Joseph Foster

2008 (55 bills sponsored; 32 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB461 HB461: relative to purchasing alliances. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
4. HB577 HB577: establishing the number of associate justices of the superior court. House · HOUSE Finance
5. HB628 HB628: establishing the New Hampshire Rx advantage program and continually appropriating a special fund. House · HOUSE Finance
6. HB786 HB786: relative to compensation for retired full-time justices for service after retirement. House · HOUSE Judiciary
7. HB1422 HB1422: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission on the prevention of childhood obesity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
8. HB1435 HB1435: requiring certain food programs to comply with Centers for Disease Control/Institute of Medicine standards. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
9. HB1644 HB1644: establishing a Coos county job creation tax credit. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB1652 HB1652: relative to the state obligation for payment of the non-federal share of FEMA public assistance and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
11. HB1653 HB1653: relative to providing additional fuel assistance and enhanced weatherization services to income eligible New Hampshire citizens and state matching funds for July - September 2008 disaster assistance grants, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment
12. SB32 SB32: increasing the maximum amount of debt or damages for small claims actions. House
13. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. Senate · SENATE Finance
14. SB146 SB146: relative to allowing service credit for certain court system employment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
15. SB308 SB308: (2nd New Title) preventing potential double taxation on the identical gross business profits of business organizations. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
16. SB329 SB329: (New Title) relative to payment of members of screening panels for medical injury claims. House · HOUSE Judiciary
17. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
18. SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
19. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
20. SB349 SB349: allowing continuation of judicial retirement plan benefits for judges called to full-time active military duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
21. SB350 SB350: extending the surcharge on probate court entry fees to judicial branch family division cases which would previously have been brought in probate court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
22. SB359 SB359: (New Title) updating the health curriculum requirements for public school students and requiring the state board of education to provide for procedures through which students may be excused from course requirements relating to health and sex education on religious grounds without penalty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
23. SB370 SB370: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor
24. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
25. SB397 SB397: relative to mail-in rebates for merchandise purchased within the state. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
26. SB399 SB399: permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
27. SB400 SB400: relative to the authority of bail commissioners. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
28. SB401 SB401: relative to recommendations of marital masters. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
29. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
30. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
31. SB433 SB433: relative to confidential communications between a physician and a patient. Enacted Signed by Governor
32. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Election Law
33. SB441 SB441: relative to collective bargaining by judicial employees. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
34. SB442 SB442: requiring that the proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice be paid into the law library revolving fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
35. SB443 SB443: requiring notice to the probate court prior to the sale of real estate by an administrator or executor. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
36. SB444 SB444: relative to settlements on behalf of minors and judgments and decrees in favor of minors. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
37. SB445 SB445: (New Title) changing the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
38. SB446 SB446: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on either court in certain circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
39. SB447 SB447: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding pleas by mail and noncomputerized courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
40. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
41. SB460 SB460: relative to the definition of surviving issue. House · HOUSE Judiciary
42. SB487 SB487: clarifying the law regarding bail pending appeal. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
43. SB488 SB488: relative to jurisdiction of the probate courts and superior courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
44. SB495 SB495: prohibiting Internet solicitation and exploitation of children. Enacted Signed by Governor
45. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted Signed by Governor
46. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
47. SB527 SB527: relative to adult involvement for minors seeking abortions. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
48. SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted Signed by Governor
49. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted Signed by Governor
50. SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
51. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
52. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
53. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
54. SCR11 SCR11: supporting the application of Taiwan for observer status at the World Health Organization. Passed · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
55. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

2007 (56 bills sponsored; 40 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB49 HB49: relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans' home. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
4. HB312 HB312: relative to alternative providers for certain health services. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB394 HB394: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB533 HB533: (New Title) relative to Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification requirements for state contracts and establishing a commission to recommend a comprehensive program for increasing the use of passenger restraints in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
7. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
9. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
10. SB28 SB28: redefining the "board of the public employer for the judiciary" in public employee collective bargaining. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
11. SB29 SB29: updating laws relative to child impact seminars to reflect the implementation of the judicial branch family division. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
12. SB30 SB30: combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
13. SB31 SB31: adding the chief justice of the supreme court or designee to the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
14. SB33 SB33: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
15. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
16. SB39 SB39: allowing a newly-retired supreme court justice to continue to participate as a temporary justice in a case held before retirement but decided after. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
17. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
18. SB51 SB51: transferring authority over court forms from the supreme court to the judicial branch administrative council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
19. SB52 SB52: relative to authorizing the attorney general to bring actions for violations of New Hampshire combination and monopolies law. Enacted Signed by Governor
20. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. House · HOUSE Education
21. SB64 SB64: changing the dates of the reports on court facilities made to the supreme court by the court accreditation commission and made to the commissioner of administrative services by the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
22. SB65 SB65: (2nd New Title) requiring that the state provide 21 days’ written notice to the defendant prior to jury selection for his or her trial of the state’s request for an extended term of imprisonment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
23. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
24. SB75 SB75: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing a New Hampshire rail transit authority that will have responsibility for developing and providing commuter rail and related public rail transportation services in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
25. SB80 SB80: relative to qualified minor's trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
26. SB89 SB89: authorizing the Holden School of Nursing to confer degrees. Senate · SENATE Education
27. SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
28. SB107 SB107: authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
29. SB108 SB108: making technical corrections to the probate laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
30. SB109 SB109: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
31. SB112 SB112: relative to recommendations of marital masters. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
32. SB113 SB113: relative to the position of special justice in the district court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
33. SB132 SB132: allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
34. SB133 SB133: relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
35. SB134 SB134: (2nd New Title) establishing a research and development credit against business taxes and requiring the commissioner of resources and economic development to report on the research and development tax credit program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
36. SB136 SB136: relative to the attorney general's authority to appoint, organize, and assign investigatory personnel at the department of justice. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
37. SB137 SB137: removing the prospective repeal of community reinvestment and opportunity zones (CROP zones). House · HOUSE Ways and Means
38. SB145 SB145: allowing marital masters and registers and deputy registers of probate to perform notarial acts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
39. SB152 SB152: relative to permanency planning for delinquent children, abused and neglected children, and children in need of services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
40. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
41. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
42. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. Enacted Signed by Governor
43. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted Signed by Governor
44. SB178 SB178: relative to the judicial retirement plan. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
45. SB188 SB188: relative to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers. Miscellaneous
46. SB194 SB194: establishing a commission to study the trafficking of persons across borders for sexual and labor exploitation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
47. SB203 SB203: relative to the use of the English language in writs and other court documents. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
48. SB204 SB204: relative to collection of debts owed the state. Enacted Signed by Governor
49. SB215 SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor
50. SB243 SB243: relative to regulating home contractors. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
51. SB252 SB252: relative to publication of supreme court reports. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
52. SB253 SB253: relative to appeals in child abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
53. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
54. SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. Passed · HOUSE Education
55. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Passed · HOUSE Education
56. SR1 SR1: requesting an opinion of the justices concerning the constitutionality of SB 112. Senate

2006 (47 bills sponsored; 25 bills enacted)

1. HB100 HB100: (New Title) amending the formula for funding public education. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB184 HB184: eliminating straight ticket voting. House · HOUSE Election Law
3. HB506 HB506: including employees of charitable organizations under the protection of the state law against discrimination. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB515 HB515: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
5. HB715 HB715: relative to the regulation of bingo and lucky 7. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
6. HB719 HB719: (New Title) recodifying the Articles 1 and 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code and relative to lobbyist name tags. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. HB1249 HB1249: relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
8. HB1265 HB1265: (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
9. HB1346 HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
10. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
11. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
12. HB1636 HB1636: relative to appeals from class A misdemeanor sentences imposed by the district courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
13. HB1654 HB1654: relative to the probate court mediation fund and fee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
14. HB1692 HB1692: establishing the New Hampshire sexual predators act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
15. HB1721 HB1721: relative to changes in the use of weighted caseload statistics in the calculation of the salaries of part-time district court justices. House · HOUSE Judiciary
16. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
17. HJR24 HJR24: supporting efforts for commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
18. SB22 SB22: (New Title) authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. House · HOUSE Education
19. SB24 SB24: relative to disposition upon death of patient accounts in nursing homes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
20. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Finance
21. SB146 SB146: establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and to provide for additional staff in other New Hampshire Legal Assistance offices. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
22. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
23. SB209 SB209: relative to licensing of money transmitters and check cashers. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
24. SB230 SB230: (New Title) relative to the qualifications and liability of the medical director responsible for utilization review under the managed care law. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
25. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. House · HOUSE Judiciary
26. SB245 SB245: repealing laws relative to the municipal courts and the administrative committee of the district and municipal courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
27. SB246 SB246: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
28. SB268 SB268: (New Title) raising the age of required attendance of children in school and establishing a 2-year pilot program for increasing vocational education opportunities in the Manchester and Nashua school districts and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Education
29. SB273 SB273: relative to reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
30. SB274 SB274: adding court security to the duties of the New Hampshire court accreditation commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
31. SB284 SB284: ( New Title ) establishing a third full-time justice position in the Manchester, Nashua, and Concord District Courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
32. SB285 SB285: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. Senate · SENATE Finance
33. SB286 SB286: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. House · HOUSE Judiciary
34. SB287 SB287: (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues. Enacted Signed by Governor
35. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
36. SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
37. SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
38. SB324 SB324: requiring notification concerning certain offenders against children. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
39. SB331 SB331: relative to certain small loans. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
40. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
41. SB333 SB333: relative to inquiries of DWI defendants regarding establishments serving alcohol to the defendants. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
42. SB360 SB360: establishing a surcharge on real estate transfers for deposit in the family stability fund and renaming the homeless prevention program the family stability program. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
43. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
44. SB379 SB379: (New Title) relative to harm or threats to certain government officials. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
45. SB381 SB381: expanding business tax credits to enhance research and development. Senate · SENATE Finance
46. SB382 SB382: relative to the guardian ad litem board. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
47. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. Senate

2005 (35 bills sponsored; 22 bills enacted)

1. HB112 HB112: relative to psychiatric evaluations in competency hearings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB151 HB151: requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee. Senate · SENATE Education
3. HB246 HB246: establishing a committee to study the classification of employees as independent contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
4. HB354 HB354: relative to the review, approval, and adoption of agency rules. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
5. HB394 HB394: relative to real estate tax lien procedures for tax collectors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means
6. HB439 HB439: relative to registration requirements for criminal offenders. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
7. HB561 HB561: relative to reasonable accommodation by employers under the state law against discrimination. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
8. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB668 HB668: relative to appeals of decisions by boards, commissions, and agencies regulating professional occupations. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
10. SB28 SB28: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor
11. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
12. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted Signed by Governor
13. SB43 SB43: relative to the administration of estates of persons presumed dead. Enacted Signed by Governor
14. SB54 SB54: clarifying the role of a guardian ad litem in guardianship proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
15. SB57 SB57: establishing a commission to study ways to alleviate medical malpractice premiums for high risk specialties. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
16. SB59 SB59: relative to the general powers and duties of guardianship. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
17. SB60 SB60: clarifying probate court procedures in cases involving the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
18. SB61 SB61: (New Title) relative to judges giving notice of intent to retire, and relative to retired status for judges and assignment of judicial referees. Enacted Signed by Governor
19. SB62 SB62: allowing court fees to be paid by credit card. Enacted Signed by Governor
20. SB63 SB63: establishing a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
21. SB67 SB67: eliminating health status as a rating factor for small group health insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
22. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. Senate · SENATE Education
23. SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
24. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
25. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
26. SB167 SB167: relative to extension of guardianship. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
27. SB168 SB168: relative to administration of estates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
28. SB169 SB169: relative to access to confidential court records. House · HOUSE Judiciary
29. SB177 SB177: prohibiting the sale of certain food and drinks in the public school cafeterias. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
30. SB186 SB186: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on probate or district court cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
31. SB187 SB187: relative to allowing alternative certified hazardous waste coordinator programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
32. SB198 SB198: relative to regulating home contractors. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
33. SB224 SB224: relative to the committee on judicial conduct. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
34. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
35. SR1 SR1: requesting the United States Congress to assure that compensation is provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

2004 (35 bills sponsored; 17 bills enacted)

1. HB734 HB734: establishing a pilot program to open the state house on Saturdays. House · HOUSE Legislative Administration
2. HB1168 HB1168: establishing a committee to study the effects of the current business tax structure on New Hampshire's economy. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
5. HB1278 HB1278: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
6. HB1336 HB1336: relative to the procedures for the legislative ethics committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
7. HB1352 HB1352: requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
8. HB1417 HB1417: relative to examination of persons called as jurors in civil cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB1424 HB1424: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study commission to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. Senate · SENATE INTERSTATE COOPERATION
10. SB95 SB95: relative to the development of workforce housing within municipalities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB118 SB118: establishing a ladders to literacy program and making an appropriation therefor. Senate · SENATE Education
12. SB215 SB215: relative to the use of prerecorded telephone messages for political advocacy. House · HOUSE Election Law
13. SB311 SB311: relative to civil penalties for unlawful campaign practices. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
14. SB332 SB332: relative to tolls for disabled veterans. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
15. SB360 SB360: requiring written notification concerning certain offenders against children. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
16. SB380 SB380: establishing a statewide incident command system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
17. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
18. SB392 SB392: relative to criminal responsibility for certain offenses committed by persons 13 years of age or older. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
19. SB406 SB406: relative to adoption procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
20. SB408 SB408: relative to a civil liability exemption for claims resulting from weight gain and obesity. House · HOUSE Judiciary
21. SB410 SB410: relative to funding for the statewide education improvement and assessment programs. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
22. SB421 SB421: relative to charter schools. Enacted Signed by Governor
23. SB423 SB423: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor
24. SB431 SB431: (New Title) prohibiting the waiver of workers' compensation subrogation rights and prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in construction-related contracts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
25. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. Senate · SENATE Finance
26. SB446 SB446: relative to a park and ride multi-modal facility in the city of Nashua. Senate · SENATE Capital Budget
27. SB447 SB447: relative to corporate names. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
28. SB448 SB448: relative to consumer guaranty contracts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
29. SB521 SB521: increasing the penalty for identity fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor
30. SB523 SB523: prohibiting the use of government property for electioneering. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
31. SB526 SB526: (New Title) relative to sexual harassment complaint procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor
32. SB527 SB527: relative to sessions for correction of checklists. House · HOUSE Election Law
33. SB533 SB533: relative to licensing requirements for certain recreation and child care programs. Enacted Signed by Governor
34. SR5 SR5: urging an Independent Safety Assessment for Vermont Yankee. Senate
35. SR6 SR6: urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to rescind the limitation on rental assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

2003 (23 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB182 HB182: relative to unclaimed shares and advancements to heirs. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
2. HB183 HB183: relative to a distribution from a decedent's estate to a minor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS
3. HB184 HB184: relative to distribution upon intestacy. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB185 HB185: relative to pretermitted heirs. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB186 HB186: relative to the effect of divorce or annulment upon trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS
6. HB257 HB257: relative to nomination of political candidates. House · HOUSE Election Law
7. HB360 HB360: (New Title) establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance pilot project on serving the near-poor. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
8. SB58 SB58: relative to the net operating loss under the business profits tax. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
9. SB63 SB63: (New Title) relative to establishing community reinvestment and opportunity zones and granting business tax credits for investments in projects in such zones. Enacted Signed by Governor
10. SB96 SB96: (New Title) establishing a pharmacy discount program for seniors and disabled persons and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
11. SB103 SB103: establishing a credit against the business profits tax for contributions under a rental equity builder program. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
12. SB111 SB111: relative to the standardized protocol for investigating and interviewing victims of child abuse and neglect and relative to the development of multi-disciplinary child abuse investigation teams. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
13. SB116 SB116: establishing a committee to study methods to prevent or reduce the high school dropout rate. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
14. SB123 SB123: establishing a commission to study structures for increased voter education and improved enforcement of campaign practices laws. House · HOUSE Election Law
15. SB131 SB131: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the system of health care safety net providers in New Hampshire, and options for improving access to primary and preventive care for the uninsured and underinsured. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
16. SB160 SB160: making a capital appropriation to continue construction of the vocational center in Nashua. Senate
17. SB166 SB166: establishing a committee to study methods for the state to create incentives for school districts to provide mentoring for beginning teachers. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Education
18. SB201 SB201: establishing a committee to study insurance practices relative to homeowner's insurance. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
19. SB203 SB203: requiring the New Hampshire court system to automate mental health records to comply with federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by certain persons. Senate
20. SB208 SB208: establishing a property tax cap and abatement program. Senate
21. SB209 SB209: relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. Senate
22. SB216 SB216: relative to the developmental services priority waiting list and making an appropriation therefor. Senate
23. SB217 SB217: relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education. Senate

HOUSE Children and Family Law (10 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB29 SB29: updating laws relative to child impact seminars to reflect the implementation of the judicial branch family division. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB80 SB80: relative to qualified minor's trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. SB152 SB152: relative to permanency planning for delinquent children, abused and neglected children, and children in need of services. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
4. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. SB382 SB382: relative to the guardian ad litem board. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB54 SB54: clarifying the role of a guardian ad litem in guardianship proceedings. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
2. SB406 SB406: relative to adoption procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

HOUSE COMMERCE (7 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB209 SB209: relative to licensing of money transmitters and check cashers. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB230 SB230: (New Title) relative to the qualifications and liability of the medical director responsible for utilization review under the managed care law. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB448 SB448: relative to consumer guaranty contracts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB131 SB131: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the system of health care safety net providers in New Hampshire, and options for improving access to primary and preventive care for the uninsured and underinsured. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB201 SB201: establishing a committee to study insurance practices relative to homeowner's insurance. House · HOUSE COMMERCE

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

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB533 HB533: (New Title) relative to Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification requirements for state contracts and establishing a commission to recommend a comprehensive program for increasing the use of passenger restraints in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB506 HB506: including employees of charitable organizations under the protection of the state law against discrimination. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB1692 HB1692: establishing the New Hampshire sexual predators act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB185 HB185: relative to pretermitted heirs. Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference

HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (10 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB400 SB400: relative to the authority of bail commissioners. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB65 SB65: (2nd New Title) requiring that the state provide 21 days’ written notice to the defendant prior to jury selection for his or her trial of the state’s request for an extended term of imprisonment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB136 SB136: relative to the attorney general's authority to appoint, organize, and assign investigatory personnel at the department of justice. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
3. SB194 SB194: establishing a commission to study the trafficking of persons across borders for sexual and labor exploitation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2006 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB246 SB246: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB324 SB324: requiring notification concerning certain offenders against children. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
3. SB333 SB333: relative to inquiries of DWI defendants regarding establishments serving alcohol to the defendants. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
4. SB379 SB379: (New Title) relative to harm or threats to certain government officials. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB360 SB360: requiring written notification concerning certain offenders against children. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. SB392 SB392: relative to criminal responsibility for certain offenses committed by persons 13 years of age or older. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Education (11 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2. SB359 SB359: (New Title) updating the health curriculum requirements for public school students and requiring the state board of education to provide for procedures through which students may be excused from course requirements relating to health and sex education on religious grounds without penalty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
3. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
4. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. House · HOUSE Education
2. SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. Passed · HOUSE Education
3. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Passed · HOUSE Education

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB22 SB22: (New Title) authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. House · HOUSE Education
2. SB268 SB268: (New Title) raising the age of required attendance of children in school and establishing a 2-year pilot program for increasing vocational education opportunities in the Manchester and Nashua school districts and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Education

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB116 SB116: establishing a committee to study methods to prevent or reduce the high school dropout rate. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2. SB166 SB166: establishing a committee to study methods for the state to create incentives for school districts to provide mentoring for beginning teachers. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Education

HOUSE Election Law (8 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. House · HOUSE Election Law

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB184 HB184: eliminating straight ticket voting. House · HOUSE Election Law

2004 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB215 SB215: relative to the use of prerecorded telephone messages for political advocacy. House · HOUSE Election Law
2. SB311 SB311: relative to civil penalties for unlawful campaign practices. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
3. SB527 SB527: relative to sessions for correction of checklists. House · HOUSE Election Law

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB257 HB257: relative to nomination of political candidates. House · HOUSE Election Law
2. SB123 SB123: establishing a commission to study structures for increased voter education and improved enforcement of campaign practices laws. House · HOUSE Election Law

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

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB187 SB187: relative to allowing alternative certified hazardous waste coordinator programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB349 SB349: allowing continuation of judicial retirement plan benefits for judges called to full-time active military duty. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB31 SB31: adding the chief justice of the supreme court or designee to the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB178 SB178: relative to the judicial retirement plan. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB243 SB243: relative to regulating home contractors. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB715 HB715: relative to the regulation of bingo and lucky 7. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB668 HB668: relative to appeals of decisions by boards, commissions, and agencies regulating professional occupations. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB380 SB380: establishing a statewide incident command system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (15 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

2008 (6 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB577 HB577: establishing the number of associate justices of the superior court. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB628 HB628: establishing the New Hampshire Rx advantage program and continually appropriating a special fund. House · HOUSE Finance
4. SB146 SB146: relative to allowing service credit for certain court system employment. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB442 SB442: requiring that the proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice be paid into the law library revolving fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

2007 (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
3. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
4. SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
3. SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB58 SB58: relative to the net operating loss under the business profits tax. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SCR11 SCR11: supporting the application of Taiwan for observer status at the World Health Organization. Passed · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB57 SB57: establishing a commission to study ways to alleviate medical malpractice premiums for high risk specialties. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB96 SB96: (New Title) establishing a pharmacy discount program for seniors and disabled persons and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

HOUSE Judiciary (41 bills sponsored; 32 bills enacted)

2008 (12 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

1. HB786 HB786: relative to compensation for retired full-time justices for service after retirement. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB329 SB329: (New Title) relative to payment of members of screening panels for medical injury claims. House · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB350 SB350: extending the surcharge on probate court entry fees to judicial branch family division cases which would previously have been brought in probate court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
4. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
5. SB399 SB399: permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
6. SB444 SB444: relative to settlements on behalf of minors and judgments and decrees in favor of minors. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB445 SB445: (New Title) changing the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
8. SB446 SB446: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on either court in certain circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
9. SB447 SB447: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding pleas by mail and noncomputerized courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
10. SB460 SB460: relative to the definition of surviving issue. House · HOUSE Judiciary
11. SB487 SB487: clarifying the law regarding bail pending appeal. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
12. SB488 SB488: relative to jurisdiction of the probate courts and superior courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2007 (13 bills sponsored; 12 bills enacted)

1. SB28 SB28: redefining the "board of the public employer for the judiciary" in public employee collective bargaining. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB30 SB30: combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB33 SB33: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
4. SB39 SB39: allowing a newly-retired supreme court justice to continue to participate as a temporary justice in a case held before retirement but decided after. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
5. SB51 SB51: transferring authority over court forms from the supreme court to the judicial branch administrative council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
6. SB107 SB107: authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB108 SB108: making technical corrections to the probate laws. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
8. SB109 SB109: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
9. SB113 SB113: relative to the position of special justice in the district court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
10. SB132 SB132: allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
11. SB145 SB145: allowing marital masters and registers and deputy registers of probate to perform notarial acts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
12. SB252 SB252: relative to publication of supreme court reports. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
13. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2006 (8 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB1721 HB1721: relative to changes in the use of weighted caseload statistics in the calculation of the salaries of part-time district court justices. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB24 SB24: relative to disposition upon death of patient accounts in nursing homes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. House · HOUSE Judiciary
4. SB245 SB245: repealing laws relative to the municipal courts and the administrative committee of the district and municipal courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
5. SB274 SB274: adding court security to the duties of the New Hampshire court accreditation commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
6. SB284 SB284: ( New Title ) establishing a third full-time justice position in the Manchester, Nashua, and Concord District Courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB286 SB286: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. House · HOUSE Judiciary
8. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2005 (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. SB59 SB59: relative to the general powers and duties of guardianship. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB60 SB60: clarifying probate court procedures in cases involving the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB167 SB167: relative to extension of guardianship. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
4. SB168 SB168: relative to administration of estates. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
5. SB169 SB169: relative to access to confidential court records. House · HOUSE Judiciary
6. SB186 SB186: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on probate or district court cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB224 SB224: relative to the committee on judicial conduct. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB408 SB408: relative to a civil liability exemption for claims resulting from weight gain and obesity. House · HOUSE Judiciary

HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB273 SB273: relative to reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1278 HB1278: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
2. SB431 SB431: (New Title) prohibiting the waiver of workers' compensation subrogation rights and prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in construction-related contracts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Legislative Administration (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

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

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB734 HB734: establishing a pilot program to open the state house on Saturdays. House · HOUSE Legislative Administration

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
3. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB95 SB95: relative to the development of workforce housing within municipalities. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

HOUSE No Committee Assignment (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1653 HB1653: relative to providing additional fuel assistance and enhanced weatherization services to income eligible New Hampshire citizens and state matching funds for July - September 2008 disaster assistance grants, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment
2. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB64 SB64: changing the dates of the reports on court facilities made to the supreme court by the court accreditation commission and made to the commissioner of administrative services by the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB332 SB332: relative to tolls for disabled veterans. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

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

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

HOUSE Transportation (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB75 SB75: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing a New Hampshire rail transit authority that will have responsibility for developing and providing commuter rail and related public rail transportation services in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

HOUSE Ways and Means (7 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB308 SB308: (2nd New Title) preventing potential double taxation on the identical gross business profits of business organizations. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB133 SB133: relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB134 SB134: (2nd New Title) establishing a research and development credit against business taxes and requiring the commissioner of resources and economic development to report on the research and development tax credit program. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. SB137 SB137: removing the prospective repeal of community reinvestment and opportunity zones (CROP zones). House · HOUSE Ways and Means

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB146 SB146: establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and to provide for additional staff in other New Hampshire Legal Assistance offices. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB63 SB63: establishing a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1168 HB1168: establishing a committee to study the effects of the current business tax structure on New Hampshire's economy. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (34 bills sponsored; 23 bills enacted)

2008 (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. SB32 SB32: increasing the maximum amount of debt or damages for small claims actions. House
2. SB370 SB370: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB433 SB433: relative to confidential communications between a physician and a patient. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB495 SB495: prohibiting Internet solicitation and exploitation of children. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted Signed by Governor
7. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted Signed by Governor

2007 (7 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. SB52 SB52: relative to authorizing the attorney general to bring actions for violations of New Hampshire combination and monopolies law. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB188 SB188: relative to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers. Miscellaneous
5. SB204 SB204: relative to collection of debts owed the state. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SB215 SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor
7. SR1 SR1: requesting an opinion of the justices concerning the constitutionality of SB 112. Senate

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

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

2005 (5 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. SB28 SB28: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB43 SB43: relative to the administration of estates of persons presumed dead. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB61 SB61: (New Title) relative to judges giving notice of intent to retire, and relative to retired status for judges and assignment of judicial referees. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB62 SB62: allowing court fees to be paid by credit card. Enacted Signed by Governor

2004 (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. SB421 SB421: relative to charter schools. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB423 SB423: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB521 SB521: increasing the penalty for identity fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB526 SB526: (New Title) relative to sexual harassment complaint procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor
5. SB533 SB533: relative to licensing requirements for certain recreation and child care programs. Enacted Signed by Governor
6. SR5 SR5: urging an Independent Safety Assessment for Vermont Yankee. Senate

2003 (7 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB63 SB63: (New Title) relative to establishing community reinvestment and opportunity zones and granting business tax credits for investments in projects in such zones. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB160 SB160: making a capital appropriation to continue construction of the vocational center in Nashua. Senate
3. SB203 SB203: requiring the New Hampshire court system to automate mental health records to comply with federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by certain persons. Senate
4. SB208 SB208: establishing a property tax cap and abatement program. Senate
5. SB209 SB209: relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. Senate
6. SB216 SB216: relative to the developmental services priority waiting list and making an appropriation therefor. Senate
7. SB217 SB217: relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education. Senate

SENATE BANKS (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB183 HB183: relative to a distribution from a decedent's estate to a minor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS
2. HB186 HB186: relative to the effect of divorce or annulment upon trusts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS

SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB515 HB515: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
2. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
3. SB331 SB331: relative to certain small loans. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB561 HB561: relative to reasonable accommodation by employers under the state law against discrimination. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
2. SB67 SB67: eliminating health status as a rating factor for small group health insurance. Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

SENATE Capital Budget (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB446 SB446: relative to a park and ride multi-modal facility in the city of Nashua. Senate · SENATE Capital Budget

SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB461 HB461: relative to purchasing alliances. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. SB397 SB397: relative to mail-in rebates for merchandise purchased within the state. Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

SENATE Education (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB89 SB89: authorizing the Holden School of Nursing to confer degrees. Senate · SENATE Education

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB151 HB151: requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee. Senate · SENATE Education
2. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. Senate · SENATE Education

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1352 HB1352: requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
2. SB118 SB118: establishing a ladders to literacy program and making an appropriation therefor. Senate · SENATE Education

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

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB49 HB49: relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans' home. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1265 HB1265: (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

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

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB441 SB441: relative to collective bargaining by judicial employees. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB312 HB312: relative to alternative providers for certain health services. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB719 HB719: (New Title) recodifying the Articles 1 and 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code and relative to lobbyist name tags. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1346 HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB447 SB447: relative to corporate names. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (10 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1644 HB1644: establishing a Coos county job creation tax credit. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB1652 HB1652: relative to the state obligation for payment of the non-federal share of FEMA public assistance and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. Senate · SENATE Finance

2006 (5 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB100 HB100: (New Title) amending the formula for funding public education. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB1249 HB1249: relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. SB285 SB285: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. Senate · SENATE Finance
4. SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
5. SB381 SB381: expanding business tax credits to enhance research and development. Senate · SENATE Finance

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

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

SENATE Health and Human Services (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1422 HB1422: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission on the prevention of childhood obesity. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB1435 HB1435: requiring certain food programs to comply with Centers for Disease Control/Institute of Medicine standards. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
3. SB527 SB527: relative to adult involvement for minors seeking abortions. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB177 SB177: prohibiting the sale of certain food and drinks in the public school cafeterias. Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

SENATE INSURANCE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB182 HB182: relative to unclaimed shares and advancements to heirs. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE

SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB354 HB354: relative to the review, approval, and adoption of agency rules. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1336 HB1336: relative to the procedures for the legislative ethics committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB523 SB523: prohibiting the use of government property for electioneering. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1424 HB1424: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study commission to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. Senate · SENATE INTERSTATE COOPERATION

SENATE Judiciary (19 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB401 SB401: relative to recommendations of marital masters. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB443 SB443: requiring notice to the probate court prior to the sale of real estate by an administrator or executor. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2007 (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB394 HB394: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB112 SB112: relative to recommendations of marital masters. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. SB203 SB203: relative to the use of the English language in writs and other court documents. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
5. SB253 SB253: relative to appeals in child abuse and neglect cases. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB1636 HB1636: relative to appeals from class A misdemeanor sentences imposed by the district courts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1654 HB1654: relative to the probate court mediation fund and fee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2005 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB112 HB112: relative to psychiatric evaluations in competency hearings. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB439 HB439: relative to registration requirements for criminal offenders. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2004 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1417 HB1417: relative to examination of persons called as jurors in civil cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2003 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB184 HB184: relative to distribution upon intestacy. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB111 SB111: relative to the standardized protocol for investigating and interviewing victims of child abuse and neglect and relative to the development of multi-disciplinary child abuse investigation teams. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

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

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

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

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR6 SR6: urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to rescind the limitation on rental assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB360 HB360: (New Title) establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance pilot project on serving the near-poor. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB360 SB360: establishing a surcharge on real estate transfers for deposit in the family stability fund and renaming the homeless prevention program the family stability program. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB246 HB246: establishing a committee to study the classification of employees as independent contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. SB198 SB198: relative to regulating home contractors. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

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

SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HJR24 HJR24: supporting efforts for commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

SENATE Ways and Means (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB394 HB394: relative to real estate tax lien procedures for tax collectors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means

2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB410 SB410: relative to funding for the statewide education improvement and assessment programs. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB103 SB103: establishing a credit against the business profits tax for contributions under a rental equity builder program. Senate · SENATE Ways and Means

Abortion and reproductive health (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB527 SB527: relative to adult involvement for minors seeking abortions. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

Alcohol and tobacco (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB333 SB333: relative to inquiries of DWI defendants regarding establishments serving alcohol to the defendants. 2006 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

BANKS (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB183 HB183: relative to a distribution from a decedent's estate to a minor. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS
2. HB186 HB186: relative to the effect of divorce or annulment upon trusts. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS

BANKS AND INSURANCE (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB515 HB515: (New Title) relative to purchasing alliances. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
2. HB561 HB561: relative to reasonable accommodation by employers under the state law against discrimination. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
3. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
4. SB67 SB67: eliminating health status as a rating factor for small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
5. SB331 SB331: relative to certain small loans. 2006 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

Business and labor (19 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

1. HB246 HB246: establishing a committee to study the classification of employees as independent contractors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. HB506 HB506: including employees of charitable organizations under the protection of the state law against discrimination. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB561 HB561: relative to reasonable accommodation by employers under the state law against discrimination. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
4. HB1168 HB1168: establishing a committee to study the effects of the current business tax structure on New Hampshire's economy. 2004 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
5. HB1278 HB1278: relative to the applicable minimum wage for hourly employees. 2004 · House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
6. SB28 SB28: redefining the "board of the public employer for the judiciary" in public employee collective bargaining. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB58 SB58: relative to the net operating loss under the business profits tax. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
8. SB63 SB63: (New Title) relative to establishing community reinvestment and opportunity zones and granting business tax credits for investments in projects in such zones. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor
9. SB103 SB103: establishing a credit against the business profits tax for contributions under a rental equity builder program. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
10. SB134 SB134: (2nd New Title) establishing a research and development credit against business taxes and requiring the commissioner of resources and economic development to report on the research and development tax credit program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
11. SB194 SB194: establishing a commission to study the trafficking of persons across borders for sexual and labor exploitation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
12. SB209 SB209: relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. 2003 · Senate
13. SB273 SB273: relative to reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
14. SB308 SB308: (2nd New Title) preventing potential double taxation on the identical gross business profits of business organizations. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
15. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
16. SB381 SB381: expanding business tax credits to enhance research and development. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
17. SB431 SB431: (New Title) prohibiting the waiver of workers' compensation subrogation rights and prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in construction-related contracts. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
18. SB441 SB441: relative to collective bargaining by judicial employees. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
19. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

Capital Budget (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB446 SB446: relative to a park and ride multi-modal facility in the city of Nashua. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Capital Budget

Children and family law (28 bills sponsored; 19 bills enacted)

1. HB186 HB186: relative to the effect of divorce or annulment upon trusts. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS
2. HB1396 HB1396: relative to competency of juvenile offenders. 2006 · House · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. HB1422 HB1422: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission on the prevention of childhood obesity. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
4. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB22 SB22: (New Title) authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
6. SB29 SB29: updating laws relative to child impact seminars to reflect the implementation of the judicial branch family division. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
7. SB54 SB54: clarifying the role of a guardian ad litem in guardianship proceedings. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
8. SB80 SB80: relative to qualified minor's trusts. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
9. SB107 SB107: authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
10. SB111 SB111: relative to the standardized protocol for investigating and interviewing victims of child abuse and neglect and relative to the development of multi-disciplinary child abuse investigation teams. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
11. SB152 SB152: relative to permanency planning for delinquent children, abused and neglected children, and children in need of services. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
12. SB168 SB168: establishing tuition waivers for foster children. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
13. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
14. SB176 SB176: relative to lead paint poisoning and establishing a commission to study the current childhood lead poisoning prevention law, policies, and standards. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
15. SB253 SB253: relative to appeals in child abuse and neglect cases. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
16. SB268 SB268: (New Title) raising the age of required attendance of children in school and establishing a 2-year pilot program for increasing vocational education opportunities in the Manchester and Nashua school districts and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
17. SB324 SB324: requiring notification concerning certain offenders against children. 2006 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
18. SB350 SB350: extending the surcharge on probate court entry fees to judicial branch family division cases which would previously have been brought in probate court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
19. SB360 SB360: establishing a surcharge on real estate transfers for deposit in the family stability fund and renaming the homeless prevention program the family stability program. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
20. SB360 SB360: requiring written notification concerning certain offenders against children. 2004 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
21. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
22. SB382 SB382: relative to the guardian ad litem board. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
23. SB386 SB386: relative to the guardian ad litem board and providing for certification of guardians ad litem. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
24. SB406 SB406: relative to adoption procedures. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
25. SB495 SB495: prohibiting Internet solicitation and exploitation of children. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
26. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
27. SB533 SB533: relative to licensing requirements for certain recreation and child care programs. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor
28. SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education

COMMERCE (7 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB131 SB131: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the system of health care safety net providers in New Hampshire, and options for improving access to primary and preventive care for the uninsured and underinsured. 2003 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB201 SB201: establishing a committee to study insurance practices relative to homeowner's insurance. 2003 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB209 SB209: relative to licensing of money transmitters and check cashers. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB230 SB230: (New Title) relative to the qualifications and liability of the medical director responsible for utilization review under the managed care law. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
6. SB448 SB448: relative to consumer guaranty contracts. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB461 HB461: relative to purchasing alliances. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
2. SB397 SB397: relative to mail-in rebates for merchandise purchased within the state. 2008 · Senate · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

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

1. HB185 HB185: relative to pretermitted heirs. 2003 · Senate · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB506 HB506: including employees of charitable organizations under the protection of the state law against discrimination. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB533 HB533: (New Title) relative to Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification requirements for state contracts and establishing a commission to recommend a comprehensive program for increasing the use of passenger restraints in New Hampshire. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB1692 HB1692: establishing the New Hampshire sexual predators act. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (92 bills sponsored; 61 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
5. HB112 HB112: relative to psychiatric evaluations in competency hearings. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB184 HB184: relative to distribution upon intestacy. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
7. HB360 HB360: (New Title) establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance pilot project on serving the near-poor. 2003 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
8. HB394 HB394: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB439 HB439: relative to registration requirements for criminal offenders. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HB577 HB577: establishing the number of associate justices of the superior court. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
11. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
12. HB786 HB786: relative to compensation for retired full-time justices for service after retirement. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
13. HB1212 HB1212: relative to the circumstances under which a juvenile may be committed to the youth development center until the age of 18. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
14. HB1417 HB1417: relative to examination of persons called as jurors in civil cases. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
15. HB1636 HB1636: relative to appeals from class A misdemeanor sentences imposed by the district courts. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
16. HB1654 HB1654: relative to the probate court mediation fund and fee. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
17. HB1721 HB1721: relative to changes in the use of weighted caseload statistics in the calculation of the salaries of part-time district court justices. 2006 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
18. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
19. SB24 SB24: relative to disposition upon death of patient accounts in nursing homes. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
20. SB28 SB28: redefining the "board of the public employer for the judiciary" in public employee collective bargaining. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
21. SB30 SB30: combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
22. SB31 SB31: adding the chief justice of the supreme court or designee to the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
23. SB33 SB33: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
24. SB39 SB39: allowing a newly-retired supreme court justice to continue to participate as a temporary justice in a case held before retirement but decided after. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
25. SB51 SB51: transferring authority over court forms from the supreme court to the judicial branch administrative council. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
26. SB59 SB59: relative to the general powers and duties of guardianship. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
27. SB60 SB60: clarifying probate court procedures in cases involving the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
28. SB61 SB61: (New Title) relative to judges giving notice of intent to retire, and relative to retired status for judges and assignment of judicial referees. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
29. SB62 SB62: allowing court fees to be paid by credit card. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
30. SB63 SB63: establishing a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
31. SB64 SB64: changing the dates of the reports on court facilities made to the supreme court by the court accreditation commission and made to the commissioner of administrative services by the supreme court. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
32. SB65 SB65: (2nd New Title) requiring that the state provide 21 days’ written notice to the defendant prior to jury selection for his or her trial of the state’s request for an extended term of imprisonment. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
33. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
34. SB107 SB107: authorizing the judicial branch family division and the superior court to use bail commissioners in civil cases. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
35. SB108 SB108: making technical corrections to the probate laws. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
36. SB109 SB109: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. 2007 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
37. SB111 SB111: relative to the standardized protocol for investigating and interviewing victims of child abuse and neglect and relative to the development of multi-disciplinary child abuse investigation teams. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
38. SB112 SB112: relative to recommendations of marital masters. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
39. SB113 SB113: relative to the position of special justice in the district court. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
40. SB132 SB132: allowing marital masters to be reimbursed for certain expenses and repealing a provision permitting court stenographers to be reimbursed for expenses. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
41. SB133 SB133: relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
42. SB136 SB136: relative to the attorney general's authority to appoint, organize, and assign investigatory personnel at the department of justice. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
43. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
44. SB145 SB145: allowing marital masters and registers and deputy registers of probate to perform notarial acts. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
45. SB146 SB146: relative to allowing service credit for certain court system employment. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
46. SB146 SB146: establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and to provide for additional staff in other New Hampshire Legal Assistance offices. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
47. SB167 SB167: relative to extension of guardianship. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
48. SB168 SB168: relative to administration of estates. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
49. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
50. SB169 SB169: relative to access to confidential court records. 2005 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
51. SB186 SB186: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on probate or district court cases. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
52. SB194 SB194: establishing a commission to study the trafficking of persons across borders for sexual and labor exploitation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
53. SB203 SB203: relative to the use of the English language in writs and other court documents. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
54. SB203 SB203: requiring the New Hampshire court system to automate mental health records to comply with federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by certain persons. 2003 · Senate
55. SB224 SB224: relative to the committee on judicial conduct. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
56. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. 2006 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
57. SB245 SB245: repealing laws relative to the municipal courts and the administrative committee of the district and municipal courts. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
58. SB246 SB246: relative to provisions for permissible contact between the agent of the defendant subject to a protective order and a plaintiff. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
59. SB252 SB252: relative to publication of supreme court reports. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
60. SB253 SB253: relative to appeals in child abuse and neglect cases. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
61. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
62. SB274 SB274: adding court security to the duties of the New Hampshire court accreditation commission. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
63. SB284 SB284: ( New Title ) establishing a third full-time justice position in the Manchester, Nashua, and Concord District Courts. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
64. SB285 SB285: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
65. SB286 SB286: relative to notice to defendants in small claims actions. 2006 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
66. SB324 SB324: requiring notification concerning certain offenders against children. 2006 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
67. SB329 SB329: (New Title) relative to payment of members of screening panels for medical injury claims. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
68. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
69. SB333 SB333: relative to inquiries of DWI defendants regarding establishments serving alcohol to the defendants. 2006 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
70. SB349 SB349: allowing continuation of judicial retirement plan benefits for judges called to full-time active military duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
71. SB350 SB350: extending the surcharge on probate court entry fees to judicial branch family division cases which would previously have been brought in probate court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
72. SB360 SB360: requiring written notification concerning certain offenders against children. 2004 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
73. SB370 SB370: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
74. SB378 SB378: (New Title) authorizing the supreme court to establish a business and commercial dispute docket in the superior court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
75. SB379 SB379: (New Title) relative to harm or threats to certain government officials. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
76. SB392 SB392: relative to criminal responsibility for certain offenses committed by persons 13 years of age or older. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
77. SB399 SB399: permitting annulment of certain criminal records in the supreme court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
78. SB400 SB400: relative to the authority of bail commissioners. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
79. SB401 SB401: relative to recommendations of marital masters. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
80. SB408 SB408: relative to a civil liability exemption for claims resulting from weight gain and obesity. 2004 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
81. SB442 SB442: requiring that the proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice be paid into the law library revolving fund. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
82. SB443 SB443: requiring notice to the probate court prior to the sale of real estate by an administrator or executor. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
83. SB444 SB444: relative to settlements on behalf of minors and judgments and decrees in favor of minors. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
84. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Finance
85. SB445 SB445: (New Title) changing the procedure for recommending persons for initial appointment as marital masters. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
86. SB446 SB446: allowing probate court judges and district court justices to sit on either court in certain circumstances. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
87. SB447 SB447: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding pleas by mail and noncomputerized courts. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
88. SB460 SB460: relative to the definition of surviving issue. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
89. SB487 SB487: clarifying the law regarding bail pending appeal. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
90. SB488 SB488: relative to jurisdiction of the probate courts and superior courts. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
91. SB507 SB507: (2nd New Title) relative to criminal street gangs and establishing a commission to study the scope of criminal street gang violence in New Hampshire and methods of addressing such violence. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
92. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

Education (36 bills sponsored; 17 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
5. HB100 HB100: (New Title) amending the formula for funding public education. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
6. HB151 HB151: requiring school districts to develop a school age nutrition and physical activity committee. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Education
7. HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB1249 HB1249: relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
9. HB1352 HB1352: requiring school districts to recommend daily physical activity to pupils. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
10. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
11. SB22 SB22: (New Title) authorizing Holden College to confer degrees and exempting certain teachers from additional certification requirements imposed by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
12. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
13. SB57 SB57: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. 2007 · House · HOUSE Education
14. SB82 SB82: requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Education
15. SB89 SB89: authorizing the Holden School of Nursing to confer degrees. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Education
16. SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
17. SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Finance
18. SB116 SB116: establishing a committee to study methods to prevent or reduce the high school dropout rate. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
19. SB118 SB118: establishing a ladders to literacy program and making an appropriation therefor. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Education
20. SB123 SB123: establishing a commission to study structures for increased voter education and improved enforcement of campaign practices laws. 2003 · House · HOUSE Election Law
21. SB166 SB166: establishing a committee to study methods for the state to create incentives for school districts to provide mentoring for beginning teachers. Enacted 2003 · Law without signature · HOUSE Education
22. SB177 SB177: prohibiting the sale of certain food and drinks in the public school cafeterias. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
23. SB217 SB217: relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education. 2003 · Senate
24. SB268 SB268: (New Title) raising the age of required attendance of children in school and establishing a 2-year pilot program for increasing vocational education opportunities in the Manchester and Nashua school districts and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
25. SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
26. SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
27. SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
28. SB359 SB359: (New Title) updating the health curriculum requirements for public school students and requiring the state board of education to provide for procedures through which students may be excused from course requirements relating to health and sex education on religious grounds without penalty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
29. SB410 SB410: relative to funding for the statewide education improvement and assessment programs. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
30. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
31. SB421 SB421: relative to charter schools. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor
32. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
33. SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
34. SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education
35. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education
36. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

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

1. HB49 HB49: relative to eligibility for admittance to the New Hampshire veterans' home. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Elections and voting (12 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB184 HB184: eliminating straight ticket voting. 2006 · House · HOUSE Election Law
2. HB257 HB257: relative to nomination of political candidates. 2003 · House · HOUSE Election Law
3. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
4. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
5. SB65 SB65: (2nd New Title) requiring that the state provide 21 days’ written notice to the defendant prior to jury selection for his or her trial of the state’s request for an extended term of imprisonment. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
6. SB123 SB123: establishing a commission to study structures for increased voter education and improved enforcement of campaign practices laws. 2003 · House · HOUSE Election Law
7. SB209 SB209: relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions. 2003 · Senate
8. SB215 SB215: relative to the use of prerecorded telephone messages for political advocacy. 2004 · House · HOUSE Election Law
9. SB311 SB311: relative to civil penalties for unlawful campaign practices. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
10. SB436 SB436: enabling certain persons to vote in primaries prior to turning 18 years of age. 2008 · House · HOUSE Election Law
11. SB523 SB523: prohibiting the use of government property for electioneering. 2004 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
12. SB527 SB527: relative to sessions for correction of checklists. 2004 · House · HOUSE Election Law

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

1. SB187 SB187: relative to allowing alternative certified hazardous waste coordinator programs. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture

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

1. HB1265 HB1265: (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
2. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1265 HB1265: (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

Executive administration (12 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB312 HB312: relative to alternative providers for certain health services. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB668 HB668: relative to appeals of decisions by boards, commissions, and agencies regulating professional occupations. 2005 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB715 HB715: relative to the regulation of bingo and lucky 7. 2006 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. HB719 HB719: (New Title) recodifying the Articles 1 and 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code and relative to lobbyist name tags. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB1346 HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
6. SB31 SB31: adding the chief justice of the supreme court or designee to the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
7. SB178 SB178: relative to the judicial retirement plan. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
8. SB243 SB243: relative to regulating home contractors. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
9. SB349 SB349: allowing continuation of judicial retirement plan benefits for judges called to full-time active military duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
10. SB380 SB380: establishing a statewide incident command system. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. SB441 SB441: relative to collective bargaining by judicial employees. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
12. SB447 SB447: relative to corporate names. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

Health and Human Services (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1422 HB1422: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission on the prevention of childhood obesity. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB1435 HB1435: requiring certain food programs to comply with Centers for Disease Control/Institute of Medicine standards. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
3. SB177 SB177: prohibiting the sale of certain food and drinks in the public school cafeterias. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services
4. SB527 SB527: relative to adult involvement for minors seeking abortions. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Health and Human Services

Health care (18 bills sponsored; 9 bills enacted)

1. HB312 HB312: relative to alternative providers for certain health services. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB533 HB533: (New Title) relative to Occupational Safety and Health Administration certification requirements for state contracts and establishing a commission to recommend a comprehensive program for increasing the use of passenger restraints in New Hampshire. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB1265 HB1265: (New Title) extending the final report date of the commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
5. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
6. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
7. SB57 SB57: establishing a commission to study ways to alleviate medical malpractice premiums for high risk specialties. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
8. SB67 SB67: eliminating health status as a rating factor for small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
9. SB96 SB96: (New Title) establishing a pharmacy discount program for seniors and disabled persons and making an appropriation therefor. 2003 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
10. SB131 SB131: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the system of health care safety net providers in New Hampshire, and options for improving access to primary and preventive care for the uninsured and underinsured. 2003 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
11. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
12. SB203 SB203: requiring the New Hampshire court system to automate mental health records to comply with federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by certain persons. 2003 · Senate
13. SB230 SB230: (New Title) relative to the qualifications and liability of the medical director responsible for utilization review under the managed care law. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
14. SB329 SB329: (New Title) relative to payment of members of screening panels for medical injury claims. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
15. SB359 SB359: (New Title) updating the health curriculum requirements for public school students and requiring the state board of education to provide for procedures through which students may be excused from course requirements relating to health and sex education on religious grounds without penalty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
16. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
17. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
18. SCR11 SCR11: supporting the application of Taiwan for observer status at the World Health Organization. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Housing and property (9 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB95 SB95: relative to the development of workforce housing within municipalities. 2004 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
2. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
4. SB208 SB208: establishing a property tax cap and abatement program. 2003 · Senate
5. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
7. SB523 SB523: prohibiting the use of government property for electioneering. 2004 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
8. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. SR6 SR6: urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to rescind the limitation on rental assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. 2004 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

INSURANCE (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB182 HB182: relative to unclaimed shares and advancements to heirs. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
2. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
4. SB67 SB67: eliminating health status as a rating factor for small group health insurance. 2005 · Senate · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
5. SB188 SB188: relative to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers. 2007 · Miscellaneous
6. SB201 SB201: establishing a committee to study insurance practices relative to homeowner's insurance. 2003 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB540 SB540: (New Title) relative to New Hampshire HealthFirst, an affordable, wellness-based health insurance plan for small employers. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

INTERNAL AFFAIRS (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB354 HB354: relative to the review, approval, and adoption of agency rules. 2005 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. HB1336 HB1336: relative to the procedures for the legislative ethics committee. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
3. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
4. SB523 SB523: prohibiting the use of government property for electioneering. 2004 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1424 HB1424: (New Title) establishing a pharmaceutical study commission to study direct purchasing of prescription medication by the state. 2004 · Senate · SENATE INTERSTATE COOPERATION

Legislative Administration (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB734 HB734: establishing a pilot program to open the state house on Saturdays. 2004 · House · HOUSE Legislative Administration
2. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration

Local government (12 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB1644 HB1644: establishing a Coos county job creation tax credit. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. SB95 SB95: relative to the development of workforce housing within municipalities. 2004 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB190 SB190: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study affordable housing in New Hampshire. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
6. SB245 SB245: repealing laws relative to the municipal courts and the administrative committee of the district and municipal courts. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB342 SB342: establishing a mechanism for expediting relief from municipal actions which deny, impede, or delay qualified proposals for workforce housing. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
8. SB421 SB421: (2nd New Title) relative to workforce housing. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
9. SB446 SB446: relative to a park and ride multi-modal facility in the city of Nashua. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Capital Budget
10. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
11. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
12. SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

No Committee Assignment (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1653 HB1653: relative to providing additional fuel assistance and enhanced weatherization services to income eligible New Hampshire citizens and state matching funds for July - September 2008 disaster assistance grants, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment
2. SR1 SR1: requesting the United States Congress to assure that compensation is provided to certain United States pilots held as prisoners of war during the 1991 Gulf War. 2005 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
3. SR6 SR6: urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to rescind the limitation on rental assistance under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. 2004 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
4. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

PUBLIC AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB360 HB360: (New Title) establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance pilot project on serving the near-poor. 2003 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Public and Municipal Affairs (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB246 HB246: establishing a committee to study the classification of employees as independent contractors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
2. SB198 SB198: relative to regulating home contractors. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. SB360 SB360: establishing a surcharge on real estate transfers for deposit in the family stability fund and renaming the homeless prevention program the family stability program. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs

Public finance (46 bills sponsored; 23 bills enacted)

1. CACR18 CACR18: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education, regularly determine the cost thereof, fund not less than fifty percent of the total statewide cost of an adequate education each year and distribute state aid to promote equal opportunity to receive an adequate education. 2007 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. CACR19 CACR19: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2007 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. CACR33 CACR33: relating to funding a public education. Providing that the legislature shall define standards for education, determine the level of state funding thereof, establish standards of accountability, and allocate state funds in a manner that mitigates disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, provided that every school district receives a reasonable share of the state funds on a per pupil basis. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
5. HB100 HB100: (New Title) amending the formula for funding public education. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
6. HB360 HB360: (New Title) establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance pilot project on serving the near-poor. 2003 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
7. HB577 HB577: establishing the number of associate justices of the superior court. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
8. HB628 HB628: establishing the New Hampshire Rx advantage program and continually appropriating a special fund. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
9. HB1249 HB1249: relative to state reimbursement for school breakfasts and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB1644 HB1644: establishing a Coos county job creation tax credit. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
11. HB1652 HB1652: relative to the state obligation for payment of the non-federal share of FEMA public assistance and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
12. HB1653 HB1653: relative to providing additional fuel assistance and enhanced weatherization services to income eligible New Hampshire citizens and state matching funds for July - September 2008 disaster assistance grants, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment
13. HB1654 HB1654: relative to the probate court mediation fund and fee. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
14. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
15. SB30 SB30: combining the judicial branch salary adjustment fund and the judicial branch benefit adjustment account into a single fund. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
16. SB47 SB47: making a supplemental appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
17. SB58 SB58: relative to the net operating loss under the business profits tax. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
18. SB63 SB63: establishing a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
19. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
20. SB96 SB96: (New Title) establishing a pharmacy discount program for seniors and disabled persons and making an appropriation therefor. 2003 · House · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
21. SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
22. SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Finance
23. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. 2006 · House · HOUSE Finance
24. SB118 SB118: establishing a ladders to literacy program and making an appropriation therefor. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Education
25. SB133 SB133: relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
26. SB146 SB146: relative to allowing service credit for certain court system employment. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
27. SB146 SB146: establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and to provide for additional staff in other New Hampshire Legal Assistance offices. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
28. SB160 SB160: making a capital appropriation to continue construction of the vocational center in Nashua. 2003 · Senate
29. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
30. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
31. SB215 SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
32. SB216 SB216: relative to the developmental services priority waiting list and making an appropriation therefor. 2003 · Senate
33. SB268 SB268: (New Title) raising the age of required attendance of children in school and establishing a 2-year pilot program for increasing vocational education opportunities in the Manchester and Nashua school districts and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
34. SB285 SB285: equalizing the pay of administrative judges in the judicial branch. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
35. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
36. SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
37. SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
38. SB360 SB360: establishing a surcharge on real estate transfers for deposit in the family stability fund and renaming the homeless prevention program the family stability program. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
39. SB381 SB381: expanding business tax credits to enhance research and development. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
40. SB410 SB410: relative to funding for the statewide education improvement and assessment programs. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
41. SB442 SB442: requiring that the proceeds of fees for motions to appear in court pro hac vice be paid into the law library revolving fund. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
42. SB444 SB444: relative to the age at which a person remains under the juvenile court's jurisdiction under RSA 169-B, the juvenile delinquency statute. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Finance
43. SB531 SB531: (2nd New Title) relative to making capital appropriations for the Hillsborough north superior court and the Manchester district court family division and lapsing certain prior capital appropriations, and relative to the venue for civil and criminal cases in Hillsborough county. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
44. SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
45. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education
46. SSHB1 SSHB1: relative to capital appropriations to the community college system, including the Pease campus renovation; relative to the bonding authority of the Pease development authority; relative to school building aid; relative to the secretary of state handling charge for electronic fee collection; and relative to certain fish and game programs and appropriations. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE No Committee Assignment

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1275 HB1275: relative to the role of the department of health and human services in juvenile proceedings. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Public safety (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB31 SB31: adding the chief justice of the supreme court or designee to the advisory council on emergency preparedness and security. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB109 SB109: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. 2007 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB203 SB203: requiring the New Hampshire court system to automate mental health records to comply with federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by certain persons. 2003 · Senate
4. SB370 SB370: relative to emergency powers of the supreme court. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

Public Works and Highways (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB64 SB64: changing the dates of the reports on court facilities made to the supreme court by the court accreditation commission and made to the commissioner of administrative services by the supreme court. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. SB332 SB332: relative to tolls for disabled veterans. 2004 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

Retirement and pensions (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB786 HB786: relative to compensation for retired full-time justices for service after retirement. 2008 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB39 SB39: allowing a newly-retired supreme court justice to continue to participate as a temporary justice in a case held before retirement but decided after. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
3. SB178 SB178: relative to the judicial retirement plan. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB349 SB349: allowing continuation of judicial retirement plan benefits for judges called to full-time active military duty. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

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

1. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (16 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. HB394 HB394: relative to real estate tax lien procedures for tax collectors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Ways and Means
2. HB1168 HB1168: establishing a committee to study the effects of the current business tax structure on New Hampshire's economy. 2004 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. HB1644 HB1644: establishing a Coos county job creation tax credit. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. SB58 SB58: relative to the net operating loss under the business profits tax. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
5. SB63 SB63: establishing a court mediation fund to pay the costs of a mediation program in the district courts. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
6. SB63 SB63: (New Title) relative to establishing community reinvestment and opportunity zones and granting business tax credits for investments in projects in such zones. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor
7. SB103 SB103: establishing a credit against the business profits tax for contributions under a rental equity builder program. 2003 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
8. SB133 SB133: relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
9. SB134 SB134: (2nd New Title) establishing a research and development credit against business taxes and requiring the commissioner of resources and economic development to report on the research and development tax credit program. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
10. SB137 SB137: removing the prospective repeal of community reinvestment and opportunity zones (CROP zones). 2007 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
11. SB146 SB146: establishing a civil legal services fund consisting of court filing fee surcharges for the purpose of establishing and operating a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and to provide for additional staff in other New Hampshire Legal Assistance offices. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
12. SB208 SB208: establishing a property tax cap and abatement program. 2003 · Senate
13. SB308 SB308: (2nd New Title) preventing potential double taxation on the identical gross business profits of business organizations. 2008 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
14. SB381 SB381: expanding business tax credits to enhance research and development. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
15. SB410 SB410: relative to funding for the statewide education improvement and assessment programs. 2004 · Senate · SENATE Ways and Means
16. SB524 SB524: relative to eligibility for persons to receive the elderly property tax exemption. 2008 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Transportation (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB767 HB767: (New Title) relative to insurance for volunteer drivers and establishing a state coordinating council for community transportation. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB75 SB75: (2nd New Title) relative to establishing a New Hampshire rail transit authority that will have responsibility for developing and providing commuter rail and related public rail transportation services in New Hampshire. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
4. SB164 SB164: relative to the disposal of real property purchased with highway or turnpike funds. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
5. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
6. SCR5 SCR5: urging that federal, state, and local governments work with broadcasters and consumer groups to inform New Hampshire residents of the 2009 digital broadcast conversion. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HJR24 HJR24: supporting efforts for commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. 2006 · Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

Uncategorized (16 bills sponsored; 12 bills enacted)

1. SB28 SB28: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
2. SB32 SB32: increasing the maximum amount of debt or damages for small claims actions. 2008 · House
3. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
4. SB43 SB43: relative to the administration of estates of persons presumed dead. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
5. SB52 SB52: relative to authorizing the attorney general to bring actions for violations of New Hampshire combination and monopolies law. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
6. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
7. SB204 SB204: relative to collection of debts owed the state. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
8. SB287 SB287: (New Title) making certain changes to the eminent domain statute and establishing a committee to study eminent domain issues. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor
9. SB423 SB423: relative to confidentiality and workers' compensation. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor
10. SB433 SB433: relative to confidential communications between a physician and a patient. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
11. SB521 SB521: increasing the penalty for identity fraud. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor
12. SB526 SB526: (New Title) relative to sexual harassment complaint procedures. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor
13. SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
14. SR1 SR1: requesting an opinion of the justices concerning the constitutionality of SB 112. 2007 · Senate
15. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. 2006 · Senate
16. SR5 SR5: urging an Independent Safety Assessment for Vermont Yankee. 2004 · Senate