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Former Senator Debora Pignatelli (D - SD13)

On record 1999 to 2009. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

  • Recorded roll call votes: Nay 149, Yea 266, No vote recorded 22, Not Voting/Excused 30, Not Voting/Not Excused 2
  • Bills sponsored: 97, 29 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SR 2 (2002): a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance.
  • SB 87 (2002): relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions.
  • SB 456-FN-A (2002): making appropriations to the department of health and human services.
  • SB 437-FN-LOCAL (2002): (New Title) relative to the protection of public water supplies during emergency conditions and establishing a committee to study the formation of regional water systems and the eligibility of such systems for state construction grants.
  • SB 436 (2002): allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 431 (2002): relative to political expenditure limitations. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 418-FN (2002): relative to unemployment compensation.
  • SB 407-FN (2002): requiring restroom facilities in certain state buildings. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 405 (2002): relative to special number plates for veterans.
  • SB 375-FN (2002): requiring a firearm safety program prior to the issuance of a concealed weapons permit.
  • SB 373-FN-A (2002): relative to state payments to foster care families and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 363 (2002): establishing a committee to study economic distortions associated with property taxation.
  • SB 360-FN (2002): establishing criminal penalties for the introduction of computer contaminants.
  • SB 354 (2002): (New Title) authorizing foster parents to act as educational advocates for foster children with educational disabilities.
  • SB 345 (2002): making the misrepresentation of the geographic location of a business a violation of the consumer protection act.
  • SB 338 (2002): relative to ex parte orders in domestic relations cases.
  • SB 334 (2002): relative to grounds for refusal or denial of hotel accommodations.
  • SB 321-LOCAL (2002): (NewTitle) establishing a committee to study statutory and administrative requirements regarding the legal residency of homeless children in certain educational and institutional settings, and relative to the appeal of decisions made regarding change of school or assignment. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 317 (2002): establishing a committee to study boat registration fees and eradication of milfoil and other exotic weeds. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 311-FN (2002): establishing a no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.
  • SB 31 (2002): eliminating straight ticket voting.
  • SB 308-FN (2002): relative to anesthesia for child dental care. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 307 (2002): relative to limitation of liability for dentists and dental hygienists working in free dental clinics. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 306 (2002): ( New Title ) extending the reporting date of the commission to study the state's increasing appellate caseload and solutions to the increasing appellate caseload. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 305 (2002): establishing a committee to study methods for improving communication tower aesthetics. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 304 (2002): establishing a committee to study payment for an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 303 (2002): establishing a committee to study the definition of an adequate education. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 173-FN-A (2002): creating a business profits tax credit for certain donations made for science and technology equipment and facilities to the university system of New Hampshire or any of its component institutions.
  • HCR 28 (2002): urging increased federal funding for quality breast cancer research.
  • HCR 25 (2002): encouraging an increased distribution of federal money from the military budget to the states.
  • HB 560-FN-A (2002): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary.
  • HB 470 (2002): relative to caller identification requirements for persons engaged in telephone solicitation.
  • HB 1460-FN (2002): relative to penalties for alcohol- and drug-related offenses.
  • HB 1436-FN (2002): relative to requiring treatment for persons convicted of DWI offenses.
  • HB 1433 (2002): (2nd New Title) prohibiting intoxication from consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors.
  • HB 1432 (2002): establishing a committee to study the use of drug concentration levels to enforce prohibitions against driving under the influence of drugs.
  • HB 1356-FN (2002): establishing the criminal offense of felony pursuit.
  • CACR 33 (2002): (New Title) relating to procedure for nomination of judges. Providing that the governor shall nominate judges from persons selected by an independent commission whose composition shall be determined by the legislature. (prime sponsor)
  • SCR 2 (2001): (New Title) calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of the average per pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  • SB 84 (2001): relative to funeral processions. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 75 (2001): relative to physicians who make a report when a person is unfit to drive a motor vehicle. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 69-FN-A-LOCAL (2001): relative to a New Hampshire legal assistance office in Nashua and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 23-LOCAL (2001): relative to the amount of interest on late paid property taxes which may be waived by the tax collector. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 156 (2001): relative to the suspension of drivers licenses of persons under 20 years of age.
  • SB 143-FN (2001): (New Title) establishing a study committee relative to registering and regulating home improvement contractors. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 114 (2001): (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 296-FN (2001): relative to receiving stolen property.
  • HB 170-FN-A (2001): (New Title) relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.
  • HB 147-FN-A (2001): requiring annual registration by condominium unit owners' associations.
  • HB 129 (2001): relative to amending condominium instruments governing assignment of limited common areas.
  • HB 117 (2001): establishing a committee to study the adoption of the uniform common interest ownership act.
  • SR 14 (2000): relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program.
  • SCR 7 (2000): urging the federal government to consider the impacts on New Hampshire and the smaller states of interstate waste legislation.
  • 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. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 387-FN-LOCAL (2000): relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua and relative to alternatives to the statewide toll booth system. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 383 (2000): (New Title) requiring the department of health and human services and insurers to make prompt payments. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 367 (2000): establishing a prescription drug access study committee.
  • SB 361 (2000): authorizing citizen suits to assure enforcement of New Hampshire's environmental statutes.
  • SB 358 (2000): relative to court reporting services.
  • SB 335 (2000): allowing physicians to make a report when a person is unfit to drive a motor vehicle. (prime sponsor)
  • 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.
  • SB 207 (2000): relative to authorizing bonds for the construction and renovation of regional vocational education centers.
  • SB 135-FN (2000): relative to water supply land protection grants.
  • HB 1607 (2000): (New Title) establishing a study committee to consider legislation reducing to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received Medicaid services.
  • HB 1565-FN (2000): relative to defining certain forms of psychological injury in the child protection act.
  • HB 1485-FN (2000): (New Title) relative to a certain proposed toll booth.
  • HB 1257-FN (2000): prohibiting the sale of urine for drug testing purposes.
  • HB 1212 (2000): relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee.
  • CACR 38 (2000): Relating to: use of highway fund revenues. Providing that: an amount not to exceed 9 percent of highway revenues shall be used to maintain and improve New Hampshire's rail infrastructure.
  • SR 9 (1999): urging the President and Congress to extend the Older Americans Act for a 3-year period.
  • SR 8 (1999): declaring that any deficit in the education trust fund be financed with new sources of revenue and not through reductions to appropriations in the state operating budget.
  • SR 7 (1999): declaring that any deficit in the education trust fund be financed with new sources of revenue and not through reductions to appropriations in the state operating budget.
  • SR 6 (1999): a resolution expressing shock and sympathy to the people of Littleton, Colorado over the killing and injuring of students at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. (prime sponsor)
  • SR 5 (1999): urging Congress to authorize construction of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. to begin immediately.
  • SR 4 (1999): calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of the average per pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  • SR 3 (1999): urging the Federal Communications Commission to act favorably and promptly on the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's petition for relief concerning telephone area code conservation measures.
  • SR 2 (1999): urging the President of the United States and Congress to prohibit federal recoupment of state tobacco settlement recoveries.
  • SB 80 (1999): adding the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Civil Rights Day.
  • SB 223-FN-A (1999): (New Title) establishing a wellness and primary prevention council.
  • SB 201-FN (1999): reclassifying non-support as a felony under certain circumstances. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 189-FN (1999): relative to the establishment of a civil rights act. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 125 (1999): (New Title) placing restrictions on name changes for certain felons.
  • HB 94 (1999): relative to enforcement of the child passenger restraint law.
  • HB 625-FN-A (1999): (New Title) relative to a mercury emissions reduction and control program and a study of mercury in ash landfills.
  • HB 496-FN-LOCAL (1999): relative to increasing the minimum number of hours required for novice drivers enrolled in driver's education programs.
  • HB 278 (1999): relative to scheduling of district court sessions.
  • HB 245-FN (1999): relative to fees and appropriations to the division of safety services.
  • HB 207-FN-A (1999): directing the office of state planning to conduct a study of the effects of sprawl in the state and making an appropriation therefor.
  • CACR 17 (1999): (New Title) relating to the state's responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education. Providing that the general court shall have the exclusive authority to determine the content, extent, and funding of a public education and that the state may fulfill its responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education by exercising its power to levy assessments, rates, and taxes, or by delegating this power, in whole or part, to a political subdivision, provided that upon delegation, such assessments, rates, and taxes are proportional and reasonable throughout the state or the political subdivision in which they are imposed.
  • SJR 3 (1997): urging the United States Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment for environmental rights.
  • HJR 6 (1997): (New Title) authorizing the joint legislative historical committee to acquire and cause to be displayed a portrait of suffragist Marilla Marks Ricker.
  • SCR 21 (1996): urging the President of the United States and Congress to establish an independent commission to advise Congress on campaign finance reform legislation. (prime sponsor)
  • HJR 20 (1996): dissolving the joint committee on implementation of reorganization.
  • SR 9 (1995): urging New Hampshire to establish a day each year to celebrate our lakes and ponds, to be known as "Celebrate Your Lakes Day."
  • SR 8 (1995): urging the governor, the chairman of the state board of education, and the commissioner of education to apply for and accept funding for education from the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. (prime sponsor)
  • HJR 4 (1995): (New Title) urging the United States Congress and the United States Environmental Protection Agency to make certain changes in the Clean Air Act amendments which would enable states to better comply with the law.
  • SR 9 (1993): relative to the U.S. FIRST competition. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

  • October 22, 2009: CACR17, Order to 3rd Reading3/5 Necessary — Nay
  • June 27, 2002: SB457, adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • June 27, 2002: SR2, Adoption of ought pass. Sen. Barnes/ Sen. Gordon — Yea
  • June 27, 2002: SR1, Ought to pass Sen. Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Nay
  • June 27, 2002: HB2002, Adoption of the suspension of the rules. Sen. Larsen/Sen. Fernald — Nay
  • June 27, 2002: HCO1, Adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Francoeur/Sen Barnes — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB1, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB112, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB141, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB336, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB419, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 22, 2002: SB425, Not withstnading the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
  • May 2, 2002: SB456, Ordering to third reading Sen. Barnes/Sen. McCarley — Yea
  • May 2, 2002: HB1426, Adoption of C of C report (3761) Sen. Gordon/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 25, 2002: SB336, Moved to concur Sen. Below/ Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • April 25, 2002: SB342, Moved to nonconcur Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — No vote recorded
  • April 25, 2002: SB410, moved to concur Sen Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB1446, Adoption of amendment (3482s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) sections 1&3 Sen. Below/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) section 2 Sen. Fernald/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1446, adoption of floor amendment (3607s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Below — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1446, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen Barnes — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB1437, Substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Below — Not Voting/Excused
  • April 18, 2002: HB284, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Cohen — No vote recorded
  • April 18, 2002: HB1000, Ordering to third reading Sen. Barnes/Sen. Fernald — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3514s) Sen. Disnard/Sen. Fernald — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB1429, Ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Boyce — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB298, Ordering to third reading Sen. O'Hearn/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1268, Adoption of amendment (3579s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1268, Adoption of floor amendment (3603s) Sen McCarley/Sen. Larsen — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1218, Ordering to third reading Sen Prescott/Sen Barnes — Not Voting/Excused
  • April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of amendment (3553s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen Boyce — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of floor amendment (3592s) Sen. Francoeur/ Sen. Boyce — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB672, Ordering to third reading Sen Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HCR14, Ought to pass Sen Wheeler/Sen. Roberge — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB1249, Adoption of amendment (3563s) Sen Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB589, Adoption of amendment (3574s) Sen. Barnes/Sen.Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB587, Adoption of floor amendment (3487s) Sen. Boyce/Sen. Fernald — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB587, Ordering to third reading Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB253, Adoption of floor amendment (3644s) Sen. Cohen/Sen. Fernald — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB253, Ordering to third reading Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: HB1365, Ordering to third reading Sen Boyce/Sen.Francoeur — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: VETO DAY, Upholding the ruling of the Chair Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB557, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Prescott — Yea
  • April 18, 2002: SEN RULE, Senate deadlines Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB226, Adoption of floor amendment (3628) Sen. Below/Sen. Cohen — Nay
  • April 18, 2002: HB226, Ordering to third reading Sen Barnes/Sen Gatsas — Yea
  • April 16, 2002: HB1190, Ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Barnes — Nay
  • April 16, 2002: HB757, Adoption of floor amendment (3495s) Sen. McCarley/Sen. Fernald — Yea
  • April 16, 2002: HB757, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Barnes — Nay
  • April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of amendment (3485s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3468s) Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3514s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • April 16, 2002: HB1410, Adoption of amendment (3466s) Sen. Below/ Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • April 16, 2002: HB1118, Ought to pass Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1298, Adoption of amendment (3353) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Burns — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1298, Ordering to third reading Sen. Disnard/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • April 11, 2002: HB744, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Prescott — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1437, Ought to Pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1298, Adoption of the floor amendment (3422s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Hollingworth — Nay
  • April 11, 2002: HB1148, Adoption of the floor amendment (3423s) Sen Barnes/Sen Roberge — Nay
  • April 11, 2002: HB757, Adoption of committee amendment (3401s) Sen. Pignatelli/Sen Cohen — Nay
  • April 11, 2002: HB1393, Ought to pass Sen. Gatsas/ Sen Barnes — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1203, Adoption of minority amendment (3386) Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • April 11, 2002: HB1282, Ought to pass Sen. Prescott/Sen Fernald — Nay
  • April 11, 2002: HCR23, Ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Gordon — Yea
  • April 10, 2002: HB587, Calling of the question Sen. Disnard/Sen. Fernald — Yea
  • April 10, 2002: HB587, Laid on the table Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
  • April 10, 2002: HB587, Ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Gatsas — Nay
  • April 10, 2002: HB1172, Ordered to third reading Sen. Francoeur/ Sen. Barnes — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: SB440, Ordering to third reading Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: HB1434, Ought to pass Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • March 21, 2002: HB420, Calling the question Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • March 21, 2002: HB420, Adoption of amendment (3022) Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Burns — Nay
  • March 21, 2002: HB420, Adoption of floor amendment (3069) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: HB420, Ordered to third reading Sen. Below/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • March 21, 2002: SB451, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Pignatelli/Sen. Wheeler — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: SB451, Ordered to third reading Sen. Prescott/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: SB453, substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
  • March 21, 2002: SB453, Adoption of floor amendment (3078) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
  • March 21, 2002: SB105, Taking off the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. Gordon — No vote recorded
  • March 14, 2002: SB440, Taking off the table Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Cohen — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB335, Subsitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Yea
  • February 20, 2002: SB335, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Nay
  • February 20, 2002: SB340, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen McCarley — Yea
  • February 20, 2002: SB343, Ought to pass Sen. Below/Sen. Gordon — Yea
  • February 20, 2002: SB402, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Hollingworth — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB427, Substitute motion interim study Sen. Barnes/Sen. Eaton — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB198, Interim Study Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB198, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: CACR33, Ordering to third reading Roll call is required — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: CACR5, Ordering to third reading Roll call required — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB431, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen. Below — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB336, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Fernald — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. McCarley/Sen. Gordon — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2837s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Fernald — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2838s) Sen. Barnes/Sen Francoeur — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB87, Taking off the table Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Not Voting/Excused
  • February 20, 2002: SB417, Ought to pass Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. Cohen — Not Voting/Excused

And 369 earlier votes.

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