Former Representative David Bickford (R - Straf 3)

On record 1999 to 2024. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Yea 1,526, Nay 1,030, Not Voting/Excused 120, Not Voting/Not Excused 139
• Bills sponsored: 151, 117 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• HB 526-FN (2024): regulating the use of temporary traffic control personnel. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1696 (2024): (New Title) relative to local records retention. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1595-FN (2024): relative to adjustment of the child support guidelines based on parenting time, medical support, and child care expenses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1514-FN-A-LOCAL (2024): relative to excess funds paid to municipalities for the use of school districts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1341 (2024): relative to the liability of grandparents to provide assistance. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1340 (2024): relative to exclusion of incarceration as voluntary unemployment for purposes of calculating child support. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1282-FN (2024): relative to the duration of child support.
• HB 568-FN (2023): relative to assessing all state adequate education and local education costs through the state education warrant. (prime sponsor)
• HB 606-FN-LOCAL (2016): relative to costs for public records filed electronically. (prime sponsor)
• HB 500 (2016): repealing the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.
• HB 378 (2016): (Second New Title) establishing a committee to study RSA 461-A, relative to parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 285 (2016): relative to discussion with legal counsel under the right-to-know law. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1455 (2016): (New Title) relative to the application of the municipal budget law to village districts wholly within a town. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1221 (2016): relative to excluding certain one-time expenditures from the default budget in official ballot municipalities.
• HB 654-FN-A-LOCAL (2015): relative to the distribution of marriage license fees and the funding source for the domestic violence grant program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 607 (2015): relative to fees for carrying a concealed firearm. (prime sponsor)
• HB 486 (2015): (4th New Title) authorizing towns and cities to establish special assessment districts and establishing a committee to study the creation of a special village district in Danbury.
• HB 287 (2015): allowing citizens to record by audio or video a traffic stop by law enforcement officers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 286 (2015): relative to permits issued by building inspectors. (prime sponsor)
• HB 155 (2015): relative to municipal contracts for police chief. (prime sponsor)
• SB 334-FN (2014): relative to certification and licensure for mold assessment or remediation services.
• HR 26 (2014): honoring and recognizing the Cadet Nurse Corps.
• HB 525-FN (2014): raising the age of minority for juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1474 (2014): relative to persons held in civil contempt.
• HB 1458 (2014): authorizing towns and cities to establish special assessment districts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1285 (2014): relative to recommendations by the department of revenue administration regarding municipal fund balance retention. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1269 (2014): relative to expungement of agency records. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1268 (2014): relative to the purposes of town by-laws. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1266 (2014): relative to the appointment of the town clerk. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1235-FN (2014): establishing a procedure to recall selectmen and school board members. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1234 (2014): relative to municipal contracts for police chief. (prime sponsor)
• SB 78 (2013): relative to the New Hampshire Municipal Association.
• HB 536 (2013): revising the child support guidelines based on foster care reimbursement rates.
• HB 425 (2013): relative to bridge aid and highway block grants for class V roads in certain village districts.
• HB 371 (2013): repealing the statute recognizing cohabitation as a basis for legal marriage. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 20 (2010): urging the federal government to expand the earned income tax credit to both parents in appropriate cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1565 (2010): relative to application of the child support guidelines in high income cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1552-FN (2010): revising the child support guidelines based on the Melson formula. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1474 (2010): (New Title) establishing a legislative committee to review the New Hampshire child support guidelines. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1420 (2010): relative to the calculation of child support. (prime sponsor)
• HB 139 (2010): relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1216 (2010): relative to the amount of the self-support reserve in child support cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1215 (2010): relative to gender neutral references in certain public assistance statutes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1197 (2010): relative to child support in cases of shared parenting. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1155 (2010): relative to water district contracts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 79 (2009): relative to use of the child support guideline worksheet. (prime sponsor)
• HB 364 (2009): relative to municipalities' authority to contract with the department of environmental services for dam maintenance. (prime sponsor)
• HB 209 (2009): relative to enforcement of parenting plans. (prime sponsor)
• HB 207 (2009): relative to modification of parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 173 (2009): relative to the basis for awarding custody to a stepparent or grandparent. (prime sponsor)
• HB 136-FN (2009): relative to the procedure for withdrawing from a cooperative school district. (prime sponsor)
• HB 627-FN (2006): (2nd New Title) relative to extended jurisdiction over certain 17 year old offenders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 592 (2006): (New Title) relative to minimum support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 591 (2006): (New Title) relative to the inclusion of health insurance in the calculation of child support. (prime sponsor)
• HB 590 (2006): excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 529 (2006): (New Title) relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 485 (2006): relative to the basis for awarding custody to a stepparent or grandparent. (prime sponsor)
• HB 397 (2006): relative to authority to file an abuse or neglect petition under the Child Protection Act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 327 (2006): relative to enforcement of support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 316 (2006): relative to neutral evaluations in child custody cases.
• HB 312 (2006): (New Title) relative to the appointment of parenting coordinators.
• HB 1733-FN (2006): establishing a reporting system for court decisions relative to residential responsibility under parenting plans. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1732-FN-A (2006): repealing the fund for the domestic violence grant program and relative to marriage license fees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1625 (2006): (2nd New Title) establishing penalties for guardians ad litem who fail to file reports.
• HB 1586 (2006): prohibiting enforcement of support orders for college or other postsecondary education expenses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1585 (2006): relative to enforcement of orders regarding parenting plans. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1584 (2006): relative to cemetery setbacks and septic systems. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1583 (2006): relative to grounds for modification of parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1580 (2006): relative to the child support formula. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1516 (2006): relative to the modification and enforcement of child support orders.
• HB 1329-FN-A-LOCAL (2006): repealing the provision allowing operators to retain 3 percent of meals and rooms taxes collected.
• HB 1103 (2006): relative to creating county commissioner districts in Strafford county.
• HB 83 (2005): (2nd New Title) relative to the distribution of brochures on family planning services, fetal alcohol syndrome, and human immunodeficiency virus.
• HB 640-FN (2005): relative to parental rights and responsibilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 615-FN (2005): relative to insurance coverage for court-ordered counseling services. (prime sponsor)
• HB 61 (2005): extending the family law task force.
• HB 586 (2005): relative to the periodic review of child support guidelines. (prime sponsor)
• HB 567 (2005): relative to mediation in family law cases involving children.
• HB 526 (2005): relative to temporary hearings on domestic violence petitions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 486 (2005): establishing a committee to study firearms confiscation practices in domestic violence matters.
• HB 468 (2005): relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff.
• HB 467 (2005): relative to naming private roads. (prime sponsor)
• HB 450-FN-A (2005): extending the commission to study child support and related child custody issues and relative to hiring economists to assist in revising the child support guidelines and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 427 (2005): repealing common law marriage. (prime sponsor)
• HB 398 (2005): removing judicial discretion to include life insurance in a child support order. (prime sponsor)
• HB 280 (2005): (New Title) relative to the manner of service in divorce and child custody proceedings. (prime sponsor)
• SB 520 (2004): (New Title) relative to child support modification and service of divorce petitions.
• 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.
• SB 386 (2004): relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem.
• SB 365-FN (2004): requiring courts to use gender neutral terms in documents used in divorce and custody proceedings.
• HB 686-FN (2004): relative to health insurance provided through the state. (prime sponsor)
• HB 299 (2004): removing judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1312 (2004): relative to the court's discretion to extend child support obligations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1275-FN-A (2004): relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1212 (2004): relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1202 (2004): relative to third-party payment of covered services ordered by the juvenile court. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1201 (2004): prohibiting the application of the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription when boundary lines can be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1199-FN-LOCAL (2004): relative to water connection fees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1198 (2004): relative to reporting child custody statistics. (prime sponsor)
• HB 674-FN (2003): (2nd New Title) relative to notification requirements under the Child Protection Act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 673-FN-LOCAL (2003): relative to municipal water system connection fees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 576-FN-A (2003): increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 486 (2003): relative to access to child support enforcement records. (prime sponsor)
• HB 447 (2003): limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity. (prime sponsor)
• HB 446 (2003): relative to building permits. (prime sponsor)
• HB 375 (2003): establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers.
• HB 323 (2003): relative to the task force on family law. (prime sponsor)
• HB 322 (2003): relative to the commission on the status of men. (prime sponsor)
• HB 310 (2003): (New Title) establishing a commission to study child support and related child custody issues. (prime sponsor)
• HB 298 (2003): (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 219 (2003): relative to the assignment of judges to hear cases in the superior, district, and probate courts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 178 (2003): relative to detention for violations of protective orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 177 (2003): excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 6 (2003): relating to the encouragement of literature. Providing that it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates to not hinder, impede or obstruct the interest of literature and the sciences. (prime sponsor)
• SB 124 (2002): (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court.
• HB 686 (2002): relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases.
• HB 587-FN-A (2002): (New Title) establishing a commission on the status of men. (prime sponsor)
• HB 586 (2002): excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 559-FN (2002): relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 507 (2002): opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons. (prime sponsor)
• HB 447 (2002): (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• 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. (prime sponsor)
• HB 682 (2001): relative to accidental disability income benefits. (prime sponsor)
• HB 573 (2001): (New Title) relative to the role of certain advanced registered nurse practitioners in the state mental health services system. (prime sponsor)
• HB 509 (2001): (New Title) establishing a statute of limitations on spousal support orders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 508 (2001): relative to third party contact in orders of protection from domestic violence. (prime sponsor)
• HB 446 (2001): relative to spousal and child support enforcement. (prime sponsor)
• HB 338-FN-A (2001): increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. (prime sponsor)
• SB 468 (2000): (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county.
• SB 412-FN (2000): adopting the "Court Integrity and Attorney's Independence Act.."
• HB 628 (2000): (2nd New Title) relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties.
• HB 571 (2000): relative to joint legal and physical custody of children. (prime sponsor)
• HB 553-FN-A (2000): (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the status of men. (prime sponsor)
• 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. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1515-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1498 (2000): establishing a committee to study child support and parental involvement issues. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1431 (2000): relative to protective orders in domestic violence cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1333-LOCAL (2000): relative to the establishment of parenting plans. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1298 (2000): requiring advertisements and postings of meals and rooms prices to include the amount of meals and rooms tax in each price displayed. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1238 (2000): relative to the collection and disbursement of support orders by the department of health and human services. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1212 (2000): relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1139 (2000): establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings.
• HB 113 (2000): affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling.
• CACR 31 (2000): relating to the constitutional duty of the legislature concerning the interest of literature and the sciences. Providing that the legislature shall no longer have the constitutional duty to promote the interest of literature and the sciences. (prime sponsor)
• HB 711-FN-A (1999): establishing a special fund to subsidize child custody and support seminars. (prime sponsor)
• HB 607 (1999): relative to the contents of the certificate of divorce. (prime sponsor)
• HB 465 (1999): prohibiting the application of the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription when boundary lines can be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. (prime sponsor)
• HB 420 (1999): relative to orders for spousal support in domestic relations cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 394-LOCAL (1999): enabling towns, cities, and village districts to assess property taxes for certain services on charitable organizations.
• HB 342 (1999): repealing certain laws pertaining to adverse possession. (prime sponsor)
• HB 324 (1999): repealing certain grounds for granting a divorce for cause. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

• October 10, 2024: HB194, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB274, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB396, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1093, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1187, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1233, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1293, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1415, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1581, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1622, Veto Override — Yea
• June 13, 2024: Rules Suspension — Yea
• June 13, 2024: Print Remarks — Yea
• June 13, 2024: HB1215, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1265, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 13, 2024: HB1400, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1616, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 13, 2024: HB1665, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1633, Remove from Table — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1018, Non Concur — Nay
• May 30, 2024: HB185, Reconsider — Nay
• May 30, 2024: HB1186, Concur — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1305, Concur — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1607, Concur — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1215, Concur — Nay
• May 30, 2024: HB1596, Req CofC — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB418, OTP — Nay
• May 23, 2024: CACR22, Table — Nay
• May 23, 2024: CACR22, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB217, ITL — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB311, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB396, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB403, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB417, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB417, OTPA — Yea
• May 23, 2024: Rules Suspension — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB476, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB476, OTPA — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB499, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB503, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB505, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB559, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB431, OTPA — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB358, ITL — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB358, Reconsider — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB358, ITL — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB501, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB485, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB485, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB459, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB537, Table — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB63, Remove from Table — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB63, OTP — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB413, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB576, ITL — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB576, Table — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB576, OTP — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB383, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB383, Reconsider — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB574, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB426, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB508, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB417, Table — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB417, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB563, Table — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB219, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB341, Indefinitely Postpone — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB380, ITL — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB380, Indefinitely Postpone — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB403, OTPA — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB496, ITL — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB567, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB63, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB538, ITL — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB476, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB219, Reconsider — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB219, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB375, Interim Study — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB219, ITL — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1178, Interim Study — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1178, OTPA — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, ITL — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, OTP — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, Indefinitely Postpone — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1212, Table — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1288, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1288, OTP — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1394, OTPA — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1577, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1583, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1595, Interim Study — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1633, OTPA — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Table — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, OTPA — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1656, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1656, OTPA — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1678, ITL — Yea
• March 28, 2024: HB1539, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• March 28, 2024: HB1084, Table — Yea

And 2,715 earlier votes.

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