The House took up 9 bills, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-H-2004-03-18,
title = {The House, Thursday, March 18, 2004},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/2004-03-18},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Constance Jones (R - Sull 19) led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Gene Chandler (R - Carr 1), Speaker of the House.
The journal records 37 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. David Allison (D - Sull 22) Rep. Donald Carlson (R - Hills 3) Rep. Natalie Flanagan (R - Rock 78) Rep. Nancy Ford (R - Hills 60) Rep. Margaret Hallyburton (R - Hills 45) Rep. Jane Kelley (D - Rock 15) Rep. Roland Lefebvre (D - Hills 24) Rep. Pitts, Rep. Stella Scamman (R - Rock 13) Rep. Joan Schulze (D - Hills 26) Rep. Norman Weldy (R - Rock 2) Rep. Timothy Allen (R - Hills 45) Rep. John L. Balcom (R - Hills 18) Rep. Peter Burling (D - Sull 19) Rep. Albert Cernota (R - Hills 65) Rep. Corey Corbin (R - Rock 79) Rep. David Currier (R - Merr 5) Rep. Andrew Dorsett (R - Graf 8) Rep. Donald Flanders (R - Belk 3) Rep. Gordon Flint (R - Sull 20) Rep. Jeffrey Gilbert (R - Rock 83) Rep. Daniel Itse (R - Rock 10) Rep. Naida Kaen (D - Straf 5) Rep. Phyllis Katsakaiores, Rep. Thomas Katsiantonis (D - Hills 15) Rep. Robert Laflam (R - Belk 29) Rep. David Lawton (R - Belk 30) Rep. Rudy Lessard (R - Hills 27) Rep. Richard McCann (R - Rock 84) Rep. Edward Moran (R - Hills 18) Rep. George Musler (R - Straf 68) Rep. Russell Ober (R - Hills 37) Rep. Derek Owen (D - Merr 4) Rep. Lawrence Ross (R - Hills 3) Rep. Eric Stohl (R - Coos 1) Rep. Mary Jane Wallner (D - Merr 40) Rep. Charles Weed (D - Ches 16)
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 Ways and Means recommended Interim Study (IS), 15–3.
Interim Study (IS, Study the bill after the session)
Motion Passed: Sent to Interim Study 269–66 on a roll call
In the record: Refer for Interim Study
House Municipal and County Government recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 10–4; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
House Science, Technology and Energy recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 11–0.
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. John Thomas (R - Belk 5)
Spoke against the motionRep. Henry McElroy (R - Hills 61)
House Municipal and County Government recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 225–103 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Robert Brundige (R - Hills 19) Rep. Betsey Patten (R - Carr 4)
Spoke against the motionRep. Alf Jacobson (R - Merr 32) Rep. Raymond Buckley (D - Hills 56)
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety recommended Interim Study (IS), 11–5.
Interim Study (IS, Study the bill after the session)
Motion Passed: Sent to Interim Study 263–69 on a roll call
In the record: Refer for Interim Study
Spoke for the motionRep. Robert Giuda (R - Graf 5) Rep. George Winchell (R - Rock 6)
Spoke against the motionRep. Mark Brady (R - Coos 2) Rep. Kathleen Souza (R - Hills 43)
House Municipal and County Government recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 265–71 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Betsey Patten (R - Carr 4)
Spoke against the motionRep. Robert Dodge (R - Rock 9)
House Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–6; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 192–145 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Kurt Roessner (R - Rock 83) Rep. Stephen DeStefano (D - Merr 13) Rep. Shawn Jasper (R - Hills 37) Rep. David Hess (R - Merr 24) Rep. Richard Kennedy (R - Merr 4)
Spoke against the motionRep. John Gibson (R - Hills 19) Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 15) Rep. Daniel Hughes (R - Rock 24) Rep. Robert Wheeler (R - Hills 7) Rep. Peter Espiefs (D - Ches 3)
House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 14–3.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
In the record: Lay on Table
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 12–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed with Changes on a voice vote
Spoke for the motionRep. Timothy Easson (R - Straf 3)
Spoke against the motionRep. Harrington
These belong to no bill. The House gives a member leave to address it, and what they said is part of the permanent record.