The House, Tuesday, June 30, 1998

The House took up 3 bills, listed below by bill.

Journal
House Journal 64
Assembled
1:00 PM
Votes Taken
2 roll calls2 voice votes
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How the Day Began

The House assembled at 1:00 PM, a prayer was offered.

Excused for the Day

Show the 32 members excusedRepublican 2

The journal records 32 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. Champagne, Rep. DePecol, Rep. Gagnon, Rep. Healy, Rep. Noyes, Rep. O'Rourke, Rep. Brian Taylor Rep. Boutin, Rep. Mary Brown, Rep. Coes, Rep. Connolly, Rep. Crosby, Rep. Dalrymple, Rep. Dunham, Rep. Emerton, Rep. Feuerstein, Rep. Hoadley, Rep. Laflam, Rep. Letendre, Rep. McKinley, Rep. Moynihan, Rep. Marsha Pelletier, Rep. Peterson, Rep. St. Hilaire, Rep. Seldin, Rep. Simmons, Rep. Steere, Rep. Vogl, Rep. Bergin, Rep. Bickford, Rep. Kimberly Rice Rep. Tara Reardon

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 legislative approval of expenditure of federal and other funds and relative to proportionate share payments for county nursing homes.
Rep. Kurk (Hills 5) House Finance Senate Internal Affairs State Government

Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)

Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 185–140 on a roll call

✓IntroducedJan 7, 1998✓HouseMar 5, 1998✓SenateJun 10, 1998✕GovernorJun 26, 1998✕LawJun 30, 1998
making an appropriation to the department of cultural affairs for the purpose of funding participation of the state in the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife.
Rep. Avery (Ches 8) House Finance Senate Finance

Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)

Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 18–306 on a roll call

✓IntroducedJan 7, 1998✓HouseMar 5, 1998✓SenateMay 7, 1998✕GovernorJun 26, 1998✕LawJun 30, 1998
making an appropriation to the office of emergency management and relative to proportionate share payments for county nursing homes.
Rep. MacGillivray (Hills 21) House Science, Technology and Energy

House Science, Technology and Energy recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–0.

Remove from the Table (Take the bill back up)

Motion Passed: Back Before the House on a voice vote

In the record: Take from Table

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 29, 1997✓HouseJun 30, 1998✓SenateJun 30, 1998✓GovernorJul 1, 1998✓Law