HB 118-FN (1989)Died
relative to collision damage waiver.
Nonconcur with the Amendment (Reject the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Rejected
In the record: Nonconcur
The House, Tuesday, May 9, 1989
The House took up 56 bills, listed below by bill.
- Journal
- House Journal 83
- Votes Taken
- 3 roll calls27 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.
HB 262-FN (1989)Became Law
juvenile justice system and juvenile delinquency and establishing a joint oversight committee and related committees to study issues regarding children.
Nonconcur with the Amendment (Reject the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Rejected on a voice vote
In the record: Nonconcur
HB 509-FN (1989)Became Law
authorizing industrial development financing for the Manchester Airport.
Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote
In the record: Concur
HB 643-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to retention and destruction of district court records, responsibility for payment of costs of court-ordered services, and taxable court costs.
Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote
In the record: Concur
HB 658-FN (1989)Became Law
depositions.
Nonconcur with the Amendment (Reject the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Rejected on a voice vote
In the record: Nonconcur
HB 677 (1989)Became Law
relative to modification of child support guidelines.
Nonconcur with the Amendment (Reject the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Rejected on a voice vote
In the record: Nonconcur
HB 766-FN-A (1989)Became Law
making a supplemental appropriation for flood control and relative to the calculation of flood control reimbursements.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 18–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
HB 80-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to land under the jurisdiction of the wetlands board and relative to the penalties of the wetlands board.
Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Accepted on a voice vote
In the record: Concur
HR 26 (1989)Adopted by House
honoring the Alvirne High School Granite State Challenge championship team.
Adopt (Approve the resolution)
Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted
HR 27 (1989)Adopted by House
honoring Representative Russell C. Chase of Wolfeboro.
Adopt (Approve the resolution)
Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted
SB 10 (1989)Became Law
repealing a chapter on floating timber and damage therefrom.
Accede to the Request for a Committee of Conference (Agree to a conference)
Motion Passed: Conference Agreed on a voice vote
In the record: Accede to Request for Committee of Conference
SB 100-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to pari-mutuel racing.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 19–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 105-FN-A (1989)Became Law
making an appropriation for improving electrical service at Weeks state park in Lancaster.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 106-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to increasing driver's license fees and relative to issuing temporary driver's licenses to new residents and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 20–2.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 109-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a pilot reading recovery program and making an appropriation therefor.
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 on a voice vote
SB 122-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to member retirement deductions for certain group II members.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 22–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
making an appropriation for Title XX grants and protective and preventive child care.
House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–8.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 146-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to judicial salaries.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 21–1.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Failed 80–249 on a roll call
In the record: Chase sub Inexpedient to Legislate
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 147-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to waiting lists for developmentally disabled persons.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 150 (1989)Became Law
relative to the department of transportation federal aid highway appropriation accounts and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 152-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to a study of a portion of the Spaulding Turnpike and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 14–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 153-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a committee to study the AFDC program and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 154-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to timely distribution of sweepstakes revenues through the foundation aid formula.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–1.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 156-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to refuse disposal.
House Environment and Agriculture recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–3.
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)
Motion Failed 103–224 on a roll call
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 164-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to licensing ophthalmic dispensers.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 13–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 168-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a division of fire service.
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
establishing an emergency shelter telephone service and a pilot housing voucher program, and making appropriations for the emergency shelter telephone service.
House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 13–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 172 (1989)Died
relative to the capital reserve fund and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 19–1.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 175-FN-A (1989)Became Law
making an appropriation to the arts development program.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 18–1.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 177-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a grant program and a guaranteed loan program for child care providers and making an appropriation therefor. (Second New Title) establishing an interest-free revolving loan fund and a guaranteed loan program for child care provide
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 13–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 191-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to telecommunications devices for the deaf.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 13–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 193 (1989)Became Law
) relative to the appointment and removal of assistant secretaries of state, and relative to the appointment of a senior deputy secretary of state.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 22–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 195-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a family support network for families caring for children or adult family members with disabilities at home and making an a ppropriation therefor.
House Health recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 21-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing authority for revolving funds for publications and training in the office of state planning.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 15–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 23 (1989)Became Law
relative to the executive director of the liquor commission.
House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.
Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee
SB 31 (1989)Became Law
relative to renovation of the Rochester post office as a district court facility.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 16–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 33-A (1989)Became Law
relative to construction on the Spaulding turnpike and making an appropriation therefor.
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 on a voice vote
SB 36 (1989)Became Law
relative to catastrophic costs and school building aid.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 22–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 5 (1989)Became Law
permitting a corporation to limit the liability of its directors and officers in its articles of incorporation.
House Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–4; a minority, Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)
Motion Failed 98–231 on a roll call
Moved by Rep. Jacobson.
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 51-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the Christa McAuliffe planetarium.
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
SB 56-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for violations of municipal ordinances, codes, and regulations.
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
SB 58-A (1989)Died
appropriating funds to reimburse the highway surplus account used for rehabilitation of the Cornish-Windsor bridge.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 22–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 61-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to preserving the old state house and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 67-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to regulation of excavation of sand, gravel, and construction aggregate.
Accede to the Request for a Committee of Conference (Agree to a conference)
Motion Passed: Conference Agreed on a voice vote
In the record: Accede to Request for Committee of Conference
SB 69-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing the home mortgage guarantee authority.
Accede to the Request for a Committee of Conference (Agree to a conference)
Motion Passed: Conference Agreed on a voice vote
In the record: Accede to Request for Committee of Conference
SB 77-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to holiday pay for certain part-time state employees.
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
making appropriations to the WIC program.
House Appropriations recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 13–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 81-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the management of court facilities.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 22–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 82-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to judicial retirement pay and to vested rights in judicial retirement compensation.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 88-FN (1989)Became Law
providing a cost of living adjustment for certain group I members.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 17–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 89-FN (1989)Became Law
providing a 5 percent cost of living adjustment for group I retirement system members and relative to defining "retired state employee" for state employees group insurance purposes.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 90-FN (1989)Became Law
providing a 4 percent cost of living adjustment for group II members.
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
SB 91-FN (1989)Became Law
providing a 20 percent cost of living adjustment for teachers retired prior to July 1957.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 20–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 96-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the Portsmouth district court and making an appropriation therefor.
House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 16–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 97-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the distribution of drug forfeiture money.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 99-FN (1989)Became Law
supplementing the funding for programs which assist victims of domestic violence.
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