The House, Thursday, November 2, 2017

The House took up 3 bills, listed below by bill.

Assembled
1:00 PM
Votes Taken
1 roll call
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How the Day Began

The House assembled at 1:00 PM, a prayer was offered and Rep. Reed Panasiti (R - Hills 22) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Presiding over the House during the day: Rep. Shawn Jasper (R - Hills 37), Speaker of the House.

Excused for the Day

Show the 51 members excusedRepublican 26Democrat 23

The journal records 51 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. Robert Hull (R - Graf 9) Rep. Douglas Long (R - Merr 4) Rep. Norman Major (R - Rock 14) Rep. Latha Mangipudi (D - Hills 11) Rep. Lynne Ober (R - Hills 37) Rep. Linn Opderbecke (D - Straf 15) Rep. Anthony Pellegrino (R - Hills 21) Rep. Chip Rice (D - Merr 27) Rep. Herbert Richardson (D - Coos 4) Rep. Franklin Tilton (R - Belk 3) Rep. David Cote (D - Hills 3) Rep. Debra DeSimone (R - Rock 14) Rep. Roger Dontonville (D - Graf 10) Rep. Patricia Dowling (R - Rock 6) Rep. Robert Fesh (R - Rock 6) Rep. Larry Gagne (R - Hills 13) Rep. Suzanne Harvey (D - Hills 29) Rep. Raymond Howard (R - Belk 8) Rep. David Huot (D - Belk 5) Rep. Jerry Knirk (D - Carr 8) Rep. Peter Leishman (D - Hills 24) Rep. Joelle Martin (D - Hills 23) Rep. Frank McCarthy (R - Carr 2) Rep. Vincent Paul Migliore (R - Graf 9) Rep. David Milz (R - Rock 6) Rep. Murphy, Rep. Jim Nasser (R - Rock 2) Rep. Sharon Nordgren (D - Graf 12) Rep. Nutting, Rep. Richard O'Leary (D - Hills 13) Rep. Russell Ober (R - Hills 37) Rep. Jason Osborne (R - Rock 2) Rep. Joseph Pitre (R - Straf 1) Rep. Bob Rimol (R - Rock 5) Rep. Carol Roberts (D - Hills 4) Rep. Skip Rollins (R - Sull 6) Rep. Janice Schmidt (D - Hills 28) Rep. Dianne Schuett (D - Merr 12) Rep. Barbara Shaw (D - Hills 16) Rep. Gregory Smith (R - Hills 37) Rep. Paul Somero (R - Hills 25) Rep. Timothy Soucy (D - Merr 16) Rep. Thomas Southworth (D - Straf 20) Rep. James Spillane (R - Rock 2) Rep. George Sykes (D - Graf 13) Rep. John Sytek (R - Rock 8) Rep. Kenneth Vincent (D - Straf 12) Rep. Thomas Walsh (R - Merr 24) Rep. Andrew White (D - Graf 13) Rep. David Woolpert (D - Merr 6) Rep. Robert Theberge (R - Coos 3)

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.

HR 12 (2017)Adopted by House
Memorializing State Representative Ronald Belanger of Salem.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Passed

✓IntroducedNov 2, 2017✓HouseNov 2, 2017
HR 13 (2017)Adopted by House
Memorializing State Representative Donald Flanders of Laconia.

Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)

Motion Passed: Resolution Passed

✓IntroducedNov 2, 2017✓HouseNov 2, 2017