David Gottesman

2008 (30 bills sponsored; 19 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. HB267 HB267: relative to certain small loans. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
3. HB560 HB560: relative to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. HB632 HB632: relative to the penalty for death resulting from the trafficking of controlled drugs. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
5. HB842 HB842: establishing safety requirements and procedures for firefighters. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
6. HB1626 HB1626: relative to a new bridge over the Merrimack River. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
7. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. Senate · SENATE Finance
8. SB84 SB84: AN ACT establishing procedural requirements to improve implementation of the 10-year highway plan. House
9. SB131 SB131: relative to insurance coverage for services of midwives. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
10. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS
11. SB311 SB311: extending the statute of limitations for civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
12. SB312 SB312: relative to insurance coverage for obesity and morbid obesity. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
13. SB317 SB317: (New Title) relative to the sale of tobacco products and the appeals process concerning the seizure of illegal tobacco products. Enacted Signed by Governor
14. SB335 SB335: allowing certain judges to terminate membership in the judicial retirement plan and elect senior active status. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
15. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
16. SB386 SB386: relative to service territories served by several telephone utilities. Enacted Signed by Governor
17. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
18. SB439 SB439: relative to money transmitters and mortgage servicing companies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
19. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
20. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
21. SB501 SB501: (4th New Title) relative to workers’ compensation on certain state projects, penalty collection powers of the department of labor and permanent impairment awards under workers’ compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
22. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
23. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
24. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted Signed by Governor
25. SB537 SB537: relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
26. SB538 SB538: relative to the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees and repealing a motor vehicle regulation statute applicable to the community college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
27. 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
28. 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
29. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
30. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2007 (38 bills sponsored; 28 bills enacted)

1. HB143 HB143: relative to the apportionment of damages in civil actions. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB183 HB183: relative to the acquisition of a certain tract of land in the towns of Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple as a state reservation, and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. HB395 HB395: relative to penalties for computer crime. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB438 HB438: renaming a certain island in Blackey's Cove in Lake Winnipesaukee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. HB468 HB468: relative to establishing the freedom's way heritage area and commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
6. HB549 HB549: relative to accepting a purchase and sale agreement on developed waterfront property. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
7. HB707 HB707: relative to the time frames for hearings in domestic violence cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB714 HB714: relative to motorized watercraft rental agencies. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
9. HB743 HB743: relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HB821 HB821: establishing a committee to study establishing a permanent Latino affairs commission. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
11. HB914 HB914: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues related to cooperative school districts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
12. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
13. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law
14. SB38 SB38: relative to uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
15. SB42 SB42: prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
16. SB52 SB52: relative to authorizing the attorney general to bring actions for violations of New Hampshire combination and monopolies law. Enacted Signed by Governor
17. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
18. 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
19. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
20. SB88 SB88: relative to public employee terms of employment, bargaining units, and dispute resolution. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
21. SB97 SB97: (New Title) relative to unemployment administrative contributions and the training fund, and transferring the job training program administered by the department of regional community-technical colleges to the department of resources and economic development. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
22. SB100 SB100: relative to the authority of a real estate escrow agent to hold funds in the event of a dispute. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
23. SB137 SB137: removing the prospective repeal of community reinvestment and opportunity zones (CROP zones). House · HOUSE Ways and Means
24. SB161 SB161: (New Title) relative to the registration fees for mortgage servicing companies and relative to debt adjustment services. Enacted Signed by Governor
25. 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
26. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. Enacted Signed by Governor
27. SB175 SB175: establishing an apprentice hunting license. House · HOUSE FISH AND GAME
28. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
29. SB184 SB184: relative to residential home care services providers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
30. SB188 SB188: relative to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers. Miscellaneous
31. SB193 SB193: relative to adjustments to the child support guidelines under special circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
32. 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
33. SB204 SB204: relative to collection of debts owed the state. Enacted Signed by Governor
34. SB215 SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations. Enacted Signed by Governor
35. SB244 SB244: (New Title) relative to employers withholding from employees’ wages for certain purposes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
36. SB254 SB254: relative to legal representation during contract negotiations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
37. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
38. 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 (31 bills sponsored; 17 bills enacted)

1. HB292 HB292: establishing a procedure for a town to withdraw from a 3-town school district. House · HOUSE Education
2. 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
3. HB1177 HB1177: (New Title) prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. Senate · SENATE Finance
4. HB1346 HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
5. HB1360 HB1360: relative to law enforcement accounts in the regional electronic toll collection system. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
6. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
7. HB1624 HB1624: relative to boat noise. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
8. HB1660 HB1660: regulating identity theft. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
9. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HJR24 HJR24: supporting efforts for commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
11. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. House · HOUSE Finance
12. 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
13. SB207 SB207: (New Title) relative to enhanced penalties for certain crimes against the elderly and persons with a physical or mental disability. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
14. SB209 SB209: relative to licensing of money transmitters and check cashers. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
15. 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
16. SB237 SB237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
17. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. House · HOUSE Judiciary
18. 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
19. 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
20. SB281 SB281: establishing an organ and tissue donor registry. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
21. 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
22. 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
23. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
24. SB296 SB296: relative to recovery of public assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
25. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
26. SB334 SB334: authorizing the use of a credit freeze as a means of deterring identity theft. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
27. SB364 SB364: relative to funding of the fish and game search and rescue fund and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance
28. SB369 SB369: relative to portability, availability, and renewability of health coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
29. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
30. SB376 SB376: relative to revenues dedicated to the education trust fund. House
31. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. Senate

2005 (16 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

1. HB118 HB118: relative to bicycle helmet use by certain minors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. HB246 HB246: establishing a committee to study the classification of employees as independent contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
3. HB346 HB346: (New Title) relative to the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
4. HB514 HB514: establishing the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
5. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB705 HB705: relative to passenger restraints. House · HOUSE Transportation
7. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
8. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted Signed by Governor
9. SB47 SB47: relative to the definition of "party" or "parties" for the apportionment of fault in civil litigation. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
10. 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
11. SB75 SB75: relative to the statute of limitations for a civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted Signed by Governor
12. SB132 SB132: relative to the board of marital mediator certification. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
13. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
14. SB187 SB187: relative to allowing alternative certified hazardous waste coordinator programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
15. SJR1 SJR1: declaring the month of April 2005 to be Boston Red Sox Month. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Legislative Administration
16. 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

HOUSE Children and Family Law (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB193 SB193: relative to adjustments to the child support guidelines under special circumstances. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB132 SB132: relative to the board of marital mediator certification. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

HOUSE COMMERCE (15 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

2008 (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. HB560 HB560: relative to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB131 SB131: relative to insurance coverage for services of midwives. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB312 SB312: relative to insurance coverage for obesity and morbid obesity. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. 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 (6 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

1. SB38 SB38: relative to uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB42 SB42: prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB100 SB100: relative to the authority of a real estate escrow agent to hold funds in the event of a dispute. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
6. SB254 SB254: relative to legal representation during contract negotiations. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

2006 (4 bills sponsored; 2 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
3. SB334 SB334: authorizing the use of a credit freeze as a means of deterring identity theft. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB369 SB369: relative to portability, availability, and renewability of health coverage. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE

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

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB842 HB842: establishing safety requirements and procedures for firefighters. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. 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 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB207 SB207: (New Title) relative to enhanced penalties for certain crimes against the elderly and persons with a physical or mental disability. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2. 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

HOUSE Education (6 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
3. SB538 SB538: relative to the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees and repealing a motor vehicle regulation statute applicable to the community college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. 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. HB292 HB292: establishing a procedure for a town to withdraw from a 3-town school district. 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

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

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted Signed by Governor · 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 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB335 SB335: allowing certain judges to terminate membership in the judicial retirement plan and elect senior active status. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB821 HB821: establishing a committee to study establishing a permanent Latino affairs commission. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

HOUSE Finance (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. CACR34 CACR34: relating to funding of public education. Providing that the general court shall define an adequate education and distribute state funds for public education in a manner that alleviates local disparities. House · HOUSE Finance

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
3. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill 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. SB364 SB364: relative to funding of the fish and game search and rescue fund and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Finance

HOUSE FISH AND GAME (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB175 SB175: establishing an apprentice hunting license. House · HOUSE FISH AND GAME

HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (4 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB184 SB184: relative to residential home care services providers. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB296 SB296: relative to recovery of public assistance. Enacted Signed by Governor · 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

HOUSE Judiciary (5 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB311 SB311: extending the statute of limitations for civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

2006 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. House · HOUSE Judiciary
2. 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
3. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary

HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB501 SB501: (4th New Title) relative to workers’ compensation on certain state projects, penalty collection powers of the department of labor and permanent impairment awards under workers’ compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
2. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
3. SB537 SB537: relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB88 SB88: relative to public employee terms of employment, bargaining units, and dispute resolution. House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
2. SB244 SB244: (New Title) relative to employers withholding from employees’ wages for certain purposes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

HOUSE Legislative Administration (1 bill 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

HOUSE Public Works and Highways (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1626 HB1626: relative to a new bridge over the Merrimack River. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB183 HB183: relative to the acquisition of a certain tract of land in the towns of Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple as a state reservation, and making an appropriation therefor. House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB1360 HB1360: relative to law enforcement accounts in the regional electronic toll collection system. 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. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

HOUSE Transportation (4 bills sponsored; 3 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

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB281 SB281: establishing an organ and tissue donor registry. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB705 HB705: relative to passenger restraints. House · HOUSE Transportation

HOUSE Ways and Means (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2008 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB439 SB439: relative to money transmitters and mortgage servicing companies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

2007 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. SB97 SB97: (New Title) relative to unemployment administrative contributions and the training fund, and transferring the job training program administered by the department of regional community-technical colleges to the department of resources and economic development. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. 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

No committee listed (15 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

2008 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB84 SB84: AN ACT establishing procedural requirements to improve implementation of the 10-year highway plan. House
2. SB317 SB317: (New Title) relative to the sale of tobacco products and the appeals process concerning the seizure of illegal tobacco products. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB386 SB386: relative to service territories served by several telephone utilities. Enacted Signed by Governor
4. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted Signed by Governor

2007 (6 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. SB161 SB161: (New Title) relative to the registration fees for mortgage servicing companies and relative to debt adjustment services. Enacted Signed by Governor
3. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. 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

2006 (3 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. SB376 SB376: relative to revenues dedicated to the education trust fund. House
3. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. Senate

2005 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted Signed by Governor
2. SB75 SB75: relative to the statute of limitations for a civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted Signed by Governor

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

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB267 HB267: relative to certain small loans. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

SENATE Education (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB914 HB914: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues related to cooperative school districts. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB346 HB346: (New Title) relative to the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education

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

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

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

2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB237 SB237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency. Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

2007 (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB438 HB438: renaming a certain island in Blackey's Cove in Lake Winnipesaukee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB468 HB468: relative to establishing the freedom's way heritage area and commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB549 HB549: relative to accepting a purchase and sale agreement on developed waterfront property. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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

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

SENATE Finance (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. Senate · SENATE Finance

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB1177 HB1177: (New Title) prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. Senate · SENATE Finance
2. HB1624 HB1624: relative to boat noise. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance

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

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB514 HB514: establishing the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services

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

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

SENATE Judiciary (10 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

2008 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB632 HB632: relative to the penalty for death resulting from the trafficking of controlled drugs. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

2007 (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB143 HB143: relative to the apportionment of damages in civil actions. Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB395 HB395: relative to penalties for computer crime. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB707 HB707: relative to the time frames for hearings in domestic violence cases. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB743 HB743: relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2006 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB1660 HB1660: regulating identity theft. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary

2005 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
2. SB47 SB47: relative to the definition of "party" or "parties" for the apportionment of fault in civil litigation. Senate · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. Senate · SENATE Judiciary

SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (1 bill 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

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

2005 (1 bill 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

SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB714 HB714: relative to motorized watercraft rental agencies. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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

2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB118 HB118: relative to bicycle helmet use by certain minors. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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

1. SB317 SB317: (New Title) relative to the sale of tobacco products and the appeals process concerning the seizure of illegal tobacco products. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

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

1. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE

Business and labor (8 bills sponsored; 6 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. SB88 SB88: relative to public employee terms of employment, bargaining units, and dispute resolution. 2007 · House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
3. 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
4. SB244 SB244: (New Title) relative to employers withholding from employees’ wages for certain purposes. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
5. SB501 SB501: (4th New Title) relative to workers’ compensation on certain state projects, penalty collection powers of the department of labor and permanent impairment awards under workers’ compensation. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
6. SB502 SB502: relative to unemployment compensation. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
7. SB537 SB537: relative to allowing the commissioner of the department of employment security to participate in a joint local employment dynamics program with the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2008 · House · HOUSE Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
8. 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

Children and family law (7 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2. SB132 SB132: relative to the board of marital mediator certification. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
3. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
4. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB193 SB193: relative to adjustments to the child support guidelines under special circumstances. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law
6. 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
7. SB370 SB370: relative to multidisciplinary child protection teams. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Children and Family Law

COMMERCE (15 bills sponsored; 10 bills enacted)

1. HB560 HB560: relative to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing. 2008 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. SB38 SB38: relative to uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. SB42 SB42: prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB70 SB70: ( New Title ) relative to external review for disability income policies. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB100 SB100: relative to the authority of a real estate escrow agent to hold funds in the event of a dispute. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
6. SB131 SB131: relative to insurance coverage for services of midwives. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
8. SB209 SB209: relative to licensing of money transmitters and check cashers. 2006 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
9. 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
10. SB254 SB254: relative to legal representation during contract negotiations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
11. SB312 SB312: relative to insurance coverage for obesity and morbid obesity. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
12. SB334 SB334: authorizing the use of a credit freeze as a means of deterring identity theft. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
13. SB369 SB369: relative to portability, availability, and renewability of health coverage. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
14. SB472 SB472: (New Title) relative to consumer protection from certain practices of payday loan, small loan, and title loan lenders and establishing a commission to study access to consumer credit for people in New Hampshire. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
15. 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 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

1. HB267 HB267: relative to certain small loans. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Criminal justice and courts (24 bills sponsored; 15 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. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB143 HB143: relative to the apportionment of damages in civil actions. 2007 · Vetoed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. HB395 HB395: relative to penalties for computer crime. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
5. HB632 HB632: relative to the penalty for death resulting from the trafficking of controlled drugs. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
6. HB707 HB707: relative to the time frames for hearings in domestic violence cases. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
7. HB743 HB743: relative to the rights of crime victims while making a victim impact statement. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
8. HB842 HB842: establishing safety requirements and procedures for firefighters. 2008 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
9. HB1660 HB1660: regulating identity theft. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
10. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
11. SB47 SB47: relative to the definition of "party" or "parties" for the apportionment of fault in civil litigation. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
12. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
13. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
14. 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
15. SB169 SB169: (3rd New Title) establishing a death benefit to be paid to the family of a police officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty and establishing a committee to study the eligibility for and award of the benefit. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
16. 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
17. SB207 SB207: (New Title) relative to enhanced penalties for certain crimes against the elderly and persons with a physical or mental disability. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
18. SB242 SB242: prohibiting a person charged with unlawfully killing a decedent from taking from the decedent's estate. 2006 · House · HOUSE Judiciary
19. 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
20. SB261 SB261: naming the state law library the John W. King law library. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
21. 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
22. SB311 SB311: extending the statute of limitations for civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
23. SB332 SB332: making technical corrections to the uniform trust code and related statutes. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Judiciary
24. SB335 SB335: allowing certain judges to terminate membership in the judicial retirement plan and elect senior active status. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

Education (11 bills sponsored; 6 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. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB292 HB292: establishing a procedure for a town to withdraw from a 3-town school district. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education
3. HB346 HB346: (New Title) relative to the procedure for withdrawal from a cooperative school district. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
4. HB914 HB914: (New Title) establishing a committee to study issues related to cooperative school districts. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
5. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. 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
7. SB376 SB376: relative to revenues dedicated to the education trust fund. 2006 · House
8. SB415 SB415: relative to the effective date of the compulsory school attendance law. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
9. SB459 SB459: establishing an advanced manufacturing education advisory council. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
10. SB538 SB538: relative to the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees and repealing a motor vehicle regulation statute applicable to the community college system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
11. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education

ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB248 SB248: relative to ethical standards for volunteers in the executive branch. 2008 · Senate · SENATE ELECTION LAW AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS

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

1. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
2. SB36 SB36: eliminating straight ticket voting. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Election Law

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

1. SB237 SB237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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

1. SB386 SB386: relative to service territories served by several telephone utilities. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. HB438 HB438: renaming a certain island in Blackey's Cove in Lake Winnipesaukee. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB468 HB468: relative to establishing the freedom's way heritage area and commission. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3. HB549 HB549: relative to accepting a purchase and sale agreement on developed waterfront property. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB549 HB549: relative to accepting a purchase and sale agreement on developed waterfront property. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2. HB714 HB714: relative to motorized watercraft rental agencies. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
3. SB364 SB364: relative to funding of the fish and game search and rescue fund and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · House · HOUSE Finance

Executive administration (4 bills sponsored; 3 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 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
2. HB821 HB821: establishing a committee to study establishing a permanent Latino affairs commission. 2007 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
3. HB1346 HB1346: requiring certain persons to keep the contents of prescriptions confidential. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Executive Departments and Administration
4. SB335 SB335: allowing certain judges to terminate membership in the judicial retirement plan and elect senior active status. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

FISH AND GAME (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB175 SB175: establishing an apprentice hunting license. 2007 · House · HOUSE FISH AND GAME

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

1. HB514 HB514: establishing the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services

Health care (16 bills sponsored; 11 bills enacted)

1. HB514 HB514: establishing the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Health and Human Services
2. HB560 HB560: relative to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing. 2008 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
3. HB584 HB584: relative to evidence of admissions of liability in medical injury actions. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
4. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
5. 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
6. SB131 SB131: relative to insurance coverage for services of midwives. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB139 SB139: relative to admission into evidence of certain medical bills, reports, and records. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Judiciary
8. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
9. SB184 SB184: relative to residential home care services providers. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
10. 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
11. SB296 SB296: relative to recovery of public assistance. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
12. SB312 SB312: relative to insurance coverage for obesity and morbid obesity. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
13. SB369 SB369: relative to portability, availability, and renewability of health coverage. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
14. 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
15. 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
16. SJR1 SJR1: prohibiting the department of health and human services from adopting proposed administrative rule He-P 1906.02. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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

1. HB549 HB549: relative to accepting a purchase and sale agreement on developed waterfront property. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Insurance (8 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)

1. HB560 HB560: relative to insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing. 2008 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2. HB1452 HB1452: requiring insurance coverage for the cost of testing for bone marrow donation. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE BANKS AND INSURANCE
3. SB131 SB131: relative to insurance coverage for services of midwives. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. SB183 SB183: (New Title) requiring health insurance plans for family coverage to extend to dependent under age 26. 2007 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
5. SB188 SB188: relative to unfair claim settlement practices by insurers. 2007 · Miscellaneous
6. SB312 SB312: relative to insurance coverage for obesity and morbid obesity. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE COMMERCE
7. SB536 SB536: reclassifying certain positions in the insurance department. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor
8. 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 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB29 SB29: relative to processing absentee ballots. 2005 · Senate · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Legislative Administration (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)

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

Local government (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB183 HB183: relative to the acquisition of a certain tract of land in the towns of Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple as a state reservation, and making an appropriation therefor. 2007 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. HB292 HB292: establishing a procedure for a town to withdraw from a 3-town school district. 2006 · House · HOUSE Education

NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT (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. 2005 · Senate · SENATE NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

Public and Municipal Affairs (1 bill 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

Public finance (18 bills sponsored; 8 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. 2008 · House · HOUSE Finance
2. HB183 HB183: relative to the acquisition of a certain tract of land in the towns of Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple as a state reservation, and making an appropriation therefor. 2007 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. HB1177 HB1177: (New Title) prohibiting smoking in restaurants, cocktail lounges, and certain enclosed public places. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
4. HB1624 HB1624: relative to boat noise. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
5. SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
6. SB79 SB79: relative to court security and court security officers. 2008 · Senate · SENATE Finance
7. SB82 SB82: reorganizing the administration and governance of the regional community-technical college system. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
8. SB97 SB97: (New Title) relative to unemployment administrative contributions and the training fund, and transferring the job training program administered by the department of regional community-technical colleges to the department of resources and economic development. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
9. SB100 SB100: relative to the authority of a real estate escrow agent to hold funds in the event of a dispute. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
10. SB110 SB110: establishing the New Hampshire Rx plus program for prescription drugs. 2006 · House · HOUSE Finance
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. 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
13. SB215 SB215: (New Title) relative to funding for the human immunodeficiency virus prevention program and certain AIDS services organizations. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
14. 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
15. SB294 SB294: authorizing 7 additional state troopers and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
16. SB364 SB364: relative to funding of the fish and game search and rescue fund and making an appropriation therefor. 2006 · House · HOUSE Finance
17. SB376 SB376: relative to revenues dedicated to the education trust fund. 2006 · House
18. SCR4 SCR4: calling on the President and the Congress to fully fund the federal government's share of special education services in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education

Public safety (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. SB237 SB237: relative to excessive overpricing of essential commodities during a declared state of emergency. 2006 · Senate · SENATE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Public Works and Highways (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)

1. HB183 HB183: relative to the acquisition of a certain tract of land in the towns of Peterborough, Sharon, and Temple as a state reservation, and making an appropriation therefor. 2007 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
2. HB1360 HB1360: relative to law enforcement accounts in the regional electronic toll collection system. 2006 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways
3. HB1626 HB1626: relative to a new bridge over the Merrimack River. 2008 · House · HOUSE Public Works and Highways

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

1. SB335 SB335: allowing certain judges to terminate membership in the judicial retirement plan and elect senior active status. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration

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

1. SCR7 SCR7: urging the United States Department of Defense and Congress to restore full services to the Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
2. SCR8 SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2008 · Passed · HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Taxation (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)

1. SB97 SB97: (New Title) relative to unemployment administrative contributions and the training fund, and transferring the job training program administered by the department of regional community-technical colleges to the department of resources and economic development. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
2. SB137 SB137: removing the prospective repeal of community reinvestment and opportunity zones (CROP zones). 2007 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
3. 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
4. SB439 SB439: relative to money transmitters and mortgage servicing companies. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means
5. SB532 SB532: relative to administrative fines under the indoor smoking act. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Ways and Means

Transportation (8 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)

1. HB705 HB705: relative to passenger restraints. 2005 · House · HOUSE Transportation
2. HB1749 HB1749: relative to access to motor vehicle records by certain defense contractors. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Judiciary
3. SB38 SB38: relative to uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle coverage. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE COMMERCE
4. 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
5. SB84 SB84: AN ACT establishing procedural requirements to improve implementation of the 10-year highway plan. 2008 · House
6. SB281 SB281: establishing an organ and tissue donor registry. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
7. SB336 SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Transportation
8. SB538 SB538: relative to the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees and repealing a motor vehicle regulation statute applicable to the community college system. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education

TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)

1. HB118 HB118: relative to bicycle helmet use by certain minors. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2. HB714 HB714: relative to motorized watercraft rental agencies. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
3. HJR24 HJR24: supporting efforts for commuter rail in the state of New Hampshire. 2006 · Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION

Uncategorized (8 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)

1. SB37 SB37: relative to disclosure of expert testimony. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
2. 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
3. SB75 SB75: relative to the statute of limitations for a civil actions based upon a sexual assault case. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor
4. SB161 SB161: (New Title) relative to the registration fees for mortgage servicing companies and relative to debt adjustment services. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
5. SB170 SB170: establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
6. SB204 SB204: relative to collection of debts owed the state. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor
7. 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
8. SR3 SR3: noting objections to certain issues regarding "Clawback" and requesting that corrective measures be taken to limit its negative financial consequences. 2006 · Senate