Former Senator Gary Francoeur (R - SD14)

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: Yea 235, Nay 231, Not Voting/Not Excused 1, Not Voting/Excused 1, No vote recorded 1
• Bills sponsored: 86, 17 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SR 2 (2002): a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance.
• SR 1 (2002): a resolution urging the passage of legislation regarding the rights of voters in Manchester and Nashua.
• SB 86-FN (2002): establishing a process for reviewing judges.
• SB 79 (2002): relative to plumber's licenses. (prime sponsor)
• SB 456-FN-A (2002): making appropriations to the department of health and human services.
• SB 436 (2002): allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions.
• SB 431 (2002): relative to political expenditure limitations.
• SB 418-FN (2002): relative to unemployment compensation.
• SB 415 (2002): relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce. (prime sponsor)
• SB 405 (2002): relative to special number plates for veterans.
• SB 324 (2002): urging a study of the operating efficiency of state government.
• SB 32 (2002): exempting dumbwaiters from the elevator law. (prime sponsor)
• SB 300 (2002): (2nd New Title) relative to the calculation of majority votes under official ballot voting procedures.
• SB 29 (2002): relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting.
• SB 141 (2002): relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration. (prime sponsor)
• SB 127 (2002): relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation. (prime sponsor)
• SB 120 (2002): relative to tip pooling for certain hourly employees. (prime sponsor)
• SB 105 (2002): relative to instream flow plan requirements. (prime sponsor)
• SB 104 (2002): relative to regional approaches to instream flow preservation. (prime sponsor)
• HB 560-FN-A (2002): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary.
• HB 289-FN (2002): implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
• HB 285-FN-LOCAL (2002): relative to the adoption of a state building code.
• HB 162-FN-LOCAL (2002): (New Title) ratifying the school board meetings and elections for Mascoma Valley Regional and Bartlett School Districts.
• HB 1461-FN (2002): (New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management.
• HB 1456-FN (2002): (New Title) relative to information on drivers' licenses and relative to motor vehicle records.
• HB 1449-A (2002): (New Title) establishing a pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River.
• HB 1423-FN (2002): relative to state or local government security issues under the right-to-know law and relative to threats of biological or chemical substances.
• HB 1417-FN-A (2002): eliminating the payment of the business enterprise tax on interest paid by business enterprises.
• HB 1416-FN (2002): relative to the extent of the authority of agencies to adopt administrative rules.
• HB 1342 (2002): relative to preparation of fiscal notes.
• HB 1148 (2002): (New Title) naming the state office complex on Hazen Drive in the city of Concord the Meldrim Thomson State Office Complex and naming New Hampshire route 25A from Wentworth to Orford the Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway.
• HB 1106 (2002): (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee.
• CACR 5 (2002): (New Title) relating to the rulemaking authority of the supreme court. Providing that supreme court may adopt rules that have the force and effect of law, and that the general court may regulate these matters by statute and may accept or reject any rule adopted by the supreme court, and that in the event of a conflict between a statute and a rule, the statute, if otherwise valid, shall supersede the rule.
• CACR 3 (2002): relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed.
• SB 96-FN (2001): repealing the requirements for resident and nonresident licenses to carry concealed weapons. (prime sponsor)
• SB 19 (2001): establishing a committee to study prevention of voter fraud.
• SB 130-FN (2001): extending the period in which an expired electrician's license may be renewed.
• SB 123 (2001): establishing a committee to study how information regarding private individuals is obtained, maintained, and employed by the division of children, youth and families.
• SB 119 (2001): relative to small group health insurance coverage. (prime sponsor)
• SB 118 (2001): (New Title) relative to individual health insurance coverage and extending the reporting date for the healthy kids subcommittee and clarifying the mission statement of the healthy kids corporation. (prime sponsor)
• SB 114 (2001): (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 754 (2001): relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply.
• HB 740 (2001): relative to decommissioning of nuclear electric generating facilities.
• HB 726-LOCAL (2001): (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts.
• HB 602-FN (2001): relative to the sale of fetal body parts.
• HB 570-FN (2001): (New Title) relative to the unemployment compensation law and creating a dedicated fund for the job training program for economic growth and making certain changes to the program.
• HB 450 (2001): (3rd New Title) relative to work product and relative to attorneys' fees under the right-to-know law.
• HB 390 (2001): (New Title) relative to the Live-Birth Infants Protection Act.
• HB 275 (2001): relative to the expenditure of funds received pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act.
• HB 256 (2001): limiting the liability of law enforcement agencies and their employees for injuries caused by dogs used in law enforcement work.
• 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.
• HB 204-FN (2001): relative to loan guarantees by the business finance authority.
• HB 201 (2001): (New Title) relative to voters presenting identification to obtain a ballot.
• HB 166 (2001): (New Title) requiring the gas utility restructuring oversight committee to study gas and hazardous substance pipeline safety.
• SR 14 (2000): relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program.
• SB 88-FN (2000): relative to penalties for third driving while intoxicated offenses. (prime sponsor)
• SB 84 (2000): relative to eligibility for welfare benefits. (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 467 (2000): relative to the exemption from regulation of certain elevating devices.
• 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.
• SB 368 (2000): relative to insurance fraud. (prime sponsor)
• SB 366-FN (2000): requiring an external financial audit of the university system of New Hampshire when the university system requests an appropriation that exceeds the prior appropriation by more than one percent.
• SB 365-LOCAL (2000): [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities.
• SB 317 (2000): allowing driver education correspondence courses to be accepted and approved by the department of safety.
• SB 153-FN-A (2000): (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs.
• HB 303-FN-A (2000): relative to the preservation of and access to legislative records and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1588 (2000): relative to the authority of the department of transportation regarding rail safety inspections.
• HB 1465 (2000): extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market.
• HB 1413 (2000): relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces.
• HB 1409 (2000): establishing a committee to study the feasibility of reestablishing the Lawrence, Massachusetts to Manchester, New Hampshire rail service line and the Concord to Lebanon Northern passenger rail service line.
• HB 113 (2000): affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling.
• HB 1116-FN (2000): prohibiting partial-birth abortions.
• HB 1106 (2000): making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority.
• SR 9 (1999): urging the President and Congress to extend the Older Americans Act for a 3-year period.
• 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.
• SR 5 (1999): urging Congress to authorize construction of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. to begin immediately.
• SB 65 (1999): establishing a study committee to review field activities conducted by the department of health and human services relative to children, youth and families.
• SB 55 (1999): relative to health insurance for persons who use tobacco products. (prime sponsor)
• SB 54-FN (1999): relative to partial birth abortion. (prime sponsor)
• SB 45-FN-A (1999): allowing a waiver of interest for the time period of an extension of the date of payment of the legacies and successions tax.
• SB 184-FN-A (1999): repealing the tax on nuclear station property. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 11 (1999): urging Congress and the Internal Revenue Service to modify tax laws to broaden the ability of taxpayers to make tax-deductible contributions to Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Funds.
• HB 544 (1999): relative to limitations on landowner liability.
• HB 398 (1999): relative to prayer in the public schools.
• HB 301 (1999): relative to burials and funerals at the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery.
• CACR 12 (1997): relating to returning annual legislative sessions to biennial legislative sessions.

Recent Votes

• October 22, 2009: CACR17, Order to 3rd Reading3/5 Necessary — Yea
• June 27, 2002: SB457, adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• June 27, 2002: SR2, Adoption of ought pass. Sen. Barnes/ Sen. Gordon — Yea
• June 27, 2002: SR1, Ought to pass Sen. Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• June 27, 2002: HB2002, Adoption of the suspension of the rules. Sen. Larsen/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• June 27, 2002: HCO1, Adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Francoeur/Sen Barnes — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB1, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB112, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB141, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB336, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB419, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• May 22, 2002: SB425, Not withstnading the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Yea
• 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 — Yea
• April 25, 2002: SB342, Moved to nonconcur Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 25, 2002: SB410, moved to concur Sen Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Adoption of amendment (3482s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) sections 1&3 Sen. Below/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) section 2 Sen. Fernald/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, adoption of floor amendment (3607s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Below — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen Barnes — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1437, Substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Below — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB284, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Cohen — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of amendment (3553s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen Boyce — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of floor amendment (3592s) Sen. Francoeur/ Sen. Boyce — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Ordering to third reading Sen Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HCR14, Ought to pass Sen Wheeler/Sen. Roberge — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1249, Adoption of amendment (3563s) Sen Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB589, Adoption of amendment (3574s) Sen. Barnes/Sen.Pignatelli — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB587, Adoption of floor amendment (3487s) Sen. Boyce/Sen. Fernald — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB557, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Prescott — Nay
• April 18, 2002: SEN RULE, Senate deadlines Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB226, Adoption of floor amendment (3628) Sen. Below/Sen. Cohen — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB226, Ordering to third reading Sen Barnes/Sen Gatsas — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB1190, Ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB757, Adoption of floor amendment (3495s) Sen. McCarley/Sen. Fernald — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB757, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of amendment (3485s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3468s) Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB744, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Prescott — Nay
• April 11, 2002: HB1437, Ought to Pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 11, 2002: HB1298, Adoption of the floor amendment (3422s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Hollingworth — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1148, Adoption of the floor amendment (3423s) Sen Barnes/Sen Roberge — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB757, Adoption of committee amendment (3401s) Sen. Pignatelli/Sen Cohen — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• April 10, 2002: HB587, Ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Gatsas — Yea
• 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 — Yea
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Calling the question Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• 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 — Nay
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Ordered to third reading Sen. Below/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• March 21, 2002: SB451, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Pignatelli/Sen. Wheeler — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB451, Ordered to third reading Sen. Prescott/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB453, substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB453, Adoption of floor amendment (3078) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• March 21, 2002: SB105, Taking off the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. Gordon — Yea
• March 14, 2002: SB440, Taking off the table Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Cohen — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB335, Subsitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB335, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB340, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen McCarley — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB343, Ought to pass Sen. Below/Sen. Gordon — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB402, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Hollingworth — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB427, Substitute motion interim study Sen. Barnes/Sen. Eaton — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB198, Interim Study Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB198, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• February 20, 2002: CACR33, Ordering to third reading Roll call is required — Yea
• February 20, 2002: CACR5, Ordering to third reading Roll call required — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB431, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen. Below — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. McCarley/Sen. Gordon — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2837s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2838s) Sen. Barnes/Sen Francoeur — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB87, Taking off the table Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB417, Ought to pass Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. Cohen — Nay

And 369 earlier votes.

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