Former Representative Laurence Rappaport (R - Coos 1)

On record 2009 to 2016. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Not Voting/Excused 145, Not Voting/Not Excused 19, Nay 711, Yea 927
• Bills sponsored: 100, 20 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 521-FN (2016): (New Title) relative to an OHRV registration fee for persons who are members of an OHRV club, and requiring a report on registration alternatives for OHRV users who do not use organized trail systems.
• SB 385-FN-LOCAL (2016): requiring a full-time circuit court judge in Coos County.
• SB 317 (2016): creating a special fund in the department of environmental services to be used for education of property owners on issues affecting waterways.
• HB 636-FN (2016): (Third New Title) relative to forfeiture of property; relative to the sale of premixed synthetic urine; establishing a grant program for high schools for heroin and opiate prevention education; and clarifying who may petition to adopt.
• HB 499 (2016): (New Title) permitting New Hampshire farmers to sell farm-raised bison directly to the public.
• HB 475 (2016): prohibiting the state from engaging in acts of civil forfeiture.
• HB 380 (2016): relative to investigations of child day care agencies.
• HB 240 (2016): prohibiting law enforcement agencies from using a drone to collect evidence.
• HB 1524-FN-A (2016): repealing fish and game department authority to establish fees by administrative rulemaking.
• HB 1374 (2016): relative to rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund.
• HB 1254-FN-LOCAL (2016): providing an exemption from the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax for certain manufacturing businesses.
• HB 1190 (2016): relative to a grant of land to Dartmouth College.
• HB 1170 (2016): relative to special permits for OHRV operation in Jericho Mountain State Park.
• SB 60 (2015): establishing a commission to investigate implementation of decoupling for New Hampshire utilities.
• HB 599 (2015): relative to the economic revitalization zone tax credit program.
• HB 572-FN-LOCAL (2015): (2nd New Title) relative to the siting of high pressure gas pipelines.
• HB 544 (2015): allowing the general court to deny a utility the use of the power of eminent domain. (prime sponsor)
• HB 525 (2015): relative to appropriations in the county budget.
• HB 459 (2015): establishing a committee to study medical services provided to residents of the New Hampshire veterans' home.
• HB 456 (2015): relative to appointment of a veterans' ombudsman by the governor.
• HB 431 (2015): relative to the placement of all new elective electric transmission lines in New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 416-LOCAL (2015): relative to compensation for members of the Coos county convention.
• HB 391-FN (2015): applying the E911 surcharge to prepaid cellular telephones.
• HB 267-FN (2015): requiring employers to verify an employee's eligibility to work in the United States.
• HB 244-LOCAL (2015): relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water.
• HB 227 (2015): relative to eminent domain on public lands.
• HB 200 (2015): (New Title) allowing homestead food operations exempt from licensure to sell homestead food products at retail food stores.
• HB 153 (2015): relative to the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. (prime sponsor)
• HB 107 (2015): relative to the retention of municipal trust fund bank statements. (prime sponsor)
• SB 281-FN (2014): relative to the siting of wind turbines.
• HB 586 (2014): establishing a one-year moratorium on applications for certificates for electric transmission facilities.
• HB 580 (2014): establishing moratoriums on wind turbine plants and electric transmission line projects.
• HB 569 (2014): relative to the placement of all new electric transmission lines in New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 568 (2014): requiring new electric transmission lines in New Hampshire to be buried. (prime sponsor)
• HB 532 (2014): (3rd New Title) relative to energy efficiency and clean energy districts.
• HB 484-FN-LOCAL (2014): requiring public approval prior to issuance of certain site evaluation certificates.
• HB 449 (2014): relative to the application process for a certificate for an energy facility.
• HB 249-FN (2014): requiring employers to verify an employee's eligibility to work in the United States.
• HB 1602 (2014): (New Title) relative to the divestiture of PSNH assets and relative to the siting of wind turbines.
• HB 1590-LOCAL (2014): (New Title) relative to the valuation of the Granite Reliable Power project in Coos county.
• HB 1557-FN (2014): relative to the cost of maintaining certain railroad crossings. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1552 (2014): establishing a commission to study cyber security for critical state infrastructure.
• HB 1482-FN (2014): relative to licensure of individuals as private investigators, bail enforcement agents, and security guards, and requiring a skills training course for applicants for such licensure. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1456 (2014): relative to the issuance of certificate for energy facilities by the site evaluation committee.
• HB 1455-LOCAL (2014): relative to the authority of municipalities to enter into agreements for payments in lieu of taxes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1416 (2014): (New Title) establishing an economic development plan and process for the division of economic development
• HB 1415-FN (2014): (New Title) establishing a robotics education fund in the department of education, relative to liquor manufacturers and rectifiers and samples of alcoholic beverages, and establishing a commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales at manufacturing facilities.
• HB 1385 (2014): relative to changes and additions to energy facilities.
• HB 1382 (2014): defining "farm stand." (prime sponsor)
• HB 1376 (2014): (3rd New Title) establishing a committee to study the safe delivery of oil and gas, including natural gas and propane, throughout the state of New Hampshire and making a technical correction in the oil pipeline facility spill response plan.
• HB 1361 (2014): prohibiting law enforcement agencies from using a drone to collect evidence.
• HB 1265 (2014): relative to coordinating and funding broadband infrastructure information by the enhanced 911 system.
• HB 1245 (2014): relative to municipal lease agreements for certain equipment.
• HB 1224-FN (2014): (New Title) relative to pipeline operation safety.
• SB 99 (2013): (2nd New Title) requiring a study of the site evaluation committee and process, and developing regulatory criteria for the siting of energy facilities.
• SB 191-FN-A (2013): (New Title) establishing a state energy strategy.
• HB 570-FN (2013): relative to school building aid grant eligibility for the White Mountain Regional school district.
• HB 368 (2013): relative to the telecommunications planning and development initiative. (prime sponsor)
• HB 306 (2013): (New Title) relative to New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative. (prime sponsor)
• HB 259-FN (2013): relative to special licenses for taking lobster while engaged in recreational scuba diving.
• HB 199 (2013): relative to expenditures from the fish and game search and rescue fund.
• HB 146 (2013): increasing the speed limit on a portion of I-93 to 70 miles per hour.
• HB 111 (2013): (New Title) relative to the acquisition of property rights at Akers Pond dam in the town of Errol by the fish and game department and the acquisition of property rights at Northwood Lake dam in the town of Epsom and Hermit Lake dam in the town of Sanbornton by the department of environmental services.
• SB 366-FN (2012): (New Title) relative to use of certain OHRVs on snowmobile trails, and relative to authorization for snowmobiles and OHRVs registered in Vermont and Maine to operate in this state.
• SB 361 (2012): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of establishing energy infrastructure corridors within existing transportation rights of way and repealing a commission.
• SB 215 (2012): (New Title) establishing a study committee on updating and improving the procedures and criteria for review of projects by the site evaluation committee.
• HCR 36 (2012): urging Congress to amend or repeal legislation expanding the constitutionally delegated powers of federal government.
• HB 649 (2012): relative to the Northern Pass Project to construct and operate transmission lines from the Canadian border to a proposed terminal in Franklin, New Hampshire.
• HB 648 (2012): (4th New Title) relative to eminent domain by public utilities and establishing a commission to investigate the procedural rights of the landowner when a petition is presented to the public utilities commission by a utility seeking eminent domain, develop a framework for the state to provide use rights to transmission developers on state owned rights-of-way, develop policies to encourage burying such lines where practicable, and establish a structure for payment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 543-FN (2012): relative to biomass combined heat and electricity facilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1604-FN (2012): relative to penalties for motor vehicle accidents involving death or serious bodily injury to a pedestrian.
• HB 1597 (2012): relative to taking by eminent domain for certain purposes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1558 (2012): requiring a certificate of public need for eminent domain. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1494-FN (2012): relative to verification of immigration status of all persons arrested or detained by law enforcement officers.
• HB 1492-FN (2012): requiring employers to verify an employee's eligibility to work in the United States.
• HB 1435 (2012): (New Title) establishing a liaison committee to monitor the department of environmental services.
• HB 1394 (2012): relative to appeals of eminent domain decisions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1383 (2012): relative to residency status for the purpose of receiving in-state tuition status within the university system of New Hampshire.
• HB 1330 (2012): establishing a committee to study blood testing of drivers after motor vehicle fatalities.
• HB 1324 (2012): establishing a committee to study the public utilities commission.
• HB 1298 (2012): relative to the definition of "public use" under the eminent domain procedure act.
• HB 1254 (2012): establishing a committee to study the effect of illegal immigration on the state and its political subdivisions.
• HB 1239 (2012): requiring the site evaluation committee to consider economic impact prior to issuing a certificate for an energy facility.
• HB 1210 (2012): applying the procedures of the eminent domain procedures act to cases of eminent domain concerning public utilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1207-FN (2012): defining the owner of timber rights for purposes of timber tax assessment.
• HB 1164 (2012): requiring documentation of qualifications for presidential candidates.
• SB 46 (2011): extending and revising the commission to develop a plan for the expansion of transmission capacity in the north country.
• SB 118 (2011): modifying the definition of renewable generation facility.
• HB 551 (2011): relative to religious societies.
• HB 45 (2011): relative to the Connecticut Lakes headwater citizens committee.
• HB 438-FN-A (2011): (New Title) relative to funding of the Claremont, Colebrook, Milford, Keene, and Plaistow District Courts.
• HB 389-FN-LOCAL (2011): relative to broadband infrastructure.
• HB 365-FN-A (2011): establishing a commission to encourage broadband development and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 35-FN (2011): authorizing the acquisition of certain dams in the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract.
• HCR 29 (2010): requiring the Congress of the United States of America to reaffirm its adherence to the Constitution of the United States regarding international agreements and treaties.
• HB 1554 (2010): allowing municipalities to establish energy efficiency and clean energy districts.
• HB 1392-FN (2010): requiring insurance companies to report to the insurance department the number of claims denied.
• HB 1324 (2010): relative to staffing exceptions for geographically isolated small schools.
• HB 1227-LOCAL (2010): relative to laying pipes for pressurized hot water transmission and distribution. (prime sponsor)
• SB 164-FN-A (2009): relative to the expansion and funding of northern New Hampshire's electrical transmission system, and establishing the northern New Hampshire electrical transmission system improvement fund.

Recent Votes

• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: Limit Debate — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB512, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB533, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB582, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1208, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1266, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1637, Veto Override — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: Amend Journal — Not Voting/Excused
• June 16, 2016: Print Remarks — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB4, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB320, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB324, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB391, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB441, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB485, Reconsider — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB523, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB1703, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: Rules Suspension — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB427, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB605, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB1193, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB1590, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB1637, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• June 1, 2016: HB1656, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1590, Reconsider — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1661, CofC — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR4, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB636, Non Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1298, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB506, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB537, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB532, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB336, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB336, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB498, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB4, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: CACR27, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB466, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB533, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB534, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB426, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB324, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB515, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB500, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB533, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB368, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB521, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB492, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB510, OTP — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB509, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB509, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB481, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• April 6, 2016: SB320, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 6, 2016: SB330, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 6, 2016: SB441, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• 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 — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1153, OTP — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1610, Table — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1414, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1143, Table — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, Table — Yea
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, OTPA — Nay
• 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 — Nay
• March 10, 2016: HB1349, ITL — Yea
• March 10, 2016: HB2016, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• March 10, 2016: HB1104, ITL — Yea
• March 10, 2016: HB1140, ITL — Yea

And 1,702 earlier votes.

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