Former Representative William Knowles (D - Straf 6)

On record 1999 to 2008. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Nay 489, Yea 676, Not Voting/Excused 148, Not Voting/Not Excused 36, No vote recorded 1
• Bills sponsored: 129, 51 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 525 (2008): (New Title) establishing the first Saturday in May as Emergency Medical Services Provider Recognition Day.
• SB 513-FN (2008): relative to fighting animals.
• SB 495-FN (2008): prohibiting Internet solicitation and exploitation of children.
• SB 484 (2008): (New Title) establishing a commission to study the sentencing, incarceration, and recidivism of criminal offenders in order to enhance public safety and improve the criminal justice system's cost effectiveness.
• SB 483 (2008): establishing a committee to study in-home intervention and counseling services for families and children charged with a crime or designated in need of services by the juvenile court.
• SB 434 (2008): (New Title) relative to providers of electronic communication services and an extension for compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005.
• SB 433 (2008): relative to confidential communications between a physician and a patient.
• SB 400 (2008): relative to the authority of bail commissioners.
• SB 399 (2008): permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court.
• SB 327-FN (2008): relative to compensation for state employees injured in the line of duty.
• HB 632-FN (2008): relative to the penalty for death resulting from the trafficking of controlled drugs. (prime sponsor)
• HB 539-FN (2008): relative to manslaughter. (prime sponsor)
• HB 373 (2008): relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor.
• HB 1638 (2008): establishing an oversight commission on motor vehicle fines. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1483 (2008): requiring instruction in Internet safety.
• HB 1482-FN-LOCAL (2008): requiring schools and school libraries to install Internet filters.
• HB 1456 (2008): naming route 202 in Strafford county the Charles E. Smith Memorial Highway.
• HB 1180 (2008): (New Title) relative to the definitions of “law enforcement officer” and “judicial officer” under the capital murder law and establishing a commission to study the death penalty in New Hampshire.
• HB 1132 (2008): creating an exception to the wiretapping statute for a recording device used in conjunction with a TASER or other similar electroshock device.
• HB 1130 (2008): relative to repealed DWI laws.
• HB 1129 (2008): relative to special number plates for municipal police department vehicles.
• SB 66 (2007): (New Title) relative to involuntary civil commitment of sexually violent predators and relative to payment of the sex offender registration fee by criminal offenders.
• SB 65-FN (2007): (2nd New Title) requiring that the state provide 21 days’ written notice to the defendant prior to jury selection for his or her trial of the state’s request for an extended term of imprisonment.
• SB 194 (2007): establishing a commission to study the trafficking of persons across borders for sexual and labor exploitation.
• SB 136 (2007): relative to the attorney general's authority to appoint, organize, and assign investigatory personnel at the department of justice.
• HB 743 (2007): relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement. (prime sponsor)
• HB 719 (2007): (New Title) relative to the statute of limitations for fire code violations and placing restrictions on an exception for the storage of black gunpowder by historical reenactors and certain nonprofit entities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 707 (2007): relative to the time frames for hearings in domestic violence cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 194 (2007): (New Title) relative to laboratories conducting alcohol concentration tests and relative to the alcohol ignition interlock program.
• SB 370-FN (2006): relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams.
• SB 324 (2006): requiring notification concerning certain offenders against children.
• SB 246 (2006): relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff.
• SB 242 (2006): prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate.
• HB 698-FN (2006): relative to the penalty assessments.
• HB 533-FN (2006): relative to penalties for aggravated felonious sexual assault. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1745-FN (2006): relative to methamphetamine-related crimes involving children and incapacitated adults.
• HB 1713-FN (2006): restricting the over-the-counter sale of pseudeophedrine base and ephedrine base drugs and establishing commission to study the feasibility of an electronic tracking system for sales of pseudeophedrine base and ephedrine base drugs.
• HB 1705-FN (2006): relative to limited driving privileges for certain persons whose licenses have been revoked or suspended. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1674-FN (2006): requiring emergency care providers to report information on certain sexual assault crimes to law enforcement officials. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1667-FN (2006): establishing penalties for methamphetamine manufacturing and possession of substances with intent to manufacture methamphetamine.
• HB 1665-FN (2006): creating an offense for the injury of another resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth.
• HB 1591-FN-A (2006): requiring tobacco tax revenue attributable to tobacco sales to minors and tobacco consumption by minors to be deposited in the tobacco use prevention fund for youth tobacco use prevention programs and purposes. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1480 (2006): amending the provisions relative to registration of criminal offenders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1448 (2006): (New Title) relative to the applicability of drivers’ license revocations for drugs or alcohol involvement and relative to the medical/vision advisory board. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1396 (2006): relative to competency of juvenile offenders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1377 (2006): relative to certain mandatory minimum sentences. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1362 (2006): relative to permitting audio and video recording on school buses.
• SB 159 (2005): relative to verbal identification by public officials and employees.
• SB 102-FN (2005): (New Title) limiting liability for failure to arrest persons under 21 years of age illegally transporting alcoholic beverages.
• HB 628-FN (2005): relative to the authority of law enforcement officers to close an area for the purpose of abating a threat to public health or safety. (prime sponsor)
• HB 558 (2005): relative to the circumstances constituting sexual assault. (prime sponsor)
• HB 54 (2005): relative to responsibility for child passenger restraints. (prime sponsor)
• HB 468 (2005): relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. (prime sponsor)
• HB 46-FN (2005): relative to penalties for first-time DWI offenders.
• HB 443 (2005): relative to the statute of limitations for fire code violations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 439 (2005): relative to registration requirements for criminal offenders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 219 (2005): relative to permitting audio and video recording on school buses.
• HB 204-FN (2005): (New Title) prohibiting unlawful peering into the dwelling place of another.
• HB 128-FN (2005): (New Title) relative to negligent operation of a carnival or amusement ride.
• HB 112 (2005): relative to psychiatric evaluations in competency hearings. (prime sponsor)
• HB 102-FN-A (2005): increasing the personal needs allowance of nursing home residents and certain other residents and making an appropriation therefor. (prime sponsor)
• SB 511-FN (2004): relative to the penalties for rioting.
• SB 392 (2004): relative to criminal responsibility for certain offenses committed by persons 13 years of age or older.
• HB 781-FN-A (2004): establishing the office of corrections ombudsmen.
• HB 464-FN (2004): establishing a criminal penalty for facilitating a drug or underage alcohol house party. (prime sponsor)
• HB 403 (2004): (2nd New Title) requiring persons who are acquitted of certain sexual assaults by reason of insanity to register as sexual offenders.
• HB 276-FN (2004): relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons.
• HB 1414 (2004): establishing a commission to study issues regarding the women's prison facility.
• HB 1407 (2004): granting limited law enforcement authority to certain federal officers stationed in New Hampshire.
• HB 1361 (2004): relative to sentences for certain offenses committed on or near a public college or university campus.
• HB 718-FN (2003): (2nd New Title) relative to judicial proceedings for crimes committed by a minor which are not charged until after the minor reaches the age of majority and relative to the statute of limitations in cases involving destruction or falsification of evidence, witness tampering, or other unlawful conduct. (prime sponsor)
• HB 64 (2003): establishing a commission to study the creation of an integrated criminal justice information system and any issues related to the privacy, security, and dissemination of such criminal justice information.
• HB 615-FN (2003): (New Title) relative to the requirements for registration of sexual offenders and relative to certain acts of sexual assault.
• HB 524-FN (2003): (New Title) relative to the annulment of certain domestic violence offenses. (prime sponsor)
• HB 445 (2003): relative to consideration of domestic violence in child custody and visitation decisions and relative to the time period in which a motion for protective order from domestic violence may be filed.
• HB 288-FN (2003): imposing a criminal penalty for the dissemination of certain materials without consent. (prime sponsor)
• HB 278-FN (2003): relative to certain acts of sexual assault. (prime sponsor)
• HB 277-FN (2003): relative to an extended term of imprisonment for manslaughter and relative to jury findings which warrant an extended term of imprisonment. (prime sponsor)
• HB 224 (2003): granting immunity from liability to law enforcement officers executing involuntary emergency mental health admissions.
• HB 212 (2003): (New Title) defining "terrorize" for the purpose of criminal threatening. (prime sponsor)
• HB 204 (2003): relative to venue in juvenile proceedings. (prime sponsor)
• HB 198 (2003): (New Title) relative to the police powers of law enforcement officers called to respond to incidents in other jurisdictions and relative to the authority of the Maine marine patrol to perform certain law enforcement functions in the waters of New Hampshire.
• HB 105 (2003): (3rd New Title) relative to sexual assaults committed by corrections officers, probation and parole officers, and juvenile probation and parole officers against individuals under their supervision, making a technical correction, and permitting the court to prohibit visitation between a parent convicted of sexual abuse or sexual assault against a minor child or stepchild and a sibling or step-sibling of the victim. (prime sponsor)
• SB 182-FN-A (2002): (2nd New Title) establishing a brain injury program and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 557-FN-A (2002): (New Title) relative to victims' assistance programs and the victims' assistance fund. (prime sponsor)
• HB 325-FN (2002): relative to certain acts of sexual assault.
• HB 1426-FN (2002): (New Title) relative to the availability of information on the registration of certain sexual offenders, and requiring certain sexual offenders and offenders against children to report any changes to such person's place of employment or schooling. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1425-FN (2002): relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons.
• HB 1410-LOCAL (2002): (New Title) ratifying the 2001 Amherst annual town meeting, and the 2001 Pembroke town meeting.
• HB 1241-FN (2002): relative to salaries for the wardens of department of corrections facilities. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1187-FN (2002): relative to criminal penalties for possession of a firearm in a safe school zone.
• HB 1147 (2002): relative to the annulment of certain criminal offenses committed under the laws of another jurisdiction.
• HB 1137 (2002): relative to the crime of resisting arrest. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1108 (2002): (New Title) relative to administrative license suspension hearings.
• HB 481 (2001): relative to access to certain communications common carrier records. (prime sponsor)
• HB 315-FN (2001): relative to the registration of criminal offenders. (prime sponsor)
• HB 308-FN (2001): relative to administrative fees added to restitution payments. (prime sponsor)
• HB 271 (2001): relative to criminal liability for the conduct of another. (prime sponsor)
• HB 265 (2001): prohibiting the sale of rolling papers to minors. (prime sponsor)
• HB 203 (2001): allowing a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner employed under contract with the department of corrections to be indemnified and defended by the state under the same conditions as psychiatrists. (prime sponsor)
• HB 200-FN-LOCAL (2000): relative to restructuring the juvenile justice system in New Hampshire.
• HB 1621-FN (2000): allowing administrative home confinement for habitual offenders.
• HB 1570-FN (2000): requiring parolees and probationers from other states to comply with the Interstate Compact on Parole in order to be lawfully present in New Hampshire. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1562-FN (2000): establishing criminal penalties for violations of orders of protection under the child protection act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1531 (2000): relative to the preemption of local regulations of firearms.
• HB 1503 (2000): establishing a study committee to review the state's current parole and probation procedures.
• HB 1494-FN (2000): (New Title) establishing penalties for attempts to purchase firearms illegally.
• HB 1492-FN (2000): relative to clarifying the state's stalking statute. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1476 (2000): expanding the notification process for victims of crime.
• HB 1459 (2000): (New Title) requiring the state police to record and update information relative to the charges of criminal and civil non-support.
• HB 1424 (2000): relative to reevaluation of a person's competency to stand trial. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1413 (2000): relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces.
• HB 1382-FN (2000): making it a felony for inmates to harass corrections personnel and others by propelling bodily fluids. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1346-FN (2000): relative to certain acts of felonious sexual assault.
• HB 1318 (2000): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the instability of kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating fuel prices.
• HB 1250 (2000): (New Title) allowing an advanced registered nurse practitioner to declare a personal safety emergency and to transfer an inmate for a psychiatric inpatient emergency. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1249 (2000): providing that critical incident reviews conducted by the department of corrections are privileged and protected from discovery in any proceeding. (prime sponsor)
• HB 84-FN (1999): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the penalties for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs in the state, and the education and treatment services available to offenders.
• HB 722-FN (1999): revising the law relative to protection of persons from domestic violence. (prime sponsor)
• HB 706 (1999): (New Title) relative to the definition of "sexual contact" under the sexual assault laws and relative to the registration of certain criminal offenders.
• HB 703-FN-A-LOCAL (1999): (New Title) establishing a regional youth center pilot program in the city of Nashua.
• HB 667 (1999): relative to the quorum required for sessions of the supreme court.
• HB 664 (1999): establishing a study committee on rights of ownership to cemetery plots. (prime sponsor)
• HB 652-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to victims' assistance, penalty assessments on criminal offenses, and establishing a surcharge on items sold at state prison commissaries which is continually appropriated to the victims' assistance fund.
• HB 538 (1999): establishing a committee to study the new construction and repair of New Hampshire commemorative monuments at certain Civil War battle sites.
• HB 345-FN (1999): (New Title) relative to harassment via the computer.
• HB 272-FN (1999): relative to the use of laser pointing devices.
• HB 216 (1999): relative to release conditions pending trial for defendants in domestic violence, stalking, or protective order violation cases. (prime sponsor)
• HB 100-FN-LOCAL (1999): adopting certain interim provisions as a result of the Claremont decision to enable municipalities to continue to fund education.

Recent Votes

• September 24, 2008: HB1653, FLOOR AM 2199H (REP KURK) — Nay
• September 24, 2008: HB1653, OUGHT TO PASS — Yea
• September 24, 2008: HR24, REMOVE FROM TABLE (REP HALL) — Nay
• September 24, 2008: HB1220, SHALL HB1220 BECOME LAW — Nay
• September 24, 2008: HB1333, SHALL HB1333 BECOME LAW — Nay
• June 4, 2008: HR24, MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE (REP HALL) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SB321, C OF C REPORT #2132 AS PASSED BY SENATE + NEW AM — Yea
• June 4, 2008: SB482, C OF C REPORT #2004 HOUSE AMS + NEW AM — Yea
• June 4, 2008: SB530, SHALL RULE OF THE CHAIR BE UPHELD (REP HESS) — Yea
• June 4, 2008: SSHR1, FLAM 2149H REP HESS — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHR1, ADJOURNMENT (REP M.CLARK) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHR1, ADOPTION OF RULES — Yea
• June 4, 2008: SSHB1, MOTION TO ADJOURN (REP HESS) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHB1, DIVIDE SECTIONS 1, 2, 3 & 4 OUT (REP BERGIN) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHB1, FLAM 2152H (REP KURK) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHB1, DIVIDE SECTION 7 OUT (REP HESS) — Nay
• June 4, 2008: SSHB1, OUGHT TO PASS — Yea
• May 21, 2008: HB1436, CONCUR (REP GORMAN) — Nay
• May 21, 2008: HB1309, CONCUR (REP ALMY) — Yea
• May 21, 2008: HR28, FLAM 1913H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Not Voting/Excused
• May 21, 2008: HR24, MOTION TO REMOVE FROM TABLE (REP WINTERS) — Not Voting/Excused
• May 15, 2008: SB482, FLAM 1786H (REP SPLAINE) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 15, 2008: SB342, OTP / AM 1657H — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 15, 2008: SB482, FLAM 1786H (REP SPLAINE) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 15, 2008: HR25, LAID ON TABLE (REP HUNT) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 14, 2008: SB337, OTP / AM 1658H NT — Yea
• May 14, 2008: SB463, OTP / AM 1702H NT — Yea
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, AM 1795H NT — Yea
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, FLAM 1812H (REP SNOW) — Nay
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, LAID ON TABLE (REP D.EATON) — Yea
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, FLAM 1856H NT (REP PACKARD) — Nay
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, FLAM 1847H NT (REP INGBRETSON) — Nay
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, INDEFINITELY POSTPONDED (REP M.CLARK) — Nay
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, OTP — Nay
• May 14, 2008: CACR34, PRINT ENTIRE DEBATE IN PERMANENT JOURNAL (REP BERGIN) — Nay
• May 14, 2008: SB321, FLAM 1855H (VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
• May 14, 2008: SB321, FLAM 1879H (REP WEYLER) — Not Voting/Excused
• May 7, 2008: SB312, RFS — Yea
• May 7, 2008: SB312, OTP (REP L.QUANDT) — Nay
• May 7, 2008: SB540, OTP / AM 1565H — Yea
• May 7, 2008: SB530, DEBATE PLACED IN PERMANENT JOURNAL (REP WENDELBOE) — Nay
• May 7, 2008: SB530, OTP / AM 1564H — Yea
• May 7, 2008: SB539, MAJ AM 1574H — Yea
• May 7, 2008: SB539, FLAM 1684H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
• May 7, 2008: SB539, OTP / AM 1574H — Yea
• May 7, 2008: SB539, RECONSIDERATION (REP D.EATON) — Nay
• April 16, 2008: SB530, OTP/AM 1268H — Yea
• April 16, 2008: SB539, OTP / AM 1269H — Yea
• April 16, 2008: SB528, OTP / AM 1284H — Yea
• April 16, 2008: SB519, OTP / AM 1303H — Nay
• April 16, 2008: SB502, OTP — Yea
• April 16, 2008: SB363, OTP / AM 1182H — Yea
• April 16, 2008: HR24, LAID ON TABLE (REP D.EATON) — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1472, OTP / AM 0711H — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1439, ITL — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1434, OTP / AM 0770H — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB432, MAJ AM 0895H — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB781, MAJ AM 0859H — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB781, MIN AM 0915H (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Nay
• March 19, 2008: HB1426, OTP — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1427, OTP — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1427, ITL — Nay
• March 19, 2008: HB1496, RULING OF CHAIR UPHELD (REP VAILLANCOURT) — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1496, OTP — Yea
• March 19, 2008: HB1594, OTP / AM 1025H — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 19, 2008: HB1644, OTP / AM 1018H — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 18, 2008: CACR28, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1628, OTP / AM 0651H — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1360, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1547, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB686, OTP / AM 0687H NT AND 1021H — Nay
• March 18, 2008: HB1623, OTP/ AM 0625H NT — Nay
• March 18, 2008: HB1645, OTP / AM 1031H — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1146, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1589, ITL — Yea
• March 18, 2008: HB1127, MIN AM 0540H (REP BEDRICK) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 18, 2008: HB1127, OTP / AM 0080H — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 18, 2008: HB1436, LAY ON TABLE (REP PRICE) — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 18, 2008: HB1436, OTP / AM 0682H — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 18, 2008: HB1354, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 13, 2008: HB1160, ITL — Yea
• March 13, 2008: HB1495, ITL — Yea
• March 13, 2008: HB1498, ITL — Yea
• March 13, 2008: HB1517, ITL — Yea
• March 13, 2008: HB1588, ITL — Yea
• March 12, 2008: HB1185, ITL — Yea
• March 12, 2008: HB1192, OTP/AM 0509H NT — Yea
• March 12, 2008: HB1543, ITL — Yea
• March 12, 2008: HB1455, ITL — Yea
• March 12, 2008: CACR24, ITL — Yea
• March 12, 2008: HB1255, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1309, OTP — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1414, OTP — Yea
• March 5, 2008: CACR23, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1296, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1602, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1614, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: CACR21, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: CACR29, ITL — Yea
• March 5, 2008: HB1261, AM 0667H NT — Not Voting/Not Excused

And 1,250 earlier votes.

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