Former Senator Mark Fernald (D - SD11)

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: Yea 299, Nay 155, Not Voting/Excused 14, Not Voting/Not Excused 1
• Bills sponsored: 89, 18 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SR 2 (2002): a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance.
• SB 87 (2002): relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions.
• SB 456-FN-A (2002): making appropriations to the department of health and human services.
• SB 436 (2002): allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions.
• SB 433 (2002): (2nd New Title) establishing a standardized protocol for the investigation and assessment of child abuse and neglect cases and relative to grant applications for the investigation and assessment of child abuse cases.
• SB 418-FN (2002): relative to unemployment compensation.
• SB 405 (2002): relative to special number plates for veterans.
• SB 399 (2002): regulating demand drafts under the New Hampshire Uniform Commercial Code.
• SB 392 (2002): (New Title) relative to the regulation of revolving credit plans.
• SB 391-FN (2002): relative to appeals from the compensation appeals board. (prime sponsor)
• SB 376-FN (2002): requiring a mental health records check prior to the sale or transfer of a firearm.
• SB 375-FN (2002): requiring a firearm safety program prior to the issuance of a concealed weapons permit.
• SB 374 (2002): relative to campaign expenditures. (prime sponsor)
• SB 373-FN-A (2002): relative to state payments to foster care families and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 360-FN (2002): establishing criminal penalties for the introduction of computer contaminants.
• SB 355-FN (2002): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures.
• SB 354 (2002): (New Title) authorizing foster parents to act as educational advocates for foster children with educational disabilities.
• SB 353 (2002): relative to the definition of "sugar orchard" for purposes of the timber yield tax.
• SB 343-FN (2002): relative to appeals in actions against tenants. (prime sponsor)
• SB 342 (2002): (New Title) relative to the purpose of the certificate of need law. (prime sponsor)
• SB 341 (2002): relative to the placement of candidates on ballots. (prime sponsor)
• SB 340 (2002): relative to alterations to party registration. (prime sponsor)
• SB 339 (2002): (New Title) relative to approval of contingent fee agreements by the courts. (prime sponsor)
• SB 338 (2002): relative to ex parte orders in domestic relations cases. (prime sponsor)
• SB 337 (2002): relative to consent orders in abuse and neglect cases. (prime sponsor)
• SB 336 (2002): (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study campaign finance reform and apportioning state representative districts. (prime sponsor)
• SB 335 (2002): relative to prohibited political contributions. (prime sponsor)
• SB 321-LOCAL (2002): (NewTitle) establishing a committee to study statutory and administrative requirements regarding the legal residency of homeless children in certain educational and institutional settings, and relative to the appeal of decisions made regarding change of school or assignment.
• SB 317 (2002): establishing a committee to study boat registration fees and eradication of milfoil and other exotic weeds.
• SB 312 (2002): relative to quarterly payment of estimated interest and dividends tax.
• SB 311-FN (2002): establishing a no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.
• SB 310 (2002): relative to child custody.
• SB 31 (2002): eliminating straight ticket voting.
• SB 305 (2002): establishing a committee to study methods for improving communication tower aesthetics.
• SB 135-FN-LOCAL (2002): relative to kindergarten funding.
• HB 650-FN (2002): relative to master plans.
• HB 522-LOCAL (2002): (New Title) establishing discretionary preservation easements for preserving historic agricultural structures, and changing the disposition of unused interest from the land conservation investment program.
• HB 384 (2002): relative to political expenditures.
• HB 1470-FN (2002): transferring tobacco products sales licensing authority to the liquor commission and increasing tobacco products sales license fees.
• HB 1459-FN-A (2002): making an appropriation to the Alan B. Shepard discovery center.
• HB 1431 (2002): relative to the required term of service for jurors.
• HB 1309 (2002): prohibiting arrests for violation-level offenses.
• HB 1286 (2002): increasing the time period during which warrantless arrests for violations of the stalking law and violations of restraining orders in domestic cases are permitted.
• CACR 20 (2002): relating to a personal income tax. Providing that any personal income tax enacted by the general court shall be dedicated exclusively for the purposes of public education.
• CACR 16 (2002): (New Title) relating to procedure for nomination and review of judges. Providing that judges shall be nominated and selected by an independent commission and reviewed every 10 years thereafter. (prime sponsor)
• SCR 2 (2001): (New Title) 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.
• SB 95 (2001): (2nd New Title) relative to campaign finance reporting requirements, political expenditure limitation amounts, and permissible campaign contributions by business organizations. (prime sponsor)
• SB 75 (2001): relative to physicians who make a report when a person is unfit to drive a motor vehicle.
• SB 185 (2001): relative to push-polling. (prime sponsor)
• SB 129 (2001): establishing a minimum age for issuing a license to carry a concealed pistol or revolver.
• HB 759-FN-A-LOCAL (2001): establishing a flat rate education income tax, relative to the state education property tax and certain other taxes, and relative to other sources of funding for education.
• HB 606-FN (2001): relative to the Christa McAuliffe planetarium.
• HB 605-FN (2001): prohibiting televised advertisements of lottery games and prohibiting self-serve lottery game vending machines.
• HB 433 (2001): clarifying the duties of the oversight committee on health and human services.
• HB 422 (2001): establishing a committee to study the prevention of unintended pregnancies.
• CACR 13 (2001): relating to terms for state senators. Providing that beginning with the 2004 general election, there shall be 4-year terms of office for state senators.
• CACR 12 (2001): relating to the term of office for governor. Providing that beginning with the 2004 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor.
• SCR 3 (2000): rescinding the 1979 call for a federal constitutional convention.
• SB 468 (2000): (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county.
• SB 441-FN (2000): relative to temporary orders in domestic situations where there has been no finding of abuse. (prime sponsor)
• 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 419-FN (2000): establishing the crime of negligent storage of a firearm.
• SB 411-FN (2000): establishing the New Hampshire returnable beverage container law. (prime sponsor)
• SB 384 (2000): [New Title] establishing a committee to study pollution prevention and pretreatment programs for reducing pollutant levels in sewage sludge.
• 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 335 (2000): allowing physicians to make a report when a person is unfit to drive a motor vehicle.
• SB 329 (2000): relative to the display of tobacco products.
• SB 315 (2000): changing the form for writs of execution. (prime sponsor)
• SB 301 (2000): relative to prohibiting the department of resources and economic development from selling to or making leases with certain entities on state park or state forest lands without prior approval by the general court. (prime sponsor)
• SB 207 (2000): relative to authorizing bonds for the construction and renovation of regional vocational education centers.
• HB 305-A (2000): (2nd New Title) relative to a lease-purchase agreement between Cheshire county and the state for construction of a new district courthouse to be located in the town of Jaffrey and increasing a capital appropriation to the department of safety.
• HB 1594-FN (2000): relative to the allocation of moneys in the tobacco use prevention fund.
• HB 1555-FN-LOCAL (2000): requiring the state to rebuild and maintain the dam controlling Russell Reservoir in the town of Harrisville and requiring the department of transportation to convey a certain parcel of land to the town of Harrisville.
• HB 1386 (2000): designating segments of the Souhegan River as protected under the rivers management and protection program.
• HB 1373 (2000): relative to payments of first and second mortgage home loans.
• HB 109-FN-A-LOCAL (2000): establishing a flat rate education income tax and a statewide education property tax to fund public education and making an appropriation therefor.
• CACR 10 (2000): relating to restricting the use of a statewide property tax and all funds deposited into the education trust fund to education funding. Providing that all revenues resulting from a statewide property tax and all funds deposited into the education trust fund shall be used exclusively for elementary and secondary education.
• 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 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 80 (1999): adding the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Civil Rights Day.
• HB 546-FN-A (1999): providing partial funding to support research monitoring groundwater at reclamation sites that have had sludge applied.
• CACR 16 (1999): (New Title) relating to establishing a restricted education trust fund; establishing a maximum rate on an income tax, and dedicating income tax revenues to education. Providing an education trust fund be established, that revenues from a state-run lottery and revenues from the imposition of an income tax shall be deposited into the education trust fund, and that the moneys in such trust fund shall be used exclusively to provide relief from local school property taxes and to fund the state's duty to cherish the interest of public schools under Article 83, Part 2 of the New Hampshire constitution, and shall not be transferred or diverted to any other purpose.

Recent Votes

• October 22, 2009: CACR17, Order to 3rd Reading3/5 Necessary — Yea
• June 27, 2002: SB457, adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• June 27, 2002: SR2, Adoption of ought pass. Sen. Barnes/ Sen. Gordon — Yea
• June 27, 2002: SR1, Ought to pass Sen. Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• June 27, 2002: HB2002, Adoption of the suspension of the rules. Sen. Larsen/Sen. Fernald — Nay
• June 27, 2002: HCO1, Adoption of the suspension of the rules Sen. Francoeur/Sen Barnes — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB1, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB112, Not withstanding the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB141, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB336, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB419, Not withstanding the Governor's Veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 22, 2002: SB425, Not withstnading the Governor's veto-shall the bill pass — Nay
• May 2, 2002: SB456, Ordering to third reading Sen. Barnes/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• May 2, 2002: HB1426, Adoption of C of C report (3761) Sen. Gordon/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 25, 2002: SB336, Moved to concur Sen. Below/ Sen. McCarley — Nay
• April 25, 2002: SB342, Moved to nonconcur Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 25, 2002: SB410, moved to concur Sen Johnson/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Adoption of amendment (3482s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) sections 1&3 Sen. Below/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Question was divided. Adoption of floor amendment (3596s) section 2 Sen. Fernald/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, adoption of floor amendment (3607s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Below — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1446, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen Barnes — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1437, Substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Below — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB284, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Cohen — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1000, Ordering to third reading Sen. Barnes/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3514s) Sen. Disnard/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1429, Ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Boyce — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB298, Ordering to third reading Sen. O'Hearn/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1268, Adoption of amendment (3579s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1268, Adoption of floor amendment (3603s) Sen McCarley/Sen. Larsen — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1218, Ordering to third reading Sen Prescott/Sen Barnes — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of amendment (3553s) Sen. Francoeur/Sen Boyce — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Adoption of floor amendment (3592s) Sen. Francoeur/ Sen. Boyce — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB672, Ordering to third reading Sen Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HCR14, Ought to pass Sen Wheeler/Sen. Roberge — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB1249, Adoption of amendment (3563s) Sen Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB589, Adoption of amendment (3574s) Sen. Barnes/Sen.Pignatelli — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB587, Adoption of floor amendment (3487s) Sen. Boyce/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB587, Ordering to third reading Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB253, Adoption of floor amendment (3644s) Sen. Cohen/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB253, Ordering to third reading Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
• April 18, 2002: HB1365, Ordering to third reading Sen Boyce/Sen.Francoeur — Yea
• April 18, 2002: VETO DAY, Upholding the ruling of the Chair Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB557, Ordering to third reading Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Prescott — Yea
• April 18, 2002: SEN RULE, Senate deadlines Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB226, Adoption of floor amendment (3628) Sen. Below/Sen. Cohen — Nay
• April 18, 2002: HB226, Ordering to third reading Sen Barnes/Sen Gatsas — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB1190, Ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB757, Adoption of floor amendment (3495s) Sen. McCarley/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB757, Ordering to third reading Sen. McCarley/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of amendment (3485s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3468s) Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• April 16, 2002: HB1462, Adoption of floor amendment (3514s) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB1410, Adoption of amendment (3466s) Sen. Below/ Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• April 16, 2002: HB1118, Ought to pass Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1298, Adoption of amendment (3353) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Burns — Not Voting/Excused
• April 11, 2002: HB1298, Ordering to third reading Sen. Disnard/Sen. Pignatelli — Not Voting/Excused
• April 11, 2002: HB744, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Prescott — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1437, Ought to Pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1298, Adoption of the floor amendment (3422s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Hollingworth — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1148, Adoption of the floor amendment (3423s) Sen Barnes/Sen Roberge — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB757, Adoption of committee amendment (3401s) Sen. Pignatelli/Sen Cohen — Nay
• April 11, 2002: HB1393, Ought to pass Sen. Gatsas/ Sen Barnes — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1203, Adoption of minority amendment (3386) Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• April 11, 2002: HB1282, Ought to pass Sen. Prescott/Sen Fernald — Nay
• April 11, 2002: HCR23, Ought to pass Sen. Barnes/Sen. Gordon — Yea
• April 10, 2002: HB587, Calling of the question Sen. Disnard/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• April 10, 2002: HB587, Laid on the table Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Boyce — Yea
• April 10, 2002: HB587, Ought to pass Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Gatsas — Nay
• April 10, 2002: HB1172, Ordered to third reading Sen. Francoeur/ Sen. Barnes — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB440, Ordering to third reading Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• March 21, 2002: HB1434, Ought to pass Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Calling the question Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Adoption of amendment (3022) Sen. Francoeur/Sen. Burns — Nay
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Adoption of floor amendment (3069) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• March 21, 2002: HB420, Ordered to third reading Sen. Below/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB451, Substitute motion ought to pass Sen. Pignatelli/Sen. Wheeler — Yea
• March 21, 2002: SB451, Ordered to third reading Sen. Prescott/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• March 21, 2002: SB453, substitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Disnard/Sen. Pignatelli — Yea
• March 21, 2002: SB453, Adoption of floor amendment (3078) Sen. Fernald/Sen. Pignatelli — Nay
• March 21, 2002: SB105, Taking off the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. Gordon — Nay
• March 14, 2002: SB440, Taking off the table Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Cohen — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB335, Subsitute motion of ought to pass Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB335, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB340, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen McCarley — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB343, Ought to pass Sen. Below/Sen. Gordon — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB402, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Hollingworth — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB427, Substitute motion interim study Sen. Barnes/Sen. Eaton — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB198, Interim Study Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB198, Inexpedient to legislate Sen. Gatsas/Sen. Barnes — Yea
• February 20, 2002: CACR33, Ordering to third reading Roll call is required — Yea
• February 20, 2002: CACR5, Ordering to third reading Roll call required — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB431, Ought to pass Sen Fernald/Sen. Below — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Ought to pass Sen. Wheeler/Sen. Fernald — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. Fernald/Sen. McCarley — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Laid on the table Sen. McCarley/Sen. Gordon — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2837s) Sen. Barnes/Sen. Fernald — Nay
• February 20, 2002: SB336, Adoption of the floor amendment (2838s) Sen. Barnes/Sen Francoeur — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB87, Taking off the table Sen. Below/Sen. McCarley — Yea
• February 20, 2002: SB417, Ought to pass Sen. Hollingworth/Sen. Cohen — Yea

And 369 earlier votes.

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