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HOUSE RECORD First Year of the 165th General Court Calendar and Journal of the 2017 Session State of New Hampshire Web Site Address: www.gencourt.state.nh.us Vol. 39 Concord, N.H. Thursday, February 16, 2017 No. 8X HOUSE JOURNAL No. 7 (Cont’d) Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Rep. Hinch moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted. HOUSE JOURNAL No. 8 Thursday, February 16, 2017 The House assembled at 10:00 a.m., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the Speaker. His Excellency, Governor Christopher Sununu, joined the Speaker on the rostrum for the day’s opening ceremonies. Prayer was offered by Most Reverend Peter Libasci, Bishop of the Diocese of Manchester. Let us pray. Source of life, Rock of Ages and Wellspring of Immortality, Balance of the scales of justice and benevolent Face of Mercy, Impartial and Just Judge who listens to the plea of each one and responds whole- heartedly to the truth, You to whom we look for wisdom, stability and honor, stand beside us today as we do our best to accomplish the work that is set before us. By your constant, attentive presence may we be mindful to do what would make You proud and would make us worthy of the office we hold. Amen. Representative Steve Negron, member from Nashua, led the Pledge of Allegiance. Representative Gladys Johnsen, member from Keene, led the singing of the National Anthem. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Barnes, Lynne Ober, Richardson and Douglas Thomas, the day, illness. Reps. Azarian, Bouldin, Hull, Laflamme, McNamara, Nigrello and Rimol, the day, important business. Reps. Robert Graham and Major, the day, illness in the family. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Florian Bochert, student at Milford High School, Page for the day. From the Global Broadcast Service Program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Captain Levi Almond and Lt. Joshua Huertas of the United States Air Force, Donna Durante, Kathleen Turbridy, Kelliann Burns, Melanie Weeks, Maria Saviano, Dick and Jane Galloway, guests of Rep. Negron. Girl Scouts from the Green & White Mountains, participating in the Girls Rock the Capitol program, accompanied by their advisors Melissa Florio and Melissa Mason, guests of the House. The Honorable Peggy McCarthy, former member from Nashua, wife of Rep. McCarthy. The Honorable Jack Flanagan, former member from Brookline, guest of the Speaker. MOTION TO RECONSIDER Having voted with the prevailing side, Rep. Cali-Pitts moved that the House reconsider it action whereby, on a roll call vote of 170-160, the House adopted the majority committee report of Ought to Pass on HB 133, relative to a jury’s determination as to the applicability of law. Rep. Vaillancourt spoke against. Rep. Hinch requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. 2 16 FEBRUARY 2017 HOUSE RECORD YEAS 165 - NAYS 200 YEAS - 165 BELKNAP Huot, David CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward Knirk, Jerry CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Mann, John Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Stallcop, Joseph Tatro, Bruce Weber, Lucy COOS Hatch, William Moynihan, Wayne Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Baroody, Benjamin Beaulieu, Jane Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel DiSilvestro, Linda Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard O’Neil, William Long, Patrick Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Walsh, Robert Roberts, Carol Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine Smith, Timothy Van Houten, Connie Vann, Ivy Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Moffett, Howard Henle, Paul MacKay, James Kenison, Linda Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Altschiller, Debra Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Farnham, Betsey Francese, Paula Gilman, Julie Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara Ward, Gerald STRAFFORD Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Ellis, Donna Epstein, Isaac Fontneau, Timothy Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Schmidt, Andrew Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Tanner, Linda NAYS - 200 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Fields, Dennis Flanders, Donald Fraser, Valerie Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Maloney, Michael Plumer, John Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter 16 FEBRUARY 2017 HOUSE RECORD 3 CARROLL Chandler, Gene 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 Sterling, Franklin COOS Fothergill, John Judd, Bing Merner, Troy GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Darrow, Stephen Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Ammon, Keith Barry, Richard Biggie, Barbara Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Carr, John Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Forest, Armand Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart 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 Kurk, Neal L’Heureux, Robert Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John McCarthy, Michael Murotake, David Murphy, Keith Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Panasiti, Reed Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Schleien, Eric Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Somero, Paul Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Twombly, Timothy Ulery, Jordan Vaillancourt, Steve Valera, John MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Rice, Chip Copp, Anne Long, Douglas Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Leavitt, John Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Smith, Ryan Richards, Beth Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Bean, Philip Bove, Martin Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Dean-Bailey, Yvonne DeSimone, Debra Doucette, Fred Dowling, Patricia Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Fesh, Robert Friel, William Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Guthrie, Joseph Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Edwards, Jess Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Morrison, Sean Nasser, Jim Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Polewarczyk, William Belanger, Ronald Gordon, Richard Tilton, Rio Sapareto, Frank Spillane, James Stone, Brian Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Verville, Kevin Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Willis, Brenda Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Scruton, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Gauthier, Francis Grenier, James O’Connor, John Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven and the motion failed. 4 16 FEBRUARY 2017 HOUSE RECORD REGULAR CALENDAR - PART II CONT’D HB 201-FN, requiring background checks for commercial firearms sales. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. John Burt for the Majority of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), as amended by the Brady Act, prescribes the legal purchase and sale of firearms by individuals. As amended, the GCA also prescribes how persons who are in the business of purchasing and selling guns may do so. This bill would not only stand these federal laws on their heads but potentially violate them as well. As written, the bill imagines a mythical “gun show loophole” where Federal Firearms Licensees (FFL) sell firearms out of the back of trucks or from under tables. The bill ignores the GCA provisions that describe the only man- ner in which FFL’s may legally sell firearms away from their physical business location. As written, this bill would make the “transfer” of a firearm mean the same as the “sale” of a firearm