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Former Representative Tony Soltani (R - Merr 8)

On record 1999 to 2012. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

  • Recorded roll call votes: Nay 565, Yea 606, Not Voting/Not Excused 288, Not Voting/Excused 139, No vote recorded 1
  • Bills sponsored: 74, 27 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

  • HB 599 (2012): relative to appointments and reapppointments of marital masters. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 315 (2012): relative to appointment of attorneys by judges, marital masters, and judicial officers. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 287-FN-A (2012): making an appropriation for funding disaster relief and hazard mitigation in response to the May 2006 Suncook River avulsion.
  • HB 502-FN (2011): relative to low-digit number plates. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 314 (2011): relative to judicially appointed officials. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 313 (2011): requiring parental consent for court referral of a minor to a juvenile diversion program. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 2 (2011): relating to the tenure of judges. Providing that the general court may specify the term of office served by a judge.
  • SB 348 (2006): prohibiting the taking of arms and ammunition in a declared state of emergency.
  • SB 318-FN (2006): relative to the use of deadly force to protect oneself.
  • SB 287-FN (2006): (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues.
  • HB 501 (2006): (New Title) relative to citizenship and domicile affidavits.
  • HB 1676-FN (2006): relative to misdemeanor jury trials. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1663-FN-LOCAL (2006): relative to the licensing fee for motor vehicle recycling yards.
  • HB 1598-FN (2006): relative to publication of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated.
  • HB 1434 (2006): establishing a study committee to investigate municipal tax exemptions for nursing homes. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1307 (2006): relative to application requirements for motor vehicle recycling yard licenses.
  • HB 1262 (2006): legalizing actions taken at town meeting relative to increasing the board of selectmen from 3 members to 5 members in the town of Pittsfield.
  • HB 1256 (2006): establishing a committee to study the feasibility of creating an independent administrative office of the courts.
  • HB 1133 (2006): establishing the employee civic duty act.
  • HB 497 (2005): relative to stolen checks.
  • HB 468 (2005): relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff.
  • HB 423 (2005): relative to insurance premiums for medical malpractice liability insurance.
  • HB 38 (2005): (New Title) relative to theft of personal checks and credit cards.
  • HB 171 (2005): relative to nicknames on ballots.
  • SB 109 (2004): (2nd New Title) adopting the model Drug Dealer Liability Act.
  • HCR 25 (2004): declaring that the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.
  • HB 65 (2004): relative to educational assistance for national guard members.
  • CACR 9 (2004): relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2005 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed.
  • SB 13 (2003): relative to judicially appointed officials.
  • HCR 14 (2003): (New Title) declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.
  • HB 836 (2003): certifying that John Coughlin was elected as county attorney for Hillsborough county at the 2002 general election. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 8 (2003): relating to the attorney general. Providing that the attorney general be elected for the same term as the governor.
  • HCR 27 (2002): urging Congress to release information to the public regarding restrictions placed on Italian-American citizens of the United States during World War II.
  • HB 686 (2002): relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases.
  • HB 566 (2002): establishing terms for the offices of administrative judges of the courts.
  • HB 495 (2002): relative to judicially appointed officials. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 465 (2002): (3rd New Title) relative to lobbying activities of the New Hampshire Bar Association, establishing a committee to study issues related to the unified bar, and requiring the association to poll its members on the question of de-unification.
  • HB 1420 (2002): (New Title) establishing a task force to define the practice of law in New Hampshire.
  • HB 1406 (2002): (2nd New Title) permitting the nomination of a guardian for the children of activated members of the armed services or for incapacitated persons for whom the activated member is the guardian, creating a committee to study the New Hampshire National Guard Education Assistance Act, and relative to the capital appropriation for the renovation and expansion of state armories.
  • HB 1368-FN (2002): adopting the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as law.
  • HB 134 (2002): (2nd New Title) requiring the supreme court to establish a pilot program in the superior and district courts of one county which allows each party in a civil case one challenge to the justice assigned to the case. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1280-FN (2002): raising the maximum speed limit on all New Hampshire interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour and on portions of the interstate specifically posted currently at 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour.
  • HB 1249 (2002): adopting the model Drug Dealer Liability Act.
  • HB 1100-FN-A (2002): (New Title) relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor.
  • CACR 7 (2002): relating to the state's responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education. Providing that the general court shall have the exclusive authority to determine the content, extent, and funding of a public education and that the state may fulfill its responsibility to provide to all citizens the opportunity for a public education.
  • CACR 3 (2002): relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed.
  • HB 699 (2001): relative to the rights of non-offending parents in the context of abuse and neglect cases.
  • HB 624 (2001): establishing a committee to study requiring mandatory ethics seminars for judges.
  • HB 526 (2001): establishing a committee to study recodification of the motor vehicle insurance laws.
  • HB 496 (2001): establishing a committee to study the method by which low-digit plates are issued by the department of safety and any alternatives to the presently-used method. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 461-FN (2001): requiring all officers and officials elected by either or both houses of the legislature to file certain reports and register as political committees.
  • HB 297-FN-LOCAL (2001): eliminating excess education property tax payments.
  • HB 291-FN-LOCAL (2001): revising the procedure for determining the cost of an adequate education.
  • HB 283-FN (2001): establishing a low-digit plate lottery for plates reacquired by the department of safety and for low-digit plates not yet issued by the department.
  • HB 133 (2001): relative to an informed jury. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 568 (2000): (New Title) establishing a program for performance evaluations of judges. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 499-FN (2000): relative to payment by the state of the cost of medical insurance benefits for certain New Hampshire retirement system members. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1535-FN (2000): (New Title) relative to creation of a commission to study the state's increasing appellate caseload and solutions to the increasing appellate caseload.
  • HB 1482 (2000): relative to funding of municipal projects. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1480 (2000): making consent a defense under the sexual assault laws. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1242 (2000): relative to the standard for modification of a child custody order. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1233 (2000): relative to interest on judgments. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 1171 (2000): restricting the payment of salaries to suspended judicial officers. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 30 (2000): relating to judicial retirement. Providing that a judge may serve after age 70 if appointed by governor and council to a 5-year renewable term. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 701-FN-LOCAL (1999): granting the parents of school children an education voucher for a child to attend a school other than the assigned public school.
  • HB 663-LOCAL (1999): authorizing the granting of abatements to persons whose children are enrolled in schools other than the local public schools. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 622-FN (1999): relative to a school district's duty to provide education. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 551 (1999): (New Title) revising the definition of "employer" under the employment discrimination laws of the state. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 477-FN (1999): changing certain requirements for temporary plates on motor vehicles. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 463-LOCAL (1999): (New Title) relative to local regulation of junk yards and altering the definition of federal aid primary system for purposes of the laws regarding highway regulations, protection and control regulations. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 440 (1999): relative to access to copies of patient medical records. (prime sponsor)
  • HB 411 (1999): (New Title) requiring voters to present identification.
  • HB 378 (1999): relative to discharge or suspension of county employees. (prime sponsor)
  • CACR 6 (1999): (New Title) relating to municipalities' home rule. Providing that municipalities shall have home rule authority to exercise such powers which are not prohibited by the state constitution, state statute, or common law.

Recent Votes

  • June 27, 2012: HB1666, SHALL HB 1666 BECOME LAW — Nay
  • June 27, 2012: HB1679, SHALL HB 1679 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: HB1549, SHALL HB 1549 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: SB406, SHALL SB 406 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: HB1354, CONCUR (REP BATES) — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: SB289, SHALL SB 289 BECOME LAW — Nay
  • June 27, 2012: SB318, SHALL SB 318 BECOME LAW — Nay
  • June 27, 2012: SB372, SHALL SB 372 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: HB1607, SHALL HB 1607 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: HB217, SHALL HB 217 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: SB356, SHALL SB 356 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 27, 2012: SB326, SHALL SB 326 BECOME LAW — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: SB218, C OF C #2392C (REP J.GARRITY) — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: SB289, C OF C #2466C (REP BATES) — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: SB318, C OF C #2409C (REP BATES) — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: SB406, C OF C #2462C — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • June 6, 2012: CACR13, C OF C #2450C — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: CACR12, C OF C #2465C — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: CACR12, C OF C #2465C — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: HB1670, C OF C #2452C — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: CACR6, C OF C #2458C — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: CACR26, CONCUR (REP ROWE) — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: CACR8, RECONSIDER RULES SUSPENSION TO ALLOW CONSIDER (REP C.CHRISTENSEN) — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: HB1260, C OF C #2472C — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • June 6, 2012: HB1383, C OF C #2438C — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: HB1418, C OF C #2397C — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: HB1490, C OF C #2375C — Yea
  • June 6, 2012: HB1666, C OF C #2468C — Nay
  • June 6, 2012: HB1699, RECONSIDERATION (REP HOELL) — Yea
  • May 30, 2012: HB217, CONCUR (REP SWINFORD) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB348, FLAM 2303H(NT) (REP WILLETTE) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 17, 2012: SB348, FLAM 2303H(NT) (REP WILLETTE) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 17, 2012: SB218, OTP/AM 2180H — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 17, 2012: SB203, FLAM 2300H(NT) (REP SORG) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB203, OTP/AM 2080H(NT) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 17, 2012: SB142, RECONSIDERATION (REP TREGENZA) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 17, 2012: SB142, RULES SUSPENSION TO ALLOW NON-GERMANE AMENDMENT (REP TREGENZA) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB142, SHALL THE RULE OF THE CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP PETER SULLIVAN) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB142, RULES SUSPENSION TO ALLOW NON-GERMANE AMENDMENT (REP BETTENCOURT) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB142, FLAM 2327H(NT) (REP KURK) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB286, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP HOWARD) — Yea
  • May 17, 2012: SB286, OTP/AM 2312H — Nay
  • May 17, 2012: SB351, FLAM 2318H(NT) (REP LOVETT) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB375, FLAM 2242H(NT) (REP KURK) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 16, 2012: SB308, REMOVE FROM TABLE (REP WEED) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 16, 2012: SB17, OTP/AM 2138H(NT) — Nay
  • May 16, 2012: SB354, DIVIDE OUT SECTIONS 3-10 (REP WEBER) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB308, REMOVE FROM TABLE (REP BALDASARO) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB406, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP JENNIFER COFFEY) — Nay
  • May 16, 2012: SB406, OTP/AM 1980H(NT) AND 2280H — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB372, AM 2190H — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB372, OTP/AM 2190H — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB399, FLAM 2270H(NT) (REP HATCH) — Nay
  • May 16, 2012: SB399, OTP/AM 2217H(NT) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB229, AM 2214H(NT) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB217, AM 2209H(NT) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 16, 2012: SB217, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP CALI-PITTS) — Yea
  • May 16, 2012: SB217, OTPA — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB334, ITL — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB356, FLAM 2215H(NT) (REP ITSE) — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: HR, MOTION TO ALLOW REP VAILLANCOURT BACK INTO HOUSE AT SUCH TIME AFTER AN APOLOGY. (REP JASPER) — Nay
  • May 15, 2012: SB289, MAJ AM 2169H — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB289, OTP/AM 2169H — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB318, OTP/AM 2101H AND 2223H — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB155, OTP/AM 2128H — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB295, MAJ AM 2220H(NT) — Nay
  • May 15, 2012: SB295, FLAM 2224H(NT) (REP WEYLER) — Yea
  • May 15, 2012: SB295, OTP/AM 2220H(NT) AND 2224H(NT) — Yea
  • May 9, 2012: HB1716, CONCUR (REP CHANDLER) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 9, 2012: SB382, OTP/AM 1948H — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 9, 2012: SB270, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • May 9, 2012: SB260, OTP — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB343, OTP/AM 1816H — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB287, FLAM 1780H(NT) (REP KURK) — Yea
  • April 25, 2012: SB409, OTP/AM 1751H — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB378, FLAM 1841H(NT) (REP DANIELS) — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB378, OTP/AM — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB203, AM 1708H — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB203, OTP/AM 1708H — Nay
  • April 25, 2012: SB155, OTP/AM 1722H AND 1845H(NT) — Yea
  • April 25, 2012: SB295, FLAM 1754H(NT) (REP ALMY) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • April 25, 2012: SB295, FLAM 1849H(NT) (REP SILVA) — Yea
  • April 25, 2012: SB, DIVIDE LAY ON TABLE (REP WEBER) — Yea
  • April 11, 2012: SB202, FLAM 1553H (REP WEBER) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • April 11, 2012: SB202, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 29, 2012: HB1652, FLAM 1438H(NT) (REP LEISHMAN) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 29, 2012: HB1652, OTP/AM 1438H(NT) — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 29, 2012: HB1692, MAJ AM 1365H(NT) — Nay
  • March 29, 2012: HB1692, OTP — Yea
  • March 29, 2012: HB1727, OTP — Yea
  • March 29, 2012: HB1660, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 29, 2012: HB1438, ITL — Nay
  • March 29, 2012: HB1438, FLAM 1098H (REP GIUDA) — Yea
  • March 29, 2012: HB1438, OTP/AM 1098H — Yea
  • March 29, 2012: HB1460, OTP/AM 1163H(NT) — Yea
  • March 29, 2012: HB1607, OTP/AM 1364H(NT) — Yea
  • March 28, 2012: HB1395, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 28, 2012: HB1659, OTP/AM 1327H — Not Voting/Not Excused
  • March 28, 2012: HB1659, ITL (REP SHURTLEFF) — Nay
  • March 28, 2012: HB1659, LAY ON THE TABLE (REP SHURTLEFF) — Yea

And 1,499 earlier votes.

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