Former Representative David Hess (R - Merr 24)

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 1,490, Nay 1,001, Not Voting/Not Excused 260, Not Voting/Excused 397, No vote recorded 4
• Bills sponsored: 116, 58 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 440-FN (2016): (New Title) extending the date of the repeal of certain fees in the shoreland protection act.
• SB 365 (2016): relative to traffic control measures.
• HB 571-FN-A (2016): relative to taxation of trusts under the interest and dividends tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 569-FN-A (2016): including certain nonprofit charitable enterprises under the business enterprise tax and reducing the rate of the tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1673-FN-LOCAL (2016): establishing a cash balance plan within the state retirement system. (prime sponsor)
• SB 108-FN (2015): relative to health care associated infections.
• HB 687-FN-LOCAL (2015): relative to eligibility for Medicaid. (prime sponsor)
• HB 646-FN-LOCAL (2015): allowing public bodies or agencies to charge for the costs of retrieval of public records under the right-to-know law.
• HB 182 (2015): establishing a committee to study alternative public employee retirement plans. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 3 (2015): Relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall define standards and funding for public education.
• SB 386 (2014): relative to the authority and duties of the department of revenue administration.
• SB 243 (2014): (New Title) relative to the carry forward of a credit against the business profits tax, rulemaking concerning the real estate transfer tax, the disclosure of certain department of revenue administration records, and the tax on unstamped tobacco products.
• HB 319-FN (2014): relative to benefits for state employees serving in the armed forces. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1509-FN-A (2014): relative to including nonprofit charitable enterprises in the business enterprise tax and lowering the rate of the tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1202 (2014): establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of the state's highways and bridges.
• HB 1126 (2014): establishing a committee to study alternative public employee retirement plans. (prime sponsor)
• SB 83 (2013): relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
• SB 80 (2013): relative to expanding the community revitalization tax relief program to provide incentives for rehabilitating historic structures.
• SB 43 (2013): relative to the property taxation of qualifying historic buildings.
• SB 155-FN-A (2013): (New Title) requiring revenue from commemorative liquor bottles to be used for the preservation of state house Civil War battle flags.
• SB 119-FN-A (2013): (New Title) directing the joint legislative historical committee to conduct a study of state house flag restoration and preservation.
• HB 598 (2013): relative to the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 385 (2013): relative to licensure of, and the performance of electrical work by, elevator and accessibility lift mechanics. (prime sponsor)
• SB 355 (2012): clarifying the exemption for attorneys from licensing requirements for mortgage brokers or bankers.
• SB 291 (2012): (New Title) relative to the use of currently allowed impact fees by municipalities and making an appropriation to establish a North Country fire training facility.
• SB 235 (2012): relative to registration of business organizations with the secretary of state.
• HB 645-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2007 through 2010. (prime sponsor)
• HB 611-FN-A (2012): relative to determination of the reasonable compensation deduction under the business profits tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 408 (2012): (New Title) clarifying the exemption for attorneys from licensing requirements for mortgage brokers or bankers.
• HB 1725-FN (2012): prohibiting health care practitioner self-referrals for medical devices.
• HB 1473-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 12 (2012): (New Title) relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall have the authority to define standards for public education, establish standards of accountability, mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, and have full discretion to determine the amount of state funding for education. (prime sponsor)
• SB 125-FN-A (2011): (New Title) relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships.
• SB 11-LOCAL (2011): relative to the police commission in the town of Hooksett.
• HCR 27 (2011): honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes.
• HB 613 (2011): establishing exemptions from the licensing requirements for first mortgage bankers and brokers.
• HB 348-FN (2011): (New Title) relative to games of chance and prohibiting the racing and charitable gaming commission and the lottery commission from authorizing new gambling machines or devices.
• HB 337-FN-LOCAL (2011): (New Title) amending the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants, repealing fiscal capacity disparity aid, and providing stabilization grants to certain municipalities. (prime sponsor)
• SSHB 2-FN (2010): making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and establishing a commission to study business taxes. (prime sponsor)
• SB 476-FN (2010): clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation.
• SB 473-FN (2010): making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011.
• HB 626-FN (2010): (New Title) relative to voter identification.
• HB 360 (2010): relative to members of the general court participating in the state group health insurance plan. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1661-FN-A (2010): making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1597-FN (2010): relative to employer-provided health insurance coverage and prohibiting denial of coverage for preexisting conditions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1395 (2010): relative to workforce housing. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1274-FN-A-LOCAL (2010): restoring moneys for revenue sharing to cities and towns.
• HB 1126 (2010): relative to the Hooksett police commission.
• SB 5 (2009): (New Title) prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes.
• HB 592-FN (2009): (New Title) relative to “adverse events” in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
• HB 531-FN (2009): relative to parental notification prior to abortions being performed on minors.
• HB 440-FN (2009): repealing the state's authority to bond school building aid costs. (prime sponsor)
• HB 433-FN-A (2009): (New Title) relative to funding the law requiring reporting of hospital infections.
• HB 40 (2009): (New Title) relative to the reporting of hospital infections. (prime sponsor)
• HB 274-FN (2009): requiring parental notification before abortions may be performed on unemancipated minors. (prime sponsor)
• HB 231 (2009): relative to resolution of collective bargaining disputes.
• HB 147 (2009): prohibiting the recognition as civil unions of marriages between persons of the same sex contracted outside of New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 2 (2009): relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that a reasonable share of state funds shall be distributed on a per pupil basis. (prime sponsor)
• SB 90-FN (2008): relative to the penalty for impersonating a law enforcement officer.
• SB 102-FN (2008): relative to the powers of state government in the event of an incident or outbreak of communicable disease.
• HB 630-FN (2008): relative to an electronic controlled drug prescription monitoring program.
• HB 1653-FN-A-LOCAL (2008): relative to providing additional fuel assistance and enhanced weatherization services to income eligible New Hampshire citizens and state matching funds for July - September 2008 disaster assistance grants, and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1503-FN-A (2008): making an appropriation to fund the reporting of hospital infections by the department of health and human services. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1224-FN-LOCAL (2008): relative to the definition of an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
• SB 35-FN-A (2007): (2nd New Title) making an appropriation for disaster relief assistance in response to the May 2006 and April 2007 floods and establishing a committee to study the distribution of financial disaster assistance.
• HB 870-FN-A-LOCAL (2007): relative to the calculation and disbursement of adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• HB 480 (2007): relative to party columns listing names on ballots.
• HB 719-FN (2006): (New Title) recodifying the Articles 1 and 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code and relative to lobbyist name tags. (prime sponsor)
• HB 715-FN-A (2006): relative to the regulation of bingo and lucky 7. (prime sponsor)
• HB 578 (2006): (New Title) relative to the current use advisory board and relative to construction or development constituting a change in use for purposes of assessing the land use change tax. (prime sponsor)
• HB 309-FN-A (2006): establishing a commission to recodify laws relating to financial contributions and disclosures and conflicts of interest and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1741-FN (2006): relative to reporting requirements concerning infections in hospitals.
• HB 1184 (2006): relative to the majority vote required for the use of bond proceeds in certain school districts or municipalities.
• HB 1167-FN-A (2006): (2nd New Title) relative to the department of transportation pilot program for effective investment of state highway mitigation funds and making an appropriation to the land and community heritage investment program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 721 (2005): prohibiting the department of education and the state board of education from adopting a definition of an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 577 (2005): relative to requirements for debt collection by telephone. (prime sponsor)
• HR 20 (2004): supporting Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization. (prime sponsor)
• HB 746-FN-A (2004): revising the property tax relief program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 641-FN-A-LOCAL (2004): targeting aid for education to certain school districts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1416-FN (2004): (New Title) extending the property tax exemption for wooden poles and conduits and establishing a committee to study issues related to the exemption. (prime sponsor)
• SB 133 (2003): relative to amending the charter of Dartmouth college.
• HR 4 (2003): the Speaker employing personnel per RSA 17-E:5. (prime sponsor)
• HR 11 (2003): supporting the men and women of the armed forces.
• HB 776 (2003): relative to emergency medical care for pregnant women.
• HB 608-FN-LOCAL (2003): (New Title) reducing the education property tax rate and relative to the calculation of adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• HB 558 (2003): relative to financial reports on bingo and lucky 7 operations.
• HB 364-FN (2003): relative to the use of automatic telephone dialing systems for political advocacy.
• HB 332-FN (2003): relative to the use of prerecorded telephone messages by candidates and political committees.
• HB 293 (2003): establishing a commission to identify medical errors and their causes.
• HB 106-FN-LOCAL (2003): implementing an education property tax homestead exemption. (prime sponsor)
• SB 425-FN-LOCAL (2002): revising the formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education.
• SB 314-FN (2002): relative to Selective Service Act Compliance through driver's license applications.
• HB 748-FN-A-LOCAL (2002): (2nd New Title) revising the definition of an adequate education and revising the weighted pupil formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1317-FN-A-LOCAL (2002): targeting aid for education to certain school districts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1259-FN-LOCAL (2002): relative to the base cost for calculating adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1246 (2002): relative to the chairperson of the board of recount in school district recounts.
• HB 753 (2001): relative to exemptions from issuer-dealer licenses for the sale of securities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 749-FN-A-LOCAL (2001): relative to the transportation cost component in the determination of adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• HB 747-FN-LOCAL (2001): relative to increases in the cost of an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 742-FN-LOCAL (2001): relative to collection of the education property tax and establishing a program to rebate certain excessive property tax payments of eligible taxpayers.
• HB 50-FN-A-LOCAL (2001): relative to sources of funding an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 232 (2001): (New Title) relative to compensability of work-related stress injuries under the workers' compensation act and relative to election of remedies for wrongful termination or constructive discharge.
• SCR 7 (2000): urging the federal government to consider the impacts on New Hampshire and the smaller states of interstate waste legislation.
• HR 24 (2000): requesting an opinion of the justices on the constitutionality of HB 1628- FN-A-LOCAL, "An act establishing a reformed public school financing system for ensuring educational adequacy for all children; establishing a state public education assistance system funded solely with state tax revenues, and making an appropriation therefor." (prime sponsor)
• HB 637-FN (2000): (New Title) establishing certain standards of accountability for health maintenance organizations and other entities providing health insurance through a managed care system.
• HB 434 (2000): providing that health care providers shall determine the appropriate course of patient treatment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1628-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): establishing a reformed public school financing system for ensuring educational adequacy for all children; establishing a state public education assistance system funded solely with state tax revenues, and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1200-FN (2000): (3rd New Title) relative to the application of education property tax hardship relief to estate planning trusts and relative to eligibility for hardship relief.
• HB 1163 (2000): relative to the date of decision for appeals of zoning matters. (prime sponsor)
• HR 12 (1999): requesting an opinion of the justices on the constitutionality of HB 536, as amended. (prime sponsor)
• HB 999-FN-A-LOCAL (1999): establishing a uniform education property tax to provide funding for an adequate public education and providing education property tax hardship relief to low and moderate income taxpayers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 65 (1999): relative to dates of meetings for local political subdivisions which have adopted the official ballot.
• HB 117-FN-A-LOCAL (1999): (3rd New Title) relative to state taxes and other sources of revenue for funding an adequate education; relative to establishing the cost of an adequate education, and relative to creating a commission to study the methodology used in establishing the cost of an adequate education and a tax equity and efficiency commission, and making appropriations therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HR 20 (1997): requesting an opinion of the justices concerning the constitutionality of HB 198-LOCAL, allowing municipalities to offer tax incentives to foster growth in new and existing industrial construction. (prime sponsor)
• HR 16 (1995): requesting the supreme court to release all confidential and nonconfidential materials relative to the late John C. Fairbanks. (prime sponsor)
• HR 14 (1995): requesting an opinion of the justices concerning the constitutionality of HB 586-FN.

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 — Not Voting/Not Excused
• 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 — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB533, Veto Override — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB582, Veto Override — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB1208, Veto Override — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB1266, Veto Override — Yea
• June 16, 2016: HB1637, Veto Override — Yea
• June 16, 2016: Amend Journal — Nay
• June 16, 2016: Print Remarks — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB4, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1656, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• May 19, 2016: HB1590, Reconsider — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1661, CofC — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR4, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB636, Non Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1298, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB506, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB537, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB532, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB336, ITL — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB336, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB498, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB4, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: CACR27, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB466, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB533, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• 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 — Not Voting/Not Excused
• 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 — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB481, Table — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Nay
• April 6, 2016: SB320, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• April 6, 2016: SB330, OTP — Yea
• April 6, 2016: SB441, OTP — Yea
• March 23, 2016: Print Remarks — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB280, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB602, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB602, OTPA — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1120, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1274, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1300, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1338, OTP — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1610, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• 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 — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1322, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1346, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1480, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1112, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1180, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1500, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1349, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB2016, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1104, ITL — Yea
• March 10, 2016: HB1140, ITL — Yea

And 3,052 earlier votes.

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