Gary Francoeur

2002 (34 bills sponsored; 12 bills enacted)

1. CACR3 CACR3: relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. CACR5 CACR5: (New Title) relating to the rulemaking authority of the supreme court. Providing that supreme court may adopt rules that have the force and effect of law, and that the general court may regulate these matters by statute and may accept or reject any rule adopted by the supreme court, and that in the event of a conflict between a statute and a rule, the statute, if otherwise valid, shall supersede the rule. Passed · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB162 HB162: (New Title) ratifying the school board meetings and elections for Mascoma Valley Regional and Bartlett School Districts. Senate · SENATE Education
4. HB285 HB285: relative to the adoption of a state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
5. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
6. HB560 HB560: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
7. HB1106 HB1106: (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB1148 HB1148: (New Title) naming the state office complex on Hazen Drive in the city of Concord the Meldrim Thomson State Office Complex and naming New Hampshire route 25A from Wentworth to Orford the Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
9. HB1342 HB1342: relative to preparation of fiscal notes. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
10. HB1416 HB1416: relative to the extent of the authority of agencies to adopt administrative rules. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. HB1417 HB1417: eliminating the payment of the business enterprise tax on interest paid by business enterprises. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
12. HB1423 HB1423: relative to state or local government security issues under the right-to-know law and relative to threats of biological or chemical substances. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
13. HB1449 HB1449: (New Title) establishing a pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
14. HB1456 HB1456: (New Title) relative to information on drivers' licenses and relative to motor vehicle records. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
15. HB1461 HB1461: (New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
16. SB29 SB29: relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
17. SB32 SB32: exempting dumbwaiters from the elevator law. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
18. SB79 SB79: relative to plumber's licenses. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
19. SB86 SB86: establishing a process for reviewing judges. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
20. SB104 SB104: relative to regional approaches to instream flow preservation. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
21. SB105 SB105: relative to instream flow plan requirements. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
22. SB120 SB120: relative to tip pooling for certain hourly employees. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
23. SB127 SB127: relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation. Senate · SENATE INSURANCE
24. SB141 SB141: relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
25. SB300 SB300: (2nd New Title) relative to the calculation of majority votes under official ballot voting procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor
26. SB324 SB324: urging a study of the operating efficiency of state government. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
27. SB405 SB405: relative to special number plates for veterans. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
28. SB415 SB415: relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce. House
29. SB418 SB418: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
30. SB431 SB431: relative to political expenditure limitations. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
31. SB436 SB436: allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
32. SB456 SB456: making appropriations to the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor
33. SR1 SR1: a resolution urging the passage of legislation regarding the rights of voters in Manchester and Nashua. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
34. SR2 SR2: a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

2001 (20 bills sponsored; 14 bills enacted)

1. HB166 HB166: (New Title) requiring the gas utility restructuring oversight committee to study gas and hazardous substance pipeline safety. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
2. HB201 HB201: (New Title) relative to voters presenting identification to obtain a ballot. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
3. HB204 HB204: relative to loan guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB232 HB232: (New Title) relative to compensability of work-related stress injuries under the workers' compensation act and relative to election of remedies for wrongful termination or constructive discharge. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
5. HB256 HB256: limiting the liability of law enforcement agencies and their employees for injuries caused by dogs used in law enforcement work. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
6. HB275 HB275: relative to the expenditure of funds received pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
7. HB390 HB390: (New Title) relative to the Live-Birth Infants Protection Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
8. HB450 HB450: (3rd New Title) relative to work product and relative to attorneys' fees under the right-to-know law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
9. HB570 HB570: (New Title) relative to the unemployment compensation law and creating a dedicated fund for the job training program for economic growth and making certain changes to the program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB602 HB602: relative to the sale of fetal body parts. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
11. HB726 HB726: (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
12. HB740 HB740: relative to decommissioning of nuclear electric generating facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
13. HB754 HB754: relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
14. SB19 SB19: establishing a committee to study prevention of voter fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
15. SB96 SB96: repealing the requirements for resident and nonresident licenses to carry concealed weapons. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
16. SB114 SB114: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Judiciary
17. SB118 SB118: (New Title) relative to individual health insurance coverage and extending the reporting date for the healthy kids subcommittee and clarifying the mission statement of the healthy kids corporation. Enacted Signed by Governor
18. SB119 SB119: relative to small group health insurance coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor
19. SB123 SB123: establishing a committee to study how information regarding private individuals is obtained, maintained, and employed by the division of children, youth and families. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
20. SB130 SB130: extending the period in which an expired electrician's license may be renewed. House

2000 (19 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)

1. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB303 HB303: relative to the preservation of and access to legislative records and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance
3. HB1106 HB1106: making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
4. HB1116 HB1116: prohibiting partial-birth abortions. House · HOUSE Judiciary
5. HB1409 HB1409: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of reestablishing the Lawrence, Massachusetts to Manchester, New Hampshire rail service line and the Concord to Lebanon Northern passenger rail service line. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
6. HB1413 HB1413: relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
7. HB1465 HB1465: extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
8. HB1588 HB1588: relative to the authority of the department of transportation regarding rail safety inspections. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
9. SB84 SB84: relative to eligibility for welfare benefits. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
10. SB88 SB88: relative to penalties for third driving while intoxicated offenses. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
11. SB153 SB153: (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
12. SB317 SB317: allowing driver education correspondence courses to be accepted and approved by the department of safety. Senate · SENATE Transportation
13. SB365 SB365: [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities. Senate · SENATE Education
14. SB366 SB366: requiring an external financial audit of the university system of New Hampshire when the university system requests an appropriation that exceeds the prior appropriation by more than one percent. Senate · SENATE Education
15. SB368 SB368: relative to insurance fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
16. SB387 SB387: relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua and relative to alternatives to the statewide toll booth system. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
17. SB467 SB467: relative to the exemption from regulation of certain elevating devices. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
18. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
19. SR14 SR14: relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program. Senate

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

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB123 SB123: establishing a committee to study how information regarding private individuals is obtained, maintained, and employed by the division of children, youth and families. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

HOUSE COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB368 SB368: relative to insurance fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

HOUSE Committee of Conference (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1106 HB1106: (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

2001 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB256 HB256: limiting the liability of law enforcement agencies and their employees for injuries caused by dogs used in law enforcement work. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB450 HB450: (3rd New Title) relative to work product and relative to attorneys' fees under the right-to-know law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB726 HB726: (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

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

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB602 HB602: relative to the sale of fetal body parts. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB88 SB88: relative to penalties for third driving while intoxicated offenses. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

HOUSE Election Law (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB141 SB141: relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB19 SB19: establishing a committee to study prevention of voter fraud. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1416 HB1416: relative to the extent of the authority of agencies to adopt administrative rules. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB324 SB324: urging a study of the operating efficiency of state government. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2000 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB303 HB303: relative to the preservation of and access to legislative records and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance
2. SB153 SB153: (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE Judiciary (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR3 CACR3: relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB114 SB114: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Judiciary

2000 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1116 HB1116: prohibiting partial-birth abortions. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

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

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB120 SB120: relative to tip pooling for certain hourly employees. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
2. SB418 SB418: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB467 SB467: relative to the exemption from regulation of certain elevating devices. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Municipal and County Government (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB436 SB436: allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2000 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1106 HB1106: making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB387 SB387: relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua and relative to alternatives to the statewide toll booth system. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB754 HB754: relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development

HOUSE Transportation (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB405 SB405: relative to special number plates for veterans. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

HOUSE Ways and Means (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1417 HB1417: eliminating the payment of the business enterprise tax on interest paid by business enterprises. House · HOUSE Ways and Means

No committee listed (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2002 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB300 SB300: (2nd New Title) relative to the calculation of majority votes under official ballot voting procedures. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB415 SB415: relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce. House
3. SB456 SB456: making appropriations to the department of health and human services. Enacted Signed by Governor

2001 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB118 SB118: (New Title) relative to individual health insurance coverage and extending the reporting date for the healthy kids subcommittee and clarifying the mission statement of the healthy kids corporation. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB119 SB119: relative to small group health insurance coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB130 SB130: extending the period in which an expired electrician's license may be renewed. House

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR14 SR14: relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program. Senate

SENATE Education (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB162 HB162: (New Title) ratifying the school board meetings and elections for Mascoma Valley Regional and Bartlett School Districts. Senate · SENATE Education

2000 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB365 SB365: [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities. Senate · SENATE Education
2. SB366 SB366: requiring an external financial audit of the university system of New Hampshire when the university system requests an appropriation that exceeds the prior appropriation by more than one percent. Senate · SENATE Education

SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB740 HB740: relative to decommissioning of nuclear electric generating facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE ENVIRONMENT (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2002 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1449 HB1449: (New Title) establishing a pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
2. SB104 SB104: relative to regional approaches to instream flow preservation. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
3. SB105 SB105: relative to instream flow plan requirements. Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB166 HB166: (New Title) requiring the gas utility restructuring oversight committee to study gas and hazardous substance pipeline safety. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT

SENATE Executive Departments and Administration (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB32 SB32: exempting dumbwaiters from the elevator law. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. SB79 SB79: relative to plumber's licenses. Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB275 HB275: relative to the expenditure of funds received pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration

SENATE Finance (7 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

2002 (5 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB285 HB285: relative to the adoption of a state building code. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB560 HB560: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
3. HB1423 HB1423: relative to state or local government security issues under the right-to-know law and relative to threats of biological or chemical substances. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB1456 HB1456: (New Title) relative to information on drivers' licenses and relative to motor vehicle records. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
5. HB1461 HB1461: (New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

2001 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB204 HB204: relative to loan guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB570 HB570: (New Title) relative to the unemployment compensation law and creating a dedicated fund for the job training program for economic growth and making certain changes to the program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

SENATE INSURANCE (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB127 SB127: relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation. Senate · SENATE INSURANCE

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB232 HB232: (New Title) relative to compensability of work-related stress injuries under the workers' compensation act and relative to election of remedies for wrongful termination or constructive discharge. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1465 HB1465: extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE

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

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1342 HB1342: relative to preparation of fiscal notes. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE Judiciary (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR5 CACR5: (New Title) relating to the rulemaking authority of the supreme court. Providing that supreme court may adopt rules that have the force and effect of law, and that the general court may regulate these matters by statute and may accept or reject any rule adopted by the supreme court, and that in the event of a conflict between a statute and a rule, the statute, if otherwise valid, shall supersede the rule. Passed · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB86 SB86: establishing a process for reviewing judges. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB96 SB96: repealing the requirements for resident and nonresident licenses to carry concealed weapons. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

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

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR1 SR1: a resolution urging the passage of legislation regarding the rights of voters in Manchester and Nashua. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
2. SR2 SR2: a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

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

2002 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB29 SB29: relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2. SB431 SB431: relative to political expenditure limitations. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB201 HB201: (New Title) relative to voters presenting identification to obtain a ballot. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1413 HB1413: relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB390 HB390: (New Title) relative to the Live-Birth Infants Protection Act. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

2000 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB84 SB84: relative to eligibility for welfare benefits. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

SENATE Transportation (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2002 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1148 HB1148: (New Title) naming the state office complex on Hazen Drive in the city of Concord the Meldrim Thomson State Office Complex and naming New Hampshire route 25A from Wentworth to Orford the Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation

2000 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1409 HB1409: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of reestablishing the Lawrence, Massachusetts to Manchester, New Hampshire rail service line and the Concord to Lebanon Northern passenger rail service line. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
2. HB1588 HB1588: relative to the authority of the department of transportation regarding rail safety inspections. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
3. SB317 SB317: allowing driver education correspondence courses to be accepted and approved by the department of safety. Senate · SENATE Transportation

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

1. HB1116 HB1116: prohibiting partial-birth abortions. 2000 · House · HOUSE Judiciary

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

1. SB153 SB153: (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. Enacted 2000 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance

Business and labor (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB204 HB204: relative to loan guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB256 HB256: limiting the liability of law enforcement agencies and their employees for injuries caused by dogs used in law enforcement work. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB1417 HB1417: eliminating the payment of the business enterprise tax on interest paid by business enterprises. 2002 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
4. SB120 SB120: relative to tip pooling for certain hourly employees. 2002 · House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
5. SB418 SB418: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
6. SB467 SB467: relative to the exemption from regulation of certain elevating devices. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Children and family law (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2. SB123 SB123: establishing a committee to study how information regarding private individuals is obtained, maintained, and employed by the division of children, youth and families. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. SB415 SB415: relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce. 2002 · House
4. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB368 SB368: relative to insurance fraud. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

Committee of Conference (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB256 HB256: limiting the liability of law enforcement agencies and their employees for injuries caused by dogs used in law enforcement work. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2. HB450 HB450: (3rd New Title) relative to work product and relative to attorneys' fees under the right-to-know law. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB726 HB726: (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
4. HB1106 HB1106: (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference

Criminal justice and courts (11 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR3 CACR3: relating to 7-year terms for state judges. Providing that all state judges appointed on or after January 1, 2003 be commissioned for 7-year terms, which may be renewed. 2002 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. CACR5 CACR5: (New Title) relating to the rulemaking authority of the supreme court. Providing that supreme court may adopt rules that have the force and effect of law, and that the general court may regulate these matters by statute and may accept or reject any rule adopted by the supreme court, and that in the event of a conflict between a statute and a rule, the statute, if otherwise valid, shall supersede the rule. 2002 · Passed · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB113 HB113: affirming sovereign immunity as it relates to the Claremont ruling. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
5. HB602 HB602: relative to the sale of fetal body parts. 2001 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
6. HB1116 HB1116: prohibiting partial-birth abortions. 2000 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
7. SB86 SB86: establishing a process for reviewing judges. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
8. SB88 SB88: relative to penalties for third driving while intoxicated offenses. 2000 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
9. SB96 SB96: repealing the requirements for resident and nonresident licenses to carry concealed weapons. 2001 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
10. SB114 SB114: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor. 2001 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
11. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

Education (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB162 HB162: (New Title) ratifying the school board meetings and elections for Mascoma Valley Regional and Bartlett School Districts. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Education
2. HB726 HB726: (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. SB153 SB153: (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. Enacted 2000 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
4. SB317 SB317: allowing driver education correspondence courses to be accepted and approved by the department of safety. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Transportation
5. SB365 SB365: [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Education
6. SB366 SB366: requiring an external financial audit of the university system of New Hampshire when the university system requests an appropriation that exceeds the prior appropriation by more than one percent. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Education

Elections and voting (9 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB162 HB162: (New Title) ratifying the school board meetings and elections for Mascoma Valley Regional and Bartlett School Districts. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Education
2. HB201 HB201: (New Title) relative to voters presenting identification to obtain a ballot. 2001 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
3. HB232 HB232: (New Title) relative to compensability of work-related stress injuries under the workers' compensation act and relative to election of remedies for wrongful termination or constructive discharge. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
4. HB726 HB726: (New Title) relative to change of school assignment and transfers of public school pupils and relative to the voting procedures for authorizing certain capital projects in interstate school districts. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
5. SB19 SB19: establishing a committee to study prevention of voter fraud. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
6. SB29 SB29: relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
7. SB141 SB141: relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration. 2002 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
8. SB300 SB300: (2nd New Title) relative to the calculation of majority votes under official ballot voting procedures. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor
9. SR1 SR1: a resolution urging the passage of legislation regarding the rights of voters in Manchester and Nashua. 2002 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB740 HB740: relative to decommissioning of nuclear electric generating facilities. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Energy and utilities (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB166 HB166: (New Title) requiring the gas utility restructuring oversight committee to study gas and hazardous substance pipeline safety. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
2. HB740 HB740: relative to decommissioning of nuclear electric generating facilities. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. SB130 SB130: extending the period in which an expired electrician's license may be renewed. 2001 · House

ENVIRONMENT (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB166 HB166: (New Title) requiring the gas utility restructuring oversight committee to study gas and hazardous substance pipeline safety. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
2. HB1449 HB1449: (New Title) establishing a pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
3. SB104 SB104: relative to regional approaches to instream flow preservation. 2002 · Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT
4. SB105 SB105: relative to instream flow plan requirements. 2002 · Senate · SENATE ENVIRONMENT

Environment and natural resources (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB754 HB754: relative to the testing and certification of fluorine-bearing chemicals injected into the public water supply. 2001 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2. HB1106 HB1106: (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
3. HB1449 HB1449: (New Title) establishing a pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT

Executive administration (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB275 HB275: relative to the expenditure of funds received pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB1416 HB1416: relative to the extent of the authority of agencies to adopt administrative rules. 2002 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. SB32 SB32: exempting dumbwaiters from the elevator law. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB79 SB79: relative to plumber's licenses. 2002 · Senate · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. SB324 SB324: urging a study of the operating efficiency of state government. 2002 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Health care (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2. HB1465 HB1465: extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
3. SB118 SB118: (New Title) relative to individual health insurance coverage and extending the reporting date for the healthy kids subcommittee and clarifying the mission statement of the healthy kids corporation. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor
4. SB119 SB119: relative to small group health insurance coverage. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor
5. SB456 SB456: making appropriations to the department of health and human services. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor

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

1. SB415 SB415: relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce. 2002 · House
2. SB436 SB436: allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. 2002 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

INSURANCE (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB232 HB232: (New Title) relative to compensability of work-related stress injuries under the workers' compensation act and relative to election of remedies for wrongful termination or constructive discharge. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
2. HB1465 HB1465: extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE INSURANCE
3. SB118 SB118: (New Title) relative to individual health insurance coverage and extending the reporting date for the healthy kids subcommittee and clarifying the mission statement of the healthy kids corporation. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor
4. SB119 SB119: relative to small group health insurance coverage. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor
5. SB127 SB127: relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation. 2002 · Senate · SENATE INSURANCE
6. SB368 SB368: relative to insurance fraud. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

INTERNAL AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1342 HB1342: relative to preparation of fiscal notes. 2002 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Local government (5 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1148 HB1148: (New Title) naming the state office complex on Hazen Drive in the city of Concord the Meldrim Thomson State Office Complex and naming New Hampshire route 25A from Wentworth to Orford the Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
2. SB365 SB365: [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Education
3. SB387 SB387: relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua and relative to alternatives to the statewide toll booth system. 2000 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
4. SB436 SB436: allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. 2002 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government
5. SB468 SB468: (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. 2000 · Vetoed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

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

1. SR1 SR1: a resolution urging the passage of legislation regarding the rights of voters in Manchester and Nashua. 2002 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
2. SR2 SR2: a resolution supporting the retention of the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. 2002 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

PUBLIC AFFAIRS (4 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB201 HB201: (New Title) relative to voters presenting identification to obtain a ballot. 2001 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2. HB1413 HB1413: relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
3. SB29 SB29: relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
4. SB431 SB431: relative to political expenditure limitations. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Public finance (15 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

1. HB204 HB204: relative to loan guarantees by the business finance authority. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2. HB275 HB275: relative to the expenditure of funds received pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB285 HB285: relative to the adoption of a state building code. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB303 HB303: relative to the preservation of and access to legislative records and making an appropriation therefor. 2000 · House · HOUSE Finance
5. HB560 HB560: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
6. HB570 HB570: (New Title) relative to the unemployment compensation law and creating a dedicated fund for the job training program for economic growth and making certain changes to the program. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
7. HB1106 HB1106: (New Title) repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, and the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission; establishing a reporting requirement for the environmental research advisory committee; and creating a radon study committee. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
8. HB1423 HB1423: relative to state or local government security issues under the right-to-know law and relative to threats of biological or chemical substances. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
9. HB1456 HB1456: (New Title) relative to information on drivers' licenses and relative to motor vehicle records. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
10. HB1461 HB1461: (New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
11. SB114 SB114: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues relating to judicial reform, and making an appropriation therefor. 2001 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
12. SB153 SB153: (New Title) requiring that a percentage of profits derived by the liquor commission be placed into and continually appropriated to a special fund for alcohol education and abuse prevention and treatment programs. Enacted 2000 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
13. SB365 SB365: [New Title] relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Education
14. SB366 SB366: requiring an external financial audit of the university system of New Hampshire when the university system requests an appropriation that exceeds the prior appropriation by more than one percent. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Education
15. SB456 SB456: making appropriations to the department of health and human services. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB289 HB289: implementing procedures for a hospital to assume care and custody of an abandoned child and creating an exception to the crime of endangering the welfare of a child. 2002 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
2. HB390 HB390: (New Title) relative to the Live-Birth Infants Protection Act. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
3. SB84 SB84: relative to eligibility for welfare benefits. 2000 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

Public safety (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1461 HB1461: (New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

Public Works and Highways (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1106 HB1106: making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. SB387 SB387: relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua and relative to alternatives to the statewide toll booth system. 2000 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

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

1. HB560 HB560: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the retirement plan for the judiciary. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

Taxation (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1417 HB1417: eliminating the payment of the business enterprise tax on interest paid by business enterprises. 2002 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB436 SB436: allowing municipalities to adopt a lower interest rate charged on property tax payments made for property redemptions. 2002 · House · HOUSE Municipal and County Government

Transportation (6 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB1148 HB1148: (New Title) naming the state office complex on Hazen Drive in the city of Concord the Meldrim Thomson State Office Complex and naming New Hampshire route 25A from Wentworth to Orford the Governor Meldrim Thomson Scenic Highway. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
2. HB1409 HB1409: establishing a committee to study the feasibility of reestablishing the Lawrence, Massachusetts to Manchester, New Hampshire rail service line and the Concord to Lebanon Northern passenger rail service line. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
3. HB1456 HB1456: (New Title) relative to information on drivers' licenses and relative to motor vehicle records. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
4. HB1588 HB1588: relative to the authority of the department of transportation regarding rail safety inspections. Enacted 2000 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Transportation
5. SB317 SB317: allowing driver education correspondence courses to be accepted and approved by the department of safety. 2000 · Senate · SENATE Transportation
6. SB405 SB405: relative to special number plates for veterans. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

Uncategorized (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SR14 SR14: relative to heating oil prices and the state match requirement for the federal Weatherization Program. 2000 · Senate