Former Senator Melanie Levesque (D - SD12)

On record 2019 to 2020. 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 65
• Bills sponsored: 134, 18 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 94 (2020): relative to the number of days a charitable organization may operate bingo. (prime sponsor)
• SB 90-FN (2020): relative to certain disclosures by health care provider facilities.
• SB 8 (2020): establishing an independent redistricting commission.
• SB 759-FN (2020): relative to employers provision of reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.
• SB 757 (2020): relative to the local option for operation of sports book retail locations.
• SB 753 (2020): renaming a wing in the New Hampshire veterans' home.
• SB 750-FN-A (2020): providing for premium-free insurance to persons who donate a kidney.
• SB 737-FN (2020): requiring a penalty assessment on violation-level offenses. (prime sponsor)
• SB 731-FN (2020): relative to foster family assistance and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 727-FN-LOCAL (2020): (New Title) relative to Holocaust and genocide studies legislation and establishing a commission to study genocide education.
• SB 725-FN (2020): relative to toll collection enforcement.
• SB 711-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to child sexual abuse prevention education and training.
• SB 707-FN (2020): relative to including projects in the ten year transportation improvement plan.
• SB 705-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to fraudulent impersonation using a social networking site. (prime sponsor)
• SB 7-FN-LOCAL (2020): establishing the secure modern accurate registration act (SMART ACT). (prime sponsor)
• SB 695-FN (2020): relative to sharing voter registration information. (prime sponsor)
• SB 694-FN-A (2020): (New Title) relative to recommended minimum cybersecurity standards for municipalities and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 686-FN (2020): (New Title) relative to prescription drug benefits paid by health plans and establishing the New Hampshire prescription drug competitive marketplace.
• SB 685-FN (2020): (New Title) establishing a wholesale prescription drug importation program and establishing the New Hampshire prescription drug competitive marketplace.
• SB 684-FN (2020): relative to Medicaid to schools.
• SB 679-FN (2020): (New Title) requiring institutions of higher education to adopt policies on sexual misconduct.
• SB 668-FN-A (2020): establishing an offshore wind commission, establishing an office of offshore wind industry development in the department of business and economic affairs, and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 655-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to removal of exit ramp tolls on the Everett turnpike in Merrimack.
• SB 631-FN (2020): authorizing online voter registration. (prime sponsor)
• SB 619-FN (2020): repealing the sunset provision for insurance coverage for oral anti-cancer therapies.
• SB 617-FN (2020): relative to a voluntary additional charge in the registry of deeds used to support the land and community heritage investment program (LCHIP), and establishing a committee to study the economic impact of land conservation and to review the LCHIP surcharge to the land and community heritage investment program.
• SB 613 (2020): relative to access to crash data.
• SB 606 (2020): permitting a supreme court justice to sit as a circuit court judge. (prime sponsor)
• SB 591 (2020): establishing a statewide solid waste disposal reduction goal.
• SB 583 (2020): relative to the addition of climate and environmental sciences to the criteria for an adequate education.
• SB 572-FN (2020): relative to prohibited sexual contact involving persons in a position of authority.
• SB 564 (2020): (New Title) proclaiming August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day. (prime sponsor)
• SB 561 (2020): relative to the appointment of town clerks.
• SB 559 (2020): relative to municipal broadband infrastructure bonds.
• SB 551 (2020): adding a bail commissioner to the commission on pretrial detention, pretrial scheduling, and pretrial services, and relative to the release of a defendant pending trial. (prime sponsor)
• SB 538 (2020): establishing a commission to study property tax exemptions for charitable organizations. (prime sponsor)
• SB 537 (2020): proclaiming January 24 as Granny D. Day. (prime sponsor)
• SB 535 (2020): authorizing school districts to adopt community service programs. (prime sponsor)
• SB 532 (2020): relative to the purchase of structured settlement annuity contracts. (prime sponsor)
• SB 522 (2020): (New Title) relative to an exception to the warning label requirement for opiates and requiring prescribers of opiates to get a verbal acknowledgment for an initial prescription.
• SB 516 (2020): relative to a property tax credit for active duty military personnel.
• SB 515 (2020): relative to a discrimination prevention policy in schools.
• SB 509 (2020): relative to complaint procedures in cases before the commission for human rights. (prime sponsor)
• SB 496-FN (2020): (New Title) establishing a per and polyfluoroalkyl substances fund and programs and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 479 (2020): establishing a committee to study the regulation of food trucks.
• SB 478 (2020): relative to food in cigar shops.
• SB 442 (2020): relative to alternative dispute resolution.
• SB 427 (2020): establishing the New Hampshire youth climate and conservation council.
• SB 422 (2020): relative to changes of registration of voters at primary elections.
• SB 413 (2020): authorizing the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains to issue decals for multi-use decal plates.
• SB 410-FN (2020): relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
• SB 312-FN (2020): relative to medical monitoring for exposure to toxic substances.
• SB 302-FN (2020): relative to suspension and expulsion of pupils.
• SB 237-FN (2020): relative to the office of cost containment.
• SB 229-FN (2020): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the value of conducting post-election audits in New Hampshire.
• SB 222-FN (2020): relative to licensure of pharmacy benefits managers.
• SB 179 (2020): relative to pharmacist administration of vaccines.
• SB 157 (2020): making undeclared voters eligible to be inspectors. (prime sponsor)
• SB 15-FN-A (2020): making an appropriation to the affordable housing fund.
• SB 13 (2020): relative to limited electrical energy producers and net energy metering.
• SB 124 (2020): (New Title) relative to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards.
• SB 122-FN (2020): relative to expenditures from the energy efficiency fund.
• HJR 4 (2020): urging Congress to enact legislation or propose a constitutional amendment to grant statehood to the District of Columbia.
• HB 556 (2020): allowing municipalities to process absentee ballots prior to election day.
• HB 1691-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to kindergarten adequate education grants.
• HB 1668-FN-LOCAL (2020): relative to early voting for persons with disabilities.
• HB 1665-FN-A (2020): (New Title) establishing an independent advisory commission on redistricting.
• HB 1607-FN (2020): relative to liability for wrongful acts in an employer/employee relationship.
• HB 1586-FN (2020): relative to the statute of limitations for sexual assault.
• HB 1548 (2020): establishing a secure psychiatric unit facility advisory council.
• HB 1395 (2020): establishing a committee to study ballot access and ways to improve civic engagement in New Hampshire.
• HB 1351 (2020): relative to immunity from arrest or prosecution for certain alcoholic beverage violations for a person under 21 years of age who reports a situation involving risk of alcohol overdose.
• HB 1288 (2020): relative to the form of a candidate's name on the official ballot in nonpartisan town elections.
• HB 1271-FN (2020): relative to 911 immunity relative to possession of drugs.
• HB 1266 (2020): (Second New Title) making temporary modifications to the absentee voter registration, absentee ballot application, and absentee voting processes in response to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease.
• HB 1154 (2020): enabling municipalities to exclude principal of retirement and pension accounts from assets used for eligibility for property tax exemptions.
• HB 1144 (2020): (New Title) requiring certain data to be filed with the department of labor.
• HB 1112-FN (2020): (New Title) establishing a committee to study programs for female parolees.
• SB 88-FN (2019): relative to registry identification cards under the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes law.
• SB 86 (2019): establishing a commission to study programs for serving individuals with certain developmental and mental health disabilities.
• SB 84-FN-A (2019): making appropriations to the department of health and human services for homeless services expansion.
• SB 83-FN-A (2019): increasing funding for the New Hampshire innovation research center and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 82-FN (2019): relative to school food and nutrition programs.
• SB 76 (2019): relative to the prohibition of offshore oil and natural gas exploration.
• SB 72 (2019): relative to issuance of renewable energy certificates.
• SB 67 (2019): relative to the definitions of resident and residency. (prime sponsor)
• SB 6-FN-A-LOCAL (2019): relative to child protection staffing and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 5-FN-A (2019): (2nd New Title) making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for Medicaid provider rates for mental health and substance use disorder and emergency shelter and stabilization services.
• SB 43 (2019): establishing a commission to study barriers to increased land development in New Hampshire.
• SB 4 (2019): relative to the group and individual health insurance market.
• SB 308-FN-A (2019): relative to the health care workforce and making appropriations therefor.
• SB 299-FN (2019): requiring good behavior as a condition for release without arrest or bail.
• SB 292-FN (2019): relative to implementation of the new mental health 10-year plan.
• SB 290-FN (2019): relative to the New Hampshire granite advantage health care program.
• SB 282-FN (2019): relative to suicide prevention education in schools.
• SB 279-FN (2019): relative to access to fertility care.
• SB 276-FN-A (2019): relative to career readiness credentials for high school students.
• SB 272-FN (2019): relative to mental health parity under the insurance laws.
• SB 271-FN-LOCAL (2019): relative to requiring prevailing wages on state-funded public works projects.
• SB 270-FN (2019): establishing a tax credit against the business profits tax for donations to career and technical education centers.
• SB 263 (2019): relative to anti-discrimination protection for students in public schools.
• SB 258 (2019): relative to telemedicine and telehealth services.
• SB 257-FN (2019): prohibiting foams containing perfluoroalkyl chemicals for use in fighting fires.
• SB 253-FN (2019): relative to statewide deployment of a real-time threat notification system for schools.
• SB 247-FN-A (2019): (New Title) establishing a sunny day fund and grant program.
• SB 243-FN (2019): relative to the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program.
• SB 241-FN-A (2019): relative to funding for the project development phase of the capitol corridor rail project. (prime sponsor)
• SB 236-FN-A (2019): making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for the purposes of upgrades to substance use disorder treatment facilities.
• SB 234-FN (2019): establishing the position of director of the office of outdoor recreation industry development in the department of business and economic affairs.
• SB 226-FN (2019): relative to registration of pharmacy benefit managers, and reestablishing the commission to study greater transparency in pharmaceutical costs and drug rebate programs.
• SB 2-FN (2019): relative to funding for job training programs in the department of business and economic affairs.
• SB 197 (2019): relative to noncompete agreements for low-wage employees.
• SB 196 (2019): relative to non-academic surveys administered by a public school to its students.
• SB 193-FN (2019): prohibiting the sale of certain furniture and carpeting with flame retardant chemicals.
• SB 174 (2019): proclaiming an annual observance of Juneteenth. (prime sponsor)
• SB 156 (2019): relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.
• SB 155 (2019): relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations.
• SB 153 (2019): establishing state holidays for biennial state primary elections and quadrennial presidential primary elections.
• SB 146-FN (2019): relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
• SB 142-LOCAL (2019): (New Title) requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.
• SB 139 (2019): establishing a committee to study options for lowering student debt.
• SB 135-FN-A (2019): relative to the rates of the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax.
• SB 130-FN (2019): (New Title) establishing positions in the department of justice and the department of safety to work in the cold case homicide unit.
• SB 12-FN-A (2019): establishing the New Hampshire college graduate retention incentive partnership program and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 116-FN (2019): (New Title) relative to an assistance program for grandparents caring for minor children and making an appropriation therefor.
• SB 11-FN-A (2019): relative to mental health services and making appropriations therefor.
• SB 104-LOCAL (2019): relative to the postponement of city, town, village, and school district elections.
• SB 101 (2019): relative to procedures for county audits and recodifying provisions for performance and forensic audits.
• SB 10 (2019): (Second New Title) relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
• SB 1-FN (2019): relative to family and medical leave.
• HCR 3 (2019): relative to welcoming communities.
• HB 726-FN (2019): (Second New Title) establishing a secure forensic psychiatric hospital advisory council and establishing a new forensic psychiatric hospital and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 531 (2019): relative to the delivery of absentee ballots cast by elderly or disabled citizens.
• HB 404 (2019): relative to a local option for liquefied natural gas storage facility sitings.

Recent Votes

• September 16, 2020: SB7, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• September 16, 2020: SB19, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• September 16, 2020: SB122, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• September 16, 2020: SB124, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• September 16, 2020: SB311, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• June 29, 2020: FFR, Adoption of Reports — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB1266, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB1665, Ought to Pass — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB687, Ought to Pass — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB1375, Committee Amendment 2020-1568s — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB1240, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB1637, Remove from Table — Nay
• June 29, 2020: HB1240, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 29, 2020: HB647, Remove from Table — Nay
• June 29, 2020: HB1330, Remove from Table — Nay
• June 29, 2020: SB7, Concur — Yea
• June 29, 2020: SB122, Concur — Yea
• June 29, 2020: SB124, Concur — Yea
• June 29, 2020: SB166, Concur — Yea
• June 29, 2020: SB34, Concur — Yea
• June 29, 2020: SB311, Concur — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB685, Committee Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB685, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB731, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1166, Committee Amendment Sections 7 and 24 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1166, Committee Amendment Sections 1-6 and Sections 9-24 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1166, Ought to Pass w/Amendment Sections 1-6 and Sections 9-24 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1280, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1494, Committee Amendment Sections 4-5, and 8 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1494, Committee Amendment Sections 1-3, and Sections 6-8 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1494, Ought to Pass w/Amendment Sections 4-5, and 8 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1494, Ought to Pass w/Amendment Sections 1-3, and Sections 6-8 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1454, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1582, Committee Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1111, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1129, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1672, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1245, Committee Amendment Sections 105-118 and 155 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB250, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1246, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1264, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB705, Ought to Pass w/Amendment Sections 11-12 and 19 — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1247, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1645, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: HB1135, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• June 16, 2020: CACR19, Laid on Table — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB688, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB727, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB586, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB631, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB695, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB726, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB730, Refer to Interim Study — Yea
• March 12, 2020: HB712, Floor Amendment 1197s — Nay
• March 12, 2020: HB712, Laid on Table — Nay
• March 12, 2020: HB712, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB754, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB436, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB679, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB705, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: HB1660, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 12, 2020: Amendment to Senate Rule 7-1 — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB685, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB739, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB759, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB572, Floor Amendment 1208s — Yea
• March 12, 2020: SB572, Floor Amendment 1144s — Nay
• March 12, 2020: SB572, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB486, Floor Amendment 1135s — Nay
• March 11, 2020: SB486, Laid on Table — Nay
• March 11, 2020: SB486, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB603, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB623, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB623, Ought to Pass — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB686, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 11, 2020: SB688, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• March 5, 2020: SB469, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• March 5, 2020: SB159, VETO MESSAGE - Roll Call Required — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SJR2, Ought to Pass — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB455, Inexpedient to Legislate — Nay
• February 13, 2020: SB455, Floor Amendment 0621s — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB514, Ought to Pass — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB496, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB287, Ought to Pass w/Amendment — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB617, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB488, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB489, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• February 13, 2020: SB741, Laid on Table — Yea
• February 13, 2020: HB263, Laid on Table — Yea
• February 6, 2020: SB651, Inexpedient to Legislate — Yea
• February 6, 2020: SB302, Floor Amendment 0540s — Nay
• February 6, 2020: SJR1, Ought to Pass — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB552, Ought to Pass — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB410, Ought to Pass — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB583, Floor Amendment 0324s — Nay
• January 30, 2020: SB583, Ought to Pass — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB223, Refer to Interim Study — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB223, Ought to Pass — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB644, Laid on Table — Yea
• January 30, 2020: SB451, Ought to Pass — Yea

And 264 earlier votes.

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