Former Senator James Forsythe (R - SD4)

On record 2011 to 2012. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Yea 174, Nay 68
• Bills sponsored: 86, 10 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 84-FN (2012): relative to state regulation of the septic system installation process.
• SB 409-FN (2012): relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. (prime sponsor)
• SB 408 (2012): relative to a school district's policy informing parents of bullying incidents. (prime sponsor)
• SB 406 (2012): (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices.
• SB 405-FN (2012): establishing the workforce investment tax credit.
• SB 401 (2012): (New Title) relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools and relative to adjustments to adequate education grants. (prime sponsor)
• SB 394-LOCAL (2012): (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. (prime sponsor)
• SB 393 (2012): relative to the definition of "meeting" under the right-to-know law.
• SB 388 (2012): (2nd New Title) relative to the use of land along Silver Lake that is below the public trust boundary. (prime sponsor)
• SB 383-FN-LOCAL (2012): revising the distribution of school building aid grants.
• SB 374 (2012): naming marine patrol headquarters in honor of David Barrett. (prime sponsor)
• SB 373-LOCAL (2012): (New Title) authorizing the retention of funds by a school district and relative to regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district. (prime sponsor)
• SB 372-FN-LOCAL (2012): (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. (prime sponsor)
• SB 358-FN (2012): (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces.
• SB 351 (2012): (New Title) relative to proclaiming Blue Star Mother’s Day and changing eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces.
• SB 344 (2012): allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern.
• SB 339 (2012): establishing Loon Appreciation Day.
• SB 337-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to property held for water supply or flood control.
• SB 322-LOCAL (2012): relative to the holding of gold and silver by municipalities. (prime sponsor)
• SB 305-FN-A (2012): relative to disposition of boat fee revenue.
• SB 302 (2012): (New Title) relative to the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor fallen members of the armed forces and relative to certain maintenance at the rotary in the town of Epsom.
• SB 297 (2012): relative to the apprentice hunting license.
• SB 294-FN (2012): relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state.
• SB 293-FN (2012): relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax.
• SB 292-FN (2012): relative to property taxation of certain manufactured housing.
• SB 266-FN (2012): prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. (prime sponsor)
• SB 242 (2012): establishing a commission to study the administration of the Belknap county department of corrections.
• SB 229-FN (2012): (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system.
• SB 217-FN (2012): relative to management of Cannon mountain by the department of resources and economic development.
• SB 213-FN (2012): relative to the authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties.
• SB 181-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to distribution of funds for education.
• SB 167-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax.
• SB 155-FN-A (2012): relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax.
• SB 150-FN (2012): authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies.
• SB 132-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): establishing exemptions from the real estate transfer tax.
• HCR 37 (2012): (New Title) urging the New Hampshire delegation to support any legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve.
• HCR 26 (2012): declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.
• HB 646-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
• HB 595 (2012): amending the compulsory school attendance statutes to permit parent-directed instruction programs and repealing the home education statutes.
• HB 536-FN (2012): relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license.
• HB 352 (2012): relative to merger of lots or parcels.
• HB 1677-FN (2012): relative to choice as to whether to join a labor union and eliminating the duty of a public employee labor organization to represent employees who elect not to join or to pay dues or fees to the employee organization.
• HB 1650-FN (2012): relative to commerce in food in New Hampshire.
• HB 1607-FN-LOCAL (2012): (New Title) establishing an education tax credit.
• HB 1555 (2012): relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department.
• HB 1523-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime.
• HB 1495-FN (2012): (New Title) establishing a Purple Heart Trail along U. S. Route 3.
• HB 1461 (2012): requiring school officials to notify parents of a class or event involving an outside speaker and allowing parents to opt for their child not to participate in the class or event.
• HB 1440 (2012): relative to driver education.
• HB 1382 (2012): including parents in the approval process for alternative learning plans and requiring a truant officer to obtain a warrant or permission of a parent prior to returning a child to school.
• HB 1338 (2012): relative to failure to renew a professional or occupational license.
• HB 1303 (2012): amending certain requirements to obtain a local vendor license.
• HB 1297 (2012): (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges.
• HB 1282-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to workforce housing and the definition of community.
• HB 1265 (2012): relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions.
• HB 1232-FN (2012): relative to prerecorded political messages.
• HB 1225 (2012): permitting a charter school to incur long-term debt.
• CACR 33 (2012): relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially.
• SR 10 (2011): honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes.
• SB 92 (2011): (New Title) establishing an economic strategic commission to review the relationship between business and government.
• SB 88 (2011): (3rd New Title) relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and relative to eliminating minimum sentencing and adding civil immunity for certain firearm use.
• SB 86 (2011): requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine.
• SB 82-FN (2011): (2nd New Title) extending the state board of education’s authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district.
• SB 78-FN-A-LOCAL (2011): relative to motor vehicle registration fees.
• SB 76-FN (2011): relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws.
• SB 52-FN (2011): excluding persons convicted of violent crimes and sexually violent persons from mandatory early release on probation or parole.
• SB 3-FN-A-LOCAL (2011): (2nd New Title) making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system.
• SB 2 (2011): (New Title) relative to adoption of tax caps by cities, towns, and other political subdivisions.
• SB 195 (2011): naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek.
• SB 192 (2011): establishing a commission to identify strategies needed for delivering a 21st century education.
• SB 16 (2011): (New Title) relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot.
• SB 156-FN-LOCAL (2011): authorizing retail vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles for vehicle registrations and title applications.
• SB 154-FN (2011): (New Title) reforming and renaming the comprehensive shoreland protection act and repealing New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions.
• SB 151-FN (2011): relative to contracts of the department of health and human services.
• SB 148-FN (2011): (3rd New Title) relative to health insurance coverage.
• SB 147-FN (2011): relative to Medicaid managed care.
• SB 146-FN (2011): relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process.
• SB 126-FN (2011): relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax.
• 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 1-FN-LOCAL (2011): eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements.
• 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 519-FN (2011): repealing New Hampshire's regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions.
• HB 474-FN (2011): (3rd New Title) relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union.
• HB 442-FN (2011): relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
• HB 340-FN (2011): promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system.
• HB 295 (2011): relative to the use of long-term antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease.

Recent Votes

• June 27, 2012: RULE, Suspension of Senate Rules — Yea
• June 27, 2012: HB1354, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• June 27, 2012: HB1354, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB409, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB406, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB372, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB356, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB326, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB318, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB175, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB289, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: HB1549, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Nay
• June 27, 2012: HB1679, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• June 27, 2012: SB350, Motion to Concur — Yea
• June 27, 2012: HB1607, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Nay
• June 6, 2012: CACR12, Committee of Conference Report 2465 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: CACR13, Committee of Conference Report 2450 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB1670, Committee of Conference Report 2452 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB145, Committee of Conference Report 2390 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB146, Committee of Conference Report 2434 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB351, Committee of Conference Report 2416 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB1383, Committee of Conference Report 2483 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: HB1490, Committee of Conference Report 2375 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: CACR6, Committee of Conference Report 2458 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: SB218, Committee of Conference Report 2392 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: SB289, Committee of Conference Report 2466 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: SB318, Committee of Conference Report 2409 — Yea
• June 6, 2012: SB406, Committee of Conference Report 2462 — Yea
• May 23, 2012: SB372, Concur — Yea
• May 23, 2012: SB356, Non-concur Request Committee of Conference — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB1403, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB1571, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB351, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HCR40, Ought to Pass — Yea
• May 16, 2012: CACR26, Ought to Pass with Amendment. — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB1607, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: CACR13, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB217, Senator Houde Floor Amendment 2287s — Nay
• May 16, 2012: HB217, Senator Forsythe Floor Amendment 2310s — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB217, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB518, Ought to Pass — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB1418, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 16, 2012: HB1483, Senator D'Allesandro Floor Amendment 2234s — Nay
• May 16, 2012: HB1704, Senator Barnes Floor Amendment 2329s — Nay
• May 16, 2012: HB1704, Senator Merrill Floor Amendment 2331s — Nay
• May 16, 2012: HB1704, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Nay
• May 9, 2012: HB1480, Committee Amendment 1947s — Yea
• May 9, 2012: HB1560, Laid on Table — Nay
• May 9, 2012: HCR41, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• May 9, 2012: HCR2, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• May 9, 2012: HB1555, Suspend Rule 3-7 to Allow Non-Germane Amendment — Nay
• May 2, 2012: HB1383, Laid on Table — Nay
• May 2, 2012: HB1383, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB1607, Ought to Pass — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB351, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB1487, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• May 2, 2012: HB1490, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB1483, Laid on Table — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB1652, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB536, Committee Amendment 1891s — Yea
• May 2, 2012: HB536, Laid on Table — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB420, Sen. Houde Floor Amendment 1697s — Nay
• April 25, 2012: HB420, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB1574, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB1587, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB1254, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB1546, Interim Study — Nay
• April 25, 2012: HB242, Ought to Pass — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB228, Laid on Table — Nay
• April 25, 2012: HB1659, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• April 25, 2012: HB1660, Interim Study — Nay
• April 25, 2012: HB1679, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 25, 2012: HB1208, Ought to Pass — Yea
• April 18, 2012: HB1440, Refer to Interim Study — Nay
• April 18, 2012: HB1138, Ought to Pass — Yea
• April 18, 2012: HB1165, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 18, 2012: HB1221, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• April 11, 2012: HB1670, Sen. Prescott Floor Amendment 1576s — Nay
• April 11, 2012: HB1670, Sen. Larsen Floor Amendment 1577s — Nay
• April 11, 2012: HB581, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB205, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB258, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: CACR33, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB311, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB406, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB372, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB212, Sen. White Floor Amendment 1467s — Yea
• March 28, 2012: SB409, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 28, 2012: HB592, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill become law? — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB203, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB335, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• March 21, 2012: SB372, Laid on Table — Nay
• March 21, 2012: SB372, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB335, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB295, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB384, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• March 21, 2012: HB309, Interim Study — Nay
• March 21, 2012: SB318, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB403, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• March 21, 2012: SB405, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay

And 142 earlier votes.

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