Carlos Gonzalez

Republican · NH · Manchester Ward 12 Selectman

Carlos Gonzalez is a former state representative and Manchester school board member with experience in education and business. In a 2020 survey, he supported higher per-pupil school funding and tax incentives for affordable housing.

Supports

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record)

Opposes

Women's Reproductive Rights (17 records)

Mixed record

Healthcare Affordability (16 support · 21 oppose), Environment and Public Health (17 support · 21 oppose), Labor Rights (14 support · 14 oppose),

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Healthcare Affordability · 16 support · 21 oppose

Supported tabling restrictions on conversion therapy for minors; tabling failed 167–175. Opposed amended passage, which succeeded 229–99. Later supported requesting conference negotiations. That motion passed 181–138.
May 19, 2016Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against tabling SB481's hospital-licensing legislation; tabling failed, 129–182. Then supported amended passage, 198–114, and later amended passage, 195–134. The bill required licenses for new hospitals and specified high-risk medical services. It also protected critical-access hospitals from nearby facilities causing material harm.
May 11, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against rejecting repeal of Medicaid expansion’s sunset and reauthorization requirements (HB1690). The rejection passed, 211–128.
March 9, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject adding ulcerative colitis as a qualifying condition for therapeutic cannabis (HB1453). The rejection failed, 89–257.
March 9, 2016Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported extending Medicaid premium assistance through 2018, with work requirements for certain recipients. February passage succeeded 207–136; March passage succeeded 216–145. Supported citizenship-document requirements; amendment passed 179–159. Supported a court hearing before involuntary-commitment records reached the firearms background-check system; amendment passed 193–146. Opposed a health-savings-account study; amendment failed 116–215. Opposed severability protections; amendment passed 182–181. Opposed tabling the bill; tabling failed 137–221. Opposed removing work requirements; amendment failed 14–344. Opposed adding keno; amendment failed 126–233. Opposed reconsideration after each passage; reconsideration failed 120–211 and 146–214.
March 9, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against amended legislation continuing partial healthcare premiums for specified retirees becoming Medicare-eligible (HB1591). The amended bill passed, 194–162.
March 9, 2016Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against rejecting expanded medical-treatment requirements for infants born alive (HB1627). The rejection passed, 167–116.
February 10, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported adding an assessment of the greater of $12 or 24% to Liquor Commission fines. Revenue funded victim assistance, domestic-violence programs, and alcohol treatment equally. Passage succeeded 204–89.
January 20, 2016Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject establishing the federal marketplace as New Hampshire’s health insurance exchange (HB548). The rejection passed, 237–131.
March 11, 2015Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject allowing 90-day refills of topical male-hormone medications instead of the 34-day limit (HB101). The rejection passed, 191–151.
February 11, 2015Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported reconsidering SB142’s committee report; the motion passed 184–93. Supported reconsidering an earlier failed rules suspension; that motion passed 190–88. Voted to uphold the chair’s ruling allowing discussion of the bill during rules-suspension debate; the ruling was upheld 262–17. Supported suspending the rules to introduce a nongermane amendment; the motion passed 199–80 by the required two-thirds vote. Supported amendment 2327h, adopted 205–73. The amendment combined an optional integrated land development permit with new authority to contract for essential mental health services. It also repealed mandatory reviews of Medicaid reimbursement rates.
May 17, 2012Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amendment 2215h to SB356 on May 15, 2012, by 205–134. It exempted certain religious employers from contraceptive insurance coverage requirements and recodified religious society laws.
May 15, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Opposed passing amended SB409 on April 25, 2012; it passed 236–96. It authorized marijuana for qualifying medical patients and their designated caregivers.
April 25, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported HB1659’s initial abortion-information requirements, passed 189–151. They required a 24-hour waiting period and state-produced written and video materials. Supported another amended passage attempt, which failed 164–181. Opposed rejection, which failed 170–179, and tabling, which passed 190–161. Then supported a replacement with civil malpractice and professional discipline remedies; it passed 185–138. That replacement imposed no liability on the pregnant woman.
March 28, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amended HB1658 on March 28, 2012, by 245–84. It established public assistance income and identity verification and funded payments owed to residential care providers. It also directed home health aide services for medically fragile children under the Sean William Corey pilot program.
March 28, 2012Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amended HB1679, passed 224–110, prohibiting the defined partial-birth abortion procedure. Its exception required two unaffiliated physicians to determine that a physical condition endangered the pregnant woman’s life. It created criminal penalties, including physician fines of $10,000–$100,000 and one to ten years’ imprisonment, and specified civil remedies.
March 14, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amendment 1026h to HB1546 on March 7, 2012, by 187–152. He also supported its contraception provisions 196–150. They exempted employers with religious objections from required contraceptive insurance coverage.
March 7, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported HR29 on February 22, 2012, by 227–121. It urged federal officials to rescind a rule requiring health plans to cover contraceptives and sterilization.
February 22, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amended HB309, passed 229–133, and its floor amendment, adopted 231–133. The bill made insurance coverage for certified midwives optional. It required utilization review for children’s early intervention services, autism treatment and hearing aids, and established an insurance-mandate study committee. His floor amendment made bariatric-surgery coverage optional within required coverage for obesity-related diseases and treatment.
January 4, 2012Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Approved SB33's conference report on June 22, 2011, by 278–99. It required certain retired state employees younger than sixty-five to pay 12.5 percent of their health insurance premiums.
June 22, 2011Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against the initial two-year state budget, then supported the final budget (HB1). The initial bill passed 243–124; the conference report passed 274–108. Also supported added funding for domestic-violence services; that amendment failed 123–228. Supported $2.5 million yearly for childcare; that amendment failed 105–244. Supported added disability, brain-injury and family-support funding; that amendment failed 133–212. Supported added community mental-health funding; that amendment failed 134–223. Supported added addiction prevention and treatment funding; that amendment failed 112–240. He also supported HB2’s companion budget conference report, adopted 259–119.
June 22, 2011Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported amended HB329 on March 16, 2011, by 256–102. It required parental notification before a minor's abortion, with medical emergency and court bypass exceptions. He voted to override the governor's veto on June 22, 2011, by 266–102.
June 22, 2011Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject HB422 on March 15, 2011, by 294–49. It prohibited vaccination clinics in public schools.
March 15, 2011Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject required state health care fund contributions from employers with at least 1,500 workers (HB1704). Rejection passed 212–128.
February 15, 2006Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to establish health insurance purchasing alliances for employers (HB515). The House passed the amended bill 286–87.
January 4, 2006Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported an SB125 alternative retaining health status insurance rating but removing geographic rating; it failed 151–217. Then supported removing both factors for small employers and creating reinsurance. The House passed that version 280–89.
June 8, 2005Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Supported parental consent for minors receiving emergency contraception from pharmacists (SB30); that amendment failed 141–225. Then opposed pharmacist emergency contraception access through collaborative agreements; passage passed 195–169. Supported reconsideration; it failed 141–204.
May 25, 2005Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to pay medical benefit costs for disabled Group II retirement system members (HB222). The House passed the bill 236–98.
April 20, 2005Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to increase health insurance subsidies for retired Manchester municipal employees (HB521). The House passed the amended bill 281–49. The changes required a Manchester referendum.
March 23, 2005Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject authorizing medical marijuana use (HB238). The House rejected the proposal 252–116.
February 9, 2005Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject a resolution declaring universal health care a right (HCR13). The rejection passed. The vote was 248–115.
March 6, 2003Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject redirecting tobacco settlement education funding to health care and prevention (HB1376). Rejection passed 205–150.
March 6, 2002Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject a 50-cent cigarette tax increase for family health and tobacco prevention funds (HB762). Rejection passed 236–108.
January 17, 2002Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to expand insurance coverage for mental health and chemical dependency treatment (HB672). The House passed it 268–78. He later voted against killing it; that motion failed 115–226. His request for a conference committee failed 161–165.
January 10, 2002Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted against rejecting insurance coverage for prostate cancer testing (HB304). The rejection motion failed 146–217.
May 3, 2001Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to reject prescription drug assistance funded by a 3% surcharge on pharmacy benefit managers (HB540). The rejection passed 259–68.
March 22, 2001Opposes Healthcare Affordability
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Environment and Public Health · 17 support · 21 oppose

Voted against amended legislation banning natural-latex gloves and utensils in licensed food establishments (HB1605). The amended bill passed, 180–162.
March 9, 2016Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Supported revised blood-lead notices and a screening commission. The agreement required actual injury for landlord liability and excluded later remediation as liability evidence. Conference approval passed 249–103.
June 24, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
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Supported tabling mold-service licensing, which passed 206–147. Later supported professional certification for residential mold assessors. The revised bill passed 230–128.
June 3, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject child-resistant liquid-nicotine packaging and a study of indoor e-cigarette restrictions (SB105). The rejection passed, 210–143.
May 6, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject banning hydraulic fracturing and treatment of fracking wastewater (HB609). The rejection passed, 254–81.
March 11, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to table HB136, banning tanning for people under 18; tabling failed, 171–188. Then voted for the ban, which passed, 199–162.
March 4, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
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Opposed tabling SB286 on May 17, 2012; the motion failed 134–144. He then supported amended passage 160–116. It established controlled prescription monitoring, with a September 1, 2015, sunset and restrictions on grants requiring later continuation.
May 17, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
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Supported amended HB1487 on March 7, 2012, by 243–96. It barred state participation in fuel standards programs requiring fuel quotas, caps, or mandates. It permitted officials to discuss these programs and required them to report related costs.
March 7, 2012Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Supported rejecting HB1650, approved 278–60. The bill exempted food produced and sold within New Hampshire from federal regulation with the “Made in New Hampshire” label. It created misdemeanor penalties for enforcing covered federal rules and for improper use of that label. It also barred municipalities from imposing food ordinances stricter than state requirements.
March 7, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject HB1219 on February 22, 2012, by 241–100. It removed Fish and Game oversight of certain farmed deer and elk and venison sale licensing requirements.
February 22, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
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Supported amended HB1442 on February 22, 2012, by 261–80. It set motorcycle noise limits of 92 decibels at idle and 96 or 100 decibels at specified engine speeds. Violations carried fines from 100 to 300 dollars.
February 22, 2012Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against the initial two-year state budget, then supported the final budget (HB1). The initial bill passed 243–124; the conference report passed 274–108. Also supported added funding for domestic-violence services; that amendment failed 123–228. Supported $2.5 million yearly for childcare; that amendment failed 105–244. Supported added disability, brain-injury and family-support funding; that amendment failed 133–212. Supported added community mental-health funding; that amendment failed 134–223. Supported added addiction prevention and treatment funding; that amendment failed 112–240. He also supported HB2’s companion budget conference report, adopted 259–119.
June 22, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health
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Supported House passage of HB519 on February 23, 2011, by 246–104. The House version repealed New Hampshire's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. He opposed recommitting it 100–250 and supported printing the debate 240–108. He supported its later House passage on March 30, 2011, by 251–108.
March 30, 2011Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject HB422 on March 15, 2011, by 294–49. It prohibited vaccination clinics in public schools.
March 15, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health
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Opposed rejecting HB416 on March 15, 2011; the House rejected it 215–149. It allowed a conscientious belief exemption from required vaccinations.
March 15, 2011Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject HB448 on March 2, 2011, by 158–188; the motion failed. It prohibited synthetic cannabinoid products sold as Spice incense.
March 2, 2011Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject HB539 on February 23, 2011, by 178–125. It repealed vehicle emissions testing using onboard diagnostic equipment.
February 23, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to require school committees to develop nutrition and physical activity policies (HB151). The House passed the amended bill 189–162.
March 23, 2005Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject tighter emissions standards for small municipal waste combustors (HB438). The House rejected the proposal 188–131.
March 9, 2005Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject requiring continuous emissions monitoring at permitted air pollution sources (HB190). The House rejected the proposal 198–125.
March 9, 2005Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject banning the burning of construction and demolition debris (HB57). The House rejected the proposal 214–114.
March 9, 2005Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to provide $10 million for land and community heritage conservation (HB670). The House passed the amended bill 232–94.
March 9, 2005Supports Environment and Public Health
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Opposed overriding the veto of septic system construction permit requirements (HB503). The override passed. The vote was 247–88.
June 17, 2004Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for restrictions on selling and using mercury-containing products (HB366). The House passed it 206–114.
January 22, 2004Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject municipal veto authority over large groundwater withdrawals (HB454). The rejection passed. The vote was 288–74.
March 13, 2003Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to require water use efficiency and conservation rules for specified new withdrawals (SB440). The House passed it 198–93.
April 17, 2002Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against an SB410 amendment creating local groundwater review committees and public participation requirements for large commercial withdrawals. The amendment failed 123–187.
April 17, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted against an HB1449 amendment establishing instream flow and water management pilots on the Lamprey and Souhegan rivers. The amendment passed 212–126.
April 4, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject redirecting tobacco settlement education funding to health care and prevention (HB1376). Rejection passed 205–150.
March 6, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to authorize $10 million for Connecticut Lakes headwaters conservation acquisition and easements (HB1000). The House passed it 338–19.
February 14, 2002Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against mercury product labeling, disposal restrictions and an advance disposal fee (HB675). The amended bill failed 147–207.
January 31, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject a 50-cent cigarette tax increase for family health and tobacco prevention funds (HB762). Rejection passed 236–108.
January 17, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject smoke-free restaurant dining requirements (HB713). The House rejected the bill 234–120.
January 10, 2002Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for HB592 amendment1326h redirecting boat revenues to invasive plant control, harbor dredging and navigation systems. The amendment failed 148–168.
June 7, 2001Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted to table HB253’s earlier mercury emission controls and community reimbursement program; the motion failed 131–220. He then opposed passage; the House passed it 265–85.
June 7, 2001Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted for HB758 amendment0969h limiting gasoline ethers and vapor pressure. It also required investigating the state’s reformulated gasoline agreement; the amendment failed 121–244.
May 3, 2001Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against keeping $1.5 million in tobacco prevention funding instead of transferring it to the general fund (HB2). The amendment failed 173–211.
April 18, 2001Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Voted to reject HCR6, urging precaution when assessing potentially harmful products and technologies. The rejection passed 286–67.
March 8, 2001Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support

Supported a children’s savings program and Dover bonding provisions. Conference approval passed 201–145.
June 24, 2015Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
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Labor Rights · 14 support · 14 oppose

Opposed adding worker-transition protections, detention-risk reporting, and quarterly placement reviews to juvenile detention legislation. The amendment failed 141–200.
May 11, 2016Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted to reject a $100,000 benefit for school employees violently killed at work (HB1475). The rejection passed, 195–160.
March 9, 2016Opposes Labor Rights
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Supported exempting small farms from workers’ compensation requirements when payroll stayed below $10,000 and specified insurance coverage applied. Passage succeeded 270–39.
January 20, 2016Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against rejecting establishment of a state minimum hourly wage (HB684). The rejection passed, 198–145.
March 12, 2015Supports Labor Rights
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Voted to reject mandatory paid sick leave (HB600). The rejection passed, 219–122.
March 12, 2015Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against rejecting a ban on employers using credit histories in employment decisions (HB365). The rejection passed, 200–142.
March 12, 2015Supports Labor Rights
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Voted to reject reducing teachers’ waiting period for continuing contracts from five years to three (HB116). The rejection passed, 218–145.
March 4, 2015Opposes Labor Rights
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Supported amendment 1841h to SB378 on April 25, 2012, by 219–106, and amended passage 221–105. It allowed employers to request a union decertification election when dues-paying membership fell below specified thresholds. It also allowed local votes authorizing snow removal from private roads and driveways.
April 25, 2012Opposes Labor Rights
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Supported postponing HB1677's consideration on March 7, 2012, by 300–41. He opposed passing it on March 14, 2012; it passed 198–139. The Right to Work bill barred mandatory union dues and ended unions' duty to represent nonpaying public employees.
March 14, 2012Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed passing amended HB494 on January 11, 2012; it failed 169–180. It allowed tipped card and table game dealers to receive a base wage of 45 percent of the minimum wage.
January 11, 2012Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed passing amended HB383 on January 5, 2012; it passed 212–128. It prohibited public union agency fees in future contracts. It required nonpaying employees to sign a notarized waiver of negotiated rights and benefits.
January 5, 2012Supports Labor Rights
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Supported SB3’s pension-reform conference report, adopted 250–112, but later opposed its veto override, which failed 1–367. The report increased contribution rates to 7% for Group I employees, 11.80% for firefighters and 11.55% for police. New Group I hires generally faced retirement at 65 rather than 60. It changed pensionable compensation, benefit calculations, trustee composition and supplemental-benefit funding. It closed the retirement special account and required recertification of employer rates. He also supported postponing the veto vote in September, approved 259–104.
January 4, 2012Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed passing HB133 on March 16, 2011; the House passed it 239–106. It removed New Hampshire's separate minimum wage amounts and referred to federal minimum wage law. He also opposed overriding the governor's veto on June 22, 2011; the override passed 261–110.
June 22, 2011Supports Labor Rights
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Supported amended SB196 on May 18, 2011, by 253–105. It extended teachers' probation period from three to five years and barred layoffs based solely on seniority. It also changed teacher review and appeal procedures.
May 18, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted to pass SB121 on May 18, 2011, by 259–100. It raised the employer size threshold for advance layoff notices from seventy-five to one hundred workers.
May 18, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against HB474, the right-to-work bill, when the House passed its amended version 221–131. It barred compulsory union membership and removed public unions’ duty to represent employees refusing membership or dues. He also opposed the Senate-amended bill, which the House accepted 225–140 on May 4.
May 4, 2011Supports Labor Rights
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Supported HB580’s House pension-reform version, passed 228–139. It raised retirement ages and contributions and changed pensionable compensation. It placed continued fringe benefits after contract expiration under public employers’ authority. He opposed amendments preserving three-year earnings averaging for existing members and removing that fringe-benefit authority; they failed 136–224 and 137–229. He later supported the Senate replacement, accepted 352–10, which established only a committee to study public-employee collective bargaining.
May 4, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Supported HB26 amendments counting accumulated work-related thefts as gross misconduct for unemployment compensation. The first amendment retained the $500 threshold and failed 122–152. He supported a replacement lowering that threshold to more than $250, adopted 134–133, and amended passage, approved 216–51. Qualifying misconduct caused loss of all unemployment wage credits earned before dismissal.
March 17, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted to pass HB589 on March 16, 2011, by 255–88. It repealed public union certification through majority written authorization, leaving secret ballot elections.
March 16, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted to reject HB362 on March 16, 2011, by 258–83. It required binding last-best-offer arbitration for unresolved public employee bargaining disputes.
March 16, 2011Opposes Labor Rights
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Opposed rejecting HB560 on March 16, 2011; the House rejected it 238–89. It increased the state minimum wage by seventy-five cents.
March 16, 2011Supports Labor Rights
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Initially supported amendment 0325h to HB185 on February 15, 2011, by 314–52. It required local approval before certifying public employee bargaining units of three to ten workers. After reconsideration, he opposed the same amendment, which failed 118–251.
February 15, 2011Supports Labor Rights
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Voted to reject right to work legislation restricting compulsory union membership or fees (HB1496). The House rejected the proposal 255–85.
March 22, 2006Supports Labor Rights
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Voted to increase health insurance subsidies for retired Manchester municipal employees (HB521). The House passed the amended bill 281–49. The changes required a Manchester referendum.
March 23, 2005Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed rejecting a higher state minimum wage (HB1278). The House rejected the proposal. The vote was 173–172.
March 11, 2004Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed rejecting crime victim employment leave legislation (HB747). The House rejected it. The vote was 223–129.
January 22, 2004Supports Labor Rights
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Opposed rejecting a right to work bill restricting union agency fees (HB821). The House rejected it. The vote was 262–103.
March 25, 2003Opposes Labor Rights
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Voted against adding Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day holiday pay for certain part-time state workers (SB174). It also extended holiday pay eligibility to youth-services employees; passage passed 190–160.
June 7, 2001Opposes Labor Rights
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Anti-Corruption · 12 support · 7 oppose

Voted against rejecting records for government gatherings with lawyers or collective-bargaining negotiators (HB1417). These gatherings were exempt from the open-meeting definition. The proposed records listed the exemption, members, location, and starting and ending times. The rejection passed, 189–135.
March 9, 2016Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject requiring public roll-call votes when electing the House speaker (HB299). The rejection passed, 271–69.
March 12, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted for amended legislation prohibiting fees to inspect public records, including online records (HB606). The amended bill passed, 321–18.
March 12, 2015Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject mandatory police decertification for specified misconduct (HB214). The rejection passed, 233–122.
March 11, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject police reporting requirements for federal equipment, grants, and tactical-team deployments (HB669). The rejection passed, 245–110.
March 11, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject additional public hearings before state education grant applications (HB302). The rejection passed, 260–77.
March 4, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject stripping pensions and insurance from officials convicted after impeachment (CACR9). The rejection passed, 235–121.
March 4, 2015Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted for SB203’s amendment 1708h preserving real estate transfer taxation during corporate conversions; it passed 273–47. Supported amended SB203 modernizing limited liability company laws; it passed 304–18. On May 17, 2012, supported the revised bill permitting a legislative study commission’s public blogging meetings; it passed 172–106. Opposed amendment 2300h revoking court rules requiring pooled client trust accounts benefiting the New Hampshire Bar Foundation; it failed 125–159.
May 17, 2012Supports Anti-Corruption
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Supported amended HB564 on January 11, 2012, by 271–82. It subjected business tax forms to formal rulemaking and repealed mandatory electronic tax payments and related penalties.
January 11, 2012Supports Anti-Corruption
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Supported amended HB628 on January 5, 2012, by 188–136. It created procedures for citizens to record and report airport security searches to state police.
January 5, 2012Supports Anti-Corruption
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Supported amendment 2621h to HB655 on October 12, 2011; it failed 123–205. It proposed adding subpoena and sworn testimony powers to a Local Government Center investigation committee. He then supported the original study committee 323–4 and opposed tabling it 47–277.
October 12, 2011Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted for HR7 on March 16, 2011, by 242–105. It directed the House Judiciary Committee to investigate possible impeachment grounds involving marital master Phillip Cross and superior court justices.
March 16, 2011Supports Anti-Corruption
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Supported amendment 0766h to HB145 on March 15, 2011, by 215–151. It allowed recording on-duty police with notice and without interfering with their work. Its protections covered people interacting with police or recording them in public places.
March 15, 2011Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to reject HB180 on February 9, 2011, by 278–95. It removed public testimony exemptions used to determine lobbyist registration requirements.
February 9, 2011Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted against expelling Gene Chandler after a legislative ethics report; expulsion failed 172–189. Then opposed substituting censure; that motion passed 217–143. Opposed final censure, adopted 274–86.
June 1, 2005Opposes Anti-Corruption
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Voted to override the HB622 veto requiring two public hearings and a 60-day Supreme Court nomination wait. The override failed 175–166.
May 22, 2002Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to require seven-year judicial conduct reviews and expand commission support (HB1100). The House passed the bill 219–112.
March 21, 2002Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted for SB95 amendment1485h requiring campaign finance reports from candidates for offices elected by legislators. The amendment failed 109–244.
June 7, 2001Supports Anti-Corruption
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Voted to replace the judicial conduct committee with an independent commission subject to public records law (SB197). Amended passage passed 290–36.
June 7, 2001Supports Anti-Corruption
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Government Efficiency · 10 support · 3 oppose

Voted against rejecting a 48-hour requirement for returning recovered stolen property (HB1125). The rejection passed, 180–152.
March 9, 2016Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported reconsidering SB142’s committee report; the motion passed 184–93. Supported reconsidering an earlier failed rules suspension; that motion passed 190–88. Voted to uphold the chair’s ruling allowing discussion of the bill during rules-suspension debate; the ruling was upheld 262–17. Supported suspending the rules to introduce a nongermane amendment; the motion passed 199–80 by the required two-thirds vote. Supported amendment 2327h, adopted 205–73. The amendment combined an optional integrated land development permit with new authority to contract for essential mental health services. It also repealed mandatory reviews of Medicaid reimbursement rates.
May 17, 2012Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported amended HB1692, passed 247–105, eliminating the university-system chancellor’s office and restructuring administration effective July 2013. He later supported a replacement requiring $2.4 million in annual administrative savings for in-state tuition reductions and additional accountability reports. That replacement failed 98–190. He then supported the earlier bill’s passage, approved 199–95.
March 29, 2012Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported amended HB1658 on March 28, 2012, by 245–84. It established public assistance income and identity verification and funded payments owed to residential care providers. It also directed home health aide services for medically fragile children under the Sean William Corey pilot program.
March 28, 2012Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported HB652, passed 259–111, establishing a commission concerning Medicaid managed care. The Finance committee described it as legislative oversight after the health department missed its July deadline for a managed-care plan.
October 12, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported SB157’s amended passage, approved 234–92, and its later passage, approved 264–110. It allowed licensed weights-and-measures technicians to place state seals on equipment. It replaced agency fee-setting authority with a statutory licensing-fee schedule and required annual reports on complaints, inspections and audits.
June 1, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted to pass SB51 on May 25, 2011, by 350–28. It created an interagency team to coordinate services for adults with developmental disabilities who posed a public safety risk.
May 25, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported amended SB156, passed 176–166, authorizing a pilot program for vehicle dealers to process registrations and title applications. He opposed an amendment switching vehicle inspections from annual to biennial and doubling inspection-sticker fees from $3.25 to $6.50. That amendment failed 130–218. He also opposed tabling the bill; that motion failed 97–249. He opposed reconsidering its amended passage; reconsideration failed 131–211.
April 27, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
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Supported amended HB154 on February 23, 2011, by 235–54. It raised the business enterprise tax receipts filing threshold from 150,000 to 200,000 dollars. It also raised the estimated tax declaration threshold from 200 to 260 dollars. He then supported tabling the bill 212–86.
February 23, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
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Voted against a court mediation program funded by a five dollar small claims filing surcharge (SB63). The House passed the bill 206–144.
May 11, 2005Opposes Government Efficiency
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Voted against allowing judges to issue search and arrest warrants electronically (SB182). The House passed the bill 229–119.
May 4, 2005Opposes Government Efficiency
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Voted to reject a Department of Education performance audit and appropriation (HB1233). Rejection passed 273–83.
March 6, 2002Opposes Government Efficiency
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Voted to override the HB738 veto creating a state government efficiency commission. The override failed 226–147.
December 12, 2001Supports Government Efficiency
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Immigration · 1 support · 1 oppose

Voted for amended SB155; it passed 230–76. It raised the section 179 business expense deduction from $20,000 to $25,000 and allowed local refugee resettlement moratoria. On May 15, 2012, supported the revised bill delaying the deduction increase until July 1, 2013; it passed 231–79.
May 15, 2012Opposes Immigration
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Voted against rejecting acceptance of foreign consular identification documents (HB1266). The House rejected the proposal 241–73.
March 7, 2006Supports Immigration
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Government Spending Reduction · 43 support · 42 oppose

Seconded and voted for proposed school budget cuts. The motion failed four to six, with one abstention. Then voted for revised cuts preserving middle school coaches and dropping a sports expansion and bus tracking system. The revision passed nine to one, with one abstention.
May 19, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported a state grant program for opioid-related law enforcement; passage succeeded 235–74. Opposed adding county correctional-cost funding; amendment failed 110–214. Opposed adding syringe-sale and residue exemptions; amendment failed 87–220. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 100–214. Opposed adding private-school tuition provisions; amendment failed 95–219. Opposed adding fetal-homicide provisions; amendment failed 93–222.
June 16, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Supported conference approval of public tuition payments to private and religious schools. Districts lacking schools for specific grades qualified. Agreement passed 190–132. Supported overriding the veto. Override failed 147–105, short of two-thirds.
June 16, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for an amended constitutional operating-spending cap with a two-thirds legislative override (CACR27). The proposal failed, 201–139, lacking the required three-fifths vote.
May 11, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against rejecting repeal of Medicaid expansion’s sunset and reauthorization requirements (HB1690). The rejection passed, 211–128.
March 9, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Supported extending Medicaid premium assistance through 2018, with work requirements for certain recipients. February passage succeeded 207–136; March passage succeeded 216–145. Supported citizenship-document requirements; amendment passed 179–159. Supported a court hearing before involuntary-commitment records reached the firearms background-check system; amendment passed 193–146. Opposed a health-savings-account study; amendment failed 116–215. Opposed severability protections; amendment passed 182–181. Opposed tabling the bill; tabling failed 137–221. Opposed removing work requirements; amendment failed 14–344. Opposed adding keno; amendment failed 126–233. Opposed reconsideration after each passage; reconsideration failed 120–211 and 146–214.
March 9, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject a $100,000 benefit for school employees violently killed at work (HB1475). The rejection passed, 195–160.
March 9, 2016Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Supported a children’s savings program and Dover bonding provisions. Conference approval passed 201–145.
June 24, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for amended legislation allowing counties to establish tax-increment financing districts in unincorporated areas (SB30). The amended bill passed, 293–57.
May 6, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for amended legislation increasing charter-school funding and adding inflation adjustments (HB563). The amended bill passed, 222–116.
March 12, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to prohibit state requirements for federally mandated education programs lacking full federal funding (HB578). The bill passed, 204–136.
March 11, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against rejecting repeal of the 2014 gas-tax increase and cancellation of highway appropriations (HB591). The rejection passed, 243–108.
February 18, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject creating and funding a school nurse coordinator (HB575). The rejection passed, 223–133.
February 18, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for HB1418’s conference report; it passed 244–46. The bill increased business enterprise tax thresholds and applied federal section 179 business expense deductions. It extended a business tax study and excluded Internet access from communications taxes. It transferred insurance premium revenue for developmental disability services.
June 6, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for requiring three-fifths legislative approval for new or increased state taxes, license fees, and state bonds. CACR6 also required payment of state bond principal and interest. The final conference report failed 220–132, short of the required three-fifths vote.
June 6, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported education scholarship tax credits through amended HB1607, passed 173–127, and SB372, passed 236–97. Businesses received an 85% tax credit for scholarship donations. Eligibility generally extended to households at or below 300% of federal poverty guidelines. Scholarships funded private schools, qualifying public schools and homeschooling. HB1607’s homeschool cap was $750; SB372 reduced it to $625. SB372 also provided stabilization grants when districts’ state-aid losses exceeded 0.25% of their appropriations. He supported its amendment, adopted 235–99.
May 16, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amendment 2209h to SB217 on May 16, 2012, by 201–104. It prohibited government funding and participation in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives' Agenda 21 programs. It also established a hiking corridor on Mittersill Mountain. He opposed tabling it 104–201 and supported amended passage 207–99.
May 16, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for SB399’s tax and funding changes. The bill excluded internet access from the communications tax and raised business enterprise tax filing thresholds. It also funded $1.5 million in disability services, capped public dredging permit fees, and removed mandatory electronic tax payments. Passage succeeded 245–80. Opposed an alternative omitting the internet tax exclusion; that amendment failed 85–245.
May 16, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pass HB1727 on March 29, 2012, by 218–79. It refused the remaining 333,000 dollars of federal funding to plan a state health insurance exchange.
March 29, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended HB1692, passed 247–105, eliminating the university-system chancellor’s office and restructuring administration effective July 2013. He later supported a replacement requiring $2.4 million in annual administrative savings for in-state tuition reductions and additional accountability reports. That replacement failed 98–190. He then supported the earlier bill’s passage, approved 199–95.
March 29, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended HB1658 on March 28, 2012, by 245–84. It established public assistance income and identity verification and funded payments owed to residential care providers. It also directed home health aide services for medically fragile children under the Sean William Corey pilot program.
March 28, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HB1313 on March 21, 2012, by 259–90. It allowed school districts to provide higher education scholarships to high school students.
March 21, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HB1656 on March 7, 2012, by 238–105. It raised juror compensation from ten dollars per half-day to eighty dollars and increased mileage reimbursement.
March 7, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed rejecting HB1503 on February 22, 2012; the House rejected it 230–117. It discontinued the state motorcycle rider education program.
February 22, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pass HB138 on February 1, 2012, by 254–93. It removed the 2013 sunset for the cold case homicide unit and continued its dedicated fund.
February 1, 2012Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended HB263 on January 11, 2012, by 211–99. It reduced Temporary Assistance for Needy Families limits from sixty to thirty-six months. It preserved the sixty-month limit for current recipients.
January 11, 2012Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Approved SB33's conference report on June 22, 2011, by 278–99. It required certain retired state employees younger than sixty-five to pay 12.5 percent of their health insurance premiums.
June 22, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against the initial two-year state budget, then supported the final budget (HB1). The initial bill passed 243–124; the conference report passed 274–108. Also supported added funding for domestic-violence services; that amendment failed 123–228. Supported $2.5 million yearly for childcare; that amendment failed 105–244. Supported added disability, brain-injury and family-support funding; that amendment failed 133–212. Supported added community mental-health funding; that amendment failed 134–223. Supported added addiction prevention and treatment funding; that amendment failed 112–240. He also supported HB2’s companion budget conference report, adopted 259–119.
June 22, 2011Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for HB601’s conference report; it passed 254–96. The bill established legislative oversight of federal health reform and declined exchange planning funds.
June 22, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended SB2 on June 1, 2011, by 276–95. It allowed local tax caps and validated previously adopted charter tax and spending caps.
June 1, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended SB183 on June 1, 2011, by 260–110. It held 2012–13 education grants at 2011 amounts and capped later annual grant growth at 5.5 percent. It allowed municipalities to keep excess state education property taxes and added reading-based education funding adjustments. It also changed charter school grants and established legislative oversight of adequate education accountability.
June 1, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended SB146 on May 18, 2011, by 257–101. It required state agencies to prepare an alternative budget reducing spending by ten percent, excluding debt service.
May 18, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amendment 1431h to SB148 on May 4, 2011, by 259–106, and amended passage 261–104. It directed an attorney general challenge to federal health care reform and prohibited mandatory health insurance purchases. It also returned unspent federal insurance exchange planning money.
May 4, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Supported amended HB341 on March 16, 2011, by 257–84. It allowed local charter tax and spending caps, with a two-thirds vote to override them.
March 16, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HR9 on February 23, 2011, by 238–71. It supported federal public safety earmarks.
February 23, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed passing HB417 on February 23, 2011; the motion failed 112–239. It appropriated 2.5 million dollars yearly for milk producer emergency relief in fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
February 23, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HCR23 on February 23, 2011, by 241–89. It supported federal funding earmarks for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
February 23, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HB365 on February 23, 2011, by 284–68. It established a broadband development commission and appropriated money to support its work.
February 23, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for amended HB113 on February 15, 2011, by 263–102. It ended general fund support for New Hampshire Public Television.
February 15, 2011Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to urge withholding United Nations funding if it violated constitutional firearm ownership rights (HCR25). The House adopted the resolution 184–134.
March 7, 2006Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject required state health care fund contributions from employers with at least 1,500 workers (HB1704). Rejection passed 212–128.
February 15, 2006Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for the 2006–2007 state budget and its implementing legislation (HB1 and HB2). The House adopted their conference reports 198–172 and 194–179.
June 29, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to fund civil legal assistance through a twenty dollar court filing surcharge (SB146). The House passed the bill 226–131.
June 8, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against a court mediation program funded by a five dollar small claims filing surcharge (SB63). The House passed the bill 206–144.
May 11, 2005Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to pay medical benefit costs for disabled Group II retirement system members (HB222). The House passed the bill 236–98.
April 20, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to increase health insurance subsidies for retired Manchester municipal employees (HB521). The House passed the amended bill 281–49. The changes required a Manchester referendum.
March 23, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against rejecting constitutional limits on state and local budget growth (CACR1). The House rejected the proposal 251–72.
March 23, 2005Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to provide $10 million for land and community heritage conservation (HB670). The House passed the amended bill 232–94.
March 9, 2005Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against killing a constitutional proposal requiring two-thirds approval for tax increases and limiting spending growth (CACR9). The House rejected it 298–53.
February 9, 2005Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to override the ten-year transportation plan and turnpike funding veto (HB2004). The override passed. The vote was 312–31.
June 17, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed limiting extended county Medicaid cost-sharing obligations to one year in SB376. That amendment passed 183–157. Later supported the conference report changing pharmaceutical purchasing, Medicaid taxes and nursing home payments. The report passed 324–3.
May 25, 2004Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed rejecting restrictions on public funding, employees, and facilities assisting abortions (HB1253). The House rejected the bill. The vote was 217–109.
February 19, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject a separate developmental disability waiting list appropriation (HB421). The committee said the budget largely funded its purpose. The vote was 188–142.
January 15, 2004Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for state budget fees, revenues and spending provisions (HB2), which passed 251–126. Opposed overriding the governor's veto; the override failed 131–242. Later supported revised provisions accompanying the budget (HB4), which passed 319–41.
September 4, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for the House's 2004–2005 state budget (HB1), which passed 238–142. Opposed its conference report, adopted 235–124. Voted against overriding the governor's veto; the override failed 245–128. Later supported the revised budget (HB3), which passed 318–39.
September 4, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reduce motor fuel evaporation rebates and allocate additional highway funds through an SB47 amendment. The amendment passed. The vote was 179–146.
June 5, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to lower statewide education property tax rates and change education grants (HB608). The House passed the amended bill 217–146. Supported limiting targeted education grants to $5 million; that amendment failed 76–289.
April 10, 2003Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Opposed rejecting school district payments to parents whose children attended nonpublic schools (HB603). The House rejected the bill. The vote was 250–112.
March 25, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject excluding teacher salaries from state education aid (HB592). The rejection passed. The vote was 326–30.
March 20, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject raising local bond approval from three-fifths to two-thirds (HB284). The rejection passed. The vote was 239–120.
March 6, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject state funding of county correctional facilities (HB337). The rejection passed. The vote was 239–96.
February 20, 2003Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Co-sponsored Choose Life license plates and an adoption support trust fund (HB611). Voted against killing the bill; rejection passed 304–48.
January 9, 2003Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against SB352 Sections 14–15, establishing an early literacy program and appropriating $485,349. Those sections passed 225–102.
April 25, 2002Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to transfer $550,000 for district and probate court security (SB455). The House passed the amended bill 276–76.
April 17, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for SB425 Section 3, using consumer price inflation to calculate adequate education base costs. The section passed 193–143.
April 17, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for ATV trail planning, separate recreational trail funding and registration fee changes (HB1273). The House passed it 256–70.
March 21, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to raise SB2 bond approval from three-fifths to two-thirds (HB1242). The amended bill failed 144–199.
March 7, 2002Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject a Department of Education performance audit and appropriation (HB1233). Rejection passed 273–83.
March 6, 2002Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to authorize $10 million for Connecticut Lakes headwaters conservation acquisition and easements (HB1000). The House passed it 338–19.
February 14, 2002Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for HB170’s conference tax and budget agreement, approved 190–181. It raised business taxes, lowered education property taxes and repealed the legacies and succession tax. Earlier supported inheritance-tax repeal with a 1% vehicle-transfer tax; that amendment failed 131–251. Opposed the replacement vehicle-tax amendment, adopted 220–162, and its passage, approved 221–158. Later opposed reconsidering the conference agreement; that motion failed 177–192.
June 26, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for the 2002–2003 operating budget (HB1), including the final agreement, approved 336–20. Earlier opposed extra children’s insurance, direct-care wage, immunization and education funding; that amendment failed 187–195. Recorded no on another children’s insurance funding amendment, then stated he intended yes; it passed 338–40.
June 26, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to table HB253’s earlier mercury emission controls and community reimbursement program; the motion failed 131–220. He then opposed passage; the House passed it 265–85.
June 7, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to adopt SCR2, urging federal funding of 40% of special education costs under IDEA. The amended resolution passed 333–0.
May 31, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to table consumption and transaction taxes accumulating an education trust fund (HB562). The motion passed 196–161.
May 3, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against rejecting supplemental education grants capping municipalities’ school tax effort per pupil (HB741). The House rejected it 273–89.
May 3, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject HB767’s education funding plan combining a 2.5% sales tax with property, business and investment-income tax reductions. It also funded school improvement and early literacy; rejection passed 235–148.
April 18, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against keeping $1.5 million in tobacco prevention funding instead of transferring it to the general fund (HB2). The amendment failed 173–211.
April 18, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for HB748 education aid weights based on eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, with protection against grant reductions. The April 5 amendment passed 201–158; he also supported April 18 Section 1, adopted 197–186.
April 18, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for scholarships letting low-income pupils leave poorly performing schools for other public or private schools (HB515). Passage passed 182–173.
April 5, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against tabling an inflation index for adequate education costs (HB747). The House tabled it 190–166.
April 5, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to reject prescription drug assistance funded by a 3% surcharge on pharmacy benefit managers (HB540). The rejection passed 259–68.
March 22, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted to establish and fund a commission addressing men’s health, education and social issues (HB587). The amended bill passed 182–145.
March 22, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for HB537’s amendment, appropriating $4 million each for heritage preservation and tourism promotion. The amendment passed 189–137; amended passage followed 257–69.
March 22, 2001Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against rejecting an $825 million statewide adequate education cost cap (HB291). The House rejected it 296–55.
March 8, 2001Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Public Safety and Crime Control · 35 support · 8 oppose

Opposed overriding the veto of exemptions from arc-fault electrical protection after repeated tripping. The override failed 179–112, short of two-thirds.
June 16, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against overriding the veto of legalizing firecrackers (HB1266). The override failed, 132–119, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
June 16, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported a state grant program for opioid-related law enforcement; passage succeeded 235–74. Opposed adding county correctional-cost funding; amendment failed 110–214. Opposed adding syringe-sale and residue exemptions; amendment failed 87–220. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 100–214. Opposed adding private-school tuition provisions; amendment failed 95–219. Opposed adding fetal-homicide provisions; amendment failed 93–222.
June 16, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject expanding deadly-force defenses to additional felonies (HB1135). The rejection passed, 329–30.
March 23, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against rejecting criminal penalties for false information in child-abuse or neglect proceedings (HB1249). The rejection passed, 204–128.
March 9, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for amended legislation banning sale, use, or possession of specified synthetic drugs (SB106). The amended bill passed, 233–120.
May 6, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed enhanced miscarriage penalties as a substitute for fetal-homicide provisions; amendment failed 168–190. Supported including fetuses after eight weeks in homicide offenses. HB 560 passage succeeded 208–155. Supported the same coverage in SB 40; amendment passed 192–161 and amended passage succeeded 193–159.
May 6, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject mandatory police decertification for specified misconduct (HB214). The rejection passed, 233–122.
March 11, 2015Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted Yea to reject limiting the hands-free driving law to drivers under eighteen. The rejection passed 214–136.
March 11, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject switching vehicle inspections to every two years (HB387). The rejection passed, 207–140.
February 18, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for HB1260’s conference report; it passed 234–60. The bill restricted fees charged to charitable gaming organizations and created offenses for unauthorized gambling machines and sweepstakes. It also required holding pari-mutuel pool contributions from race simulcasters in Cheshire County.
June 6, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for SB270’s expanded notice requirements when people accused of violent crimes were found incompetent to stand trial. The House passed it 298–46 on May 9, 2012.
May 9, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject HB1695 on March 15, 2012, by 178–126. It increased the maximum highway speed limit from sixty-five to seventy miles per hour.
March 15, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject HB1452 on March 7, 2012, by 226–111. It prohibited police sobriety checkpoints.
March 7, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject HB1693 on February 22, 2012, by 238–110. It changed vehicle safety inspections from every year to every two years.
February 22, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed rejecting HB1503 on February 22, 2012; the House rejected it 230–117. It discontinued the state motorcycle rider education program.
February 22, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to pass HB138 on February 1, 2012, by 254–93. It removed the 2013 sunset for the cold case homicide unit and continued its dedicated fund.
February 1, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject HB1711 on February 1, 2012, by 186–135. It removed burn permit requirements for small backyard cooking fires.
February 1, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported an HB217 amendment extending homicide laws to unborn children from conception; it failed 139–201. That proposal exempted acts by the pregnant woman and requested medical procedures, including abortion. He then supported the narrower amended bill, passed 213–125. It covered first-degree murder, second-degree murder and negligent homicide causing a fetus’s death at 24 weeks or later. It exempted requested medical procedures and prescribed medications.
January 4, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported laws preventing local sprinkler mandates for one- and two-family homes. He supported HB109’s veto override, approved 294–72. He also supported amended SB91, passed 223–91, its conference report, adopted 284–92, and its veto override, approved 266–61. SB91 barred local sprinkler requirements in new or existing detached residential dwellings and enforcement of existing mandates in manufactured-housing parks.
October 12, 2011Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for SB52’s conference report excluding people convicted of violent crimes from mandatory early probation or parole release. It also excluded sexually violent people from mandatory early release on probation or parole. Conference approval passed 270–100 on June 22, 2011.
June 22, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against the initial two-year state budget, then supported the final budget (HB1). The initial bill passed 243–124; the conference report passed 274–108. Also supported added funding for domestic-violence services; that amendment failed 123–228. Supported $2.5 million yearly for childcare; that amendment failed 105–244. Supported added disability, brain-injury and family-support funding; that amendment failed 133–212. Supported added community mental-health funding; that amendment failed 134–223. Supported added addiction prevention and treatment funding; that amendment failed 112–240. He also supported HB2’s companion budget conference report, adopted 259–119.
June 22, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to pass SB51 on May 25, 2011, by 350–28. It created an interagency team to coordinate services for adults with developmental disabilities who posed a public safety risk.
May 25, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject SB27 on May 18, 2011, by 276–75. It allowed a fifty-five-mile-per-hour daytime boating zone on Lake Winnipesaukee.
May 18, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported amended SB156, passed 176–166, authorizing a pilot program for vehicle dealers to process registrations and title applications. He opposed an amendment switching vehicle inspections from annual to biennial and doubling inspection-sticker fees from $3.25 to $6.50. That amendment failed 130–218. He also opposed tabling the bill; that motion failed 97–249. He opposed reconsidering its amended passage; reconsideration failed 131–211.
April 27, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed rejecting HB540 on March 17, 2011; rejection failed 126–210. He then supported passing it 234–101. It changed vehicle safety inspections from every year to every two years.
March 17, 2011Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against recommitting HB524; that motion failed 114–245. He then supported its amended passage, adopted 264–97. It excluded violent offenders from mandatory early supervised release. Parole violators faced incarceration up to their remaining maximum sentence. Release of nonviolent prisoners was delayed at least one year, pending certification that all counties had sufficient parole services.
March 15, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject HR9 on February 23, 2011, by 238–71. It supported federal public safety earmarks.
February 23, 2011Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed replacing funding for seven additional state troopers with $1 (SB294); that amendment passed 228–101. Supported the resulting bill authorizing troopers with nominal funding. Passage passed 236–95.
April 19, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against tabling local ordinances notifying neighbors of registered sex offenders (SB324). Tabling passed 201–125.
April 19, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed killing prohibitions on false documents used for employment, government services or permits (HB1229). Rejection failed 74–240. Then opposed tabling the bill; tabling passed 164–151.
March 7, 2006Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to extend civil filing deadlines for survivors of childhood sexual assault (SB75). The House passed the amended bill 319–30. It allowed filing ten years after turning eighteen, or three years after discovery, whichever came later.
May 11, 2005Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted against requiring children to wear bicycle helmets (HB118). The House passed the bill 202–165.
March 23, 2005Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to require fire safety standards for cigarettes sold in New Hampshire (HB645). The House passed the bill 199–134.
March 10, 2005Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject making sixteen and seventeen year old passengers responsible for wearing seat belts (HB54). The House rejected the proposal 208–148.
February 9, 2005Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject prohibiting youth license holders from using cellphones while driving (HB165). The House rejected the proposal 246–82.
February 9, 2005Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Opposed the House's increased DWI penalties and treatment requirements (SB478); passage passed 199–146. Later supported the conference report retaining those provisions. The report passed 211–119.
May 25, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Supported civil remedies against drug dealers for injuries from illegal drug use in an SB109 amendment. The amendment passed. The vote was 204–139.
May 6, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to require bicycle helmets for children under sixteen (HB266). Passage failed 162–166. Opposed killing the bill; the House rejected it 169–159.
January 29, 2004Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to adopt an HB1235 conference report raising the boater education threshold from 15 to 25 horsepower. It passed 169–150.
May 2, 2002Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to transfer $550,000 for district and probate court security (SB455). The House passed the amended bill 276–76.
April 17, 2002Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted to reject raising interstate speed limits from 65 to 70 mph (HB1280). Rejection passed 240–105.
January 24, 2002Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 35 support · 23 oppose

Supported a state grant program for opioid-related law enforcement; passage succeeded 235–74. Opposed adding county correctional-cost funding; amendment failed 110–214. Opposed adding syringe-sale and residue exemptions; amendment failed 87–220. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 100–214. Opposed adding private-school tuition provisions; amendment failed 95–219. Opposed adding fetal-homicide provisions; amendment failed 93–222.
June 16, 2016Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported HB512's amended firearm-confiscation restrictions during emergencies; the bill passed, 231–121. Then voted to override the veto; the override failed, 169–130, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
June 16, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to remove the mandatory minimum sentence for habitual offenders convicted of driving while barred. Conference approval passed 311–7 on June 1, 2016.
June 1, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed adding worker-transition protections, detention-risk reporting, and quarterly placement reviews to juvenile detention legislation. The amendment failed 141–200.
May 11, 2016Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported reducing first-time possession of up to a quarter-ounce of marijuana to a $300 violation. Passage succeeded 289–58.
May 11, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to table HB1153's ban on local sex-offender residency restrictions; tabling failed, 122–237. Then voted for the ban, which passed, 264–92.
March 23, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for constitutional parental rights over children’s health, education, and welfare (CACR16). The proposal failed, 174–136, lacking the required three-fifths vote.
March 10, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for HB1270's amended criminal-jury instruction affirming acquittal authority despite proof of every offense element. The amended bill passed, 184–145.
March 9, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject extending privacy protections to personal possessions, including discarded materials (HB1496). The rejection passed, 215–108.
March 9, 2016Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported extending Medicaid premium assistance through 2018, with work requirements for certain recipients. February passage succeeded 207–136; March passage succeeded 216–145. Supported citizenship-document requirements; amendment passed 179–159. Supported a court hearing before involuntary-commitment records reached the firearms background-check system; amendment passed 193–146. Opposed a health-savings-account study; amendment failed 116–215. Opposed severability protections; amendment passed 182–181. Opposed tabling the bill; tabling failed 137–221. Opposed removing work requirements; amendment failed 14–344. Opposed adding keno; amendment failed 126–233. Opposed reconsideration after each passage; reconsideration failed 120–211 and 146–214.
March 9, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for an amended constitutional right to privacy and freedom from governmental interference (CACR22). The proposal failed, 220–116, lacking the required three-fifths vote.
March 9, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for amended legislation expanding authorized police access to prescription-monitoring information (HB1420). The amended bill failed, 155–195.
March 9, 2016Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against rejecting limits on traffic stops based solely on handheld electronic-device use (HB1446). The rejection passed, 198–100.
February 4, 2016Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject allowing juries to disregard the law in civil and criminal cases (HB470). The rejection passed, 233–108.
March 12, 2015Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed rejecting safeguards for child interviews during daycare investigations; rejection failed 154–217. Supported recording interviews with parental consent and a parent or approved representative present. Amendment passed 213–157; amended passage succeeded 214–157.
March 11, 2015Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject mandatory police decertification for specified misconduct (HB214). The rejection passed, 233–122.
March 11, 2015Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted Nay on reducing possession of half an ounce or less of marijuana to a fine-only violation. Passage succeeded 297–67.
March 11, 2015Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported limits on statewide assessments and parental consent for student psychological services; the amendment failed 129–227. Opposed tabling the bill. Tabling passed 230–127.
March 11, 2015Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject mandatory jury-nullification instructions and penalties for judges refusing those instructions (HB246). The rejection passed, 225–115.
February 11, 2015Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amended SB17 on May 16, 2012, by 226–93. It excluded certain medical providers' statements from evidence in medical injury cases. It also allowed shifting legal costs after an unreasonable rejection of a better settlement offer.
May 16, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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First supported rejecting HB1438 on March 29, 2012; rejection failed 93–212. He then supported amendment 1098h 245–61 and amended passage 284–23. It required prosecutors to receive and disclose evidence favoring a defendant from police witnesses' personnel files. Other file material required a judge's finding of relevance before release.
March 29, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amended HB1679, passed 224–110, prohibiting the defined partial-birth abortion procedure. Its exception required two unaffiliated physicians to determine that a physical condition endangered the pregnant woman’s life. It created criminal penalties, including physician fines of $10,000–$100,000 and one to ten years’ imprisonment, and specified civil remedies.
March 14, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject HB1452 on March 7, 2012, by 226–111. It prohibited police sobriety checkpoints.
March 7, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject HB1667 on March 7, 2012, by 218–119. It raised the juvenile justice age from seventeen to eighteen.
March 7, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported passing HB1146 on March 7, 2012; it failed 155–170. It required public school students to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.
March 7, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported rejecting HB1332 on February 22, 2012; the motion failed 171–174. It required probable cause rather than reasonable cause for conservation officers' searches and inspections.
February 22, 2012Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported an HB445 amendment restricting electronic tracking without consent or a valid court order; it was adopted 293–53. Exceptions covered specified property recovery, employment, institutional monitoring, toll collection, supply chains and voluntarily activated location services. Violations were class A misdemeanors, with civil recovery of at least $1,000 per violation plus costs and attorney fees. He earlier supported interim study, which failed 158–183.
February 1, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to pass HB574 on February 1, 2012, by 257–87. It repealed emergency government authority to seize private property. He opposed tabling it 92–253.
February 1, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported an HB514 amendment requiring written owner permission or a warrant before entering private property to gather data. It was adopted 260–98. It restricted use of improperly gathered information and barred permit denials based on data from neighboring land. Exceptions covered specified inspections, emergencies, assessments, surveys and utility work. Knowing violations carried $250–$2,000 penalties, with attorney-fee remedies.
January 18, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amended HB628 on January 5, 2012, by 188–136. It created procedures for citizens to record and report airport security searches to state police.
January 5, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed rejecting HB29 on January 4, 2012; the House rejected it 221–123. It allowed appeals of occupational license denials to superior court.
January 4, 2012Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported removing the duty to retreat through HB210, passed 270–92, and amended HB378’s firearm-display and sentencing changes, passed 304–54. He then supported amended SB88, passed 248–111, its conference report, adopted 283–89, and its veto override, approved 251–111. SB88 allowed lawful deadly force wherever a person had a right to be and added civil immunity. It made firearm display nondeadly force and removed mandatory minimum firearm sentences. He supported tabling a broader permitless-carry amendment, approved 257–92.
September 14, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for SB52’s conference report excluding people convicted of violent crimes from mandatory early probation or parole release. It also excluded sexually violent people from mandatory early release on probation or parole. Conference approval passed 270–100 on June 22, 2011.
June 22, 2011Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed reconsidering HB147 on March 16, 2011; reconsideration failed 104–247. He also opposed printing remarks about it 93–259. On June 8, 2011, he accepted Senate changes 211–153. The bill made killing an authorized occupant during a burglary punishable as capital murder.
June 8, 2011Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amended HB648 on March 30, 2011, by 317–51. It limited utilities' use of eminent domain for electric transmission projects to projects needed for system reliability.
March 30, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amended HB225 on March 15, 2011, by 295–69. It required returning confiscated property within twenty-one days after acquittal, dismissal, or findings of no abuse. Contraband and property barred from the owner’s legal possession were excluded. Delays carried a 100 dollar daily penalty, capped at 10,000 dollars, unless the court granted more time.
March 15, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Supported amendment 0766h to HB145 on March 15, 2011, by 215–151. It allowed recording on-duty police with notice and without interfering with their work. Its protections covered people interacting with police or recording them in public places.
March 15, 2011Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted against recommitting HB524; that motion failed 114–245. He then supported its amended passage, adopted 264–97. It excluded violent offenders from mandatory early supervised release. Parole violators faced incarceration up to their remaining maximum sentence. Release of nonviolent prisoners was delayed at least one year, pending certification that all counties had sufficient parole services.
March 15, 2011Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for a constitutional prohibition on taking private property for private development (CACR30). The House passed the constitutional proposal 277–61.
March 22, 2006Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed mandatory minimum twenty-five-year sentences for specified aggravated sexual assaults (HB1692). The first amendment failed 76–264. Opposed an adult-only version retaining mandatory twenty-five-years-to-life sentences; it failed 86–254.
March 22, 2006Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole (HB1422). The House rejected the proposal 200–137.
February 15, 2006Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored banning confiscation of legally owned and carried firearms during a state of emergency (HB1639). The House rejected it 183–129.
January 4, 2006Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to fund civil legal assistance through a twenty dollar court filing surcharge (SB146). The House passed the bill 226–131.
June 8, 2005Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to extend civil filing deadlines for survivors of childhood sexual assault (SB75). The House passed the amended bill 319–30. It allowed filing ten years after turning eighteen, or three years after discovery, whichever came later.
May 11, 2005Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to prohibit capital murder culpability for offenses committed before age eighteen (HB147). The House passed the bill 285–74.
March 23, 2005Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to table allowing audio and video recordings on school buses (HB219). Tabling passed 158–154.
March 9, 2005Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to reject requiring owner consent or search warrants for government entry onto private property (HB1176). The rejection passed. The vote was 277–57.
February 5, 2004Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored mandatory prison terms for specified riot offenses and mandatory University System student expulsions (HB1351). The House rejected it.
September 4, 2003Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Opposed requiring judges to inform criminal juries of their right to disregard law and facts (HB122). The bill passed. The vote was 220–149.
March 25, 2003Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored requiring clear and convincing evidence in child abuse and neglect cases (HB755).
January 30, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored expanding parental notice, custody protections and appointed counsel in child abuse and neglect proceedings (HB626). The House rejected it.
January 9, 2003Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Co-sponsored mandatory minimum prison sentences for child pornography convictions (HB522). The House rejected the bill.
January 9, 2003Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to override the HB465 veto for bar lobbying dues opt-outs and a mandatory membership poll. The override failed 205–134.
May 22, 2002Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to require public school pledge periods and standing, with voluntary recitation (HB1446). The House passed the bill 253–101.
March 7, 2002Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to permit limited court representation by nonlawyers (HB1420). The House passed the bill 185–168.
March 6, 2002Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to abolish the death penalty (HB171). Passage failed 180–188.
April 5, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted to allow parties to remove one judge from a case through timely notice (HB134). The House passed it 202–147.
February 22, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Voted for jury nullification legislation on juries judging the law as well as the facts (HB133). Passage failed 129–226; he opposed rejection, which passed 242–114.
February 22, 2001Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
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Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose

Voted for amended legislation requiring municipalities to permit accessory dwelling units in residential areas (SB146). The amended bill passed, 188–93.
January 7, 2016Supports Housing Affordability
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First supported rejecting HB368 on March 16, 2011; that motion failed 141–189. He then supported passing it 219–110. It made workforce housing requirements optional through local legislative approval.
March 16, 2011Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted to reject workforce housing legislation (SB95). The rejection passed. The vote was 201–135.
January 22, 2004Opposes Housing Affordability
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Voted for HB658 amendment1058h prioritizing low-income families facing homelessness from expenses beyond their control. The amendment passed 193–155.
May 17, 2001Supports Housing Affordability
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Social Programs and Welfare · 17 support · 6 oppose

Voted against rejecting repeal of Medicaid expansion’s sunset and reauthorization requirements (HB1690). The rejection passed, 211–128.
March 9, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported extending Medicaid premium assistance through 2018, with work requirements for certain recipients. February passage succeeded 207–136; March passage succeeded 216–145. Supported citizenship-document requirements; amendment passed 179–159. Supported a court hearing before involuntary-commitment records reached the firearms background-check system; amendment passed 193–146. Opposed a health-savings-account study; amendment failed 116–215. Opposed severability protections; amendment passed 182–181. Opposed tabling the bill; tabling failed 137–221. Opposed removing work requirements; amendment failed 14–344. Opposed adding keno; amendment failed 126–233. Opposed reconsideration after each passage; reconsideration failed 120–211 and 146–214.
March 9, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported adding an assessment of the greater of $12 or 24% to Liquor Commission fines. Revenue funded victim assistance, domestic-violence programs, and alcohol treatment equally. Passage succeeded 204–89.
January 20, 2016Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to override the veto of ending some child-support orders after age 18 (HB449). The change concerned young people pursuing high-school equivalency programs instead of attending traditional high school. The override failed, 229–151, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
September 16, 2015Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for HB1418’s conference report; it passed 244–46. The bill increased business enterprise tax thresholds and applied federal section 179 business expense deductions. It extended a business tax study and excluded Internet access from communications taxes. It transferred insurance premium revenue for developmental disability services.
June 6, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for SB399’s tax and funding changes. The bill excluded internet access from the communications tax and raised business enterprise tax filing thresholds. It also funded $1.5 million in disability services, capped public dredging permit fees, and removed mandatory electronic tax payments. Passage succeeded 245–80. Opposed an alternative omitting the internet tax exclusion; that amendment failed 85–245.
May 16, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported amended HB1658 on March 28, 2012, by 245–84. It established public assistance income and identity verification and funded payments owed to residential care providers. It also directed home health aide services for medically fragile children under the Sean William Corey pilot program.
March 28, 2012Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject HB1657 on March 7, 2012, by 217–121. It waived filing fees for parents seeking guardianship of an adult child with disabilities.
March 7, 2012Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported amended HB263 on January 11, 2012, by 211–99. It reduced Temporary Assistance for Needy Families limits from sixty to thirty-six months. It preserved the sixty-month limit for current recipients.
January 11, 2012Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported amended SB198 on October 12, 2011, by 237–126. It removed limits on disregarding earned income when calculating aid for people with permanent disabilities. It also counted federally assisted people in TANF households and prohibited new or renewed marital master contracts.
October 12, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted against the initial two-year state budget, then supported the final budget (HB1). The initial bill passed 243–124; the conference report passed 274–108. Also supported added funding for domestic-violence services; that amendment failed 123–228. Supported $2.5 million yearly for childcare; that amendment failed 105–244. Supported added disability, brain-injury and family-support funding; that amendment failed 133–212. Supported added community mental-health funding; that amendment failed 134–223. Supported added addiction prevention and treatment funding; that amendment failed 112–240. He also supported HB2’s companion budget conference report, adopted 259–119.
June 22, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to pass SB51 on May 25, 2011, by 350–28. It created an interagency team to coordinate services for adults with developmental disabilities who posed a public safety risk.
May 25, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject HB453 on March 17, 2011, by 282–3. It barred state disability assistance for people hiding to avoid prosecution or violating probation or parole.
March 17, 2011Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Supported HB26 amendments counting accumulated work-related thefts as gross misconduct for unemployment compensation. The first amendment retained the $500 threshold and failed 122–152. He supported a replacement lowering that threshold to more than $250, adopted 134–133, and amended passage, approved 216–51. Qualifying misconduct caused loss of all unemployment wage credits earned before dismissal.
March 17, 2011Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Opposed an early learning initiative helping low-income parents pay for child care (SB306). The House passed the amended bill 192–143. It contained a nominal $1 appropriation pending additional funding.
May 4, 2006Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to pay medical benefit costs for disabled Group II retirement system members (HB222). The House passed the bill 236–98.
April 20, 2005Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Co-sponsored Choose Life license plates and an adoption support trust fund (HB611). Voted against killing the bill; rejection passed 304–48.
January 9, 2003Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Signed a task-force letter advocating TANF performance incentives for marriage, fatherhood, and parenting programs. The letter requested dedicating 10% of TANF funds to marriage education and family-support programming. He appeared on the signatory list dated December 14, 2001.
December 14, 2001Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for HB658 amendment1058h prioritizing low-income families facing homelessness from expenses beyond their control. The amendment passed 193–155.
May 17, 2001Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for HB748 education aid weights based on eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, with protection against grant reductions. The April 5 amendment passed 201–158; he also supported April 18 Section 1, adopted 197–186.
April 18, 2001Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted for scholarships letting low-income pupils leave poorly performing schools for other public or private schools (HB515). Passage passed 182–173.
April 5, 2001Supports Social Programs and Welfare
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Voted to reject prescription drug assistance funded by a 3% surcharge on pharmacy benefit managers (HB540). The rejection passed 259–68.
March 22, 2001Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
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Public Education Quality · 21 support · 13 oppose

Seconded and voted for proposed school budget cuts. The motion failed four to six, with one abstention. Then voted for revised cuts preserving middle school coaches and dropping a sports expansion and bus tracking system. The revision passed nine to one, with one abstention.
May 19, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
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Spoke in support of the 2023–2024 high school course catalog. It implemented removal of remedial class levels while maintaining advanced placement classes. The board approved the catalog with one member opposed.
November 28, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
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Supported conference approval of public tuition payments to private and religious schools. Districts lacking schools for specific grades qualified. Agreement passed 190–132. Supported overriding the veto. Override failed 147–105, short of two-thirds.
June 16, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject repealing the education tax credit (HB1192). The rejection passed, 189–117.
March 10, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for amended legislation requiring a locally developed government and civics assessment in high school (SB157). The amended bill passed, 267–65.
January 6, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted for amended legislation increasing charter-school funding and adding inflation adjustments (HB563). The amended bill passed, 222–116.
March 12, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject creating and funding a school nurse coordinator (HB575). The rejection passed, 223–133.
February 18, 2015Opposes Public Education Quality
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Supported CACR8 on January 5, 2012, by 219–127, and March 28, 2012, by 222–133. Both passage attempts failed the required three-fifths threshold. It proposed giving the legislature authority to authorize schools and made state education funding discretionary rather than constitutionally required. On June 6, 2012, he opposed reconsidering a rules suspension to take it up again 156–163.
June 6, 2012Opposes Public Education Quality
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Supported education scholarship tax credits through amended HB1607, passed 173–127, and SB372, passed 236–97. Businesses received an 85% tax credit for scholarship donations. Eligibility generally extended to households at or below 300% of federal poverty guidelines. Scholarships funded private schools, qualifying public schools and homeschooling. HB1607’s homeschool cap was $750; SB372 reduced it to $625. SB372 also provided stabilization grants when districts’ state-aid losses exceeded 0.25% of their appropriations. He supported its amendment, adopted 235–99.
May 16, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
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Supported amended HB1692, passed 247–105, eliminating the university-system chancellor’s office and restructuring administration effective July 2013. He later supported a replacement requiring $2.4 million in annual administrative savings for in-state tuition reductions and additional accountability reports. That replacement failed 98–190. He then supported the earlier bill’s passage, approved 199–95.
March 29, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject HB1313 on March 21, 2012, by 259–90. It allowed school districts to provide higher education scholarships to high school students.
March 21, 2012Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted for HB337’s House education-funding version, passed 247–86. It held municipal grants at 2011 levels through the next biennium and replaced losses with additional grants. It permitted municipalities to retain excess statewide education-tax revenue. He later supported a revised education-funding conference report, adopted 249–102.
June 22, 2011Supports Public Education Quality
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Supported amended SB183 on June 1, 2011, by 260–110. It held 2012–13 education grants at 2011 amounts and capped later annual grant growth at 5.5 percent. It allowed municipalities to keep excess state education property taxes and added reading-based education funding adjustments. It also changed charter school grants and established legislative oversight of adequate education accountability.
June 1, 2011Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to pass HB429 on March 15, 2011, by 210–134. It allowed sixteen-year-olds to leave school with parental permission, replacing the compulsory attendance age of eighteen.
March 15, 2011Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject HB631 on February 23, 2011, by 213–134. It proposed removing the requirement for school districts to offer kindergarten.
February 23, 2011Supports Public Education Quality
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Opposed an early learning initiative helping low-income parents pay for child care (SB306). The House passed the amended bill 192–143. It contained a nominal $1 appropriation pending additional funding.
May 4, 2006Opposes Public Education Quality
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Supported K–12 public and nonpublic school scholarships financed by tax-credited contributions (SB131). The House passed that version 186–166. The House later killed the bill 172–136 while he was excused.
April 12, 2006Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject volunteer team teaching with University System course credit for elementary students and teachers (HB612). Rejection passed 233–98.
March 10, 2005Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted for an early childhood literacy program accepting funds from outside state government (HB621). The House passed it 193–181. Later moved for reconsideration; that motion failed 161–190.
April 10, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to lower statewide education property tax rates and change education grants (HB608). The House passed the amended bill 217–146. Supported limiting targeted education grants to $5 million; that amendment failed 76–289.
April 10, 2003Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject excluding teacher salaries from state education aid (HB592). The rejection passed. The vote was 326–30.
March 20, 2003Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted against SB352 Sections 14–15, establishing an early literacy program and appropriating $485,349. Those sections passed 225–102.
April 25, 2002Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted for SB425 Section 3, using consumer price inflation to calculate adequate education base costs. The section passed 193–143.
April 17, 2002Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject redirecting tobacco settlement education funding to health care and prevention (HB1376). Rejection passed 205–150.
March 6, 2002Supports Public Education Quality
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Supported SB164’s teacher contract renewal and appeal changes; sections 1–5 passed 226–118. They required notice and evidence before nonrenewal, limited state-board appeals and excluded binding arbitration. Also supported school improvement plans, public performance reports and an assessment pilot; sections 6–14 passed 224–119.
May 31, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to adopt SCR2, urging federal funding of 40% of special education costs under IDEA. The amended resolution passed 333–0.
May 31, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to table consumption and transaction taxes accumulating an education trust fund (HB562). The motion passed 196–161.
May 3, 2001Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted against rejecting supplemental education grants capping municipalities’ school tax effort per pupil (HB741). The House rejected it 273–89.
May 3, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted to reject HB767’s education funding plan combining a 2.5% sales tax with property, business and investment-income tax reductions. It also funded school improvement and early literacy; rejection passed 235–148.
April 18, 2001Opposes Public Education Quality
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Voted for HB748 education aid weights based on eligibility for free or reduced-price meals, with protection against grant reductions. The April 5 amendment passed 201–158; he also supported April 18 Section 1, adopted 197–186.
April 18, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted for scholarships letting low-income pupils leave poorly performing schools for other public or private schools (HB515). Passage passed 182–173.
April 5, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted against tabling an inflation index for adequate education costs (HB747). The House tabled it 190–166.
April 5, 2001Supports Public Education Quality
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Voted against rejecting an $825 million statewide adequate education cost cap (HB291). The House rejected it 296–55.
March 8, 2001Opposes Public Education Quality
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Gun Control · 4 support · 15 oppose

Supported a state grant program for opioid-related law enforcement; passage succeeded 235–74. Opposed adding county correctional-cost funding; amendment failed 110–214. Opposed adding syringe-sale and residue exemptions; amendment failed 87–220. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 100–214. Opposed adding private-school tuition provisions; amendment failed 95–219. Opposed adding fetal-homicide provisions; amendment failed 93–222.
June 16, 2016Supports Gun Control
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Supported HB512's amended firearm-confiscation restrictions during emergencies; the bill passed, 231–121. Then voted to override the veto; the override failed, 169–130, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
June 16, 2016Opposes Gun Control
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Supported repealing the concealed-carry license requirement; amended passage succeeded 206–146. Supported overriding the veto. The override failed 150–117, short of two-thirds.
June 16, 2016Opposes Gun Control
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Voted against adding concealed-carry license repeal to substance-abuse funding legislation (SB533). The amendment failed, 98–204.
May 11, 2016Supports Gun Control
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Voted for amended legislation authorizing designated military personnel to carry weapons at state military installations (HB1288). The amended bill passed, 188–129.
March 10, 2016Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for HB1132's firearm amendment permitting loaded magazines in vehicle-carried rifles and shotguns. The amendment required empty chambers and engaged safeties. The amendment passed, 196–120.
March 10, 2016Opposes Gun Control
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Gun Control
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Voted against rejecting a ban on state and local enforcement of federal firearms laws (HB685). The rejection passed, 234–119.
March 11, 2015Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to reject background checks for commercial firearms sales (HB650). The rejection passed, 236–124.
March 11, 2015Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for amended HB194, passed 204–110. The amendment allowed rifles and shotguns with loaded magazines in vehicles when their chambers were empty. It also allowed chamber-loaded guns and cocked crossbows on specified private property and during self-defense or defense of another person.
January 5, 2012Opposes Gun Control
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Supported amended HB334, passed 180–144. It reserved regulation of firearms, ammunition and knives to the legislature unless expressly delegated by statute. It barred public or private entities from banning their possession on government-owned property without statutory authorization. Unauthorized existing regulations and policies were declared void.
January 4, 2012Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for amended HB330, which the House passed 244–109. It allowed adults 18 and older to carry loaded or unloaded firearms openly or concealed without a license. It retained specified restrictions involving felons, courthouses, hunting and release conditions. Optional licenses lasted five rather than four years, and nonresident fees fell from $100 to $50. The adopted floor amendment removed the express exception for offenses prohibited by federal 18 U.S.C. section 922.
March 15, 2011Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to pass HB125 on February 15, 2011, by 240–120. It exempted firearms made and kept within New Hampshire from federal regulation under the interstate commerce clause.
February 15, 2011Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to urge withholding United Nations funding if it violated constitutional firearm ownership rights (HCR25). The House adopted the resolution 184–134.
March 7, 2006Opposes Gun Control
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Co-sponsored banning confiscation of legally owned and carried firearms during a state of emergency (HB1639). The House rejected it 183–129.
January 4, 2006Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to reject carrying concealed loaded handguns without licenses (SB454). The rejection passed. The vote was 223–94.
April 29, 2004Supports Gun Control
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Voted to restrict local shooting range regulation and expand immunity for owners, operators, and users (HB1309). The bill passed. The vote was 235–110.
March 11, 2004Opposes Gun Control
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Voted for an HB415 amendment reserving firearms regulation to the state. The amendment passed. The vote was 243–115.
March 25, 2003Opposes Gun Control
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Voted to reject HB736’s licensed firearm transfers, safety devices and handgun testing. It also increased concealed-carry licensing age and firearm-crime sentences; rejection passed 324–35.
March 29, 2001Opposes Gun Control
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Women's Reproductive Rights · 17 oppose

Supported repealing buffer-zone protections at reproductive-health facilities. Passage succeeded 160–152.
March 9, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against rejecting a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy (HB1328). The rejection passed, 182–144.
March 9, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against rejecting restrictions on dilation-and-evacuation abortion procedures (HB1560). The rejection passed, 163–136.
February 10, 2016Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against rejecting restrictions on state contracts with organizations providing or encouraging abortions (HB677). The rejection passed, 216–142.
February 18, 2015Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported amendment 2215h to SB356 on May 15, 2012, by 205–134. It exempted certain religious employers from contraceptive insurance coverage requirements and recodified religious society laws.
May 15, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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On April 25, 2012, opposed amendment 1754h retaining the $1 million research credit by repealing its sunset; it failed 72–232. Supported amendment 1849h adding abortion informed consent requirements to the tax credit bill; it passed 190–109. On May 15, 2012, opposed amendment 2220h removing abortion provisions and retaining the $1 million credit; it passed 172–123. Supported amendment 2224h restoring abortion informed consent requirements and a 24-hour waiting period, with medical emergency exceptions; it passed 178–120. Supported amended SB295 retaining the $1 million research credit, repealing its sunset and adding those abortion requirements; it passed 198–100.
May 15, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported HB1660, passed 190–109, banning abortions at 20 or more weeks after fertilization. Exceptions covered preventing death or substantial, irreversible impairment of a major bodily function, or preserving an unborn child’s life. It required physicians to determine fetal age and report specified abortion information. Claimed risks from the pregnant woman’s own future conduct did not qualify for an exception.
March 29, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported HB1659’s initial abortion-information requirements, passed 189–151. They required a 24-hour waiting period and state-produced written and video materials. Supported another amended passage attempt, which failed 164–181. Opposed rejection, which failed 170–179, and tabling, which passed 190–161. Then supported a replacement with civil malpractice and professional discipline remedies; it passed 185–138. That replacement imposed no liability on the pregnant woman.
March 28, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported amended HB1679, passed 224–110, prohibiting the defined partial-birth abortion procedure. Its exception required two unaffiliated physicians to determine that a physical condition endangered the pregnant woman’s life. It created criminal penalties, including physician fines of $10,000–$100,000 and one to ten years’ imprisonment, and specified civil remedies.
March 14, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported amendment 1026h to HB1546 on March 7, 2012, by 187–152. He also supported its contraception provisions 196–150. They exempted employers with religious objections from required contraceptive insurance coverage.
March 7, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported HR29 on February 22, 2012, by 227–121. It urged federal officials to rescind a rule requiring health plans to cover contraceptives and sterilization.
February 22, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported amended HB309, passed 229–133, and its floor amendment, adopted 231–133. The bill made insurance coverage for certified midwives optional. It required utilization review for children’s early intervention services, autism treatment and hearing aids, and established an insurance-mandate study committee. His floor amendment made bariatric-surgery coverage optional within required coverage for obesity-related diseases and treatment.
January 4, 2012Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported amended HB329 on March 16, 2011, by 256–102. It required parental notification before a minor's abortion, with medical emergency and court bypass exceptions. He voted to override the governor's veto on June 22, 2011, by 266–102.
June 22, 2011Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Supported parental consent for minors receiving emergency contraception from pharmacists (SB30); that amendment failed 141–225. Then opposed pharmacist emergency contraception access through collaborative agreements; passage passed 195–169. Supported reconsideration; it failed 141–204.
May 25, 2005Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Opposed rejecting restrictions on public funding, employees, and facilities assisting abortions (HB1253). The House rejected the bill. The vote was 217–109.
February 19, 2004Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted to accept the Senate's parental abortion notification amendment (HB763). The House concurred. The vote was 197–176.
May 29, 2003Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Voted against killing parental consent requirements for abortions involving children under 17 (HB1380). The House rejected the bill 219–126.
February 14, 2002Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
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Election Integrity · 11 support · 1 oppose

Voted for amended recount-notice requirements and permitting black-and-white voter identification photographs (SB39). The amended bill passed, 206–149.
June 3, 2015Supports Election Integrity
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Voted for SB289’s requirement to present photo ID or sign an affidavit before voting. The final version limited acceptable IDs further beginning September 2013. The conference report passed 255–103.
June 6, 2012Supports Election Integrity
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Voted for adding driver-license and vehicle-registration language to New Hampshire’s voter registration form. SB318 also expanded verification letters for new Election Day registrants without photo ID. The conference report passed 260–101.
June 6, 2012Supports Election Integrity
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Voted for SB129’s photo ID requirement for voting. Voters without approved ID received provisional ballots and had until noon on the third business day to verify identity. The amended bill passed 243–111. Also opposed an alternative allowing broader identification and later verification by mail; that amendment failed 94–262.
May 4, 2011Supports Election Integrity
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Voted for voter photo identification requirements permitting specified affidavits and election officer recognition (HB345). The House passed it 211–149. Later supported overriding the governor's veto. The override failed to reach two-thirds approval, 204–140.
June 28, 2006Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to override a veto of voting domicile, driver license, and vehicle registration requirements (HB1566). The override failed to reach two-thirds approval, 197–141.
June 28, 2006Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to change Ballot Law Commission appointments and limit races to one recount (HB693). The House passed the bill. The vote was 244–119.
March 20, 2003Opposes Election Integrity
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Voted to permit municipalities to require voter photo identification or an affidavit (HB745). The House passed the bill. The vote was 212–94.
March 13, 2003Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to authorize optional same-day voter registration affidavits stating domicile obligations and qualifications (SB112). The House passed it 223–127.
April 17, 2002Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to require proof of voter qualifications when registering (SB141). The House passed the bill 233–121.
January 10, 2002Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to override the HB399 veto requiring citizenship, age and domicile proof for voter registration. The override failed 230–143.
December 12, 2001Supports Election Integrity
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Voted to override the HB201 veto allowing local voter photo identification requirements. The override failed 228–144.
December 12, 2001Supports Election Integrity
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Personal Income Tax Reduction · 6 support · 1 oppose

Voted for amended CACR13, approved 257–101, proposing a constitutional prohibition on new taxes on personal income. He later supported its revised conference report, approved 256–110, also prohibiting new state personal-income taxes.
June 6, 2012Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Supported amended SB58, passed 281–47. It added Business Finance Authority-managed community-development entities to qualified investment companies under the business profits and enterprise taxes. It limited investors’ interest-and-dividends taxation to their proportionate taxable income. It excluded federally reported capital gains and income from investments solely in New Hampshire tax-exempt instruments.
May 4, 2011Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted against rejecting a constitutional prohibition on a state income tax (CACR13). The House rejected the proposal 220–103.
March 10, 2005Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted to reject a four percent state income tax (HB622). The House rejected the proposal 246–45.
March 9, 2005Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted to reject repeal of the interest and dividends tax (HB623). The rejection passed. The vote was 213–133.
March 6, 2003Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Voted against tabling a school income tax retaining the state property tax (HB761); tabling failed 171–190. He then voted to reject it; rejection passed 213–148.
May 3, 2001Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Spoke and voted to reject a flat-rate education income tax and other tax changes (HB759). Rejection passed 213–171; he opposed reconsideration, which failed 164–220. He also supported indefinite postponement; that motion failed 184–201.
April 19, 2001Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
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Data Privacy · 7 support · 5 oppose

Supported extending Medicaid premium assistance through 2018, with work requirements for certain recipients. February passage succeeded 207–136; March passage succeeded 216–145. Supported citizenship-document requirements; amendment passed 179–159. Supported a court hearing before involuntary-commitment records reached the firearms background-check system; amendment passed 193–146. Opposed a health-savings-account study; amendment failed 116–215. Opposed severability protections; amendment passed 182–181. Opposed tabling the bill; tabling failed 137–221. Opposed removing work requirements; amendment failed 14–344. Opposed adding keno; amendment failed 126–233. Opposed reconsideration after each passage; reconsideration failed 120–211 and 146–214.
March 9, 2016Supports Data Privacy
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Voted for amended legislation expanding authorized police access to prescription-monitoring information (HB1420). The amended bill failed, 155–195.
March 9, 2016Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted against rejecting a ban on employers using credit histories in employment decisions (HB365). The rejection passed, 200–142.
March 12, 2015Supports Data Privacy
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Voted Nay on an amendment requiring parental notice and opt-out rights for nonacademic student surveys. The amendment passed 246–114.
March 4, 2015Opposes Data Privacy
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Voted Nay on removing patient names and addresses from legislative audit records when unique record numbers were available. The amendment failed 104–244.
March 4, 2015Opposes Data Privacy
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Supported amendment 1780h to SB287 on April 25, 2012, by 226–106. It removed restrictions on commercial use of prescriber-identifiable prescription records after a federal court ruling. It also clarified the conditions for releasing patients’ medical information.
April 25, 2012Opposes Data Privacy
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Supported an HB445 amendment restricting electronic tracking without consent or a valid court order; it was adopted 293–53. Exceptions covered specified property recovery, employment, institutional monitoring, toll collection, supply chains and voluntarily activated location services. Violations were class A misdemeanors, with civil recovery of at least $1,000 per violation plus costs and attorney fees. He earlier supported interim study, which failed 158–183.
February 1, 2012Supports Data Privacy
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Supported an HB514 amendment requiring written owner permission or a warrant before entering private property to gather data. It was adopted 260–98. It restricted use of improperly gathered information and barred permit denials based on data from neighboring land. Exceptions covered specified inspections, emergencies, assessments, surveys and utility work. Knowing violations carried $250–$2,000 penalties, with attorney-fee remedies.
January 18, 2012Supports Data Privacy
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Voted to protect workers' compensation records and labor board deliberations from public disclosure (SB28). The conference report passed 249–96. Completed adjudicatory orders remained public.
June 29, 2005Supports Data Privacy
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Voted against rejecting privacy restrictions on Social Security numbers in recorded deeds (HB323). The House rejected the proposal 164–153.
March 23, 2005Supports Data Privacy
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Voted to table allowing audio and video recordings on school buses (HB219). Tabling passed 158–154.
March 9, 2005Supports Data Privacy
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Opposed allowing adult adoptees access to original birth certificates (SB335). The House passed the bill. The vote was 223–103.
April 29, 2004Opposes Data Privacy
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Civil Rights · 8 support · 11 oppose

Supported tabling restrictions on conversion therapy for minors; tabling failed 167–175. Opposed amended passage, which succeeded 229–99. Later supported requesting conference negotiations. That motion passed 181–138.
May 19, 2016Opposes Civil Rights
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Supported thirty days of domicile before voting and revised registration rules. Amended passage succeeded 203–144.
May 11, 2016Opposes Civil Rights
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Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Civil Rights
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Supported requiring thirty days of domicile before voting and revising domicile rules. The amended bill passed 211–145.
June 3, 2015Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted to reject eliminating election-day voter registration (HB627). The rejection passed, 275–64.
March 4, 2015Supports Civil Rights
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Voted to reject reducing ballot nomination signatures and substituting volunteer service for signatures (HB665). The rejection passed, 286–56.
March 4, 2015Opposes Civil Rights
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Voted for HB437 to repeal same-sex marriage; passage failed 133–202. Supported amendment 2779h establishing civil unions and limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples; it failed 82–266. Supported amendment 1288h adding a nonbinding referendum to that approach; it failed 162–188. Opposed tabling HB437; the motion failed 82–263. Voted to block consideration of amendment 0478h, which also prohibited marriages between left-handed people; the objection passed 286–52. Supported reconsidering amendment 2779h; the motion failed 144–193. Opposed killing HB437; the House rejected it 211–116.
March 21, 2012Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1264 on March 14, 2012, by 246–85. It allowed refusing marriage-related goods, services, or accommodations based on religious beliefs.
March 14, 2012Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1657 on March 7, 2012, by 217–121. It waived filing fees for parents seeking guardianship of an adult child with disabilities.
March 7, 2012Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted for SB129’s photo ID requirement for voting. Voters without approved ID received provisional ballots and had until noon on the third business day to verify identity. The amended bill passed 243–111. Also opposed an alternative allowing broader identification and later verification by mail; that amendment failed 94–262.
May 4, 2011Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB176 on March 15, 2011, by 267–72. It kept students' voting domicile at their pre-enrollment address and restricted military members' changes of voting domicile. It also treated officials as resigned when they changed domicile.
March 15, 2011Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Supported religious exemptions from sex education with notarization (HB39); that amendment failed 162–178. Supported exemptions without notarization; that amendment failed 149–194. Then opposed killing the bill; rejection passed 244–106.
February 1, 2006Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted against killing guaranteed local representation for towns meeting the House district population threshold (CACR19). Rejection passed 244–101.
March 23, 2005Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject lowering nomination petition requirements for independent candidates (HB276). The House rejected the proposal 239–71.
March 9, 2005Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Opposed an SB427 amendment removing marriage recognition restrictions while keeping a same-sex marriage study commission. That amendment failed 143–210. Voted for the bill restricting recognition of out-of-state marriages and studying same-sex civil marriage. Passage passed 215–137.
April 29, 2004Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Opposed rejecting nonresident taxpayers' participation in town meetings (HB1386). The House rejected the bill. The vote was 218–115.
February 5, 2004Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Co-sponsored restricting recognition of out-of-state same-sex civil unions, except certain health care decisions (HB553). The House rejected the bill.
January 9, 2003Opposes Civil Rights
Source: gc.nh.gov
Voted to authorize optional same-day voter registration affidavits stating domicile obligations and qualifications (SB112). The House passed it 223–127.
April 17, 2002Supports Civil Rights
Source: archive.org
Spoke and voted against rejecting a ban on recognizing out-of-state same-sex civil unions (HB454). The House rejected it 276–88.
March 29, 2001Opposes Civil Rights
Source: archive.org

Corporate Accountability · 10 support · 13 oppose

Voted to reject insurance requirements for gas-transmission pipeline owners (HB1140). The rejection passed, 239–96.
March 10, 2016Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported revised blood-lead notices and a screening commission. The agreement required actual injury for landlord liability and excluded later remediation as liability evidence. Conference approval passed 249–103.
June 24, 2015Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the veto of legislation loosening alcohol advertising restrictions (HB122). The bill repealed an explicit ban on references to minors in alcohol advertisements. The override passed, 236–95, reaching the required two-thirds vote.
June 11, 2015Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting a ban on transmitting deceptive caller-ID information under the consumer-protection law. The rejection passed 203–158.
June 3, 2015Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported requiring pipeline takers to pay land-use change taxes. Residential owners also received an option for whole-parcel condemnation. Passage succeeded 364–5.
March 25, 2015Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted for SB406’s early-settlement process for medical injuries. Offers covered economic losses and set injury payments, excluding pain-and-suffering damages. Claimants rejecting offers faced a bond and early-offer proceeding fees for court awards below 125% of the offer. The bill also required disclosure of police-file evidence clearing criminal defendants. The conference report passed 220–141.
June 6, 2012Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported amended SB17 on May 16, 2012, by 226–93. It excluded certain medical providers' statements from evidence in medical injury cases. It also allowed shifting legal costs after an unreasonable rejection of a better settlement offer.
May 16, 2012Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject SB334 on May 15, 2012, by 212–126. It allowed insurance agents to sell life insurance and annuities during appointments about Medicare products.
May 15, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 1261h to HB1642 on March 21, 2012, by 196–164, and amended passage 198–161. It exempted certain small for-profit destination hospitals from certificate-of-need requirements and sought a Medicaid enhancement tax waiver.
March 21, 2012Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting HB1650, approved 278–60. The bill exempted food produced and sold within New Hampshire from federal regulation with the “Made in New Hampshire” label. It created misdemeanor penalties for enforcing covered federal rules and for improper use of that label. It also barred municipalities from imposing food ordinances stricter than state requirements.
March 7, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1219 on February 22, 2012, by 241–100. It removed Fish and Game oversight of certain farmed deer and elk and venison sale licensing requirements.
February 22, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1641 on February 8, 2012, by 241–83. It required employers to create jobs before claiming an expanded business loss carryforward tax benefit.
February 8, 2012Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Opposed HB446’s amended passage, which failed 135–195, and opposed tabling it, which failed 62–269. It made licensing voluntary for landscape architects, court reporters, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, tanning facilities, athletic trainers and recreational therapists. It also covered hunting and fishing guides, massage therapists, reflexologists, structural integrators and Asian bodywork therapists. Practitioners claiming licensed status remained regulated. It repealed state regulation of hawkers, peddlers, itinerant vendors and athlete agents.
January 5, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Opposed SB57’s initial passage, approved 180–171, but later supported overriding its veto, approved 248–123. The bill replaced the 36% annual title-loan interest cap with substantially higher permitted charges. The veto message described those charges as 300% APR. Renewed loans required payment of at least 10% of original principal. He opposed a floor amendment reducing late-property-tax interest from 12% to 6%. It reduced specified other overdue-tax rates from 18% to 9%. It failed 134–213.
January 4, 2012Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Supported SB157’s amended passage, approved 234–92, and its later passage, approved 264–110. It allowed licensed weights-and-measures technicians to place state seals on equipment. It replaced agency fee-setting authority with a statutory licensing-fee schedule and required annual reports on complaints, inspections and audits.
June 1, 2011Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB136 on February 9, 2011, by 264–103. The bill repealed New Hampshire's athlete agent registration law.
February 9, 2011Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject requiring hearings when medical malpractice insurance rates changed (SB196). The House rejected the proposal 263–88.
June 8, 2005Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to require fire safety standards for cigarettes sold in New Hampshire (HB645). The House passed the bill 199–134.
March 10, 2005Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the greyhound health and disposition records veto (HB520). The override passed. The vote was 290–52.
June 17, 2004Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Voted to limit firearms manufacturers' and dealers' liability for criminal misuse of their products (HB811). The House passed it. The vote was 278–92.
March 25, 2003Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Opposed rejecting revised utility merger review and customer notice requirements (HB330). The House rejected the bill. The vote was 308–52.
March 13, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org
Co-sponsored prohibiting homeowner insurance cancellations or nonrenewals based solely on dog breed ownership (HB174).
January 9, 2003Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: gc.nh.gov
Voted against an SB410 amendment creating local groundwater review committees and public participation requirements for large commercial withdrawals. The amendment failed 123–187.
April 17, 2002Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: archive.org

Public Infrastructure · 7 support · 4 oppose

Voted to reject requiring alternative power sources for natural-gas compressor stations (HB1174). The rejection passed, 198–132.
March 10, 2016Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Supported the initial House budget bills; HB 1 passed 212–161 and HB 2 passed 194–179. Supported their committee amendments, adopted 210–162 and 219–161. Supported additional developmental, elder, shelter, and ServiceLink funding; amendment failed 182–193. Supported substance-use treatment and forensic-laboratory funding; amendment failed 157–214. Opposed higher-education and tourism funding increases; amendment failed 151–218. Supported health-center, hospital, and long-term-care increases; amendment failed 159–209. Supported another developmental-services increase offset by agency cuts; amendment failed 138–233. Opposed a highway-budget cut; amendment failed 3–365. Supported further spending cuts, fees, and fund transfers; amendment passed 210–170. Supported keno authorization; amendment passed 206–176. Opposed tobacco-tax and tax-haven changes; amendment failed 147–234. Opposed employee-pay and retiree-insurance changes; amendment failed 167–199. Opposed restoring several programs and delaying photographs of voters lacking identification; amendment failed 163–212. Opposed deleting Fish and Game fee authority; amendment failed 163–207. Supported removing direct-to-superior-court felony processing; amendment passed 334–34. Opposed removing vanity-plate fee changes; amendment failed 91–273. Opposed reconsidering HB 2; reconsideration failed 161–217. Supported revised revenue estimates; amendment passed 193–137. Opposed an interim-budget amendment using 96% of six months’ appropriations; amendment failed 150–208. Opposed both June conference agreements; HB 1 passed 196–161 and HB 2 passed 196–164. Later supported both veto overrides, which passed 321–25 and 326–21. Supported the accompanying employee-raise and business-tax-cut bill, which passed 291–73. Opposed adding voter-domicile restrictions; amendment failed 94–264. Opposed adding concealed-carry license repeal; amendment failed 96–265. Opposed removing the Concord courthouse-location requirement; amendment failed 65–289. Opposed further business-interest tax relief; amendment failed 93–263.
September 16, 2015Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting repeal of the 2014 gas-tax increase and cancellation of highway appropriations (HB591). The rejection passed, 243–108.
February 18, 2015Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted to concur with Senate changes to HB1716’s transportation improvement program; concurrence passed 308–28. The bill adopted the 2013–2022 transportation plan, including I-93 widening from Salem to Manchester.
May 9, 2012Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Opposed passing HB218 on March 17, 2011; the House passed it 190–119. That House version repealed the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority. The final version limited the authority to cost-benefit studies rather than developing or operating rail service. On January 4, 2012, he supported overriding the veto of the changed bill 231–128.
January 4, 2012Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB365 on February 23, 2011, by 284–68. It established a broadband development commission and appropriated money to support its work.
February 23, 2011Opposes Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting a highway connection between Pembroke and Bow (HB96). The House rejected the proposal 277–52.
January 26, 2005Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the ten-year transportation plan and turnpike funding veto (HB2004). The override passed. The vote was 312–31.
June 17, 2004Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted to reduce motor fuel evaporation rebates and allocate additional highway funds through an SB47 amendment. The amendment passed. The vote was 179–146.
June 5, 2003Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted for ATV trail planning, separate recreational trail funding and registration fee changes (HB1273). The House passed it 256–70.
March 21, 2002Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org
Voted for HB592 amendment1326h redirecting boat revenues to invasive plant control, harbor dredging and navigation systems. The amendment failed 148–168.
June 7, 2001Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: archive.org

General · 304 records

Won reelection as a Manchester Ward 12 selectman with 807 votes.
November 4, 2025
Source: manchesternh.gov
Voted against delaying $410,548 in salary increases for nonunion employees; the delay failed three votes to nine. Then voted to approve the increases. Approval passed nine votes to two, with one abstention.
June 23, 2025
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded waiving bidding rules for a $44,000 project to replace West High School’s failing intercom system. The motion passed, with two members opposed.
January 27, 2025
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Voted to delay attendance policy revisions for Teaching and Learning Committee review. The delay failed, with five votes for and nine against. The board then approved changes with administrative follow-up, allowing documentation demands after twenty unexcused absences. His final voice vote was not identified.
August 26, 2024
Source: manchester.inklink.news
Seconded approving a union agreement making the school district the employer of school bus operators beginning July 1, 2024. The board approved the agreement unanimously.
June 24, 2024
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded a meal policy allowing students with unpaid balances to choose the same regular meals as other students. It barred charging extras until the balance was paid. The board approved the amended policy unanimously.
June 24, 2024
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded temporary authorization to hire school nurses and occupational therapy assistants after a service vendor announced its closure. The board approved the authorization unanimously.
May 28, 2024
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Voted to table a truancy court pilot proposal. Tabling passed nine votes to five, with one member absent.
February 12, 2024
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded a bidding-policy waiver for the first phase of the school facilities project. It removed repeated board approval of contract awards. Competitive quotes or bids above $50,000 were retained. The board approved the waiver unanimously.
January 8, 2024
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Endorsed Russell Prescott for Congress in the 2024 election.
November 15, 2023
Source: manchester.inklink.news
Seconded revising the student restraint and seclusion policy to require an annual report to the Student Conduct Committee. The motion passed unanimously.
September 25, 2023
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded referring a proposed student program on sexual violence and consent back to the administration. The committee approved the referral unanimously.
June 14, 2023
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Endorsed Jay Ruais for mayor of Manchester in the 2023 election.
June 1, 2023
Source: manchester.inklink.news
Seconded a motion to adopt district goals for organizational stability, standard procedures, and long term school facilities planning. The motion passed, with one member opposed.
November 14, 2022
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded delaying a proposal to end school board members’ health insurance. The delay passed, with one member opposed.
May 23, 2022
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Voted against appointing Jenn Gillis as interim superintendent. The appointment passed eight votes to seven.
February 14, 2022
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded a motion to return three proposed technology positions to committee for review. Federal pandemic relief funds were the proposed funding source. The referral passed, with two members opposed.
December 13, 2021
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Seconded adding a police officer at Memorial High School through the school year, with a review afterward. The committee approved that recommendation unanimously.
December 8, 2021
Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com
Received Manchester Republican Committee endorsements for Ward 12 school board and selectman in the 2021 municipal election.
October 29, 2021
Source: manchester.inklink.news
Served as SIGLO21 Newspaper’s vice president of public affairs and media relations.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Managed New Hampshire retail sales and retail accounts for IDT.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Worked as a temporary New Hampshire sales representative for Truegreen/Servicesmaster.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Supervised patrol security officers for Securitas Security Services.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Managed a telemarketing department and worked as a mortgage business associate for Signature Mortgage.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Was appointed to Manchester’s Ward 12 school board. Aldermen selected him 7–5, then confirmed him unanimously.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Managed regional marketing for NESUBCONTRACTORS.COM.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Managed banking, education and environmental projects for USAID at the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Worked as a mortgage loan officer for FleetMortgage, identified as Bank of America.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Managed a branch of Advance America Financial.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Worked as a community relations specialist for Membership First Credit Union.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Taught Spanish as a faculty member at Franklin Pierce College.
September 7, 2021
Source: manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com
Worked as a mortgage broker after completing Fannie Mae training at Harvard University.
February 3, 2021
Source: pure.mpg.de
Worked for the Dominican Republic's president.
September 10, 2018
Source: bibliovault.org
Received AFT New Hampshire's endorsement for the 2016 House election in Hillsborough District 45.
October 10, 2016
Source: nh.aft.org
Endorsed Hillary Clinton for president as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House.
September 29, 2016
Source: enewspf.com
Endorsed Bill Gannon, the Republican candidate for New Hampshire Senate District 23, as reported by WMUR.
July 25, 2016
Source: wmur.com
Opposed overriding the veto of tobacco-tax changes that expanded the premium-cigar exemption to cheaper cigars. Override failed 145–108, short of two-thirds.
June 16, 2016
Source: archive.org
Opposed conference changes to the state fire code and a study of NFPA 1’s 2015 edition. Agreement passed 189–135.
June 1, 2016
Source: archive.org
Opposed conference changes to school-nurse certification and the wellness council. Agreement passed 182–131.
June 1, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported reconsidering concurrence on short-term rental taxation; reconsideration passed 183–129. Later opposed conference changes to short-term rental taxation. Agreement passed 189–127.
June 1, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported conference changes to real-estate transfer-tax exemptions. Agreement passed 311–11.
June 1, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to revive SCR3's call for a federal constitutional convention addressing election reform; revival passed, 171–106. Then voted for the resolution, which passed, 171–119.
May 19, 2016
Source: archive.org
Opposed concurrence on property-damage remedies and authority for federal border agents to make arrests in Coos County. Concurrence passed 199–87.
May 19, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject abolishing the Home Education Advisory Council (HB1414). The rejection passed, 273–71.
March 23, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation authorizing police license-plate scanners with safeguards limiting data retention and sharing (HB1154). The amended bill passed, 175–112.
March 10, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported thirty-year depreciation for telephone poles and conduits; the amendment failed 151–164. Supported forty-year depreciation with regulatory oversight; it passed 283–31. Opposed conditioning the new valuation rules on dismissal of pending tax appeals. That amendment failed 112–202.
March 10, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting a shift of proof for reasonable-compensation tax deductions from the revenue department to taxpayers. Rejection passed 180–131.
March 10, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting rebates to ratepayers from the renewable energy fund (HB1374). The rejection passed, 203–127.
March 10, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting mandatory review criteria for gas-pipeline capacity contracts; rejection failed 163–169. Opposed passage, which succeeded 208–124.
March 10, 2016
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting higher bait-site and bear-take limits for licensed bear guides. The rejection passed 217–122.
March 9, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting licensing requirements for outpatient abortion clinics (HB1399). The rejection passed, 203–121.
March 9, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject municipal hotel-occupancy tax surcharges (HB1214). The rejection passed, 185–119.
February 4, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to require nonjudge court referees and marital masters to hold justice-of-the-peace commissions (HB1127). The bill passed, 185–124.
February 4, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject electing judges for fixed terms (CACR15). The rejection passed, 220–85.
February 4, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject constitutional restrictions on diverting money from dedicated funds (CACR2). The rejection passed, 234–90.
January 20, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject video lottery machines in liquor-licensed establishments (HB630). The rejection passed, 200–129.
January 20, 2016
Source: archive.org
Voted for SB136's Citizens United constitutional-amendment review committee; passage failed, 144–159. Then voted to reject the bill; the rejection passed, 166–137.
January 7, 2016
Source: archive.org
Was named a co-chair of Jeb Bush's Religious Liberty Advisory Committee in the campaign's dated announcement.
October 23, 2015
Source: p2016.org
Voted to override the veto of students’ statewide assessment opt-out rights (HB603). The override failed, 211–141, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
September 16, 2015
Source: archive.org
Supported business-profit tax relief for sales of business interests and tobacco-tax administration changes. Conference approval passed 202–145. Supported overriding the veto. Override failed 230–147, short of two-thirds.
September 16, 2015
Source: archive.org
Supported two weeks’ parental notice before teaching sexual education or human-sexuality materials. House passage succeeded 217–136. Supported overriding the veto. The override failed 226–148, short of two-thirds.
September 16, 2015
Source: archive.org
Opposed substituting general funds for a marriage-license fee increase; the amendment failed 170–199. Supported raising the fee by $5. Passage succeeded 223–146. Supported the conference agreement, which also added a domestic-violence conviction fine. Agreement passed 203–144.
June 24, 2015
Source: archive.org
Supported conference rules governing electronic-benefit-transfer card use. Agreement passed 213–143.
June 24, 2015
Source: archive.org
Opposed conference changes to professional-license renewal fees, salt-applicator certification and pesticide registration. Agreement passed 223–131.
June 24, 2015
Source: archive.org
Supported conference changes to property taxes for charter schools leasing facilities. Agreement passed 275–71.
June 24, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the veto limiting delegates’ authority at federal constitutional conventions (HB148). The override failed, 197–140, lacking the required two-thirds vote.
June 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation permitting private employers to prefer veterans in hiring and promotions (SB55). The amended bill passed, 331–37.
June 3, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for optional Common Core standards through HB276 and SB101; the bills passed, 225–130 and 202–138, respectively. Then supported SB190's optional-standards amendment, which failed, 164–175.
June 3, 2015
Source: archive.org
Opposed a workers’ compensation medical-payment schedule; that amendment failed 132–198. Supported reasonable-value payment rules; that amendment passed 231–100. Opposed tabling, which failed 108–223. Supported amended passage, which succeeded 264–67.
June 3, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation financing utility divestiture costs through low-interest bonds (SB221). The amended bill passed, 308–43.
June 3, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation filing felony charges directly in superior court (SB124). The amended bill passed, 212–127.
June 3, 2015
Source: archive.org
Opposed repealing gambling prohibitions; that amendment failed 103–259. Opposed changing casino-license allocations; that amendment failed 87–279. Supported casino authorization. Passage failed 156–208.
April 29, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB593's medical cannabis home-growing provisions; the rejection failed, 148–188. Then voted for the amended bill, which passed, 208–132.
March 12, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation shielding volunteer engineers and architects from civil liability during emergencies (HB292). The amended bill passed, 235–105.
March 12, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject requiring legislative committees to review all proposed rules within their subject areas (HB434). The rejection passed, 235–105.
March 12, 2015
Source: archive.org
Supported rejecting preferred burial and public rights-of-way for new elective transmission lines. The rejection passed 213–131.
March 12, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject rescinding New Hampshire’s requests for a federal constitutional convention (HCR1). The rejection passed, 262–75.
March 12, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation establishing a method for taxing telecommunications poles and conduits (HB547). The amended bill passed, 205–162.
March 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation authorizing regulated sales of draft beer in refillable containers (HB554). The amended bill passed, 311–58.
March 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject establishing a sales and use tax (HB673). The rejection passed, 355–13.
March 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation counting later-born or adopted children when calculating child-support obligations (HB236). The amended bill passed, 191–174.
March 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject defining poker as a skill game exempt from gambling restrictions (HB445). The rejection passed, 217–150.
March 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB404 and HB228, both concerning display of marked ballots. The rejections passed, 233–131 and 253–89, respectively.
March 4, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation adding grounds for eviction with seven days’ notice (HB315). These included unauthorized pets, extended guest visits, and failure to establish utility service. The amended bill passed, 263–95.
March 4, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended legislation allowing towns’ voters to require separate votes on default budgets (HB689). The amended bill passed, 203–148.
March 4, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject expanded conscience protections for healthcare providers, institutions, and payers (HB670). The rejection passed, 237–88.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject distributing school building aid through 20-year installments (HB261). The rejection passed, 226–135.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject restricting government acquisition of military equipment unavailable on the commercial market (HB407). The rejection failed, 134–204.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject allowing state agencies to retain savings from energy-efficiency projects (HB615). The rejection passed, 210–145.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted for HB208's amendment rebating carbon-auction proceeds to electricity customers, minus administrative costs; the amendment passed, 197–158. Then voted for the amended bill, which passed, 201–154.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB433's reorganization of the state guard as a volunteer, self-supplied force. The bill also removed the National Guard's federal-service requirement as a prerequisite for establishing the state guard. The rejection passed, 215–137.
February 18, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject legislation declaring that life begins at conception (HB194). The rejection passed, 246–104.
February 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a process gathering public input on a constitutional response to Citizens United (HB371). The rejection passed, 194–157.
February 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject legislative confirmation of judges (CACR8). The rejection passed, 242–101.
February 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject having the New Hampshire House nominate candidates for United States senator (HB338). The rejection passed, 252–75.
February 11, 2015
Source: archive.org
Voted Yea to reject added requirements for activities excluded from the public-meeting law. The rejection passed 302–52.
February 4, 2015
Source: archive.org
Took the oath of office as a Republican New Hampshire state representative for Hillsborough District 45. Was appointed to the House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee.
December 3, 2014
Source: archive.org
Endorsed Frank Guinta for Congress and joined the campaign's town leadership team.
May 29, 2014
Source: legistorm.com
Voted for HB1670’s conference report reapportioning Executive Council districts; it passed 228–115.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to adopt HB1490's conference report, which passed 211–74. HB1490 addressed New Hampshire's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade program for controlling carbon dioxide emissions.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted for amended HB1383, passed 250–88, requiring the university system to verify U.S. legal residency for in-state tuition. He later supported a revised residency conference report, adopted 217–82.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted for a constitutional amendment giving the legislature control over public education standards and state funding. The final conference report on CACR12 failed 224–141, short of the required three-fifths vote.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted twice for CACR26’s proposed repeal of the constitutional provision giving the chief justice court rulemaking authority. The 237–115 and 239–114 votes failed the required three-fifths threshold. He supported reconsideration, approved 242–111, then accepted a revised Senate version by 242–96. That later vote concerned changed text, rather than the original repeal proposal.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to recommit HB1666; the motion failed 125–229. Opposed requiring full legislative approval of state collective bargaining agreements; amended HB1666 passed 232–119. On June 6, 2012, supported fiscal committee approval of those agreements; its conference report passed 203–77.
June 6, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 2318h to SB351 on May 17, 2012, by 141–130. It granted free state park day-use admission to active military members, including eligible National Guard members. Enterprise activity fees still applied.
May 17, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 2214h to SB229 on May 16, 2012, by 222–94. It created a conditional defined contribution retirement plan for new state hires beginning November 1, 2013. It also directed a study and requested proposals for managing the plan.
May 16, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed a motion allowing Representative Steve Vaillancourt to return to the House chamber after apologizing to the chair and House. The motion passed 238–103. The Speaker had ordered Vaillancourt removed after repeated requests to come to order. Gonzalez also spoke against the conditional-return motion.
May 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported SB260 on May 9, 2012; the vote tied 173–173 and failed. It allowed local planning rules to protect significant archaeological sites.
May 9, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended SB382 on May 9, 2012, by 326–16. It prorated property assessments when accidental fires or natural disasters made buildings unusable. Owners had sixty days to apply for the adjustment.
May 9, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended SB343 on April 25, 2012, by 249–81. It established an independent licensing board for psychologists, with fees covering licensing, investigations, and hearings.
April 25, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted for SB202’s congressional district map; the bill passed 239–95. Opposed Weber’s alternative map in amendment 1553h; it failed 102–229.
April 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB1460 on March 29, 2012, by 197–104. It placed new public employees in a defined contribution retirement plan beginning November 1, 2012.
March 29, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB1403 on March 28, 2012, by 209–102. It conditioned school approval on curriculum promoting state and national sovereignty without foreign governance. It also established a study of the International Baccalaureate program.
March 28, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted against HB592’s committee House district map and Mirski replacement map, adopted 219–118 and 227–107. Both assigned Manchester Ward 12 two representatives and Wards 10–12 two additional representatives. He also opposed Pierce’s statewide replacement and Doherty’s Hillsborough replacement, rejected 70–261 and 26–302. He later voted to override the governor’s veto, approved 246–112, enacting the map. It placed Ward 12 in Hillsborough 19 and Wards 10–12 in Hillsborough 45.
March 28, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted for amendment 0917h authorizing video lottery and table games at four locations; it failed 154–195. Supported reconsidering that amendment; the motion failed 129–216. Voted for HB593’s passage authorizing video lottery and table gaming; passage failed 118–226.
March 28, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed converting HB1560 into a health care compact study committee on March 28, 2012; the amendment failed 163–182. He then supported the original interstate health care compact bill 221–131.
March 28, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1482 on March 15, 2012, by 243–65. It limited tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals' satellite facilities without an agreement with the municipality.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HR21 on March 15, 2012, by 206–97. It urged Congress to follow constitutional requirements when approving international treaties and agreements.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 0645h to HB1440 on March 15, 2012, by 237–75. It allowed drivers aged fifteen and a half to satisfy driver education requirements through an approved online course.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HCR42 on March 15, 2012, by 247–63. It supported keeping the Electoral College for presidential elections.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1674 on March 15, 2012, by 207–104. It allowed municipalities to lower interest rates on overdue property taxes through a local vote.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1148 on March 15, 2012, by 280–7. It required public schools to teach evolution as a theory.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1588 on March 15, 2012, by 220–92. It recodified sheriff, constable, and police laws, increased fees, and expanded sheriffs' authority to hire assistants or clerks.
March 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed reconsidering HB1654 on March 14, 2012; reconsideration failed 155–187. It proposed reopening a rejected bill granting inmates earned time credits for rehabilitation programs.
March 14, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB1355 on March 7, 2012, by 224–111. It used the previous year's county budget when the county convention failed to adopt a new budget on time.
March 7, 2012
Source: archive.org
Initially supported rejecting CACR11 on January 5, 2012; that motion failed 151–160. He then supported sending it back to committee 207–102. On March 7, 2012, he supported amended passage, which failed 218–120 for lack of the required three-fifths vote. The amendment required renewable seven-year terms for newly appointed state judges.
March 7, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed rejecting HB1197 on February 22, 2012; the House rejected it 180–160. It required seeking a federal waiver exempting continuing care retirement communities from the nursing home quality incentive tax.
February 22, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed passing amended HB1339 on February 22, 2012; it failed 133–216. It prohibited paid agreements reserving exclusive hunting, fishing, or trapping access on private land.
February 22, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject CACR28 on February 15, 2012, by 239–108. It gave the legislature authority to decide the constitutionality of legislative acts, reserving judicial acts for the supreme court.
February 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported limiting debate on HB1305 on February 15, 2012, by 219–88. He opposed indefinitely postponing it 127–182, then supported amended passage, which failed 133–161. It restored property tax exemptions for telecommunications poles and conduits and established a utility taxation study committee.
February 15, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HR26 on February 8, 2012, by 248–79. It urged admitting the District of Columbia as the fifty-first state.
February 8, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HB1354, passed 248–101, tying voting residence to residence for other legal purposes. It changed the voting-domicile statute to require New Hampshire residency rather than treating voting domicile as a separate designation. He opposed tabling it; that motion failed 113–233.
February 8, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HCR31 on February 8, 2012; the vote tied 159–159 and failed. It commended pregnancy care centers. He opposed reconsideration, which failed 132–196.
February 8, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB1360 on February 1, 2012, by 238–88. It required legislative education committee approval as a prerequisite to state education rules taking effect. Home education rules also required approval from the Home Education Advisory Council.
February 1, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed HCR32 on February 1, 2012; the House approved it 188–129. It urged Congress to withdraw the United States from the United Nations.
February 1, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HCR2 on February 1, 2012, by 243–102. It supported Arizona's immigration lawSB1070 and its claimed right to protect its borders and citizens.
February 1, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB1652 on February 1, 2012, by 260–81. It transferred uncommitted general fund surplus from the previous budget to the rainy day fund.
February 1, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject CACR25 on February 1, 2012, by 251–47. It removed the supreme and superior courts' status as constitutionally established courts.
February 1, 2012
Source: archive.org
First voted to reject HB415 on January 11, 2012; that motion failed 147–197. Then voted for HB415, giving a parent accused of no wrongdoing access to child abuse records involving the other parent. Passage passed 217–129.
January 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB242 on January 11, 2012, by 259–89. It moved expanded business profits tax loss carryforward provisions to January 2013, including a ten-million-dollar limit and ten-year carryforward.
January 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HB440’s amendment, adopted 179–118, and amended passage, approved 211–83. It required the attorney general to join Florida’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Affordable Care Act. The amendment replaced the earlier bill with that single requirement.
January 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB587 on January 11, 2012, by 250–84. It removed no-fault divorce based on irreconcilable differences for couples with minor children.
January 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed amended HB388, which the House passed 214–140. It reduced the enhanced-911 surcharge from 57 cents to 47 cents monthly and extended it to covered Internet telephone services. Providers without monthly billing had to deduct it from customers’ accounts or pay it themselves.
January 11, 2012
Source: archive.org
Introduced Newt Gingrich at a Manchester restaurant event connecting Republican presidential candidates with Latino voters.
January 8, 2012
Source: fi2w.org
Voted to reject HB595 on January 5, 2012, by 263–82. It restricted government termination of home education programs.
January 5, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed amendment 2755h to HB219 on January 5, 2012; it passed 208–109. He also opposed passing the amended bill 214–110. It required legislative approval for education rules exceeding federal minimum standards.
January 5, 2012
Source: archive.org
Cosponsored HB1680, introduced to require state collection and maintenance of induced-termination-of-pregnancy statistics. The bill was later replaced with a health-oversight subcommittee studying data collection and recommending legislation.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Opposed overriding the governor's veto of HB380 on January 4, 2012; the override failed 93–267. It extended the Commission on the Status of Men by two years and expanded its work on absent fathers.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB542 on March 15, 2011, by 197–148. He sought a conference instead of accepting Senate changes on June 8, 2011, by 246–105. He approved the conference report on June 22, 2011, by 240–108. The final bill required alternatives when parents objected to specific public school course material. Parents had to provide written notice and pay for an agreed alternative meeting state education requirements. On January 4, 2012, he voted to override the governor's veto 255–112.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Voted for SB160, passed 208–139, authorizing regulated installment lending by New Hampshire companies. The committee reports contrasted those loans with the existing 36% payday-loan interest cap and loans already offered over the Internet.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Supported HB581’s amendment, adopted 214–137, and amended passage, approved 223–129. It replaced dealer solvency requirements for prepaid heating-oil, kerosene and propane contracts with a signed consumer disclosure. The disclosure warned that payments did not guarantee the agreed price or return of the consumer’s money. It also required consumer-protection contact information.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Cosponsored HB1251, permitting off-premises alcohol licensees to sell liquor.
January 4, 2012
Source: archive.org
Endorsed Rick Perry for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, as reported by Patch.
November 20, 2011
Source: patch.com
Supported HR13 on October 12, 2011, by 258–112. It urged the Senate to disregard the state supreme court's advisory opinion against directing the attorney general's health care lawsuit.
October 12, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported HB654, passed 253–110, crediting public employers for retirement-system contributions overpaid in July 2011. The committee identified slightly more than $4 million in overpayments before lower recertified rates took effect. He opposed sending the bill to Finance with a December 23 reporting deadline; that motion failed 113–248.
October 12, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB656, passed 234–101, setting January 7, 2012 as the city-ward boundary deadline for legislative redistricting. It waived statutory timing and notice limits for special elections meeting that deadline and established Portsmouth ward lines. He supported the original January 3 deadline, adopted 254–105, and its January 7 replacement, adopted 221–111. He opposed a Lebanon exception permitting approval in March, which failed 131–216. He also opposed tabling the bill; that motion failed 126–205.
October 12, 2011
Source: archive.org
Approved HB348's conference report on June 22, 2011, by 203–155. It transferred racing and charitable gaming oversight to the Lottery Commission without authorizing new electronic gambling devices.
June 22, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted for HB605’s conference report, adopted 247–101, authorizing the Business Finance Authority to establish an innovation business job growth program. The program promoted investment in venture-capital funds.
June 22, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported HB187 on February 23, 2011, by 231–60. It extended the business enterprise tax credit carryforward against business profits taxes from five to ten years. On June 8, 2011, he accepted Senate changes 265–94. They made the extension effective for tax periods ending after July 1, 2014.
June 8, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted for HB590’s House version, which passed 228–111. It declared unconstitutional federal grants outside enumerated federal powers and state acceptance of those grants. It also created a committee to review participation in federal grant programs. He later supported the Senate replacement, accepted 243–110, establishing the review committee without that constitutional declaration.
June 8, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 1967h to SB162 on May 25, 2011, by 278–99. It gave the legislature control over state implementation of federal health care reform. It authorized an oversight committee to block implementation, and the Insurance Department's health reform coordinator position was eliminated.
May 25, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended SB120 on May 25, 2011, by 358–15. It allowed restaurants to advertise alcoholic drink discounts, subject to liquor commission restrictions and local approval.
May 25, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 2163h to SB40 on May 25, 2011, by 272–108. It reduced the cigarette tax from 1.78 to 1.68 dollars per pack of twenty cigarettes. Licensed sellers received sixty days to sell old-rate inventory; the amendment prohibited tax refunds for that inventory.
May 25, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended SB125 on May 18, 2011, by 340–9. It shifted the burden of disputing business owners' reasonable compensation deductions to the revenue department. It retained a 50,000 dollar safe harbor and applied prospectively to tax periods beginning in 2011.
May 18, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amendment 1519h to SB78 on April 27, 2011, by 201–108. He then supported passing the amended bill 208–98. It reduced the gasoline tax by five cents until June 30, 2011.
April 27, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB160 on March 30, 2011, by 255–95. It required legislation to change policies on carrying weapons in the State House complex.
March 30, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported HCR19 on February 23, 2011, by 223–108, and again on March 30, 2011, by 242–109. The resolution asserted state authority to interpret the United States Constitution and enforce its limits on federal power.
March 30, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB557 on March 17, 2011, by 238–77. It shifted the burden of disputing business owners' reasonable compensation deductions to the revenue department. It used federal tax standards and retained a 50,000 dollar safe harbor.
March 17, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB156 on March 17, 2011, by 236–93. It reduced the cigarette tax from 1.78 to 1.68 dollars per pack of twenty cigarettes.
March 17, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB213 on March 17, 2011, by 233–75. It reduced the business profits tax from 8.5 to 8.25 percent in 2011 and to eight percent in 2012. He then supported tabling it 194–118.
March 17, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB569 on March 17, 2011, by 232–59. It replaced civil marriage and civil unions with domestic union contracts.
March 17, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB340 on March 16, 2011, by 227–114. It granted education property tax abatements to parents using private schools or home education.
March 16, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB561 on March 16, 2011, by 249–93. It prohibited state payment for legislators' and legislative employees' wireless devices and services.
March 16, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB513 on March 16, 2011, by 234–99. It allowed physician-assisted death for adults with terminal illnesses.
March 16, 2011
Source: archive.org
First supported rejecting HB623 on March 15, 2011; the motion failed 101–197. He then supported passing the bill 219–79. It prohibited government affirmative action and preferences based on race, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.
March 15, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB567 on March 15, 2011, by 233–122. It expanded criminal and civil protections for people using defensive force.
March 15, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB370 on March 15, 2011, by 248–96. It required notifying parents about bullying and limited school responsibility to students under school custody or supervision. Schools still had to report known bullying outside school grounds.
March 15, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB629 on March 15, 2011, by 279–87. It repealed the uninsured health care database.
March 15, 2011
Source: archive.org
Supported amended HB468 on February 23, 2011, by 261–90. It reduced aquatic resource mitigation administrative assessments from twenty to ten percent.
February 23, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB238 on February 23, 2011, by 255–91. It created a 100,000 dollar property value exemption from the state education property tax.
February 23, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB166 on February 16, 2011, by 285–78. It reduced the meals and rooms tax from nine to eight percent. He then supported tabling it 254–109.
February 16, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to pass HB37 on February 16, 2011, by 277–82. It exempted the first twelve dollars of monthly telephone charges from the communications tax. He first opposed tabling it 97–265, then supported tabling it after passage 275–89.
February 16, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HCR4 on February 9, 2011, by 310–59. The resolution asserted state control over federal licensing of nuclear power plants.
February 9, 2011
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HCR1 on February 9, 2011, by 280–93. The resolution opposed treating corporations as people with constitutional rights following the Citizens United ruling.
February 9, 2011
Source: archive.org
Took the oath of office as a Republican New Hampshire state representative for Hillsborough District 17. Was appointed to the House Legislative Administration Committee.
December 1, 2010
Source: archive.org
Endorsed Bill Richardson for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
June 30, 2007
Source: presidency.ucsb.edu
Supported asserting legislative authority to suspend laws in the 2006 general election ballot bill (SB1); that section passed 193–140. Then supported party columns and the statutory candidate ordering method. Passage passed 194–133.
September 26, 2006
Source: archive.org
Supported limits on withdrawing nutrition, hydration or life-sustaining treatment without clear directive intent (HB656). That amendment passed 286–57. Supported requiring life-sustaining treatment without an advance directive; that amendment failed 85–260. Opposed amended passage, which passed 231–118. Later supported tabling the conference proposal; tabling failed 157–175.
May 24, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to table changes to teacher credentials and No Child Left Behind certification requirements (SB22). Tabling passed 188–150.
May 4, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted against establishing the Business Finance Authority business loan enhancement program (SB322). The House passed the bill 198–132.
May 4, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to include the International Residential Code 2000 in the statewide building code (SB234). The House passed the bill 220–112.
April 19, 2006
Source: archive.org
Opposed killing a resolution supporting federally funded embryonic stem cell research (SCR6); rejection failed 144–190. Opposed an amendment limiting eligible donated embryos to reproductive treatment clinics; it passed 179–156. Then opposed final passage, which passed 198–140.
April 19, 2006
Source: archive.org
Supported public and nonpublic school choice certificate amendments to HB1707; they failed 130–194 and 130–197. Opposed indefinitely postponing the bill. Indefinite postponement passed 174–154.
March 9, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to send restrictions on former state officials’ lobbying to interim study (HB1481). The House approved the study referral 201–132.
March 8, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted against killing a communications services tax reduction from seven to five-and-a-half percent (HB1638). Rejection passed 223–91.
March 7, 2006
Source: archive.org
Co-sponsored Manchester employee retirement changes addressing benefits, overpayment collection and acceptance of tax-sheltered funds (SB404 and SB405).
February 16, 2006
Source: scholars.unh.edu
Voted against rejecting removal of a Merrimack turnpike toll plaza (HB1619). The House rejected the proposal 258–82.
February 15, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted against property tax relief intended to encourage community revitalization (HB657). The House adopted the amendment 219–111.
February 2, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to table proposed boating speed limits for Lake Winnipesaukee (HB162). Tabling failed 140–198.
February 2, 2006
Source: archive.org
Supported limiting pollution control property tax exemptions to 25 percent of facility value (SB104). The proposal ended exemptions after cost recovery. The amendment failed 157–182. Then voted to kill the bill; rejection passed 322–17.
February 2, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject changes to education funding based on community household income (HB650). The House rejected the proposal 250–115.
February 1, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject eliminating straight ticket voting (HB184). The House rejected the proposal 212–156.
January 4, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a four year gubernatorial term (CACR21). The House rejected the proposal 216–145.
January 4, 2006
Source: archive.org
Voted against the HB433 conference report on public access, recreation and road management in the Connecticut Lakes headwaters forest. The report failed 96–226.
June 29, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted for restrictions on public employee electioneering and changes to special elections and voter lists (HB381). The conference report failed 154–175.
June 29, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted for vehicle emissions inspection changes and economic hardship repair waivers (HB513). The House adopted the conference report 273–35.
June 29, 2005
Source: archive.org
Supported the House education funding plan repealing the statewide education property tax (HB616); it passed 181–178. Later supported the Senate's different plan reducing that tax and revising education grants. Concurrence passed 269–96.
June 15, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted for screening panels for medical injury claims (SB214). The House passed the bill 218–115.
June 8, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to table revisions to the nurse practice act (SB170). Tabling failed 87–273.
June 8, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to extend the local property tax exemption for telephone poles and conduits through 2010 (SB11). The House passed it 255–109.
May 25, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted against allowing lottery tickets priced up to twenty dollars (SB20). The House passed the bill 196–154.
May 11, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted for Medicaid changes affecting long term care eligibility, asset transfers, and recovery (HB691). The House passed the amended bill 187–158.
April 20, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to raise the cigarette tax by twenty-eight cents, to eighty cents per pack, for education (HB535). Passage passed 248–119. Opposed a tax reduction amendment; it failed 78–284.
April 20, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to authorize licensed cultivation and processing of industrial hemp (HB55). The House passed the amended bill 199–168.
March 23, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject changes intended to activate the commission studying same sex marriage (HB283). The House rejected the proposal 217–133.
March 23, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting business tax credits for research and development (HB466). The House rejected the proposal 236–124.
March 23, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting two veterans property tax credits in one household (HB81). The House rejected the proposal 200–102.
March 10, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted against eliminating turnpike tokens and related discounts (HB604). The House passed the amended bill 195–89.
March 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted against rejecting abortion informed consent requirements (HB399). The House rejected the proposal 207–113.
March 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Cosponsored renewable five year judicial terms, then voted to reject the proposed constitutional amendment (CACR2). The House rejected the proposal 315–37.
February 23, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to prevent primary voters from returning to undeclared party registration for ninety days (HB154). The House passed the amended bill 197–134.
February 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject requiring three fifths legislative approval to create or increase taxes (CACR4). The House rejected the proposal 286–65.
February 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject allowing voters to make petitioned town articles unamendable (HB89). The House rejected the proposal 272–90.
February 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject an independent legislative redistricting commission (HB49). The House rejected the proposal 241–122.
February 9, 2005
Source: archive.org
Voted for governor and council appointment of the chief justice to a five-year term (HB1134). The House passed it 216–135. After an intervening court ruling, opposed overriding the governor's veto. The override failed 153–190.
June 17, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for education grant guarantees and temporary tobacco tax increases in SB302. The House passed that version 255–69. Later opposed its education funding conference report. The House adopted the report 195–165.
May 25, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted to expand restrictions on lead fishing tackle (SB487). Passage passed 222–105. Also supported removing the sales prohibition; that amendment failed 125–203.
May 5, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed expert testimony reliability and disclosure requirements (SB452). The House passed the bill. The vote was 183–159.
April 22, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed an education tax amendment limiting new power plants' municipal tax impact (SB324). The amendment failed. The vote was 158–182.
April 22, 2004
Source: archive.org
Supported an SB343 amendment requiring landowner permission for off-highway recreational vehicles and changing state trail criteria. The amendment passed. The vote was 184–147.
April 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Supported Medicaid drug authorization and price negotiation changes in an SB383 amendment. The amendment passed. The vote was 200–163.
April 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Supported an amendment requiring annual abortion statistics and a state database (HB1177). The amendment failed. The vote was 134–217.
March 11, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a citizens' legislative redistricting advisory board (HB1269). The rejection passed. The vote was 225–111.
February 19, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for public union agency fee definitions and disclosures to nonmembers (HB1376). The House passed it. The vote was 220–83.
February 19, 2004
Source: archive.org
Supported an alternative House redistricting plan using floterial districts in HB1292; that amendment failed 88–259. Then voted for the revised plan without floterial districts. Passage passed 247–100.
February 19, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject legislative election of the attorney general (CACR24). The rejection passed. The vote was 221–105.
February 19, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for an education certificate amendment to HB1353; it failed 171–172. Then voted to reject the original open enrollment bill. Rejection passed 258–85.
February 5, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed rejecting renewable fixed terms for state judges (CACR9). The House rejected the proposal. The vote was 212–140.
January 22, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed an amendment establishing a downtown development program with municipal planning and revenue options (HB803). The amendment failed. The vote was 145–197.
January 22, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted to give legislators exclusive authority over education content, beneficiaries and funding, directly or through local school districts (CACR2). The constitutional proposal failed to reach the required approval, 186–172.
January 22, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for a House redistricting plan (HB264). The House passed it. The vote was 231–119.
January 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for using concurrent resolutions to draw legislative districts (HB359). Passage failed 170–174. Then voted to table the bill; tabling passed 193–151.
January 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed sending a school choice certificate bill to interim study (HB754). The House approved the referral. The vote was 233–118.
January 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted for legislative authority over court rules, with valid statutes prevailing over conflicting rules (CACR5). The constitutional proposal passed. The vote was 256–69.
January 15, 2004
Source: archive.org
Opposed rejecting a requirement for child impact seminars before divorce filings (HB351). The House rejected it. The vote was 278–72.
January 7, 2004
Source: archive.org
Voted against overriding the manufactured housing tax and campground sale notice veto (HB796). The override failed. The vote was 40–316.
September 4, 2003
Source: archive.org
Cast a no vote on temporary state appropriations (HJR3), then stated he intended to vote yes. The House accepted the amendment. The vote was 256–80.
June 30, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted for the Help America Vote Act implementation conference report (HB577). The House adopted the report. The vote was 224–129.
June 24, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to change small group health insurance premium rating and employer eligibility (SB110). The House passed the bill. The vote was 202–161.
June 5, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to change teacher contract nonrenewal appeals (SB76). The House passed the bill. The vote was 226–134.
June 5, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to transfer and narrow health facility expansion review and collect encrypted insurance claims data (SB163). The bill passed. The vote was 237–80.
June 5, 2003
Source: archive.org
Supported an SB169 amendment allowing litigation costs and damages for frivolous suits over state construction projects. The amendment failed. The vote was 147–217.
May 29, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to declare Claremont education funding directives nonbinding on legislators and the executive branch (HCR14). The resolution passed. The vote was 213–142.
March 26, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject electronic Lucky7 charitable gaming (HB370). The rejection passed. The vote was 272–93.
March 26, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject revised groundwater withdrawal hearings and municipal review procedures (HB401). The rejection passed. The vote was 212–148.
March 26, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject randomizing candidate order on general election ballots (HB306). The rejection passed. The vote was 255–108.
March 25, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted for voter domicile, identification, and fraud penalty changes (HB627). The House passed the bill. The vote was 255–109.
March 25, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a nonbinding casino gambling referendum (HB789). The rejection passed. The vote was 285–76.
March 20, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a new House redistricting plan (HB51). The rejection passed. The vote was 275–74.
March 13, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to expand the permanent family court division (HB643). The House passed the bill. The vote was 263–98.
March 12, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to replace education funding with targeted aid and repeal the statewide education property tax (HB717). The House passed it. The vote was 209–135.
March 12, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject HB55, which prohibited preferential treatment in state hiring and public college admissions. The rejection passed. The vote was 267–97.
February 20, 2003
Source: archive.org
Voted to authorize a ten-year state-approved charter school pilot, allowing two schools annually (HB135). The House passed it 242–121.
February 20, 2003
Source: archive.org
Co-sponsored $300 education property tax abatements for children outside public schools, with optional additional local abatements (HB756).
January 30, 2003
Source: gc.nh.gov
Voted to uphold a ruling allowing majority-vote introduction of a House redistricting order (HCO1). The ruling was upheld 190–142.
June 27, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to suspend rules for House redistricting consideration without committee referral, hearing or report (HB2002). The required two-thirds vote failed 212–122.
June 27, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the HB1393 veto providing business replacement costs after government displacement. The override failed 182–161.
May 22, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted against an SB336 campaign finance amendment changing disclosure, contributions, and corporate and union political accounts. It failed 164–174. He supported a House redistricting amendment, adopted 200–147. He then voted for the House map and a campaign finance study; the amended bill passed 200–140.
April 17, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to require separate school district approval before municipal budget committee laws applied (HB1483). The House passed it 181–157.
March 21, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to adopt a Senate redistricting map (SB1). The House passed the bill 203–146.
March 21, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted for a CACR35 amendment prohibiting state real property taxation. The amendment failed 122–194. He then opposed a narrower version capping education property tax payments at local education grants. That constitutional proposal failed 132–184.
March 7, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to give legislators education funding authority and limit judicial review to rational basis (CACR30). Passage failed 169–179. He opposed killing the proposal; the House rejected it 186–164.
March 7, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to require written parental permission for sex education (HB1346). Passage failed 157–185. He then voted to table it; that motion failed 145–203.
March 7, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted against repealing the statewide education property tax (HB1462). The House passed the bill 188–116.
March 7, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted against killing conscience protections for health care providers declining procedures (HB1209). The House rejected the bill 276–60.
February 14, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject a casino resort proposal at Berlin’s Jericho Lake (HB1404). Rejection passed 234–102.
January 31, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject video lottery casinos at racetracks (HB1353). Rejection passed 217–130.
January 31, 2002
Source: archive.org
Co-sponsored HB1464, prohibiting human cloning in New Hampshire. He later voted against killing it; the House rejected it 233–100.
January 31, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted for an HB589 amendment extending unemployment benefits to qualifying part-time workers. The amendment also removed childcare-based good cause for refusing third-shift work. It passed 202–152.
January 31, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to increase legislators’ biennial pay from $200 to $2,000 (CACR21). Passage failed 169–177. He then voted to reject it; rejection passed 262–84.
January 17, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted for HCR14, a nonbinding resolution declaring judicial definition of adequate education and its cost wrongful. The House adopted it 188–152.
January 17, 2002
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the HB723 veto transferring county vacancy appointments to county legislators. It required replacements from the departing official’s party; the override failed 225–148.
December 12, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to override the HB503 veto banning simultaneous New Hampshire House and federal office candidacies. The override failed 220–150.
December 12, 2001
Source: archive.org
Recorded a no vote on HB757’s early literacy funding amendment, then stated he intended to vote yes. The amendment passed 246–101.
May 31, 2001
Source: archive.org
Supported HB375’s electricity tax increase and business tax credit repeal amendment; it failed 174–185. Supported a replacement raising meals and rooms taxes to 9%, repealing business credits and providing homeowner relief. Initially defeated 179–181, that replacement passed 180–179 after reconsideration. Supported a $5.95 education property tax rate per $1,000; the amendment passed 296–57. Opposed a $5 alternative, defeated 162–190, then supported amended passage, approved 181–172.
May 3, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject operating standards for public employers’ pooled workers’ compensation programs (HB724). The rejection passed 306–49.
May 3, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to shift education property tax collection to the state and create taxpayer rebates (HB742). The amendment failed 150–215; he also supported original passage, which failed 94–274.
May 3, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to exclude uninsured motorist coverage from workers’ compensation third-party injury claims (HB229). Passage passed 221–150.
April 19, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject an education tax on gross receipts from goods and services (HB766). It also reduced other taxes; rejection passed 224–154.
April 19, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted for HB50’s property tax reduction, nuclear-station tax and homeowner relief amendment; it failed 188–193. Supported the original bill redirecting 75% of business tax revenue to education; passage failed 171–208. Supported reconsideration, approved 190–189, then voted to table the bill; that motion passed 198–181.
April 18, 2001
Source: archive.org
Presented the Children and Family Law Committee report opposing first-cousin marriage legalization (HB246). The committee recommendation was 15–2; the House adopted it without a named roll call.
March 29, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted against tabling locally approved casino gambling (HB546). The motion failed 55–290.
March 29, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted against HB390’s live-birth definition amendment, including births following induced abortion. It passed 188–173; he opposed amended passage, which passed 196–166.
March 29, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject studying constitutional protection of the environment for future generations (HB195). The rejection passed 212–147.
March 29, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to table removal of Everett Turnpike toll plazas at exits 10 and 11 (HB358). The motion passed 242–83.
March 22, 2001
Source: archive.org
Opposed HB270 legislative mileage increases to 77 cents for the first 45 miles and 38 cents thereafter. The amendment failed 145–184. Also opposed increases to 42 and 23 cents; the amended bill passed 220–108.
March 22, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject authorizing industrial hemp production (HB293). The rejection passed 211–114.
March 22, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject annual enrollment calculations for adequate education grants (HB286). The rejection passed 252–100.
March 8, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to table a 3% sales and use tax for public education (HB184). The motion failed 42–308.
March 8, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject eliminating excess municipal education property tax payments (HB297). The rejection passed 327–23.
March 8, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to reject transferring Portsmouth port-authority land to the city within two years (HB176). The rejection passed 229–121.
February 22, 2001
Source: archive.org
Voted to return HB232’s workers’ compensation stress restriction to committee. It excluded stress from lawful employer reprimands; recommittal failed 123–240.
February 15, 2001
Source: archive.org
Took the oath of office as a Republican New Hampshire state representative for Hillsborough District 48. Was appointed to the House Children and Family Law Committee.
December 6, 2000
Source: archive.org
Was appointed to Manchester City Library's board of trustees.
December 16, 1997
Source: manchesternh.gov

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