Former Representative William O'Brien (R - Hills 5)

On record 2005 to 2016. This page is their record in the New Hampshire General Court; it is not a current directory entry.

• Recorded roll call votes: Nay 730, Not Voting/Not Excused 140, Yea 568, Not Voting/Excused 197, Presiding 492
• Bills sponsored: 107, 18 as prime sponsor

Bills Sponsored

• SB 3-FN (2016): relative to payment for reasonable value of services.
• HB 1570-FN (2016): repealing the law governing access to reproductive health care facilities.
• HB 1374 (2016): relative to rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund.
• SB 101 (2015): prohibiting the state from requiring implementation of common core standards.
• HB 658-FN (2015): prohibiting collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join a labor union.
• HB 440 (2015): establishing private prosecution of criminal proceedings.
• HB 438-FN-A (2015): exempting proprietorships from taxation under the business profits tax.
• HB 437-FN (2015): exempting proprietorships from taxation under the business enterprise tax.
• HB 402-FN (2015): establishing the Franklin Partin right-to-work act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 247 (2015): prohibiting the assignment and acceptance of recommendations of unauthorized judicial referees.
• HB 624-FN (2014): (New Title) waiving the residency requirement for in-state tuition rates for veterans attending institutions in the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire and relative to funding for New Hampshire hospital psychiatric crisis beds.
• HB 234 (2014): relative to occupational and professional boards and commissions procedures concerning military service and occupational experience or training.
• HB 1541-FN (2014): allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1253 (2014): relative to religious societies.
• HB 1213-FN (2014): prohibiting the purchase of alcohol or tobacco products with electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards.
• CACR 5 (2014): Relating to bribery and corruption. Providing that no person incarcerated for a crime, under a conditional release from incarceration, completing an order of restitution for a crime, nor any person who has been convicted of intentional murder shall hold any office of trust in the New Hampshire government.
• HB 615-FN-A (2013): relative to the New Hampshire national guard recruitment and retention scholarship fund and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 519 (2013): requiring the division of higher education to develop a policy on academic credit for a student's military occupation, military training, coursework, and experience.
• HB 518 (2013): relative to establishing an individual's status as a veteran and specifying that training for active duty is service for purposes of the veterans' tax credit.
• HB 323-FN (2013): establishing the Franklin Partin right-to-work act. (prime sponsor)
• HB 271 (2013): stating that New Hampshire will not accept expanded Medicaid. (prime sponsor)
• SB 406 (2012): (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices.
• SB 4 (2012): requiring legislative approval of cost items for state employee contract negotiations.
• SB 358-FN (2012): (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces.
• SB 326-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): (3rd New Title) relative to state reimbursement of towns and relative to taxation of trusts under the interest and dividends tax.
• SB 294-FN (2012): relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state.
• SB 293-FN (2012): relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax.
• SB 229-FN (2012): (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system.
• SB 181-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to distribution of funds for education.
• SB 167-FN-A-LOCAL (2012): establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax.
• HR 29 (2012): urging the United States Department of Health and Human Services to rescind its rule requiring health plans to provide sterilizations and contraceptives.
• HCR 38 (2012): urging the United States Congress to extend equal benefits for the treatment of Agent Orange exposure to Vietnam veterans who served outside of Vietnam.
• HB 655 (2012): (New Title) repealing a prospective repeal regarding certain authority of the secretary of state relative to pooled risk management programs.
• HB 654-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to credit for retirement system employer contribution overpayments.
• HB 624 (2012): (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the rulemaking authority of state agencies to establish fees.
• HB 458-FN-A (2012): establishing a sunset review process for executive agency and judicial programs and making an appropriation therefor.
• HB 212 (2012): relative to the definition of conflict of interest for executive branch officials and employees. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1725-FN (2012): prohibiting health care practitioner self-referrals for medical devices.
• HB 1699-FN (2012): relative to driving under the influence of drugs.
• HB 1692-FN (2012): making changes to the administration of the university system of New Hampshire.
• HB 1664-FN (2012): (New Title) establishing a committee to study transferring election law enforcement to the secretary of state.
• HB 1642-FN (2012): (New Title) relative to destination specialty hospitals.
• HB 1632 (2012): establishing a committee to assess the cost savings of digitizing the general court.
• HB 1607-FN-LOCAL (2012): (New Title) establishing an education tax credit.
• HB 1523-FN-LOCAL (2012): relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime.
• HB 1487 (2012): (3rd New Title) relative to low carbon fuel standards programs.
• HB 1478 (2012): relative to the definitions of resident for motor vehicle law purposes and domicile for voting purposes and relative to vehicle registration and driver's license requirements.
• HB 1437 (2012): relative to display of certain historical items in the state house.
• HB 1420 (2012): relative to the disposition of the remains of service members.
• HB 1419 (2012): relative to the rights of military parents.
• HB 1387 (2012): (New Title) requiring flags purchased with state funds or displayed in state facilities to be manufactured in the United States.
• HB 1354 (2012): (New Title) relative to voter affidavits.
• HB 1353 (2012): relative to establishing an individual's status as a veteran.
• HB 1297 (2012): (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges.
• HB 1256 (2012): establishing a New Hampshire state register of historic places.
• HB 1163 (2012): relative to the withholding union dues from wages.
• CACR 21 (2012): Relating to referendums. Providing that voters may veto laws by referendum.
• CACR 13 (2012): (New Title) Relating to prohibiting an assessment, rate, or tax on personal income. Providing that no assessment, rate, or tax on income earned by a natural person shall be levied by the state of New Hampshire except taxes in effect on January 1, 2012 and adjustments to the rate of such taxes.
• SB 92 (2011): (New Title) establishing an economic strategic commission to review the relationship between business and government.
• SB 196 (2011): (2nd New Title) relative to the renomination or reelection of teachers and grievance procedures.
• HR 13 (2011): repudiating Opinion of the Justices, 162 N.H. 160 (2011), and urging the senate to remove from the table and pass 2011 HB 89.
• HR 12 (2011): affirming revenue estimates for fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013.
• HCR 27 (2011): honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes.
• HB 524-FN (2011): (New Title) relative to the release of prisoners on probation or parole.
• HB 326-FN-LOCAL (2011): eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements.
• HB 147-FN (2011): making the commission of certain offenses punishable under the capital murder statute. (prime sponsor)
• SB 472-FN (2010): making the commission of certain murders eligible for the death penalty.
• HCR 22 (2010): (New Title) urging Congress to develop and pass a comprehensive immigration reform program.
• HB 665-FN (2010): relative to driving under the influence of drugs.
• HB 325 (2010): (New Title) establishing standards for adequate service of process and establishing a commission to study service of process by laypersons.
• HB 1693 (2010): relative to the powers of the joint committee on legislative facilities.
• HB 1675-FN (2010): relative to eliminating payment of certain travel expenses for members of the general court, and imposing a 2-year moratorium on reimbursement of executive branch state employee travel.
• HB 1633-FN-A-LOCAL (2010): repealing certain tax and fee increases in the 2010-2011 budget on July 1, 2012.
• HB 1621-FN (2010): prohibiting a lobbyist from serving on a public agency or public body where the lobbyist gains from the activity of the public agency or body.
• HB 1586-FN (2010): relative to mandated benefits review.
• HB 1585-FN (2010): allowing health insurance policies to be sold without mandates. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1510 (2010): relative to grounds for divorce for persons with minor children.
• HB 1432-LOCAL (2010): relative to the use of blue lights on firefighting apparatus.
• HB 1382 (2010): relative to workforce housing. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1381 (2010): establishing a commission on licensing trades and professions. (prime sponsor)
• HB 135 (2010): relative to remedies for violation of the state right-to-know law. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1315-FN (2010): relative to the employer's lien on damages and benefits recovered from third persons by employees who have received workers' compensation.
• HB 1307 (2010): relative to appointments and reappointments of marital masters.
• HB 1306 (2010): relative to approval of recommendations of marital masters and judicial referees.
• HB 1283-FN (2010): relative to participation in the state children's health insurance program.
• HB 1223 (2010): relative to notice in class action cases under the consumer protection act.
• HB 1185 (2010): relative to retired judges over 70 years of age.
• CACR 27 (2010): relating to education funding. Providing that state funding of education shall be targeted.
• HB 479-FN (2009): relative to time limits on eligibility for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
• HB 406 (2009): relative to contemporary motor vehicle plates.
• HB 257 (2009): relative to warrant articles at official ballot meetings.
• HB 134 (2009): relative to carrying a concealed weapon without a license.
• CACR 3 (2009): relating to public schools. Providing that: it shall be the duty of the legislature to encourage the interest of literature and the sciences and all seminaries and public schools.
• HB 1768-FN (2006): (New Title) establishing a committee to study the effects of rescinding the charter of the New Hampshire Bar Association, and relative to the regulation of attorneys by the supreme court.
• HB 1549 (2006): excluding certain acts based on bona fide economic and public safety considerations from the prohibition against age discrimination in public accommodations. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1548 (2006): relative to termination of tenancy. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1547 (2006): clarifying what constitutes physical presence for purposes of establishing domicile under the election laws. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1339 (2006): relative to voting procedures for local land use boards.
• HB 1242-FN (2006): relative to providing copies of the house and senate calendars to public libraries.
• HB 1238-FN (2006): (New Title) relative to centralized voter registration database information and relative to interference with campaign communications. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1237-FN-LOCAL (2006): requiring matching expenditures when public money is paid for purposes of electioneering. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1236-FN-LOCAL (2006): relative to disclosure of public expenditures related to lobbying and electioneering. (prime sponsor)
• HB 1196 (2006): relative to cost items submitted to the town meeting.
• HB 1195 (2006): relative to salary and compensation increases included in a default budget.
• HB 717 (2005): prohibiting cancellation of property and liability insurance on the basis of certain political activities.
• HB 451-FN-LOCAL (2005): requiring the separate preparation and approval process for the special education budget. (prime sponsor)
• HB 390 (2005): relative to the review and approval of individualized education plans. (prime sponsor)

Recent Votes

• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Nay
• June 16, 2016: Limit Debate — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: Rules Suspension — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1000, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB512, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB533, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB582, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1208, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1266, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: HB1637, Veto Override — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: Amend Journal — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 16, 2016: Print Remarks — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB4, Adopt CofC Report — Not Voting/Not Excused
• June 1, 2016: SB320, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB324, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB391, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: SB441, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB485, Reconsider — Nay
• June 1, 2016: SB523, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB1703, OTP — Yea
• June 1, 2016: Rules Suspension — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB427, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB605, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1193, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB1590, Adopt CofC Report — Nay
• June 1, 2016: HB1637, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• June 1, 2016: HB1656, Adopt CofC Report — Yea
• May 19, 2016: HB1590, Reconsider — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1661, CofC — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR3, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: SCR4, Remove from Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB636, Non Concur — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 19, 2016: HB1298, Concur — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB506, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB537, OTP — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB532, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB336, ITL — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB336, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB498, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB4, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: CACR27, OTPA — Yea
• May 11, 2016: SB466, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Nay
• May 11, 2016: SB533, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB534, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB426, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB324, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• May 11, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB515, OTPA — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB500, OTP — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB210, OTPA — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB533, OTPA — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB368, OTP — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB521, OTPA — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB492, Table — Yea
• April 20, 2016: SB510, OTP — Nay
• April 20, 2016: SB509, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB509, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB481, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 20, 2016: SB481, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• April 6, 2016: SB320, Adopt Amendment — Nay
• April 6, 2016: SB330, OTP — Nay
• April 6, 2016: SB441, OTP — Nay
• March 23, 2016: Print Remarks — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB280, ITL — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB602, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB602, OTPA — Nay
• March 23, 2016: HB1120, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1274, ITL — Yea
• March 23, 2016: HB1300, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1338, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1365, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1393, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1135, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1153, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1153, OTP — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1610, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1414, ITL — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1143, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, Table — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: Limit Debate — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 23, 2016: HB1661, OTPA — Not Voting/Not Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1301, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1322, OTPA — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1346, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1480, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1112, Table — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1180, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1500, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1349, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB2016, Adopt Amendment — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1104, ITL — Not Voting/Excused
• March 10, 2016: HB1140, ITL — Not Voting/Excused

And 2,027 earlier votes.

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