The House took up 36 bills: 26 together on the consent calendar, then 10 one by one, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-H-2007-02-15,
title = {The House, Thursday, February 15, 2007},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/2007-02-15},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 10:00 AM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Robert Foose (D - Merr 1) led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Terie Norelli (D - Rock 26), Speaker of the House.
The journal records 57 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. Mary Allen (R - Rock 15) Rep. George Brown (D - Straf 1) Rep. Claudia Chase (D - Hills 2) Rep. James Cyr (D - Straf 3) Rep. Robert Forsing (R - Rock 2) Rep. Doreen Howard (D - Rock 12) Rep. Stephen Johnson (D - Hills 13) Rep. Jane Kelley (D - Rock 15) Rep. Suzanne Laliberte (D - Graf 10) Rep. Betsy McKinney (R - Rock 5) Rep. Lily Mesa (D - Hills 17) Rep. Benjamin Moore (R - Rock 14) Rep. Maureen Nagle (D - Hills 15) Rep. Ronald Nowe (R - Rock 9) Rep. Gilman Shattuck (D - Hills 1) Rep. Barbara Shaw (D - Hills 16) Rep. Francis Sullivan (D - Hills 12) Rep. Beth Arsenault (D - Belk 9) Rep. Lyle Bulis (R - Graf 1) Rep. Timothy Butterworth (D - Ches 4) Rep. James Devine Rep. Michael DesRoches (D - Hills 10) Rep. Dudley Dumaine (R - Rock 4) Rep. Brenda Ferland (I - Sull 5) Rep. Armand Forest (D - Hills 18) Rep. Bea Francoeur (R - Hills 26) Rep. Jeffrey Goley (D - Hills 21) Rep. Mary Griffin (R - Rock 7) Rep. Dana Hilliard (D - Straf 2) Rep. Robert Introne (R - Rock 5) Rep. William Knowles (D - Straf 6) Rep. Angeline Kopka (D - Hills 28) Rep. Nickolas Levasseur (D - Hills 11) Rep. Sid Lovett (D - Graf 8) Rep. James Martin (R - Carr 5) Rep. Thomas McGuirk (D - Rock 15) Rep. Edgar Mears (D - Coos 4) Rep. Joseph Miller (D - Straf 7) Rep. Stephen Nedeau (R - Belk 3) Rep. Peter O'Keefe (D - Rock 14) Rep. Anne Priestley (R - Rock 8) Rep. Marshall Quandt (R - Rock 13) Rep. Dennis Reed (R - Merr 2) Rep. Christopher Serlin (D - Rock 16) Rep. Anthony Simon (D - Hills 11) Rep. Gregory Sorg (R - Graf 3) Rep. Stanley Stevens (R - Carr 4) Rep. William Tobin (R - Belk 2) Rep. Jordan Ulery (R - Hills 27) Rep. Nancy Warren (D - Straf 1) Rep. Charles Yeaton (D - Merr 8) Rep. Lars Christiansen (R - Hills 37) Rep. Pamela Coughlin (R - Hills 4) Rep. John Kelley (D - Hills 32) Rep. Linda McCarthy (D - Rock 5) Rep. Kimberly Shaw (D - Hills 26) Rep. John E. Tholl Jr. (R - Coos 5)
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 Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 14–5.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Spoke for the motionRep. James Headd (R - Rock 3) Rep. Anne-Marie Irwin (D - Hills 3)
Spoke against the motionRep. Peter Espiefs (D - Ches 3)
House Public Works and Highways recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 15–2.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Children and Family Law recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 18–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
Spoke for the motionRep. Mary Gile (D - Merr 27)
Spoke against the motionRep. Eric Rochette (D - Hills 20)
House Public Works and Highways recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 16–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0040h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
In the record: Ought to Pass with Amendment #0040h (New Title)
House Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 14–3.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 191–127 on a roll call
In the record: Ought to Pass Amended
Also spoke during this billRep. David Essex (D - Hills 1) Rep. Daniel Itse (R - Rock 10) Rep. Timothy O'Connell (R - Hills 6) Rep. Richard Snow (D - Rock 1) Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 15)the record does not say which of the day's motions
House Municipal and County Government recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 16–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
Spoke against the motionRep. Shawn Jasper (R - Hills 37)
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 19–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
In the record: Ought to Pass Amended
House Municipal and County Government recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 18–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
Spoke for the motionRep. Robert Theberge (R - Coos 3)
Spoke against the motionRep. Timothy Robertson (D - Ches 6)
House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 14–5.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
These belong to no bill. The House gives a member leave to address it, and what they said is part of the permanent record.