Former Senator John King (D - SD18)

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: Nay 66, No vote recorded 7, Yea 125, Not Voting/Excused 1
• Bills sponsored: 110, 20 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SR 14 (2000): relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program.
• SCR 6 (2000): urging the President and Congress to address the challenge of high prescription medication prices.
• SCR 5 (2000): urging the New England states and New York to consider cooperative strategies to address the challenge of the high cost of prescription medicines.
• SCR 3 (2000): rescinding the 1979 call for a federal constitutional convention.
• SCR 2 (2000): urging the President and Congress to strengthen the finances of Social Security.
• SB 89-LOCAL (2000): relative to library trustees.
• SB 85-FN (2000): including the judiciary as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act.
• SB 79 (2000): requiring vendors who operate electronic customer service terminals to disclose to customers if they place floor holds on or charge other fees to the bank accounts of customers using ATM cards at such terminals. (prime sponsor)
• SB 76-LOCAL (2000): ( New Title ) establishing a pilot program allowing certain economically depressed municipalities to offer tax exemptions to foster public accommodation and industrial construction.
• SB 72 (2000): exempting certain portions of Seabrook Beach Village District and certain portions of Hampton Beach from certain provisions of the excavating, filling, and construction permit laws.
• SB 472 (2000): relative to final authorization of electric rate reduction financing and commission action.
• SB 466 (2000): relative to lot rent increases at manufactured housing parks.
• SB 461 (2000): establishing a committee to study the creation of a flag to honor all police departments in the state. (prime sponsor)
• SB 458-FN (2000): increasing the salary of the executive secretary of the retirement system and changing the title to executive director. (prime sponsor)
• SB 456 (2000): relative to testing newborns for deafness.
• SB 452 (2000): increasing to $25 per game date the amount operators of bingo games may be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.
• SB 451 (2000): relative to site size standards for new school building construction.
• SB 448 (2000): ( New Title ) establishing a guardian ad litem board.
• SB 439-FN (2000): (New Title) relative to motor vehicle offenses resulting in serious bodily injury and relative to driver record information.
• SB 438-FN (2000): relative to habitual simple assault.
• SB 431 (2000): relative to certain secondary vocational education programs.
• SB 390-FN (2000): relative to vested deferred retirement benefits for group II members. (prime sponsor)
• SB 389-FN (2000): (2nd New Title) relative to medical benefits for group II members of the retirement system. (prime sponsor)
• SB 383 (2000): (New Title) requiring the department of health and human services and insurers to make prompt payments.
• SB 382 (2000): relative to appeals of release or detention orders
• SB 367 (2000): establishing a prescription drug access study committee.
• SB 362 (2000): relative to the length of buses and single unit vehicles.
• SB 351 (2000): making certain changes in the laws relative to fraternal benefit societies and health service corporations.
• SB 314 (2000): establishing a committee to study the feasibility of driver education programs by correspondence schools. (prime sponsor)
• SB 311 (2000): relative to the recovery of public assistance. (prime sponsor)
• SB 229-FN-LOCAL (2000): relative to the supervision of juvenile delinquents on probation and parole and the operation and organization of the youth development center. (prime sponsor)
• SB 228-FN (2000): relative to spousal benefits upon the death of certain retired group II members of the New Hampshire retirement system. (prime sponsor)
• SB 225-FN (2000): relative to a pharmaceutical program for low income individuals.
• SB 203-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): authorizing electronic games of chance at racetracks.
• SB 186-FN (2000): (2nd New Title) relative to additional cost of living adjustments and increased minimum allowances for certain retired group II members, and relative to requiring spousal acknowledgement of a member's election of an optional retirement allowance. (prime sponsor)
• SB 176-FN-A (2000): (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study certain assistive technology services provided statewide.
• SB 116 (2000): eliminating straight ticket voting. (prime sponsor)
• HB 466 (2000): establishing a commission to study education options in school districts not maintaining a high school.
• HB 448 (2000): relative to the board of dental examiners and the regulation of dentists and dental hygienists.
• HB 282-FN-A (2000): relative to bomb dogs and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1606-FN (2000): establishing the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment.
• HB 1465 (2000): extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market.
• HB 1399-FN (2000): relative to the amount payable by the retirement system on account of qualified group II retirees of a political subdivision employer.
• HB 1294-LOCAL (2000): relative to regional planning commissions.
• HB 1206 (2000): extending the reporting date of the committee studying alcohol and drug abuse prevention.
• HB 1114-FN (2000): relative to creditable service in the retirement system for teachers in a job-sharing position.
• CACR 32 (2000): relating to the size of the general court. Providing that provisions mandating the size of the general court shall be removed from the constitution and shall be established by statute.
• CACR 20 (2000): relating to the election of governor and senators. Providing that beginning with the 2002 general election, and every 4 years thereafter, the governor and senators shall be elected.
• SR 9 (1999): urging the President and Congress to extend the Older Americans Act for a 3-year period.
• SR 8 (1999): declaring that any deficit in the education trust fund be financed with new sources of revenue and not through reductions to appropriations in the state operating budget.
• SR 7 (1999): declaring that any deficit in the education trust fund be financed with new sources of revenue and not through reductions to appropriations in the state operating budget.
• 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.
• SR 4 (1999): calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of the average per pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• SR 3 (1999): urging the Federal Communications Commission to act favorably and promptly on the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's petition for relief concerning telephone area code conservation measures.
• SR 2 (1999): urging the President of the United States and Congress to prohibit federal recoupment of state tobacco settlement recoveries.
• SB 82 (1999): relative to the termination of employees. (prime sponsor)
• SB 80 (1999): adding the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Civil Rights Day.
• SB 47-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to restoring certain leave time for a conservation officer injured while on duty on August 19, 1997.
• SB 39 (1999): eliminating the voting column for vice-president on the presidential primary ballot.
• SB 23 (1999): urging the President and Congress to extend the Older Americans Act for a 3-year period.
• SB 215 (1999): transferring certain responsibilities for shellfish harvesting and regulation.
• SB 211-FN-A (1999): reestablishing certain credits against the business profits tax.
• SB 193-FN (1999): relative to holiday pay for certain state employees. (prime sponsor)
• SB 182-FN (1999): relative to eligibility for ordinary death benefits under the New Hampshire retirement system. (prime sponsor)
• SB 180 (1999): establishing a committee to study the improvement of employment opportunities offered by the state of New Hampshire for persons with disabilities.
• SB 173-FN (1999): relative to optional allowances for beneficiaries of New Hampshire retirement system members. (prime sponsor)
• SB 169-FN-A (1999): establishing a commission to study the department of health and human services and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 164 (1999): relative to persons exempted from the registration of ophthalmic dispensers.
• SB 161-LOCAL (1999): (New Title) relative to amending the contributory pension system for employees of the city of Manchester and authorizing the town of Salem pension plan.
• SB 158-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to definitions and penalties for indecent exposure and inclusion in certain sexual offender registry classifications. (prime sponsor)
• SB 150 (1999): making certain reference changes to the department of youth development services. (prime sponsor)
• SB 141 (1999): relative to information not subject to the right-to-know law.
• SB 125 (1999): (New Title) placing restrictions on name changes for certain felons.
• SB 122 (1999): allowing certain prisoners to earn good conduct credits reducing such person's minimum sentence. (prime sponsor)
• SB 119 (1999): relative to the withdrawal of a pupil from school. (prime sponsor)
• SB 113 (1999): establishing a division of travel and tourism development within the department of resources and economic development.
• SB 107 (1999): (new title) relative to fees for examination of domestic societies and foreign societies. (prime sponsor)
• HB 691-FN (1999): relative to persons receiving split benefit accidental disability retirement benefit allowances.
• HB 675-FN (1999): extending the applicability of postsecondary educational assistance for New Hampshire national guard members and requiring an annual reporting from state-supported postsecondary institutions.
• HB 669-FN (1999): relative to the determination of current comparable compensation for persons with gainful earnings who receive disability retirement benefits.
• HB 66-FN (1999): relative to disability retirement benefits for retirement system members permanently incapacitated for duty.
• HB 645-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to telecommunications equipment assistance and the enhanced 911 system.
• HB 634-FN (1999): eliminating the requirement that retirement system disability recipients notify the board of trustees of unreduced social security disability benefits.
• HB 620-FN (1999): relative to election of vested deferred retirement status for inactive members of the retirement system.
• HB 603 (1999): relative to the performance audit and oversight committee.
• HB 597-FN-A (1999): making an appropriation to install certain safety equipment in residential care facilities.
• HB 566 (1999): relative to the supervision of the driver education program.
• HB 525-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to special number plates for certain veterans.
• HB 516 (1999): exempting the New Hampshire retirement system from rulemaking for procedures concerning the retirement fund investment objectives and guidelines.
• HB 491 (1999): (New Title) relative to qualifying examinations for individuals seeking driver's licenses, and driver education course requirements.
• HB 474-FN (1999): relative to the annual audit of New Hampshire retirement system funds.
• HB 432 (1999): requiring persons under 18 who complete a driver's education course to also do practice driving with a parent or guardian.
• HB 345-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to harassment via the computer.
• HB 325 (1999): prohibiting "cramming" in telecommunications billing.
• HB 268-LOCAL (1999): (New Title) relative to the adoption and rescission of the official ballot form of meeting.
• HB 262-LOCAL (1999): relative to emergency expenditures and overexpenditures by school boards.
• HB 261-LOCAL (1999): relative to the official ballot option.
• CACR 17 (1999): (New Title) relating to the state's responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education. Providing that the general court shall have the exclusive authority to determine the content, extent, and funding of a public education and that the state may fulfill its responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education by exercising its power to levy assessments, rates, and taxes, or by delegating this power, in whole or part, to a political subdivision, provided that upon delegation, such assessments, rates, and taxes are proportional and reasonable throughout the state or the political subdivision in which they are imposed.
• SCR 22 (1996): memorializing S. Christa McAuliffe.
• SCR 21 (1996): urging the President of the United States and Congress to establish an independent commission to advise Congress on campaign finance reform legislation.
• HCR 28 (1996): amending the joint rules of the general court for the 1996 session.
• SR 4 (1995): urging the President of the United States to permit a visit by the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
• SJR 3-FN-A (1995): (New Title) urging that the general court evaluate certain programs to ensure that the state budget remains balanced and to ensure that necessary services are provided without a broad-based tax.
• HJR 5 (1995): urging the Base Closure and Realignment Commission to remove the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from the Base Closure List and proclaiming June 3, 1995, as Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Day.
• HCR 6 (1995): encouraging the establishment of an action plan for balanced competition in the federal system.
• HCR 4 (1995): relative to the Republic of China on Taiwan.
• HCR 26 (1994): rescinding the 1979 call for a federal constitutional convention.
• HCR 20 (1994): providing that long-term care services in New Hampshire be based on a philosophy that is family-centered, supports and empowers the individual, is community-based, and prioritizes the least restrictive alternatives.
• HB 112-FN (1993): extending public assistance granted to needy and dependent children to otherwise eligible parents or needy caretaker relatives and changing a reference from human services to children and youth services.

Recent Votes

• October 22, 2009: CACR17, Order to 3rd Reading3/5 Necessary — Nay
• July 12, 2000: SB153, Notwithstanding the Governor's veto shall the bill pass — Nay
• July 12, 2000: SB468, Notwithstanding the governor's veto shall the bill pass — Nay
• July 12, 2000: HB235, Notwithstanding the governor's veto shall the bill pass — Nay
• July 12, 2000: HB542, Notwithstanding the governor's veto shall the bill pass — Nay
• July 12, 2000: HB648, Notwithstanding the governor's veto shall the bill pass — No vote recorded
• July 12, 2000: HB1343, Notwithstanding the governor's veto shall the bill pass — No vote recorded
• July 12, 2000: HB1343, upholding the ruling of the chair — Yea
• May 31, 2000: SB472, Committee of Conference Report Fraser/Cohen — Yea
• May 31, 2000: HB628, Committee Of Conference Report Roberge/Fraser — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB1510, Inexpedient to Legislate Brown/Francoeur — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB1548, Ought to Pass Francoeur/Pignatelli — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB1240, Floor Amendment (4517) F. King/Francoeur — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB1531, Interim Study Trombly/Gordon — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB542, Floor Amendment (4596) Gordon/Pignatelli — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB542, Floor Amendment (4584) Gordon/Fernald — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB542, Floor Amendment (4594) Trombly/Klemm — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB542, Floor Amendment ( 4571) Gordon/Pignatelli — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB542, Ordered to third reading Trombly/McCarley — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB1525, Ought to pass Squires/F. King — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB1414, Floor Amendment (4583) Gordon/Francoeur — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB1241, Ought to pass Francoeur/Squires — Nay
• May 18, 2000: HB1342, Ordered to third reading Krueger/Brown — No vote recorded
• May 18, 2000: SB401, Concurrence Gordon/Francoeur — Yea
• May 18, 2000: SB419, Committee of Conference Francoeur/Trombly — Yea
• May 18, 2000: HB1525, Ought to Pass Roberge/Larsen — Yea
• May 3, 2000: SB472, Committee Amendment (4333) Fraser/McCarley — Yea
• May 3, 2000: SB466, Interim study Hollingworth/Disnard — Nay
• April 27, 2000: HB1253, Ought to pass Larsen/Krueger — Yea
• April 27, 2000: HB1621, Ought to pass Francoeur/Squires — Yea
• April 20, 2000: HB1410, Laid on the table Pignatelli/F. King — Yea
• April 20, 2000: HCR24, Ordered to third reading Wheeler/Trombly — Yea
• April 20, 2000: SB459, Ought to pass Fraser/Russman — Yea
• April 20, 2000: SB329, Floor Amendment (4200) Francoeur/Fernald — Nay
• April 13, 2000: HJR25, Ought to pass Francoeur/Krueger — Yea
• April 13, 2000: SB459, Ordered to third reading Francoeur/Fraser — Yea
• April 13, 2000: HB522, Ordered to third reading Francoeur/Krueger — Nay
• April 6, 2000: HB542, Floor Amendment (4033) Francoeur/Pignatelli — Yea
• April 6, 2000: HB542, Laid on the Table F. King/Gordon — Nay
• April 6, 2000: SB401, Ordered to third reading Wheeler/Larson — Yea
• April 6, 2000: SB132, Floor Amendment (3936) Francoeur/Johnson — Yea
• March 30, 2000: SB379, Ought to pass Wheeler/Trombly — Yea
• March 30, 2000: SB399, Ordered to third reading Trombly/Wheeler — Yea
• March 30, 2000: HB542, Laid on the table Francoeur/Trombly — Yea
• March 30, 2000: HB542, Ought to pass Gordon/Roberge — Nay
• March 30, 2000: HB542, Special order Trombly/Gordon — Yea
• March 23, 2000: SB307, Committee Amendment (3804) Wheeler/Cohen — Nay
• March 23, 2000: SB307, Ordered to third reading Wheeler/Cohen — Nay
• March 23, 2000: SB373, Committee Amendment (3841) Disnard/Wheeler — Yea
• March 23, 2000: SB322, Ought to pass Trombly/Wheeler — Yea
• March 23, 2000: SB323, Committee Amendment (3843) Wheeler/Gordon — Yea
• March 23, 2000: SB405, Committee Amendment (3895) Roberge/Disnard — Nay
• March 23, 2000: SR14, Adoption of the resolution Trombly/Larsen — Yea
• March 16, 2000: SB409, Ordered to third reading Francoeur/ Brown — Yea
• March 16, 2000: SB361, Ought to Pass F. King/Francoeur — Nay
• March 16, 2000: SB447, Ordered to third reading Trombly/Pignatelli — Yea
• March 16, 2000: SB419, Floor Amendment (3811) Francoeur/Fraser — Nay
• March 16, 2000: SB419, Ordered to third reading Pignatelli/Francoeur — Yea
• March 16, 2000: SB427, Inexpedient to legislate Trombly/Francoeur — Yea
• March 16, 2000: HB235, Substitute Motion ought to pass Gordon/Roberge — Nay
• March 16, 2000: HB235, Floor Amendment (3818) Francoeur/Gordon — Nay
• March 16, 2000: SB132, Taken off the table Francoeur/Fernald — Yea
• March 16, 2000: SB430, Laid on the table Gordon/F. King — Nay
• March 16, 2000: SB430, Inexpedient to legislate F. King/Trombly — Nay
• March 9, 2000: SB365, Committee Amendment (3618) Roberge/Francoeur — Yea
• March 9, 2000: CACR38, Ordered to third reading — Yea
• March 9, 2000: SB337, Amendment Adopted (3643) Roberge/Trombly — Nay
• February 10, 2000: CACR23, Floor Amendment (3411) Trombly/Brown — Nay
• February 10, 2000: CACR23, Final Passage — Nay
• February 3, 2000: HB690, Ought To Pass Francoeur/McCarley — Nay
• February 3, 2000: SB219, Ordered to Third Reading Francoeur/Brown — Yea
• February 3, 2000: SB219, Inexpedient to Legislate Trombly/McCarley — Nay
• February 3, 2000: SB219, Laid on the Table Russman/Trombly — Yea
• February 3, 2000: CACR20, Ordered to third reading — Yea
• February 3, 2000: SB44, Ordered to third reading Francoeur/Wheeler — Nay
• February 3, 2000: SB44, Inexpedient to legislate Wheeler/Fernald — Yea
• February 3, 2000: HB542, Laid on the table Francoeur/Pignatelli — Yea
• February 3, 2000: SB203, Laid on the table Francoeur/Trombly — Yea
• February 3, 2000: CACR20, Final Passage — Yea
• January 13, 2000: HB366, Ought to Pass Francoeur/Trombly — Yea
• January 13, 2000: HB366, Inexpedient to Legislate Trombly/Francoeur — Nay
• January 13, 2000: SB144, Inexpedient to Legislate Disnard/Trombly — Yea
• November 3, 1999: HB625, Re-Refer Disnard/Francouer — Nay
• November 3, 1999: HB704, Re-referGordon/Pignatelli — Nay
• November 3, 1999: HB704, Order to Third ReadingWheeler/Pignatelli — Yea
• November 3, 1999: HB999, Order to Third ReadingFrancoeur/Larsen — Yea
• November 3, 1999: HB625, Committee of Conference report — Nay
• November 3, 1999: HB109, Rerefer back to Committee — Not Voting/Excused
• October 22, 1999: HB109, Floor Amendment (2163)F. King/Klemm — Yea
• October 22, 1999: HB109, Floor Amendment (2166)Pignatelli/Cohen — Nay
• October 22, 1999: CACR16, Order to 3rd Reading3/5 Necessary — Nay
• October 22, 1999: CACR16, Final Passage3/5 Necessary — Nay
• October 22, 1999: CACR16, Final Passage3/5 Necessary — Nay
• October 22, 1999: CACR17, Final Passage3/5 Necessary — Nay
• October 19, 1999: HCR10, Ought to Pass Trombly/D'Allesandro — Yea
• October 19, 1999: HB743, Ought to PassKlemm/F King — Nay
• July 1, 1999: HB661, Ought to PassBrown/Krueger — Nay
• June 29, 1999: HB341, Committee Amendment (1772)Francoeur/Roberge — Yea
• June 29, 1999: HB341, Order to 3rd ReadingF. King/Francoeur — Yea
• June 29, 1999: HB633, Rerefer to CommitteeFrancoeur/Trombly — Nay

And 99 earlier votes.

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