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Former Representative John L. Balcom (R - Hills 18)

On record 2001 to 2016. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

Recorded roll call votes: Yea 512, Nay 191, Not Voting/Not Excused 16, Not Voting/Excused 138
Bills sponsored: 26, 4 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

SB 453-FN (2016): relative to comprehensive criminal background checks for individuals in registered and licensed child day care agencies, child care institutions, and child care agencies.
SB 370 (2016): establishing a committee to study real time threat notification systems to link schools with law enforcement when schools are under direct threat.
SB 369-FN (2016): (Second New Title) requiring public schools to include drug and alcohol education as part of their health education curriculum.
SB 304 (2016): prohibiting corporate advertising and marketing on school property.
HB 512 (2016): prohibiting confiscation of firearms, ammunition, or firearms accessories during a state of emergency.
HB 1652-FN-A (2016): establishing a teacher preparation for mathematics education scholarship program.
HB 1651 (2016): (New Title) relative to the duties of the commission to review child abuse fatalities.
HB 1644-FN (2016): (New Title) relative to screening and intervention for dyslexia and related disorders, establishing a reading specialist position in the department of education, and making a technical correction. (prime sponsor)
HB 1629-FN (2016): relative to disqualifying members of certain groups from receiving public assistance.
HB 1604-FN-A-LOCAL (2016): (Second New Title) relative to instructional methods to enable students to acquire and apply requisite knowledge and skills.
HB 1457 (2016): establishing a code of professional ethics for New Hampshire teachers.
HB 1442-FN (2016): relative to objections to proposed agency rules under the administrative procedure act.
HB 1408-FN (2016): relative to a school building inventory.
HB 1371 (2016): establishing a committee to study education savings accounts for families of special needs students.
HB 1240 (2016): relative to alternatives to the statewide assessment.
HB 1239 (2016): relative to certain terminology in the education statutes.
HB 1145 (2016): establishing a committee to study suspensions and expulsions in licensed preschools and in kindergarten through grade 3.
HB 1121 (2016): relative to the academic areas that comprise the statewide assessment.
HB 461 (2015): prohibiting the use or application of foreign laws in the state court.
HB 296 (2015): relative to a named insured of a life insurance policy. (prime sponsor)
HB 1168 (2004): establishing a committee to study the effects of the current business tax structure on New Hampshire's economy. (prime sponsor)
HB 1167 (2004): requiring any driver to have headlights on when continuously operating windshield wipers during inclement weather. (prime sponsor)
HB 773 (2003): establishing a committee to study a tuition tax credit program.
HB 1283 (2002): establishing a committee to study state and local regulation of helicopter landings.
HB 1186-FN (2002): relative to penalties for flag desecration.
HB 149 (2001): naming the rest area at exit 6 on the F.E. Everett Turnpike the "Indian Head Rest Area."

Recent Votes

June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Yea
June 16, 2016: Limit Debate — Nay
June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Nay
June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Nay
June 16, 2016: HB1000, OTP — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB512, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB533, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB582, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB1208, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB1266, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: HB1637, Veto Override — Yea
June 16, 2016: Amend Journal — Yea
June 16, 2016: Print Remarks — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB4, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB320, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB324, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB391, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB441, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB485, Reconsider — Yea
June 1, 2016: SB523, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
June 1, 2016: HB1703, OTP — Yea
June 1, 2016: Rules Suspension — Nay
June 1, 2016: HB427, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
June 1, 2016: HB605, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: HB1193, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: HB1590, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
June 1, 2016: HB1637, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
June 1, 2016: HB1656, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
May 19, 2016: HB1590, Reconsider — Yea
May 19, 2016: HB1661, CofC — Yea
May 19, 2016: SCR3, Remove from Table — Yea
May 19, 2016: SCR3, OTP — Nay
May 19, 2016: SCR4, Remove from Table — Yea
May 19, 2016: HB636, Non Concur — Yea
May 19, 2016: HB1298, Concur — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB506, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB537, OTP — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB532, Adopt Amendment — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB336, ITL — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB336, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB498, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB4, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: CACR27, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB466, Adopt Amendment — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB533, Adopt Amendment — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB534, OTP — Yea
May 11, 2016: SB426, OTPA — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB324, Table — Nay
May 11, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Nay
April 20, 2016: SB515, OTPA — Nay
April 20, 2016: SB500, OTP — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Nay
April 20, 2016: SB533, OTPA — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB368, OTP — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB521, OTPA — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB492, Table — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB510, OTP — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB509, Adopt Amendment — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB509, OTPA — Yea
April 20, 2016: SB481, Table — Nay
April 20, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Yea
April 6, 2016: SB320, Adopt Amendment — Nay
April 6, 2016: SB330, OTP — Yea
April 6, 2016: SB441, OTP — Yea
March 23, 2016: Print Remarks — Nay
March 23, 2016: HB280, ITL — Nay
March 23, 2016: HB602, ITL — Nay
March 23, 2016: HB602, OTPA — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1120, ITL — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1274, ITL — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1300, OTPA — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1338, OTP — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1365, ITL — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1393, ITL — Nay
March 23, 2016: HB1135, ITL — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1153, Table — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1153, OTP — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1610, Table — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1414, ITL — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1143, Table — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1661, Table — Yea
March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
March 23, 2016: HB1661, OTPA — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1301, OTPA — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1322, OTPA — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1346, ITL — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1480, ITL — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1112, Table — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1180, ITL — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1500, ITL — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1349, ITL — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB2016, Adopt Amendment — Yea
March 10, 2016: HB1104, ITL — Nay
March 10, 2016: HB1140, ITL — Yea

And 757 earlier votes.

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