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Former Senator Jim Luther (R - SD12)

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 188, Nay 52, Not Voting/Excused 2
  • Bills sponsored: 91, 10 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • SJR 1 (2012): requesting the governor to enter into an anti-ethanol compact with other northeastern states.
  • SB 48 (2012): (New Title) relative to state regulation of telephone service providers and clarifying the authority of the public utilities commission to regulate pole attachments.
  • 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 396 (2012): declaring the Temple Mountain ski area a historic site.
  • SB 390-FN (2012): establishing a special number plate to benefit the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation.
  • SB 384-FN (2012): relative to eligibility for child care assistance for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree.
  • SB 374 (2012): naming marine patrol headquarters in honor of David Barrett.
  • 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.
  • SB 372-FN-LOCAL (2012): (New Title) establishing an education tax credit.
  • SB 371 (2012): (New Title) allowing a lien for labor and materials for professional design services. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 364 (2012): relative to tenant guest practices.
  • SB 358-FN (2012): (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces.
  • SB 350-FN (2012): relative to the sale of portable electronics insurance.
  • SB 344 (2012): allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern.
  • SB 341 (2012): authorizing electronic payment of payroll.
  • SB 338-FN (2012): (2nd New Title) relative to military discipline by the national guard and relative to qualifications of national guard judge advocate staff.
  • SB 336 (2012): (New Title) relative to medical payments coverage.
  • SB 325 (2012): relative to periodic payments of judgments. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 320-FN (2012): (New Title) directing the department of safety to subscribe to a scrap metal theft alert system.
  • SB 317 (2012): relative to towable devices permitted to be towed by a motorboat. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 316 (2012): relative to compliance with school accountability requirements. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 307-FN (2012): relative to the refund of tax overpayment related to a fraudulent investment scheme.
  • SB 305-FN-A (2012): relative to disposition of boat fee revenue.
  • SB 304 (2012): relative to the waiver of state fees associated with historic preservation.
  • 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 287 (2012): relative to confidential prescription data.
  • SB 286 (2012): relative to a controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
  • SB 285 (2012): (New Title) authorizing suspension or revocation of a driver’s license for serious boating offenses and relative to loss of motorboat privileges for aggravated driving while intoxicated.
  • SB 284 (2012): (New Title) establishing a certified public health dental hygienist in New Hampshire.
  • SB 283 (2012): relative to disposition of nursing home patient accounts.
  • SB 276-FN (2012): (2nd New Title) establishing the vandalizing or defacing of state or municipal property as criminal mischief.
  • SB 274 (2012): removing the phrase "mentally defective" from the aggravated felonious sexual assault statute.
  • SB 271-FN (2012): establishing a criminal offense for failure to report a missing or deceased child.
  • SB 270 (2012): relative to civil commitment of persons found incompetent to stand trial.
  • SB 262 (2012): requiring disclosure of minutes of meetings after the approval of the minutes. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 257 (2012): relative to unemployment compensation.
  • SB 256 (2012): relative to public utilities commission contracts with consultants.
  • SB 246-FN (2012): relative to the calculation of employer assessments for excess retirement system benefits.
  • SB 245 (2012): relative to health care sharing organizations.
  • SB 233-LOCAL (2012): relative to special elections of the charter commission.
  • SB 232 (2012): relative to the date for the state primary election.
  • SB 230-FN (2012): relative to the calculation of average final compensation for certain retirement system members.
  • SB 227-FN (2012): relative to the status of members of the board of tax and land appeals.
  • SB 218-FN (2012): relative to electric renewable portfolio standards.
  • SB 217-FN (2012): relative to management of Cannon mountain by the department of resources and economic development.
  • SB 216 (2012): (New Title) relative to notification of revocation of conditional discharge by the department of health and human services.
  • SB 212-FN (2012): relative to pooled risk management programs.
  • SB 205 (2012): revising the New Hampshire business corporations act, RSA 293-A. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 203-FN-A (2012): (New Title) relative to limited liability companies and relative to meetings of a certain legislative study commission by open blogging.
  • SB 181-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to distribution of funds for education.
  • SB 168-FN (2012): conforming the interest and dividends tax to federal tax definitions. (prime sponsor)
  • 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 150-FN (2012): authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies.
  • SB 142-FN (2012): relative to reorganizing the permitting process within the department of environmental services.
  • HB 595 (2012): amending the compulsory school attendance statutes to permit parent-directed instruction programs and repealing the home education statutes.
  • HB 242-FN-A (2012): (New Title) relative to the net operating loss carryover under the business profits tax.
  • HB 1725-FN (2012): prohibiting health care practitioner self-referrals for medical devices.
  • HB 1659-FN (2012): relative to the women's right to know act regarding abortion information.
  • HB 1534-FN (2012): repealing the self-funding of the department of labor.
  • HB 1488 (2012): relative to the alternative budget procedure in a school administrative unit.
  • HB 1477 (2012): (New Title) relative to the definition of spent material.
  • HB 1446 (2012): relative to the meat inspection program.
  • HB 1437 (2012): relative to display of certain historical items in the state house.
  • HB 1261 (2012): relative to recovery of delinquent condominium fees.
  • HB 1163 (2012): relative to the withholding union dues from wages.
  • 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 90 (2011): (New Title) directing the legislative oversight committee to study the consolidation of school administrative units.
  • 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. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 76-FN (2011): relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws.
  • SB 3-FN-A-LOCAL (2011): (2nd New Title) making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system.
  • SB 195 (2011): naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek.
  • SB 183-FN-LOCAL (2011): amending the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants, repealing fiscal capacity disparity aid, and providing stabilization grants to certain municipalities.
  • SB 170 (2011): relative to the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association.
  • 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 151-FN (2011): relative to contracts of the department of health and human services.
  • SB 147-FN (2011): relative to Medicaid managed care.
  • SB 126-FN (2011): relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. (prime sponsor)
  • 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 121 (2011): relative to the application of the worker adjustment and retraining notification act. (prime sponsor)
  • SB 1-FN-LOCAL (2011): eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements.
  • HB 450 (2011): relative to the regulatory authority of the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.
  • HB 341 (2011): relative to local spending caps.
  • HB 331-FN (2011): relative to posting agency expenditures on the state transparency website.

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 — Not Voting/Excused
  • May 23, 2012: SB356, Non-concur Request Committee of Conference — Not Voting/Excused
  • 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 — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: HB1704, Senator Merrill Floor Amendment 2331s — Nay
  • May 16, 2012: HB1704, Ought to Pass with Amendment — Yea
  • May 9, 2012: HB1480, Committee Amendment 1947s — Yea
  • May 9, 2012: HB1560, Laid on Table — Yea
  • May 9, 2012: HCR41, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Yea
  • April 25, 2012: HB242, Ought to Pass — Yea
  • April 25, 2012: HB228, Laid on Table — Yea
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Nay
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Yea
  • 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 — Yea

And 142 earlier votes.

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