Michael Downing

2010 (53 bills sponsored; 22 bills enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to suspension of laws. Providing that any law that required a greater than simple majority vote to act shall require an equal or greater vote to suspend, amend, or repeal. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB266 HB266: relative to the right-to-know exemption for voter records. House · HOUSE Judiciary
4. HB380 HB380: relative to long-term care. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
5. HB1350 HB1350: establishing the salary for the position of director of security and training in the department of corrections. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB1351 HB1351: establishing the salary for the position of professional standards director in the department of corrections. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. HB1482 HB1482: upgrading the chief executive officer of the New Hampshire hospital, department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. HB1563 HB1563: (New Title) naming a bridge in Salem in honor of Corporal Nicholas Arvanitis, Staff Sergeant Edmond L. Lo, and Marine Lance Corporal Robert L. Moscillo. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
9. HB1569 HB1569: (New Title) relative to the salaries of certain unclassified positions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
10. HB1689 HB1689: (2nd New Title) exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011, extending the report date of the commission to evaluate the long-term uses of the lakes region facility located in Laconia, and extending the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
11. HB1690 HB1690: making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
12. SB154 SB154: naming a certain portion of route 18 in the town of Franconia in honor of Corporal Bruce McKay. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
13. SB181 SB181: (2nd New Title) delaying the transfer of liquor enforcement to the department of safety and establishing a committee to study the administrative structure and adjudicative process at the liquor commission. Enacted Signed by Governor
14. SB194 SB194: relative to the negotiation of payroll checks. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
15. SB205 SB205: making various changes to the criminal statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor
16. SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
17. SB322 SB322: allowing the director of the division of state police to place an employee on administrative leave in extraordinary circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB333 SB333: relative to foreclosure conveyances and foreclosure consultants. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
19. SB342 SB342: repealing the $5,000 surety bond requirement for meals and rentals operators. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
20. SB343 SB343: relative to Medicaid managed care. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
21. SB348 SB348: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relative to the regulation of opticians in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
22. SB358 SB358: relative to whistleblower protection and waste prevention in state government. Enacted Signed by Governor
23. SB359 SB359: (New Title) requiring the commissioner of administrative services to post online certain information regarding payments made by the state. Senate · SENATE Finance
24. SB367 SB367: relative to games of chance. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES
25. SB381 SB381: relative to transfers into the revenue stabilization reserve account. Senate · SENATE Finance
26. SB402 SB402: (New Title) relative to state-owned vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor
27. SB404 SB404: relative to towing and disposal of abandoned vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
28. SB408 SB408: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. Enacted Signed by Governor
29. SB415 SB415: relative to remedies against landlords. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
30. SB417 SB417: relative to national health care reform and Medicaid. Senate · SENATE Finance
31. SB427 SB427: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
32. SB429 SB429: relative to disclosure of finance charges. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
33. SB452 SB452: (New Title) relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
34. SB467 SB467: establishing job creation incentives under the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
35. SB468 SB468: relative to tort reform. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
36. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
37. SB472 SB472: making the commission of certain murders eligible for the death penalty. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
38. SB473 SB473: making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
39. SB474 SB474: changing the rate of the meals and rooms tax, repealing the meals and rooms tax on campsites, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
40. SB476 SB476: clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
41. SB478 SB478: (Second New Title) relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects. Enacted Signed by Governor
42. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
43. SB489 SB489: relative to table gaming and video lottery at certain locations throughout the state and relative to the recovery of horse racing. House · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES
44. SB494 SB494: relative to legislative study committees. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
45. SB496 SB496: changing the carry forward periods for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax and increasing the threshold amounts for taxation under the business enterprise tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
46. SB497 SB497: changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. House
47. SB499 SB499: relative to administration support of certain professional regulatory boards by the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
48. SB502 SB502: requiring use of the federal tax treatment for deduction of costs of section 179 business property under the business profits tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
49. SB514 SB514: (New Title) relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
50. SB517 SB517: (New Title) establishing a veterans’ legal aid advocacy project. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
51. SCR3 SCR3: congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Passed · HOUSE Education
52. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
53. SSSB1 SSSB1: relative to video lottery and table gaming at certain locations throughout the state and establishing the gaming regulatory oversight authority to oversee and assess the regulation of gaming activities in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

2009 (21 bills sponsored; 14 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: 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. Senate · SENATE Education
2. HB172 HB172: (New Title) allowing naturopathic doctors to dispense prescription drugs which are within their scope of practice. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB267 HB267: relative to the definition of "election." Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
4. HB390 HB390: authorizing access to the criminal justice information system for the purpose of enforcing election laws. House · HOUSE Election Law
5. HB474 HB474: prohibiting the trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual or labor exploitation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB582 HB582: relative to DNA testing of sexual offenders. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
7. SB5 SB5: (New Title) prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
8. SB20 SB20: adding a member to the statewide trail system advisory committee. Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
9. SB58 SB58: relative to the use of alternating flashing lights on highway maintenance vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
10. SB62 SB62: (New Title) establishing a commission to study creating a statewide plan for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
11. SB99 SB99: authorizing licensed new and used vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles in the issuance of vehicle titles and registrations. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
12. SB108 SB108: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the imposition of assessments to retirement system employers for excess benefits paid to retirees and requiring a report relative to death benefits under RSA 100-A Enacted Signed by Governor
13. SB109 SB109: relative to certification of excess weight vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
14. SB111 SB111: (NewTitle) authorizing the governor to appoint a public member to the rail transit authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
15. SB131 SB131: relative to state hiring of veterans. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
16. SB133 SB133: (New Title) eliminating plate fees for purple heart special number plates and Pearl Harbor survivor special number plates and authorizing purple heart special number plates for veterans on active duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
17. SB142 SB142: (New Title) relative to registration of criminal offenders and relative to involuntary commitment of sexually violent predators. Enacted Signed by Governor
18. SB151 SB151: relative to quorum requirements for public bodies for which a quorum is not expressly declared. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
19. SB160 SB160: (New Title) relative to benefits of dependents of a retirement system member who is killed or dies in the performance of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
20. SB172 SB172: relative to eligibility for state-federal extended unemployment benefits. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
21. SB179 SB179: providing for the recovery of horse racing, and expanding gaming operations in the north country and at pari-mutuel locations. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

2008 (31 bills sponsored; 18 bills enacted)

1. CACR20 CACR20: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the local political subdivision shall provide public education and determine curriculum and the amount of funding thereof, and the legislature shall have the authority to make reasonable determinations as to public education, provide supplemental funding, and determine the amount and allocation of such state funds. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB373 HB373: relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB1141 HB1141: establishing a committee to study parking for wheelchair-lift vans. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
4. HB1282 HB1282: amending the pre-engineering technology curriculum. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
5. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB63 SB63: authorizing the commissioner of revenue administration to extend tax filing deadlines for certain members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
7. SB90 SB90: relative to the penalty for impersonating a law enforcement officer. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
8. SB102 SB102: relative to the powers of state government in the event of an incident or outbreak of communicable disease. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
9. SB173 SB173: relative to regulation of private postsecondary career schools. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
10. SB301 SB301: (2nd New Title) relative to durable medical equipment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
11. SB302 SB302: relative to parental notification. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
12. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
13. SB323 SB323: (New Title) repealing a provision relative to the calculation of multiple concurrent or consecutive sentences of imprisonment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
14. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
15. SB360 SB360: relative to local enforcement of the state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
16. SB365 SB365: (New Title) relative to the commission to study childhood lead poisoning prevention laws, policies, and standards in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
17. SB366 SB366: relative to the operation of the state suggestion and extraordinary service award program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB419 SB419: relative to the duties of the energy planning and advisory board and restructuring policy principles. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
19. SB430 SB430: relative to cemeteries and mausoleums. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
20. 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
21. SB463 SB463: (New Title) establishing an investment committee and an audit committee in the New Hampshire retirement system. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
22. SB493 SB493: allowing certain tax exempt organizations to be defined as charitable organizations for purposes of games of chance operations. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
23. SB494 SB494: relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers' compensation. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
24. SB503 SB503: relative to authorizing temporary registrations of off-highway recreational vehicles for nonresidents. House · HOUSE Transportation
25. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted Signed by Governor
26. SB509 SB509: requiring tobacco cessation therapy under the state Medicaid program. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
27. SB512 SB512: relative to emergency management powers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
28. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
29. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
30. 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
31. 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 (17 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: establishing a commission to study affordable and accessible health care for New Hampshire citizens. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. HB466 HB466: (New Title) relative to removing abandoned vehicles and moving improperly parked vehicles in state park and ride lots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
3. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
4. HB928 HB928: relative to the Christa McAuliffe planetarium commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB35 SB35: (2nd New Title) making an appropriation for disaster relief assistance in response to the May 2006 and April 2007 floods and establishing a committee to study the distribution of financial disaster assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. House · HOUSE Education
7. SB81 SB81: (New Title) relative to the state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SB87 SB87: making technical corrections to certain lottery commission provisions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
9. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
10. 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
11. SB147 SB147: relative to proceedings regarding a child in need of services (CHINS). Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
12. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
14. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
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 Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
16. SB186 SB186: (New Title) establishing a committee to study a state elderly homeowner property tax credit. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
17. 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

HOUSE Children and Family Law (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

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

HOUSE COMMERCE (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB301 SB301: (2nd New Title) relative to durable medical equipment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: establishing a commission to study affordable and accessible health care for New Hampshire citizens. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB452 SB452: (New Title) relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB5 SB5: (New Title) prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

HOUSE Committee of Conference (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB131 SB131: relative to state hiring of veterans. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

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

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB582 HB582: relative to DNA testing of sexual offenders. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB90 SB90: relative to the penalty for impersonating a law enforcement officer. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB323 SB323: (New Title) repealing a provision relative to the calculation of multiple concurrent or consecutive sentences of imprisonment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. 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 (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2. SCR3 SCR3: congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Passed · HOUSE Education

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. 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

HOUSE Election Law (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB390 HB390: authorizing access to the criminal justice information system for the purpose of enforcing election laws. House · HOUSE Election Law

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (18 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

2010 (9 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB1350 HB1350: establishing the salary for the position of director of security and training in the department of corrections. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1351 HB1351: establishing the salary for the position of professional standards director in the department of corrections. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1482 HB1482: upgrading the chief executive officer of the New Hampshire hospital, department of health and human services. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB322 SB322: allowing the director of the division of state police to place an employee on administrative leave in extraordinary circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB348 SB348: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relative to the regulation of opticians in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB499 SB499: relative to administration support of certain professional regulatory boards by the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SB514 SB514: (New Title) relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
9. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2009 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB151 SB151: relative to quorum requirements for public bodies for which a quorum is not expressly declared. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB160 SB160: (New Title) relative to benefits of dependents of a retirement system member who is killed or dies in the performance of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB366 SB366: relative to the operation of the state suggestion and extraordinary service award program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB430 SB430: relative to cemeteries and mausoleums. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. 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
4. 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. SB81 SB81: (New Title) relative to the state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. 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

HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (9 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2010 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB380 HB380: relative to long-term care. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. SB343 SB343: relative to Medicaid managed care. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
3. SB427 SB427: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB62 SB62: (New Title) establishing a commission to study creating a statewide plan for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB102 SB102: relative to the powers of state government in the event of an incident or outbreak of communicable disease. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. SB365 SB365: (New Title) relative to the commission to study childhood lead poisoning prevention laws, policies, and standards in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
3. SB509 SB509: requiring tobacco cessation therapy under the state Medicaid program. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
4. SB512 SB512: relative to emergency management powers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

HOUSE Judiciary (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: relative to the right-to-know exemption for voter records. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB415 SB415: relative to remedies against landlords. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

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

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB172 SB172: relative to eligibility for state-federal extended unemployment benefits. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Legislative Administration (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB494 SB494: relative to legislative study committees. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB367 SB367: relative to games of chance. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES
2. SB489 SB489: relative to table gaming and video lottery at certain locations throughout the state and relative to the recovery of horse racing. House · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB360 SB360: relative to local enforcement of the state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB186 SB186: (New Title) establishing a committee to study a state elderly homeowner property tax credit. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

HOUSE No Committee Assignment (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SSSB1 SSSB1: relative to video lottery and table gaming at certain locations throughout the state and establishing the gaming regulatory oversight authority to oversee and assess the regulation of gaming activities in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB154 SB154: naming a certain portion of route 18 in the town of Franconia in honor of Corporal Bruce McKay. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB419 SB419: relative to the duties of the energy planning and advisory board and restructuring policy principles. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB517 SB517: (New Title) establishing a veterans’ legal aid advocacy project. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. 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
2. 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

HOUSE Transportation (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB404 SB404: relative to towing and disposal of abandoned vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2009 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB58 SB58: relative to the use of alternating flashing lights on highway maintenance vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
2. SB109 SB109: relative to certification of excess weight vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
3. SB111 SB111: (NewTitle) authorizing the governor to appoint a public member to the rail transit authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
2. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
3. SB503 SB503: relative to authorizing temporary registrations of off-highway recreational vehicles for nonresidents. House · HOUSE Transportation

HOUSE Ways and Means (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB342 SB342: repealing the $5,000 surety bond requirement for meals and rentals operators. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB63 SB63: authorizing the commissioner of revenue administration to extend tax filing deadlines for certain members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB173 SB173: relative to regulation of private postsecondary career schools. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. SB493 SB493: allowing certain tax exempt organizations to be defined as charitable organizations for purposes of games of chance operations. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
4. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB87 SB87: making technical corrections to certain lottery commission provisions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (13 bills sponsored; 12 bills enacted)

2010 (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. SB181 SB181: (2nd New Title) delaying the transfer of liquor enforcement to the department of safety and establishing a committee to study the administrative structure and adjudicative process at the liquor commission. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB205 SB205: making various changes to the criminal statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB358 SB358: relative to whistleblower protection and waste prevention in state government. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB402 SB402: (New Title) relative to state-owned vehicles. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB408 SB408: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB478 SB478: (Second New Title) relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects. Enacted Signed by Governor
7. SB497 SB497: changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. House

2009 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB108 SB108: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the imposition of assessments to retirement system employers for excess benefits paid to retirees and requiring a report relative to death benefits under RSA 100-A Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB133 SB133: (New Title) eliminating plate fees for purple heart special number plates and Pearl Harbor survivor special number plates and authorizing purple heart special number plates for veterans on active duty. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB142 SB142: (New Title) relative to registration of criminal offenders and relative to involuntary commitment of sexually violent predators. Enacted Signed by Governor

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted Signed by Governor

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB35 SB35: (2nd New Title) making an appropriation for disaster relief assistance in response to the May 2006 and April 2007 floods and establishing a committee to study the distribution of financial disaster assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor

SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB194 SB194: relative to the negotiation of payroll checks. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. SB333 SB333: relative to foreclosure conveyances and foreclosure consultants. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
3. SB429 SB429: relative to disclosure of finance charges. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. SB468 SB468: relative to tort reform. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB99 SB99: authorizing licensed new and used vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles in the issuance of vehicle titles and registrations. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB494 SB494: relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers' compensation. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

SENATE Education (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: 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. Senate · SENATE Education

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1282 HB1282: amending the pre-engineering technology curriculum. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education

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

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 ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to suspension of laws. Providing that any law that required a greater than simple majority vote to act shall require an equal or greater vote to suspend, amend, or repeal. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB267 HB267: relative to the definition of "election." Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS

SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB20 SB20: adding a member to the statewide trail system advisory committee. Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE Executive Departments and Administration (6 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2010 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB1569 HB1569: (New Title) relative to the salaries of certain unclassified positions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1689 HB1689: (2nd New Title) exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011, extending the report date of the commission to evaluate the long-term uses of the lakes region facility located in Laconia, and extending the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1690 HB1690: making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB172 HB172: (New Title) allowing naturopathic doctors to dispense prescription drugs which are within their scope of practice. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB928 HB928: relative to the Christa McAuliffe planetarium commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB359 SB359: (New Title) requiring the commissioner of administrative services to post online certain information regarding payments made by the state. Senate · SENATE Finance
2. SB381 SB381: relative to transfers into the revenue stabilization reserve account. Senate · SENATE Finance
3. SB417 SB417: relative to national health care reform and Medicaid. Senate · SENATE Finance

SENATE Health and Human Services (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB147 SB147: relative to proceedings regarding a child in need of services (CHINS). Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

SENATE Judiciary (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2010 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills 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. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB472 SB472: making the commission of certain murders eligible for the death penalty. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB474 HB474: prohibiting the trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual or labor exploitation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR20 CACR20: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the local political subdivision shall provide public education and determine curriculum and the amount of funding thereof, and the legislature shall have the authority to make reasonable determinations as to public education, provide supplemental funding, and determine the amount and allocation of such state funds. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB373 HB373: relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB302 SB302: relative to parental notification. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2010 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1563 HB1563: (New Title) naming a bridge in Salem in honor of Corporal Nicholas Arvanitis, Staff Sergeant Edmond L. Lo, and Marine Lance Corporal Robert L. Moscillo. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1141 HB1141: establishing a committee to study parking for wheelchair-lift vans. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB466 HB466: (New Title) relative to removing abandoned vehicles and moving improperly parked vehicles in state park and ride lots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

SENATE Ways and Means (7 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2010 (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB467 SB467: establishing job creation incentives under the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
2. SB473 SB473: making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
3. SB474 SB474: changing the rate of the meals and rooms tax, repealing the meals and rooms tax on campsites, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
4. SB476 SB476: clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
5. SB496 SB496: changing the carry forward periods for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax and increasing the threshold amounts for taxation under the business enterprise tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
6. SB502 SB502: requiring use of the federal tax treatment for deduction of costs of section 179 business property under the business profits tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

2009 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB179 SB179: providing for the recovery of horse racing, and expanding gaming operations in the north country and at pari-mutuel locations. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Alcohol and tobacco (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB373 HB373: relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB181 SB181: (2nd New Title) delaying the transfer of liquor enforcement to the department of safety and establishing a committee to study the administrative structure and adjudicative process at the liquor commission. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
3. SB509 SB509: requiring tobacco cessation therapy under the state Medicaid program. 2008 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Business and labor (14 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB474 HB474: prohibiting the trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual or labor exploitation. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB108 SB108: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the imposition of assessments to retirement system employers for excess benefits paid to retirees and requiring a report relative to death benefits under RSA 100-A Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor
4. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB172 SB172: relative to eligibility for state-federal extended unemployment benefits. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
6. SB322 SB322: allowing the director of the division of state police to place an employee on administrative leave in extraordinary circumstances. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB408 SB408: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
8. SB467 SB467: establishing job creation incentives under the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
9. SB476 SB476: clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
10. SB496 SB496: changing the carry forward periods for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax and increasing the threshold amounts for taxation under the business enterprise tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
11. SB497 SB497: changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. 2010 · House
12. SB502 SB502: requiring use of the federal tax treatment for deduction of costs of section 179 business property under the business profits tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
13. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
14. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Children and family law (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB147 SB147: relative to proceedings regarding a child in need of services (CHINS). 2007 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. 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
4. SB365 SB365: (New Title) relative to the commission to study childhood lead poisoning prevention laws, policies, and standards in New Hampshire. 2008 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

COMMERCE (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: establishing a commission to study affordable and accessible health care for New Hampshire citizens. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB301 SB301: (2nd New Title) relative to durable medical equipment. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

Commerce and Consumer Affairs (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB5 SB5: (New Title) prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
2. SB452 SB452: (New Title) relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. 2010 · House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB99 SB99: authorizing licensed new and used vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles in the issuance of vehicle titles and registrations. 2009 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. SB194 SB194: relative to the negotiation of payroll checks. 2010 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
3. SB333 SB333: relative to foreclosure conveyances and foreclosure consultants. 2010 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. SB429 SB429: relative to disclosure of finance charges. 2010 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
5. SB468 SB468: relative to tort reform. 2010 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
6. SB494 SB494: relative to compulsory coverage requirements under workers' compensation. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Committee of Conference (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB131 SB131: relative to state hiring of veterans. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (22 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: 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. 2009 · Senate · SENATE Education
2. CACR20 CACR20: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the local political subdivision shall provide public education and determine curriculum and the amount of funding thereof, and the legislature shall have the authority to make reasonable determinations as to public education, provide supplemental funding, and determine the amount and allocation of such state funds. 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. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB266 HB266: relative to the right-to-know exemption for voter records. 2010 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
5. HB373 HB373: relative to unlawful possession of alcohol by a minor. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB390 HB390: authorizing access to the criminal justice information system for the purpose of enforcing election laws. 2009 · House · HOUSE Election Law
7. HB474 HB474: prohibiting the trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual or labor exploitation. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB582 HB582: relative to DNA testing of sexual offenders. 2009 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
9. SB90 SB90: relative to the penalty for impersonating a law enforcement officer. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
10. 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
11. SB142 SB142: (New Title) relative to registration of criminal offenders and relative to involuntary commitment of sexually violent predators. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor
12. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. 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
14. SB205 SB205: making various changes to the criminal statutes. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
15. SB302 SB302: relative to parental notification. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
16. SB322 SB322: allowing the director of the division of state police to place an employee on administrative leave in extraordinary circumstances. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
17. SB323 SB323: (New Title) repealing a provision relative to the calculation of multiple concurrent or consecutive sentences of imprisonment. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
18. SB415 SB415: relative to remedies against landlords. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
19. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
20. SB472 SB472: making the commission of certain murders eligible for the death penalty. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
21. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
22. SB526 SB526: relative to the death benefit for police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

Education (12 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: 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. 2009 · Senate · SENATE Education
2. CACR20 CACR20: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the local political subdivision shall provide public education and determine curriculum and the amount of funding thereof, and the legislature shall have the authority to make reasonable determinations as to public education, provide supplemental funding, and determine the amount and allocation of such state funds. 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. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB1282 HB1282: amending the pre-engineering technology curriculum. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
5. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. 2007 · House · HOUSE Education
7. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SB173 SB173: relative to regulation of private postsecondary career schools. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
9. SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
10. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. SCR3 SCR3: congratulating the Boy Scouts of America on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. 2010 · Passed · HOUSE Education
12. 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 (1 bill 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

ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to suspension of laws. Providing that any law that required a greater than simple majority vote to act shall require an equal or greater vote to suspend, amend, or repeal. 2010 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
2. HB267 HB267: relative to the definition of "election." Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Elections and voting (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: relative to the right-to-know exemption for voter records. 2010 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. HB267 HB267: relative to the definition of "election." Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
3. HB390 HB390: authorizing access to the criminal justice information system for the purpose of enforcing election laws. 2009 · House · HOUSE Election Law
4. HB480 HB480: relative to party columns listing names on ballots. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Energy and utilities (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB419 SB419: relative to the duties of the energy planning and advisory board and restructuring policy principles. 2008 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB20 SB20: adding a member to the statewide trail system advisory committee. 2009 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Environment and natural resources (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB367 SB367: relative to games of chance. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES
2. SB493 SB493: allowing certain tax exempt organizations to be defined as charitable organizations for purposes of games of chance operations. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means

Executive administration (24 bills sponsored; 17 bills enacted)

1. HB172 HB172: (New Title) allowing naturopathic doctors to dispense prescription drugs which are within their scope of practice. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB928 HB928: relative to the Christa McAuliffe planetarium commission. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1350 HB1350: establishing the salary for the position of director of security and training in the department of corrections. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB1351 HB1351: establishing the salary for the position of professional standards director in the department of corrections. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB1482 HB1482: upgrading the chief executive officer of the New Hampshire hospital, department of health and human services. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB1569 HB1569: (New Title) relative to the salaries of certain unclassified positions. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
8. HB1689 HB1689: (2nd New Title) exempting certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces from repeal on June 30, 2011, extending the report date of the commission to evaluate the long-term uses of the lakes region facility located in Laconia, and extending the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
9. HB1690 HB1690: making statutory changes required by the repeal of certain non-regulatory boards, commissions, councils, advisory committees, and task forces. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
10. SB81 SB81: (New Title) relative to the state building code. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. SB125 SB125: relative to certificates for architect business organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
12. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB151 SB151: relative to quorum requirements for public bodies for which a quorum is not expressly declared. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
14. SB160 SB160: (New Title) relative to benefits of dependents of a retirement system member who is killed or dies in the performance of duty. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
15. SB322 SB322: allowing the director of the division of state police to place an employee on administrative leave in extraordinary circumstances. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
16. SB348 SB348: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relative to the regulation of opticians in New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
17. SB366 SB366: relative to the operation of the state suggestion and extraordinary service award program. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB430 SB430: relative to cemeteries and mausoleums. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
19. 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
20. 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
21. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
22. SB499 SB499: relative to administration support of certain professional regulatory boards by the department of health and human services. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
23. SB514 SB514: (New Title) relative to commercial weighing or measuring devices and rulemaking authority for the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
24. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Health and Human Services (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB147 SB147: relative to proceedings regarding a child in need of services (CHINS). 2007 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

Health care (19 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB266 HB266: establishing a commission to study affordable and accessible health care for New Hampshire citizens. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. HB380 HB380: relative to long-term care. 2010 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
3. HB1482 HB1482: upgrading the chief executive officer of the New Hampshire hospital, department of health and human services. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB62 SB62: (New Title) establishing a commission to study creating a statewide plan for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in New Hampshire. 2009 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
6. SB102 SB102: relative to the powers of state government in the event of an incident or outbreak of communicable disease. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
7. SB167 SB167: relative to the licensure of medical assistants by the board of nursing. 2007 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
8. SB301 SB301: (2nd New Title) relative to durable medical equipment. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
9. SB343 SB343: relative to Medicaid managed care. 2010 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
10. SB365 SB365: (New Title) relative to the commission to study childhood lead poisoning prevention laws, policies, and standards in New Hampshire. 2008 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
11. SB408 SB408: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
12. SB417 SB417: relative to national health care reform and Medicaid. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Finance
13. SB427 SB427: (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on health and human services. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
14. SB452 SB452: (New Title) relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. 2010 · House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
15. SB499 SB499: relative to administration support of certain professional regulatory boards by the department of health and human services. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
16. SB509 SB509: requiring tobacco cessation therapy under the state Medicaid program. 2008 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
17. SB512 SB512: relative to emergency management powers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
18. 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
19. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Housing and property (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB186 SB186: (New Title) establishing a committee to study a state elderly homeowner property tax credit. 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB415 SB415: relative to remedies against landlords. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB502 SB502: requiring use of the federal tax treatment for deduction of costs of section 179 business property under the business profits tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Insurance (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB408 SB408: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances and establishing a study committee on the procurement of health insurance by employee leasing companies. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
2. SB452 SB452: (New Title) relative to jurisdiction over certain health insurers. 2010 · House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Legislative Administration (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB494 SB494: relative to legislative study committees. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB367 SB367: relative to games of chance. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES
2. SB489 SB489: relative to table gaming and video lottery at certain locations throughout the state and relative to the recovery of horse racing. 2010 · House · HOUSE LOCAL AND REGULATED REVENUES

Local government (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB154 SB154: naming a certain portion of route 18 in the town of Franconia in honor of Corporal Bruce McKay. 2010 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB186 SB186: (New Title) establishing a committee to study a state elderly homeowner property tax credit. 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB360 SB360: relative to local enforcement of the state building code. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

No Committee Assignment (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SSSB1 SSSB1: relative to video lottery and table gaming at certain locations throughout the state and establishing the gaming regulatory oversight authority to oversee and assess the regulation of gaming activities in New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

Public and Municipal Affairs (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public finance (15 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. CACR11 CACR11: 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. 2009 · Senate · SENATE Education
2. CACR20 CACR20: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the local political subdivision shall provide public education and determine curriculum and the amount of funding thereof, and the legislature shall have the authority to make reasonable determinations as to public education, provide supplemental funding, and determine the amount and allocation of such state funds. 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. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. SB35 SB35: (2nd New Title) making an appropriation for disaster relief assistance in response to the May 2006 and April 2007 floods and establishing a committee to study the distribution of financial disaster assistance. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
5. SB63 SB63: authorizing the commissioner of revenue administration to extend tax filing deadlines for certain members of the armed forces. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
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. SB342 SB342: repealing the $5,000 surety bond requirement for meals and rentals operators. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
8. SB359 SB359: (New Title) requiring the commissioner of administrative services to post online certain information regarding payments made by the state. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Finance
9. SB381 SB381: relative to transfers into the revenue stabilization reserve account. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Finance
10. SB417 SB417: relative to national health care reform and Medicaid. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Finance
11. SB473 SB473: making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
12. SB474 SB474: changing the rate of the meals and rooms tax, repealing the meals and rooms tax on campsites, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
13. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
14. SB497 SB497: changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. 2010 · House
15. 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 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB512 SB512: relative to emergency management powers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Public Works and Highways (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB154 SB154: naming a certain portion of route 18 in the town of Franconia in honor of Corporal Bruce McKay. 2010 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

Retirement and pensions (8 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. CACR31 CACR31: relating to suspension of laws. Providing that any law that required a greater than simple majority vote to act shall require an equal or greater vote to suspend, amend, or repeal. 2010 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
2. HB1643 HB1643: relative to medical benefits payment by the retirement system for eligible group I teachers and political subdivision employees in the retirement system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB108 SB108: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the imposition of assessments to retirement system employers for excess benefits paid to retirees and requiring a report relative to death benefits under RSA 100-A Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor
4. SB148 SB148: relative to retirement system status for members of the university system police force. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB160 SB160: (New Title) relative to benefits of dependents of a retirement system member who is killed or dies in the performance of duty. Enacted 2009 · 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. 2008 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB470 SB470: relative to retirement system service credit for employment as a full-time police officer with the university system of New Hampshire. 2010 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SJR2 SJR2: endorsing the establishment of a statewide retiree medical trust for public employee health care reimbursement benefits after retirement. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Science, Technology and Energy (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB419 SB419: relative to the duties of the energy planning and advisory board and restructuring policy principles. 2008 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB517 SB517: (New Title) establishing a veterans’ legal aid advocacy project. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · 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. 2008 · 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. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (17 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. SB5 SB5: (New Title) prohibiting retailers from disclosing private customer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
2. SB63 SB63: authorizing the commissioner of revenue administration to extend tax filing deadlines for certain members of the armed forces. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. SB87 SB87: making technical corrections to certain lottery commission provisions. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
4. SB173 SB173: relative to regulation of private postsecondary career schools. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
5. SB179 SB179: providing for the recovery of horse racing, and expanding gaming operations in the north country and at pari-mutuel locations. 2009 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
6. SB186 SB186: (New Title) establishing a committee to study a state elderly homeowner property tax credit. 2007 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB342 SB342: repealing the $5,000 surety bond requirement for meals and rentals operators. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
8. SB467 SB467: establishing job creation incentives under the business profits tax and the business enterprise tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
9. SB473 SB473: making distributions from limited liability companies, partnerships, and associations subject to the interest and dividends tax only if they have transferable shares, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
10. SB474 SB474: changing the rate of the meals and rooms tax, repealing the meals and rooms tax on campsites, and requiring a reduction in general fund appropriations for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
11. SB476 SB476: clarifying the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
12. SB487 SB487: relative to charter limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes and to the validity of certain city and town charter provisions. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
13. SB493 SB493: allowing certain tax exempt organizations to be defined as charitable organizations for purposes of games of chance operations. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
14. SB496 SB496: changing the carry forward periods for the business enterprise tax credit against the business profits tax and increasing the threshold amounts for taxation under the business enterprise tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
15. SB497 SB497: changing the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation for partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships and modifying the interest and dividends tax statute to follow the definitions of interest and dividends used in the United States Internal Revenue Code. 2010 · House
16. SB502 SB502: requiring use of the federal tax treatment for deduction of costs of section 179 business property under the business profits tax. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
17. SB515 SB515: (New Title) relative to the combat veteran business tax credit. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means

Transportation (10 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB466 HB466: (New Title) relative to removing abandoned vehicles and moving improperly parked vehicles in state park and ride lots. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. SB58 SB58: relative to the use of alternating flashing lights on highway maintenance vehicles. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
3. SB99 SB99: authorizing licensed new and used vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles in the issuance of vehicle titles and registrations. 2009 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. SB109 SB109: relative to certification of excess weight vehicles. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
5. SB111 SB111: (NewTitle) authorizing the governor to appoint a public member to the rail transit authority. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
6. SB303 SB303: relative to special number plates. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
7. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
8. SB402 SB402: (New Title) relative to state-owned vehicles. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
9. SB404 SB404: relative to towing and disposal of abandoned vehicles. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
10. SB503 SB503: relative to authorizing temporary registrations of off-highway recreational vehicles for nonresidents. 2008 · House · HOUSE Transportation

TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB466 HB466: (New Title) relative to removing abandoned vehicles and moving improperly parked vehicles in state park and ride lots. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. HB1141 HB1141: establishing a committee to study parking for wheelchair-lift vans. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
3. HB1563 HB1563: (New Title) naming a bridge in Salem in honor of Corporal Nicholas Arvanitis, Staff Sergeant Edmond L. Lo, and Marine Lance Corporal Robert L. Moscillo. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

Uncategorized (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB133 SB133: (New Title) eliminating plate fees for purple heart special number plates and Pearl Harbor survivor special number plates and authorizing purple heart special number plates for veterans on active duty. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor
2. SB358 SB358: relative to whistleblower protection and waste prevention in state government. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor
3. SB478 SB478: (Second New Title) relative to the appointments to the board of home inspectors, the administrative attachment of the plumbers’ board, and retired status for licensed architects. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor