Former Representative Mel Myler (D - Merr 9)

On record 2013 to 2024. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Nay 811, Yea 1,188, Not Voting/Not Excused 20, Not Voting/Excused 683
• Bills sponsored: 185, 24 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 521-FN (2024): relative to the educational credentials for master teacher.
• SB 444 (2024): relative to the public posting of board of education agenda items and meeting materials.
• SB 368-FN (2024): relative to service retirement allowances for teachers and other group I retirement system members.
• SB 217-FN-A (2024): establishing a rural and underserved area educator incentive program for higher education and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 214-FN-A (2024): establishing a department of early childhood education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program.
• HB 623-FN (2024): establishing a teacher candidate loan forgiveness program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 620-FN (2024): (New Title) establishing a division of early learning in the department of education and relative to a pre-kindergarten pilot program.
• HB 572-FN (2024): relative to eligibility for free school meals.
• HB 542-FN-A (2024): establishing an academic research and improvement performance data analyst in the department of education.
• HB 540-FN-LOCAL (2024): relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.
• HB 529-FN-A-LOCAL (2024): relative to additional aid grants for schools based on free and reduced price meals and fiscal capacity disparity.
• HB 419-FN-A (2024): relative to the math learning communities program of the community college system and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1671-FN (2024): relative to the complaint process for teaching discrimination and allowing educators and school officials a right of action for damages and costs for false accusations.
• HB 1618-FN (2024): mandating a cooperative agreement with USDA for "organic" certification.
• HB 1608-FN (2024): relative to providing an induction program for new teachers. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1594-FN (2024): establishing an annual review and qualification to determine eligibility to participate in the education freedom accounts program. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1586-FN-A-LOCAL (2024): establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.
• HB 1512-FN (2024): limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted amounts. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1437 (2024): relative to the membership of the state board of education.
• HB 1311 (2024): relative to school district collection development and reconsideration policies.
• HB 1292-FN (2024): (New Title) relative to coverage of children under the state retiree insurance plan and relative to federal immigration enforcement.
• HB 1176 (2024): establishing a commission to study current funding for special education and potential other funding sources.
• HB 1162 (2024): relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.
• HB 1084 (2024): relative to qualifications for the commissioner of education.
• SB 265-FN-A (2023): making an appropriation for the multi-tiered system of support for children's mental health.
• SB 233-FN-A (2023): re-establishing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
• HB 654 (2023): relative to the one-year certificate of teaching eligibility.
• HB 629-FN (2023): establishing a student bill of rights.
• HB 626-FN (2023): requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account.
• HB 621-FN (2023): relative to funds of the education freedom accounts program after termination of a student's participation and responsibilities of the scholarship organization.
• HB 61 (2023): relative to teaching on discrimination in the public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.
• HB 517 (2023): relative to background checks for surrogate parents. (prime sponsor)
• HB 492-FN (2023): requiring the department of education to provide the house and senate standing committees responsible for education with copies of the laws and rules relative to education.
• HB 451 (2023): relative to the state board of education prohibition on discrimination.
• HB 364-FN (2023): relative to transportation for students attending career and technical education centers.
• SB 44 (2022): (New Title) establishing the New Hampshire workforce pathway program.
• SB 433 (2022): relative to online access to state information on economic relief disbursements.
• SB 428-FN-A (2022): establishing a scholarship fund for certain small businesses applying for loans from the capital access program administered by the New Hampshire business finance authority.
• SB 426-FN (2022): relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.
• SB 416-FN (2022): relative to behavioral health assessment and treatment for children in out-of-home placements.
• SB 403-FN-A (2022): re-establishing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
• SB 393-FN (2022): relative to the use of restraints on pregnant women in the custody of a state or county correctional facility.
• SB 326-FN (2022): (New Title) relative to developing a plan to create the office of early childhood.
• SB 263 (2022): establishing the New Hampshire youth environmental education and conservation council.
• SB 237-FN (2022): relative to participation in the education freedom account program.
• SB 236 (2022): (New Title) establishing a committee to study New Hampshire teacher shortages and recruitment incentives, and relative to defining secondary school grades for teacher loan forgiveness programs.
• SB 235 (2022): relative to the authority to offer multiple education instruction options.
• SB 233-FN (2022): relative to water bottle filling stations in schools.
• SB 145-FN-LOCAL (2022): relative to a temporary change in the formula for school funding.
• HB 1684-FN-A-LOCAL (2022): limiting education freedom account funding to budgeted amounts.
• HB 1683-FN-LOCAL (2022): repealing the education freedom account program.
• HB 1680-FN (2022): establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.
• HB 1672 (2022): relative to misuse of education freedom account funds.
• HB 1669-FN (2022): requiring the department of education to administer the education freedom account program.
• HB 1649 (2022): relative to unique pupil identification for pupils in the education freedom accounts program.
• HB 1594 (2022): relative to assistance to certain students with disabilities in registering to vote.
• HB 1576-FN (2022): repealing the law relative to certain discrimination in public workplaces and education.
• HB 1524-FN (2022): establishing a national service alumni attraction and retention fund.
• HB 1521-FN (2022): requiring the department of education to provide the house and senate standing committees responsible for education with written copies of the laws relative to education.
• HB 1516 (2022): relative to the source of funds for education freedom accounts.
• HB 1454-FN (2022): relative to permits for the siting of new landfills.
• HB 1406 (2022): authorizing municipalities to collect compost.
• HB 1274 (2022): establishing a committee to study the solid waste practices of state agencies.
• HB 1167 (2022): establishing a maximum contaminant level for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water.
• HB 1120 (2022): relative to education service providers under the education freedom accounts program.
• HB 1119 (2022): relative to the regulation of single-use bags.
• HB 1115 (2022): relative to record of educational attainment under the educational freedom account program.
• HB 1113 (2022): prohibiting the department of education and the state board of education from directing or limiting school instructional options, such as remote learning.
• HB 1090 (2022): relative to teaching on discrimination in the public schools.
• HB 1047 (2022): relative to the chartered public school joint legislative oversight committee.
• SB 158-FN-LOCAL (2021): relative to the formula for funding an adequate education.
• HB 501 (2021): establishing a minimum pay rate for adjunct faculty of the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire.
• HB 448 (2021): establishing a committee to study and compare federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards with the safety and health standards the New Hampshire department of labor uses for public sector employees.
• HB 401 (2021): relative to the duty of school superintendents regarding criminal history records checks.
• HB 202 (2021): relative to school lunch payment policies.
• HB 677-FN-A (2020): relative to discipline of students, addressing students' behavioral needs, and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 551-FN-A (2020): establishing a school funding commission and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1498 (2020): relative to state employment hiring preferences for members of a civilian national service organization.
• HB 1322 (2020): prohibiting university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.
• HB 1171-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to the application of federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards to public employers.
• SB 165 (2019): relative to net energy metering by low-moderate income community solar projects.
• HB 720-FN (2019): relative to part time employment of retired community college system faculty. (prime sponsor)
• HB 706-FN-A (2019): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
• HB 684-FN (2019): relative to mediation of rent increases in manufactured housing parks.
• HB 560-FN (2019): (New Title) relative to required reporting on waste reduction.
• HB 558-FN (2019): restricting the distribution of plastic straws.
• HB 435 (2019): relative to certain terminology in the rulemaking authority of the department of education. (prime sponsor)
• HB 434 (2019): relative to removal of a town clerk. (prime sponsor)
• HB 358 (2019): relative to combustion of wood residue at municipal waste combustors.
• HB 281 (2019): (New Title) relative to flow devices designed to control beaver damming and minimize the risk of flooding behind an existing beaver dam. (prime sponsor)
• SB 540-FN (2018): (Second New Title) relative to the operation of keno games in unincorporated places and permitting keno games in cigar bars.
• SB 445 (2018): designating the Warner River as a protected river.
• SB 442 (2018): relative to surety indemnification requirements for private postsecondary career schools.
• SB 433 (2018): (New Title) relative to the annual filing of statistical reports to the department of education and relative to retention of pupil registers kept on a computer.
• SB 363 (2018): prohibiting political expenditures by foreign nationals.
• SB 361 (2018): relative to dual and concurrent enrollment agreements between high schools and colleges and universities.
• SB 354 (2018): (New Title) relative to disclosure of information relative to lower cost drugs under the managed care law.
• HB 613-FN (2018): amending the procedures for use of segregated housing for inmates.
• HB 1773-FN-A (2018): relative to campaign contributions and expenditures.
• HB 1761 (2018): (Second New Title) relative to the math learning communities program in secondary schools.
• HB 1715-FN (2018): (New Title) establishing a committee to study options for tenants to dispute a rent increase in a manufactured housing park if such increase was arbitrary and unreasonable. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1710-FN-A (2018): relative to the provision allowing operators to retain a portion of meals and rooms taxes collected and the appropriation of meals and rooms tax revenues to school building aid.
• HB 1700 (2018): (New Title) relative to the procedure for placing a security freeze on a consumer credit report.
• HB 1637 (2018): requiring school districts to establish policies relating to suspensions and expulsions.
• HB 1636 (2018): (Third New Title) establishing a committee to study teacher preparation and education programs, relative to chartered public school use of unused school district facilities, and establishing education freedom savings accounts for students.
• HB 155-FN (2018): relative to funding for kindergarten programs.
• HB 1497 (2018): relative to accountability for school performance.
• HB 1495 (2018): relative to standards for determining an adequate education.
• HB 1480 (2018): relative to the membership of the board of trustees of a chartered public school.
• HB 1439 (2018): relative to requirements for private schools that contract with school districts.
• HB 1415-FN-A (2018): (New Title) establishing a death benefit for a school employee killed in the line of duty and making an appropriation to the public school infrastructure fund.
• HB 1370 (2018): relative to a school's emergency management plan.
• HB 1368 (2018): relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.
• HB 1353 (2018): establishing a commission to study equal access and opportunity for students with disabilities to participate in athletics.
• HB 1315 (2018): prohibiting the university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.
• HB 1301-FN (2018): including the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act.
• HCR 2 (2017): supporting efforts to ensure that students from New Hampshire have access to debt-free higher education at public colleges and universities.
• HB 644-FN-A-LOCAL (2017): extending the interest and dividends tax to capital gains, increasing exemptions from the tax, and providing for retirement system contributions on behalf of employers other than the state.
• HB 604-FN-A (2017): establishing the John and Molly Stark workforce opportunity program and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 603-FN-A (2017): establishing the John and Molly Stark student debt reduction program and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 597-FN-LOCAL (2017): relative to calculating the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education and providing fiscal capacity disparity aid.
• HB 537 (2017): relative to campaign contributions.
• HB 516 (2017): relative to the time period for refiling a petition for annulment of a criminal record. (prime sponsor)
• HB 494 (2017): relative to eligibility for a chartered public school charter. (prime sponsor)
• HB 356-FN (2017): (Second New Title) establishing a committee to study education funding and the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, establishing a committee to study the organizational structure of the department of education and the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of the department of education, and relative to the duties of the commissioner of the department of education.
• HB 348-FN (2017): relative to registering to vote. (prime sponsor)
• HB 329 (2017): (New Title) establishing a committee to study balance billing and authorizing municipal ratification of certain meetings and elections.
• HB 293 (2017): relative to the requirements for filing a chartered public school application.
• HB 216 (2017): (New Title) relative to educational assignments for pupils who have been suspended.
• HB 210 (2017): relative to a code of ethics for certified educational personnel.
• HB 203-FN-A (2017): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
• HB 166 (2017): relative to assessments administered to pupils in grades 3 through 8.
• HB 148 (2017): relative to chartered public school teacher qualifications.
• HB 129-FN (2017): repealing the education tax credit. (prime sponsor)
• SB 75 (2016): relative to unfair trade practices targeting veterans.
• SB 483-FN (2016): (New Title) establishing the position of chartered public school program officer in the department of education.
• SB 426 (2016): establishing an end-of-life choices study commission.
• 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 100 (2016): relative to home heating fuel deliveries in the winter.
• HB 581-FN (2016): requiring schools to continue the education of a child during the child's suspension or expulsion.
• HB 253 (2016): relative to the requirements for filing a charter school application.
• HB 218-FN (2016): (New Title) relative to third grade proficiency in mathematics.
• HB 1664-FN (2016): (New Title) relative to contracts between carriers or pharmacy benefit managers and certain pharmacies.
• 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.
• HB 1630-FN-LOCAL (2016): relative to calculating the base cost of an adequate education.
• 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 1563-FN-LOCAL (2016): relative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils.
• HB 1551-FN-A (2016): establishing the John and Molly Stark scholarship program and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 1516-FN (2016): relative to balance billing.
• HB 1453 (2016): relative to qualifying medical conditions for purposes of therapeutic cannabis.
• HB 1432-FN (2016): including the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act.
• HB 1408-FN (2016): relative to a school building inventory.
• HB 1349 (2016): (New Title) relative to the Merrimack county superior court.
• HB 1348 (2016): repealing the exemption for certain transactions under the consumer protection act.
• HB 1347 (2016): establishing a committee to study sharing the road with bicycles and motorcycles.
• HB 1311 (2016): relative to solitary confinement. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1240 (2016): relative to alternatives to the statewide assessment.
• HB 1239 (2016): relative to certain terminology in the education statutes.
• HB 1192-FN (2016): repealing the education tax credit.
• HB 1121 (2016): relative to the academic areas that comprise the statewide assessment.
• HB 1120 (2016): relative to teacher qualifications at charter schools.
• HB 635-FN (2015): relative to aid to school districts for costs of special education.
• HB 600-FN (2015): relative to paid sick leave for employees.
• HB 561-FN (2015): relative to the use of revenues generated by electric and other utility company leases and rentals.
• HB 551-FN (2015): relative to preventing diversion of business income to tax havens.
• HB 539-FN (2015): establishing an early learning incentive fund in the department of education.
• HB 424 (2015): relative to the accessibility of assessment materials.
• HB 357 (2015): (2nd New Title) relative to notice of change of name or address on a driver's license and on the registration of a vehicle. (prime sponsor)
• HB 348 (2015): allowing municipalities to adopt a property tax credit for elderly homeowners for the extent their tax bill exceeds 10 percent of income. (prime sponsor)
• HB 347 (2015): relative to payment of wages of certain hourly school district employees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 323 (2015): relative to the administration of the statewide assessment program.
• HB 215-FN (2015): relative to school building aid grant payments.
• HB 176-FN-A-LOCAL (2015): relative to towns affected by the Merrimack River flood control compact and the Connecticut River flood control compact and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 126 (2015): establishing a commission to study issues related to students receiving special education services while attending a chartered public school.
• SB 370-FN-LOCAL (2014): (New Title) relative to reimbursement of towns affected by the Merrimack River flood control compact and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 682-FN (2014): relative to credit card fees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1449 (2014): relative to the requirements for filing a charter school application.
• HB 1147 (2014): permitting school districts to advertise. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1144 (2014): (New Title) establishing a committee to study information included in arrest records and access to information on the disposition of criminal cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1128 (2014): establishing a committee to study issues related to students receiving special education services while attending a chartered public school. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1114-FN (2014): relative to limits on state expenditures for school building aid.
• HB 1113 (2014): (New Title) requiring school districts to distribute a concussion and head injury information sheet to student-athletes and establishing a definition for head injury.
• HB 1105 (2014): relative to aid to school districts for costs of special education.
• SB 27 (2013): (New Title) relative to monitoring by the department of education of programs for children with disabilities and relative to the calculation of school building aid grants.
• HB 178-FN-LOCAL (2013): (New Title) relative to public employer collective bargaining agreements.

Recent Votes

• October 10, 2024: HB194, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB274, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB396, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1093, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1187, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1233, Veto Override — Nay
• October 10, 2024: HB1293, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1415, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1581, Veto Override — Yea
• October 10, 2024: HB1622, Veto Override — Yea
• June 13, 2024: Rules Suspension — Nay
• June 13, 2024: Print Remarks — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1215, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 13, 2024: HB1265, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 13, 2024: HB1400, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 13, 2024: HB1616, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1665, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 13, 2024: HB1633, Remove from Table — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1018, Non Concur — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB185, Reconsider — Yea
• May 30, 2024: HB1186, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 30, 2024: HB1305, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 30, 2024: HB1607, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 30, 2024: HB1215, Concur — Not Voting/Excused
• May 30, 2024: HB1596, Req CofC — Not Voting/Excused
• May 23, 2024: SB418, OTP — Nay
• May 23, 2024: CACR22, Table — Yea
• May 23, 2024: CACR22, OTP — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB217, ITL — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB311, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB396, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB403, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB417, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB417, OTPA — Yea
• May 23, 2024: Rules Suspension — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB476, Adopt Floor Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB476, OTPA — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB499, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB503, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB505, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB559, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB431, OTPA — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB358, ITL — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB358, Reconsider — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB358, ITL — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB501, OTP — Yea
• May 23, 2024: SB485, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 23, 2024: SB485, OTPA — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB459, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB537, Table — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB63, Remove from Table — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB63, OTP — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB413, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB576, ITL — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB576, Table — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB576, OTP — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB383, OTPA — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB383, Reconsider — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB574, OTPA — Yea
• May 9, 2024: SB426, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• May 9, 2024: SB508, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB417, Table — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB417, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB563, Table — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB219, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB341, Indefinitely Postpone — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB380, ITL — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB380, Indefinitely Postpone — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB403, OTPA — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB496, ITL — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB567, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB63, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB538, ITL — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB476, OTP — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB219, Reconsider — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB219, OTP — Nay
• May 2, 2024: SB375, Interim Study — Yea
• May 2, 2024: SB219, ITL — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1178, Interim Study — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1178, OTPA — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, ITL — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, OTP — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1199, Indefinitely Postpone — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1212, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1288, Table — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1288, OTP — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1394, OTPA — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1577, Table — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1583, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1595, Interim Study — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1633, OTPA — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Adopt Floor Amendment — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, Table — Nay
• April 11, 2024: HB1649, OTPA — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1656, Adopt Amendment — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1656, OTPA — Yea
• April 11, 2024: HB1678, ITL — Nay
• March 28, 2024: HB1539, OTP — Yea
• March 28, 2024: HB1084, Table — Nay

And 2,602 earlier votes.

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