Peter Burling

2008 (84 bills sponsored; 45 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB181 HB181: establishing a tuition voucher program for New Hampshire national guard members and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance
4. HB185 HB185: (New Title) relative to economic revitalization zone credits. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
5. HB186 HB186: relative to random recounts. House · HOUSE Election Law
6. HB379 HB379: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
7. HB380 HB380: relative to the forms of government under town charters. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
8. HB467 HB467: (New Title) establishing a state climate change policy commission and developing a climate action plan and to report on climate change issues. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
9. HB595 HB595: (2nd New Title) requiring the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HB847 HB847: relative to general rules for vessels operating on water. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
11. HB861 HB861: (New Title) allowing certain active duty members of the United States armed forces and their dependents to attend public postsecondary institutions at the in-state resident tuition rate. House · HOUSE Finance
12. HB884 HB884: increasing the rate of the tobacco tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
13. HB1233 HB1233: relative to the privilege of habeas corpus. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
14. HB1312 HB1312: establishing a committee to study allowing municipalities to enforce ordinances by citation. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
15. HB1493 HB1493: relative to the commission to study the state highway trust fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
16. HB1595 HB1595: relative to driver's license renewals by persons engaged in overseas government service. Senate · SENATE Finance
17. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) relative to firefighter services leave for state employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
18. HB1615 HB1615: (3rd New Title) establishing the state office of rural health in the department of health and human services and establishing a commission to recommend policies and programs to increase the number of persons in health professions servicing New Hampshire’s rural and underserved areas. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
19. HB1645 HB1645: relative to administration of the New Hampshire retirement system and benefits for members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
20. SB45 SB45: changing the name of the ballot law commission to the elections and ballot law commission, increasing the membership of the commission, and requiring the commission to propose redistricting plans. House · HOUSE Election Law
21. SB94 SB94: (New Title) establishing the department of information technology, relative to positions in the department of information technology, and the membership of the information technology council. Enacted Signed by Governor
22. SB103 SB103: (New Title) establishing a committee to generate and evaluate solutions for maintaining emergency access on class VI and private roads. House · HOUSE Transportation
23. SB117 SB117: relative to fireworks display permits and the position of permissible fireworks inspector. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
24. SB158 SB158: relative to review of activities affecting surface waters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
25. SB172 SB172: allowing counties to share correctional facilities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
26. SB179 SB179: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. House · HOUSE Education
27. SB190 SB190: establishing a committee to study municipal regulation of private motor sports clubs. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
28. SB199 SB199: relative to the assessment of property subject to a housing subsidy restriction. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
29. SB212 SB212: relative to the regulation of home inspectors. Enacted Signed by Governor
30. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
31. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
32. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
33. SB324 SB324: (New Title) relative to substance abuse services within the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
34. SB326 SB326: relative to salaries for certain unclassified positions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
35. SB327 SB327: relative to compensation for state employees injured in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
36. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
37. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
38. SB358 SB358: relative to mooring permits. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
39. SB376 SB376: (New Title) requiring local fire chiefs to annually inspect all school buildings within his or her jurisdiction and report on the condition of all such school buildings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
40. SB377 SB377: relative to the application of the prudent investor rule to town trust funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
41. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
42. SB381 SB381: relative to conservation commissions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
43. SB382 SB382: relative to gasoline and diesel fuel prices. Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
44. SB389 SB389: (New Title) relative to privileged communications between health care providers and minor children. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
45. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
46. SB404 SB404: allowing dental school graduates to practice in an approved dental residency program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
47. SB407 SB407: establishing a committee to study the right of entry upon lands for the purpose of conducting a land survey. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
48. SB411 SB411: relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
49. SB412 SB412: establishing the office of technology development and telecommunications planning and the position of director of telecommunications in the department of resources and economic development. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
50. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
51. SB416 SB416: relative to subdivision and site plan regulation waivers. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
52. SB420 SB420: (New Title) relative to criminal background checks of health care facilities and certain nurse applicants. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
53. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
54. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Election Law
55. SB437 SB437: (New Title) relative to access to voter information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
56. SB440 SB440: relative to requiring occupational boards and commissions to include relevant military experience or training in satisfying requirements for engaging in a regulated profession. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
57. SB452 SB452: relative to transportation planning. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
58. SB462 SB462: limiting liability for overseers of public welfare when acting in the course of their official duties. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
59. SB463 SB463: (New Title) establishing an investment committee and an audit committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
60. SB470 SB470: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. House · HOUSE Judiciary
61. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
62. SB478 SB478: relative to processing absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
63. SB482 SB482: relative to ethical standards for volunteer service in the executive branch. House
64. SB483 SB483: establishing a committee to study in-home intervention and counseling services for families and children charged with a crime or designated in need of services by the juvenile court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
65. SB484 SB484: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the sentencing, incarceration, and recidivism of criminal offenders in order to enhance public safety and improve the criminal justice system's cost effectiveness. Enacted Signed by Governor
66. SB485 SB485: relative to party designations for voters. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
67. SB490 SB490: (New Title) relative to fees for special number plates for veterans and relative to vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor
68. SB492 SB492: (2nd New Title) relative to persons designated to fill vacancies on the ballot and relative to recount requests by candidates. Enacted Signed by Governor
69. SB496 SB496: establishing a commission to study incentives for providers of home and community-based care. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
70. SB499 SB499: relative to penalties for unauthorized disclosure of confidential matters in legislative ethics proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
71. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
72. SB506 SB506: naming the Elm Street bridge in Newport after Specialist Justin A. Rollins. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
73. SB508 SB508: relative to municipal deposits. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
74. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
75. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
76. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
77. SB529 SB529: changing certain references in the mental health laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
78. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
79. SB533 SB533: establishing a committee to study age-based driver's license renewal testing. Enacted Signed by Governor
80. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted Signed by Governor
81. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
82. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
83. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
84. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2007 (69 bills sponsored; 45 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: relating to: the term of office for governor. Providing that: beginning with the 2010 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB104 HB104: relative to renewal of drivers' licenses by certain national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB119 HB119: (New Title) relative to the sunset provision of the system benefits charge and the use of funds to pay administrative costs. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the reporting of burn injuries. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
6. HB155 HB155: relative to membership of the state building code review board. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. HB180 HB180: relative to pay and allowances for officers and enlisted members of the national guard. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
8. HB184 HB184: repealing the parental notification law. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB192 HB192: requiring vote counting by election officials at polling places using vote counting machines. House · HOUSE Election Law
10. HB273 HB273: relative to special needs trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
11. HB402 HB402: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. House · HOUSE Finance
12. HB416 HB416: (New Title) relative to mercury reduction and establishing a committee to study methods of improving the recycling rate in New Hampshire for mercury-added thermostats. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
13. HB427 HB427: (New Title) defining construction and demolition debris and certified waste-derived product, and relative to the department of environmental services certifying waste-derived products of the wood component of construction and demolition debris. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14. HB428 HB428: (2nd New Title) prohibiting the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris and defining construction and demolition debris and transfer station. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
15. HB429 HB429: relative to nominations by multiple parties. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
16. HB430 HB430: establishing a committee to study a constitutional amendment to guarantee a right to personal privacy. House · HOUSE Judiciary
17. HB431 HB431: establishing a commission to study academic and financial requirements for recipients of Pell grants. House · HOUSE Education
18. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
19. HB513 HB513: establishing a housing commission. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
20. HB514 HB514: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
21. HB566 HB566: relative to the housing of inmates in county correctional facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
22. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
23. HB685 HB685: (New Title) prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system, and establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
24. HB695 HB695: relative to regulation of wireless telephone service providers for consumer protection. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
25. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
26. HB813 HB813: expanding the definition of income of the land conservation investment program monitoring endowment. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
27. HB866 HB866: (New Title) relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
28. HB896 HB896: relative to authority to waive interest on late paid property tax bills House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
29. HB911 HB911: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
30. HB917 HB917: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
31. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
32. SB44 SB44: relative to licenses to carry pistols and revolvers. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
33. SB46 SB46: (New Title) requiring criminal history record checks of all applicants to practice medicine in New Hampshire, and revising the criminal history record checks under the nurse practice act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
34. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
35. SB60 SB60: relative to compensations for injuries and illnesses suffered by national guard members on state active duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
36. SB76 SB76: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the proper allocation of costs for transporting convicted persons and methods for minimizing the costs of transporting convicted persons. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
37. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
38. SB91 SB91: (New Title) relative to political contributions by corporations, partnerships, and labor unions. House
39. SB98 SB98: (New Title) relative to party access to voter information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
40. SB99 SB99: relative to the terms for payment in lieu of taxes for renewable generation facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
41. SB106 SB106: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. House
42. SB124 SB124: changing the membership of the economic development matching grants screening committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
43. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
44. SB128 SB128: establishing an enhanced penalty for injuring another as a result of resisting arrest. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
45. SB149 SB149: (New Title) relative to the 2 family support councils for the developmentally disabled serving Lebanon and Claremont. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
46. SB153 SB153: (New Title) establishing a commission to study changing statutory references to “mental retardation.” Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
47. SB159 SB159: relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
48. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
49. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
50. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
51. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted Signed by Governor
52. SB180 SB180: relative to local regulation of persons soliciting contributions on streets. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
53. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
54. SB187 SB187: relative to motor vehicles operated in parades. Enacted Signed by Governor
55. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
56. SB208 SB208: relative to court review of certain planning and zoning decisions. House · HOUSE Judiciary
57. SB217 SB217: (New Title) establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program. Enacted Signed by Governor
58. SB219 SB219: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the effectiveness of current preservation planning tools designed to prevent unnecessary demolitions of significant historic properties and recommend new incentives to aid communities, improvements to existing methods, or creation of new programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
59. SB222 SB222: relative to health insurance for national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
60. SB224 SB224: (New Title) relative to the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
61. SB234 SB234: relative to privileges, benefits, and immunities for national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
62. SB235 SB235: (New Title) establishing a milk producers emergency relief fund. Enacted Signed by Governor
63. SB242 SB242: establishing the intellectual property business loan development program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
64. SB258 SB258: relative to reliance on ethics committee advisory opinions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
65. SB262 SB262: establishing a committee to study certain prohibitions on smoking. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
66. SB263 SB263: establishing a committee to study Medicaid payments for hospital-based physicians and outpatient services and establishing a moratorium on certain reimbursement policy changes pending the study's recommendations. House · HOUSE Finance
67. SCR1 SCR1: declaring a state of emergency in the town of Dorchester during the March 2006 floods. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
68. SCR3 SCR3: urging preservation of traditional powers of state and local governments under international trade agreements. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
69. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Passed · HOUSE Education

2006 (51 bills sponsored; 22 bills enacted)

1. HB221 HB221: relative to eligibility for absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HB579 HB579: relative to motor vehicle inspections. House · HOUSE Transportation
3. HB1104 HB1104: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
4. HB1134 HB1134: relative to membership of the state building code review board. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
5. HB1136 HB1136: establishing a commission to study the care needs of medically fragile students in the school system. House · HOUSE Education
6. HB1308 HB1308: establishing a commission to study revising the New Hampshire special education statutes. House · HOUSE Education
7. HB1376 HB1376: relative to the duties of the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
8. HB1383 HB1383: defining deconstruction for purposes of solid waste management. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
9. HB1394 HB1394: relative to determination of value of property in current use. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
10. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
11. HB1493 HB1493: declaring that groundwater is part of the public trust. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
12. HB1507 HB1507: requiring the department of environmental services to report on and make recommendations on global warming issues in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
13. HB1673 HB1673: relative to the reduction of mercury emissions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14. HB1705 HB1705: relative to limited driving privileges for certain persons whose licenses have been revoked or suspended. House · HOUSE Transportation
15. HB1709 HB1709: establishing an autism registry in the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
16. HB1710 HB1710: (New Title) AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for home care providers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
17. HB1756 HB1756: relative to alternative regulation of small incumbent local exchange carriers. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
18. HB1765 HB1765: (New Title) relative to funding for disaster relief efforts in response to the October 2005 floods and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
19. HCR24 HCR24: a resolution supporting the increased production of renewable energy by the agricultural community. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
20. HJR20 HJR20: supporting stem cell research. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
21. SB64 SB64: establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
22. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Finance
23. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
24. SB221 SB221: (New Title) relative to obtaining a driver’s license and creating a violation for failure to pay a highway toll. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
25. SB229 SB229: relative to subsidizing malpractice premiums for certain specialties. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
26. SB239 SB239: (2nd New Title) renaming the bridge located on Main Street in Enfield, New Hampshire and crossing the Mascoma River as the Enfield Women’s Memorial Bridge and naming the bridge located on Main Street in Newmarket, New Hampshire and crossing the Lamprey River as the Newmarket Veterans Bridge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
27. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
28. SB277 SB277: permitting seasonal camps to qualify as open space land for current use assessment. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
29. SB278 SB278: exempting certain transfers from the real estate transfer tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
30. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
31. SB287 SB287: (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues. Enacted Signed by Governor
32. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
33. SB300 SB300: exempting certain transfers of real estate between charitable organizations from the real estate transfer tax. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
34. SB315 SB315: repealing the statewide enhanced education tax. Senate · SENATE Finance
35. SB319 SB319: (2nd New Title) establishing a task force to study county government, and relative to prohibiting filing with the registry of deeds a document that includes an individual’s social security number or financial information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
36. SB325 SB325: (New Title) making technical corrections and other changes to motor vehicle laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
37. SB328 SB328: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE FISH AND GAME
38. SB341 SB341: (New Title) relative to the applicability of OBD II testing requirements. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
39. SB345 SB345: (New Title) relative to lobbyist registration requirements. House · HOUSE Election Law
40. SB372 SB372: allowing certain employees of private agencies to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
41. SB383 SB383: limiting liability of community land trusts which own certain hazardous property. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
42. SB384 SB384: (New Title) establishing a temporary one-time exemption from the real estate transfer tax for certain transfer of family farm or open space land. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
43. SB386 SB386: relative to large groundwater withdrawals. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
44. SB387 SB387: relative to energy efficiency loans and guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
45. SB389 SB389: (New Title) establishing a committee to study programs funded by the system benefits charge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
46. SB396 SB396: repealing the rulemaking authority of the New Hampshire children's trust fund board. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
47. SB401 SB401: relative to the Hanover-Lebanon District Court. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
48. SB402 SB402: relative to payment of unreimbursed storm-related damages incurred by the town of Hanover and affected surrounding towns and making an appropriation therefor. Senate · SENATE Finance
49. SCR6 SCR6: (New Title) urging Congress to support stem cell research. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
50. SCR8 SCR8: declaring the general court in opposition to the federal Real ID Act of 2005. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
51. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. Senate

2005 (33 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

1. HB108 HB108: relative to the acuity-based reimbursement system developed by the department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. HB127 HB127: establishing a committee to study the creation of a satellite campus of the regional community-technical college system in the city of Franklin. House · HOUSE Education
3. HB233 HB233: relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB293 HB293: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of developing a materials resource and recovery facility in Sullivan County, and relative to exemptions for disposing of leaf and yard waste. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB371 HB371: relative to mercury reduction. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
6. HB438 HB438: relative to emissions requirements for municipal waste combustion units. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
7. HB468 HB468: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB502 HB502: allowing certain surviving spouses to receive a retirement system death benefit. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
9. HB535 HB535: increasing the tobacco tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
10. HB574 HB574: requiring the reporting of burn injuries. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
11. HB580 HB580: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the procedures for the formation and dissolution of solid waste management districts under RSA 53-B and the procedures for the dissolution of an interstate waste compact under RSA 53-D. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
12. HB596 HB596: relative to the salary of the state veterinarian. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. HB662 HB662: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for family mutual support services. House · HOUSE Finance
14. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
15. SB42 SB42: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study committee to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
16. SB45 SB45: (New Title) relative to the Hanover school district tax stabilization fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
17. SB50 SB50: establishing a committee to study forming an independent board of psychology. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. Senate · SENATE Education
19. SB97 SB97: abolishing county departments of corrections and authorizing the department of corrections to contract with the counties to utilize former county correctional facilities as state facilities. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
20. SB118 SB118: repealing certain provisions of law regarding small group health insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
21. SB185 SB185: relative to the possibility of reverter. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
22. SB204 SB204: relative to party columns on ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
23. SB208 SB208: (New Title) relative to certification of driver education instructors. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
24. SB214 SB214: relative to screening panels for medical injury claims. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
25. SB215 SB215: (2nd New Title) creating a committee to study alternatives for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
26. SB216 SB216: (New Title) establishing a commission to study area agencies. House
27. SB218 SB218: eliminating straight ticket voting. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
28. SB226 SB226: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
29. SB227 SB227: (2nd New Title) naming a certain bridge in the town of Enfield the Henry P. Brown, M.D. Bridge, naming the White Mountains Attractions Building the Norman B. Fadden White Mountains Attractions Building, and naming a bridge in the town of Carroll the Kenneth B. Jordan Memorial Bridge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
30. SB228 SB228: making an appropriation for emergency home heating assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor
31. SCR5 SCR5: recognizing the increasing problem of exotic aquatic weeds and species. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
32. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
33. SR1 SR1: requesting the United States Congress to assure that compensation is provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

HOUSE Children and Family Law (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB389 SB389: (New Title) relative to privileged communications between health care providers and minor children. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB483 SB483: establishing a committee to study in-home intervention and counseling services for families and children charged with a crime or designated in need of services by the juvenile court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB396 SB396: repealing the rulemaking authority of the New Hampshire children's trust fund board. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

HOUSE COMMERCE (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

2007 (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB695 HB695: relative to regulation of wireless telephone service providers for consumer protection. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB124 SB124: changing the membership of the economic development matching grants screening committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB262 SB262: establishing a committee to study certain prohibitions on smoking. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB64 SB64: establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

HOUSE Committee of Conference (8 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1615 HB1615: (3rd New Title) establishing the state office of rural health in the department of health and human services and establishing a commission to recommend policies and programs to increase the number of persons in health professions servicing New Hampshire’s rural and underserved areas. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB1645 HB1645: relative to administration of the New Hampshire retirement system and benefits for members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB429 HB429: relative to nominations by multiple parties. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1710 HB1710: (New Title) AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for home care providers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2005 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB293 HB293: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of developing a materials resource and recovery facility in Sullivan County, and relative to exemptions for disposing of leaf and yard waste. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB468 HB468: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB580 HB580: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the procedures for the formation and dissolution of solid waste management districts under RSA 53-B and the procedures for the dissolution of an interstate waste compact under RSA 53-D. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1233 HB1233: relative to the privilege of habeas corpus. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB499 SB499: relative to penalties for unauthorized disclosure of confidential matters in legislative ethics proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB76 SB76: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the proper allocation of costs for transporting convicted persons and methods for minimizing the costs of transporting convicted persons. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB128 SB128: establishing an enhanced penalty for injuring another as a result of resisting arrest. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Education (9 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB179 SB179: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. House · HOUSE Education
2. SB376 SB376: (New Title) requiring local fire chiefs to annually inspect all school buildings within his or her jurisdiction and report on the condition of all such school buildings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
3. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB431 HB431: establishing a commission to study academic and financial requirements for recipients of Pell grants. House · HOUSE Education
2. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Passed · HOUSE Education

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1136 HB1136: establishing a commission to study the care needs of medically fragile students in the school system. House · HOUSE Education
2. HB1308 HB1308: establishing a commission to study revising the New Hampshire special education statutes. House · HOUSE Education

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB127 HB127: establishing a committee to study the creation of a satellite campus of the regional community-technical college system in the city of Franklin. House · HOUSE Education
2. SB45 SB45: (New Title) relative to the Hanover school district tax stabilization fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

HOUSE Election Law (10 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

2008 (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB186 HB186: relative to random recounts. House · HOUSE Election Law
2. SB45 SB45: changing the name of the ballot law commission to the elections and ballot law commission, increasing the membership of the commission, and requiring the commission to propose redistricting plans. House · HOUSE Election Law
3. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Election Law
4. SB437 SB437: (New Title) relative to access to voter information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
5. SB478 SB478: relative to processing absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB192 HB192: requiring vote counting by election officials at polling places using vote counting machines. House · HOUSE Election Law
2. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
3. SB98 SB98: (New Title) relative to party access to voter information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
4. SB159 SB159: relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB345 SB345: (New Title) relative to lobbyist registration requirements. House · HOUSE Election Law

HOUSE Environment and Agriculture (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR24 HCR24: a resolution supporting the increased production of renewable energy by the agricultural community. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (12 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

2008 (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB326 SB326: relative to salaries for certain unclassified positions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB404 SB404: allowing dental school graduates to practice in an approved dental residency program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB420 SB420: (New Title) relative to criminal background checks of health care facilities and certain nurse applicants. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB440 SB440: relative to requiring occupational boards and commissions to include relevant military experience or training in satisfying requirements for engaging in a regulated profession. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB463 SB463: (New Title) establishing an investment committee and an audit committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: relating to: the term of office for governor. Providing that: beginning with the 2010 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB46 SB46: (New Title) requiring criminal history record checks of all applicants to practice medicine in New Hampshire, and revising the criminal history record checks under the nurse practice act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB502 HB502: allowing certain surviving spouses to receive a retirement system death benefit. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB596 HB596: relative to the salary of the state veterinarian. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (17 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB181 HB181: establishing a tuition voucher program for New Hampshire national guard members and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB861 HB861: (New Title) allowing certain active duty members of the United States armed forces and their dependents to attend public postsecondary institutions at the in-state resident tuition rate. House · HOUSE Finance
4. SB117 SB117: relative to fireworks display permits and the position of permissible fireworks inspector. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2007 (9 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB402 HB402: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. House · HOUSE Finance
3. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
4. SB60 SB60: relative to compensations for injuries and illnesses suffered by national guard members on state active duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
7. SB222 SB222: relative to health insurance for national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
8. SB242 SB242: establishing the intellectual property business loan development program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
9. SB263 SB263: establishing a committee to study Medicaid payments for hospital-based physicians and outpatient services and establishing a moratorium on certain reimbursement policy changes pending the study's recommendations. House · HOUSE Finance

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
3. SB387 SB387: relative to energy efficiency loans and guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB662 HB662: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for family mutual support services. House · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE FISH AND GAME (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB328 SB328: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE FISH AND GAME

HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (10 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB324 SB324: (New Title) relative to substance abuse services within the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. SB496 SB496: establishing a commission to study incentives for providers of home and community-based care. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
3. SB529 SB529: changing certain references in the mental health laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
4. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB149 SB149: (New Title) relative to the 2 family support councils for the developmentally disabled serving Lebanon and Claremont. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. SB153 SB153: (New Title) establishing a commission to study changing statutory references to “mental retardation.” Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
3. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1104 HB1104: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB108 HB108: relative to the acuity-based reimbursement system developed by the department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. SB42 SB42: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study committee to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

HOUSE Judiciary (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB470 SB470: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB430 HB430: establishing a committee to study a constitutional amendment to guarantee a right to personal privacy. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB208 SB208: relative to court review of certain planning and zoning decisions. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB214 SB214: relative to screening panels for medical injury claims. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Legislative Administration (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB258 SB258: relative to reliance on ethics committee advisory opinions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (19 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

2008 (12 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB1312 HB1312: establishing a committee to study allowing municipalities to enforce ordinances by citation. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB172 SB172: allowing counties to share correctional facilities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB199 SB199: relative to the assessment of property subject to a housing subsidy restriction. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB377 SB377: relative to the application of the prudent investor rule to town trust funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB381 SB381: relative to conservation commissions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB407 SB407: establishing a committee to study the right of entry upon lands for the purpose of conducting a land survey. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
8. SB416 SB416: relative to subdivision and site plan regulation waivers. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
10. SB462 SB462: limiting liability for overseers of public welfare when acting in the course of their official duties. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB508 SB508: relative to municipal deposits. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB896 HB896: relative to authority to waive interest on late paid property tax bills House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB99 SB99: relative to the terms for payment in lieu of taxes for renewable generation facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB180 SB180: relative to local regulation of persons soliciting contributions on streets. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB219 SB219: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the effectiveness of current preservation planning tools designed to prevent unnecessary demolitions of significant historic properties and recommend new incentives to aid communities, improvements to existing methods, or creation of new programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB319 SB319: (2nd New Title) establishing a task force to study county government, and relative to prohibiting filing with the registry of deeds a document that includes an individual’s social security number or financial information. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB233 HB233: relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB452 SB452: relative to transportation planning. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB506 SB506: naming the Elm Street bridge in Newport after Specialist Justin A. Rollins. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB239 SB239: (2nd New Title) renaming the bridge located on Main Street in Enfield, New Hampshire and crossing the Mascoma River as the Enfield Women’s Memorial Bridge and naming the bridge located on Main Street in Newmarket, New Hampshire and crossing the Lamprey River as the Newmarket Veterans Bridge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB227 SB227: (2nd New Title) naming a certain bridge in the town of Enfield the Henry P. Brown, M.D. Bridge, naming the White Mountains Attractions Building the Norman B. Fadden White Mountains Attractions Building, and naming a bridge in the town of Carroll the Kenneth B. Jordan Memorial Bridge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB158 SB158: relative to review of activities affecting surface waters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2. SB358 SB358: relative to mooring permits. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1493 HB1493: declaring that groundwater is part of the public trust. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2. SB386 SB386: relative to large groundwater withdrawals. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB226 SB226: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy (8 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB467 HB467: (New Title) establishing a state climate change policy commission and developing a climate action plan and to report on climate change issues. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
2. SB412 SB412: establishing the office of technology development and telecommunications planning and the position of director of telecommunications in the department of resources and economic development. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB224 SB224: (New Title) relative to the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1383 HB1383: defining deconstruction for purposes of solid waste management. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
2. HB1507 HB1507: requiring the department of environmental services to report on and make recommendations on global warming issues in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
3. SB389 SB389: (New Title) establishing a committee to study programs funded by the system benefits charge. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB438 HB438: relative to emissions requirements for municipal waste combustion units. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
2. SB215 SB215: (2nd New Title) creating a committee to study alternatives for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
3. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB234 SB234: relative to privileges, benefits, and immunities for national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR3 SCR3: urging preservation of traditional powers of state and local governments under international trade agreements. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SCR6 SCR6: (New Title) urging Congress to support stem cell research. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

HOUSE Transportation (9 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB103 SB103: (New Title) establishing a committee to generate and evaluate solutions for maintaining emergency access on class VI and private roads. House · HOUSE Transportation
2. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
3. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2006 (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB579 HB579: relative to motor vehicle inspections. House · HOUSE Transportation
2. HB1705 HB1705: relative to limited driving privileges for certain persons whose licenses have been revoked or suspended. House · HOUSE Transportation
3. SB221 SB221: (New Title) relative to obtaining a driver’s license and creating a violation for failure to pay a highway toll. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
4. SB325 SB325: (New Title) making technical corrections and other changes to motor vehicle laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
5. SB341 SB341: (New Title) relative to the applicability of OBD II testing requirements. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB208 SB208: (New Title) relative to certification of driver education instructors. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

HOUSE Ways and Means (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB884 HB884: increasing the rate of the tobacco tax. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB300 SB300: exempting certain transfers of real estate between charitable organizations from the real estate transfer tax. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB384 SB384: (New Title) establishing a temporary one-time exemption from the real estate transfer tax for certain transfer of family farm or open space land. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (20 bills sponsored; 15 bills enacted)

2008 (10 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

1. SB94 SB94: (New Title) establishing the department of information technology, relative to positions in the department of information technology, and the membership of the information technology council. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB212 SB212: relative to the regulation of home inspectors. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB327 SB327: relative to compensation for state employees injured in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB482 SB482: relative to ethical standards for volunteer service in the executive branch. House
5. SB484 SB484: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the sentencing, incarceration, and recidivism of criminal offenders in order to enhance public safety and improve the criminal justice system's cost effectiveness. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB490 SB490: (New Title) relative to fees for special number plates for veterans and relative to vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor
7. SB492 SB492: (2nd New Title) relative to persons designated to fill vacancies on the ballot and relative to recount requests by candidates. Enacted Signed by Governor
8. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
9. SB533 SB533: establishing a committee to study age-based driver's license renewal testing. Enacted Signed by Governor
10. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted Signed by Governor

2007 (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB91 SB91: (New Title) relative to political contributions by corporations, partnerships, and labor unions. House
2. SB106 SB106: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. House
3. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB187 SB187: relative to motor vehicles operated in parades. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB217 SB217: (New Title) establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB235 SB235: (New Title) establishing a milk producers emergency relief fund. Enacted Signed by Governor

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB287 SB287: (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. Senate

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB216 SB216: (New Title) establishing a commission to study area agencies. House
2. SB228 SB228: making an appropriation for emergency home heating assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor

SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
2. SB372 SB372: allowing certain employees of private agencies to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB118 SB118: repealing certain provisions of law regarding small group health insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB514 HB514: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

SENATE Education (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB911 HB911: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. Senate · SENATE Education

SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB485 SB485: relative to party designations for voters. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1376 HB1376: relative to the duties of the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB1673 HB1673: relative to the reduction of mercury emissions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB1756 HB1756: relative to alternative regulation of small incumbent local exchange carriers. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB371 HB371: relative to mercury reduction. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB382 SB382: relative to gasoline and diesel fuel prices. Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2007 (6 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB119 HB119: (New Title) relative to the sunset provision of the system benefits charge and the use of funds to pay administrative costs. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB416 HB416: (New Title) relative to mercury reduction and establishing a committee to study methods of improving the recycling rate in New Hampshire for mercury-added thermostats. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB427 HB427: (New Title) defining construction and demolition debris and certified waste-derived product, and relative to the department of environmental services certifying waste-derived products of the wood component of construction and demolition debris. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. HB428 HB428: (2nd New Title) prohibiting the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris and defining construction and demolition debris and transfer station. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. HB813 HB813: expanding the definition of income of the land conservation investment program monitoring endowment. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
6. HB917 HB917: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB383 SB383: limiting liability of community land trusts which own certain hazardous property. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SCR5 SCR5: recognizing the increasing problem of exotic aquatic weeds and species. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

SENATE Executive Departments and Administration (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) relative to firefighter services leave for state employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB155 HB155: relative to membership of the state building code review board. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB685 HB685: (New Title) prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system, and establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB50 SB50: establishing a committee to study forming an independent board of psychology. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB97 SB97: abolishing county departments of corrections and authorizing the department of corrections to contract with the counties to utilize former county correctional facilities as state facilities. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (9 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB185 HB185: (New Title) relative to economic revitalization zone credits. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB1595 HB1595: relative to driver's license renewals by persons engaged in overseas government service. Senate · SENATE Finance

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB104 HB104: relative to renewal of drivers' licenses by certain national guard members. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB180 HB180: relative to pay and allowances for officers and enlisted members of the national guard. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. HB273 HB273: relative to special needs trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1765 HB1765: (New Title) relative to funding for disaster relief efforts in response to the October 2005 floods and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. SB315 SB315: repealing the statewide enhanced education tax. Senate · SENATE Finance
3. SB402 SB402: relative to payment of unreimbursed storm-related damages incurred by the town of Hanover and affected surrounding towns and making an appropriation therefor. Senate · SENATE Finance

SENATE Health and Human Services (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the reporting of burn injuries. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1709 HB1709: establishing an autism registry in the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HJR20 HJR20: supporting stem cell research. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB221 HB221: relative to eligibility for absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB229 SB229: relative to subsidizing malpractice premiums for certain specialties. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3. SCR8 SCR8: declaring the general court in opposition to the federal Real ID Act of 2005. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

2005 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB204 SB204: relative to party columns on ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3. SB218 SB218: eliminating straight ticket voting. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE Judiciary (8 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB595 HB595: (2nd New Title) requiring the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB411 SB411: relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB184 HB184: repealing the parental notification law. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB44 SB44: relative to licenses to carry pistols and revolvers. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB401 SB401: relative to the Hanover-Lebanon District Court. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB574 HB574: requiring the reporting of burn injuries. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB185 SB185: relative to the possibility of reverter. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR1 SR1: requesting the United States Congress to assure that compensation is provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (10 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB379 HB379: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB380 HB380: relative to the forms of government under town charters. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. SB190 SB190: establishing a committee to study municipal regulation of private motor sports clubs. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB513 HB513: establishing a housing commission. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB566 HB566: relative to the housing of inmates in county correctional facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB866 HB866: (New Title) relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. SCR1 SCR1: declaring a state of emergency in the town of Dorchester during the March 2006 floods. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1134 HB1134: relative to membership of the state building code review board. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB1394 HB1394: relative to determination of value of property in current use. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. SB277 SB277: permitting seasonal camps to qualify as open space land for current use assessment. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB847 HB847: relative to general rules for vessels operating on water. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. HB1493 HB1493: relative to the commission to study the state highway trust fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB278 SB278: exempting certain transfers from the real estate transfer tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB535 HB535: increasing the tobacco tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Alcohol and tobacco (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB535 HB535: increasing the tobacco tax. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
2. HB884 HB884: increasing the rate of the tobacco tax. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means

BANKS AND INSURANCE (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB118 SB118: repealing certain provisions of law regarding small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
2. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
3. SB372 SB372: allowing certain employees of private agencies to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

Business and labor (13 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB514 HB514: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) relative to firefighter services leave for state employees. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB91 SB91: (New Title) relative to political contributions by corporations, partnerships, and labor unions. 2007 · House
4. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB242 SB242: establishing the intellectual property business loan development program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
7. SB327 SB327: relative to compensation for state employees injured in the line of duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
8. SB372 SB372: allowing certain employees of private agencies to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
9. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
10. SB387 SB387: relative to energy efficiency loans and guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
11. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
12. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
13. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means

Children and family law (14 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. HB662 HB662: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for family mutual support services. 2005 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB685 HB685: (New Title) prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system, and establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. 2006 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
4. SB149 SB149: (New Title) relative to the 2 family support councils for the developmentally disabled serving Lebanon and Claremont. 2007 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
5. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
6. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
7. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
8. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
9. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
10. SB384 SB384: (New Title) establishing a temporary one-time exemption from the real estate transfer tax for certain transfer of family farm or open space land. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
11. SB389 SB389: (New Title) relative to privileged communications between health care providers and minor children. 2008 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
12. SB396 SB396: repealing the rulemaking authority of the New Hampshire children's trust fund board. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
13. SB411 SB411: relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
14. SB483 SB483: establishing a committee to study in-home intervention and counseling services for families and children charged with a crime or designated in need of services by the juvenile court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

COMMERCE (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB695 HB695: relative to regulation of wireless telephone service providers for consumer protection. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB64 SB64: establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB124 SB124: changing the membership of the economic development matching grants screening committee. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
6. SB262 SB262: establishing a committee to study certain prohibitions on smoking. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB514 HB514: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Committee of Conference (8 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB293 HB293: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of developing a materials resource and recovery facility in Sullivan County, and relative to exemptions for disposing of leaf and yard waste. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB429 HB429: relative to nominations by multiple parties. 2007 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB468 HB468: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. 2005 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB580 HB580: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the procedures for the formation and dissolution of solid waste management districts under RSA 53-B and the procedures for the dissolution of an interstate waste compact under RSA 53-D. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB1615 HB1615: (3rd New Title) establishing the state office of rural health in the department of health and human services and establishing a commission to recommend policies and programs to increase the number of persons in health professions servicing New Hampshire’s rural and underserved areas. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
7. HB1645 HB1645: relative to administration of the New Hampshire retirement system and benefits for members. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB1710 HB1710: (New Title) AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for home care providers. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (29 bills sponsored; 14 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
4. HB184 HB184: repealing the parental notification law. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
5. HB233 HB233: relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school. 2005 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. HB430 HB430: establishing a committee to study a constitutional amendment to guarantee a right to personal privacy. 2007 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
7. HB574 HB574: requiring the reporting of burn injuries. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB595 HB595: (2nd New Title) requiring the commissioner of the department of corrections to adopt procedures establishing a policy on and procedures for an internal clemency board to review and make recommendations on requests for sentence modifications. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB685 HB685: (New Title) prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system, and establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
10. HB1233 HB1233: relative to the privilege of habeas corpus. 2008 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
11. SB44 SB44: relative to licenses to carry pistols and revolvers. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
12. SB46 SB46: (New Title) requiring criminal history record checks of all applicants to practice medicine in New Hampshire, and revising the criminal history record checks under the nurse practice act. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB76 SB76: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the proper allocation of costs for transporting convicted persons and methods for minimizing the costs of transporting convicted persons. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
14. SB128 SB128: establishing an enhanced penalty for injuring another as a result of resisting arrest. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
15. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
16. SB185 SB185: relative to the possibility of reverter. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
17. SB208 SB208: relative to court review of certain planning and zoning decisions. 2007 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
18. SB214 SB214: relative to screening panels for medical injury claims. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
19. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
20. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
21. SB401 SB401: relative to the Hanover-Lebanon District Court. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
22. SB411 SB411: relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
23. SB420 SB420: (New Title) relative to criminal background checks of health care facilities and certain nurse applicants. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
24. SB470 SB470: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
25. SB483 SB483: establishing a committee to study in-home intervention and counseling services for families and children charged with a crime or designated in need of services by the juvenile court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
26. SB484 SB484: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the sentencing, incarceration, and recidivism of criminal offenders in order to enhance public safety and improve the criminal justice system's cost effectiveness. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
27. SB499 SB499: relative to penalties for unauthorized disclosure of confidential matters in legislative ethics proceedings. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
28. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
29. SCR8 SCR8: declaring the general court in opposition to the federal Real ID Act of 2005. 2006 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Education (19 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
4. HB127 HB127: establishing a committee to study the creation of a satellite campus of the regional community-technical college system in the city of Franklin. 2005 · House · HOUSE Education
5. HB233 HB233: relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school. 2005 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. HB431 HB431: establishing a commission to study academic and financial requirements for recipients of Pell grants. 2007 · House · HOUSE Education
7. HB911 HB911: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
8. HB1136 HB1136: establishing a commission to study the care needs of medically fragile students in the school system. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
9. HB1308 HB1308: establishing a commission to study revising the New Hampshire special education statutes. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
10. SB45 SB45: (New Title) relative to the Hanover school district tax stabilization fund. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
11. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
12. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Education
13. SB179 SB179: (New Title) establishing an automated external defibrillator advisory commission. 2008 · House · HOUSE Education
14. SB208 SB208: (New Title) relative to certification of driver education instructors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
15. SB315 SB315: repealing the statewide enhanced education tax. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
16. SB376 SB376: (New Title) requiring local fire chiefs to annually inspect all school buildings within his or her jurisdiction and report on the condition of all such school buildings. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
17. SB404 SB404: allowing dental school graduates to practice in an approved dental residency program. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
19. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education

ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. 2008 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3. SB485 SB485: relative to party designations for voters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Elections and voting (18 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: relating to: the term of office for governor. Providing that: beginning with the 2010 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB186 HB186: relative to random recounts. 2008 · House · HOUSE Election Law
3. HB192 HB192: requiring vote counting by election officials at polling places using vote counting machines. 2007 · House · HOUSE Election Law
4. HB221 HB221: relative to eligibility for absentee ballots. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
5. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
6. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
7. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
8. SB45 SB45: changing the name of the ballot law commission to the elections and ballot law commission, increasing the membership of the commission, and requiring the commission to propose redistricting plans. 2008 · House · HOUSE Election Law
9. SB98 SB98: (New Title) relative to party access to voter information. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
10. SB159 SB159: relative to polling place arrangement and accessibility. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
11. SB204 SB204: relative to party columns on ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
12. SB218 SB218: eliminating straight ticket voting. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
13. SB345 SB345: (New Title) relative to lobbyist registration requirements. 2006 · House · HOUSE Election Law
14. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. 2008 · House · HOUSE Election Law
15. SB437 SB437: (New Title) relative to access to voter information. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
16. SB478 SB478: relative to processing absentee ballots. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
17. SB485 SB485: relative to party designations for voters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
18. SB492 SB492: (2nd New Title) relative to persons designated to fill vacancies on the ballot and relative to recount requests by candidates. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB371 HB371: relative to mercury reduction. 2005 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB1376 HB1376: relative to the duties of the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB1673 HB1673: relative to the reduction of mercury emissions. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. HB1756 HB1756: relative to alternative regulation of small incumbent local exchange carriers. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Energy and utilities (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB866 HB866: (New Title) relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB1376 HB1376: relative to the duties of the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. HCR24 HCR24: a resolution supporting the increased production of renewable energy by the agricultural community. 2006 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
5. SB387 SB387: relative to energy efficiency loans and guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB119 HB119: (New Title) relative to the sunset provision of the system benefits charge and the use of funds to pay administrative costs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB416 HB416: (New Title) relative to mercury reduction and establishing a committee to study methods of improving the recycling rate in New Hampshire for mercury-added thermostats. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB427 HB427: (New Title) defining construction and demolition debris and certified waste-derived product, and relative to the department of environmental services certifying waste-derived products of the wood component of construction and demolition debris. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. HB428 HB428: (2nd New Title) prohibiting the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris and defining construction and demolition debris and transfer station. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. HB813 HB813: expanding the definition of income of the land conservation investment program monitoring endowment. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
6. HB917 HB917: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
7. SB382 SB382: relative to gasoline and diesel fuel prices. 2008 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Environment and Agriculture (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR24 HCR24: a resolution supporting the increased production of renewable energy by the agricultural community. 2006 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

Environment and natural resources (12 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

1. HB427 HB427: (New Title) defining construction and demolition debris and certified waste-derived product, and relative to the department of environmental services certifying waste-derived products of the wood component of construction and demolition debris. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. HB813 HB813: expanding the definition of income of the land conservation investment program monitoring endowment. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
4. HB847 HB847: relative to general rules for vessels operating on water. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
5. HB1493 HB1493: declaring that groundwater is part of the public trust. 2006 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
6. HB1507 HB1507: requiring the department of environmental services to report on and make recommendations on global warming issues in New Hampshire. 2006 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
7. SB158 SB158: relative to review of activities affecting surface waters. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
8. SB217 SB217: (New Title) establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
9. SB226 SB226: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
10. SB358 SB358: relative to mooring permits. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
11. SB381 SB381: relative to conservation commissions. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. SB386 SB386: relative to large groundwater withdrawals. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB383 SB383: limiting liability of community land trusts which own certain hazardous property. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
2. SCR5 SCR5: recognizing the increasing problem of exotic aquatic weeds and species. 2005 · Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

Executive administration (17 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: relating to: the term of office for governor. Providing that: beginning with the 2010 general election, there shall be a 4-year term of office for governor. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB155 HB155: relative to membership of the state building code review board. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB502 HB502: allowing certain surviving spouses to receive a retirement system death benefit. 2005 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB596 HB596: relative to the salary of the state veterinarian. 2005 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB685 HB685: (New Title) prohibiting New Hampshire from participating in a national identification card system, and establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) relative to firefighter services leave for state employees. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB46 SB46: (New Title) requiring criminal history record checks of all applicants to practice medicine in New Hampshire, and revising the criminal history record checks under the nurse practice act. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SB50 SB50: establishing a committee to study forming an independent board of psychology. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
9. SB97 SB97: abolishing county departments of corrections and authorizing the department of corrections to contract with the counties to utilize former county correctional facilities as state facilities. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
10. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
12. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB326 SB326: relative to salaries for certain unclassified positions. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
14. SB404 SB404: allowing dental school graduates to practice in an approved dental residency program. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
15. SB420 SB420: (New Title) relative to criminal background checks of health care facilities and certain nurse applicants. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
16. SB440 SB440: relative to requiring occupational boards and commissions to include relevant military experience or training in satisfying requirements for engaging in a regulated profession. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
17. SB463 SB463: (New Title) establishing an investment committee and an audit committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

FISH AND GAME (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB328 SB328: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE FISH AND GAME

Health and Human Services (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the reporting of burn injuries. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB1709 HB1709: establishing an autism registry in the department of health and human services. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
3. HJR20 HJR20: supporting stem cell research. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

Health care (31 bills sponsored; 13 bills enacted)

1. HB108 HB108: relative to the acuity-based reimbursement system developed by the department of health and human services. 2005 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. HB402 HB402: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB662 HB662: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for family mutual support services. 2005 · House · HOUSE Finance
4. HB1104 HB1104: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. 2006 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
5. HB1136 HB1136: establishing a commission to study the care needs of medically fragile students in the school system. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
6. HB1615 HB1615: (3rd New Title) establishing the state office of rural health in the department of health and human services and establishing a commission to recommend policies and programs to increase the number of persons in health professions servicing New Hampshire’s rural and underserved areas. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
7. HB1709 HB1709: establishing an autism registry in the department of health and human services. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
8. HB1710 HB1710: (New Title) AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for home care providers. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
9. SB42 SB42: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study committee to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. 2005 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
10. SB64 SB64: establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
11. SB118 SB118: repealing certain provisions of law regarding small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
12. SB149 SB149: (New Title) relative to the 2 family support councils for the developmentally disabled serving Lebanon and Claremont. 2007 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
13. SB153 SB153: (New Title) establishing a commission to study changing statutory references to “mental retardation.” Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
14. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. 2007 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
15. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
16. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
17. SB214 SB214: relative to screening panels for medical injury claims. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
18. SB222 SB222: relative to health insurance for national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
19. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
20. SB263 SB263: establishing a committee to study Medicaid payments for hospital-based physicians and outpatient services and establishing a moratorium on certain reimbursement policy changes pending the study's recommendations. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
21. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
22. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
23. SB324 SB324: (New Title) relative to substance abuse services within the department of health and human services. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
24. SB389 SB389: (New Title) relative to privileged communications between health care providers and minor children. 2008 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
25. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
26. SB411 SB411: relative to the confidentiality of health care records during the investigation of child abuse and neglect cases. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
27. SB420 SB420: (New Title) relative to criminal background checks of health care facilities and certain nurse applicants. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
28. SB496 SB496: establishing a commission to study incentives for providers of home and community-based care. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
29. SB529 SB529: changing certain references in the mental health laws. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
30. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
31. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Housing and property (13 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB513 HB513: establishing a housing commission. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB566 HB566: relative to the housing of inmates in county correctional facilities. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB896 HB896: relative to authority to waive interest on late paid property tax bills 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB1394 HB1394: relative to determination of value of property in current use. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
5. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB199 SB199: relative to the assessment of property subject to a housing subsidy restriction. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB208 SB208: relative to court review of certain planning and zoning decisions. 2007 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
8. SB217 SB217: (New Title) establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
9. SB242 SB242: establishing the intellectual property business loan development program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
10. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB383 SB383: limiting liability of community land trusts which own certain hazardous property. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
12. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
13. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Insurance (10 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. SB64 SB64: establishing a committee to study small group health insurance plans. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB118 SB118: repealing certain provisions of law regarding small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
4. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB197 SB197: relative to continuation of group health insurance in the event of divorce or legal separation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
6. SB222 SB222: relative to health insurance for national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
7. SB279 SB279: allowing employees of area agencies and mental health clinics to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
8. SB372 SB372: allowing certain employees of private agencies to be treated as state employees for purposes of insurance. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
9. SB391 SB391: relative to affordable health insurance for small employers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
10. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

INTERNAL AFFAIRS (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB221 HB221: relative to eligibility for absentee ballots. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3. SB204 SB204: relative to party columns on ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
4. SB218 SB218: eliminating straight ticket voting. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
5. SB229 SB229: relative to subsidizing malpractice premiums for certain specialties. 2006 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
6. SCR8 SCR8: declaring the general court in opposition to the federal Real ID Act of 2005. 2006 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Legislative Administration (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB258 SB258: relative to reliance on ethics committee advisory opinions. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
2. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

Local government (32 bills sponsored; 13 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB127 HB127: establishing a committee to study the creation of a satellite campus of the regional community-technical college system in the city of Franklin. 2005 · House · HOUSE Education
3. HB233 HB233: relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school. 2005 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB293 HB293: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study the feasibility of developing a materials resource and recovery facility in Sullivan County, and relative to exemptions for disposing of leaf and yard waste. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB379 HB379: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
6. HB380 HB380: relative to the forms of government under town charters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
7. HB438 HB438: relative to emissions requirements for municipal waste combustion units. 2005 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
8. HB566 HB566: relative to the housing of inmates in county correctional facilities. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
9. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB896 HB896: relative to authority to waive interest on late paid property tax bills 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. HB1312 HB1312: establishing a committee to study allowing municipalities to enforce ordinances by citation. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. SB97 SB97: abolishing county departments of corrections and authorizing the department of corrections to contract with the counties to utilize former county correctional facilities as state facilities. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB99 SB99: relative to the terms for payment in lieu of taxes for renewable generation facilities. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
14. SB172 SB172: allowing counties to share correctional facilities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
15. SB180 SB180: relative to local regulation of persons soliciting contributions on streets. 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
16. SB190 SB190: establishing a committee to study municipal regulation of private motor sports clubs. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
17. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
18. SB199 SB199: relative to the assessment of property subject to a housing subsidy restriction. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
19. SB219 SB219: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the effectiveness of current preservation planning tools designed to prevent unnecessary demolitions of significant historic properties and recommend new incentives to aid communities, improvements to existing methods, or creation of new programs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
20. SB227 SB227: (2nd New Title) naming a certain bridge in the town of Enfield the Henry P. Brown, M.D. Bridge, naming the White Mountains Attractions Building the Norman B. Fadden White Mountains Attractions Building, and naming a bridge in the town of Carroll the Kenneth B. Jordan Memorial Bridge. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
21. SB319 SB319: (2nd New Title) establishing a task force to study county government, and relative to prohibiting filing with the registry of deeds a document that includes an individual’s social security number or financial information. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
22. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
23. SB377 SB377: relative to the application of the prudent investor rule to town trust funds. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
24. SB381 SB381: relative to conservation commissions. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
25. SB402 SB402: relative to payment of unreimbursed storm-related damages incurred by the town of Hanover and affected surrounding towns and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
26. SB407 SB407: establishing a committee to study the right of entry upon lands for the purpose of conducting a land survey. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
27. SB416 SB416: relative to subdivision and site plan regulation waivers. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
28. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
29. SB462 SB462: limiting liability for overseers of public welfare when acting in the course of their official duties. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
30. SB508 SB508: relative to municipal deposits. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
31. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
32. SCR1 SCR1: declaring a state of emergency in the town of Dorchester during the March 2006 floods. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR1 SR1: requesting the United States Congress to assure that compensation is provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. 2005 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

Public and Municipal Affairs (10 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB379 HB379: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB380 HB380: relative to the forms of government under town charters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB513 HB513: establishing a housing commission. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. HB566 HB566: relative to the housing of inmates in county correctional facilities. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
5. HB866 HB866: (New Title) relative to the right-to-know law application to public utilities commission matters. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
6. HB1134 HB1134: relative to membership of the state building code review board. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
7. HB1394 HB1394: relative to determination of value of property in current use. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
8. SB190 SB190: establishing a committee to study municipal regulation of private motor sports clubs. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
9. SB277 SB277: permitting seasonal camps to qualify as open space land for current use assessment. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
10. SCR1 SCR1: declaring a state of emergency in the town of Dorchester during the March 2006 floods. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public finance (38 bills sponsored; 24 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
4. HB104 HB104: relative to renewal of drivers' licenses by certain national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
5. HB119 HB119: (New Title) relative to the sunset provision of the system benefits charge and the use of funds to pay administrative costs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
6. HB180 HB180: relative to pay and allowances for officers and enlisted members of the national guard. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
7. HB181 HB181: establishing a tuition voucher program for New Hampshire national guard members and making an appropriation therefor. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
8. HB185 HB185: (New Title) relative to economic revitalization zone credits. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
9. HB273 HB273: relative to special needs trusts. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB402 HB402: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
11. HB662 HB662: making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for family mutual support services. 2005 · House · HOUSE Finance
12. HB664 HB664: (New Title) relative to annual dam registration and permit application fees and authorizing the city of Manchester to establish a stormwater utility. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
13. HB861 HB861: (New Title) allowing certain active duty members of the United States armed forces and their dependents to attend public postsecondary institutions at the in-state resident tuition rate. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
14. HB1104 HB1104: making an appropriation to the Good Neighbor Health Clinic. 2006 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
15. HB1493 HB1493: relative to the commission to study the state highway trust fund. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
16. HB1595 HB1595: relative to driver's license renewals by persons engaged in overseas government service. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
17. HB1710 HB1710: (New Title) AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of health and human services for home care providers. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
18. HB1765 HB1765: (New Title) relative to funding for disaster relief efforts in response to the October 2005 floods and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
19. SB45 SB45: (New Title) relative to the Hanover school district tax stabilization fund. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
20. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
21. SB60 SB60: relative to compensations for injuries and illnesses suffered by national guard members on state active duty. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
22. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
23. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. 2006 · House · HOUSE Finance
24. SB117 SB117: relative to fireworks display permits and the position of permissible fireworks inspector. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
25. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
26. SB222 SB222: relative to health insurance for national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
27. SB228 SB228: making an appropriation for emergency home heating assistance. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
28. SB235 SB235: (New Title) establishing a milk producers emergency relief fund. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
29. SB242 SB242: establishing the intellectual property business loan development program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
30. SB263 SB263: establishing a committee to study Medicaid payments for hospital-based physicians and outpatient services and establishing a moratorium on certain reimbursement policy changes pending the study's recommendations. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
31. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
32. SB315 SB315: repealing the statewide enhanced education tax. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
33. SB377 SB377: relative to the application of the prudent investor rule to town trust funds. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
34. SB387 SB387: relative to energy efficiency loans and guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
35. SB389 SB389: (New Title) establishing a committee to study programs funded by the system benefits charge. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
36. SB396 SB396: repealing the rulemaking authority of the New Hampshire children's trust fund board. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
37. SB402 SB402: relative to payment of unreimbursed storm-related damages incurred by the town of Hanover and affected surrounding towns and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
38. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education

Public safety (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB103 SB103: (New Title) establishing a committee to generate and evaluate solutions for maintaining emergency access on class VI and private roads. 2008 · House · HOUSE Transportation
2. SB228 SB228: making an appropriation for emergency home heating assistance. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
3. SB235 SB235: (New Title) establishing a milk producers emergency relief fund. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
4. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB316 SB316: expanding a death benefit for police officers and firefighters to emergency medical technicians. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB484 SB484: (New Title) establishing a commission to study the sentencing, incarceration, and recidivism of criminal offenders in order to enhance public safety and improve the criminal justice system's cost effectiveness. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
7. SCR1 SCR1: declaring a state of emergency in the town of Dorchester during the March 2006 floods. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public Works and Highways (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB227 SB227: (2nd New Title) naming a certain bridge in the town of Enfield the Henry P. Brown, M.D. Bridge, naming the White Mountains Attractions Building the Norman B. Fadden White Mountains Attractions Building, and naming a bridge in the town of Carroll the Kenneth B. Jordan Memorial Bridge. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB239 SB239: (2nd New Title) renaming the bridge located on Main Street in Enfield, New Hampshire and crossing the Mascoma River as the Enfield Women’s Memorial Bridge and naming the bridge located on Main Street in Newmarket, New Hampshire and crossing the Lamprey River as the Newmarket Veterans Bridge. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. SB452 SB452: relative to transportation planning. 2008 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
4. SB506 SB506: naming the Elm Street bridge in Newport after Specialist Justin A. Rollins. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

Retirement and pensions (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB502 HB502: allowing certain surviving spouses to receive a retirement system death benefit. 2005 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1645 HB1645: relative to administration of the New Hampshire retirement system and benefits for members. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. SB463 SB463: (New Title) establishing an investment committee and an audit committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Science, Technology and Energy (8 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB438 HB438: relative to emissions requirements for municipal waste combustion units. 2005 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
2. HB467 HB467: (New Title) establishing a state climate change policy commission and developing a climate action plan and to report on climate change issues. 2008 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
3. HB1383 HB1383: defining deconstruction for purposes of solid waste management. 2006 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
4. HB1507 HB1507: requiring the department of environmental services to report on and make recommendations on global warming issues in New Hampshire. 2006 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
5. SB215 SB215: (2nd New Title) creating a committee to study alternatives for the disposal of construction and demolition debris. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
6. SB224 SB224: (New Title) relative to the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
7. SB389 SB389: (New Title) establishing a committee to study programs funded by the system benefits charge. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
8. SB412 SB412: establishing the office of technology development and telecommunications planning and the position of director of telecommunications in the department of resources and economic development. 2008 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB234 SB234: relative to privileges, benefits, and immunities for national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR3 SCR3: urging preservation of traditional powers of state and local governments under international trade agreements. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
3. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
4. SCR6 SCR6: (New Title) urging Congress to support stem cell research. 2006 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
5. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
6. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (12 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB535 HB535: increasing the tobacco tax. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
2. HB884 HB884: increasing the rate of the tobacco tax. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. HB896 HB896: relative to authority to waive interest on late paid property tax bills 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB45 SB45: (New Title) relative to the Hanover school district tax stabilization fund. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
5. SB99 SB99: relative to the terms for payment in lieu of taxes for renewable generation facilities. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB278 SB278: exempting certain transfers from the real estate transfer tax. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
7. SB300 SB300: exempting certain transfers of real estate between charitable organizations from the real estate transfer tax. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
8. SB315 SB315: repealing the statewide enhanced education tax. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
9. SB384 SB384: (New Title) establishing a temporary one-time exemption from the real estate transfer tax for certain transfer of family farm or open space land. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
10. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
11. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

Transportation (21 bills sponsored; 15 bills enacted)

1. HB104 HB104: relative to renewal of drivers' licenses by certain national guard members. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB579 HB579: relative to motor vehicle inspections. 2006 · House · HOUSE Transportation
3. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB1493 HB1493: relative to the commission to study the state highway trust fund. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
5. HB1595 HB1595: relative to driver's license renewals by persons engaged in overseas government service. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
6. HB1705 HB1705: relative to limited driving privileges for certain persons whose licenses have been revoked or suspended. 2006 · House · HOUSE Transportation
7. SB103 SB103: (New Title) establishing a committee to generate and evaluate solutions for maintaining emergency access on class VI and private roads. 2008 · House · HOUSE Transportation
8. SB187 SB187: relative to motor vehicles operated in parades. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
9. SB208 SB208: (New Title) relative to certification of driver education instructors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
10. SB221 SB221: (New Title) relative to obtaining a driver’s license and creating a violation for failure to pay a highway toll. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
11. SB226 SB226: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
12. SB260 SB260: relative to certification of a registered nurse responsible for emergency medical transportation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
14. SB325 SB325: (New Title) making technical corrections and other changes to motor vehicle laws. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
15. SB328 SB328: relative to the regulation of snowmobiles and off highway recreational vehicles. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE FISH AND GAME
16. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
17. SB341 SB341: (New Title) relative to the applicability of OBD II testing requirements. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
18. SB452 SB452: relative to transportation planning. 2008 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
19. SB490 SB490: (New Title) relative to fees for special number plates for veterans and relative to vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
20. SB533 SB533: establishing a committee to study age-based driver's license renewal testing. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
21. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB847 HB847: relative to general rules for vessels operating on water. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. HB1493 HB1493: relative to the commission to study the state highway trust fund. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

Uncategorized (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB94 SB94: (New Title) establishing the department of information technology, relative to positions in the department of information technology, and the membership of the information technology council. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
2. SB106 SB106: allowing lobbyists and those connected with lobbyists to sit on committees established by the judicial branch. 2007 · House
3. SB212 SB212: relative to the regulation of home inspectors. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
4. SB216 SB216: (New Title) establishing a commission to study area agencies. 2005 · House
5. SB287 SB287: (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor
6. SB482 SB482: relative to ethical standards for volunteer service in the executive branch. 2008 · House
7. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. 2006 · Senate