Former Representative James Splaine (D - Rock 16)

On record 1999 to 2010. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Nay 750, Yea 912, Not Voting/Not Excused 47, Not Voting/Excused 37
• Bills sponsored: 131, 64 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 379 (2010): proclaiming September 5 as Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day.
• HB 341 (2010): relative to the date selected for the presidential primary election. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1533 (2010): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the statute governing annulment of criminal records. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1477 (2010): (New Title) relative to checklist information and relative to challenges of voters.
• HB 1476 (2010): relative to periodic verification of the checklist.
• HB 1415 (2010): relative to the donation of official records of state governors and members of Congress to the state of New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1414 (2010): relative to teacher evaluations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1367-FN (2010): (New Title) relative to political advertising and campaign expenditures and contributions by business organizations and labor unions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 135 (2010): relative to remedies for violation of the state right-to-know law.
• HB 1238 (2010): relative to student membership on the university system of New Hampshire board of trustees.
• HB 1212 (2010): relative to municipal charter statutes. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 8 (2009): urging the President and Secretary of Defense to withdraw all New Hampshire national guard troops from Iraq in the absence of a valid and subsisting Congressional mandate for such service, and withholding the consent of the governor and New Hampshire state legislature from any further deployment of the New Hampshire national guard to Iraq in the absence of such mandate.
• HCR 2 (2009): (New Title) endorsing the National Health Care Act.
• HB 520 (2009): establishing a commission to study the death penalty in New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 436-FN-LOCAL (2009): relative to civil marriage and civil unions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 417 (2009): relative to electoral college electors.
• HB 292 (2009): (New Title) relative to financial disclosures, lobbyist registrations and statements, prohibited gifts, and executive branch volunteers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 119 (2009): establishing a commission to consider the feasibility of adopting the Atlantic Daylight Savings Plan.
• CACR 9 (2009): relating to term of office. Providing that beginning with the 2012 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor.
• HR 26 (2008): expressing regret that New Hampshire's United States Senators voted to deny the District of Columbia the right to be represented in the Congress.
• HB 818 (2008): establishing a committee to study reestablishing the port authority as an independent agency.
• HB 794-FN (2008): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of public funding of state election campaigns. (prime sponsor)
• HB 296 (2008): prohibiting the use of flatbed trailers with outrigger wheels in parades.
• HB 271 (2008): making political and commercial advertising placed illegally on public property subject to state litter laws. (prime sponsor)
• HB 241 (2008): relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1565-FN-LOCAL (2008): relative to notice of video or audio surveillance in a business or public building. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1430 (2008): relative to the application of animal cruelty laws to horse and dog race tracks.
• HB 1399-FN (2008): relative to the limit for political contributions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1398-FN (2008): requiring that certain political contributions be made in cash. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1397-FN (2008): relative to retention of political expenditure receipts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1320 (2008): establishing a commission to promote the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1306 (2008): relative to the removal of commercial signs placed on public property. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1273 (2008): establishing a commission to study "clean elections" funding. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1272 (2008): relative to "meetings" under the right-to-know law. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1271 (2008): relative to 2008 contribution reports by candidates. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1270 (2008): (New Title) relative to limiting certain future interests in real property.
• HB 1183 (2008): relative to meeting with legal counsel under the right-to-know law. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1170-FN (2008): requiring that certain contributions be reported to the secretary of state before they may be used by a candidate. (prime sponsor)
• SB 215-FN-A (2007): (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations.
• SB 187 (2007): relative to motor vehicles operated in parades.
• SB 162 (2007): establishing a commission to oversee and negotiate issues relative to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
• HR 10 (2007): opposing President George W. Bush's Iraq policy and urging the President and Congress to take actions relative to veterans' benefits and the war in Iraq. (prime sponsor)
• HCR 5 (2007): endorsing the National Health Insurance Act.
• HB 99 (2007): relative to the youth employment law.
• HB 923 (2007): prohibiting dog racing in New Hampshire and establishing a committee to make recommendations for mitigating the impacts of prohibiting dog racing.
• HB 828-FN (2007): (2nd New Title) relative to corrupt practices as defined in RSA 640 and state reporting requirements for gifts, honorariums, and expenses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 748 (2007): requiring disclosure of gifts and campaign contributions by lobbyists and political committees, and requiring lobbyist statements to include certain information. (prime sponsor)
• HB 641-FN (2007): relative to automatic credentialing for health care providers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 634-FN-A (2007): establishing a dropout prevention number plate.
• HB 607-FN (2007): relative to the death penalty. (prime sponsor)
• HB 541 (2007): relative to polling places for wards.
• HB 437-FN-LOCAL (2007): (New Title) permitting same gender couples to enter civil unions and have the same rights, responsibilities, and obligations as married couples. (prime sponsor)
• HB 429 (2007): relative to nominations by multiple parties.
• HB 366-FN (2007): relative to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
• HB 326 (2007): relative to disclosure of the basis for disciplinary proceedings among members of the board of medicine.
• HB 324 (2007): (New Title) relative to the use of artificial trans fats and saturated fats in food prepared and served in public schools.
• HB 272 (2007): (2nd New Title) relative to presidential primary elections and relative to election affidavits. (prime sponsor)
• HB 223-FN (2007): requiring the general court to hold sessions in the evening or on Saturday.
• HB 157 (2007): establishing a committee to determine a permanent location for the old state house.
• HB 106 (2007): relative to leave of absences to serve as a legislator.
• HB 1647-FN (2006): relative to lowering the legal drinking age for members of the armed forces. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1481 (2006): establishing a moratorium period for lobbying by certain state officers.
• HB 1422-FN (2006): relative to the death penalty. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1421-FN (2006): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1337 (2006): (New Title) establishing the amusement ride safety advisory board. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1312 (2006): clarifying the definition of gift as it applies to elected officials.
• HB 1311-FN-A (2006): (New Title) relative to the electronic filing of reports and applications with the secretary of state.
• HB 1304-FN (2006): relative to the scope of registration of lobbyists and statements of lobbying activities.
• HB 1240-FN (2006): establishing the position of state ethics officer. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1148-FN-A (2006): making an appropriation to the Seacoast Shipyard Association. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1131 (2006): increasing the payment in lieu of taxes paid to the city of Portsmouth by the Pease development authority.
• HB 1125 (2006): relative to the filing period for candidates in the presidential primary. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1118 (2006): requiring paper ballots at all elections.
• CACR 38 (2006): relating to funding for education. Providing that revenue from lotteries and games of chance may only be used for educational purposes.
• CACR 31 (2006): relating to the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general be elected for the same term as the governor.
• HB 63 (2005): establishing a committee to study the feasibility of requiring that liquor brought into the state of New Hampshire be brought in through the port of Portsmouth.
• HB 401-FN-A (2005): making an appropriation to the Seacoast Shipyard Association. (prime sponsor)
• HB 283 (2005): relative to the commission to examine all aspects of same sex civil marriage and its legal equivalents.
• HB 147 (2005): relative to the death penalty.
• CACR 20 (2005): relating to election of the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general shall be elected by the house of representatives and the senate.
• SB 513 (2004): relative to the death penalty.
• HB 775 (2004): establishing a New Hampshire presidential primary advisory commission. (prime sponsor)
• HB 695-FN (2004): making placement of political advertising on public property subject to state litter laws. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 10 (2004): relating to gender neutral language in the constitution. Providing that all references to persons in part 2 of the constitution shall be gender neutral.
• HB 624-FN-A (2003): relative to appropriations to and revenues from the division of ports and harbors.
• HB 417 (2003): encouraging all state departments to improve efficiencies with the goal of a 25 percent budget reduction, adjusted for inflation, by 2007, and establishing a state government reorganization task force. (prime sponsor)
• HB 318 (2003): relative to trespassing on certain rail lines. (prime sponsor)
• SB 431 (2002): relative to political expenditure limitations.
• SB 31 (2002): eliminating straight ticket voting.
• HB 622 (2002): relative to the time period for the executive council to confirm nominees to the supreme court. (prime sponsor)
• HB 544-FN (2002): relative to reporting by candidates of independent expenditures. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1385 (2002): relative to trespassing on certain rail lines.
• CACR 35 (2002): (New Title) relating to property taxation for education funding. Providing that if the state imposes a real property tax to fund public education, the state shall not collect, nor shall it require a political subdivision to collect or remit, such tax in excess of the amount contributed by the state to support the cost of adequate public education for pupils in such political subdivision.
• HB 732 (2001): relative to the regulation of land use by the Pease development authority. (prime sponsor)
• HB 721-FN (2001): relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
• HB 715-FN (2001): relative to the New Hampshire port authority.
• HB 714-FN (2001): requiring the disclosure by a governor or councilor of certain gifts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 705 (2001): exempting certain disclosures by town officers from confidentiality requirements. (prime sponsor)
• HB 704 (2001): relative to the applicability of the right-to-know law to certain governmental committees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 621 (2001): relative to the form of prescriptions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 529 (2001): relative to advertisements for sweepstakes and gambling. (prime sponsor)
• HB 528 (2001): relative to rental vehicle insurance disclosure. (prime sponsor)
• HB 527 (2001): relative to limitations on membership of local land use boards. (prime sponsor)
• HB 502 (2001): establishing a state government reorganization task force. (prime sponsor)
• HB 464 (2001): encouraging all state departments to improve efficiencies with the goal of a 25 percent budget reduction, adjusted for inflation, by 2005. (prime sponsor)
• HB 354-FN-A-LOCAL (2001): extending the kindergarten construction program.
• HB 176-FN-LOCAL (2001): relative to the port in the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• HB 172-FN-A (2001): to construct a noise barrier along a portion of I-95 and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 171-FN (2001): abolishing the death penalty. (prime sponsor)
• SB 447-FN (2000): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures.
• SB 185 (2000): [New Title] relative to the partition of real or personal property.
• HB 662-FN (2000): relative to the duties of the liquor commission.
• HB 427 (2000): relative to the laws requiring a prescription to possess hypodermic needles and modifying the drug paraphernalia laws applying to syringes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 422 (2000): relative to advertising by rent-to-own businesses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1608-FN-LOCAL (2000): relative to minors and smoking.
• HB 1548-FN (2000): abolishing the death penalty. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1526-FN (2000): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures.
• HB 1420-FN-LOCAL (2000): relative to the port in the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• HB 1378 (2000): establishing a task force to conduct an ongoing study of the feasibility of re-establishing passenger rail service on the Eastern Line from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Kittery, Maine.
• HB 1365 (2000): relative to spending disclosures in political advertising. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1358 (2000): prohibiting smoking in restaurants.
• HB 90 (1999): removing the prohibition on adoption and foster parenting by homosexual persons.
• HB 68 (1999): adding the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Civil Rights Day.
• HB 547-LOCAL (1999): changing the state primary election day to the first Saturday after Labor Day.
• HB 444 (1999): relative to establishing a study committee to review reestablishing passenger rail service on the Eastern Line between Newburyport, Massachusetts and Kittery, Maine.
• HB 425 (1999): relative to the placement of public utility wires. (prime sponsor)
• HB 424 (1999): relative to fire protection and warning devices. (prime sponsor)
• HB 423 (1999): relative to advertisements for sweepstakes and gambling. (prime sponsor)
• HB 399 (1999): (New Title) allowing the secretary of state to have flexibility in moving the date of New Hampshire's presidential primary and changing the filing period for declarations of candidacy for candidates for president and vice-president at the presidential primary. (prime sponsor)
• CACR 21 (1999): (New Title) relating to gender neutral language in the constitution. Providing that all references to persons in the constitution shall be gender neutral.
• HCR 25 (1994): in support of the free transfer of the former Pease Air Force Base. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

• June 9, 2010: ADJOURN (REP KAPPLER) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2390H (REP EMERSON) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2392H (REP BELVIN) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2408H (REP KURK) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2377H (REP KURK) — Yea
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2376H (REP KURK) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2393H (REP COFFEY) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2389H (REP W.SMITH) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2386H (REP BALDASARO) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, FLAM 2406 (REP LEISHMAN) — Yea
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, OTP/AM 2388H, 2372H, 2373H, 2404H, 2392H — Yea
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, RECONSIDERATION (REP EATON) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSHB1, SS HB1 THIRD READING (REP P.GARRITY) — Yea
• June 9, 2010: SSHB2, LAY ON TABLE (REP CAMPBELL) — Nay
• June 9, 2010: SSSB1, LAY ON TABLE (REP HESS) — Nay
• June 2, 2010: SB503, C OF C REPORT #2159 HOUSE AM + NEW AM — Yea
• June 2, 2010: HR26, FLAM 2108H (REP ALMY) — Yea
• June 2, 2010: HR26, OTP/AM 2108H — Yea
• June 2, 2010: RULES SUSPENSION TO ALLOW LATE DRAFING, INTRO & CONSID (W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
• June 2, 2010: OUGHT NOT TO PASS — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 2, 2010: LAY ON TABLE (REP EATON) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 2, 2010: HB1393, C OF C REPORT #2259 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Yea
• June 2, 2010: HB1461, C OF C REPORT #2196 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Yea
• June 2, 2010: HB1459, C OF C REPORT #2356 SENATE AM + NEW AM — Nay
• May 19, 2010: HB276, (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
• May 19, 2010: HB629, NON-CONCUR REQ C OF C (REP ALMY) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1490, NON-CONCUR REQ C OF C (REP ALMY) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1490, PI OF REP W.D.SCAMMAN & CHAIR'S REPLY IN PERM JOUR (VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, SHALL RULE OF CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, SPECIAL ORDER TO 3:00 PM (REP PACKARD) — Nay
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, LAY ON TABLE (HESS) — Nay
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00 PM (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, MOVE PREVIOUS QUESTION (REP CAMPBELL) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, SHALL RULE OF CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, NON-CON UNLESS SEN ACCEDES TO C OF C ON SB 450 BY 3PM (M.SMITH) — Yea
• May 19, 2010: HB1128, LAY ON TABLE PENDING MTN OF RECONSIDERATION (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
• May 13, 2010: SB353, OTP — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB354, OTP — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB480, FLAM 2052H (REP W.O'BRIEN) — Nay
• May 13, 2010: SB497, FLAM 1961H (NT) (REP SAPARETO) — Nay
• May 13, 2010: SB497, OTP/AM 1842H (NT) — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB455, MAJ AM 1808H (NT) — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB455, FLAM 1982H (NT) (REP CHANDLER) — Nay
• May 13, 2010: SB455, OTP/AM 1808H (NT) — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB503, OTP/AM 1824H — Yea
• May 13, 2010: SB495, OTP/AM 1817H (NT) — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB344, ITL — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB396, OTP/AM 1852H — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB450, DIVIDE SEC 62-66 OF MAJ AM 1953H(NT) & SEC 88-89 (REP HESS) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, MAJ AM 1953H (NT) — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1954H (REP WENDELBOE) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1990H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1998H (REP BETTENCOURT) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2003H (REP PACKARD) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2004H (REP HESS) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2007H (REP HUNT) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2029H(NT) (REP HESS) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2027H (REP CHANDLER) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1959H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 2001 (REP W.D.SCAMMAN) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1956H (REP WENDELBOE) — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB450, FLAM 1960H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, MINORITY AM 1963H (REP KURK) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: SB450, OTP/AM 1953H(NT) AND 1956H — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB450, RECONSIDERATION (REP M.SMITH) — Nay
• May 12, 2010: MOTION TO TAKE UP BILLS W/OUT DEBATE BEFORE BILLS W/DEBATE — Yea
• May 12, 2010: SB382, OTP/AM 1937H — Yea
• May 5, 2010: HB1518, CONCUR (REP ALMY) — Yea
• May 5, 2010: SB334, ITL — Yea
• May 5, 2010: SB464, OTP/AM 1483H — Yea
• May 5, 2010: SB383, MAJ AM 1491H (NT) — Yea
• May 5, 2010: SB505, OTP — Yea
• May 5, 2010: SB465, FLAM 1838H (NT) (REP BELVIN) — Nay
• April 28, 2010: SB515, OTP — Yea
• April 28, 2010: SB330, OTP — Yea
• April 28, 2010: SB406, RFS — Nay
• April 28, 2010: SB477, OTP — Nay
• April 28, 2010: HB630, CONCUR (REP WALZ/ALMY) — Yea
• April 28, 2010: HB1314, NON-CONCUR REQUEST C OF C (REP BOUCHARD) — Yea
• April 21, 2010: SB489, ITL — Yea
• April 21, 2010: SB490, ITL — Nay
• April 21, 2010: SB492, ITL — Yea
• April 21, 2010: SB492, INDEFINITELY POSTPONE (REP WALZ) — Yea
• April 21, 2010: SB500, OTP/AM 1245H — Yea
• April 14, 2010: SB343, ITL — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB630, OTP — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB1471, OTP — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB1428, OTP — Nay
• March 24, 2010: HB1428, ITL (REP DIFRUSCIA) — Nay
• March 24, 2010: HB1428, RECONSIDERATION (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB1664, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP EATON) — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB1672, ITL — Yea
• March 24, 2010: HB1693, ITL — Nay
• March 18, 2010: HB1297, ITL — Nay
• March 18, 2010: HB1335, OTP/AM 0662H(NT) AND 0992H — Yea
• March 18, 2010: HB1554, LAY ON TABLE (REP KAPPLER) — Nay
• March 18, 2010: HB1554, OTP/AM 0951H — Yea
• March 18, 2010: HB1510, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2010: HB1475, ITL — Nay
• March 18, 2010: HB1433, ITL — Yea

And 1,646 earlier votes.

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