Total votes
817
all sessions
Attendance
99%
12 missed
Higher than 92% of chamber peers
With party
93%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
4%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
30
bills & resolutions
Higher than 90% of chamber peers
Committees
0
assignments
817 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
567
voted in favor
Nay
238
voted against
Absent
12
missed votes
Total cast
817
across all sessions
Crossed party
48
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1266
making temporary modifications to the absentee voter registration, absentee ballot application, and absentee voting processes in response to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease.
Yea
Passed
217–101
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1558
relative to discipline of students, addressing students' behavioral needs, and making an appropriation therefor; kindergarten funding; violence in schools; policies for students with head injuries; child sexual abuse prevention education and training; authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes by a municipality; adding the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire to the department of business and economic affairs council of partner agencies; change of school or assignment due to manifest educational hardship; school board expenditure of year-end fund balances; a children's system of care; student wellness; and criminal background checks for bus drivers.
Yea
Passed
197–129
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1454
relative to alternative learning credit rules of the state board of education. Against party
Nay
Passed
189–136
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1645
relative to superior court judgments; adding a bail commissioner to the commission on pretrial detention, pretrial scheduling, and pretrial services and the release of a defendant pending trial; prison privatization; misdemeanor domestic violence offenses; immunity from arrest or prosecution for certain alcoholic beverage violations; police officers reporting misconduct; criminal mischief; screening for all law enforcement officers for psychological stability prior to assuming their duties as certified officers; and prohibiting the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers.
Yea
Passed
251–74
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1240
relative to the grounds for sexual assault and related offenses, establishing a special marriage officiant license, modifying requirements for renewal of pharmacy licenses, and relative to occupational licensure and the office of professional licensure and certification.
Yea
Passed
253–68
Jul 1, 2020
HB 705
relative to sexual assault, sexual misconduct in institutions of higher education, and the rights of victims of crime.
Yea
Passed
250–75
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1280
relative to copayments for insulin, establishing a wholesale prescription drug importation program, establishing a New Hampshire prescription drug affordability board, establishing the prescription drug competitive marketplace, relative to the pricing of generic prescription drugs, relative to prior authorization for prescription drug coverage, and requiring insurance coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors.
Yea
Passed
220–104
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1230
making an appropriation for the purpose of funding substance use disorder services in Nashua.
Yea
Passed
225–102
Jul 1, 2020
HB 1166
relative to unemployment compensation, certain sanitary protections for COVID-19, extending the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for certain COVID-19 protections, and waiving cost sharing for testing and treatment for COVID-19.
Yea
Passed
175–153
Jul 1, 2020
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