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Former Representative Franklin Sterling (R - Ches 14)

On record 2009 to 2018. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

  • Recorded roll call votes: Nay 561, Yea 965, Not Voting/Not Excused 143, Not Voting/Excused 76
  • Bills sponsored: 28, 6 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SB 393 (2018): (New Title) relative to county financial audits, performance audits, and forensic audits.
  • SB 219-FN-A (2018): relative to a one-time allowance for certain state retirees.
  • HB 565-FN-LOCAL (2018): relative to collection of delinquent property tax payments by manufactured housing owners.
  • HB 476 (2018): relative to the duties of registers of probate.
  • HB 1652 (2018): relative to default budgets.
  • HB 1450 (2018): relative to retention of job applications and personnel files.
  • HB 606-FN-A (2017): establishing a scholarship fund for health care providers who stay in New Hampshire for 5 years and making an appropriation therefor.
  • HB 251 (2017): (New Title) relative to capital reserve fund appropriations by municipalities. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 233 (2017): relative to the submission of school emergency response plans.
  • HB 191-LOCAL (2017): relative to the authority of towns to issue bonds for the expansion of Internet service.
  • HB 118 (2017): relative to appropriations in petitioned warrant articles.
  • SB 442-LOCAL (2016): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the taxability of lease interests in public property.
  • SB 417 (2016): relative to employment contract restrictions upon physicians.
  • SB 328-LOCAL (2016): (New Title) relative to school districts and school administrative units exercising joint powers with other public agencies.
  • HB 1689 (2016): relative to operator requirements under the meals and rooms tax. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1304 (2016): relative to town maintenance of a road designated as a highway to summer cottages. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1129 (2016): relative to approval of fees established by the register of deeds.
  • CACR 27 (2016): (Second New Title) relating to the operating budget. Providing that the state shall not spend more on operating budget expenses than it receives in revenue plus any surplus from the previous budget period, or use the proceeds of any instrument of indebtedness to fund its operating expenditures.
  • SB 98 (2015): relative to third party review required by the planning board.
  • SB 74 (2015): establishing a committee to study reducing the cost of county government.
  • SB 57 (2015): (New Title) relative to the membership and governance of condominium unit owners’ associations.
  • SB 241 (2015): relative to authorization for the town of Rindge to make capital expenditures from a trust fund.
  • SB 231 (2015): relative to the month of inspection for municipal fleets.
  • HB 451 (2015): relative to local approval of mining permits. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 344 (2015): (New Title) relative to tax increment financing plans of municipal economic development and revitalization districts. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 233 (2015): relative to local approval of mining activity.
  • HB 378-FN (2012): (New Title) inserting an exception to the criminal threatening statute, relative to the minimum mandatory sentence for a felony conviction involving the possession, use, or attempted use of a firearm, and relative to the definition of “non-deadly” force.
  • HB 361 (2011): enabling counties to adopt semi-annual payment of county taxes by towns and cities. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

  • September 13, 2018: HB143, Veto Override — Nay
  • September 13, 2018: HB314, Veto Override — Yea
  • September 13, 2018: HB1736, Veto Override — Yea
  • September 13, 2018: SB365, Veto Override — Yea
  • September 13, 2018: SB446, Veto Override — Yea
  • July 25, 2018: Amend Rules Hoell — Nay
  • July 25, 2018: Amend Rule 26 — Nay
  • July 25, 2018: Adopt Rules — Yea
  • July 25, 2018: SSSB1, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: SB318, Adopt CofC — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: SB438, Adopt CofC — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: SB527, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: Print Remarks — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: SB564, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: HB317, Table — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB1415, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: HB1614, Adopt CofC — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB1817, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: HB1254, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1636, CofC — Nay
  • May 10, 2018: HB1636, Non Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1817, CofC — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB587, CofC — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB587, Reconsider — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1264, Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1565, Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1756, Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1807, Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1592, Concur — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB189, Interim Study — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB193, Reconsider — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB565, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB590, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB420, ITL — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB365, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB447, ITL — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB446, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB577, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB383, ITL — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB427, OTP — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB421, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB502, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB525, Interim Study — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 2, 2018: SB569, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB569, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB438, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB377, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 2, 2018: SB535, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB535, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB193, Table — Nay
  • May 2, 2018: SB193, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: Third Reading — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB391, OTPA — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB593, OTP — Nay
  • April 26, 2018: CACR22, Table — Nay
  • April 26, 2018: CACR22, ITL — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB555, ITL — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB451, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • April 26, 2018: SB318, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB540, OTPA — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB564, OTPA — Yea
  • April 19, 2018: SB316, OTP — Yea
  • April 19, 2018: SB499, ITL — Nay
  • April 19, 2018: SB576, ITL — Yea
  • April 19, 2018: SB553, OTPA — Nay
  • April 19, 2018: SB503, ITL — Yea
  • April 12, 2018: SB532, ITL — Yea
  • April 12, 2018: SB33, Remove from Table — Nay
  • April 12, 2018: SB500, OTPA — Yea
  • April 12, 2018: SB517, OTP — Nay
  • April 12, 2018: SB411, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 5, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 5, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • April 5, 2018: SB313, OTPA — Yea
  • April 5, 2018: SB55, ITL — Yea
  • April 5, 2018: SB451, Recommit — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1313, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB1313, OTP — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1632, ITL — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1678, ITL — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1240, ITL — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB156, Remove From Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 22, 2018: HB1728, Table — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1104, OTPA — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB579, Indefinitely Postpone — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB628, Table — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB628, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB628, OTP — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB628, Reconsider — Yea
  • March 22, 2018: HB1763, OTPA — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB656, Interim Study — Nay
  • March 21, 2018: HB1279, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 21, 2018: HB1295, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 21, 2018: HB1373, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 21, 2018: HB1485, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 21, 2018: HB1627, OTP — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1680, Table — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1721, ITL — Yea

And 1,645 earlier votes.

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