The House, Thursday, April 5, 2001

The House took up 85 bills: 61 together on the consent calendar, then 24 one by one, listed below by bill.

Journal
House Journal 30
Assembled
10:00 AM
Votes Taken
9 roll calls, 4 divisions17 voice votes
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How the Day Began

The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Gloria Seldin (D - Merr 39) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Gene Chandler (R - Carr 1), Speaker of the House.

Excused for the Day

Show the 19 members excusedDemocrat 11Republican 7

The journal records 19 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 W. Bouldin (R - Hills 42) Rep. William Brennan (D - Straf 1) Rep. Jane Clemons (D - Hills 24) Rep. Paul A. Ferland (D - Straf 18) Rep. Dennis Fields (R - Belk 4) Rep. L Randy Lyman (R - Carr 5) Rep. Walter Mikowlski (R - Rock 29) Rep. Bonnie L. Patria (D - Hills 39) Rep. Joan Schulze (D - Hills 26) Rep. Carol Ann Williams, Rep. Julie Brown (R - Straf 1) Rep. Martha Fuller Clark (D - Rock 36) Rep. Toni Crosby (D - Merr 20) Rep. Benjamin DePecol (D - Ches 14) Rep. Vincent Greco (D - Merr 7) Rep. Rudy Lessard (R - Hills 27) Rep. Edgar Mears (D - Coos 4) Rep. Gary Torressen (R - Carr 10) Rep. Mary Jane Wallner (D - Merr 24)

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 10 (2001)Died
relating to term of office for judges and judicial retirement age. Providing that all judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 shall serve a 5-year term which may be renewed by vote of the governor and council, and that the mandatory judicial retirement age shall be repealed.
Rep. Richard Kennedy (R - Merr 7) House Judiciary Constitutional Amendments

House Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 17–1.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote

Also spoke during this billRep. John Pratt (D - Ches 2) Rep. Richard Kennedy (R - Merr 4)the record does not say which of the day's motions

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateVoters
CACR 14 (2001)Died
relating to the election of the attorney general and the appointment of county attorneys. Providing that the attorney general shall be elected by the general court and county attorneys shall be nominated and appointed by the governor and executive council.
Rep. Robert Dodge (R - Rock 4) House Election Law Constitutional Amendments

House Election Law recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–2.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateVoters
HB 171-FN (2001)Died
abolishing the death penalty.
Rep. James Splaine (D - Rock 34) House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Crimes, Criminal Procedure and Corrections

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 9–6; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Failed 180–188 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Maxwell Sargent (R - Hills 3) Rep. Robert H. Rowe (R - Hills 14) Rep. William Johnson (D - Belk 5) Rep. Jean, Rep. Anthony DiFruscia (R - Rock 4) Rep. James Pilliod (R - Belk 5)

Spoke against the motionRep. Stanley Stevens (R - Carr 4) Rep. Richard Kennedy (R - Merr 4) Rep. John Kacavas (D - Hills 37)

Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)

Motion Failed 169–199 on a division

In the record: Lay on Table

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

Indefinitely Postpone (Kill the bill and bar its subject for the term)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed 212–155 on a division

✓IntroducedJan 4, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 25-FN-A (2001)Became Law
making appropriations for capital improvements.
Rep. Edwin Smith (R - Ches 6) House Public Works and Highways Senate Capital Budget

House Public Works and Highways recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–5; 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 on a voice vote

Spoke for the motionRep. Edwin Smith (R - Ches 1)

Spoke against the motionRep. Marjorie Smith (D - Straf 8)

✓IntroducedFeb 22, 2001✓HouseApr 18, 2001✓SenateJun 12, 2001✓GovernorJul 5, 2001✓Law
HB 290-FN-LOCAL (2001)Died
relative to eliminating adequate education grant weighting for free and reduced-price meals and relative to modifying the formula for weighting certain home scheduled pupils.
Rep. Kenneth Weyler (R - Rock 18) House Education Education - General

House Education recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 11–7; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

Spoke against the motionRep. Kenneth Weyler (R - Rock 14)

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 298-FN-LOCAL (2002)Died
relative to charter schools.
Rep. John Hunt (R - Ches 10) House Education Senate Education Education - General

House Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 10–4.

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 215–145 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Bruce Dearborn (R - Rock 17) Rep. John Alger (R - Graf 6) Rep. Warren Henderson (R - Rock 20)

Spoke against the motionRep. Claire Clarke (D - Merr 6) Rep. Iris Estabrook (D - Straf 8)

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✓HouseJan 17, 2002✓SenateApr 18, 2002✕GovernorMay 15, 2002✕LawMay 22, 2002
HB 324-FN (2001)Died
relative to the classification of certain service of correctional line personnel as group II service and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Marshall Quandt (R - Rock 20) House Executive Departments and Administration Retirement

House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 11–3.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 339 (2001)Died
prohibiting the taking of deer by baiting.
Rep. Henry Mock (R - Carr 3) House Fish and Game Senate Wildlife and Recreation Fish & Game

House Fish and Game recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Failed 155–174 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Eric Stohl (R - Coos 1)

Spoke against the motionRep. Henry Mock (R - Carr 4)

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✓HouseApr 5, 2001✕SenateJun 12, 2001Governor✕LawJun 12, 2001
HB 402 (2001)Became Law
relative to the establishment of a state universal service fund.
Rep. John Thomas (R - Belk 3) House Science, Technology and Energy Senate Executive Departments and Administration Energy and Utilities

House Science, Technology and Energy 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

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✓HouseApr 5, 2001✓SenateJun 7, 2001✓GovernorJul 11, 2001✓LawJul 1, 2001
HB 411 (2001)Died
requiring that New Hampshire's presidential electors be bound to vote for the candidates of the party which nominated the electors.
Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 44) House Election Law Elections

House Election Law recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–2.

Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)

Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote

In the record: Recommitted to Elec Law

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 25, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 25, 2001
HB 429 (2001)Died
relative to dispute resolution within the context of public employee labor relations.
Rep. Jane Kelley (D - Rock 22) House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Senate Executive Departments and Administration 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 192–111 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Jane Kelley (D - Rock 15) Rep. Benjamin Baroody (D - Hills 39) Rep. G Michael Gilman (R - Graf 9)

Spoke against the motionRep. Leo Pepino (R - Hills 11) Rep. Douglas Lachance (R - Straf 15) Rep. Thomas Rice (R - Belk 30) Rep. Robert Holbrook (R - Belk 30)

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✓HouseApr 5, 2001✕SenateJun 12, 2001Governor✕LawJun 12, 2001
HB 489 (2001)Became Law
relative to the regulation of rural electric cooperatives by the public utilities commission and relative to transition and default service and the sale of generation assets by Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
Rep. Jeb Bradley (R - Carr 8) House Science, Technology and Energy Senate Energy and Economic Development Energy and Utilities

House Science, Technology and Energy 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

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✓HouseApr 5, 2001✓SenateApr 19, 2001✓GovernorMay 22, 2001✓LawMay 22, 2001
HB 515-FN-LOCAL (2002)Interim Study
establishing parental choice scholarships.
Rep. Russell Cox (R - Rock 24) House Education Education - General

House Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 8–7; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Passed 182–173 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Warren Henderson (R - Rock 20) Rep. Charles Yeaton (D - Merr 8)

Spoke against the motionRep. Richard Brewster (D - Merr 6) Rep. John White (D - Hills 46)

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001HouseJan 10, 2002SenateGovernor✕LawJun 27, 2002
HB 530 (2001)Died
relative to the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.
Rep. Russell Albert (R - Straf 17) House Children and Family Law Children

House Children and Family Law recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 11–5.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed 291–62 on a roll call

Spoke for the motionRep. Patricia Dowling (R - Rock 6)

Spoke against the motionRep. Russell Albert (R - Straf 1)

✓IntroducedJan 25, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 629-FN-A (2002)Died
relative to equipment upgrades, improvements, or purchases at the regional vocational education centers and making an appropriation therefor.
Rep. Clair Snyder (D - Straf 14) House Education Education - General

House Education 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

Spoke for the motionRep. Warren Henderson (R - Rock 20)

Spoke against the motionRep. Michael Harrington (R - Straf 4)

✓IntroducedFeb 8, 2001✕HouseJan 2, 2002SenateGovernor✕LawJan 2, 2002
HB 642-FN-LOCAL (2001)Died
abolishing county departments of corrections and authorizing the department of corrections to contract with the counties to utilize former county correctional facilities as state facilities.
Rep. John Cloutier (D - Sull 8) House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Crimes, Criminal Procedure and Corrections

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–1.

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed 225–107 on a division

Spoke for the motionRep. David Welch (R - Rock 13)

Spoke against the motionRep. Peter Burling (D - Sull 19)

✓IntroducedFeb 8, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 656-FN-LOCAL (2002)Interim Study
relative to the formula for distributing school building aid grants.
Rep. John Alger (R - Graf 9) House Education Education - General

House Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–4.

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

✓IntroducedFeb 8, 2001HouseJan 10, 2002SenateGovernor✕LawJun 27, 2002
HB 743 (2001)Became Law
transferring the department of youth development services to the department of health and human services.
Rep. L Randy Lyman (R - Carr 5) House Children and Family Law Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services Children

House Children and Family Law 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

✓IntroducedFeb 15, 2001✓HouseApr 5, 2001✓SenateJun 7, 2001✓GovernorJul 16, 2001✓LawSep 14, 2001
HB 746 (2001)Died
authorizing citizen suits to assure enforcement of New Hampshire's environmental statutes.
Rep. Peter Leishman (D - Hills 13) House Judiciary

House Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–1; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).

Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)

Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote

✓IntroducedFeb 15, 2001✕HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawApr 5, 2001
HB 747-FN-LOCAL (2001)Died
relative to increases in the cost of an adequate education.
Rep. David Hess (R - Merr 11) House Education Education - General

House Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 10–9.

Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)

Motion Passed: Bill Tabled 190–166 on a roll call

In the record: Lay on Table

Also spoke during this billRep. Raimond Bowles (R - Rock 16) Rep. David Hess (R - Merr 24) Rep. Alf Jacobson (R - Merr 32) Rep. Paul Spiess (R - Hills 47) Rep. Ralph F. Woekel (R - Rock 22)the record does not say which of the day's motions

✓IntroducedFeb 15, 2001HouseApr 5, 2001SenateGovernor✕LawDec 12, 2001
HB 748-FN-A-LOCAL (2002)Died
revising the definition of an adequate education and revising the weighted pupil formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education.
Rep. David Hess (R - Merr 11) House Education Senate Education Education - General

House Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–2.

Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)

Motion Failed 172–187 on a roll call

In the record: Lay on Table

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

Motion Passed: Amendment Adopted 201–158 on a roll call

In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 0655 (Reps. Hess & Ward)

Spoke for the motionRep. David Hess (R - Merr 24) Rep. Brien Ward (R - Graf 1)

Spoke against the motionRep. Iris Estabrook (D - Straf 8) Rep. John White (D - Hills 46)

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

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 203–156 on a division

Also spoke during this billRep. David Hess (R - Merr 24)the record does not say which of the day's motions

✓IntroducedFeb 15, 2001✓HouseApr 18, 2001SenateJan 24, 2002Governor✕LawJun 27, 2002