HB 191 (1998)Died
reducing the number of categories of pesticides from 3 to one.
Senate Environment recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
The Senate, Thursday, January 29, 1998
The Senate took up 35 bills, listed below by bill.
- Journal
- Senate Journal 2
- Votes Taken
- 4 roll calls33 voice votes
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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 211 (1998)Died
defining the terms "psychological injury" and related terms under the child protection act.
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 8–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
HB 276 (1998)Died
removing primary petition filing requirements for candidates who do not voluntarily accept campaign spending limitations.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 5–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
requiring notification to parents when a minor violates the tobacco laws.
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
HB 517-FN (1998)Became Law
relative to sentencing for aggravated felonious sexual assault when the victim is less than 13 years of age.
Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 6–1.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
HB 544 (1998)Became Law
relative to dwellings which extend over public waters.
Senate Environment recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 16–8 on a roll call
HB 716-FN (1998)Died
relative to economic development and retention rates and special contracts.
Senate Economic Development recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 5–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
prohibiting trusts and other legal devises from being used to shelter wealth for the purposes of medicaid eligibility.
Senate Banks recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 184-FN (1998)Died
relative to leasing state submerged lands.
Senate Environment recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
relative to child support, custodial rights, and visitation.
Senate Judiciary recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–1.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 302-FN-LOCAL (1998)Became Law
naming certain portions of U.S. Route 3 after Trooper Leslie Lord and Trooper Scott Phillips and naming a portion of New Hampshire Route 28 after Officer Jeremy Charron.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 7–0.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
In the record: Laid on Table
SB 303 (1998)Became Law
changing the name of Blue Mountain to Bunnell Mountain.
Senate Wildlife and Recreation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 305-FN (1998)Became Law
naming the bridge over the Souhegan River on the F.E. Everett turnpike in the town of Merrimack, New Hampshire, Merrill's Marauders bridge.
Senate Transportation recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 7–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 307 (1998)Became Law
relative to the display of the POW-MIA flag.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 6–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 308 (1998)Became Law
relative to the board of directors of Delta Dental Plan of New Hampshire, Inc.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 8–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 309 (1998)Became Law
relative to distributors and suppliers of bingo equipment.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 320 (1998)Became Law
relative to notice by a state agency to certain persons of proposed rulemaking activity.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 322 (1998)Became Law
repealing the prospective repeal relative to an exemption for certain rules regarding the radiological health program from drafting and numbering requirements of the rulemaking process.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 323 (1998)Died
relative to insurance coverage for nonprescription enteral formula.
Senate Insurance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 5–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 327-LOCAL (1998)Became Law
allowing local political subdivisions to adopt biennial budgets.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 335-LOCAL (1998)Became Law
relative to polling hours in towns.
Senate Public Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 5–0.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 343 (1998)Died
relative to Squam Lake public access.
Senate Wildlife and Recreation recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 5–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 344 (1998)Became Law
relative to trustees.
Senate Banks recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 3–0.
Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote
SB 345 (1998)Died
relative to uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle insurance coverage.
Senate Insurance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 8–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 356-LOCAL (1998)Became Law
relative to the bond required as a condition for filing an intent to cut or receiving a permit to cut.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote
SB 357 (1998)Became Law
establishing a committee to study insurance coverage for infertility.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 8–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 366 (1998)Died
establishing a study committee to examine the purging of archaic laws.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 416 (1998)Died
relative to notice of public hearings of the legislature.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–0.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed on a voice vote
SB 430-FN (1998)Died
requiring health carriers to pay for all recommended prescription drugs.
Senate Insurance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 6–2; a minority, Ought to Pass (OTP).
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Failed 12–12 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. K Wheeler.
Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL, Kill the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Killed 13–11 on a roll call
SB 432-FN (1998)Died
requiring health carriers offering any managed care plan to have a consumer advisory board.
Senate Insurance recommended Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), 5–3.
Recommit (Send the bill back to committee)
Motion Passed: Sent Back to Committee on a voice vote
SB 465-FN (1998)Became Law
relative to the disposition of firearms which are voluntarily surrendered to the state and relative to appeals from a denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to carry a loaded pistol or revolver.
Senate Internal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–1.
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled on a voice vote
In the record: Laid on Table
Lay on the Table (Set the bill aside)
Motion Passed: Bill Tabled
In the record: Laid on Table
SB 476-FN (1998)Became Law
relative to ambulatory surgical facilities.
Senate Public Institutions, Health and Human Services recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA), 5–2.
Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote
SB 486 (1998)Became Law
relative to old age and survivors' insurance.
Senate Insurance recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 8–0.
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SB 73-FN (1998)Died
providing that telecommunications poles and lines be subject to the property tax.
Senate Ways and Means recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 4–1.
Adopt the Floor Amendment (Change the bill from the floor)
Motion Failed 8–15 on a roll call
Moved by Sen. F King.
In the record: Adopt Floor Amendment 0265
Ought to Pass (OTP, Pass the bill)
Motion Passed: Bill Passed on a voice vote
SCR 6 (1998)Adopted
urging congress to establish a centralized registry for security interests in intellectual property to be located in New Hampshire.
Senate Economic Development recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 6–0.
Adopt (Approve the resolution)
Motion Passed: Resolution Adopted on a voice vote