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Richard Cooney
Representative · Rockingham - District 4
House · 2001; House · Rock 26 · 2001-2002; House · Rock 4 · 2005-2006; House · Rock 76 · 2003-2004
- Sponsored bills
- 29
- Enacted bills
- 13
- Topic groups
- 20
- Represented districts
- 4
Official General Court Information
- Official district listing
- Rockingham - District 4
- Represents
- Rockingham - District 4
Official Service Notes
- Official historical member selector listing: Rep. Cooney, Richard(Rock. 04)
Representation
- House 2001
- House · Rock 26 2001-2002
- House · Rock 4 2005-2006
- House · Rock 76 2003-2004
Sponsored Bills
By Year
2006 (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1317 HB1317: (New Title) relative to the control or eradication of exotic aquatic weeds and requiring a review by the department of agriculture, markets, and food, the department of environmental services, the fish and game department, and the department of resources and economic development, evaluating the current permitting process for special permits for aquatic applications of pesticides to control or eradicate exotic aquatic weeds and making recommendations to improve the process. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
- HB1407 HB1407: relative to funding exotic aquatic weeds eradication and control. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1456 HB1456: relative to licensure of septic system inspectors. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
- HB1737 HB1737: establishing a beverage fee to be paid by beverage manufacturers and distributors. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2005 (5 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
- HB215 HB215: (New Title) relative to water management and relative to the membership of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB322 HB322: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB547 HB547: changing the funding limit for on-premise-use fuel oil storage facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB568 HB568: establishing the greater Derry-Salem cooperative alliance for regional transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
- HB655 HB655: increasing the boat registration fee for public boat access and exotic aquatic weed control. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2004 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB143 HB143: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- SB505 SB505: authorizing CROP zone tax credits for taxpayers within the town of Whitefield. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
2003 (8 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)
- HB117 HB117: relative to the purchase of permissive service credit in the retirement system. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
- HB295 HB295: relative to information filed with the regional planning commissions. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
- HB353 HB353: making an appropriation for the pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. House · HOUSE Finance
- HB738 HB738: permitting aid to public water systems to be used for forming or improving regional water systems and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB810 HB810: relative to processing excavating and dredging and terrain alteration permits, changing the fees for permits, establishing 2 new positions, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Finance
- HR6 HR6: relative to criteria for establishing house representative districts. House · HOUSE Election Law
- SB106 SB106: relative to the operation of personal watercraft. Senate
- SB155 SB155: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study issues relative to groundwater withdrawals. Enacted Signed by Governor
2002 (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB592 HB592: (2nd New Title) relative to a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB755 HB755: relative to groundwater contamination and gasoline sampling. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
- HB1381 HB1381: requiring licensing of public bathing facilities and of the operators, designers, and installers of public bathing facilities. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
- HB1425 HB1425: relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- 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
- HCR23 HCR23: urging Congress to abolish the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on public lands including the White Mountain National Forest. Passed · SENATE WILDLIFE & RECREATION
2001 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB605 HB605: prohibiting televised advertisements of lottery games and prohibiting self-serve lottery game vending machines. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
- HB758 HB758: (New Title) relative to the sale of gasoline containing ethers and establishing a gasoline remediation and elimination of ethers fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- SB196 SB196: relative to the review of wireless communications facility proposals of state agencies and of proposals received by local land use boards. Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
By Committee
HOUSE COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
HOUSE Committee of Conference (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
2006 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1407 HB1407: relative to funding exotic aquatic weeds eradication and control. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2001 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB758 HB758: (New Title) relative to the sale of gasoline containing ethers and establishing a gasoline remediation and elimination of ethers fund. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1425 HB1425: relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
HOUSE Election Law (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HR6 HR6: relative to criteria for establishing house representative districts. House · HOUSE Election Law
HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1456 HB1456: relative to licensure of septic system inspectors. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB117 HB117: relative to the purchase of permissive service credit in the retirement system. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1381 HB1381: requiring licensing of public bathing facilities and of the operators, designers, and installers of public bathing facilities. House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
HOUSE Finance (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development (4 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1737 HB1737: establishing a beverage fee to be paid by beverage manufacturers and distributors. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2005 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB322 HB322: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB655 HB655: increasing the boat registration fee for public boat access and exotic aquatic weed control. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB143 HB143: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB755 HB755: relative to groundwater contamination and gasoline sampling. House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
HOUSE Ways and Means (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB505 SB505: authorizing CROP zone tax credits for taxpayers within the town of Whitefield. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
No committee listed (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2003 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
SENATE ENVIRONMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- 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
SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1317 HB1317: (New Title) relative to the control or eradication of exotic aquatic weeds and requiring a review by the department of agriculture, markets, and food, the department of environmental services, the fish and game department, and the department of resources and economic development, evaluating the current permitting process for special permits for aquatic applications of pesticides to control or eradicate exotic aquatic weeds and making recommendations to improve the process. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
SENATE Finance (5 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)
2005 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB215 HB215: (New Title) relative to water management and relative to the membership of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB547 HB547: changing the funding limit for on-premise-use fuel oil storage facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2003 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB738 HB738: permitting aid to public water systems to be used for forming or improving regional water systems and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB810 HB810: relative to processing excavating and dredging and terrain alteration permits, changing the fees for permits, establishing 2 new positions, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE Finance
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB592 HB592: (2nd New Title) relative to a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB295 HB295: relative to information filed with the regional planning commissions. Enacted Law without signature · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2001 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB568 HB568: establishing the greater Derry-Salem cooperative alliance for regional transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
SENATE WILDLIFE & RECREATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2002 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HCR23 HCR23: urging Congress to abolish the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on public lands including the White Mountain National Forest. Passed · SENATE WILDLIFE & RECREATION
By Topic
Children and family law (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1425 HB1425: relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons. 2002 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
Committee of Conference (3 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
- HB758 HB758: (New Title) relative to the sale of gasoline containing ethers and establishing a gasoline remediation and elimination of ethers fund. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1407 HB1407: relative to funding exotic aquatic weeds eradication and control. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
Criminal justice and courts (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1425 HB1425: relative to protective custody for intoxicated or incapacitated persons. 2002 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Elections and voting (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HR6 HR6: relative to criteria for establishing house representative districts. 2003 · House · HOUSE Election Law
ENVIRONMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- 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
Environment and natural resources (14 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)
- HB143 HB143: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. 2004 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB215 HB215: (New Title) relative to water management and relative to the membership of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB322 HB322: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. 2005 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB353 HB353: making an appropriation for the pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. 2003 · House · HOUSE Finance
- HB605 HB605: prohibiting televised advertisements of lottery games and prohibiting self-serve lottery game vending machines. 2001 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
- HB655 HB655: increasing the boat registration fee for public boat access and exotic aquatic weed control. 2005 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB738 HB738: permitting aid to public water systems to be used for forming or improving regional water systems and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB755 HB755: relative to groundwater contamination and gasoline sampling. 2002 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1317 HB1317: (New Title) relative to the control or eradication of exotic aquatic weeds and requiring a review by the department of agriculture, markets, and food, the department of environmental services, the fish and game department, and the department of resources and economic development, evaluating the current permitting process for special permits for aquatic applications of pesticides to control or eradicate exotic aquatic weeds and making recommendations to improve the process. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
- 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
- HB1737 HB1737: establishing a beverage fee to be paid by beverage manufacturers and distributors. 2006 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- SB106 SB106: relative to the operation of personal watercraft. 2003 · Senate
- SB155 SB155: (2nd New Title) establishing a commission to study issues relative to groundwater withdrawals. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor
ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1317 HB1317: (New Title) relative to the control or eradication of exotic aquatic weeds and requiring a review by the department of agriculture, markets, and food, the department of environmental services, the fish and game department, and the department of resources and economic development, evaluating the current permitting process for special permits for aquatic applications of pesticides to control or eradicate exotic aquatic weeds and making recommendations to improve the process. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
Executive administration (3 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB117 HB117: relative to the purchase of permissive service credit in the retirement system. 2003 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
- HB1381 HB1381: requiring licensing of public bathing facilities and of the operators, designers, and installers of public bathing facilities. 2002 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
- HB1456 HB1456: relative to licensure of septic system inspectors. 2006 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
Housing and property (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
INTERNAL AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB295 HB295: relative to information filed with the regional planning commissions. Enacted 2003 · Law without signature · SENATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Local government (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB505 SB505: authorizing CROP zone tax credits for taxpayers within the town of Whitefield. 2004 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
PUBLIC AFFAIRS (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB196 SB196: relative to the review of wireless communications facility proposals of state agencies and of proposals received by local land use boards. 2001 · Senate · SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public finance (9 bills sponsored; 8 bills enacted)
- HB215 HB215: (New Title) relative to water management and relative to the membership of the exotic aquatic weeds and species committee. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB353 HB353: making an appropriation for the pilot program to study and establish protected instream flows and water management plans on the Lamprey River and the Souhegan River. 2003 · House · HOUSE Finance
- HB547 HB547: changing the funding limit for on-premise-use fuel oil storage facilities. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB592 HB592: (2nd New Title) relative to a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. Enacted 2002 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB738 HB738: permitting aid to public water systems to be used for forming or improving regional water systems and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB758 HB758: (New Title) relative to the sale of gasoline containing ethers and establishing a gasoline remediation and elimination of ethers fund. Enacted 2001 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB810 HB810: relative to processing excavating and dredging and terrain alteration permits, changing the fees for permits, establishing 2 new positions, and making an appropriation therefor. Enacted 2003 · Law without signature · SENATE Finance
- HB1315 HB1315: (2nd New Title) AN ACT relative to the definition and classification of dams, the acceptance of Jericho Lake dam and dike in Berlin, the fish and game department's acquisition of property rights to Big Brook Bog dam in Pittsburg, and the study of potential sources of funding for the repair and maintenance of dams by the state. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1407 HB1407: relative to funding exotic aquatic weeds eradication and control. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
Retirement and pensions (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB117 HB117: relative to the purchase of permissive service credit in the retirement system. 2003 · House · HOUSE Executive Departments and Administration
Science, Technology and Energy (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB755 HB755: relative to groundwater contamination and gasoline sampling. 2002 · House · HOUSE Science, Technology and Energy
Taxation (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB505 SB505: authorizing CROP zone tax credits for taxpayers within the town of Whitefield. 2004 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
Transportation (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB143 HB143: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. 2004 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB322 HB322: relative to the registration fees and requirements for snow traveling vehicles. 2005 · House · HOUSE Resources, Recreation and Development
- HB568 HB568: establishing the greater Derry-Salem cooperative alliance for regional transportation. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB568 HB568: establishing the greater Derry-Salem cooperative alliance for regional transportation. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
WILDLIFE & RECREATION (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HCR23 HCR23: urging Congress to abolish the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on public lands including the White Mountain National Forest. 2002 · Passed · SENATE WILDLIFE & RECREATION