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No. 6 March 6, 2018 HOUSE RECORD Second Year of the 165th General Court State of Calendar and Journal of the 2018 Session New Hampshire Web Site Address: www.gencourt.state.nh.us Vol. 40 Concord, N.H. Tuesday, March 6, 2018 No. 6X HOUSE JOURNAL No. 5 (Cont’d) Thursday, February 22, 2018 Rep. Hinch moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted. HOUSE JOURNAL No. 6 Tuesday, March 6, 2018 The House assembled at 10:00 a.m., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer was offered by former House Chaplain, Reverend Roger Boucher. We praise You Lord for all the good freedoms You have provided this country and our beloved State of New Hampshire. As we begin this heavy workweek we ask for the blessings of clarity of mind, due diligence of will, and a caring heart so that we may serve our constituents honorably and for the benefit of our common good. That is, Lord, we ask You to set us on fire to make the very best choices that befit our human dignity so that our people will react with trust and hope. Our call to work together is a sacred obligation and whatever trials and challenges we face this week and in the future help us to travel together with a hope and certainty that this good state will always sustain responsible liberty and prosperous growth for the benefit of all. We always call to mind before Your face our veterans and those on active duty. Bring them back unharmed, O Lord. Keep us alert to the fragile lives of our youth. Help us, by what we do, and with a befitting authority, to teach them to respect each and every human being as Your gift that they may enjoy the freedoms we protect and nurture in this great State of New Hampshire! Bless us all as we turn to our work with diligence and good hearts. We ask this in Your Holy Name. Amen. Representative Edward Butler, member from Harts Location, led the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was sung by Robin Croce, a student at Kennett High School in North Conway. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Alicea, Cote, Gidge, McBeath, Sofikitis, Spang, Vincent, Wall and Robert Walsh, the day, illness. Reps. Ayala, Burns, Byron, Chirichiello, Conley, Fenton, Francese, Fromuth, Irwin, Janigian, Nasser, Os- borne, Timothy Smith, Souza, Spillane, St. Clair, Leonard Turcotte, Vann, Verville and Wallner, the day, important business. Reps. Laflamme and Murotake, the day, illness in the family. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Steve Ullman, guest of Reps. Porter and McNamara. Franscesca Diggs, guest of Rep. Maes. Linda Goddard, guest of Rep. Somero. Karen Quealy, guest of Rep. Lovejoy. Patty, Larry and Cassie Levesque, guests of Rep. Cilley. Megan Croce and Anthony Wells, mother of the singer, and guests of Reps. Umberger and Butler. Fourth Grade students from New Franklin School in Portsmouth, guests of Rep. Somssich. Fourth and fifth grade students from Parker Varney School in Manchester, guests of Rep. Beaulieu. MOTION TO SUSPEND HOUSE RULES Rep. Shurtleff moved that House Rules be so far suspended as to introduce and consider at the present time a House Bill, relative to the banning of bump stocks and sale of firearms, without the required printing, re- ferral to committee, public hearing and report from committee, past the deadline. Reps. Shurtleff and Cali-Pitts spoke in favor. Rep. Hinch spoke against and requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. 2 6 MARCH 2018 HOUSE RECORD YEAS 144 - NAYS 178 YEAS - 144 BELKNAP Huot, David CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Johnsen, Gladys Mann, John Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Backus, Robert Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Sullivan, Daniel DiSilvestro, Linda Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia Klee, Patricia Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse McNamara, Richard Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard O’Neil, William Long, Patrick Porter, Marjorie Roberts, Carol Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Shaw, Barbara Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Moffett, Howard Henle, Paul MacKay, James Kenison, Linda Leavitt, John Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Altschiller, Debra Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Farnham, Betsey Gilman, Julie Guthrie, Joseph Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara Ward, Gerald Willis, Brenda STRAFFORD Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Frost, Sherry Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Salloway, Jeffrey Southworth, Thomas Treleaven, Susan SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Oxenham, Lee Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 178 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Fraser, Valerie Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Plumer, John Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter 6 MARCH 2018 HOUSE RECORD 3 CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Nelson, Bill Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Hunt, John McConnell, James O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph COOS Fothergill, John Merner, Troy Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Darrow, Stephen Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Migliore, Vincent Paul Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Ammon, Keith Barry, Richard Biggie, Barbara Burt, John Moore, Craig Carr, John Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hansen, Peter Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh Rice, Kimberly King, Mark Kurk, Neal L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael McLean, Mark Murphy, Keith Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Somero, Paul Wolf, Terry Twombly, Timothy Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria Valera, John MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Long, Douglas Wolf, Dan Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Bean, Philip Bove, Martin Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Dowling, Patricia Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Fesh, Robert Friel, William Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Nigrello, Robert Packard, Sherman Gordon, Richard Tilton, Rio Rimol, Bob Sapareto, Frank Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Kaczynski, Thomas McNally, Jody Mullen, John Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Scruton, Matthew Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven and the motion failed. CONSENT CALENDAR Rep. Hinch moved that the Consent Calendar with the relevant amendments as printed in the day’s House Record be adopted. HB 1267, relative to court-ordered drug and alcohol testing under the Child Protection Act, removed by Rep. Morrison. HB 1275, relative to the placement of minors at the Sununu Youth Drug Treatment Center, removed by Rep. Elliott. 4 6 MARCH 2018 HOUSE RECORD HB 1287, relative to the age at which persons may marry, removed by Rep. Stone. HB 1586, relative to judicial review for underage marriage, removed by Rep. Stone. HB 1214, prohibiting the sale of certain furniture with flame retardant chemicals, removed by Rep. Goley. HB 1521, relative to the adoption of budgets and special assessments by condominium associations, removed by Rep. Webb. HB 1610, requiring sellers of real property to disclose certain information concerning environmental hazards, removed by Rep. McConnell. HB 1632, relative to the labeling of bottled water, removed by Rep. Messmer. HB 1678-FN, reducing the penalty for certain first offense drug possession charges,
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