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Former Representative James McConnell (R - Ches 12)

On record 2015 to 2018. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

  • Recorded roll call votes: Yea 452, Nay 357, Not Voting/Not Excused 1, Not Voting/Excused 1
  • Bills sponsored: 93, 31 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SB 503 (2018): relative to increasing the maximum amount of the optional veterans' tax credit.
  • SB 454 (2018): relative to ambient water quality standards and maximum contaminant levels for certain perflourinated chemicals.
  • SB 363 (2018): prohibiting political expenditures by foreign nationals.
  • SB 321 (2018): relative to group host net energy metering.
  • SB 136 (2018): eliminating the land use board and requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor and council.
  • HR 22 (2018): urging Congress to amend federal law on the issues of civil and criminal liability for providers and users of computer services carrying advertisements offering sex with sex trafficking victims. (prime sponsor)
  • HJR 5 (2018): that the New Hampshire house of representatives and senate reject hate, bigotry, and violence in all their forms. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 421-FN (2018): relative to revocation of retirement and other benefits for persons convicted of certain crimes while in public service.
  • HB 399 (2018): relative to pesticide use and notification in places where children play. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1799-FN (2018): relative to blood testing for individuals exposed to perfluorinated chemicals in private or public water supplies.
  • HB 1797-FN-A (2018): adding a 50 percent charge to all amounts assessed to persons liable for costs of containment, cleanup, and remediation of water, air and soil pollution. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1779-FN (2018): requiring monitoring of certain radioactive air pollutants.
  • HB 1771-FN-A (2018): relative to hiring a state toxicologist and making an appropriation therefor.
  • HB 1755-FN (2018): establishing an office of the inspector general.
  • HB 1751-FN (2018): relative to insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.
  • HB 1749-FN (2018): relative to the state's authority to prohibit or regulate firearms and relative to the selectmen's authority to manage town property.
  • HB 1745-FN-A (2018): making appropriations for costs involved in controlling invasive aquatic species. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1737-FN-LOCAL (2018): relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1735-FN-A (2018): relative to the use of funds in the drug forfeiture fund.
  • HB 1730-FN-A (2018): establishing a public safety enhancement revolving fund, establishing a grant program for body cameras worn by police, and creating prestige number vanity plates.
  • HB 1727-FN (2018): relative to monitoring perflourinated chemicals in public water supplies.
  • HB 1724-FN (2018): creating a credit facility for local investments.
  • HB 1714-FN (2018): relative to chemical analysis of fish in stocked waterways.
  • HB 1709-FN (2018): relative to physical force in defense of a person. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1701 (2018): making the Coakley Landfill Group subject to the provisions of RSA 91-A.
  • HB 1675 (2018): relative to state house Internet service and relative to calendars and journals of the house and senate.
  • HB 1672-FN (2018): prohibiting release of certain information relative to users of therapeutic cannabis to federal agencies.
  • HB 1646 (2018): requiring reports of dropped cell phone calls by carriers.
  • HB 1632 (2018): relative to the labeling of bottled water.
  • HB 1618 (2018): relative to ambient water quality standards and maximum contaminant levels for perfluorinated chemicals.
  • HB 1610 (2018): requiring sellers of real property to disclose certain information concerning environmental hazards. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1596 (2018): requiring a report on state government commitments and contingent liabilities. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1592-FN (2018): (Second New Title) requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to review ambient groundwater standards for arsenic.
  • HB 1591 (2018): relative to a private right of action for toxin exposure.
  • HB 1590 (2018): relative to standards for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water.
  • HB 1582 (2018): relative to the authority of the moderator to verify the device count.
  • HB 1561 (2018): relative to the use of recycled tire rubber at village, town, municipal, and school playgrounds.
  • HB 1557-FN (2018): requiring meetings and sessions of committees of the house of representatives to be recorded and made available on the Internet. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1520 (2018): relative to access to ballots and relative to verification counts of machine-counted ballots.
  • HB 1481 (2018): relative to intervention in administrative law cases and matters before the public utilities commission by members of the general court.
  • HB 1456 (2018): relative to state acceptance of the lowest reasonable bid contract and relative to the sale, lease, or transfer of state property.
  • HB 1446 (2018): relative to childhood cancer awareness month.
  • HB 1375 (2018): repealing the prohibition on inhaling toxic vapors for effect.
  • HB 1368 (2018): relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.
  • HB 1356 (2018): (Second New Title) relative to data sharing between the department of environmental services and the department of health and human services; making an appropriation to the department of business and economic affairs for relocation costs; and relative to the exemption for recreational vehicles from property taxation.
  • HB 1281 (2018): establishing an executive order registry. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 18 (2018): relating to recall elections. Providing that the general court may authorize recall elections.
  • SB 115 (2017): relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.
  • HR 7 (2017): calling on the United States Senate and House of Representatives to consider a constitutional amendment prohibiting campaign contributions unless the donor is eligible to vote in that federal election. (prime sponsor)
  • HCR 3 (2017): rescinding all applications by the New Hampshire legislature for a federal constitutional convention and urging other states to withdraw similar requests. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 591-FN (2017): relative to suction dredging in the surface waters of the state.
  • HB 504 (2017): relative to third party charges on utility bills.
  • HB 503-LOCAL (2017): relative to notice to property owners regarding changes in assessments of property values for tax purposes.
  • HB 493 (2017): relative to evaluating the public interest of gas pipeline capacity contracts. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 482 (2017): requiring social media companies to remove subscriber information at the subscriber's request. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 290 (2017): relative to rabies vaccination protocols for companion animals.
  • HB 238 (2017): establishing a committee to study broadband access to the Internet.
  • HB 179 (2017): relative to financing the construction of high pressure gas pipelines. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 162 (2017): relative to the criteria for the issuance of certificates for the siting of high pressure gas pipelines. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 4 (2017): relating to the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general shall be elected every 2 years.
  • SB 350 (2016): establishing a moratorium on federal land acquisition pending a study by the department of resources and economic development.
  • SB 324 (2016): (New Title) eliminating the land use board and requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor and executive council.
  • HR 16 (2016): calling on the United States Senate and House of Representatives to consider a constitutional amendment prohibiting campaign contributions unless the donor is eligible to vote in that election. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 430 (2016): (New Title) relative to allowing towns and cities to adopt a property tax credit which extends the current veterans’ property tax credit to all honorably discharged veterans.
  • HB 1674-FN (2016): requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods.
  • HB 1660-FN-LOCAL (2016): (Second New Title) relative to appraisals of residential property, a residential owner option in a partial taking, and relocation, temporary housing, and legal expenses in eminent domain proceedings for gas pipelines; relative to intervention by the site evaluation committee in such proceedings; and relative to expenditures from the energy efficiency fund.
  • HB 1621-FN-LOCAL (2016): relative to sanctuary cities.
  • HB 1555-FN (2016): relative to the manner in which New Hampshire takes possession of land. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1543-FN (2016): relative to prosecutorial misconduct.
  • HB 1539-FN (2016): relative to procedures for resolving ties in legislative races.
  • HB 1533 (2016): relative to noise level limitations for permanent machinery. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1472 (2016): relative to the siting of certain new pipelines and storage vessels. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1442-FN (2016): relative to objections to proposed agency rules under the administrative procedure act.
  • HB 1439-LOCAL (2016): requiring regional planning commissions to file an annual report. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1412-FN (2016): relative to duties of the public utilities commission.
  • HB 1367 (2016): relative to the public utility commission's authority to implement measures to increase the reliability, cost effectiveness, efficiency, or resiliency of the electrical grid.
  • HB 1291 (2016): eliminating the land use board, establishing an advisory board, and requiring approval of federal land acquisitions by the governor, executive council, and general court.
  • HB 1261 (2016): relative to multiple indictments in criminal prosecutions.
  • HB 1254-FN-LOCAL (2016): providing an exemption from the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for certain manufacturing businesses. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1252 (2016): permitting employers to pay wages to employees weekly or biweekly.
  • HB 1244-LOCAL (2016): relative to municipal cemeteries.
  • HB 1183 (2016): relative to election result recounts. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1181 (2016): relative to designating an alternate cemetery trustee. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1149 (2016): requiring a royalty on the price of natural gas conveyed by pipeline intended for use in a foreign country. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1148 (2016): (New Title) establishing a committee to review potential statutory revisions to constrain possible stranded costs associated with pipeline capacity contracts. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1147 (2016): (Second New Title) requiring a report on federal landholdings within the state and relative to the membership of the New Hampshire geographic information system committee. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1146 (2016): relative to certificates of site and facility. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1140 (2016): relative to financial responsibility for gas transmission pipelines.
  • HB 1135 (2016): relative to physical force in defense of a person.
  • HB 1134 (2016): relative to open access to broadband infrastructure.
  • HB 1101 (2016): prohibiting charges to New Hampshire residents for the construction of high pressure gas pipelines.
  • HB 248 (2015): directing the university system of New Hampshire to conduct a study of the effects of prolonged human consumption of and exposure to methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). (prime sponsor)
  • HB 244-LOCAL (2015): relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

  • September 13, 2018: HB143, Veto Override — Yea
  • 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 — Yea
  • July 25, 2018: Amend Rule 26 — Yea
  • July 25, 2018: Adopt Rules — Nay
  • July 25, 2018: SSSB1, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: SB318, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • 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 — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB317, Table — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB1415, Adopt CofC — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB1614, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 23, 2018: HB1817, Adopt CofC — Nay
  • May 23, 2018: HB1254, Adopt CofC — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1636, CofC — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1636, Non Concur — Nay
  • May 10, 2018: HB1817, CofC — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • May 10, 2018: HB1807, Concur — Yea
  • May 10, 2018: HB1592, Concur — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB189, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB193, Reconsider — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB565, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB590, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB420, ITL — Nay
  • May 3, 2018: SB365, OTPA — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB447, ITL — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB446, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • May 3, 2018: SB577, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB383, ITL — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB427, OTP — Nay
  • May 2, 2018: SB421, OTPA — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB502, Interim Study — Yea
  • May 2, 2018: SB525, Interim Study — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • April 26, 2018: SB451, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB318, Adopt Amendment — Nay
  • April 26, 2018: SB540, OTPA — Yea
  • April 26, 2018: SB564, OTPA — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • April 5, 2018: SB313, Adopt Amendment — Yea
  • April 5, 2018: SB313, OTPA — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB1678, ITL — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB1240, ITL — Nay
  • March 22, 2018: HB156, Remove From Table — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Nay
  • March 21, 2018: HB1295, OTPA — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1373, OTPA — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1485, ITL — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1627, OTP — Yea
  • March 21, 2018: HB1680, Table — Nay
  • March 21, 2018: HB1721, ITL — Yea

And 711 earlier votes.

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