The House, Thursday, January 27, 1994

The House took up 52 bills: 32 together on the consent calendar, then 20 one by one, listed below by bill.

Journal
House Journal 14
Votes Taken
5 roll calls19 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.

CACR 26 (1994)Died
relating to amending the New Hampshire constitution to provide that registers of probate be appointed instead of elected. registers of probate shall be appointed instead of elected.
Rep. D. Sytek (Rock 26) House Constitutional and Statutory Revision Constitutional Amendments

House Constitutional and Statutory Revision recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 11–2.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateVoters
CACR 33 (1994)Died
relating to returning annual legislative sessions to biennial legislative sessions.
Rep. N. Young (Belk 7) House Constitutional and Statutory Revision

House Constitutional and Statutory Revision recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 8–5; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Failed 93–248 on a roll call

Moved by Rep. Shaw.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateVoters
HB 1119 (1994)Became Law
authorizing the expenditure of funds already appropriated for the relocation of the day care center on the New Hampshire hospital campus, and relative to certain technical changes in the mental health laws.
Rep. LaMott (Graf 5) House Public Works Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services Public and Mental Health

House Public Works recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 13–1.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateApr 14, 1994✓GovernorJun 2, 1994✓LawJun 2, 1994
HB 1153-FN (1994)Became Law
adopting the revised Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
Rep. Lown (Hills 14) House Judiciary Senate Judiciary

House Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 13–2.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateMay 12, 1994✓GovernorJun 6, 1994✓LawJun 6, 1994
HB 1166 (1994)Died
relative minutes and decisions of nonpublic sessions under the right to know law.
Rep. L'Heureux (Hills 18) House Judiciary Right to Know

House Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–1.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateGovernor✕LawJan 27, 1994
HB 1176-FN (1994)Became Law
requiring a writ of habeas corpus to be filed in the superior court of the county in which the person is incarcerated.
Rep. Lown (Hills 14) House Judiciary Senate Judiciary

House Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 9–4.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateApr 14, 1994✓GovernorMay 6, 1994✓LawJan 1, 1995
HB 1200-FN (1994)Interim Study
relative to compensation paid for property taken by eminent domain in New Hampshire.
Rep. B. Johnson (Rock 17) House Judiciary

House Judiciary recommended Interim Study (IS), 11–3.

Interim Study (IS, Study the bill after the session)

Motion Passed: Sent to Interim Study on a voice vote

In the record: Refer for Interim Study

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994HouseJan 27, 1994SenateGovernor✕LawJun 22, 1994
HB 1219 (1994)Died
requiring that state publications be written and printed in English.
Rep. Weyler (Rock 18) House Executive Departments and Administration

House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 7–5.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Failed 123–222 on a roll call

Moved by Rep. Kenneth Weyler.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateGovernor✕LawJan 27, 1994
HB 1271-FN (1994)Died
eliminating southbound tolls at exits 10, 11 and 12 on the Everett turnpike.
Rep. Greenberg (Hills 18) House Public Works Transportation and Highways

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

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateGovernor✕LawJan 27, 1994
HB 1296 (1994)Died
establishing a committee to examine and introduce legislation consolidating the county departments of corrections with the state department of corrections.
Rep. Burling (Sull 1) House Corrections and Criminal Justice Study Committees and Commissions

House Corrections and Criminal Justice recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 10–2.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994SenateGovernor✕LawJan 27, 1994
HB 1335-FN (1994)Became Law
making the attorney general responsible for payment of witness fees in criminal cases and eliminating certain obsolete provisions regarding witness fees.
Rep. Record (Hills 27) House Corrections and Criminal Justice Senate Judiciary

House Corrections and Criminal Justice recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–0.

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateMar 24, 1994✓GovernorJun 6, 1994✓LawJun 6, 1994
HB 1506-FN-LOCAL (1994)Became Law
relative to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and establishing a committee to study voter registration by mail.
Rep. Gilmore (Straf 11) House Constitutional and Statutory Revision Senate Public Affairs Elections

House Constitutional and Statutory Revision recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–1; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).

Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)

Motion Failed 91–262 on a roll call

Moved by Rep. M Clark.

In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 4779

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateApr 14, 1994✓GovernorMay 23, 1994✓LawMay 23, 1994
HB 1516-FN-A (1994)Became Law
transferring duties and powers with respect to the law library from the state library to the supreme court, and transferring a judicial branch position in the law library to the state library and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Lown (Hills 14) House Appropriations Senate Finance Executive Committee

House Appropriations recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 12–5.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994✓SenateMar 22, 1994✓GovernorApr 5, 1994✓LawApr 5, 1994
HB 1579-FN-A-LOCAL (1994)Became Law
relative to safety and managed care under the workers' compensation law and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Turner (Belk 7) House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Employment

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 13–0.

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 11, 1994✓HouseFeb 3, 1994✓SenateFeb 3, 1994✓GovernorFeb 8, 1994✓Law
HB 628-FN (1994)Died
requiring the department of safety to keep drivers' records confidential except for certain reasons.
Rep. Kurk (Hills 5) House Transportation Senate Transportation Motor Vehicles

House Transportation recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 10–4; a minority, Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 307–29 on a roll call

Moved by Rep. Phyllis Katsakiores.

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 7, 1993✓HouseJan 27, 1994✕SenateMay 26, 1994Governor✕LawMay 26, 1994
HR 42 (1994)Adopted by House
urging the Ozone Transport Commission to not recommend that the EPA mandate an ozone reduction and air quality program without prior legislative authorization from member states.
Rep. Beverly Rodeschin House Environment and Agriculture Study Committees and Commissions

Adopt (Approve the resolution)

Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✓HouseJan 27, 1994
HR 46 (1994)Died
urging that impeachment proceedings be instituted against Strafford county probate judge Gary R. Cassavechia.
Rep. Roland Hemon House Judiciary

House Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 17–0.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Failed 1–352 on a roll call

Moved by Rep. Hemon.

✓IntroducedJan 5, 1994✕HouseJan 27, 1994