Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 153–190 on a roll call
The House took up 6 bills, listed below by bill.
Granite Record indexes the General Court’s record; it is not that record. Where a citation allows only one source, cite the General Court — every page here links to what it is drawn from. The date below is the day the page was read.
@misc{session-H-2004-06-17,
title = {The House, Thursday, June 17, 2004},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/2004-06-17},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Alf Jacobson (R - Merr 32) 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 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. Julie Brown (R - Straf 1) Rep. Robert Brundige (R - Hills 19) Rep. Natalie Flanagan (R - Rock 78) Rep. Karl Gilbert (R - Rock 12) Rep. Joseph Harris (D - Sull 4) Rep. Sandra Harris (D - Sull 4) Rep. Richard Heon (D - Straf 2) Rep. Peyton Hinkle (R - Hills 19) Rep. Frederick King (R - Coos 1) Rep. Robert Barker (R - Graf 6) Rep. J. Gail Barry (R - Hills 16) Rep. Robert Chabot (R - Hills 17) Rep. Chris Christensen (R - Hills 21) Rep. James Duffy (R - Rock 79) Rep. Christopher Dunne (R - Merr 35) Rep. G Michael Gilman (R - Graf 9) Rep. Lawrence Guay (R - Coos 2) Rep. Elizabeth Hager (R - Merr 12) Rep. Bonnie Ham (R - Graf 3) Rep. Jeffrey Hollinger (R - Straf 5) Rep. Gary Hopper (R - Hills 44) Rep. Emma Rous (D - Straf 7) Rep. H Charles Royce (R - Ches 28) Rep. Walter Ruffner (R - Rock 83) Rep. Deanna Rush (D - Merr 7) Rep. David Scott (R - Straf 71) Rep. Pamela Slack (D - Ches 25) Rep. Clair Snyder (D - Straf 2) Rep. Kathleen Souza (R - Hills 43) Rep. Robert Wheeler (R - Hills 7) Rep. George Winchell (R - Rock 6) Rep. Nancy Ford (R - Hills 60)
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.
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Failed: Veto Sustained 153–190 on a roll call
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 312–31 on a roll call
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 247–88 on a roll call
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Overridden in the House 290–52 on a roll call
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed
Override the Governor's Veto (Pass the bill despite the veto; needs two thirds in each chamber)
Motion Passed: Bill Became Law 318–25 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Michael O'Neil (R - Rock 15) Rep. James Pilliod (R - Belk 5)