Bickford

2004 (13 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. HB299 HB299: removing judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB686 HB686: relative to health insurance provided through the state. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1198 HB1198: relative to reporting child custody statistics. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
4. HB1199 HB1199: relative to water connection fees. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. HB1201 HB1201: prohibiting the application of the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription when boundary lines can be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. House · HOUSE Judiciary
6. HB1202 HB1202: relative to third-party payment of covered services ordered by the juvenile court. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
7. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
9. HB1312 HB1312: relative to the court's discretion to extend child support obligations. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. SB365 SB365: requiring courts to use gender neutral terms in documents used in divorce and custody proceedings. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
11. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
12. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. Senate · SENATE Finance
13. SB520 SB520: (New Title) relative to child support modification and service of divorce petitions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2003 (15 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. CACR6 CACR6: relating to the encouragement of literature. Providing that it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates to not hinder, impede or obstruct the interest of literature and the sciences. House · HOUSE Education
2. HB177 HB177: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. Senate
3. HB178 HB178: relative to detention for violations of protective orders. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB219 HB219: relative to the assignment of judges to hear cases in the superior, district, and probate courts. House · HOUSE Judiciary
5. HB298 HB298: (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB310 HB310: (New Title) establishing a commission to study child support and related child custody issues. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
7. HB322 HB322: relative to the commission on the status of men. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. HB323 HB323: relative to the task force on family law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
9. HB375 HB375: establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
10. HB446 HB446: relative to building permits. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
11. HB447 HB447: limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
12. HB486 HB486: relative to access to child support enforcement records. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
13. HB576 HB576: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
14. HB673 HB673: relative to municipal water system connection fees. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
15. HB674 HB674: (2nd New Title) relative to notification requirements under the Child Protection Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2002 (8 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB179 HB179: (2nd New Title) relative to the scope of RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute, and establishing a task force on juvenile justice service capacity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB507 HB507: opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
4. HB559 HB559: relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB586 HB586: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB587 HB587: (New Title) establishing a commission on the status of men. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
7. HB686 HB686: relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
8. SB124 SB124: (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2001 (6 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB338 HB338: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. HB446 HB446: relative to spousal and child support enforcement. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB508 HB508: relative to third party contact in orders of protection from domestic violence. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
4. HB509 HB509: (New Title) establishing a statute of limitations on spousal support orders. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB573 HB573: (New Title) relative to the role of certain advanced registered nurse practitioners in the state mental health services system. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
6. HB682 HB682: relative to accidental disability income benefits. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2000 (16 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to the constitutional duty of the legislature concerning the interest of literature and the sciences. Providing that the legislature shall no longer have the constitutional duty to promote the interest of literature and the sciences. House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB553 HB553: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the status of men. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
4. HB571 HB571: relative to joint legal and physical custody of children. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
5. HB628 HB628: (2nd New Title) relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
6. HB1139 HB1139: establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
7. HB1212 HB1212: relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB1238 HB1238: relative to the collection and disbursement of support orders by the department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
9. HB1298 HB1298: requiring advertisements and postings of meals and rooms prices to include the amount of meals and rooms tax in each price displayed. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
10. HB1333 HB1333: relative to the establishment of parenting plans. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
11. HB1431 HB1431: relative to protective orders in domestic violence cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
12. HB1498 HB1498: establishing a committee to study child support and parental involvement issues. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
13. HB1515 HB1515: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Finance
14. HB1547 HB1547: relative to raising the age of minority for the purposes of juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
15. SB412 SB412: adopting the "Court Integrity and Attorney's Independence Act.." Senate · SENATE Judiciary
16. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

HOUSE Children and Family Law (11 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2004 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1198 HB1198: relative to reporting child custody statistics. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. SB520 SB520: (New Title) relative to child support modification and service of divorce petitions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB507 HB507: opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB124 SB124: (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2000 (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB571 HB571: relative to joint legal and physical custody of children. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. HB628 HB628: (2nd New Title) relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. HB1238 HB1238: relative to the collection and disbursement of support orders by the department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
4. HB1333 HB1333: relative to the establishment of parenting plans. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
5. HB1498 HB1498: establishing a committee to study child support and parental involvement issues. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
6. HB1547 HB1547: relative to raising the age of minority for the purposes of juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law

HOUSE COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1298 HB1298: requiring advertisements and postings of meals and rooms prices to include the amount of meals and rooms tax in each price displayed. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

HOUSE Committee of Conference (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB310 HB310: (New Title) establishing a commission to study child support and related child custody issues. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB323 HB323: relative to the task force on family law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB559 HB559: relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB509 HB509: (New Title) establishing a statute of limitations on spousal support orders. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1212 HB1212: relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB508 HB508: relative to third party contact in orders of protection from domestic violence. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Education (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR6 CACR6: relating to the encouragement of literature. Providing that it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates to not hinder, impede or obstruct the interest of literature and the sciences. House · HOUSE Education

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB686 HB686: relative to health insurance provided through the state. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB322 HB322: relative to the commission on the status of men. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB682 HB682: relative to accidental disability income benefits. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2000 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to the constitutional duty of the legislature concerning the interest of literature and the sciences. Providing that the legislature shall no longer have the constitutional duty to promote the interest of literature and the sciences. House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB553 HB553: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the status of men. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
3. HB1515 HB1515: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB375 HB375: establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

HOUSE Judiciary (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1201 HB1201: prohibiting the application of the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription when boundary lines can be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB219 HB219: relative to the assignment of judges to hear cases in the superior, district, and probate courts. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1199 HB1199: relative to water connection fees. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB673 HB673: relative to municipal water system connection fees. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

HOUSE Ways and Means (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB576 HB576: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB338 HB338: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB177 HB177: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. Senate

SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB446 HB446: relative to building permits. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE Finance (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. Senate · SENATE Finance

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB179 HB179: (2nd New Title) relative to the scope of RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute, and establishing a task force on juvenile justice service capacity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB587 HB587: (New Title) establishing a commission on the status of men. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

SENATE INSURANCE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1202 HB1202: relative to third-party payment of covered services ordered by the juvenile court. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE

SENATE Judiciary (15 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

2004 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB299 HB299: removing judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB1312 HB1312: relative to the court's discretion to extend child support obligations. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. SB365 SB365: requiring courts to use gender neutral terms in documents used in divorce and custody proceedings. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2003 (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB178 HB178: relative to detention for violations of protective orders. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB298 HB298: (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB447 HB447: limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB486 HB486: relative to access to child support enforcement records. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
5. HB674 HB674: (2nd New Title) relative to notification requirements under the Child Protection Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB586 HB586: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB686 HB686: relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB446 HB446: relative to spousal and child support enforcement. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2000 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1431 HB1431: relative to protective orders in domestic violence cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB412 SB412: adopting the "Court Integrity and Attorney's Independence Act.." Senate · SENATE Judiciary

SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB573 HB573: (New Title) relative to the role of certain advanced registered nurse practitioners in the state mental health services system. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1139 HB1139: establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Children and family law (27 bills sponsored; 13 bills enacted)

1. HB177 HB177: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. 2003 · Senate
2. HB298 HB298: (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB299 HB299: removing judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB310 HB310: (New Title) establishing a commission to study child support and related child custody issues. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB323 HB323: relative to the task force on family law. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB375 HB375: establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers. 2003 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
7. HB446 HB446: relative to spousal and child support enforcement. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB447 HB447: limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
10. HB486 HB486: relative to access to child support enforcement records. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
11. HB507 HB507: opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons. 2002 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
12. HB559 HB559: relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
13. HB571 HB571: relative to joint legal and physical custody of children. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
14. HB586 HB586: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
15. HB628 HB628: (2nd New Title) relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
16. HB674 HB674: (2nd New Title) relative to notification requirements under the Child Protection Act. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
17. HB1198 HB1198: relative to reporting child custody statistics. 2004 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
18. HB1238 HB1238: relative to the collection and disbursement of support orders by the department of health and human services. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
19. HB1312 HB1312: relative to the court's discretion to extend child support obligations. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
20. HB1333 HB1333: relative to the establishment of parenting plans. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
21. HB1498 HB1498: establishing a committee to study child support and parental involvement issues. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
22. HB1547 HB1547: relative to raising the age of minority for the purposes of juvenile delinquency proceedings from 17 to 18 years of age. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
23. SB124 SB124: (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
24. SB365 SB365: requiring courts to use gender neutral terms in documents used in divorce and custody proceedings. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
25. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
26. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
27. SB520 SB520: (New Title) relative to child support modification and service of divorce petitions. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1298 HB1298: requiring advertisements and postings of meals and rooms prices to include the amount of meals and rooms tax in each price displayed. 2000 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE

Committee of Conference (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB310 HB310: (New Title) establishing a commission to study child support and related child custody issues. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB323 HB323: relative to the task force on family law. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB509 HB509: (New Title) establishing a statute of limitations on spousal support orders. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB559 HB559: relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB1212 HB1212: relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee. 2000 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (24 bills sponsored; 12 bills enacted)

1. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB178 HB178: relative to detention for violations of protective orders. Enacted 2003 · Law without signature · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB219 HB219: relative to the assignment of judges to hear cases in the superior, district, and probate courts. 2003 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
4. HB298 HB298: (New Title) relative to physical child custody decisions. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
5. HB299 HB299: removing judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB446 HB446: relative to spousal and child support enforcement. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
7. HB447 HB447: limiting retroactive child support awards under the uniform act on paternity. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
9. HB486 HB486: relative to access to child support enforcement records. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HB507 HB507: opening hearings in abuse and neglect cases to members of the general court and to certain other persons. 2002 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
11. HB508 HB508: relative to third party contact in orders of protection from domestic violence. 2001 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
12. HB586 HB586: excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
13. HB674 HB674: (2nd New Title) relative to notification requirements under the Child Protection Act. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
14. HB686 HB686: relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
15. HB1201 HB1201: prohibiting the application of the doctrine of adverse possession or prescription when boundary lines can be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. 2004 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
16. HB1202 HB1202: relative to third-party payment of covered services ordered by the juvenile court. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
17. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
18. HB1312 HB1312: relative to the court's discretion to extend child support obligations. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
19. HB1431 HB1431: relative to protective orders in domestic violence cases. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
20. SB124 SB124: (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
21. SB365 SB365: requiring courts to use gender neutral terms in documents used in divorce and custody proceedings. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
22. SB412 SB412: adopting the "Court Integrity and Attorney's Independence Act.." 2000 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
23. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Finance
24. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

Education (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR6 CACR6: relating to the encouragement of literature. Providing that it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates to not hinder, impede or obstruct the interest of literature and the sciences. 2003 · House · HOUSE Education
2. HB375 HB375: establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers. 2003 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB446 HB446: relative to building permits. Enacted 2003 · Law without signature · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Environment and natural resources (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB673 HB673: relative to municipal water system connection fees. 2003 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB1199 HB1199: relative to water connection fees. 2004 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Executive administration (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB322 HB322: relative to the commission on the status of men. 2003 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB682 HB682: relative to accidental disability income benefits. 2001 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB686 HB686: relative to health insurance provided through the state. 2004 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Health care (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB375 HB375: establishing a committee to study the prescription and use of psychotropic drugs, including Ritalin, in preschools, primary grades, and childcare centers. 2003 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. HB573 HB573: (New Title) relative to the role of certain advanced registered nurse practitioners in the state mental health services system. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
3. HB686 HB686: relative to health insurance provided through the state. 2004 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB1238 HB1238: relative to the collection and disbursement of support orders by the department of health and human services. 2000 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
5. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Insurance (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB686 HB686: relative to health insurance provided through the state. 2004 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1202 HB1202: relative to third-party payment of covered services ordered by the juvenile court. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE

Local government (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB179 HB179: (2nd New Title) relative to the scope of RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute, and establishing a task force on juvenile justice service capacity. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB628 HB628: (2nd New Title) relative to the relocation of the principal residence of a child and establishing a regional youth center pilot program in Hillsborough county and in a central location within Coos, Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. HB673 HB673: relative to municipal water system connection fees. 2003 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB1199 HB1199: relative to water connection fees. 2004 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB124 SB124: (2nd New Title) relative to confidentiality of abuse and neglect proceedings and establishing a pilot project relative to abuse and neglect hearings in the Grafton county court. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
6. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

Public finance (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to the constitutional duty of the legislature concerning the interest of literature and the sciences. Providing that the legislature shall no longer have the constitutional duty to promote the interest of literature and the sciences. 2000 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB179 HB179: (2nd New Title) relative to the scope of RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute, and establishing a task force on juvenile justice service capacity. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. HB447 HB447: (3rd New Title) establishing a task force on family law; clarifying that the judicial council is responsible for payment of indigent defense expenses; establishing a committee to study issues related to shorthand court reporting; and relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB553 HB553: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the status of men. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. HB587 HB587: (New Title) establishing a commission on the status of men. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
6. HB1515 HB1515: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. 2000 · House · HOUSE Finance
7. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Finance

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB573 HB573: (New Title) relative to the role of certain advanced registered nurse practitioners in the state mental health services system. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2. HB1139 HB1139: establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
3. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Public safety (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1139 HB1139: establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Taxation (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB338 HB338: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. 2001 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. HB576 HB576: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. 2003 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. HB1298 HB1298: requiring advertisements and postings of meals and rooms prices to include the amount of meals and rooms tax in each price displayed. 2000 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. HB1515 HB1515: increasing the rate of the meals and rooms tax. 2000 · House · HOUSE Finance