HB 1251 (2000)Died
relative to driver education training reimbursement.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 132–209 on a roll call
The House, Tuesday, June 27, 2000
The House took up 10 bills, listed below by bill.
- Journal
- House Journal 50
- Assembled
- 10:00 AM
- Votes Taken
- 11 roll calls
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How the Day Began
The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Charles Vaughn (D - Rock 35) led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Donna Sytek (R - Rock 26), Speaker of the House, and Rep. Donnalee Lozeau (R - Hills 30), Deputy Speaker of the House.
Excused for the Day
Show the 31 members excusedRepublican 18Democrat 12
The journal records 31 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. Michael Blaisdell (D - Ches 19) Rep. Patricia Cote (R - Rock 9) Rep. Nancy Ford (R - Hills 60) Rep. Paul Perkins (R - Hills 5) Rep. Stanley Searles (R - Hills 23) Rep. Russell Bridle (R - Rock 15) Rep. James Burkush (D - Hills 45) Rep. Robert Chabot (R - Hills 17) Rep. George Chase (D - Merr 34) Rep. Vivian Clark (R - Rock 79) Rep. Richard Cooney (R - Rock 4) Rep. Larry Emerton (R - Hills 7) Rep. Fields. Eugene Gagnon, Rep. Paul Gibbons (R - Rock 13) Rep. Sara Glines (D - Coos 6) Rep. Alphonse Haettenschwiller (D - Hills 29) Rep. Richard Herman (D - Hills 1) Rep. Elizabeth Hoadley (R - Merr 24) Rep. Jane Kelley (D - Rock 15) Rep. Joseph Kenney (R - Carr 6) Rep. Neal Kurk (R - Hills 2) Rep. Mary Ellen Martin (D - Hills 26) Rep. William McCarthy (D - Hills 41) Rep. Patricia O'Keefe (D - Rock 14) Rep. Al Picconi (R - Graf 18) Rep. Dawn C. Nolan-Piteri (R - Hills 34) Rep. Elizabeth Shultis (D - Rock 86) Rep. Judith Spang (D - Straf 6) Rep. Dennis Withee (R - Hills 15) Rep. Walter Mikowlski (R - Rock 29) Rep. Marian Lovejoy (R - Rock 12)
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 1343-FN-A (2000)Became Law
appropriating available funds for fiscal year 2000 to provide funding to support research monitoring groundwater at reclamation sites that have had sludge applied.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 275–63 on a roll call
HB 1406 (2000)Died
relative to transition service.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 19–323 on a roll call
abolishing the death penalty.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Failed 134–203 on a roll call
In the record: Lay on Table
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 194–148 on a roll call
increasing exemptions under the interest and dividends tax.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 256–77 on a roll call
HB 405-FN (2000)Died
relative to the annual funding of placement costs for juvenile diversion and alternative disposition programs and relative to an effectiveness study of such programs.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 161–181 on a roll call
repealing the legacies and succession tax.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 278–63 on a roll call
HB 628 (2000)Died
relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 132–207 on a roll call
HB 648-FN (2000)Became Law
relative to a sludge testing program.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 255–82 on a roll call
HR 25 (2000)Adopted by House
memorializing State Representative Frank M. Schanda of Newmarket.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed
Votes on No Bill
Roll calls the House took that day on questions that were on no bill, such as its own rules, a ruling of the chair or printing a debate. The question is as the General Court’s roll-call file words it.
Print the Debate (Keep the speeches in the journal)
Motion Passed 225–99 on a roll call
Moved by Rep. Karen McRae (R - Hills 7).
In the record: Print remarks