2002 Targeted Roll Call Vote Descriptions

These are the targeted New Hampshire House Roll Call votes used in the annual analysis.

The "Vote Standard" type (Yea or Nay) is the proper vote based on the New Hampshire Constitution, the NH Republican Party Platform, and traditional Republican values.
 

Date of Vote

Bill

Vote #

Description

Vote Standard

Total Yeas

Total Nays

01/02/2002

CACR16

1

(New Title) relating to: procedure for nomination and review of judges. Providing that: judges shall be nominated and selected by an independent commission and reviewed every 10 years thereafter. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

196

163

01/02/2002

HB223

2

allowing a state resident to obtain a license for a pistol or revolver for life. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

284

76

01/02/2002

HB757

4

(2nd New Title) establishing an early literacy and reading improvement program and making an appropriation therefor. REP MIRSKI: LAY ON THE TABLE

Yea

133

227

01/10/2002

HB672

9

(New Title) relative to insurance coverage for mental and nervous conditions and for treatment for chemical dependency. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Nay

268

78

01/10/2002

HB713

10

addressing public health issues relative to indoor smoking. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Yea

234

120

01/10/2002

SB141

11

relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP

Yea

233

121

01/10/2002

HB465

12

relative to the admission to practice law and to bar association membership for attorneys. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT{2062}

Nay

266

76

01/10/2002

HB589

14

relative to eligibility for unemployment benefits for part-time workers. REP GILMAN: RECOMMIT TO LABOR COMMITTEE

Yea

182

163

01/17/2002

SB31

17

eliminating straight ticket voting. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Yea

200

142

01/17/2002

HB298

18

(New Title) relative to charter schools and establishing a charter school revolving fund. REP BURLING: FLOOR AMENDMENT{2176}

Nay

131

217

01/17/2002

HB298

19

(New Title) relative to charter schools and establishing a charter school revolving fund. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

204

150

01/17/2002

HB762

22

increasing the tobacco tax to allow for a healthy families trust fund and for increased funding for the tobacco use prevention fund. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Yea

236

108

01/17/2002

HCR14

23

declaring the New Hampshire supreme court's Claremont decisions to be an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers mandate under part I, article 37 of the New Hampshire constitution. REP SAPARETO: FLOOR AMENDMENT{2210}

Yea

212

134

01/17/2002

HCR14

24

(New Title) declaring it to be wrongful for the judiciary, either directly or indirectly, to define an adequate education or the cost of an adequate education. COMMITTEE REPORT: ADOPT AS AMENDED

Yea

187

152

01/31/2002

HB675

28

relative to mercury source reduction. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Nay

147

207

01/31/2002

HB589

29

relative to eligibility for unemployment benefits for part-time workers. REP BAROODY: FLOOR AMENDMENT{2320}

Yea

202

152

02/14/2002

HB420

34

apportioning state representative districts. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

223

134

02/14/2002

HB1330

36

requiring state agencies to respond to fiscal note requests in a timely manner. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

263

96

02/14/2002

HB1178

37

relative to the recreational taking of lobster by scuba diving. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Nay

261

92

02/14/2002

HB1209

38

relative to a civil rights act for health care providers. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

276

60

02/14/2002

HB1236

39

(New Title) establishing a committee to study the adjudication of divorces pursuant to part 2, article 76 of the New Hampshire constitution. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

216

132

02/14/2002

HB1380

41

relative to parental consent for abortions performed on children less than 16 years of age. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Nay

219

126

02/21/2002

HB1363

45

requiring the state to reimburse counties for the costs of incarcerating certain prisoners. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Yea

166

179

02/21/2002

HB1363

46

requiring the state to reimburse counties for the costs of incarcerating certain prisoners. REP BURLING: OTP

Nay

188

158

02/21/2002

HB1416

49

relative to the extent of the authority of agencies to adopt administrative rules. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

190

150

02/21/2002

HB1100

50

requiring review of judges by the judicial conduct commission and relative to staffing of the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

192

143

02/21/2002

HB1394

53

establishing a committee to study entering into the nurse licensure compact for interstate reciprocity for nurses. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

225

87

03/06/2002

HB1233

55

requiring an audit of the department of education and making an appropriation therefor. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Nay

273

83

03/06/2002

HB1376

56

relative to distribution of tobacco settlement funds. COMMITTEE REPORT: ITL

Yea

205

150

03/06/2002

HB1420

57

relative to exceptions to the prohibition on persons practicing as attorneys when not admitted to practice by the supreme court. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

185

168

03/06/2002

HB1357

62

relative to the form of drivers' licenses. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

228

113

03/07/2002

HB1346

68

relative to participation in certain health education programs. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

157

185

03/07/2002

HB1346

69

relative to participation in certain health education programs. REP MIRSKI: LAY ON THE TABLE

Yea

145

203

03/07/2002

HB1446

70

relative to the recitation of the pledge of allegiance in the public schools. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Nay

121

234

03/07/2002

HB1446

71

relative to the recitation of the pledge of allegiance in the public schools. REP ESTABROOK: FLOOR AMENDMENT{2736}

Nay

107

248

03/07/2002

HB1446

72

relative to the recitation of the pledge of allegiance in the public schools. COMMITTEE MINORITY REPORT: OTP

Yea

253

101

03/07/2002

HB1461

73

(New Title) transferring the office of emergency management to the department of safety, division of fire safety and emergency management. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Nay

237

112

03/07/2002

CACR30

74

relating to the legislature's authority to define and fund education, education taxes, and delegation of power to local school districts. Providing that the legislature shall have the authority to determine the content, extent, beneficiaries, and funding of education or to delegate that authority to local school districts; and it shall have the authority to determine the proportion of taxes necessary to fund public education which shall be provided by state and local...[SEE CACR FOR COMPLETE TITLE] COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP

Yea

169

179

03/07/2002

HB672

76

(New Title) relative to insurance coverage for mental and nervous conditions and for treatment for chemical dependency. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Yea

115

226

03/07/2002

CACR35

78

(New Title) relating to property taxation for education funding. Providing that if the state imposes a real property tax to fund public education, the state shall not collect, nor shall it require a political subdivision to collect or remit, such tax inexcess of the amount contributed by the state to support the cost of adequate public education for pupils in such political subdivision. REP MIRSKI: FLOOR AMENDMENT{2869}

Yea

122

194

03/21/2002

HB1483

83

(New Title) relative to municipal budget committees. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Nay

180

157

03/21/2002

HB1100

86

(New Title) relative to the judicial conduct commission and making an appropriation therefor. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

219

112

03/21/2002

HB1464

87

prohibiting human cloning in New Hampshire. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: ITL

Nay

233

100

03/21/2002

HB1449

88

relative to the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program and making an appropriation therefor. COMMITTEE MAJORITY AMENDMENT{2881}

Yea

153

180

04/04/2002

SB332

91

(2nd New Title ) relative to the payment of medical benefits costs for certain group II permanent firemen members injured in the performance of duty. COMMITTEE REPORT: REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY

Yea

199

151

04/04/2002

SB315

92

(New Title) relative to requiring payment of a club assistance program fee by persons registering snow traveling vehicles who are not members of an organized snowmobile club. REP ROBERTS ET AL: FLOOR AMENDMENT{3140}

Nay

176

180

04/04/2002

HB1449

96

relative to the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program and making an appropriation therefor. REP SPANG ET AL: FLOOR AMENDMENT{3236}

Nay

212

125

04/17/2002

SB34

98

relative to the process for nonrenewal of teacher contracts. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT{3178}

Yea

218

119

04/17/2002

SB112

99

(New Title) relative to election day registration. COMMITTEE MAJORITY REPORT: OTP/AM

Yea

223

127

04/17/2002

SB425

100

revising the formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education. REP BURLING: SPECIAL ORDER TO LATER IN DAY

Nay

178

174

04/17/2002

SB455

101

relative to funding for district and probate court security. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP/AM

Nay

276

76

04/17/2002

SB336

102

(New Title) relative to disclosure of political contributions and expenditures. REPS STRITCH AND SCANLAN: FLOOR AMENDMENT{3536h}

Yea

200

147

04/17/2002

SB336

103

(New Title) relative to disclosure of political contributions and expenditures. REPS BRAGDON AND F DAVIS: FLOOR AMENDMENT{3481h}

Nay

164

174

04/17/2002

SB336

104

(New Title) relative to disclosure of political contributions and expenditures. REP ARNDT: OTP/AM

Yea

200

140

04/17/2002

SB425

105

revising the formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education. QUESTION: SEC. 3 OF BILL

Yea

193

143

04/17/2002

SB410

106

relative to large groundwater withdrawals. COMMITTEE MAJORITY AMENDMENT{3415}

Yea

189

122

04/17/2002

SB410

107

relative to large groundwater withdrawals. COMMITTEE MINORITY AMENDMENT{3231}

Nay

123

187

04/17/2002

SB440

108

(New Title) relative to rules for water conservation. COMMITTEE REPORT: OTP

Nay

198

93

04/25/2002

SB352

110

establishing a committee to study alternative regional public school programs for children who are at-risk. REPS KURK & FOSTER: SUSP RULES FOR REPORT

Nay

223

71

04/25/2002

SB352

111

establishing a committee to study alternative regional public school programs for children who are at-risk. QUESTION: SECS 14-15

Nay

225

102

04/25/2002

HB672

112

(New Title) relative to insurance coverage for mental and nervous conditions and for treatment for chemical dependency. REP HUNT: NONCON WITH SEN AM REQUEST CONF COMM

Yea

161

165

05/22/2002

HB298

119

(2nd New Title) relative to charter schools. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

184

145

05/22/2002

HB420

120

apportioning state representative districts. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

208

130

05/22/2002

HB465

121

(3rd New Title) relative to lobbying activities of the New Hampshire Bar Association, establishing a committee to study issues related to the unified bar, and requiring the association to poll its members on the question of de-unification. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

205

134

05/22/2002

HB622

122

relative to the time period for the executive council to confirm nominees to the supreme court. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

175

166

05/22/2002

HB1366

123

(New Title) establishing a state employee recognition and award program. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

203

137

05/22/2002

HB1393

124

(3rd New Title) relative to business replacement costs resulting from government program displacement. OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO

Yea

182

161

06/27/2002

HR

126

REPS HESS & FRANCOEUR: SUSP RULES TO CONSIDER HB 2002

Yea

212

122

06/27/2002

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127

REP SOLTANI: POSTPONE ROLL CALL ON APPEAL OF DECISION OF CHAIR

Nay

141

198

06/27/2002

---

128

UPHOLD DECISION OF CHAIR

Yea

190

142

06/27/2002

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129

REP CLEMONS: 15 MINUTE RECESS

Nay

132

196

Last Updated on 7/8/02

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