The House took up 17 bills, listed below by bill.
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@misc{session-H-2009-02-04,
title = {The House, Wednesday, February 4, 2009},
howpublished = {Granite Record},
url = {https://graniterecord.org/session/H/2009-02-04},
note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026}
}The House assembled at 10:00 AM, Rep. John Flanders (R - Rock 8) 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 12 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. Roger Berube (D - Straf 18) Rep. Priestly, Rep. Dennis Abbott (D - Rock 12) Rep. Baldwin Domingo (D - Straf 5) Rep. Susan Ford (D - Graf 3) Rep. Gina Hutchinson (D - Rock 5) Rep. William Johnson (D - Belk 5) Rep. Pamela Price (R - Hills 26) Rep. Carl Seidel (R - Hills 28) Rep. Don Van Patten (R - Rock 8) Rep. Robert L'Heureux (R - Hills 21) Rep. Jill Hammond (D - Hills 24)
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 Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 0054h, 18–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0054h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
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
House Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 0025h, 17–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0025h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
House Finance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 22–3.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 239–140 on a roll call
Spoke for the motionRep. Lynne Ober (R - Hills 37) Rep. Benjamin Baroody (D - Hills 39)
Spoke against the motionRep. Nancy Elliott (R - Hills 19) Rep. Frank Sapareto (R - Rock 6)
House Public Works and Highways recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 17–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
House Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 0064h, 13–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0064h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
House Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 18–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 15–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
House Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 0026h, 25–0.
Adopt the Amendment (Change the bill)
Motion Passed: Amendment Adopted 309–60 on a roll call
In the record: Adopt Amendment 0026h
Spoke for the motionRep. Robert Foose (D - Merr 1) Rep. Neal Kurk (R - Hills 2)
Spoke against the motionRep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 15)
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)
Motion Failed 79–291 on a roll call
Moved by Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 15).
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 0173h
Spoke for the motionRep. Steve Vaillancourt (R - Hills 15)
Spoke against the motionRep. Daniel Eaton (D - Ches 9)
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0026h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 321–54 on a roll call
House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 19–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 0060h, 14–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0060h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
House Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 18–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 15–4; a minority, Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill) 0022h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed 227–132 on a roll call
In the record: Ought to Pass with Aendment #0022h
House Executive Departments and Administration recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 19–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 0009h
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
In the record: Ought to Pass with Amendment #0009h (New Title)
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 16–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 15–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
House Municipal and County Government recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 16–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
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.
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)
Motion Failed 57–313 on a roll call
In the record: Floor amendment amend rule 28 (Reps. W.O'Brien, Ingbretson, Mead)