James Forsythe

2012 (58 bills sponsored; 16 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HB352 HB352: relative to merger of lots or parcels. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB536 HB536: relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB595 HB595: amending the compulsory school attendance statutes to permit parent-directed instruction programs and repealing the home education statutes. House · HOUSE Education
5. HB646 HB646: eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2006 through 2010. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
6. HB1225 HB1225: permitting a charter school to incur long-term debt. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
7. HB1232 HB1232: relative to prerecorded political messages. Senate · HOUSE Election Law
8. HB1265 HB1265: relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
9. HB1282 HB1282: relative to workforce housing and the definition of community. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
10. HB1297 HB1297: (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
11. HB1303 HB1303: amending certain requirements to obtain a local vendor license. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
12. HB1338 HB1338: relative to failure to renew a professional or occupational license. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. HB1382 HB1382: including parents in the approval process for alternative learning plans and requiring a truant officer to obtain a warrant or permission of a parent prior to returning a child to school. House · HOUSE Education
14. HB1440 HB1440: relative to driver education. Senate · SENATE Transportation
15. HB1461 HB1461: requiring school officials to notify parents of a class or event involving an outside speaker and allowing parents to opt for their child not to participate in the class or event. Senate · SENATE Education
16. HB1495 HB1495: (New Title) establishing a Purple Heart Trail along U. S. Route 3. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
17. HB1523 HB1523: relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
18. HB1555 HB1555: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
19. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Finance
20. HB1650 HB1650: relative to commerce in food in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
21. HB1677 HB1677: relative to choice as to whether to join a labor union and eliminating the duty of a public employee labor organization to represent employees who elect not to join or to pay dues or fees to the employee organization. Senate · SENATE Commerce
22. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM
23. HCR37 HCR37: (New Title) urging the New Hampshire delegation to support any legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve. Passed · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
24. SB84 SB84: relative to state regulation of the septic system installation process. Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
25. SB132 SB132: establishing exemptions from the real estate transfer tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
26. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. Senate · SENATE Finance
27. SB155 SB155: relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax. House · HOUSE Finance
28. SB167 SB167: establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
29. SB181 SB181: relative to distribution of funds for education. Senate · SENATE Finance
30. SB213 SB213: relative to the authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
31. SB217 SB217: relative to management of Cannon mountain by the department of resources and economic development. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
32. SB229 SB229: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system. House
33. SB242 SB242: establishing a commission to study the administration of the Belknap county department of corrections. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
34. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
35. SB292 SB292: relative to property taxation of certain manufactured housing. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
36. SB293 SB293: relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax. Senate · SENATE Finance
37. SB294 SB294: relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state. Senate · SENATE Finance
38. SB297 SB297: relative to the apprentice hunting license. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Fish and Game and Marine Resources
39. SB302 SB302: (New Title) relative to the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor fallen members of the armed forces and relative to certain maintenance at the rotary in the town of Epsom. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
40. SB305 SB305: relative to disposition of boat fee revenue. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
41. SB322 SB322: relative to the holding of gold and silver by municipalities. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
42. SB337 SB337: relative to property held for water supply or flood control. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
43. SB339 SB339: establishing Loon Appreciation Day. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
44. SB344 SB344: allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
45. SB351 SB351: (New Title) relative to proclaiming Blue Star Mother’s Day and changing eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
46. SB358 SB358: (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
47. SB372 SB372: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Enacted Veto overridden · HOUSE Ways and Means
48. SB373 SB373: (New Title) authorizing the retention of funds by a school district and relative to regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
49. SB374 SB374: naming marine patrol headquarters in honor of David Barrett. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
50. SB383 SB383: revising the distribution of school building aid grants. House · HOUSE Finance
51. SB388 SB388: (2nd New Title) relative to the use of land along Silver Lake that is below the public trust boundary. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
52. SB393 SB393: relative to the definition of "meeting" under the right-to-know law. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
53. SB394 SB394: (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
54. SB401 SB401: (New Title) relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools and relative to adjustments to adequate education grants. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
55. SB405 SB405: establishing the workforce investment tax credit. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
56. SB406 SB406: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices. Enacted Veto overridden
57. SB408 SB408: relative to a school district's policy informing parents of bullying incidents. Senate · SENATE Education
58. SB409 SB409: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Vetoed by Governor

2011 (28 bills sponsored; 16 bills enacted)

1. HB295 HB295: relative to the use of long-term antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB442 HB442: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
4. HB474 HB474: (3rd New Title) relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
5. HB519 HB519: repealing New Hampshire's regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HCR27 HCR27: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. Passed · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
7. SB1 SB1: eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
8. SB2 SB2: (New Title) relative to adoption of tax caps by cities, towns, and other political subdivisions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. SB3 SB3: (2nd New Title) making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system. Vetoed by Governor
10. SB16 SB16: (New Title) relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB52 SB52: excluding persons convicted of violent crimes and sexually violent persons from mandatory early release on probation or parole. Enacted Signed by Governor
12. SB76 SB76: relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
13. SB78 SB78: relative to motor vehicle registration fees. House · HOUSE Finance
14. SB82 SB82: (2nd New Title) extending the state board of education’s authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
15. SB86 SB86: requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
16. SB88 SB88: (3rd New Title) relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and relative to eliminating minimum sentencing and adding civil immunity for certain firearm use. Enacted Veto overridden
17. SB92 SB92: (New Title) establishing an economic strategic commission to review the relationship between business and government. Enacted Signed by Governor
18. SB125 SB125: (New Title) relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Ways and Means
19. SB126 SB126: relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. Senate · SENATE Finance
20. SB146 SB146: relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
21. SB147 SB147: relative to Medicaid managed care. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
22. SB148 SB148: (3rd New Title) relative to health insurance coverage. Enacted Law without signature
23. SB151 SB151: relative to contracts of the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
24. SB154 SB154: (New Title) reforming and renaming the comprehensive shoreland protection act and repealing New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
25. SB156 SB156: authorizing retail vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles for vehicle registrations and title applications. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
26. SB192 SB192: establishing a commission to identify strategies needed for delivering a 21st century education. House · HOUSE Education
27. SB195 SB195: naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
28. SR10 SR10: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

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

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB156 SB156: authorizing retail vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles for vehicle registrations and title applications. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

HOUSE Committee of Conference (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB519 HB519: repealing New Hampshire's regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

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

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1523 HB1523: relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Education (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB595 HB595: amending the compulsory school attendance statutes to permit parent-directed instruction programs and repealing the home education statutes. House · HOUSE Education
2. HB1382 HB1382: including parents in the approval process for alternative learning plans and requiring a truant officer to obtain a warrant or permission of a parent prior to returning a child to school. House · HOUSE Education
3. SB373 SB373: (New Title) authorizing the retention of funds by a school district and relative to regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB192 SB192: establishing a commission to identify strategies needed for delivering a 21st century education. House · HOUSE Education

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

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1232 HB1232: relative to prerecorded political messages. Senate · HOUSE Election Law

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

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1650 HB1650: relative to commerce in food in New Hampshire. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1265 HB1265: relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1338 HB1338: relative to failure to renew a professional or occupational license. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB339 SB339: establishing Loon Appreciation Day. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB76 SB76: relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (8 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB155 SB155: relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB383 SB383: revising the distribution of school building aid grants. House · HOUSE Finance
3. SB401 SB401: (New Title) relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools and relative to adjustments to adequate education grants. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

2011 (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB78 SB78: relative to motor vehicle registration fees. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB82 SB82: (2nd New Title) extending the state board of education’s authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
3. SB146 SB146: relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
4. SB151 SB151: relative to contracts of the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB154 SB154: (New Title) reforming and renaming the comprehensive shoreland protection act and repealing New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE Fish and Game and Marine Resources (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB297 SB297: relative to the apprentice hunting license. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Fish and Game and Marine Resources

HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2011 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB1 SB1: eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
2. SB86 SB86: requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB352 HB352: relative to merger of lots or parcels. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB1282 HB1282: relative to workforce housing and the definition of community. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB1303 HB1303: amending certain requirements to obtain a local vendor license. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2011 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB2 SB2: (New Title) relative to adoption of tax caps by cities, towns, and other political subdivisions. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB16 SB16: (New Title) relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

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

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB374 SB374: naming marine patrol headquarters in honor of David Barrett. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB394 SB394: (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB195 SB195: naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

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

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB344 SB344: allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2. SB358 SB358: (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
3. SB388 SB388: (2nd New Title) relative to the use of land along Silver Lake that is below the public trust boundary. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

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

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM

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

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB217 SB217: relative to management of Cannon mountain by the department of resources and economic development. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SB302 SB302: (New Title) relative to the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor fallen members of the armed forces and relative to certain maintenance at the rotary in the town of Epsom. House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
3. SB351 SB351: (New Title) relative to proclaiming Blue Star Mother’s Day and changing eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

HOUSE Ways and Means (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB646 HB646: eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2006 through 2010. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB372 SB372: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Enacted Veto overridden · HOUSE Ways and Means

2011 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB125 SB125: (New Title) relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB147 SB147: relative to Medicaid managed care. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (8 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB229 SB229: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system. House
2. SB406 SB406: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices. Enacted Veto overridden
3. SB409 SB409: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Vetoed by Governor

2011 (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB3 SB3: (2nd New Title) making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system. Vetoed by Governor
2. SB52 SB52: excluding persons convicted of violent crimes and sexually violent persons from mandatory early release on probation or parole. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB88 SB88: (3rd New Title) relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and relative to eliminating minimum sentencing and adding civil immunity for certain firearm use. Enacted Veto overridden
4. SB92 SB92: (New Title) establishing an economic strategic commission to review the relationship between business and government. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB148 SB148: (3rd New Title) relative to health insurance coverage. Enacted Law without signature

SENATE Commerce (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1297 HB1297: (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
2. HB1677 HB1677: relative to choice as to whether to join a labor union and eliminating the duty of a public employee labor organization to represent employees who elect not to join or to pay dues or fees to the employee organization. Senate · SENATE Commerce

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB474 HB474: (3rd New Title) relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Commerce

SENATE Education (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1225 HB1225: permitting a charter school to incur long-term debt. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
2. HB1461 HB1461: requiring school officials to notify parents of a class or event involving an outside speaker and allowing parents to opt for their child not to participate in the class or event. Senate · SENATE Education
3. SB408 SB408: relative to a school district's policy informing parents of bullying incidents. Senate · SENATE Education

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

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1555 HB1555: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
2. SB84 SB84: relative to state regulation of the septic system installation process. Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

SENATE Executive Departments and Administration (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB213 SB213: relative to the authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (5 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. Senate · SENATE Finance
3. SB181 SB181: relative to distribution of funds for education. Senate · SENATE Finance
4. SB293 SB293: relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax. Senate · SENATE Finance
5. SB294 SB294: relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state. Senate · SENATE Finance

2011 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB126 SB126: relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. Senate · SENATE Finance

SENATE Health and Human Services (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2011 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB295 HB295: relative to the use of long-term antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB442 HB442: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HCR37 HCR37: (New Title) urging the New Hampshire delegation to support any legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve. Passed · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE Judiciary (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB536 HB536: relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2011 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR27 HCR27: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. Passed · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
2. SR10 SR10: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB242 SB242: establishing a commission to study the administration of the Belknap county department of corrections. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. SB322 SB322: relative to the holding of gold and silver by municipalities. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. SB393 SB393: relative to the definition of "meeting" under the right-to-know law. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

SENATE Transportation (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2012 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1440 HB1440: relative to driver education. Senate · SENATE Transportation
2. HB1495 HB1495: (New Title) establishing a Purple Heart Trail along U. S. Route 3. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation

SENATE Ways and Means (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2012 (6 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB132 SB132: establishing exemptions from the real estate transfer tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
2. SB167 SB167: establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
3. SB292 SB292: relative to property taxation of certain manufactured housing. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
4. SB305 SB305: relative to disposition of boat fee revenue. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
5. SB337 SB337: relative to property held for water supply or flood control. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
6. SB405 SB405: establishing the workforce investment tax credit. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Business and labor (12 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB474 HB474: (3rd New Title) relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. 2011 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
2. HB1677 HB1677: relative to choice as to whether to join a labor union and eliminating the duty of a public employee labor organization to represent employees who elect not to join or to pay dues or fees to the employee organization. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Commerce
3. SB1 SB1: eliminating the automatic continuation requirement for public employee collective bargaining agreements. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
4. SB86 SB86: requiring the department of labor to warn employers of certain violations prior to imposing a fine. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
5. SB92 SB92: (New Title) establishing an economic strategic commission to review the relationship between business and government. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor
6. SB125 SB125: (New Title) relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Ways and Means
7. SB126 SB126: relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Finance
8. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
9. SB155 SB155: relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax. 2012 · House · HOUSE Finance
10. SB167 SB167: establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
11. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
12. SB294 SB294: relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance

Cannabis (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB442 HB442: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. SB409 SB409: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 2012 · Vetoed by Governor

Children and family law (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. 2011 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB1382 HB1382: including parents in the approval process for alternative learning plans and requiring a truant officer to obtain a warrant or permission of a parent prior to returning a child to school. 2012 · House · HOUSE Education
3. HB1461 HB1461: requiring school officials to notify parents of a class or event involving an outside speaker and allowing parents to opt for their child not to participate in the class or event. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Education

Commerce (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB474 HB474: (3rd New Title) relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. 2011 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
2. HB1297 HB1297: (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
3. HB1677 HB1677: relative to choice as to whether to join a labor union and eliminating the duty of a public employee labor organization to represent employees who elect not to join or to pay dues or fees to the employee organization. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Commerce

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

1. SB156 SB156: authorizing retail vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles for vehicle registrations and title applications. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Committee of Conference (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB519 HB519: repealing New Hampshire's regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. 2011 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially. 2012 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HB536 HB536: relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB1523 HB1523: relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime. 2012 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
4. SB52 SB52: excluding persons convicted of violent crimes and sexually violent persons from mandatory early release on probation or parole. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor
5. SB406 SB406: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices. Enacted 2012 · Veto overridden

Education (16 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. 2011 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB595 HB595: amending the compulsory school attendance statutes to permit parent-directed instruction programs and repealing the home education statutes. 2012 · House · HOUSE Education
3. HB1225 HB1225: permitting a charter school to incur long-term debt. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
4. HB1382 HB1382: including parents in the approval process for alternative learning plans and requiring a truant officer to obtain a warrant or permission of a parent prior to returning a child to school. 2012 · House · HOUSE Education
5. HB1440 HB1440: relative to driver education. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Transportation
6. HB1461 HB1461: requiring school officials to notify parents of a class or event involving an outside speaker and allowing parents to opt for their child not to participate in the class or event. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Education
7. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. 2012 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Finance
8. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. 2012 · House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM
9. SB82 SB82: (2nd New Title) extending the state board of education’s authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
10. SB181 SB181: relative to distribution of funds for education. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
11. SB192 SB192: establishing a commission to identify strategies needed for delivering a 21st century education. 2011 · House · HOUSE Education
12. SB372 SB372: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Enacted 2012 · Veto overridden · HOUSE Ways and Means
13. SB373 SB373: (New Title) authorizing the retention of funds by a school district and relative to regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
14. SB383 SB383: revising the distribution of school building aid grants. 2012 · House · HOUSE Finance
15. SB401 SB401: (New Title) relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools and relative to adjustments to adequate education grants. Enacted 2012 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
16. SB408 SB408: relative to a school district's policy informing parents of bullying incidents. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Education

Elections and voting (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1232 HB1232: relative to prerecorded political messages. 2012 · Senate · HOUSE Election Law
2. SB16 SB16: (New Title) relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

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

1. HB1555 HB1555: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
2. SB84 SB84: relative to state regulation of the septic system installation process. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources

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

1. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

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

1. HB1650 HB1650: relative to commerce in food in New Hampshire. 2012 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

Environment and natural resources (7 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB1555 HB1555: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
2. SB294 SB294: relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
3. SB297 SB297: relative to the apprentice hunting license. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Fish and Game and Marine Resources
4. SB337 SB337: relative to property held for water supply or flood control. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
5. SB344 SB344: allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
6. SB358 SB358: (New Title) relative to eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
7. SB388 SB388: (2nd New Title) relative to the use of land along Silver Lake that is below the public trust boundary. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

Executive administration (5 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1265 HB1265: relative to criteria for the government regulation of occupations and professions. 2012 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1338 HB1338: relative to failure to renew a professional or occupational license. 2012 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB76 SB76: relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws. 2011 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB213 SB213: relative to the authority of state agencies to assess fines and penalties. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB339 SB339: establishing Loon Appreciation Day. 2012 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Health and Human Services (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB295 HB295: relative to the use of long-term antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB442 HB442: relative to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

Health care (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB1297 HB1297: (New Title) relative to federal health care reform and health care exchanges. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Commerce
2. SB147 SB147: relative to Medicaid managed care. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. SB148 SB148: (3rd New Title) relative to health insurance coverage. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature
4. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
5. SB151 SB151: relative to contracts of the department of health and human services. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. SB406 SB406: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing an early offer alternative in medical injury claims, relative to confidentiality of police personnel files, and establishing a committee to study the referral of patients for use of implantable medical devices. Enacted 2012 · Veto overridden

Housing and property (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1282 HB1282: relative to workforce housing and the definition of community. 2012 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB1523 HB1523: relative to the return of personal property seized by law enforcement agencies from a person charged with a crime. 2012 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
3. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
4. SB292 SB292: relative to property taxation of certain manufactured housing. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
5. SB337 SB337: relative to property held for water supply or flood control. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Insurance (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB148 SB148: (3rd New Title) relative to health insurance coverage. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature
2. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance

INTERNAL AFFAIRS (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to biennial legislative sessions. Providing that the general court shall meet biennially. 2012 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HCR37 HCR37: (New Title) urging the New Hampshire delegation to support any legislation requiring a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve. 2012 · Passed · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Local government (9 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. 2011 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB352 HB352: relative to merger of lots or parcels. 2012 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. HB1282 HB1282: relative to workforce housing and the definition of community. 2012 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. HB1303 HB1303: amending certain requirements to obtain a local vendor license. 2012 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB2 SB2: (New Title) relative to adoption of tax caps by cities, towns, and other political subdivisions. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB16 SB16: (New Title) relative to the placement of numerical tallies on a ballot. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB242 SB242: establishing a commission to study the administration of the Belknap county department of corrections. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
8. SB302 SB302: (New Title) relative to the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor fallen members of the armed forces and relative to certain maintenance at the rotary in the town of Epsom. 2012 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
9. SB322 SB322: relative to the holding of gold and silver by municipalities. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR27 HCR27: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. 2011 · Passed · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
2. SR10 SR10: honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes. 2011 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

Public and Municipal Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB242 SB242: establishing a commission to study the administration of the Belknap county department of corrections. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. SB322 SB322: relative to the holding of gold and silver by municipalities. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. SB393 SB393: relative to the definition of "meeting" under the right-to-know law. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public finance (19 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. 2012 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. 2012 · House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM
3. SB76 SB76: relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws. 2011 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB78 SB78: relative to motor vehicle registration fees. 2011 · House · HOUSE Finance
5. SB82 SB82: (2nd New Title) extending the state board of education’s authority to approve chartered public schools and relative to the funding of chartered public schools approved by a school district. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
6. SB126 SB126: relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Finance
7. SB146 SB146: relative to requiring submission of a reduced spending alternative as part of the biennial budget process. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
8. SB150 SB150: authorizing individuals and certain businesses to purchase health insurance from out-of-state insurance companies. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
9. SB151 SB151: relative to contracts of the department of health and human services. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
10. SB154 SB154: (New Title) reforming and renaming the comprehensive shoreland protection act and repealing New Hampshire’s regional greenhouse gas initiative cap and trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. 2011 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
11. SB155 SB155: relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax. 2012 · House · HOUSE Finance
12. SB181 SB181: relative to distribution of funds for education. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
13. SB293 SB293: relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
14. SB294 SB294: relative to dedicated funds administered by the department of labor, department of environmental services, banking department, and secretary of state. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
15. SB305 SB305: relative to disposition of boat fee revenue. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
16. SB373 SB373: (New Title) authorizing the retention of funds by a school district and relative to regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
17. SB383 SB383: revising the distribution of school building aid grants. 2012 · House · HOUSE Finance
18. SB394 SB394: (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
19. SB401 SB401: (New Title) relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools and relative to adjustments to adequate education grants. Enacted 2012 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

Public safety (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB536 HB536: relative to the natural right to carry a firearm, openly or concealed, without a license. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1555 HB1555: relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
3. SB88 SB88: (3rd New Title) relative to physical force in defense of a person, relative to producing or displaying a firearm or other means of self-defense, and relative to eliminating minimum sentencing and adding civil immunity for certain firearm use. Enacted 2011 · Veto overridden
4. SB344 SB344: allowing the department of resources and economic development to cut vegetation in shoreland areas where public safety is of concern. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

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

1. SB195 SB195: naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB374 SB374: naming marine patrol headquarters in honor of David Barrett. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. SB394 SB394: (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

Retirement and pensions (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB3 SB3: (2nd New Title) making comprehensive changes to the state retirement system. 2011 · Vetoed by Governor
2. SB229 SB229: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to make recommendations on whether the New Hampshire retirement system should be replaced with a defined contribution plan for all new hires and to study the impact such change would have on the retirement system. 2012 · House

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

1. SB266 SB266: prohibiting electric utilities from installing and maintaining smart meter gateway devices without the residential or business property owner's consent. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. 2012 · House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM

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

1. SB217 SB217: relative to management of Cannon mountain by the department of resources and economic development. 2012 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SB302 SB302: (New Title) relative to the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor fallen members of the armed forces and relative to certain maintenance at the rotary in the town of Epsom. 2012 · House · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
3. SB351 SB351: (New Title) relative to proclaiming Blue Star Mother’s Day and changing eligibility for free admission to the state park system for members of the armed forces. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (18 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB340 HB340: promoting parental choice in education and providing for an abatement from the education taxes for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system. 2011 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. HB646 HB646: eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 2012 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. HB1607 HB1607: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. 2012 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HCR26 HCR26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. 2012 · House · HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM
5. SB2 SB2: (New Title) relative to adoption of tax caps by cities, towns, and other political subdivisions. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB76 SB76: relative to the authority of the department of revenue administration to adopt rules and to administer state tax laws. 2011 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB125 SB125: (New Title) relative to the standards and burden of proof with respect to the business profits tax deduction for reasonable compensation attributable to owners of partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. Enacted 2011 · Law without signature · HOUSE Ways and Means
8. SB126 SB126: relative to net operating loss carryovers under the business profits tax. 2011 · Senate · SENATE Finance
9. SB132 SB132: establishing exemptions from the real estate transfer tax. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
10. SB147 SB147: relative to Medicaid managed care. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
11. SB155 SB155: relative to section 179 expense deductions under the business profits tax. 2012 · House · HOUSE Finance
12. SB167 SB167: establishing a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and making changes affecting small business to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
13. SB292 SB292: relative to property taxation of certain manufactured housing. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
14. SB293 SB293: relative to notice requirements and payment of interest by the department of revenue administration for overpayments and underpayments of tax. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Finance
15. SB305 SB305: relative to disposition of boat fee revenue. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
16. SB337 SB337: relative to property held for water supply or flood control. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
17. SB372 SB372: (New Title) establishing an education tax credit. Enacted 2012 · Veto overridden · HOUSE Ways and Means
18. SB405 SB405: establishing the workforce investment tax credit. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Transportation (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB1440 HB1440: relative to driver education. 2012 · Senate · SENATE Transportation
2. HB1495 HB1495: (New Title) establishing a Purple Heart Trail along U. S. Route 3. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
3. SB78 SB78: relative to motor vehicle registration fees. 2011 · House · HOUSE Finance
4. SB156 SB156: authorizing retail vehicle dealers to act as agents of the division of motor vehicles for vehicle registrations and title applications. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Commerce and Consumer Affairs
5. SB195 SB195: naming the Manchester Airport Access Road for Raymond Wieczorek. Enacted 2011 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
6. SB394 SB394: (2nd New Title) relative to the reclassification of Province Road in Strafford from the intersection of Route 202A to Ricky Nelson Road from class II to class V and relative to an appropriation in the capital budget for construction and renovations to the Milford Armory. Enacted 2012 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways