CACR 1 (1989)Died
relating to meetings of the general court. Court shall meet biennially.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed
The Senate, Tuesday, February 7, 1989
The Senate took up 58 bills, listed below by bill.
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The Senate journal does not record who spoke for or against a motion, so this is the vote record without the debate.
What the Senate 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.
CACR 3 (1989)Died
relating to a yearly property tax. not exceed the previous year's levels by more than 5 percent in any city, town or other political subdivision, unless approved by 2/3 of the voters of such a city, town or other political subdivision.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Resolution Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
SB 1-FN-A (1989)Died
making an appropriation to the liquor commission for air conditioning.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
relative to the production of music education videotapes for classroom use and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Education recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 107 (1989)Became Law
relative to the right to know law.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 109-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a pilot reading recovery program and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 115-FN (1989)Died
establishing a committee to study private sector involvement in public education.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 116-FN (1989)Died
to establish a committee to study distribution of revenue from the meals and rooms tax.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 124-FN (1989)Died
relative to the sale of liquor.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 125 (1989)Became Law
adopting the uniform trade secrets act.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 130-A (1989)Died
relative to developing an additional parking lot at the technical institute at Concord and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Capital Budget recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 135-FN (1989)Died
relative to student literacy.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 140-FN (1989)Died
relative to elderly property tax exemptions and increases in the assessed valuation of real estate.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 142-A (1989)Died
making an appropriation to the vocational-technical college in Claremont.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 144-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to blood alcohol tests.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
SB 146-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to judicial salaries.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 151-A (1989)Became Law
directing the commissioner of the department of transportation to complete New Hampshire Route 101.
Senate Capital Budget recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 152-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to a study of a portion of the Spaulding Turnpike and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Capital Budget recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 155-FN (1989)Died
relative to the quarterly payment of property taxes.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 157-FN (1989)Died
relative to special license plates for solid waste haulers.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Remove from the Table (Take the bill back up)
Motion Passed: Back Before the Senate
In the record: Take from Table
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 16 (1989)Became Law
relative to post-termination commissions paid to sales representatives.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 172 (1989)Died
relative to the capital reserve fund and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 173 (1989)Died
adopting uniform commercial code article 2A - leases.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 174-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to regulation of estheticians.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
establishing a committee to study the feasibility of a privately funded zoological park, aquarium, and botanical garden.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 18 (1989)Became Law
relative to forest and brush fires and enforcement powers of the division of forests and lands.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 180 (1989)Became Law
relative to abandoned vehicles.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 181 (1989)Became Law
making technical changes in certain laws relating to dams.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 182 (1989)Died
making appropriations to expand the nursing programs at the New Hampshire vocational-technical college-Claremont.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 185-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a board of natural scientists study committee.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 189 (1989)Became Law
relative to the study of New Hampshire commuter rail service.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 190-FN (1989)Died
permitting cities and towns to adopt a property tax exemption for buildings equipped with fire sprinkler systems.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 192-FN (1989)Died
relative to certification of landscape architects.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 194-FN (1989)Died
establishing a real estate broker guaranty fund and repealing the requirement for real estate brokers' bonds.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 196-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to bail reform.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 199 (1989)Became Law
relative to the revocation or suspension of fish and game licenses.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 2-FN (1989)Died
relative to restraints in motor vehicles.
Senate Transportation recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 3-FN (1989)Died
relative to child passenger restraints in motor vehicles.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 31 (1989)Became Law
relative to renovation of the Rochester post office as a district court facility.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 32-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to drug offenses.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 36 (1989)Became Law
relative to catastrophic costs and school building aid.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
making supplemental appropriations for area vocational school tuition and transportation, school building aid, catastrophic costs, audit fund, and foster care.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 4-A (1989)Died
making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1989.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 43-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to licensing engineers, architects, and land surveyors.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 44-FN (1989)Became Law
requiring the superior court to adjudicate paternity in certain contested cases.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 49-FN-A (1989)Became Law
requiring the department of education to develop a questionairre to be included in its statewide secondary testing program.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 52 (1989)Became Law
relative to drug paraphernalia.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 56-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for violations of municipal ordinances, codes, and regulations.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 58-A (1989)Died
appropriating funds to reimburse the highway surplus account used for rehabilitation of the Cornish-Windsor bridge.
Senate Capital Budget recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 73-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a committee to study taxing all tobacco products.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 75-FN (1989)Died
requiring recording of wetlands permits with the registry of deeds.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 76 (1989)Died
establishing a committee to study durable powers of attorney for health care.
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 82-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to judicial retirement pay and to vested rights in judicial retirement compensation.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SB 85-FN (1989)Died
establishing a state board of forensic polygraph examiners.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
SB 88-FN (1989)Became Law
providing a cost of living adjustment for certain group I members.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 95-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a minimum fine for violating the boat decibel limits.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
SB 97-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the distribution of drug forfeiture money.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
SCR 3 (1989)Adopted
establishing a national veterans' cemetery in New England.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Resolution Passed