HB 103-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to motor vehicle laws.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
The Senate, Thursday, May 4, 1989
The Senate took up 66 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.
HB 104-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to common and contract carriers.
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
HB 113-FN (1989)Became Law
to define certain police trainers as permanent policmen for retirement system purposes.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 115-FN (1989)Became Law
reducing to a violation the misdemeanor offense of driving after revocation or suspension when it is a first offense and unrelated to DWI or reckless driving.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 120-FN (1989)Became Law
increasing the amount available for suggestion and incentive awards to state employees.
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
HB 129-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing fees for reviewing plans to dredge and creating new classified positions and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
Remove from the Table (Take the bill back up)
Motion Passed: Back Before the Senate
In the record: Take from Table
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 136-FN-A (1989)Became Law
(New Title)
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
HB 147-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to commercial driver licensing.
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
HB 157-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to state ski operations at Mount Sunapee and Cannon Mountain and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 173-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the dedication of the Hampton State Beach lifeguard facility 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
HB 19 (1989)Became Law
regarding the use of the hazardous waste cleanup fund.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 213-FN (1989)Interim Study
relative to
Senate Public Affairs recommended Interim Study (IS).
Interim Study (IS, Study the bill after the session)
Motion Passed: Sent to Interim Study
In the record: Refer for Interim Study
HB 226-A (1989)Became Law
relative to state-issued bonds for college tuition.
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
HB 238 (1989)Became Law
permitting competent adults to nominate their own guardians in case of future incapacity.
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
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
HB 24-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the bicentennial commission.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 240-FN-A (1989)Became Law
establishing a shooting range study committee.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 262-FN (1989)Became Law
juvenile justice system and juvenile delinquency and establishing a joint oversight committee and related committees to study issues regarding children.
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
HB 279-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the purchase of the Ralph Brown property in Rye and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 327-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to the rate of the real estate transfer tax.
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
relative to exemption from the gasoline tax and state license plates.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 371-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to licensing respiratory care practitioners and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Executive Departments recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
relative to the Head Start program and making an appropriation therefor.
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
HB 376-FN (1989)Became Law
licensing physician assistants.
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
relative to improving the financial status of impoverished children.
Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 41 (1989)Became Law
clarifying the authority of municipalities to form districts for the purpose of hiring municipal prosecutors.
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
HB 410-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to nursing scholarships.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
relative to increasing the rate of the business profits tax, and relative to establishing a committee to study the business profits tax.
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
HB 433-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to a pool for environmental liability insurance and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 434-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to franchising and regulation of cable television systems and making an appropriation therefor.
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
HB 436-FN-A (1989)Interim Study
relative to sewage treatment funds and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 465 (1989)Became Law
changing the name of the solid waste management council.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 487 (1989)Became Law
relative to grandparents' rights.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
HB 492 (1989)Became Law
relative to recreational campgrounds and camping parks.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Reconsider (Vote again on a decision)
Motion Passed: Vote Reopened
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 518-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a cost containment unit within the department of administrative services to administer the indigent defense eligibility and repayment program and making an appropriation therefor.
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
HB 532-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a committee to study the revenue structure in New Hampshire.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 546-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the water protection assistance program and relative to the closure of shellfish flats on the seacoast.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
HB 556 (1989)Became Law
relative to the board of governors, and administrative board, and the commissioner of the department of postsecondary vocational-technical education.
Senate Education recommended Interim Study (IS).
Interim Study (IS, Study the bill after the session)
Motion Passed: Sent to Interim Study
In the record: Refer for Interim Study
HB 56-FN-A (1989)Became Law
authorizing a collection program for unwanted pesticides in the possession of farmers and making an appropriation therefor.
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
HB 561 (1989)Died
relative to the protection of public funds.
Senate Banks recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed
HB 57-FN-A (1989)Became Law
appropriating funds to the department of agriculture to continue work on the Eastern States Building.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
establishing a forgiveable teaching loan program and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 571-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing standards for mediators.
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
HB 578-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to victims' assistance and making an appropriation therefor.
Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 58-FN-A (1989)Became Law
appropriating funds for inspection of apiaries and prevention of honeybee colony contamination.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 582-FN (1989)Became Law
dedicating the state police barracks in Milford to Major John T. Conti, Sergeant Roger Hilton, and Sergeant William Smith.
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
HB 584-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to bad checks.
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
HB 586-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to siting and permitting of solid and hazardous waste disposal facilities; to forfeiture of property for solid waste management violations; and to low-level radioactive waste management.
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
HB 59 (1989)Became Law
changing the name of the New Hampshire vocational-technical college education system.
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
HB 590-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to submitting municipal financial reports to the department of revenue administration.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 594-FN (1989)Became Law
to reinstate medical and surgical benefits for certain retired employees and relative to health care coverage for retired employees of political subdivisions.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 606-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to approvable plans for solid waste management districts.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
HB 609-FN (1989)Became Law
(New Title)
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 616-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the public utilities commission.
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
HB 640-FN (1989)Became Law
to permit the Wakefield school district to withdraw from the Rochester authorized regional enrollment plan.
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
HB 644-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to the optional veterans' exemption.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL).
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
HB 651-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to adoption fees and information about birthparents.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 658-FN (1989)Became Law
depositions.
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
HB 677 (1989)Became Law
relative to modification of child support guidelines.
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
HB 722-FN (1989)Became Law
regarding solid waste management districts.
Senate Development, Recreation and Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA).
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
HB 737-FN (1989)Became Law
amending the joint state-capitol city planning commission.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 752-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to domestic violence.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 755-FN (1989)Became Law
establishing a committee to study shoreline protection.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 763 (1989)Became Law
authorizing the Salem and Derry school districts to establish a debt retirement fund.
Senate Finance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed
HB 764-FN-A (1989)Became Law
relative to state revenues and appropriations.
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
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes
HB 88-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to weights and measures.
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 163-FN (1989)Became Law
relative to power production capacity of certain small power production facilities.
Concur with the Amendment (Accept the other chamber's changes)
Motion Passed: Changes Accepted
In the record: Concur