The House, Tuesday, April 11, 1989

The House took up 67 bills: 16 together on the consent calendar, then 51 one by one, listed below by bill.

Journal
House Journal 69
Votes Taken
3 roll calls15 voice votes
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The journal is on record from 1997, so this day carries the vote record without the debate.

What the House Did That Day

The record does not say what order these came in: the journal page is cited on only a few of them, so they are listed by bill.

relative to common and contract carriers.
Rep. Flanders (Rock 10) House Transportation Senate Transportation Motor Vehicles

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 18–0.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 4, 1989✓GovernorJun 2, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989
to define certain police trainers as permanent policmen for retirement system purposes.
Rep. Hawkins (Belk 5) House Executive Departments and Administration Senate Insurance Retirement

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–0.

Special Order (Take the bill up at a set time)

Motion Passed: Rescheduled on a voice vote

In the record: Special Order to 04/13/1989

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 13, 1989✓SenateMay 4, 1989✓GovernorMay 22, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989
(New Title)
Rep. Horton (Coos 4) House Education Senate Education Education - General

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 4, 1989✓GovernorMay 26, 1989✓LawMay 26, 1989
making an appropriation to the division for children and youth services to fund certain positions.
Rep. Wallner (Merr 18) House Children, Youth and Juvenile Justice Children

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
relative to relocation assistance and real property acquisition.
Rep. Pearson (Belk 5) House Public Works Senate Internal Affairs

Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote

In the record: Concur

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseMar 7, 1989✓SenateApr 4, 1989✓GovernorMay 17, 1989✓LawMay 17, 1989
relative to state ski operations at Mount Sunapee and Cannon Mountain and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Weymouth (Graf 2) House Resources, Recreation and Development Senate Development, Recreation and Environment Environment - Conservation

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 19–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 9, 1989✓GovernorMay 24, 1989✓LawMay 24, 1989
relative to capital projects for the department of fish and game and authorizing a maintenance and construction crew for the fish and game department and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Boucher (Rock 23) House Fish and Game Senate Capital Budget Fish & Game

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 19–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 2, 1989✓GovernorMay 17, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989
relative to the dedication of the Hampton State Beach lifeguard facility and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Tufts (Rock 13) House Public Works Senate Capital Budget Environment - Conservation

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 20–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 4, 1989✓GovernorMay 24, 1989✓LawMay 24, 1989
relative to fish and game search and rescue.
Rep. LaMott (Graf 5) House Fish and Game Senate Finance Fish & Game

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 20–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✕SenateApr 27, 1989Governor✕LawApr 27, 1989
HB 226-A (1989)Became Law
relative to state-issued bonds for college tuition.
Rep. Skinner (Rock 21) House Education Senate Education Education - General

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 14–0.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed

✓IntroducedJan 24, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 4, 1989✓GovernorJun 5, 1989✓LawAug 4, 1989
relative to an information booklet for caretakers of Alzheimer's disease victims and making an appropriaton therefor.
Rep. Parks (Straf 6) House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Public and Mental Health

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 13–1.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 24, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
amending the 10-year highway plan.
Rep. Whittemore (Merr 10) House Public Works Senate Capital Budget Transportation and Highways

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 20–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 24, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 2, 1989✓GovernorMay 29, 1989✓LawMay 29, 1989
HB 32-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the Hampton seawall and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Parr (Rock 17) House Public Works Senate Capital Budget

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 18–0.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 2, 1989✓GovernorMay 17, 1989✓LawJul 16, 1989
relative to the adult program special needs allowance and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Manus (Merr 17) House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Welfare/Medicare/Medicaid

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed

✓IntroducedJan 24, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
HB 38 (1989)Became Law
increasing the legal length of lobster; establishing a lobster management program and creating an advisory committee.
Rep. Dickinson (Carr 2) House Fish and Game Senate Development, Recreation and Environment Fish & Game

Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote

In the record: Concur

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseFeb 14, 1989✓SenateMar 30, 1989✓GovernorMay 1, 1989✓LawMay 31, 1989
to tax all forms of tobacco products.
Rep. Gross (Merr 16) House Ways and Means Senate Ways and Means Taxes - State

House Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–3.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed 284–44 on a roll call

✓IntroducedJan 24, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 2, 1989✓GovernorJun 2, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989
relative to the board of examiners of nursing home administrators and to licensing nursing home administrators.

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 15–0.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 9, 1989✓GovernorJun 2, 1989✓LawAug 1, 1989
making an appropriation to fund additional positions within the office of child support enforcement.
Rep. Sanderson (Rock 25) House Children, Youth and Juvenile Justice Children

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
HB 412-FN-A (1990)Interim Study
to provide tax credits for employees under the business profits tax.
Rep. Kurk (Hills 3) House Ways and Means Taxes - State

House Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.

Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)

Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote

Moved by Rep. Blacketor.

In the record: Laid on Table

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989HouseMar 27, 1990SenateGovernor✕LawMay 3, 1990
relative to closure of landfills and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Millard (Merr 4) House Environment and Agriculture Environment - Administration

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
HB 436-FN-A (1989)Interim Study
relative to sewage treatment funds and making an appropriation therefor.

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–2.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989SenateMay 9, 1989Governor✕LawApr 19, 1990
making an appropriation to the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention and establishing a committee to review the expenditure of funds by such office.
Rep. Bourque (Hills 35) House Regulated Revenues Senate Ways and Means

Adopt the Committee Amendment (Accept the committee's changes)

Motion Passed: Amendment Adopted 244–90 on a roll call

In the record: Adopt Committee Amendment

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✕SenateMay 2, 1989Governor✕LawMay 2, 1989
regarding a state loan for the Monroe sewage treatment facility.
Rep. Weymouth (Graf 2) House Public Works Senate Finance

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateApr 27, 1989✓GovernorMay 17, 1989✓LawJul 16, 1989
HB 523 (1989)Became Law
relative to a privilege for confidential communications between guardian ad litem and child.
Rep. Asplund (Merr 10) House Children, Youth and Juvenile Justice Senate Judiciary Domestic Relations

Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Accepted

In the record: Concur

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseMar 7, 1989✓SenateApr 4, 1989✓GovernorMay 1, 1989✓LawMay 1, 1989
HB 556 (1989)Became Law
relative to the board of governors, and administrative board, and the commissioner of the department of postsecondary vocational-technical education.
Rep. LaMott (Graf 5) House Education Senate Education Education - General

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 18–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 11, 1989✓GovernorJun 5, 1989✓LawAug 4, 1989
relative to the residential specialist program and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Mayhew (Coos 3) House Education Education - General

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed

✓IntroducedJan 31, 1989✕HouseApr 11, 1989SenateGovernor✕LawApr 11, 1989
relative to the highway fund.
Rep. Marsh (Coos 1) House Public Works Senate Capital Budget Transportation and Highways

House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–1.

Re-refer to Committee (Send the bill back to committee)

Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote

Moved by Rep. Marsh.

In the record: Rerefer to Committee

✓IntroducedFeb 9, 1989✓HouseJan 31, 1990✕SenateApr 3, 1990Governor✕LawApr 3, 1990
requiring labeling of solid and hazardous waste collection containers.
Rep. Kuchinski (Hills 28) House Environment and Agriculture Senate Transportation Environment - Administration

Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote

In the record: Concur

✓IntroducedFeb 9, 1989✓HouseMar 7, 1989✓SenateMar 30, 1989✓GovernorMay 1, 1989✓LawJan 1, 1990
HB 762-A (1989)Became Law
making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1989.
Rep. Kidder (Merr 2) House Appropriations Senate Finance

Nonconcur with the Amendment (Reject the other chamber's changes)

Motion Passed: Changes Rejected

In the record: Nonconcur

✓IntroducedMar 2, 1989✓HouseMar 16, 1989✓SenateApr 11, 1989✓GovernorMay 1, 1989✓LawMay 1, 1989
relative to employer remittances to the New Hampshire retirement system and relative to retirement contributions by certain legislative and constitutional officers.

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 17–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✕SenateMay 2, 1989Governor✕LawMay 2, 1989
HB 91-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the New Hampshire technical institute and vocational-technical colleges.
Rep. LaMott (Graf 5) House Education Senate Finance Education - General

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 18–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateApr 27, 1989✓GovernorMay 17, 1989✓LawJul 16, 1989
increasing the personal needs allowance.

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes

✓IntroducedJan 4, 1989✓HouseApr 11, 1989✓SenateMay 9, 1989✓GovernorMay 29, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989
making an appropriation to the arts development program.

House State Institutions and Housing recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–2.

Adopt the Committee Amendment (Accept the committee's changes)

Motion Passed: Amendment Adopted 274–59 on a roll call

In the record: Adopt Committee Amendment

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1989✓SenateFeb 14, 1989✓HouseMay 9, 1989✓GovernorJun 5, 1989✓LawJul 1, 1989