Frederick Rice

2016 (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB1360 HB1360: establishing a credit against business profits taxes for media production expenditures in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB374 SB374: (New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
4. SB375 SB375: establishing the coastal marine natural resources and environment commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
5. SB452 SB452: requiring certain state agencies to conduct an audit of laws governing coastal regions to enable authorities to take appropriate actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB510 SB510: relative to parking at state park parking meters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

2015 (21 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

1. HB129 HB129: relative to unused prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. HB189 HB189: relative to authorization of payments by the treasurer from the Rockingham county delegation budget. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB245 HB245: establishing a committee to study state and county departments of corrections. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
5. HB279 HB279: establishing a commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means
6. HB328 HB328: relative to delivery of absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
7. HB428 HB428: relative to New Hampshire products sold by the liquor commission. House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
8. HB429 HB429: reviving the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales in manufacturing facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
9. HB454 HB454: relative to the commandant of the veterans' home. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
10. HB455 HB455: (2nd New Title) relative to the board of managers of the New Hampshire veterans’ home, relative to the reporting process for certain departments and divisions of departments, and extending the commission to study mental health implementation in New Hampshire. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
11. HB456 HB456: relative to appointment of a veterans' ombudsman by the governor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
12. HB457 HB457: establishing a nurse practitioner position at the veterans' home and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. HB459 HB459: establishing a committee to study medical services provided to residents of the New Hampshire veterans' home. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
14. HB464 HB464: (2nd New Title) establishing the traditional commercial and recreational fishing protection act, prohibiting political subdivisions from interfering with commercial and recreational operations, relative to protective well radii for sewage disposal systems of commercial buildings, and relative to rulemaking by the commissioner of environmental services on certain minimal impact projects. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
15. HB524 HB524: relative to the calculation of default budgets. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
16. HB598 HB598: relative to the definition of deadly force. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
17. HR11 HR11: requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Congress to relax rules on Atlantic states recreational fishing. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
18. SB189 SB189: relative to liquor manufacturers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
19. SB191 SB191: relative to the use of the state's procurement card services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
20. SB242 SB242: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
21. SB264 SB264: relative to tipped employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

2014 (9 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. HB297 HB297: (New Title) relative to the management of trust funds and capital reserve funds and pertaining to library trustees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB422 HB422: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB654 HB654: relative to licensure and renewal fees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB1135 HB1135: relative to penalties for driving without a license. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment
5. HB1481 HB1481: relative to information submitted to a committee of the general court. House · HOUSE Legislative Administration
6. HR24 HR24: urging Congress to investigate the Benghazi incident. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
7. SB15 SB15: naming a portion of route 101 after the 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
8. SB339 SB339: (New Title) relative to instituting a credit card affinity program in which fees received are directed to offset the retirement system’s unfunded liability. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
9. SB350 SB350: (2nd New Title) relative to the transfer of adequacy aid estimates from the department of education to the department of revenue administration. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

2013 (10 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB138 HB138: (2nd New Title) permitting a political subdivision that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to use a topical description of the substance of a warrant article for the adoption of ordinances on the official ballot. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB143 HB143: allowing straight ticket voting. House · HOUSE Election Law
4. HB238 HB238: relative to the disposition of estates valued at less than $10,000. House · HOUSE Judiciary
5. HB265 HB265: relative to procedures by absentee voters. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB273 HB273: authorizing the commissioner of the department of resources and economic development to enter into contracts for provision of free Wifi Internet access at Hampton Beach state park. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
7. HB423 HB423: relative to amending official ballot warrant articles. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
8. HB510 HB510: relative to backflow prevention valves. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
9. SB39 SB39: relative to funding of capital projects of the division of ports and harbors, Pease development authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
10. SB121 SB121: relative to the distribution formula for meals and rooms tax revenue. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

2012 (6 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB624 HB624: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the rulemaking authority of state agencies to establish fees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1174 HB1174: relative to negotiations for contracts for county employees. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB1583 HB1583: relative to immunity for school personnel using reasonable force to protect a minor. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. SB228 SB228: repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. House · HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans
5. SB261 SB261: relative to requirements for warrant articles. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB298 SB298: naming the lifeguard tower at the Hampton Beach Seashell Facility for James W. Donahue, Jr. Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

2011 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB198 HB198: relative to the investment options for county funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. SB119 SB119: relative to qualified association trusts. Senate · SENATE Commerce

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

2015 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB428 HB428: relative to New Hampshire products sold by the liquor commission. House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
2. SB189 SB189: relative to liquor manufacturers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

HOUSE Committee of Conference (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB422 HB422: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB265 HB265: relative to procedures by absentee voters. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1583 HB1583: relative to immunity for school personnel using reasonable force to protect a minor. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2015 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB245 HB245: establishing a committee to study state and county departments of corrections. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. HB598 HB598: relative to the definition of deadly force. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Education (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB350 SB350: (2nd New Title) relative to the transfer of adequacy aid estimates from the department of education to the department of revenue administration. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

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

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB143 HB143: allowing straight ticket voting. House · HOUSE Election Law

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2016 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB452 SB452: requiring certain state agencies to conduct an audit of laws governing coastal regions to enable authorities to take appropriate actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2015 (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB454 HB454: relative to the commandant of the veterans' home. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB456 HB456: relative to appointment of a veterans' ombudsman by the governor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB457 HB457: establishing a nurse practitioner position at the veterans' home and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB459 HB459: establishing a committee to study medical services provided to residents of the New Hampshire veterans' home. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB191 SB191: relative to the use of the state's procurement card services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB339 SB339: (New Title) relative to instituting a credit card affinity program in which fees received are directed to offset the retirement system’s unfunded liability. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

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

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB129 HB129: relative to unused prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

HOUSE Judiciary (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB238 HB238: relative to the disposition of estates valued at less than $10,000. House · HOUSE Judiciary

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

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB264 SB264: relative to tipped employees. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Legislative Administration (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1481 HB1481: relative to information submitted to a committee of the general court. House · HOUSE Legislative Administration

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (7 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2016 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2015 (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB189 HB189: relative to authorization of payments by the treasurer from the Rockingham county delegation budget. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB524 HB524: relative to the calculation of default budgets. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB242 SB242: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB423 HB423: relative to amending official ballot warrant articles. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB261 SB261: relative to requirements for warrant articles. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

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

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1135 HB1135: relative to penalties for driving without a license. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB15 SB15: naming a portion of route 101 after the 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB39 SB39: relative to funding of capital projects of the division of ports and harbors, Pease development authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2016 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB374 SB374: (New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2. SB375 SB375: establishing the coastal marine natural resources and environment commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB273 HB273: authorizing the commissioner of the department of resources and economic development to enter into contracts for provision of free Wifi Internet access at Hampton Beach state park. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB228 SB228: repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. House · HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans

HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HR11 HR11: requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Congress to relax rules on Atlantic states recreational fishing. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HR24 HR24: urging Congress to investigate the Benghazi incident. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

HOUSE Ways and Means (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2016 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1360 HB1360: establishing a credit against business profits taxes for media production expenditures in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB510 SB510: relative to parking at state park parking meters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

SENATE Commerce (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB429 HB429: reviving the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales in manufacturing facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB119 SB119: relative to qualified association trusts. Senate · SENATE Commerce

SENATE Energy and Natural Resources (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB464 HB464: (2nd New Title) establishing the traditional commercial and recreational fishing protection act, prohibiting political subdivisions from interfering with commercial and recreational operations, relative to protective well radii for sewage disposal systems of commercial buildings, and relative to rulemaking by the commissioner of environmental services on certain minimal impact projects. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB298 SB298: naming the lifeguard tower at the Hampton Beach Seashell Facility for James W. Donahue, Jr. Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

SENATE Executive Departments and Administration (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB455 HB455: (2nd New Title) relative to the board of managers of the New Hampshire veterans’ home, relative to the reporting process for certain departments and divisions of departments, and extending the commission to study mental health implementation in New Hampshire. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB624 HB624: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the rulemaking authority of state agencies to establish fees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB654 HB654: relative to licensure and renewal fees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB328 HB328: relative to delivery of absentee ballots. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2014 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB297 HB297: (New Title) relative to the management of trust funds and capital reserve funds and pertaining to library trustees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2013 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB138 HB138: (2nd New Title) permitting a political subdivision that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to use a topical description of the substance of a warrant article for the adoption of ordinances on the official ballot. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB510 HB510: relative to backflow prevention valves. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1174 HB1174: relative to negotiations for contracts for county employees. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB198 HB198: relative to the investment options for county funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

SENATE Ways and Means (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2015 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB279 HB279: establishing a commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means

2013 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB121 SB121: relative to the distribution formula for meals and rooms tax revenue. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Alcohol and tobacco (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB428 HB428: relative to New Hampshire products sold by the liquor commission. 2015 · House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
2. HB429 HB429: reviving the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales in manufacturing facilities. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
3. SB189 SB189: relative to liquor manufacturers. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Business and labor (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB464 HB464: (2nd New Title) establishing the traditional commercial and recreational fishing protection act, prohibiting political subdivisions from interfering with commercial and recreational operations, relative to protective well radii for sewage disposal systems of commercial buildings, and relative to rulemaking by the commissioner of environmental services on certain minimal impact projects. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
2. HB1174 HB1174: relative to negotiations for contracts for county employees. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB1360 HB1360: establishing a credit against business profits taxes for media production expenditures in New Hampshire. 2016 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
4. SB228 SB228: repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. 2012 · House · HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans
5. SB264 SB264: relative to tipped employees. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Commerce (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB429 HB429: reviving the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales in manufacturing facilities. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
2. SB119 SB119: relative to qualified association trusts. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Commerce

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

1. HB428 HB428: relative to New Hampshire products sold by the liquor commission. 2015 · House · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
2. SB189 SB189: relative to liquor manufacturers. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Committee of Conference (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB265 HB265: relative to procedures by absentee voters. 2013 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB422 HB422: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB1583 HB1583: relative to immunity for school personnel using reasonable force to protect a minor. 2012 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB238 HB238: relative to the disposition of estates valued at less than $10,000. 2013 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. HB245 HB245: establishing a committee to study state and county departments of corrections. 2015 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
3. HB598 HB598: relative to the definition of deadly force. 2015 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
4. HB1481 HB1481: relative to information submitted to a committee of the general court. 2014 · House · HOUSE Legislative Administration

Education (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB1583 HB1583: relative to immunity for school personnel using reasonable force to protect a minor. 2012 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. SB350 SB350: (2nd New Title) relative to the transfer of adequacy aid estimates from the department of education to the department of revenue administration. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

Elections and voting (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB138 HB138: (2nd New Title) permitting a political subdivision that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to use a topical description of the substance of a warrant article for the adoption of ordinances on the official ballot. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB143 HB143: allowing straight ticket voting. 2013 · House · HOUSE Election Law
4. HB265 HB265: relative to procedures by absentee voters. 2013 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB328 HB328: relative to delivery of absentee ballots. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
6. HB423 HB423: relative to amending official ballot warrant articles. 2013 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB242 SB242: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Energy and Natural Resources (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB464 HB464: (2nd New Title) establishing the traditional commercial and recreational fishing protection act, prohibiting political subdivisions from interfering with commercial and recreational operations, relative to protective well radii for sewage disposal systems of commercial buildings, and relative to rulemaking by the commissioner of environmental services on certain minimal impact projects. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
2. SB298 SB298: naming the lifeguard tower at the Hampton Beach Seashell Facility for James W. Donahue, Jr. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

Environment and natural resources (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB273 HB273: authorizing the commissioner of the department of resources and economic development to enter into contracts for provision of free Wifi Internet access at Hampton Beach state park. 2013 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
3. HB464 HB464: (2nd New Title) establishing the traditional commercial and recreational fishing protection act, prohibiting political subdivisions from interfering with commercial and recreational operations, relative to protective well radii for sewage disposal systems of commercial buildings, and relative to rulemaking by the commissioner of environmental services on certain minimal impact projects. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
4. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. 2016 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. HR11 HR11: requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Congress to relax rules on Atlantic states recreational fishing. 2015 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
6. SB374 SB374: (New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends. Enacted 2016 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
7. SB375 SB375: establishing the coastal marine natural resources and environment commission. Enacted 2016 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

Executive administration (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB454 HB454: relative to the commandant of the veterans' home. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB455 HB455: (2nd New Title) relative to the board of managers of the New Hampshire veterans’ home, relative to the reporting process for certain departments and divisions of departments, and extending the commission to study mental health implementation in New Hampshire. Enacted 2015 · Law without signature · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB456 HB456: relative to appointment of a veterans' ombudsman by the governor. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB457 HB457: establishing a nurse practitioner position at the veterans' home and making an appropriation therefor. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB459 HB459: establishing a committee to study medical services provided to residents of the New Hampshire veterans' home. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB624 HB624: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the rulemaking authority of state agencies to establish fees. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB452 SB452: requiring certain state agencies to conduct an audit of laws governing coastal regions to enable authorities to take appropriate actions. Enacted 2016 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Health care (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB129 HB129: relative to unused prescription drugs. 2015 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
2. HB455 HB455: (2nd New Title) relative to the board of managers of the New Hampshire veterans’ home, relative to the reporting process for certain departments and divisions of departments, and extending the commission to study mental health implementation in New Hampshire. Enacted 2015 · Law without signature · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB459 HB459: establishing a committee to study medical services provided to residents of the New Hampshire veterans' home. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Housing and property (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. 2016 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Legislative Administration (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1481 HB1481: relative to information submitted to a committee of the general court. 2014 · House · HOUSE Legislative Administration

Local government (12 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB189 HB189: relative to authorization of payments by the treasurer from the Rockingham county delegation budget. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB198 HB198: relative to the investment options for county funds. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. HB245 HB245: establishing a committee to study state and county departments of corrections. 2015 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
6. HB422 HB422: relative to the adoption, revision, and amendment of municipal charters. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
7. HB423 HB423: relative to amending official ballot warrant articles. 2013 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
8. HB524 HB524: relative to the calculation of default budgets. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. HB1174 HB1174: relative to negotiations for contracts for county employees. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
10. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. 2016 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB242 SB242: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. SB261 SB261: relative to requirements for warrant articles. 2012 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

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

1. HB1135 HB1135: relative to penalties for driving without a license. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

Public and Municipal Affairs (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB138 HB138: (2nd New Title) permitting a political subdivision that has adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting to use a topical description of the substance of a warrant article for the adoption of ordinances on the official ballot. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB198 HB198: relative to the investment options for county funds. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. HB297 HB297: (New Title) relative to the management of trust funds and capital reserve funds and pertaining to library trustees. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
5. HB328 HB328: relative to delivery of absentee ballots. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
6. HB510 HB510: relative to backflow prevention valves. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
7. HB1174 HB1174: relative to negotiations for contracts for county employees. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public finance (14 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

1. HB139 HB139: (New Title) relative to the time towns that have adopted official ballot voting have to approve bonding in solid waste management districts and ratifying the Greenland school district meeting held on March 11 and 12, 2013. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB189 HB189: relative to authorization of payments by the treasurer from the Rockingham county delegation budget. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB198 HB198: relative to the investment options for county funds. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. HB297 HB297: (New Title) relative to the management of trust funds and capital reserve funds and pertaining to library trustees. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
5. HB457 HB457: establishing a nurse practitioner position at the veterans' home and making an appropriation therefor. 2015 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB524 HB524: relative to the calculation of default budgets. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. HB654 HB654: relative to licensure and renewal fees. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
8. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. 2016 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. SB39 SB39: relative to funding of capital projects of the division of ports and harbors, Pease development authority. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
10. SB121 SB121: relative to the distribution formula for meals and rooms tax revenue. 2013 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
11. SB191 SB191: relative to the use of the state's procurement card services. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
12. SB242 SB242: (New Title) establishing a committee to study methods of adopting a budget in towns that have adopted official ballot voting. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
13. SB339 SB339: (New Title) relative to instituting a credit card affinity program in which fees received are directed to offset the retirement system’s unfunded liability. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
14. SB350 SB350: (2nd New Title) relative to the transfer of adequacy aid estimates from the department of education to the department of revenue administration. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

Public Works and Highways (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB15 SB15: naming a portion of route 101 after the 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB39 SB39: relative to funding of capital projects of the division of ports and harbors, Pease development authority. Enacted 2013 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

Retirement and pensions (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB228 SB228: repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. 2012 · House · HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans
2. SB339 SB339: (New Title) relative to instituting a credit card affinity program in which fees received are directed to offset the retirement system’s unfunded liability. Enacted 2014 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB228 SB228: repealing the assessments for excess benefits paid by employers in the retirement system. 2012 · House · HOUSE Special Committee on Public Employee Pension Plans

State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HR11 HR11: requesting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Congress to relax rules on Atlantic states recreational fishing. 2015 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. HR24 HR24: urging Congress to investigate the Benghazi incident. 2014 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB224 HB224: repealing the exemption for water and air pollution control facilities from local property taxation. 2015 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB279 HB279: establishing a commission to study the economic impact of the arts and culture in New Hampshire. Enacted 2015 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means
3. HB1360 HB1360: establishing a credit against business profits taxes for media production expenditures in New Hampshire. 2016 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
4. HB1427 HB1427: suspending the water and air pollution control facility property tax exemption and appropriating certain revenues for water pollution control grants to municipalities. 2016 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB121 SB121: relative to the distribution formula for meals and rooms tax revenue. 2013 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
6. SB510 SB510: relative to parking at state park parking meters. Enacted 2016 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means