of voluntary public funding for all federal elections.
  • HB 639-FN (2009): relative to mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance.
  • HB 505 (2009): waiving medical records fees for persons applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
  • HB 436-FN-LOCAL (2009): relative to civil marriage and civil unions.
  • HB 415 (2009): adding certain terms regarding non-discrimination to the laws.
  • SB 411 (2008): relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases.
  • SB 389 (2008): (New Title) relative to privileged communications between health care providers and minor children.
  • SB 375-LOCAL (2008): (New Title) allowing veterinarians to inform town and city clerks about dogs that have been euthanized or died during treatment.
  • SB 205-FN (2008): eliminating an exception to state reimbursement for drug testing for racing dogs and horses.
  • HCR 14 (2008): urging Congress to establish the Homeowners and Bank Protection Act. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 794-FN (2008): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of public funding of state election campaigns.
  • HB 463 (2008): relative to the awarding parental rights and responsibilities to a stepparent or grandparent.
  • HB 186-FN (2008): relative to random recounts.
  • HB 1595-FN (2008): relative to driver's license renewals by persons engaged in overseas government service.
  • HB 1582-FN (2008): relative to eligibility decisions under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1542-LOCAL (2008): relative to burials in cemeteries. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1518-FN (2008): relative to prescription drug marketing, restrictions, and disclosure.
  • SB 182 (2007): establishing a committee to study the confidentiality of health care records in abuse and neglect proceedings.
  • 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.
  • HB 880-FN (2007): requiring the department of resources and economic development to implement a feasibility study for the production of alternative forms of energy using natural resources of the state of New Hampshire and making an appropriation therefor.
  • HB 559 (2007): relative to seat belts on school buses.
  • HB 505-FN-A (2007): relative to enhanced water quality monitoring for lakes and beaches.
  • HB 312-FN (2007): relative to alternative providers for certain health services.
  • HB 192-FN (2007): requiring vote counting by election officials at polling places using vote counting machines.
  • SB 351-FN (2006): declaring drowning as cruelty to animals.
  • SB 350-FN (2006): (New Title) relative to boarding kennels.
  • SB 329 (2006): prohibiting dogs from being left alone in cars.
  • SB 321 (2006): relative to delinquency proceedings for juveniles committing felony cruelty to animals.
  • SB 320 (2006): relative to investigations of cruelty to horses.
  • HB 627-FN (2006): (2nd New Title) relative to extended jurisdiction over certain 17 year old offenders.
  • HB 1686-FN (2006): relative to the allocation of certain off highway recreational vehicle fees.
  • HB 1519 (2006): relative to all-terrain vehicle and trail bike trails. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1443 (2006): relative to priorities for development of all terrain (ATV) and trail bike trails.
  • HB 1418-FN (2006): relative to road toll refunds.
  • HB 1401 (2006): exempting certain all terrain vehicle (ATV) and trail bike trail criteria from the change in use designation of rail trails. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1396 (2006): relative to competency of juvenile offenders.
  • HB 1314 (2006): relative to an adult roles and responsibilities curriculum.
  • HB 1130 (2006): relative to the definition of necessary shelter for dogs.
  • HB 342 (2005): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the barriers to the establishment of all-terrain vehicle trails on public and private lands. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 338 (2005): allowing municipalities to adopt a low income property tax credit. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 207-FN (2005): relative to the appointment of a guardian ad litem in adoption proceedings. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 444 (2004): relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute.
  • HB 620-FN (2004): (New Title) providing various protections for parents in cases involving the guardianship of minors.
  • HB 1252-FN (2004): requiring the posting of notice by uninsured liquor licensees.
  • SB 49 (2003): relative to fluoridation of public water supplies and local decisions regarding fluoridation.
  • SB 111 (2003): relative to the standardized protocol for investigating and interviewing victims of child abuse and neglect and relative to the development of multi-disciplinary child abuse investigation teams.
  • HCR 7 (2003): opposing unfunded and under-funded federal education mandates. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 806 (2003): enabling municipalities to adopt a property tax exemption for deaf or severely hearing impaired persons.
  • HB 687-FN (2003): establishing adoption services number plates. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 458 (2003): establishing a committee to study the health and environmental effects of using industrial-grade silicofluorides and industrial-grade sodium fluoride for water fluoridation in New Hampshire.
  • HB 451 (2003): relative to terminating rights to business names when transferring ownership of historic buildings. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 430 (2003): relative to the scope of family health insurance policies.
  • HB 104-FN (2003): (New Title) implementing procedures for a hospital or safe haven to assume temporary care and control of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
  • HCR 26 (2002): urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove all unapproved prescription fluoride products from the market. (prime sponsor)
  • HCR 25 (2002): encouraging an increased distribution of federal money from the military budget to the states.
  • HB 179-FN (2002): (2nd New Title) relative to the scope of RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute, and establishing a task force on juvenile justice service capacity.
  • HB 1135 (2002): (New Title) relative to the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene.
  • SB 148 (2001): (New Title) relative to certain penalties for violations of the youth tobacco laws and establishing a committee to study the feasibility of transferring some of the responsibilities currently held by the commissioner of the department of revenue administration under RSA 78 to the liquor commission.
  • HB 754 (2001): relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 396-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): assessing a fee on water withdrawn for commercial purposes from water supply sources in the state and establishing a public water supply land protection fund.
  • SB 331 (2000): requiring a report from the public utilities commission and the department of environmental services evaluating whether existing regulatory structures encourage or discourage regional cooperation for water resources management and water conservation.
  • SB 330 (2000): ( New Title ) establishing a committee to study the impact of water withdrawals on instream flows and the impact of instream flow rules on entities that withdraw water or are affected by instream flows.
  • HB 713-FN (2000): (2nd New Title) relative to ignition interlock systems for certain DWI offenders and increasing the penalty for reckless driving.
  • HB 1598-LOCAL (2000): relative to fluoride in drinking water. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1579-FN (2000): (New Title) establishing certain penalities for violations of the youth tobacco laws and clarifying a definition under the indoor smoking act.
  • HB 1577-FN (2000): revising the indoor smoking act.
  • HB 1565-FN (2000): relative to defining certain forms of psychological injury in the child protection act.
  • HB 1547-FN (2000): relative to raising the age of minority for the purposes of juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age.
  • HB 1444 (2000): relative to certain municipal ordinances.
  • HB 1217 (2000): establishing a committee to study marriage preparation.
  • HB 1212 (2000): relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee.
  • HB 1211 (2000): establishing a committee to study the health effects of child immunizations.
  • SB 57 (1999): permitting challenges to judges.
  • SB 223-FN-A (1999): (New Title) establishing a wellness and primary prevention council.
  • SB 172 (1999): relative to representation by a citizen in a court proceeding.
  • SB 151 (1999): relative to assignment of judges.
  • SB 112 (1999): relative to the guardianship of minors.
  • HCR 1 (1999): encouraging an increased distribution of federal money out of the military budget to the states sufficient to meet domestic needs. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 67 (1999): (New Title) relative to termination of parental rights upon a finding of child abuse.
  • HB 588-FN-LOCAL (1999): relative to county expenditures for children at the youth development center.
  • HB 58 (1999): establishing a committee to study open adoption in New Hampshire.
  • HB 392 (1999): relative to exemptions from required child immunizations. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 369 (1999): (New Title) establishing a committee on educational programs on tobacco use for minors.
  • HB 319-FN (1999): relative to mandatory automobile insurance. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 221 (1999): allowing milk products known to contain the genetically produced bovine somatotropin growth hormone to be so labeled.

Recent Votes

  • June 9, 2010: ADJOURN (REP KAPPLER) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2390H (REP EMERSON) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2392H (REP BELVIN) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2408H (REP KURK) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2377H (REP KURK) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2376H (REP KURK) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2393H (REP COFFEY) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2389H (REP W.SMITH) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2386H (REP BALDASARO) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2406 (REP LEISHMAN) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, OTP/AM 2388H, 2372H, 2373H, 2404H, 2392H — Yea
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, RECONSIDERATION (REP EATON) — Nay
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB1, SS HB1 THIRD READING (REP P.GARRITY) — Yea
  • June 9, 2010: SSHB2, LAY ON TABLE (REP CAMPBELL) — Yea
  • June 9, 2010: SSSB1, LAY ON TABLE (REP HESS) — Nay
  • June 2, 2010: SB503, C OF C REPORT #2159 HOUSE AM + NEW AM — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: HR26, FLAM 2108H (REP ALMY) — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: HR26, OTP/AM 2108H — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: RULES SUSPENSION TO ALLOW LATE DRAFING, INTRO & CONSID (W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
  • June 2, 2010: OUGHT NOT TO PASS — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: LAY ON TABLE (REP EATON) — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: HB1393, C OF C REPORT #2259 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: HB1461, C OF C REPORT #2196 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Yea
  • June 2, 2010: HB1459, C OF C REPORT #2356 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB276, (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
  • May 19, 2010: HB629, NON-CONCUR REQ C OF C (REP ALMY) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1490, NON-CONCUR REQ C OF C (REP ALMY) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1490, PI OF REP W.D.SCAMMAN & CHAIR'S REPLY IN PERM JOUR (VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, SHALL RULE OF CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, SPECIAL ORDER TO 3:00 PM (REP PACKARD) — Nay
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, LAY ON TABLE (HESS) — Nay
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00 PM (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, MOVE PREVIOUS QUESTION (REP CAMPBELL) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, SHALL RULE OF CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, NON-CON UNLESS SEN ACCEDES TO C OF C ON SB 450 BY 3PM (M.SMITH) — Yea
  • May 19, 2010: HB1128, LAY ON TABLE PENDING MTN OF RECONSIDERATION (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
  • May 13, 2010: SB353, OTP — Yea
  • May 13, 2010: SB354, OTP — Yea
  • May 13, 2010: SB480, FLAM 2052H (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
  • May 13, 2010: SB497, FLAM 1961H (NT) (REP SAPARETO) — Nay
  • May 13, 2010: SB497, OTP/AM 1842H (NT) — Yea
  • May 13, 2010: SB455, MAJ AM 1808H (NT) — Yea
  • May 13, 2010: SB455, FLAM 1982H (NT) (REP CHANDLER) — Nay
  • May 13, 2010: SB455, OTP/AM 1808H (NT) — Yea
  • May 13, 2010: SB503, OTP/AM 1824H — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 13, 2010: SB495, OTP/AM 1817H (NT) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 12, 2010: SB344, ITL — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB396, OTP/AM 1852H — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, DIVIDE SEC 62-66 OF MAJ AM 1953H(NT) & SEC 88-89 (REP HESS) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, MAJ AM 1953H (NT) — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1954H (REP WENDELBOE) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1990H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1998H (REP BETTENCOURT) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2003H (REP PACKARD) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2004H (REP HESS) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2007H (REP HUNT) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2029H(NT) (REP HESS) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2027H (REP CHANDLER) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1959H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2001 (REP W.D.SCAMMAN) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1956H (REP WENDELBOE) — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1960H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, MINORITY AM 1963H (REP KURK) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, OTP/AM 1953H(NT) AND 1956H — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB450, RECONSIDERATION (REP M.SMITH) — Nay
  • May 12, 2010: MOTION TO TAKE UP BILLS W/OUT DEBATE BEFORE BILLS W/DEBATE — Yea
  • May 12, 2010: SB382, OTP/AM 1937H — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: HB1518, CONCUR (REP ALMY) — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: SB334, ITL — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: SB464, OTP/AM 1483H — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: SB383, MAJ AM 1491H (NT) — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: SB505, OTP — Yea
  • May 5, 2010: SB465, FLAM 1838H (NT) (REP BELVIN) — Nay
  • April 28, 2010: SB515, OTP — Yea
  • April 28, 2010: SB330, OTP — Yea
  • April 28, 2010: SB406, RFS — Yea
  • April 28, 2010: SB477, OTP — Yea
  • April 28, 2010: HB630, CONCUR (REP WALZ/ALMY) — Yea
  • April 28, 2010: HB1314, NON-CONCUR REQUEST C OF C (REP BOUCHARD) — Yea
  • April 21, 2010: SB489, ITL — Yea
  • April 21, 2010: SB490, ITL — Yea
  • April 21, 2010: SB492, ITL — Yea
  • April 21, 2010: SB492, INDEFINITELY POSTPONE (REP WALZ) — Yea
  • April 21, 2010: SB500, OTP/AM 1245H — Yea
  • April 14, 2010: SB343, ITL — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB630, OTP — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1471, OTP — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1428, OTP — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1428, ITL (REP DIFRUSCIA) — Nay
  • March 24, 2010: HB1428, RECONSIDERATION (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1664, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP EATON) — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1672, ITL — Yea
  • March 24, 2010: HB1693, ITL — Yea
  • March 18, 2010: HB1297, ITL — Yea
  • March 18, 2010: HB1335, OTP/AM 0662H(NT) AND 0992H — Yea
  • March 18, 2010: HB1554, LAY ON TABLE (REP KAPPLER) — Nay
  • March 18, 2010: HB1554, OTP/AM 0951H — Yea
  • March 18, 2010: HB1510, ITL — Yea
  • March 18, 2010: HB1475, ITL — Nay
  • March 18, 2010: HB1433, ITL — Yea

And 1,646 earlier votes.

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