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. Thursday, February 15, 2018 No. 4X

HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 3 (Cont’d) Thursday, February 8, 2018 Rep. Hinch moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted. HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 4 Thursday, February 15, 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 House Chaplain, Reverend Kate Atkinson, Rector of St. Paul’s Church in Concord. Eternal God, we live in a world that is continually changing, moving, and adapting - but You remain constant. Your presence is unfailing; Your love is unceasing; and we give You thanks for Your daily gifts of wisdom, nourishment, guidance, and strength. Today as we mourn with the people of Parkland, as our hearts break over the loss of more innocent lives, we pray for Your Holy Spirit to flow through that place, bringing comfort, healing, and the courage to persevere in the face of enormous tragedy and loss. Here in New Hampshire, on the occasion of our Governor’s State of the State Address, we give You thanks that we live in a country where our leaders have the opportunity to take action in constructive ways. As Governor Sununu highlights the successes, the challenges, and the needs of New Hampshire, inspire us all to do our part in sustaining what is good, righting what is wrong, and responding generously where resources are lacking. In Florida, in New Hampshire, throughout this nation and all over the world, pour out Your love, O God, and make Your presence known. Amen. Representative John Cloutier, member from Claremont, led the Pledge of Allegiance. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Biggie, Carr, Fesh, Fraser, Hansen, Hull, Douglas Long, McBeath, Nelson, Plumer, Rice, Shaw, Twombly and Robert Walsh, the day, illness. Reps. Ammon, Baroody, Burns, Crawford, Dean-Bailey, DiSilvestro, Friel, Guthrie, Higgins, Kenison, Kurk, McNamara, Merner, Howard Moffett, Nasser, O’Neil, Rimol, Roberts, Timothy Smith, Somero, Spillane, Valera and Verville, the day, important business. Rep. Murotake, the day, illness in the family. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Katherine Cottrill, granddaughter of Rep. Gottling. Cheryl Cataldo, guest of Rep. Copp. Judy Dunn, guest of Rep. Rollins. Members of the Vesta Roy Program, guest of the Speaker. RESOLUTION Reps. Hinch and Shurtleff offered the following: RESOLVED, that the House of Representatives notify the Honorable Senate that it is ready to meet in Joint Convention for the purpose of hearing the State of the State Address by his Excellency, Governor Christopher T. Sununu. Motion adopted. SENATE MESSAGE The Senate is ready to meet with the House of Representatives in Joint Convention for the purpose of hearing the State of the State Address by his Excellency, Governor Chris Sununu. 2 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

The Clerk introduced and the Sergeant-at-Arms escorted the Honorable Senate and Senate President, Chuck Morse of Salem. JOINT CONVENTION (Speaker Chandler presiding) INTRODUCTION AND SEATING OF SPECIAL GUESTS The Clerk introduced and the Sergeant-at-Arms escorted the following: Secretary of State, William Gardner. State Treasurer, William F. Dwyer. Deputy Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court, David D. King. Associ- ate Justices of the Supreme Court, Barbara Hantz Marconi and Robert J. Lynn. Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Gary E. Hicks. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Linda Stewart Dalianis. Executive Coun- cilors, Joseph D. Kenney, Andru Volinsky, Russell E. Prescott, Christopher C. Pappas and David K. Wheeler. The Clerk introduced and the Sergeant-at-Arms escorted Governor John H. and Mrs. Nancy Sununu, first lady Valerie Sununu and Governor Christopher T. Sununu. Governor Sununu presented his State of the State Address to the Joint Convention. STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS Mr. Speaker, Mr. Senate President, Honorable members of the House, the Senate, the Executive Council, Commissioners, and of course members of the Supreme Court, my fellow citizens, Welcome. I first want to give a special thanks to a few people without whom I’d still be loading lifts in the mountains. Two people who instilled my appreciation of public service, my mom and dad who have joined us today. My kids, and of course the person who has sacrificed so much for me and this state, Valerie. I want to take a moment to thank Chief Linda Dalianis for her many years of service on the Supreme Court. And finally, I do want to thank God, who continues to show me a path of compassion and gratitude. What a year it has been! I ran for Governor because I knew that with good management, New Hampshire could become the gold standard for civic engagement, community service, and entrepreneurial opportunity. Today in New Hampshire, busi- nesses have lower taxes, fewer regulations, and a stronger workforce, allowing them to reinvest in their communities. Today in New Hampshire, a family’s educational opportunities are growing. Whether its ac- cess to a full-day kindergarten program or whether a family is seeking an alternative education for their kids, a family’s zip code no longer limits their opportunity to succeed. Today in New Hampshire, the rights of crime victims are stronger than ever before. And today in New Hampshire, whether you are driving to work or on your way to ski in the White Mountains, none of you have to worry about paying more at the tolls…You’re welcome! Simply put, life in New Hampshire is better today than it was one year ago, and that’s no accident. As we look back on this past year and recognize our milestones and achievements, we cannot lose sight of New Hampshire’s future. We need to make sure we are planning for the long term, and appreciate the steps that got us here. Whether Republican or Democrat, we share a passion for making our communities the strongest they can be. A commitment to making sure that New Hampshire remains the best place to live, work, and raise a family. Let us remember that supporting and embracing policies that put people first is why our citizens sent us to Concord. Despite Washington’s dysfunction, here in New Hampshire, we’re finally focused on the individual, not just the system. We’re putting people above politics and we understand that how we work together and treat one another is just as important as the results we achieve. We have worked hard from day one, to manage government to drive better results for every single person in the Granite State. We must be positive, constructive, and while we don’t ask anyone to waver from their philosophical beliefs, I do ask to find areas of agreement when it can result in better outcomes for our citizens. When I addressed this chamber one year ago, I laid out what I believed to be critical priorities that we needed to address together. Last year’s budget was a true New Hampshire budget, one without gimmicks or empty promises, and one that delivered for the people of New Hampshire without raising a single tax or fee. We grew the Rainy Day Fund to $100 million, and reinvested our surplus funds, not into bigger government, but into property tax relief for our citizens. For years, we heard how the state could not control local property taxes, but we used infrastructure grants to give our towns more financial flexibility to target key areas of need. Every town, from Pittsburg to Portsmouth, received a check from the State of New Hampshire for critical infrastructure improvements. That’s something we can all be proud of. And as a parent of three young children, and given yesterday’s senseless tragedy in Florida, I know that if we can’t put our kids on the school bus and know they are safe, nothing else matters. I advocated for a new Public School Infrastructure Fund, which is investing nearly $20 million in state funds directly to com- munities in making long overdue infrastructure upgrades and security upgrades. For example, we pro- vided funding directly to Berlin Public Schools to secure the main entrance of the high school and the preschool program. In Salem, the middle school will now have exterior door card readers installed to secure the rear and side entrance of the building. And in Dover, a new surveillance system will allow the school’s main office to monitor all points of entry and the playground area. In the end, close to 300 schools across the state will receive security-funding grants. Our goal is simple; to make New Hampshire’s schools the 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 3 safest in the nation. Our commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of New Hampshire’s children goes beyond the four walls of a classroom. Last year, I proposed the Governor’s Scholarship Fund, a scholarship program built around the students, not the institutions. This scholarship program is designed not to help just 10, 20, or 100 students, but up to 1,000 students each year and will open workforce gateways for the next generation. Never before has an opportunity like this been offered to New Hampshire students, but we didn’t stop there. After I took office, I sat down with FIRST Robotics Founder Dean Kamen and we talked about what could be done at the state level to promote STEM in schools. Dean founded FIRST 26 years ago, right here in New Hampshire, but support had never been provided at the state level so we changed that, and put nearly $1 million into a transformative initiative, the Robotics Education Fund, so that every public school in New Hampshire has the same opportunity to inspire the next generation of engineers. To quote Dean, “The kids don’t build the robots, the robots build the kids.” FIRST Robotics is a perfect ex- ample of driving innovative school programs today to create the workforce of tomorrow. So today, building on the momentum we’ve created with our STEM initiatives, I am proud to announce The Governor’s Cup, a collaborative partnership between The University System of New Hampshire, the Community College System, and FIRST Robotics. This competitive annual Robotics Competition will be open to students and teams from across the state for college credit, and each senior on the winning team will receive a tuition free semester at a school of their choosing within the University or Community College System. We need to send a signal to budding engineers, scientists, and mathematicians across the state that their passion is a priority that we all share. Programs like these build upon what our world-class public schools can offer students. Surprisingly, I am the first Governor in the past 25 years to come up through New Hampshire’s public schools. Our schools are ranked the best in the country, because they deliver results. I believe in Teachers. I believe in the students. However, I think we can all agree that a one-size-fits all system doesn’t always work for each student, which is why our education system must give parents choice and flexibility. Education Savings Accounts will be our most significant step yet, in giving parents and children the abil- ity to choose the education path that is best suited for them. Joining us in the gallery today are Shalimar and Angel Encarnacion of Manchester. Like many families, Angel started in public school, and even had an individualized education plan, but it just wasn’t for him. Shalimar and Angel were frustrated as Angel struggled. Shalimar decided Angel needed to try a different learning environment. With the help of an educational scholarship grant, Angel was given the opportunity to try a different school and he thrived. Today, Angel is at the top of his class, exploring college opportunities, and aspires to a distinguished mili- tary career in the United States Naval Special Forces. Shalimar and Angel are trailblazers for the state. Thank you both for being here today. Proof positive that choice works. Over the course of this past year as I have traveled the state, I have met with people, and I’ve heard their stories. Stories of courage. Stories of tragedy. Stories that inspire. One family, whose courage has moved us all, is no stranger to many of you. Bob and Melissa Marriott. Bob and Melissa have been on the forefront of advocating for the rights of crime victims and their families. By sharing their family’s story, and through relentless leadership and advocacy, Bob has fundamentally improved the rights of crime victims throughout state of New Hampshire. Last year, through the incredible work of the Marriott Family and others who bravely testified before our legislature, we passed and enacted four bipartisan bills into law that protected the rights of victims of crime. We are all united in this fight across party lines and will keep working together to ensure that every Granite Stater in crisis has the help and legal protections they need. Bob and Melissa, thank you for being here today, and thank you for your courage. And we’re not done. When victims of crime find the strength to come for- ward and engage in the criminal justice process we must ensure that they have basic rights and protections in place. Victims of crime deserve equal constitutional rights, the same rights as defendants. No more, no less. That’s why Marsy’s Law is so important. Working together, Marsy’s Law will pass through these chambers, and go before you, the voters this November in a rare, but critical constitutional amendment initiative. We need your support. Victims and survivors of crimes, and their families, have done their part. Now, we, the citizens of New Hampshire need to turn out this November, and get the job done. In times of economic prosperity, we cannot forget that there are still those struggling. We have a mental health crisis, and as I have often said, it is the unspoken crisis of our state. Working together, with the legislature and the Department of Health and Human Services, we have taken real strides in addressing New Hampshire’s mental health system. Throughout all of this, there is one individual who I would like to publicly thank, and to who I would like to express my deep gratitude on behalf of the entire State of New Hampshire. Ken Norton, the Director of New Hampshire’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, led my work- ing group on mental health, and met with my administration immediately upon taking office to help iden- tify the crisis that we were in. One year ago, addressing our mental health system might just have been considered a potential option. I disagreed, and so did Ken Norton and we cannot thank you enough for your efforts. This is not to say our job is done. Far from it. We have tasked Health and Human Services with developing a comprehensive 10-year plan for the mental health system. We provided funding to establish 60 new beds for community based transitional housing and created a fourth rapid response mobile crisis 4 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD unit to divert hospitalizations for mental health issues. It is unacceptable for citizens in mental health crises to be waiting for treatment for weeks on end. The foremost responsibility of Government is to protect and advocate for those who cannot do it themselves. The most vulnerable amongst us deserve dignity and respect by the systems that are there to help them. When it comes down to advocating on behalf of our most vulnerable children, we must continually strive to do better. Last year, we increased funding by $4.4 million to protect New Hampshire’s children, ensuring proper advocacy for kids. We added 20 new case- workers across the state, and created an office of the child advocate to provide greater oversight and trans- parency. I am proud to say the office is now being led by Moira O’Neill, who will work tirelessly to improve New Hampshire’s commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our children. Moira, thank you for being here today. There is more to do. That’s why this year, we need to pass SB 592, which expands home visiting services, adds 16 child protective service workers, and increases Foster care rates by over one million dol- lars. Moving forward, we will have a New Hampshire designed plan for Medicaid. At the moment, we have slightly different ideas about how to get there. We’re working through our ideas and working with the federal government to ensure our plan has a viable work requirement while maximizing our flexibilities and options. The people of New Hampshire sent us to Concord to get things done, and that is what we are going to do. Like many states across the country, the opioid crisis in New Hampshire remains our state’s most serious challenge, one that demands great attention and proactive leadership. Our mission to reverse the terrible effects of this epidemic rests on our ability as leaders to embrace a spirit of cooperation, in- novation, and compassion when we craft the solutions to meet the needs of our families and neighbors. Last year, we made significant strides forward by doubling the alcohol fund, which went directly to prevention, treatment, and recovery services. This July, we will be opening the only youth addiction treatment center in our state. This crisis touches every corner of our community. We see the impact of addiction in our schools, churches, and at work. As Governor, it is my belief that we need to expand the focus of recovery programs, specifically, in the workforce. We must fully engage employers as allies in the battle against the opioid epidemic. I am proud to say, that on March 1st we will officially launch from the State of New Hampshire, a statewide effort to create Recovery Friendly Workplaces. This initiative will help businesses attain greater safety, productivity, and profitability by addressing addiction ‘head on’ in the workplace. This is an opportunity for New Hampshire to help change the culture around addiction by engaging employ- ers in being a proactive part of the conversation by providing tools, resources, and opening up access to treatment like never before. Government cannot guarantee much, but it can and should guarantee freedom of opportunity. The opportunities to live, work, and raise a family. The opportunity to find meaningful employment on the pathway to recovery. As we continue to explore and advance innovative ways to increase our state’s prosperity, it is important to reflect on our successes to understand the next steps we must embark on. We have the fastest growing economy in New England. We are the number one state in the nation for economic freedom, and the number one state to raise a family. We have the second lowest un- employment rate in the country, a true testament to our thriving business climate. Our workforce is only as strong as our people, and in New Hampshire, we are blessed with many workers who have lifetimes of experience. Our state’s aging population contributes immensely to the economy. They donate thousands of volunteer hours, and train the workforce of tomorrow. Last year, we created a one-stop-shop for all of our business needs when we formed the Department of Business and Economic Affairs, which is driving our economy and making business development a top priority again. There is a saying that those of us who are born in New Hampshire are lucky, and those of you who moved here are smart. We have no income tax, we have no sales tax, and now, we have lower business taxes and fewer regulations. Let’s keep it that way. Joining with us today, are folks who recognized the New Hampshire advantage, and chose to relocate and expand their business here, Karleen and Dani Seybold from Digital Skin Imaging, DermSpectra. Karleen moved her business across the country from Arizona to the New Hampshire Seacoast. She’s created part- nerships with other businesses, integrated with the University system, and we look forward to great things to come from her medical imaging technology. Karleen and Dani, we appreciate you choosing New Hamp- shire. Welcome Home. There are hundreds more opportunities like DermSpectra out there; it’s up to us to go find them. Make no mistake, reducing taxes and returning money to citizens promotes economic growth. So too, does eliminating burdensome regulations. When I took office last year, we were one of the most over-regulated states in the Country. Therefore, I initiated a three-phase approach to deregulation. Last summer, as part of phase one, we wiped over 1600 regulations off the books by executive order. I then cre- ated a Regulatory Reform Steering Committee to review the State’s current regulatory structure and pro- pose reforms to streamline government and reduce the burden on citizens and businesses. A few weeks ago, that Committee released a report on Phase 2 that proposed some of the most comprehensive regulatory reform efforts that this State has ever seen. House Bill 1104, when it is complete and signed into law, will streamline permitting processes, modernize our corporate filing systems, reduce confusion and inconsisten- cies in local regulations, and stimulate our workforce development efforts by making it easier for profes- sionals to move to and work in our great State. This bill is a game changer for New Hampshire and I call 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 5 upon this legislature to get it done. Ronald Reagan once said, “Those who say that we’re in a time where there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” Our veterans are our heroes. We can never repay them for their selfless service, but we will do all we can to ensure they have the support that they have earned, especially when it comes to access and choice in health care. Last summer, in response to a crisis at the Manchester VA, I was proud to sign an executive order making NH the first state in the country to lift licensing restrictions for VA Doctors and allowing them to practice at any medical facility in New Hampshire. This allowed the VA to partner with private hospitals around the State to deliver top quality care to our veterans, a new model now being replicated around the country. Going forward, we must rec- ognize a fundamental truth, that once a person signs those enlistment papers, they are a soldier for life, which means as civilians we carry the obligation of ensuring we will be there for them just as they stood for us. And that means a simplified system of care with clear and direct accountability, something not cur- rently available in New Hampshire. This legislature took on my call to create a single entity in New Hamp- shire that could give Veterans a stronger voice and better access to services. Unfortunately, while the bill fell short, I have confidence the Legislature will return in the next session to find a better solution, but In the meantime I don’t believe we can continually ask our Veterans to wait and hope. Therefore, this after- noon, I will sign an Executive Order that will continue and expand the Fort New Hampshire concept. My efforts will bring coordinated veterans services under one roof in New Hampshire, which putting resources together to streamline services for one simple goal, better outcomes for our veterans. This is a team effort with General Mikolaities, the Veterans Council, and Office of Veterans Services, our Commissioners, and veterans groups across the State, many of whom are here with us today. To our Veterans, I ask you please stand, so we can thank you for your service. You are counting on us, and we will not let you down. A sta- tistic often cited, and one worthy of appreciation, is the fact that we have the lowest poverty rate in the Nation. By any measure, this a sign of our state’s prosperity, but there are many still living in the shadows. When we talk about issues of drug misuse, homelessness, and abused children, we must all agree that one is too many. The fight can never stop. This winter’s bruising weather highlighted the need for a frank and honest conversation about the challenge of homelessness. I was inspired by the work of state and local of- ficials and the non-profit community who worked quickly to ensure that those without a home found shel- ter during last month’s cold snap. The temporary Rochester Warming Station was a great example of ev- eryone coming together, from the National Guard, emergency management officials, Fire Fighters and non-profits to create a lifesaving full service facility in a matter of hours. Community spirit and determina- tion overcame barriers and simply got the job done and that’s the attitude we are going to need to help address homelessness. It remains a critical health and safety issue for our state and we can’t ignore it. Last year, I made a promise to Borja Alvarez De Toledo, the President of Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, that I would join in their efforts, and participate in the 2018 SleepOUT, which raises money and awareness for New Hampshire’s homeless youth. On Friday, March 23rd, I will be spending the night outside in downtown Manchester, participating in the 2018 Child and Family Services SleepOUT. But like any good governor, I have learned that when you see an opportunity to highlight a need in the state, to shine a light on a cause that deserves our utmost attention, you don’t do it alone. So I am calling on all of my commissioners and their teams to join me in supporting this incredibly moving event. Bundle up, bring your sleeping bags, and let’s raise awareness to get these kids the help they deserve. If New Hampshire is truly to be the live free or die state, we must ensure that New Hampshire is a place where every person, regardless of their background, has an equal and full opportunity to pursue their dreams and to make a better life for themselves and their families. This past December I was proud to join with Attorney Gen- eral Gordon MacDonald to establish a Civil Rights Unit within the New Hampshire Department of Justice. This unit is the first of its kind in the history of this State, and it is long overdue. We are a nation of laws, yet we have an obligation to enforce our laws fairly and sensibly. Our immigration laws are no exception. Joining us today from Dover are Elvis Sepang, Ester Arina, and their children. They have made an honest attempt to navigate the legal process, have a valid legal claim for asylum, and have come forward to work with authorities. They should not be on the front line for deportation. Their children, who are American citizens, should not be forced to return to a country they have never known, to learn a language they do not speak, and to conform to a society that will not allow them or their parents the freedom to practice their faith as they choose. Families like Elvis and Ester’s have become an integral part of our neighbor- hoods, schools, and churches. They seek to practice their Christian faith without fear of persecution. While I firmly believe that action must be taken to curb illegal immigration, it is also imperative that the process for legal immigration becomes more streamlined and practical. To Elvis, Ester, thank you for your courage and your pursuit of the American dream. We are proud to call you our neighbors. As we look back on the commitments we made to the people of New Hampshire last year, we can be proud of the results we achieved. It’s these successes that set the tone for tomorrow’s actions. We left no stone unturned, and no issue un- touched, we saved a few bears, and even pardoned a turkey. And we are working to ensure that the hor- rendous treatment of the Great Dane’s from Wolfeboro never happens again by passing SB 569. This is a 6 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD critical piece of legislation, and you need to get it on my desk. We are at a critical point in our states future. Will we build upon the foundations we’ve laid, or will we let politics impede on progress? We’ve made great strides, but we cannot let the negativity of Washington politics define who we are as Granite Staters. We cannot let up on our momentum. We owe it to the people of New Hampshire. Let’s work together to get the job done. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the great State of New Hampshire. Rep. Hinch and Sen. Bradley moved that the Joint Convention arise. Motion adopted. The Joint Convention adjourned. The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. RECESS The House reconvened at 11:30 a.m. HOUSE SESSION (Speaker Chandler in the Chair) UNANIMOUS CONSENT Rep. Copp requested Unanimous Consent of the House regarding the Honorable Sam Cataldo and addressed the House. MOTION TO PRINT REMARKS Rep. Shurtleff moved that the remarks made by Rep. Copp during Unanimous Consent be printed in the Permanent Journal. Motion adopted. REMARKS Rep. Copp: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Representing Danbury, Andover and Salisbury I am here to say a few words about our friend and colleague the Honorable Sam Cataldo. Sam passed away suddenly on the morning of February 3, 2018. On that Saturday he was heading to a budget meeting in his hometown of Farmington, New Hampshire; still he was serving his community to the literal end. He was an Air Force Veteran, Community Leader, Father, Adoptive Father, Grandfather, Great grandfather and I can say a true friend! He served four terms in the New Hampshire House as State Representative and four years as State Senator until his retirement in 2016. He represented proudly the Towns of Alton, Barnstead, Gilmanton, Farmington, New Durham and Rochester NH. During his tenure he helped countless Reps and peers with advice and a word of encouragement, always with a smile on his face. He was on countless committees; he supported many organizations, as a Member of the Knights of Columbus, the Sons of Italy. He supported the Children of Fallen Veterans and many philanthropic endeavors. He touched the lives of so many with his selfless actions. I will tell you Sam Cataldo was not a politician. He was a true Statesman. He’s an example to Legislators and freshman Reps such as me; that we can debate issues, even if we disagree, part as friends. It is my earnest hope we can continue to do this with integrity and honor, from a man who showed us how it’s done. The New Hampshire State House celebrates its 200th Anniversary this year. It is fitting to honor Senator Sam Cataldo today, the embodiment of all the virtues of public service demonstrated in this chamber for over 200 years. Did you know? Six months before the people of the United States claimed self-government, the people of New Hampshire gave this country its first state constitution? That speaks loudly to Sam’s in- dependent streak. The New Hampshire Constitution was always his guide. On any issue you always knew where you stood with Sam, an honest man of integrity. He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him and we are all better off for having him in our lives. He is survived by his best friend and wife of 44 years Cheryl Cataldo, his 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. A life lived to the fullest in the truest sense of the word. God Bless Senator Sam Cataldo. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART I HB 1328-FN, relative to motor vehicle inspections. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Thomas Walsh for Transportation. This bill changes the annual motor vehicle inspection from every year to every two years. It also raises the inspection sticker fee from $3.25 to $6.50. The committee heard from an overwhelming majority present on their reasons for opposing this bill. The miles driven annually, the harshness of our climate, the effects of de-icers that NH applies, and the failure rates with the current annual program were discussed. One statistic that was provided to the committee was that the state of Louisiana moved from annual inspections to biennial inspections in 2012. After the change they saw injury crashes increase 14.7% and fatal crashes increase 10.2%. Vote 11-4. Rep. Steven Smith spoke in favor. Rep. Dickey spoke against and requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 7

YEAS 258 - NAYS 70 YEAS - 258 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Huot, David Spanos, Peter CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Hunt, John Mann, John Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Sterling, Franklin Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bailey, Brad Bennett, Travis Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Campion, Polly Darrow, Stephen Dontonville, Roger Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Burns, Charlie Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Elber, Joel Fedolfi, Jim Freitas, Mary Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Heath, Mary Hinch, Richard Graham, John Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Ohm, Bill Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Rosenwald, Cindy Rouillard, Claire Harvey, Suzanne Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Sofikitis, Catherine Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Copp, Anne Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul Horn, Werner MacKay, James Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Walsh, Thomas Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wells, Natalie Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Altschiller, Debra Barnes, Arthur Bean, Philip Berrien, Skip Bove, Martin Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Cushing, Robert Renny DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Farnham, Betsey Francese, Paula Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Green, Dennis Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi 8 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

Milz, David Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Gordon, Pamela Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Sytek, John Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Mullen, John Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Irwin, Virginia Laware, Thomas Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 70 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman St. Clair, Charlie Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank CHESHIRE McConnell, James O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph GRAFTON Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Burt, John Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Edwards, Elizabeth Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Halstead, Carolyn Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Moore, Josh Lewicke, John Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Sanborn, Laurie Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave ROCKINGHAM Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Marsh, Henry Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Morrison, Sean Osborne, Jason Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Torosian, Peter True, Chris Wallace, Scott STRAFFORD Conley, Casey Harrington, Michael Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Wuelper, Kurt and the committee report was adopted. HB 1778-FN-A-L, relative to registration of commercial motor vehicles and operator’s/drivers’ licenses. MA- JORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Craig Moore for the Majority of Transportation. This bill removes license and registration requirements for non-commercial vehicles. It fails to include an alternate funding mechanism for the lost highway fund revenue. It also fails to include a method of determining when a vehicle is being used commercially. These are fatal defects that make it impossible to implement. Vote 13-1. Rep. Glen Dickey for the Minority of Transportation. The constitutionality of the right to travel has been repeatedly upheld by the courts. In the past this was understood to be the right to travel public roads and byways without hindrance by government agents. In the modern age the people have been deprived of this right through the institutions of the state. This bill seeks to remedy this loss of rights by the citizenry. 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 9

The question being adoption of the majority committee report of Inexpedient to Legislate. Rep. Dickey spoke against. Rep. Steven Smith spoke in favor. Rep. Marple spoke against, yielded to questions and requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 287 - NAYS 44 YEAS - 287 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Huot, David Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter St. Clair, Charlie Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward Cordelli, Glenn DesMarais, Edith McCarthy, Frank Knirk, Jerry McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Hunt, John Mann, John McConnell, James Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Sterling, Franklin Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bailey, Brad Bennett, Travis Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Campion, Polly Darrow, Stephen Dontonville, Roger Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Griffin, Barbara Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Fedolfi, Jim Freeman, Lisa Freitas, Mary Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Belanger, James Graham, John Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Negron, Steve Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Ohm, Bill Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rosenwald, Cindy Rouillard, Claire Harvey, Suzanne Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Sofikitis, Catherine Wolf, Terry Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Kuch, Bill Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul Hill, Gregory Horn, Werner MacKay, James Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Moffett, Michael McGuire, Carol Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Pearl, Howard Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wells, Natalie Woolpert, David 10 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Altschiller, Debra Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Berrien, Skip Bove, Martin Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Thomas, Douglas DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Farnham, Betsey Francese, Paula Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Edwards, Jess Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi Milz, David Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Gordon, Pamela Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Sapareto, Frank Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Sytek, John Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Mullen, John Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Irwin, Virginia Laware, Thomas Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 44 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Sylvia, Michael CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed CHESHIRE O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph GRAFTON Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Burns, Charlie Burt, John Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Ferreira, Elizabeth Fromuth, Bart Hynes, Dan Moore, Josh Lewicke, John Notter, Jeanine Prout, Andrew Souza, Kathleen Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Hoell, J.R. Marple, Richard Seaworth, Brian ROCKINGHAM Baldasaro, Alfred Costable, Michael Cushing, Robert Renny Green, Dennis Itse, Daniel Morrison, Sean Osborne, Jason Gordon, Richard Torosian, Peter Wallace, Scott STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Kaczynski, Thomas Keans, Sandra Turcotte, Leonard Phinney, Brandon Wuelper, Kurt and the majority committee report was adopted. HB 1293-FN, establishing the complex divorce court within the judicial branch family division. INEXPEDI- ENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Daniel Itse for Children and Family Law. This bill would create a special court within the Circuit Court Family Division that would have the power to correct injustices created by the admission of evidence that 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 11 was factually flawed. Previous testimony had indicated the need for such powers, but current testimony is to the contrary. The committee believes that more time is necessary to sort out the details, determine what if anything has changed, and ensure that justice is served. Vote 13-0. Rep. Itse spoke against. Committee report failed. Rep. Itse moved Refer for Interim Study. Motion adopted. HB 1557-FN, requiring meetings and sessions of committees of the house of representatives to be recorded and made available on the Internet. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Brad Bailey for Legislative Administration. While the committee was in agreement that the sponsors brought forward a bill with the intention of providing the public with more transparency, several issues were raised that the committee felt make this bill problematic. The bill would place a camera and microphones in each House committee room and require each meeting printed in the House Calendar, including public hear- ings, work sessions, executive sessions, and House committees of conference, to be recorded and available to the public. The start-up cost was projected to be almost $300,000 with a yearly cost of close to $200,000. Some members were concerned this was a large and ongoing expense. Secondly, it was pointed out that not all committee meetings convene within the State House or during the week, defeating the purpose of having all committee meetings available to the public in digital form. Another issue raised was the possibility of whether the microphones could clearly record all audio. The manager of the General Court Information Systems Office (GCIS) stated he could not guarantee that all comments would be audible. The prime sponsor stated that one of the advantages of the recordings included the ability of the courts to use the archived meetings to go back and determine what the intent of the committee was on a particular bill. The Clerk of the House pointed out that in any case before the courts, the permanent journal is the official record of House proceedings and is the source used for determining legislative intent in such cases. Also of concern was the sensitivity of some hearings. The bill does not address the issue that members of the public may be intimidated by a requirement to speak about highly personal and sensitive issues in front of a camera which would be recorded, available to the public and archived indefinitely, such as in a Children and Family Law hearing. This could have a chilling effect on public participation. Finally, the bill states that this new system would take effect within 60 days of passage and the manager of GCIS said that it is unlikely that this deadline could be met. Vote 10-0. Reps. McConnell and Cushing spoke against. Reps. Douglas Thomas and Schuett spoke in favor. Rep. McConnell requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 236 - NAYS 96 YEAS - 236 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Lang, Timothy Spanos, Peter Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn DesMarais, Edith McCarthy, Frank Knirk, Jerry McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Hunt, John Mann, John Meader, David O’Day, John Parkhurst, Henry Sterling, Franklin Tatro, Bruce Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bailey, Brad Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Campion, Polly Darrow, Stephen Dontonville, Roger Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Nordgren, Sharon Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Burns, Charlie Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris 12 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Freeman, Lisa Freitas, Mary Griffin, Gerald Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh Jack, Martin Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Leishman, Peter MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael Mangipudi, Latha Martineau, Jesse Negron, Steve Newman, Sue O’Leary, Richard Ohm, Bill Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rosenwald, Cindy Rouillard, Claire Harvey, Suzanne Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Sullivan, Victoria Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Kuch, Bill Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul Hill, Gregory MacKay, James Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Moffett, Michael McGuire, Carol Myler, Mel Pearl, Howard Richards, Beth Schuett, Dianne Seaworth, Brian Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wells, Natalie Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bean, Philip Berrien, Skip Bove, Martin Cahill, Michael Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Thomas, Douglas DeSimone, Debra Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Farnham, Betsey Francese, Paula Gilman, Julie Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McMahon, Charles Milz, David Morrison, Sean Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Somssich, Peter Sytek, John Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Horgan, James Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Mullen, John Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 96 BELKNAP Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Huot, David Silber, Norman St. Clair, Charlie Sylvia, Michael CARROLL Avellani, Lino CHESHIRE Faulkner, Barry McConnell, James Shepardson, Marjorie Stallcop, Joseph Pearson, William COOS Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Bennett, Travis Ham, Bonnie Higgins, Patricia Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Rand, Steven Johnson, Tiffany 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 13

HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Bouldin, Amanda Burt, John Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Ferreira, Elizabeth Fromuth, Bart Smith, Gregory Heath, Mary Hynes, Dan Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Lewicke, John Lisle, David MacKenzie, Mark Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Notter, Jeanine Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael Long, Patrick Prout, Andrew Sanborn, Laurie Sofikitis, Catherine Ulery, Jordan Van Houten, Connie MERRIMACK Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Marple, Richard Patten, Dick Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schultz, Kristina ROCKINGHAM Altschiller, Debra Bates, David Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Costable, Michael Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Gay, Betty Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Lerner, Kari Messmer, Mindi Osborne, Jason Gordon, Pamela Read, Ellen Stone, Brian Torosian, Peter Wallace, Scott STRAFFORD Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Horrigan, Timothy Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Irwin, Virginia and the committee report was adopted. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART II HB 427, allowing hobby distillation of liquors. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Edward Butler for Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The Commerce Committee is often supportive of the growth of businesses and hobbyists regarding the distillation and brewing of alcoholic beverages. How- ever our hands are tied when it comes to allowing the home distillation of spirits because a permit from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is required. Vote 12-1. Reps. Wallace and Mark Pearson spoke against. Rep. Hunt spoke in favor and yielded to questions. Rep. Sylvia requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 211 - NAYS 121 YEAS - 211 BELKNAP Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Huot, David Spanos, Peter Varney, Peter CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Hunt, John Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bailey, Brad Bennett, Travis Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew 14 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Griffin, Barbara Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Byron, Frank Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Elber, Joel Fedolfi, Jim Freitas, Mary Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Belanger, James Graham, John Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Leary, Richard Ohm, Bill Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Renzullo, Andrew Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Wolf, Terry Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Schuett, Dianne Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Walsh, Thomas Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Barnes, Arthur Berrien, Skip Bove, Martin Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Thomas, Douglas DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Farnham, Betsey Francese, Paula Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi Milz, David Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Gordon, Pamela Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Sytek, John Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Berube, Roger Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Fontneau, Timothy Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Horgan, James Krans, Hamilton McNally, Jody Mullen, John Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gottling, Suzanne Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian NAYS - 121 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman St. Clair, Charlie Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank CHESHIRE Burridge, Delmar Eaton, Daniel Mann, John McConnell, James O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin COOS Tucker, Edith GRAFTON Binford, David Brown, Duane Darrow, Stephen Ham, Bonnie Johnson, Tiffany 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 15

HILLSBOROUGH Burns, Charlie Burt, John Moore, Craig Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Halstead, Carolyn Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Moore, Josh King, Mark Ober, Lynne Leishman, Peter Lewicke, John McLean, Mark Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine O’Brien, Michael Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schultz, Kristina Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Altschiller, Debra Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Bean, Philip Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Cushing, Robert Renny Edgar, Michael Green, Dennis Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Kolodziej, Walter Lerner, Kari Pearson, Mark Morrison, Sean Osborne, Jason Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Torosian, Peter True, Chris Wallace, Scott Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Horrigan, Timothy Kaczynski, Thomas Keans, Sandra Turcotte, Leonard Smith, Marjorie Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Tanner, Linda and the committee report was adopted. Rep. Richards declared a conflict of interest and did not participate. The House recessed at 12:40 p.m. RECESS The House reconvened at 1:30 p.m. (Speaker Chandler in the Chair) REGULAR CALENDAR - PART II CONT’D SB 33, relative to the definition of political advocacy organization. REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY. Rep. Norman Silber for Election Law. This bill addresses the definition of political advocacy organizations as to registration requirements for the origination and registration of expenditures and donors. While the committee heard testimony supporting the bill, because of a belief it would provide full transparency, the committee also heard testimony that it failed to appropriately distinguish issue advocacy and candidate advocacy. While the ideas expressed were of interest for legislation, given the concerns of its effect the committee recommended referring the bill for Interim Study. Vote 18-2. MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rep. Barbara Griffin moved that SB 33, relative to the definition of political advocacy organization, be laid on the table. Rep. Hoell requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 162 - NAYS 155 YEAS - 162 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William 16 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

CHESHIRE Bordenet, John Hunt, John McConnell, James O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin COOS Fothergill, John Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Darrow, Stephen Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Cote, David Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hinch, Richard Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John McLean, Mark Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Panasiti, Reed Pierce, David Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Wolf, Dan Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Bove, Martin Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas DeSimone, Debra Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janigian, John O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McMahon, Charles Milz, David Nigrello, Robert Packard, Sherman Gordon, Richard Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Scruton, Matthew Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven NAYS - 155 BELKNAP Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Mann, John Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Tucker, Edith 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 17

GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Sullivan, Daniel Dickey, Glen Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia Lascelles, Richard Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Pellegrino, Anthony Porter, Marjorie Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Luneau, David Myler, Mel Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina 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 Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Janvrin, Jason Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis McKinney, Betsy Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Phinney, Brandon Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda and the motion was adopted. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART II CONT’D HB 438, eliminating the automatic union dues payment for state employees. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGIS- LATE. Rep. Mark MacKenzie for Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services. The committee determined the legisla- tion presented which would have eliminated the ability of employers to deduct union dues was unnecessary. The proposal would have set aside negotiated provisions in collective bargaining agreements throughout the state. The sponsor of such legislation did not present a compelling argument which would have warranted this change. Vote 19-0. Rep. Hoell spoke against. Rep. Ley spoke in favor. Committee report adopted. HB 114, relative to minimum electric renewable portfolio standards. MAJORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. MI- NORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Herbert Vadney for the Majority of Science, Technology and Energy. This retained bill will reduce the cost of electricity by cutting costs in the renewable portfolio standard (RPS). RPS provides subsidies to renew- able energy programs through an elaborate mechanism that requires power suppliers, including utilities, to purchase renewable energy credits (RECs) based on a percentage of the total megawatt-hours of electricity that they sell. If power suppliers cannot find sufficient RECs to purchase, they can comply with the RPS by making alternative compliance payments (ACPs). The cost of RECs and ACPs gets passed along to customers in the form of higher power supply rates on their bills. RPS classifies renewable energy sources, such as solar 18 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD or biomass, using a class system. Class 1 renewable comprises a variety of new renewable energy sources and therefore constitutes the largest class. It also generates the most RECs. This bill caps the growth in Class 1 requirements at 6% instead of allowing that requirement to grow to 15% by 2025. This reduction in the growth of the Class 1 requirement will insure that RECs remain plentiful to meet obligations, which keeps the cost of the RPS from growing too quickly. Vote 11-10. Rep. Robert Backus for the Minority of Science, Technology and Energy. This bill would eliminate the presently mandated increase in Class 1 renewable energy goals to be achieved by 2025. NH has long had a policy goal of achieving 25% of our electric energy needs from energy efficiency and renewable sources by the year 2025. The law today would ramp up the share to be obtained from new renewable sources from the 6% established for 2015 to 15% by 2025. This bill, on the other hand, would leave the goal at only 6%. The minority believes that the present goal should be retained. Renewable energy can and will help control electric energy costs, reduce our dependence on foreign or out-of-state fuels, improve environmental quality (with associated health benefits from improved air quality), and develop good jobs that cannot be outsourced. It seems particularly unwise to cut the goal from Class I, which is the class for new sources. At a time when many other states are increasing their goals, including Massachusetts and New York, this seems very unwise. There was far more testimony in favor of maintaining the present goal than support for leveling it. Finally, many of the witnesses emphasized the need to maintain the stability of the program. A program that changes with each new legislature makes it problematic for businesses and others to effectively participate. The question being adoption of the majority committee report of Ought to Pass. Rep. Backus spoke against and yielded to questions. Reps. Harrington and Vadney spoke in favor. Rep. True requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 167 - NAYS 164 YEAS - 167 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Hunt, John O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin COOS Fothergill, John Theberge, Robert GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Darrow, Stephen Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John McCarthy, Michael McLean, Mark 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 Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne 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 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 19

ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Chase, Francis Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janigian, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Morrison, Sean Nigrello, Robert Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Sytek, John Torosian, Peter True, Chris 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 Graham, Robert Scruton, Matthew Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Laware, Thomas Smith, Steven NAYS - 164 BELKNAP Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie 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 Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Mann, John McConnell, James Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Porter, Marjorie Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Wolf, Dan Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Luneau, David Myler, Mel Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina 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 20 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

Gilman, Julie Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda and the majority committee report was adopted and ordered to third reading. MOTION TO RECONSIDER Having voted with the prevailing side, Rep. Hopper moved that the House reconsider its action whereby, on a roll call vote of 167-164, the House adopted the majority committee report of Ought to Pass on HB 114, relative to minimum electric renewable portfolio standards. Rep. Hopper spoke against. On a division vote, with 164 members having voted in the affirmative, and 168 in the negative, the motion failed. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART II CONT’D HB 141, relative to electric renewable energy classes. MAJORITY: OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMEND- MENT. MINORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. David Murotake for the Majority of Science, Technology and Energy. This bill, as amended, makes a technical adjustment to the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) law to allow the Public Utilities Commis- sion (PUC) to periodically modify Classes I and II when necessary so that supply and demand are better balanced in each class in a given year and markets remain viable. This tool is currently used successfully in Classes III and IV. It has previously resulted in reducing costs to ratepayers that would have otherwise been incurred due to renewable energy certificates being sold into other markets. The PUC will be undertaking a statutorily mandated review of the RPS in 2018. The majority of the committee feels this technical change gives the PUC more appropriate flexibility and is useful in reducing energy costs. Vote 17-4. Rep. Robert Backus for the Minority of Science, Technology and Energy. This bill, as amended, would allow the Public Utilities Commission, for cause and after notice and hearing, to modify the incremental renewable energy goals for two of the four classes of renewable energy by which NH intends to achieve its overall goal of 25% renewable energy supply by 2025, including Class I which sets the goal for new renewable energy projects. Although the minority believes the amendment eliminates the most troublesome aspects of the bill, we still believe that no reason to change the current law has been identified, and that any mechanism to lower our commitment to renewable energy is unneeded and unwise. Therefore, the minority believes the bill should not pass. Majority Amendment (2472h) Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following: 1 Electric Renewable Portfolio Standard; Electric Renewable Energy Classes. Amend RSA 362-F:4, V and VI to read as follows: V. [For good cause, and] After notice and hearing, the commission may either: (i) for good cause, ac- celerate or delay by up to one year, any given year’s incremental increase in class I or II renewable portfolio standards requirement under RSA 362-F:3, or (ii) modify the class I or II renewable portfolio standards requirements under RSA 362-F:3 for calendar years beginning January 1, 2018 such that the re- quirement is equal to the reasonably expected potential annual output of available eligible sources after taking into account demand from similar programs in other states; provided such modified requirement does not exceed the applicable class requirement under RSA 362-F:3. VI. After notice and hearing, the commission may modify the class III and IV renewable portfolio standards requirements under RSA 362-F:3 for calendar years beginning January 1, 2012 such that the requirements are equal to [an amount between 85 percent and 95 percent of] the reasonably expected potential annual output of available eligible sources after taking into account demand from similar programs in other states; provided such modified requirement does not exceed the applicable class requirement in RSA 362-F:3. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage. 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 21

AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill permits the public utilities commission to modify renewable energy portfolio standards according to expected annual output provided such requirement does not exceed the requirement of RSA 362-F:3. Majority committee amendment adopted. Majority committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. SB 128-FN, relative to the policy goal of electric utility restructuring. REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY. Rep. Keith Ammon for Science, Technology and Energy. The cost of energy remains an issue for New Hamp- shire’s commercial and residential consumers. In the late 1990’s the state’s electric industry was restructured to transition from a centrally planned and state-run operation to one that would establish competition between private generators within a regulated market. The vague language in parts of SB 128, such as “other measures” or “pursue measures expected to mitigate the cost of electric,” could potentially grant sweeping new powers to the Public Utilities Commission which some fear could undermine the slow and steady transition to more free market energy solutions brought about by restructuring. Also, gas supply or capacity is explicitly exempted from the bill’s provisions. 50% of our generating capacity currently comes from natural gas. During public tes- timony, “other measures” seemed to refer solely to power purchase agreements (PPAs), specifically one between Eversource and Hydro Renewable Energy which would make use of the proposed Northern Pass transmission project to deliver the power. Since this PPA proposal has now been withdrawn by Eversource, the urgency for this aspect of the bill has passed. The committee determined that further study is necessary on this bill to ensure that well-intentioned measures to mitigate electricity costs are implemented in ways as to not inadvertently increase central planning by regulators, thereby undermining free market solutions. Vote 17-4. Committee report adopted. HB 193, relative to traffic control measures. OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Peter Torosian for Transportation. This bill takes a common sense approach to using a standard that is currently in place and used successfully when determining whether a road project requires a uniformed police officer or an approved “traffic flagger.” This bill simply uses the same current standard that has been used for many years and which provides for the safe flow of traffic around work areas. This bill gives local town and city officials the discretion to make exceptions for unique circumstances in their towns. Vote 12-0. MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rep. O’Brien moved that HB 193, relative to traffic control measures, be laid on the table. Rep. Baldasaro requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 152 - NAYS 179 YEAS - 152 BELKNAP Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert 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 Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean Keane, Amelia King, Mark Klee, Patricia Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael Mangipudi, Latha 22 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Luneau, David Myler, Mel Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Altschiller, Debra Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chirichiello, Brian Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Farnham, Betsey Gilman, Julie Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis Messmer, Mindi Morrison, Sean Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Gordon, Richard Read, Ellen Le, Tamara STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Krans, Hamilton Opderbecke, Linn Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Sprague, Dale Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 179 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Bordenet, John Hunt, John Mann, John McConnell, James O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin COOS Fothergill, John GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John McLean, Mark Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Wolf, Dan Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 23

Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Patten, Dick Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Chase, Francis Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Nigrello, Robert Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Sapareto, Frank Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Willis, Brenda Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Keans, Sandra Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Schmidt, Peter Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Scruton, Matthew Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven and the motion failed. The question now being adoption of the committee report of Ought to Pass. Rep. Soucy spoke against. Rep. Harrington spoke in favor and yielded to questions. Committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. HB 388-FN, relative to special number plates for veterans and armed forces members. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Timothy Soucy for Transportation. The intent of this bill is to allow veterans to be eligible for special number plates under this chapter for trailers. Vanity plates may not be issued under this section for a trailer, which keeps the cost of implementation low. The original bill called for veteran’s versions of all plates. The committee amendment cuts this back to trailers only. Vote 15-0. Amendment (2456h) Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following: AN ACT relative to special number plates for veterans. Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following: 1 Special Number Plates for Veterans. Amend RSA 261:87-b, I to read as follows: I. The director is hereby authorized to issue special number plates to be used on motor vehicles owned by veterans of the United States armed services, in lieu of other number plates. The design of these special plates shall be determined by the commissioner, and shall be distinct from the design or designs of those plates issued under RSA 261:86. Such plates shall be issued only to veterans as defined in RSA 21:50, I(a) upon application, proof of veteran status in a form authorized by RSA 21:50, I(b), and payment of the regular motor vehicle registration fee and the $4 per plate fees under RSA 261:75. The director shall also issue such plates to any person providing proof of honorable discharge from the armed services of any nation allied with the United States during World War II and proof of such person’s service during World War II. Renewals of such special number plates shall be charged the fee assessed for standard motor vehicles as prescribed under RSA 261:141. The plates furnished pursuant to this section are nontransferable and shall expire upon the death of the veteran, except that the surviving spouse may use the plates for one year after the death of the veteran and shall be eligible to replace the plates during that year at no charge under RSA 261:75. Persons eligible for special number plates under this section may obtain such plates for a trailer registered under this chapter and owned by the person, provided that vanity number plates may not be issued under this section for a trailer. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019. AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill modifies the availability of special number plates for veterans. Committee amendment adopted. Committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. 24 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

SB 160, authorizing religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, to certify eligibility for walking disability plates and placards. MAJORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. MINORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Werner Horn for the Majority of Transportation. This bill will allow religious non-medical personnel to be able to issue certifications for disability placards to individuals who do not utilize traditional medical options for religious reasons. The inclusive nature of the bill provides for the present and future needs of all granite staters. Vote 11-3. Rep. Chris True for the Minority of Transportation. This bill will authorize non-medical religious personnel to certify the eligibility for a person to get a walking disability license plate. The minority does not believe there is a demonstrated need for this bill. The question being adoption of the majority committee report of Ought to Pass. Rep. True spoke against and yielded to questions. Rep. Horn spoke in favor and yielded to questions. On a division vote, with 97 members having voted in the affirmative, and 227 in the negative, the majority committee report failed. Rep. True moved the minority committee report of Inexpedient to Legislate. Minority committee report adopted. HB 124-FN, repealing certain aircraft registration fees. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Patrick Abrami for Ways and Means. The original bill that came out of the Transportation Committee and voted ought to pass on the consent calendar by this body called for the elimination of all aircraft reg- istration fees. The bill came to the Ways and Means Committee as the second committee since it involved taxes and fees. Ways and Means amended the bill to be revenue neutral since it was clear no money would be forthcoming from the general fund to support aviation which in round numbers comes from $1 million in registration fees and $0.25 million in fuel taxes. It was apparent that we were looking at a zero-sum game and that we needed to alter fees and taxes with the end result in revenue of $1.25 million. The reason for recasting how we achieve the $1.25 million is that our system for coming up with registration fees for an individual aircraft is based upon millage rates and weight. This formula has resulted in new large aircraft being charged up to $300,000 for the first year of registration. In short, this policy has chased away all aircraft owners from registering new and larger planes in NH. At the same time, Massachusetts eliminated its sales tax on planes and now has a top rate of $300 per year to register there. We are losing these aircraft to fields like Hanscom in Massachusetts. Everyone agreed we need to fix this problem. Upon research we discovered that our fuel taxes were extremely low as compared to other states and much lower than Massachusetts. With much input from the small plane owners, the large plane owners, the small airports, the large airports, and the base operators, a compromise was reached that lowered the registration fees on average, but increased the fuel taxes but in a way that we are still well below most states. The result is this bill will generate $1.25 million a year in revenue which would come from $0.41 million in registration fees and $0.84 million in fuel taxes. This compromise was supported by most of the various interest groups that participated in a total of five subcommittee meetings. We are certain that this will help bring back the aviation industry to NH. In addition, we feel this will help us retain the airplane timeshare companies that are based in our state. These changes should help companies that modernize their fleets to stay in NH and not move their operations to Massachusetts. This bill also insures that our 25 airports in this state would continue to be given modest assistance from the revenues generated from these registration fees. Vote 22-1. Amendment (2470h) Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following: AN ACT relative to certain aircraft registration fees and airways tolls. Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following: 1 New Section; Reporting by Airport. Amend RSA 422 by inserting after section 20 the following new section: 422:20-a Reporting by Airport. The owner of each airport open for public use shall submit to the department quarterly a list of all aircraft, including the federal registration number for each aircraft, that are based at that airport. 2 Repeal. RSA 422:31, I-II, relative to aircraft registration fees, are repealed. 3 Aircraft Operating Fee. RSA 422:31, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: III. An aircraft operating fee for each aircraft for which a state registration certificate is required. The amount of the fee shall be based on the maximum certificated gross weight of the aircraft, as follows: 0-3000 lbs. $100 3001-8000 lbs. $250 8001-12,500 lbs. $2,500 more than 12,500 lbs. $3,500 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 25

4 New Section; Reporting by Commissioner. Amend RSA 422 by inserting after section 31 the following new section: 422:31-a Reporting by Commissioner. On or before September 15 of each year, the commissioner shall certify in a report to the governor and the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees on ways and means the following information: for the fiscal year just ended, the numbers of aircraft registered in each of the weight classes listed in RSA 422:31, III; operating fee revenues received by weight class; the numbers of aircraft by weight class that were based during the fiscal year at each of the airports open for public use; and a summary report showing the total numbers of such registered aircraft by weight class by year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017. 5 Airways Toll. Amend RSA 422:34, I-II to read as follows: I. There is hereby imposed an airways toll of [$.04] $.08 per gallon upon the sale of each gallon of motor fuel or fuel, as defined by RSA 259:58, sold to and used in the propulsion of aircraft. The airways toll shall be subject to the exemptions provided for government sales by RSA 260:32. II. There is hereby imposed an airways toll of [$.02] $.049 per gallon on the sale of each gallon of avia- tion jet fuel sold and used in the propulsion of aircraft. All aircraft, however, that are certified to operate under part 121 of the rules and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration shall pay an airways toll of [$.005] $.027 per gallon on aviation jet fuel sold and used in the propulsion of aircraft. 6 Operating Fee Revenues. Amend RSA 422:36, II to read as follows: II. Disbursements of revenue from the aircraft operating fee shall be made by the department after collection of such fees provided that [1/4] $250,000 of aircraft operating fee revenues originating at a publicly or privately owned airport shall be available each fiscal year for public use and shall, upon application, be paid over to the aeronautical fund established for that airport and shall be used for aero- nautical purposes. 7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018. AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill requires quarterly reporting by airport owners, modifies registration and operating fees for aircraft, changes the rate of airways tolls, and adjusts the distribution of operating fee revenue. Rep. Hoell spoke against. Rep. Abrami spoke in favor. On a division vote, with 292 members having voted in the affirmative, and 31 in the negative, the committee amendment was adopted. Committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. HB 529-FN-A-L, phasing out and repealing the interest and dividends tax. REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY. Rep. Patrick Abrami for Ways and Means. The committee felt that the phasing out and repealing of the inter- est and dividends tax was not prudent fiscal policy at this time. More specifically, many want to see the full impact of the business tax cuts on overall revenues before we consider this. However, there was support for increasing the exemptions for all filers. Being mid-biennium with the state budget set, it was felt amending the bill at this time could not be done in a revenue-neutral manner. It is important to point out that there was a bill filed to be heard in session year 2018 addressing the increasing of exemptions. The committee voted interim study on this bill to work in sync with the bill that has been filed. Vote 20-3. Committee report adopted. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART III HB 1213, removing the exception for married minors from the definition of sexual assault. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Jody McNally for Criminal Justice and Public Safety. It makes little sense to allow our young children to get married with judicial and/or parental consent and then prosecute them for consummating their mar- riage. Vote 12-8. Rep. Read requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 188 - NAYS 138 YEAS - 188 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Buco, Thomas Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William 26 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

CHESHIRE Hunt, John Mann, John McConnell, James Meader, David O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin COOS Fothergill, John Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Griffin, Gerald Smith, Gregory Gagne, Larry Gidge, Kenneth Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael Martineau, Jesse 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 Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Wolf, Dan Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Richards, Beth Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janigian, John O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Morrison, Sean Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Willis, Brenda Woitkun, Steven STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Spencer, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven NAYS - 138 BELKNAP Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie CARROLL 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 Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce Weber, Lucy 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 27

COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Fromuth, Bart Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Porter, Marjorie Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary MacKay, James Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina 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 Gilman, Julie Lerner, Kari Malloy, Dennis Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Gordon, Pamela Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Irwin, Virginia Oxenham, Lee Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda and the committee report was adopted. Rep. Klee voted Yea and intended to vote Nay. HB 1437, relative to tattoos on state law enforcement officers. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Scott Wallace for Criminal Justice and Public Safety. This bill would regulate tattoos on state law en- forcement officers by law. This is unnecessary legislation as tattoos are already unauthorized by NH State Police hiring and human resources policies. Passing this law would require its rescission should the NHSP need to adjust its policies in the future. Vote 20-0. Rep. Welch spoke in favor. Rep. Stone spoke against and requested a roll call; not sufficiently seconded. On a division vote, with 288 members having voted in the affirmative, and 36 in the negative, the committee report was adopted. HB 1511-FN, relative to the death of a fetus for the purpose of certain homicide charges. MAJORITY: RE- FER FOR INTERIM STUDY. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Beth Rodd for the Majority of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. SB 66, defining fetus in terms of “an- other,” went into effect January 1, 2018. There has not been time to evaluate the consequences/effectiveness of SB 66. This bill tightens the intent of SB 66 by reducing the gestational age for criminal assault charges from 20 to 8 weeks. It is possible that a pregnant woman would not even be aware of her pregnancy at 8 weeks. In addition, it would be difficult to ascertain whether the spontaneous abortion/miscarriage was a result of an assault or maternal causes. This bill also removes the ban on maternal liability. Vote 13-7. Rep. John Burt for the Minority of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The minority found this bill, with amend- ment, to mirror current legislation with one difference: it lowers the age of legal protection to eight weeks. The committee heard testimony about a grieving grandmother who beseeched our House to recognize the existence 28 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD of the grandson she lost when her daughter was killed in a vicious hammer attack in Manchester by a boyfriend. Only about ten weeks in utero, this baby was precious to the family and the lack of legal meaning in New Hampshire compounded the family’s grief. NH’s current fetal homicide law begins protection at twenty weeks. Florida had a similar law until a tragic case occurred. A 26-year old woman, Remee Jo Lee, lost her unborn child at seven weeks. Her boyfriend had substituted an antibiotic pill for an abortion-inducing one. The Florida legislature then amended their law to cover unborn children at any age. Must we wait for a similar tragedy to happen here? No one knows whose family could be affected, perhaps one of ours. This amendment will recog- nize the work that went into the current law, but extend legal protection to cover most cases of fetal homicide. MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rep. Eaton moved that HB 1511-FN, relative to the death of a fetus for the purpose of certain homicide charges, be laid on the table. Rep. Burt requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 204 - NAYS 121 YEAS - 204 BELKNAP Fields, Dennis Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie Vadney, Herbert CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Burridge, Delmar Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Eaton, Daniel Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Hunt, John Mann, John McConnell, James Meader, David Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin Tatro, Bruce Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Byron, Frank Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Belanger, James Graham, John Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia Ober, Lynne Leishman, Peter Lewicke, John Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Ohm, Bill Long, Patrick Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Ober, Russell Rosenwald, Cindy Rouillard, Claire Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Luneau, David McGuire, Carol Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Allen, Mary Altschiller, Debra Bean, Philip Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 29

Edgar, Michael Farnham, Betsey Gilman, Julie Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Janigian, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Griffin, Mary Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi Milz, David Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Willis, Brenda STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Mullen, John Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Phinney, Brandon Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 121 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark CHESHIRE O’Day, John COOS Richardson, Herbert GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Burns, Charlie Burt, John Moore, Craig Christie, Rick Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Gagne, Larry Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Moore, Josh L’Heureux, Robert Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald McCarthy, Michael McLean, Mark Murphy, Keith Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Prout, Andrew Renzullo, Andrew Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Pearson, Mark Matthews, Carolyn Morrison, Sean Nigrello, Robert Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James 30 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Spencer, Matthew Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Laware, Thomas Smith, Steven and the motion was adopted. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART III CONT’D HB 1566, prohibiting open carry of a firearm in certain public places. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. John Burt for Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The majority of the committee knows that it is against the constitution to tell private bars, doctor’s offices, and churches that open carrying of a firearm is prohibited. Those businesses and churches have the right to ban open carrying of a firearm if they wish. For many years New Hampshire citizens have had the right to carry a firearm in public unconcealed. This bill is not needed. Vote 12-8. Rep. Burridge spoke against. Rep. Burt spoke in favor and requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 194 - NAYS 126 YEAS - 194 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Buco, Thomas Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Hunt, John McConnell, James Meader, David O’Day, John Stallcop, Joseph Sterling, Franklin Weber, Lucy COOS Fothergill, John Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Brown, Duane Ham, Bonnie Ladd, Rick Massimilla, Linda White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christensen, Chris Christie, Rick Connors, Erika Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Dickey, Glen Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Fromuth, Bart Griffin, Gerald Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Lewicke, John MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Manley, Jonathan Martineau, Jesse McLean, Mark Murphy, Keith Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Sofikitis, Catherine Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Carson, Clyde Copp, Anne Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Horn, Werner Kotowski, Frank Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard Patten, Dick Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Baldasaro, Alfred Barnes, Arthur Bates, David Bean, Philip Chirichiello, Brian 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 31

Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Itse, Daniel Edwards, Jess Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi Milz, David Morrison, Sean Nigrello, Robert Osborne, Jason Packard, Sherman Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter Tripp, Richard True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Bixby, Peter Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Schmidt, Peter Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Scruton, Matthew Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Sprague, Dale Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Gagnon, Raymond Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip NAYS - 126 BELKNAP Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie CARROLL 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 Fenton, Donovan Johnsen, Gladys Mann, John Parkhurst, Henry Shepardson, Marjorie Tatro, Bruce COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George HILLSBOROUGH Backus, Robert Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Cleaver, Skip Cornell, Patricia Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice King, Mark Klee, Patricia Leishman, Peter Lisle, David Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Porter, Marjorie Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul MacKay, James Luneau, David Myler, Mel Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina 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 Gilman, Julie Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara Willis, Brenda STRAFFORD Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horrigan, Timothy 32 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gottling, Suzanne Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda and the committee report was adopted. Rep. Messmer voted Yea and intended to vote Nay. HCR 13, condemning hate crimes and any other form of racism in New Hampshire. MAJORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. MINORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Robert Renny Cushing for the Majority of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. This concurrent resolution condemns hate crimes and other forms of conduct that constitutes racism, religious or ethnic bias, discrimi- nation based on disability, age, marriage, familial status, sexuality or gender discrimination, incitement to violence, or animus contrary to law in New Hampshire. The committee heard painful and powerful testimony about recent actions of violence in the state that were directed at vulnerable populations, including the at- tempted lynching of a biracial child in Claremont. The majority was inspired by the community response in rejecting hate and bigotry, and applauds the action by the governor to establish an Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion. It recommends passage this concurrent resolution to reinforce the legislature’s com- mitment to a state that works for and embraces all and rejects hate. Vote 13-7. Rep. John Burt for the Minority of Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The minority finds hate crimes and racism in New Hampshire unacceptable. The minority also knows that this bill, while well intended, only brings more division among the citizens of N.H. The minority believes that House Joint Resolution 5, which includes the Senate and Governor, is a more direct and to the point resolution against hate crimes and rac- ism in New Hampshire. MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rep. McConnell moved that HCR 13, condemning hate crimes and any other form of racism in New Hamp- shire, be laid on the table. Rep. Cushing requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 132 - NAYS 191 YEAS - 132 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Vadney, Herbert Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Cordelli, Glenn McCarthy, Frank McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Bordenet, John Hunt, John McConnell, James O’Day, John COOS Theberge, Robert GRAFTON Bailey, Brad Binford, David Brown, Duane Schwaegler, Vicki Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Barry, Richard Burns, Charlie Burt, John Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Fedolfi, Jim Ferreira, Elizabeth Freeman, Lisa Griffin, Gerald Gagne, Larry Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hopper, Gary Hynes, Dan Belanger, James Graham, John Moore, Josh Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard Lewicke, John MacKay, Mariellen McLean, Mark Murphy, Keith Negron, Steve Notter, Jeanine Ohm, Bill Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rouillard, Claire Sanborn, Laurie Scully, Kevin Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan Sullivan, Victoria 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 33

MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Brewster, Michael Copp, Anne Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Moffett, Michael Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Walsh, Thomas Testerman, Dave Wells, Natalie ROCKINGHAM Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Bean, Philip Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Thomas, Douglas Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Green, Dennis Hagan, Joseph Edwards, Jess O’Connor, John Katsakiores, Phyllis Kolodziej, Walter Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David Morrison, Sean Nigrello, Robert Osborne, Jason Gordon, Richard Sapareto, Frank Stone, Brian Sytek, John Torosian, Peter True, Chris Vose, Michael Wallace, Scott Webb, James Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Harrington, Michael Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard McNally, Jody Mullen, John Phinney, Brandon Pitre, Joseph Spencer, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Laware, Thomas NAYS - 191 BELKNAP Fields, Dennis Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward Comeau, Ed DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry CHESHIRE Ames, Richard Berch, Paul 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 Fothergill, John Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bennett, Travis Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Elizabeth Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Fromuth, Bart Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert LeBrun, Donald Leishman, Peter Lisle, David McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Pellegrino, Anthony Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Rosenwald, Cindy Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul Horn, Werner MacKay, James Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Myler, Mel Patten, Dick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David 34 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Altschiller, Debra Barnes, Arthur Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Farnham, Betsey Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Marsh, Henry Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Khan, Aboul Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Malloy, Dennis Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Gordon, Pamela Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Somssich, Peter Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard Welch, David Willis, Brenda STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Sprague, Dale Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda and the motion failed. The question now being adoption of the majority committee report of Ought to Pass. Rep. Burt spoke against. (Rep. Packard in the Chair) Reps. Cloutier and Mangipudi spoke in favor. Rep. Shurtleff requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 234 - NAYS 69 YEAS - 234 BELKNAP Fields, Dennis Huot, David St. Clair, Charlie Vadney, Herbert CARROLL Buco, Thomas Butler, Edward DesMarais, Edith McCarthy, Frank Knirk, Jerry McConkey, Mark Schmidt, Stephen Umberger, Karen Marsh, William CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul 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 Fothergill, John Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Richardson, Herbert Theberge, Robert Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Almy, Susan Bailey, Brad Bennett, Travis Binford, David Boutin, Skylar Campion, Polly Dontonville, Roger Ham, Bonnie Hennessey, Erin Higgins, Patricia Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Rand, Steven Schwaegler, Vicki Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George White, Andrew HILLSBOROUGH Ayala, Jessica Backus, Robert Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bouldin, Amanda Byron, Frank Moore, Craig Chandley, Shannon Christensen, Chris Cleaver, Skip Connors, Erika Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Sullivan, Daniel Danielson, David Donovan, Daniel Elber, Joel Freitas, Mary Griffin, Gerald Gagne, Larry Gargasz, Carolyn Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia L’Heureux, Robert 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 35

Lascelles, Richard LeBrun, Donald Leishman, Peter Lisle, David MacKay, Mariellen McCarthy, Michael MacKenzie, Mark Mangipudi, Latha Manley, Jonathan Martin, Joelle Martineau, Jesse Murphy, Keith Newman, Sue Nutting, Allison O’Brien, Michael O’Leary, Richard Long, Patrick Panasiti, Reed Pierce, David Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Rosenwald, Cindy Rouillard, Claire Harvey, Suzanne Sofikitis, Catherine Van Houten, Connie Williams, Kermit MERRIMACK Turcotte, Alan Alicea, Caroletta Bartlett, Christy Brewster, Michael Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Gile, Mary Henle, Paul Horn, Werner MacKay, James Kotowski, Frank Luneau, David Moffett, Michael Myler, Mel Pearl, Howard Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Shurtleff, Stephen Soucy, Timothy Testerman, Dave Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Woolpert, David ROCKINGHAM Abrami, Patrick Allen, Mary Altschiller, Debra Barnes, Arthur Bean, Philip Berrien, Skip Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Cushing, Robert Renny Thomas, Douglas DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Elliott, Robert Emerick, J. Tracy Farnham, Betsey Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Marsh, Henry Hagan, Joseph Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Kolodziej, Walter Lerner, Kari Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis Manning, John Matthews, Carolyn McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Messmer, Mindi Murray, Kate Nigrello, Robert Gordon, Pamela Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Sapareto, Frank Somssich, Peter Stone, Brian Le, Tamara Tripp, Richard Vose, Michael Webb, James Welch, David Willis, Brenda STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Burton, Wayne Cilley, Jacalyn Conley, Casey Ellis, Donna Fontneau, Timothy Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Krans, Hamilton Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Graham, Robert Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Scruton, Matthew Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Spencer, Matthew Sprague, Dale Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Gagnon, Raymond Gottling, Suzanne Grenier, James Laware, Thomas Oxenham, Lee Rollins, Skip Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 69 BELKNAP Abear, Marc Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Tilton, Franklin Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Silber, Norman Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Varney, Peter CARROLL Avellani, Lino Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn CHESHIRE McConnell, James O’Day, John Sterling, Franklin GRAFTON Brown, Duane Johnson, Tiffany HILLSBOROUGH Griffin, Barbara Burns, Charlie Burt, John Christie, Rick Dickey, Glen Ferreira, Elizabeth Fromuth, Bart Gould, Linda Halstead, Carolyn Hellwig, Steve Hopper, Gary Belanger, James Moore, Josh Lewicke, John McLean, Mark Negron, Steve Ohm, Bill Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Sanborn, Laurie Seidel, Carl Souza, Kathleen Wolf, Terry Ulery, Jordan MERRIMACK Kuch, Bill Copp, Anne Hill, Gregory Hoell, J.R. Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Wells, Natalie 36 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD

ROCKINGHAM Cook, Allen Baldasaro, Alfred Bates, David Green, Dennis O’Connor, John Milz, David Osborne, Jason Gordon, Richard Sytek, John Torosian, Peter True, Chris Wallace, Scott Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Beaudoin, Steven Kaczynski, Thomas Turcotte, Leonard Mullen, John Pitre, Joseph Wuelper, Kurt and the majority committee report was adopted and ordered to third reading. MOTION TO PRINT DEBATE Rep. Shurtleff moved that the debate on HCR 13, condemning hate crimes and any other form of racism in New Hampshire, be printed in the Permanent Journal. Motion adopted. DEBATE ON HCR 13 Rep. McConnell: Mister Speaker, I move to table HCR 13 and I request a division vote. Speaker Chandler: Rep. McConnell has requested that HCR 13 be placed upon the table and has requested a division vote. All members will take their seats. We have a division vote. Rep. Cushing requests a roll call. Is that sufficiently seconded? It is sufficiently seconded. All members will please take their seats. The question before the House is on the motion to table HCR 13. Rep. McConnell is recognized for a parliamentary inquiry. Rep. McConnell: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know that just last week this House passed HJR 5, which in three short sentences makes it abundantly clear, that the State of New Hampshire completely rejects hate, bigotry and violence in all their forms and in no uncertain terms, and if I know, that HCR 13 is three pages listing a whole range of obviously heinous acts and very condemnable actions, and if I know, that in those three pages there is no mention of what I see as the 208 pound gorilla in the room, Muslim terrorism and Antifa, which according the Obama administration Department of Homeland Security was formally classified as conducting activities which amount to domestic terrorist violence, then I would push the green button? Thank you. Speaker Chandler: The question before the House is the motion to table HCR 13. If you are in favor of that, you’ll press the green button. If you are opposed, you’ll be pressing the red button. The Chair recognizes Rep. Cushing for a parliamentary inquiry. Rep. Cushing: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If my heart broke last fall when the news of a lynching of a biracial boy in Claremont hit the news and I listened in the committee hearing on this bill and I heard the anguished words of the member from Claremont talking about how that hate crime impacted his community and how the community was trying to respond to that, and if I listened today to the State of the State Ad- dress when we heard our Governor talk about the need for inclusion and for diversity and if I realize that the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee gave thoughtful consideration to this bill and recommended that it Ought to Pass, would I now press the red button to defeat the tabling motion so that we could go on and pass this Resolution to let the world know that hate has no place in the Granite State? Speaker Chandler: The question before the House is on the adoption of the motion to table HCR 13. If you are in favor of tabling, you will press the green button. If you are opposed, you would press the red button. The voting stations are open for 30 seconds. Have all members voted who were here when the question was put? The House will attend to the state of the vote. 132 in the affirmative, 191 in the negative, the motion to table fails. The question before the House is on the committee report of Ought to Pass. The Chair recognizes the member from Goffstown, Rep. Burt. The House will be in order. The member is recognized to speak. Rep. Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, I know you and I agree on one thing, that we find hate crimes and racism in New Hampshire unacceptable. Would you not agree with that, Mister Speaker? HCR 13 was well intended, yet sadly only brings more division among citizens of New Hampshire. That is the part that I am against, Mister Speaker. The division among citizens in the Live Free or Die State, the citizens of New Hampshire that put every one of us in this great State House to represent them, they deserve better, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, there is hope for us in this House. That hope is HJR 5, which includes the people that we cannot speak of that are on the other side of that wall. HJR 5 is a more direct and to the point Resolution against hate crime and racism in New Hampshire. HJR 5 is so direct and to the point against hate crimes. Rep. Packard in the Chair Rep. Packard: Will the member suspend? Please contain your remarks to this piece of legislation and not on another piece. Rep. Burt: I can do that. It’s going to shorten my speech. It’s going to really shorten it. So, if by chance Mis- ter Speaker, someone yells roll call, Mister Speaker, would you please join me in pressing that bright, shiny red button and wait for a better House Resolution and send a strong message that hate crimes and racism in New Hampshire is not welcomed. Thank you, Mister Speaker. 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 37

Rep. Packard: The Chair calls the member from Claremont, Rep. Cloutier, to speak for the committee report. Rep. Cloutier: Thank you, Mister Speaker, fellow House Members. I rise today in strong support of HCR 13, which condemns hate crimes and any other form of racism in New Hampshire. I’m going to be frank with you; I never expected to be speaking today in favor of this timely and important Resolution until last August 28, 2017. On that date in Claremont, an 8-year old biracial boy, a Claremont resident, was part of an attempted lynching of him by some teenagers. Now I’ll be honest with you, the crime is still under investigation and none of the teens has yet been criminally charged for this horrible incident, but the investigation is complicated by the fact that the alleged perpetrators are juvenile and must be treated differently under our criminal justice system. Having said that, this incident shocked the members of my community as it shocked people around our state and even the nation. I have received emails from all over the nation demanding justice for this trial and having no easy explanation. But anyway, moving on, this incident woke the people of Claremont up to the fact that even though we are 96% white, we have some racial problems with hate and Claremonters did not wait for this investigation, which is still ongoing, to be completed. Within a month after this terrible incident, they got together and formed a racial healing working group to try to work on ways to eradicate racism and all forms of hate and since then they have held a number of meetings and events to help in this effort, including Claremont’s first ever Martin Luther King birthday holiday celebration, which I had the honor to attend. Basically, I think Claremont has woken up to the fact that there is something that a lot of Americans already understand, that racism and hate is not just a local Claremont problem, not just a New Hampshire problem, but an ongoing American problem that is not going to be solved overnight. While we have made some progress in eradicating racism and hate, I believe and I think a lot of Claremonters are now awaken to the fact, we have a long way to go. One thing, getting back to the Resolution itself, Claremonters appreciate the strong leadership of Governor Sununu in responding to the August 28 attempted lynching. They appreciate the fact that he has offered to help in this investigation and just recently he has created a Civil Rights Unit within the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Something that was long overdue in my opinion. Now, today, it is the turn of this legislature to exercise strong leadership and that strong leadership means passing HCR 13. In conclusion, Dr. Martin Luther King once said, and I’m paraphrasing here, “That the moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.” And to paraphrase a bit of Dr. King, I would like to say, today, we should bend the moral arc more towards the elbow of justice by passing HCR 13. So please join me and the other bipartisan sponsors of this Resolution and vote yes on HCR 13. Thank you. Rep. Packard: Does the member yield to a question? Rep. Cloutier: No, I do not yield, Mister Speaker. Rep. Packard: The member does not yield. The Chair calls the member from Nashua, Rep. Mangipudi, to speak in favor of the committee report. Rep. Mangipudi: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Thank you, my fellow Representatives. It is very emotional. I never expected in my 30-years of living in New Hampshire that I would be standing in the well speaking for fairness and justice. I have no words to express how I feel, how critical this Resolution is. I come from Nashua where the city has the most diverse population in the State. Six percent of the Nashua population are from an Indian American community. In just the last year, there are a number of times I have faced simple, innocuous comments from people that I knew. People that don’t know me have said, “Go back to where you come from.” In the beginning, I did not make too much of it. I thought that’s ignorance or somebody not knowing. One time, I stopped and asked the person who said go back to where you come from, where do you think I come from? I’ve lived here the longest in my life. Most of my adult life I have spent in New Hampshire. Both of my kids were born and brought up here. To ask me, “Oh your country has a lot of turmoil. A lot of terrorists in your country,” this was the response coming from a common citizen on the main street of our city and our town. How do I respond to my constituents who call me and ask how I am feeling about it? I heard that somebody came to Nashua to go to a restaurant and again, a very innocuous comment of go back to where you came from. You are not welcome here. Would that constitute a hate crime? Would that constitute discrimination? I want to ask that question and I ask that question every day. What do I tell my kids? We brought them up to think they are citizens here. They were born here. They don’t know any different. To just shrug it off as nothing, like it’s not something serious, that’s just ignorance and I proudly hold my hand up. This is as white as I can get. This is as American as I can get. I am no less patriotic. I have served in every public service that I could think of. I have served on the school board. I have served as a State Rep., activist and just the idea of this is my community, this is my home and now I have this inherent fear and this unsettling feeling. Do I belong here? Is this really my home? If I have to ask this question to myself, how do I respond to my constituents who call me and say, “I’m afraid or would you be there for vigilance for when somebody was attacked?” A simple story. A parent was visiting from India and the father wears the traditional Indian outfit and so does the mother. So the family called to ask if it was safe for their parents to go for a walk in my neighborhood? I asked where do you live? Nashua, and I said, “Why do you ask this question?” Did you hear that in Huntsville, Alabama, an innocent man who came to visit his grandson’s birth was attacked because they looked suspicious? So, I can’t change how I look, but I’m not afraid to walk and face it. Think about what time we are in. I know this will not answer everything. This is not a cure all, but at least I would feel, as a legislator, that at least I can 38 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD plead my fellow legislators to take the step in the right direction. Make a statement that New Hampshire is better than that and I can wake up a little more at peace in my heart knowing that there is the House of common people that cares about their citizens and cares about somebody like me whose willing to put their life and support in what they need to do in our community. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Rep. Packard: The Chair calls the Representative from Hampton, Rep. Cushing to speak in favor of the committee report. Pass. The question before the House is Ought to Pass. Are you ready for the question? Rep. Shurtleff requests a roll call. Is that sufficiently seconded? It is sufficiently seconded. Members will take their seats. This will be a roll call vote. The House will come to order. Members will take their seats. This is a roll call vote on the motion of Ought to Pass on HCR 13. The Chair recognizes Rep. Hoell for a parliamentary inquiry. Rep. Hoell: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know this is a tough issue and I know hate crimes and violence based on race, gender, ethnic origin and location of birth should be condemned, but that a Resolution won’t solve the issues of the heart and it won’t solve all the crimes we want it to. If I know that we want to see a decrease in the violence in our society and conflict, but again, drafting a Resolution is not going to address all of this, that the moral fabric of our society needs more than just words on paper. If I know that loving your neighbor starts at home and taking care of those starts at home, not with words on paper at the State House, and if I know the drafting of language in this doesn’t include all different ethnic backgrounds or minorities. It itemizes only certain people, but not everyone, would I vote Nay on the Ought to Pass so a better drafted version of this could be brought up later. Thank you. Rep. Packard: The Chair recognizes Rep. Welch for a parliamentary inquiry. Rep. Welch: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know having served up here for 32 years that I have never been ashamed of anything that came through this House and if I know that this statement may not satisfy everyone, but if I further know that it is a statement against hate and discrimination and I think that makes New Hampshire proud, would you please support the committee and vote Ought to Pass. Rep. Packard: The question is on Ought to Pass on HCR 13. This is a roll call vote. If you are in favor, you’ll press the green button. If you are opposed, you’ll press the red button. Voting stations are open for 30 seconds. Have all members voted that were here when the question was put? The House will attend to the state of the vote. Now, have all people voted that were here when the question was put? The House will at- tend to the state of the vote. 234 voting Yea, 69 voting Nay, the motion passes. (Speaker Chandler in the Chair) REGULAR CALENDAR - PART III CONT’D HB 1386, establishing a joint committee on employee relations. MAJORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. MINOR- ITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Philip Bean for the Majority of Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services. This legislation simply restores the joint committee on employee relations to “pre 2009” status. The intent is to execute best prac- tices in the appointment process to better serve the state of New Hampshire, the governing body and New Hampshire employees. Vote 8-5. Rep. Douglas Ley for the Minority of Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services. This proposal reconsti- tutes the membership of the Joint Committee on Employee Relations to its former membership structure; the minority believes this is due to the lack of appointments made by the Governor. In essence, it is a legislative solution to a political problem, a problem which could easily be resolved without changes to statutes. Majority committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. HB 1223, establishing a commission to study legislator compensation. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Robert Nigrello for Legislative Administration. This bill would establish a 13-member commission to study legislator compensation including mileage. The committee would also be charged with comparing New Hampshire’s compensation level to the compensation paid to other state legislators. It further requires a study of the demographic composition and socioeconomic background of New Hampshire legislators in an effort to identify ways to increase participation and diversify the composition of the legislature. The committee agrees that compensation is well below all other domestic legislative bodies. The majority agreed that a study may lead us to a constitutional change, which would be extremely difficult to adopt, or a compensation change that would impact the budget. For these reasons the majority recommends that the bill be found Inexpedient to Legislate. Vote 8-3. Rep. Stone spoke against and yielded to questions. Rep. Nigrello spoke in favor. On a division vote, with 224 members having voted in the affirmative, and 56 in the negative, the committee report was adopted. HB 1649, relative to the determination of mileage for legislators and legislative officers. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Kathleen Hoelzel for Legislative Administration. This bill would authorize the Joint Committee on Leg- islative Facilities to determine the mileage for legislators. House Rule 30(m) states that it shall be the duty 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 39 of the Committee on Legislative Administration to consider all matters pertaining to the legislative process including mileage, elections, the journal, house resolutions, etc. This process has worked well for a very long time, and should not be changed. It is fair and equitable as is. Vote 8-0. Rep. Horrigan spoke against. Rep. Hoelzel spoke in favor. On a division vote, with 255 members having voted in the affirmative, and 41 in the negative, the committee report was adopted. HB 1630, relative to unfunded property tax exemptions or credits. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEG- ISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Franklin Sterling for the Majority of Municipal and County Government. This bill seeks to put into stat- ute language that is already enshrined in the state constitution as part the first article 28-a. The committee is of the opinion that this is unnecessary and redundant. Vote 14-1. Rep. Francis Gauthier for the Minority of Municipal and County Government. The property tax is the flagship of funding in New Hampshire. It is expensive and causes hardship to low- and middle-income individuals. There is a tremendous list of exemptions already in existence. Any time a new exemption is added, it shifts the cost to the small percentage of people who actually pay property taxes; and that percentage is shrinking all the time. Majority committee report adopted. HB 1278, naming the rest area in Colebrook after Frederick W. King, Sr. OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Gene Chandler for Public Works and Highways. This bill names the rest area on Rt. 3 in Colebrook after former representative and senator Fred King. Mr. King’s litany of public service to the state and the North Country is legendary. The Coos County Commissioners and the Colebrook Board of Selectmen enthusiastically endorsed the naming of the rest area after Mr. King. The naming of this very visible facility in the North Country is a fitting tribute to a citizen of the North Country who donated many years of public service to benefit his constituents and the citizens of NH. Vote 19-0. Rep. Richardson spoke in favor. Committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. MOTION TO PRINT REMARKS Rep. Sapareto moved that the remarks made by Rep. Richardson on HB 1278, naming the rest area in Cole- brook after Frederick W. King, Sr., be printed in the Permanent Journal. Motion adopted. DEBATE ON HB 1278 Rep. Richardson: Thank you, Mister Speaker. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to stand here today in support of HB 1278, naming the rest area in Colebrook after Frederick W. King, Sr. Fred King served on the front lines in the Korean War receiving a Bronze Star while serving as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer. Returning home, Fred became a high school science teacher and after his career in teaching, Fred became a Coos County Administrator, serving not only at that position, but also as a Coos County Superintendent of Corrections. During this time, Fred also served as a member of the Colebrook Selectmen and a Colebrook School Board member. Fred retired as a Coos County Administrator in 1994, after serving in County government for 23 years. Retirement was not a goal for Fred. It was a great opportunity to give back by learning more about government and with his election to the State Senate began a new career in advocating for the North Country and the County for education, highways, for the elderly, economic development and jobs. In 2005, Fred was elected to the New Hampshire House where he served as Finance Committee Chair in 2005 and 2006. Fred has served in numerous committees and commissions over the years, including Coos County Treasurer from 2009 to 2016 and he just retired from the Coos County Planning Board, which he was a member since 1988 when he worked to the revival of the Balsams Resort, which he feels is critical to the economic health of our region. He also served as State Senator. He was instrumental, along with Governor Councilor Burton and now State Rep. Bing Judd in securing the rest area in Colebrook. Frederick W. King has dedicated over 60 years of his life to public service. He has worked tirelessly for the people of the North Country and for all of New Hampshire. Expecting nothing in return in the knowledge that at the end of the day, he would say, “I did my best.” Fred is a true statesman. Join me in the unanimous 19-0 vote of the Public Works and Highways Committee in support of HB 1278. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Chandler: The question before the House is the adoption of the committee report of Ought to Pass. Are you ready for the question? All those in favor of the committee report signify by saying, Aye. Those op- posed, Nay. The Ayes have it and the committee report is adopted. REGULAR CALENDAR - PART III CONT’D HB 1581, relative to commencement of an administrative license suspension. OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Werner Horn for Transportation. This bill seeks to address a potential issue where a driver loses his license at an administrative hearing and is unable to drive himself home. The solution is to move the 40 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD effective date of suspension in certain instances. The amendment clarifies exactly when the suspension takes place and eliminates a conflict with suspension timing requirements for habitual offender hear- ings. Vote 11-4. Amendment (0258h) Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following: 1 New Paragraph; Driver’s License Suspension or Revocation. Amend RSA 263:56 by inserting after para- graph V the following new paragraph: VI. A revocation or suspension of a driver’s license by the director after a hearing shall commence no sooner than the day of the hearing at 11:59 p.m. AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill requires that a driver’s license revocation or suspension resulting from a hearing commence no sooner than the day of the hearing at 11:59 p.m. Committee amendment adopted. Committee report adopted and ordered to third reading. HB 1628-FN, relative to number plates for motor vehicles. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Craig Moore for Transportation. This bill authorizes certain passenger vehicles to display one number plate instead of two. The authorization is based on the activity of an E-Z Pass. If the E-Z Pass goes inactive a second plate would need to be issued or the registrant of the vehicle would be in violation of law. Vote 11-4. Rep. Prout spoke against and yielded to questions. Rep. Steven Smith spoke in favor. Rep. Prout requested a roll call; not sufficiently seconded. Committee report adopted. HB 1355, establishing a commission to study adaptation of the tax structure of the state to economic and demographic change. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Patrick Abrami for the Majority of Ways and Means. The bill called for the establishment of a commis- sion to study the adaptation of the tax structure of the state to economic and demographic change. Since the commission would only be allowed to address current taxes in its study, and since there were no compelling arguments that our current taxes are impeding economic growth and demographic change, the majority of the committee voted this bill inexpedient to legislate. The reasoning of the majority is that the legislative process has been the best course to modify tax policy. Over the last several terms, the legislature, for instance, has indeed lowered the business profits tax and business enterprise tax to stimulate economic growth. The major- ity feels that our tax structure has served us well over the years, resulting in New Hampshire being ranked number one or very high on most measures of success when compared to other states. The majority may have supported this proposed commission if we were ranked below average on these measures. Vote 13-10. Rep. Paul Henle for the Minority of Ways and Means. There have been no major changes to the tax structure of New Hampshire since 1970 when the stock and trade tax was repealed and replaced with the business profits tax. Since then, the population of the state has nearly doubled. The median age has gone from 33 years old to over 41 years old now. We have moved from an agricultural/manufacturing economy to a high-tech economy. The population density has increased dramatically in the southern part of the state and decreased dramatically in the northern part. Is our tax structure still meeting our needs? Businesses cannot find the workers they need. Millennials are leaving the state. We have a housing shortage. Are there any changes we could make to our tax structure that would help us solve these problems? This bill creates a commission to study these issues. We passed it last year on a voice vote, but it failed to become law. Times have changed since then, let’s pass it and study this issue. Majority committee report adopted. HB 1548-FN, relative to meals and rooms taxes applicable to room remarketers. MAJORITY: INEXPEDI- ENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Bill Ohm for the Majority of Ways and Means. This bill clarifies existing law to state that the fee charged by a room remarketer is taxable, not just the net amount paid to the owner of the property. This contention of just what is taxable remains in litigation, with NH having lost a lower court case. The case is currently on appeal to the NH Supreme Court. A complication of the bill is requiring real estate agents to collect and pay the tax, which they now simply remit to the property owner. The majority feels that it would be premature to take a position while the court case is pending, and such legislation should be deferred until litigation is concluded. Vote 14-9. Rep. Susan Almy for the Minority of Ways and Means. This bill clarifies the state of existing rooms and meals tax law as it applies to online travel companies and any other third-party, agent, or other arrangement giving a person the ability or authority to engage in the sale of taxable accommodations. It also provides that if the occupancy is reserved, booked, arranged for, or otherwise facilitated in whole or part by a room remarketer, 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 41 the remarketer is the party obligated to collect and remit the full amount of rooms and meals tax due. Be- cause there is significant confusion and noncompliance among taxpayers about the remarketer issue, this clarification would increase compliance and even the playing field among businesses and individuals that rent taxable accommodations. There is already a formal agreement with Airbnb to collect the full tax, and lawsuits claiming remarketer exemption have lost in all but one case. A lawsuit in NH is under appeal after the judge declared that our law is insufficiently specific. Majority committee report adopted. HB 1679-FN, relative to the real estate transfer tax to be paid on certain acquisitions of business entities. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: REFER FOR INTERIM STUDY. Rep. Marc Abear for the Majority of Ways and Means. This bill provides for the tax on transfers of real property to apply to certain acquisitions of over 50% of the common stock of a business entity by another business entity. This bill is aimed at elimination of a tax exemption. Neither department potentially affected by this change, the Department of Revenue Administration and the Public Utilities Commission, can identify any determin- able gain to the state. This move reduces economic freedom with no revenue gain demonstrated. Vote 13-10. Rep. Richard Ames for the Minority of Ways and Means. Proponents of HB 1679 assert that a 2016 amend- ment to RSA Chapter 78-B, the real estate transfer tax, may have inadvertently opened a loophole in the tax by adding a broad exemption from tax of certain transactions where real estate titles are transferred in connection with changes in beneficial ownership. As an example of this, the proponents have pointed to the 2017 transaction by which Eversource avoided payment of real estate transfer tax when it acquired benefi- cial control and ownership of all of Aquarion NH’s property. The minority believes that the question raised by HB 1679 proponents raises serious questions about the fairness and sufficiency of the current law, that these questions are complex and require further research, and accordingly that the bill should be referred for interim study. Majority committee report adopted. HB 1681-FN, establishing an early childhood development tax credit against business taxes administered by the community development finance authority. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS. Rep. Arthur Barnes for the Majority of Ways and Means. This bill allows a business to contribute to the Com- munity Development Finance Authority for the purpose of funding early childhood development projects and receive a tax credit equal to 75% of the contribution against its business taxes. This bill is one of a number of bills that would establish new programs funded using business tax credits. Without commenting on the need or value of these programs, it is the source of funding that is the concern. The majority of the committee had no issue with supporting early childhood development. The issue is with the funding of the program through tax credits. This legislation insures funding for this program without having to go through the budget process every two years like most other programs. The majority of the committee feels these types of tax credits re- duce the amount of revenue available to the Finance Committee to budget all competing priorities. Vote 14-9. Rep. Joelle Martin for the Minority of Ways and Means. There was overwhelming and compelling testimony in support of this bill due to the dire need for child care infrastructure financing in our state. The business community spoke to the workforce crisis and the challenge they are facing hiring workers due to the short- age of quality child care in NH. The child care community testified to the difficulty they are having accessing capital for both expansion and improvement projects. Child care agencies operate on shoestring budgets and are often faced with financial strains due to facility compliance requirements for safety and quality reasons. This bill, with very little impact on state revenues and no impact on our FY 18-19 budget, would have a huge positive impact on our young children, their working parents, and child care providers by making the needed capital available to improve and expand high quality childcare facilities in New Hampshire. The question being adoption of the majority committee report of Inexpedient to Legislate. Rep. Henle spoke against. (Rep. Packard in the Chair) Rep. Malloy spoke against. Rep. Barnes spoke in favor. Rep. Theberge requested a roll call; not sufficiently seconded. On a division vote, with 153 members having voted in the affirmative, and 131 in the negative, the majority committee report was adopted. HB 1710-FN-A, relative to the provision allowing operators to retain a portion of meals and rooms taxes collected and the appropriation of meals and rooms tax revenues to school building aid. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. Rep. Jordan Ulery for Ways and Means. Currently, a well-developed system is in place to compensate busi- ness owners as agents of the state in collecting the meals, rooms, and rental tax. The proposed bill would, 42 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD if enacted, penalize businesses for the operations they are required by law to undertake. The penalty to the business is most evident when debit or credit card transactions are considered. The vast majority of the com- mittee felt this bill only added to the overhead of a business through these penalties. Vote 20-3. Rep. Cahill spoke against. Rep. Ulery spoke in favor. On a division vote, with 200 members having voted in the affirmative, and 80 in the negative, the committee report was adopted. Reps. Murphy and Avellani declared a conflict of interest and did not participate. HB 1821-FN, repealing Keno. MAJORITY: INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE. MINORITY: OUGHT TO PASS WITH AMENDMENT. Rep. Bill Ohm for the Majority of Ways and Means. This bill proposes to repeal keno, and consequently a source of funds for kindergarten. The amount of the reduction is approximately $8.9 million per year. The testimony indicated that keno revenue is running ahead of projections, and the majority feels it should remain as a viable source for kindergarten. Vote 15-8. Rep. Richard Ames for the Minority of Ways and Means. There are two parts to HB 1821. The first part, contained in sections 1, 2 and 4 of the bill, repeals Keno. The minority agrees with the majority in reject- ing this proposed repeal of Keno; this part of the bill should be killed. But the second part of HB 1821, contained in section 3 of the bill, deserves support. This second part of HB 1821 simply de-links Keno rev- enues from full-day kindergarten. The minority supports this part of the bill believing that communities providing full-day kindergarten should be able to do so knowing that the amount of state aid that they will receive will not be subject to the ups and downs of Keno play. Accordingly, the minority believes that the majority’s inexpedient to legislate recommendation goes too far and urges its rejection so that the minority’s amendment may be considered. The minority amendment strips out the part of HB 1821 that would repeal Keno and leaves in place the part that de-links Keno revenues from full-day kindergarten funding. If the bill with the minority amendment is adopted, Keno revenues will continue to flow into the state education fund, as is constitutionally required, and full-day kindergarten grants will be determined in FY 2020 and later years solely on the basis of per-student base and differential education adequacy aid calculations without any further limitation. Majority committee report adopted. RESOLUTION Rep. Hinch offered the following: RESOLVED, that the House now adjourn from the early session, that the business of the late session be in order at the present time, that the reading of bills be by title only and resolutions by caption only and that all bills ordered to third reading be read a third time by this resolution, and that all titles of bills be the same as adopted, and that they be passed at the present time, and when the House adjourns today it be to meet, Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Motion adopted. LATE SESSION Third Reading and Final Passage HB 114, relative to minimum electric renewable portfolio standards. HB 141, relative to electric renewable energy classes. HB 193, relative to traffic control measures. HB 388-FN, relative to special number plates for veterans. HB 124-FN, relative to certain aircraft registration fees and airways tolls. HCR 13, condemning hate crimes and any other form of racism in New Hampshire. HB 1386, establishing a joint committee on employee relations. HB 1278, naming the rest area in Colebrook after Frederick W. King, Sr. HB 1581, relative to commencement of an administrative license suspension. UNANIMOUS CONSENT Rep. Wallace requested Unanimous Consent of the House regarding an apology and addressed the House. Rep. Schuett requested Unanimous Consent of the House regarding Parkland, Florida and addressed the House. RECESS MOTION Rep. Hinch moved that the House stand in recess for the purposes of the introduction of bills, receiving Sen- ate messages, enrolled bill amendments and enrolled bill reports. Motion adopted. The House recessed at 5:00 p.m. RECESS 15 FEBRUARY 2018 HOUSE RECORD 43

(Speaker Chandler in the Chair) REFERRAL DECLINED Rep. Belanger, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal and County Government, under the provisions of House Rule 46 (f), declined the referral of HB 1593, authorizing a school district meeting to adopt an article authorizing the trustees of the trust fund to charge certain expenses against capital reserve funds. SENATE MESSAGE CONCURRENCE WITH AMENDMENTS SB 215-FN, permitting the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire to participate in the state health insurance plan. RECESS