The House took up 15 bills: 10 together on the consent calendar, then 5 one by one, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-H-1997-02-05,
title = {The House, Wednesday, February 5, 1997},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/1997-02-05},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 1:00 PM, a prayer was offered and Rep. John Flanders led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The journal records 34 members as having leave of the House for the day, that is, permission to be away. A member on leave may still have voted on part of the day, and the roll call record does not always agree with the journal about who was excused.
Rep. George Brown, Rep. Dwyer, Rep. Beverly Gage, Rep. Gosselin, Rep. Hawkinson, Rep. Lefebvre, Rep. Lovejoy, Rep. Ralph Torr, Rep. Ameen, Rep. Bickford, Rep. Boriso, Rep. Julie Brown, Rep. John Cloutier Rep. Thomas Colburn, Rep. Connolly, Rep. David Cote, Rep. Crosby, Rep. Dolan, Rep. Doucette, Rep. Gile, Rep. Grassie, Rep. Gerald Griffin Rep. Heath, Rep. Holt, Rep. Lamach, Rep. Lundborn, Rep. Lynch, Rep. James McDonald, Rep. O'Rourke, Rep. Arthur Pelletier, Rep. Marsha Pelletier, Rep. Veazey, Rep. Vincent, Rep. Allison
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.
House Local and Regulated Revenues recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote
Spoke for the motionRep. Avery
Spoke against the motionRep. Robertson
House Judiciary and Family Law recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–3; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Killed 282–69 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Jacobson, Rep. Moynihan, Rep. Holden
Spoke against the motionRep. Mirski, Rep. Adams, Rep. Pepino
House Finance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 17–5.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 318–26 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Vaughn, Rep. Kurk
Spoke against the motionRep. Vaillancourt, Rep. Cobbin
House Transportation 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 on a voice vote
House Local and Regulated Revenues recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 12–5; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 198–146 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Teschner, Rep. Pantelakos, Rep. Hess
Spoke against the motionRep. Boutin, Rep. Linda Foster, Rep. Coes, Rep. Wallin
These belong to no bill. The House gives a member leave to address it, and what they said is part of the permanent record.