The Senate, Thursday, January 19, 2023

The Senate took up 20 bills: 10 together on the consent calendar, then 10 one by one, listed below by bill.

Journal
Senate Journal 4
Votes Taken
1 roll call18 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.

relative to the closing of the Sununu youth services center, making appropriations thereof, and establishing a commission to study community impacts of the secured youth development center.

Senate Judiciary recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2023-0055s.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2023-0055s

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes 22–2 on a roll call

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SB 11 (2023)Became Law
relative to African American burial grounds.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2023-0014s.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2023-0014s

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

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SB 39-FN (2023)Became Law
relative to criminal history checks for school transportation monitors.

Senate Education recommended Ought to Pass (OTP), 5–0.

Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA, Pass the bill with changes) 2023-0054s

Motion Passed: Bill Passed with Changes on a voice vote

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establishing a commission to study barriers to increased density of residential development in New Hampshire.

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs recommended Ought to Pass with Amendment (OTPA) with amendment 2023-0056s, 5–0.

Special Order (Take the bill up at a set time)

Motion Passed: Rescheduled

In the record: Special Order to Next Session, Without Objection

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