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Emma Rous
Representative · Strafford - District 7
House · Straf 7 · 2005-2010; House · Straf 72 · 2003-2004
- Sponsored bills
- 38
- Enacted bills
- 21
- Topic groups
- 17
- Represented districts
- 2
Official General Court Information
- Official district listing
- Strafford - District 7
- Represents
- Strafford - District 7
Official Service Notes
- Official historical member selector listing: Rep. Rous, Emma(Straf 07)
Representation
- House · Straf 7 2005-2010
- House · Straf 72 2003-2004
Sponsored Bills
By Year
2010 (8 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)
- HB615 HB615: (3rd New Title) relative to organization of, reorganization of, or withdrawal from a school administrative unit and amending the charter of the Brewster Academy. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB689 HB689: directing aid to isolated small schools. House · HOUSE Finance
- HB1324 HB1324: relative to staffing exceptions for geographically isolated small schools. Senate · SENATE Education
- SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
- SB372 SB372: requiring school board members to receive annual training. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
- SB373 SB373: relative to approval of alternative schools by the state board of education. House · HOUSE Education
- SB396 SB396: limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SJR3 SJR3: in support of the New England secondary school consortium. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2009 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB527 HB527: repealing the coordinated school health committee and relative to health education in kindergarten through grade 12. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- SB180 SB180: (New Title) establishing an accountability system to ensure the opportunity for an adequate education and repealing the legislative committee on costing an adequate education. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2008 (7 bills sponsored; 4 bills enacted)
- HB201 HB201: relative to recycling and reconstituting the recycling market development steering committee. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB540 HB540: relative to solid waste reduction, establishing a solid waste disposal fee, and renaming the recycling market development steering committee. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1304 HB1304: authorizing Plymouth state university to award doctoral degrees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB1390 HB1390: relative to educational improvement and accountability. House · HOUSE Education
- SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
- SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted Signed by Governor
- SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
2007 (7 bills sponsored; 5 bills enacted)
- HB216 HB216: establishing a commission to study the causes, effects, and remediation of siltation in the Great Bay Estuary. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- HB473 HB473: relative to reimbursement for members of the council for teacher education. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HCR2 HCR2: urging the federal government to establish a post office and a zip code in the town of Lee. Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
- SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. Passed · HOUSE Education
2006 (6 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB544 HB544: relative to the land and community heritage program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
- HB634 HB634: (New Title) relative to solid waste reduction, establishing a solid waste disposal fee, and renaming the recycling market development steering committee. House · HOUSE Ways and Means
- HB659 HB659: establishing a state recycling program to provide technical services to municipalities and establishing a fee on take-out food and beverages. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1622 HB1622: relative to the state recycling program. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
- SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2005 (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB152 HB152: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the uses of biodiesel for home heating and vehicular transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
- HB229 HB229: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
- SB48 SB48: (New Title) prohibiting unlawful peering into the dwelling place of another. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
2004 (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1229 HB1229: establishing a commission to study bioaccumulative toxic chemicals. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1396 HB1396: relative to implementing a bottle deposit program. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB79 SB79: (New Title) relative to penalties for the exhibition of fighting animals. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
By Committee
HOUSE COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1396 HB1396: relative to implementing a bottle deposit program. House · HOUSE COMMERCE
HOUSE Committee of Conference (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
2004 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB48 SB48: (New Title) prohibiting unlawful peering into the dwelling place of another. House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2003 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB79 SB79: (New Title) relative to penalties for the exhibition of fighting animals. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
HOUSE Education (6 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
2010 (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
- SB373 SB373: relative to approval of alternative schools by the state board of education. House · HOUSE Education
- SJR3 SJR3: in support of the New England secondary school consortium. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2008 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1390 HB1390: relative to educational improvement and accountability. House · HOUSE Education
- SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. Passed · HOUSE Education
HOUSE Environment and Agriculture (5 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2008 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB201 HB201: relative to recycling and reconstituting the recycling market development steering committee. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB540 HB540: relative to solid waste reduction, establishing a solid waste disposal fee, and renaming the recycling market development steering committee. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
2006 (2 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB659 HB659: establishing a state recycling program to provide technical services to municipalities and establishing a fee on take-out food and beverages. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1622 HB1622: relative to the state recycling program. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
2004 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1229 HB1229: establishing a commission to study bioaccumulative toxic chemicals. House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
HOUSE Finance (7 bills sponsored; 6 bills enacted)
2010 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB689 HB689: directing aid to isolated small schools. House · HOUSE Finance
- SB396 SB396: limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
2007 (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
HOUSE Ways and Means (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
No committee listed (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted Signed by Governor
SENATE Education (4 bills sponsored; 3 bills enacted)
2010 (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB615 HB615: (3rd New Title) relative to organization of, reorganization of, or withdrawal from a school administrative unit and amending the charter of the Brewster Academy. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB1324 HB1324: relative to staffing exceptions for geographically isolated small schools. Senate · SENATE Education
2009 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB527 HB527: repealing the coordinated school health committee and relative to health education in kindergarten through grade 12. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
2008 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1304 HB1304: authorizing Plymouth state university to award doctoral degrees. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB216 HB216: establishing a commission to study the causes, effects, and remediation of siltation in the Great Bay Estuary. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB544 HB544: relative to the land and community heritage program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB229 HB229: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
SENATE Finance (3 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2007 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB473 HB473: relative to reimbursement for members of the council for teacher education. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
2006 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
2005 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. Senate · SENATE Finance
SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
2010 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB372 SB372: requiring school board members to receive annual training. Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
2007 (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HCR2 HCR2: urging the federal government to establish a post office and a zip code in the town of Lee. Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
2005 (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB152 HB152: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the uses of biodiesel for home heating and vehicular transportation. Enacted Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
By Topic
Children and family law (3 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB396 SB396: limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education
COMMERCE (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB1396 HB1396: relative to implementing a bottle deposit program. 2004 · House · HOUSE COMMERCE
Committee of Conference (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
Criminal justice and courts (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB48 SB48: (New Title) prohibiting unlawful peering into the dwelling place of another. 2005 · House · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- SB79 SB79: (New Title) relative to penalties for the exhibition of fighting animals. Enacted 2003 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Education (22 bills sponsored; 14 bills enacted)
- HB473 HB473: relative to reimbursement for members of the council for teacher education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB527 HB527: repealing the coordinated school health committee and relative to health education in kindergarten through grade 12. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB615 HB615: (3rd New Title) relative to organization of, reorganization of, or withdrawal from a school administrative unit and amending the charter of the Brewster Academy. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB689 HB689: directing aid to isolated small schools. 2010 · House · HOUSE Finance
- HB927 HB927: (New Title) relative to the specific criteria and substantive educational program that define an adequate education, the resources required to provide an adequate education, and the establishment of a timetable for costing an adequate education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HB1304 HB1304: authorizing Plymouth state university to award doctoral degrees. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
- HB1324 HB1324: relative to staffing exceptions for geographically isolated small schools. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Education
- HB1390 HB1390: relative to educational improvement and accountability. 2008 · House · HOUSE Education
- SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Finance
- SB180 SB180: (New Title) establishing an accountability system to ensure the opportunity for an adequate education and repealing the legislative committee on costing an adequate education. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
- SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB312 SB312: conferring degree-granting authority to The American College of History and Legal Studies. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
- SB337 SB337: (New Title) relative to notification requirements for home education programs, adding legislative members to the home education advisory council, and establishing a commission to examine New Hampshire’s home education statutes. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
- SB372 SB372: requiring school board members to receive annual training. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
- SB373 SB373: relative to approval of alternative schools by the state board of education. 2010 · House · HOUSE Education
- SB396 SB396: limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
- SCR2 SCR2: urging Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act. 2007 · Passed · HOUSE Education
- SJR3 SJR3: in support of the New England secondary school consortium. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Education
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB216 HB216: establishing a commission to study the causes, effects, and remediation of siltation in the Great Bay Estuary. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Environment and Agriculture (5 bills sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- HB201 HB201: relative to recycling and reconstituting the recycling market development steering committee. 2008 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB540 HB540: relative to solid waste reduction, establishing a solid waste disposal fee, and renaming the recycling market development steering committee. 2008 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB659 HB659: establishing a state recycling program to provide technical services to municipalities and establishing a fee on take-out food and beverages. 2006 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1229 HB1229: establishing a commission to study bioaccumulative toxic chemicals. 2004 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1622 HB1622: relative to the state recycling program. 2006 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
Environment and natural resources (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE (2 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB229 HB229: (New Title) establishing a committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
- HB544 HB544: relative to the land and community heritage program. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE
Health care (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB527 HB527: repealing the coordinated school health committee and relative to health education in kindergarten through grade 12. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Education
Local government (4 bills sponsored; 2 bills enacted)
- HB659 HB659: establishing a state recycling program to provide technical services to municipalities and establishing a fee on take-out food and beverages. 2006 · House · HOUSE Environment and Agriculture
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
- HCR2 HCR2: urging the federal government to establish a post office and a zip code in the town of Lee. 2007 · Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
- SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
Public and Municipal Affairs (1 bill sponsored; 0 bills enacted)
- SB372 SB372: requiring school board members to receive annual training. 2010 · Senate · SENATE Public and Municipal Affairs
Public finance (10 bills sponsored; 7 bills enacted)
- HB473 HB473: relative to reimbursement for members of the council for teacher education. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · SENATE Finance
- HB689 HB689: directing aid to isolated small schools. 2010 · House · HOUSE Finance
- SB18 SB18: raising the age of required attendance of children in school. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB101 SB101: relative to payment of costs for certain students attending alternative education programs. Enacted 2007 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB109 SB109: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2005 · Senate · SENATE Finance
- SB180 SB180: (New Title) establishing an accountability system to ensure the opportunity for an adequate education and repealing the legislative committee on costing an adequate education. Enacted 2009 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB307 SB307: relative to catastrophic special education funding. 2006 · Senate · SENATE Finance
- SB308 SB308: making an appropriation for school building aid. Enacted 2006 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB396 SB396: limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and treatment facilities. Enacted 2010 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Finance
- SB539 SB539: relative to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Enacted 2008 · Law without signature · HOUSE Finance
Taxation (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB634 HB634: (New Title) relative to solid waste reduction, establishing a solid waste disposal fee, and renaming the recycling market development steering committee. 2006 · House · HOUSE Ways and Means
- HB1262 HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. Enacted 2004 · Signed by Governor · HOUSE Committee of Conference
Transportation (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB152 HB152: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the uses of biodiesel for home heating and vehicular transportation. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION (2 bills sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- HB152 HB152: (2nd New Title) establishing a committee to study the uses of biodiesel for home heating and vehicular transportation. Enacted 2005 · Signed by Governor · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
- HCR2 HCR2: urging the federal government to establish a post office and a zip code in the town of Lee. 2007 · Senate · SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
Uncategorized (1 bill sponsored; 1 bill enacted)
- SB530 SB530: relative to kindergarten aid. Enacted 2008 · Signed by Governor