HOUSE RECORD First Year of the 166th General Court

State of Calendar and Journal of the 2019 Session New Hampshire Web Site Address: www.gencourt.state.nh.us

Vol. 41 Concord, N.H. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 No. 23X

HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 22 (Cont’d) Thursday, September 19, 2019

(Speaker Shurtleff in the Chair) ENROLLED BILLS REPORT The Committee on Enrolled Bills has examined and found correctly enrolled House Bills numbered 226 and 315. Rep. Ley, Sen. Soucy for the Committee RECESS Rep. Ley moved that the House adjourn. Motion adopted.

HOUSE JOURNAL NO. 23 Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The House assembled at 1:00 p.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. As we give You thanks, Creator God, for this beautiful fall day, we pray that You would strengthen our aware- ness of all Your blessings. We thank You that we have food to eat, homes to shelter us, and clothes to keep and protect us from the extremes of New England weather. We thank You for the educational and employ- ment opportunities we have enjoyed, for the benefits of technological, medical, and other scientific advances that have enhanced our lives, our health, and our understanding. We thank You for this good earth and the many forms of life it sustains. And we thank You for one another, fellow travelers through the sometimes challenging terrain of being human in today’s world. Give us grace, today and every day, to celebrate our diversity, to recognize and respect one another’s perspective, abilities and talents, and to ensure that we work together to bring righteousness and common good to the State of New Hampshire, to our nation, and to all people. May everything that is accomplished here in the people’s House today be a glorious reflection of Your love for all You have created. Amen. Representative Cam Kenney, member from Durham, led the Pledge of Allegiance. Representative Jerry Knirk, member from Freedom, led the singing of the National Anthem. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Reps. Altschiller, Fulweiler, Mombourquette and Oxenham, the day, illness. Reps. Bartlett, Steven Beaudoin, Bernet, Berrien, Chase, Conley, Connors, Eaton, Barbara Griffin, Indruk, Leishman, McBride, O’Hearne, Pickering, Radhakrishnan, Ruprecht, Sanborn, St. Clair and Turcotte, the day, important business. Rep. Viens, the day, illness in the family. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS The Honorable Daniel McGuire, former member from Epsom, husband of Rep. McGuire. The House recessed at 1:15 p.m. RECESS 2 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

The House reconvened at 1:45 p.m. (Speaker Shurtleff in the Chair) MOTION TO SUSPEND HOUSE RULES Reps. Wallner and Hinch moved that House Rules be so far suspended as to introduce and consider at the present time HB 3-A, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, and HB 4-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures, without the required printing, referral to committee, public hearing and report from committee, and if passed, allow for immediate third reading. Rep. Burt spoke against and yielded to questions. CLERK’S NOTE Representative Wuelper raised a point of order and concluded with a challenge of the ruling of the Speaker. The Speaker addressed the point of order and while the member had stated that he wished to challenge the ruling, resumed his seat following the answer to the point, effectively withdrawing his challenge, and allow- ing the debate to proceed. Reps. Comtois and Abramson spoke against. Rep. Wallner spoke in favor. Rep. Wuelper requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 334 - NAYS 25 YEAS - 334 BELKNAP Bean, Harry Feeney, George Fields, Dennis Huot, David Jurius, Deanna Lang, Timothy Mackie, Jonathan Plumer, John Beaudoin, Richard Spanos, Peter Tilton, Franklin Varney, Peter CARROLL Buco, Thomas Burroughs, Anita Butler, Edward Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry MacDonald, John Marsh, William Nelson, Bill Ticehurst, Susan Woodcock, Stephen CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Gomarlo, Jennie Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Mann, John Meader, David Morrill, David O’Day, John Parkhurst, Henry Schapiro, Joe Swinburne, Sandy Tatro, Bruce Thompson, Craig Von Plinsky, Sparky Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Furbush, Michael Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Merner, Troy Moynihan, Wayne Noel, Henry Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Adjutant, Joshua Almy, Susan Campion, Polly Diggs, Francesca Dontonville, Roger Egan, Timothy Fellows, Sallie Ford, Susan French, Elaine Gordon, Edward Hennessey, Erin Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Migliore, Vincent Paul Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Osborne, Richard Stavis, Laurel Stringham, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George Weston, Joyce HILLSBOROUGH Lekas, Alicia Alexander, Joe Bouldin, Amanda Bouldin, Andrew Backus, Robert Balch, Chris Baroody, Benjamin Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bergeron, Paul Boehm, Ralph Bordy, William Bosman, James Bouchard, Donald Camarota, Linda Chretien, Jacqueline Cleaver, Skip Cohen, Bruce Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Danielson, David Dargie, Paul Desjardin, Kathy DiSilvestro, Linda Dutzy, Sherry Erf, Keith Espitia, Manny Davis, Fred Fedolfi, Jim Flanagan, Jack Freitas, Mary Gagne, Larry Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Graham, John Greene, Bob Hall, Brett Hamer, Heidi Harriott-Gathright, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 3

Klee, Patricia Klein-Knight, Nicole Komi, Richard L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Langley, Diane Lascelles, Richard Long, Patrick Murray, Megan Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle Marzullo, JP McGhee, Kat McLean, Mark Merlino, Timothy Mullen, Sue Murphy, Nancy Notter, Jeanine Nutter-Upham, Frances Nutting-Wong, Allison O’Brien, Michael Panasiti, Reed Pedersen, Michael Petrigno, Peter Piedra, Israel Plett, Fred Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Query, Joshua Newman, Ray Renzullo, Andrew Rice, Kimberly Riel, Cole Rung, Rosemarie Newman, Sue Shaw, Barbara Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine Somero, Paul St. John, Michelle Stevens, Deb Lekas, Tony Smith, Timothy Telerski, Laura Toomey, Dan Ulery, Jordan Vail, Suzanne Van Houten, Constance Vann, Ivy Thomas, Wendy Whittemore, James Wilhelm, Matthew Williams, Kermit Woodbury, David MERRIMACK Allard, James Buchanan, Ryan Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Ellison, Arthur Fox, Samantha Hill, Gregory Horn, Werner Karrick, David Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Lane, Connie Luneau, David MacKay, James Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol McWilliams, Rebecca Moffett, Howard Myler, Mel Pearl, Howard Pimentel, Roderick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Saunderson, George Schamberg, Thomas Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Seaworth, Brian Shurtleff, Steve Soucy, Timothy Testerman, Dave Wallner, Mary Jane Walsh, Thomas Walz, Mary Beth Wazir, Safiya Wells, Kenneth Wolf, Dan Woods, Gary ROCKINGHAM Abbas, Daryl Abrami, Patrick Acton, Dennis Baldasaro, Al Barnes, Arthur Bunker, Lisa Bushway, Patricia Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chirichiello, Brian Coursin, David Cushing, Robert Renny DeClercq, Edward DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Dolan, Tom Doucette, Fred Edgar, Michael Edwards, Jess Eisner, Mary Elliott, Robert Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Green, Dennis Grossman, Gaby Grote, Jaci Guthrie, Joseph Harb, Robert Hobson, Deborah Hoelzel, Kathleen Osborne, Jason Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Murray, Kate Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Le, Tamara Love, David Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Maggiore, Jim Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca McConnell, Liz McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Meuse, David Milz, David O’Connor, John Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Piemonte, Tony Potucek, John Pratt, Kevin Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine Read, Ellen Roy, Terry Pearson, Stephen Spillane, James Sytek, John Vallone, Mark Ward, Gerald Warner, Anne Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Cannon, Gerri Ellis, Donna Fargo, Kristina Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Hayward, Peter Higgins, Peg Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Kenney, Cam Kittredge, Mac Levesque, Cassandra Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Perreault, Mona Pitre, Joseph Rich, Cecilia Rooney, Abigail Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Towne, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Aron, Judy Callum, John Cloutier, John Laware, Thomas Lucas, Gates Merchant, Gary Rollins, Skip Stapleton, Walter Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 25 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Sylvia, Michael CARROLL Comeau, Ed CHESHIRE Hunt, John 4 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

COOS Craig, Kevin HILLSBOROUGH Burns, Charles Burt, John Gunski, Michael Nunez, Hershel Ober, Russell Warden, Mark MERRIMACK Yakubovich, Michael ROCKINGHAM Abramson, Max Bershtein, Alan Costable, Michael Davis, Dan Desilets, Joel Melvin, Charles Torosian, Peter True, Chris Verville, Kevin Wallace, Scott Yokela, Josh and the motion was adopted by the necessary two-thirds vote. RESOLUTION Rep. Ley offered the following: RESOLVED, that in accordance with the list in the possession of the Clerk, House Bills 3 and 4 shall be by this resolution read a first and second time by the therein listed titles. INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE BILLS First, second reading and referral HB 3-A, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021. (Wallner, Merr. 10; D’Allesandro, Dist 20) HB 4-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures. (Wallner, Merr. 10; D’Allesandro, Dist 20) CLERK’S NOTE The motion to introduce House Bills 3 and 4 was read by the Assistant Clerk, however there was no vote taken. The Speaker moved directly to consideration of House Bill 3, thereby essentially accepting the intro- duction motion without objection. CONSIDERATION OF HB 3-A Rep. Ley moved the adoption of HB 3-A. Rep. Burt spoke against. Rep. Wallner spoke in favor. Rep. Ley requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 327 - NAYS 29 YEAS - 327 BELKNAP Bean, Harry Feeney, George Fields, Dennis Huot, David Jurius, Deanna Lang, Timothy Mackie, Jonathan Plumer, John Beaudoin, Richard Spanos, Peter Tilton, Franklin CARROLL Buco, Thomas Burroughs, Anita Butler, Edward Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry MacDonald, John Marsh, William Nelson, Bill Ticehurst, Susan Woodcock, Stephen CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Gomarlo, Jennie Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Mann, John Meader, David Morrill, David Parkhurst, Henry Schapiro, Joe Swinburne, Sandy Tatro, Bruce Thompson, Craig Von Plinsky, Sparky Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Craig, Kevin Furbush, Michael Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Merner, Troy Moynihan, Wayne Noel, Henry Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Adjutant, Joshua Almy, Susan Campion, Polly Diggs, Francesca Dontonville, Roger Egan, Timothy Fellows, Sallie Ford, Susan French, Elaine Gordon, Edward Hennessey, Erin 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 5

Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Migliore, Vincent Paul Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Osborne, Richard Stavis, Laurel Stringham, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George Weston, Joyce HILLSBOROUGH Lekas, Alicia Alexander, Joe Bouldin, Amanda Bouldin, Andrew Backus, Robert Balch, Chris Baroody, Benjamin Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bergeron, Paul Boehm, Ralph Bordy, William Bosman, James Bouchard, Donald Burns, Charles Chretien, Jacqueline Cleaver, Skip Cohen, Bruce Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Danielson, David Dargie, Paul Desjardin, Kathy DiSilvestro, Linda Dutzy, Sherry Erf, Keith Espitia, Manny Davis, Fred Fedolfi, Jim Flanagan, Jack Freitas, Mary Gagne, Larry Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Graham, John Greene, Bob Gunski, Michael Hall, Brett Hamer, Heidi Harriott-Gathright, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia Klein-Knight, Nicole Komi, Richard L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Langley, Diane Lascelles, Richard Long, Patrick Murray, Megan Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle Marzullo, JP McGhee, Kat McLean, Mark Merlino, Timothy Mullen, Sue Murphy, Nancy Notter, Jeanine Nunez, Hershel Nutter-Upham, Frances Nutting-Wong, Allison O’Brien, Michael Panasiti, Reed Pedersen, Michael Petrigno, Peter Piedra, Israel Plett, Fred Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Query, Joshua Newman, Ray Renzullo, Andrew Rice, Kimberly Riel, Cole Rung, Rosemarie Newman, Sue Shaw, Barbara Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine Somero, Paul St. John, Michelle Stevens, Deb Lekas, Tony Smith, Timothy Telerski, Laura Toomey, Dan Ulery, Jordan Vail, Suzanne Van Houten, Constance Vann, Ivy Thomas, Wendy Whittemore, James Wilhelm, Matthew Williams, Kermit Woodbury, David MERRIMACK Allard, James Buchanan, Ryan Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Ellison, Arthur Fox, Samantha Hill, Gregory Horn, Werner Karrick, David Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Lane, Connie Luneau, David MacKay, James McGuire, Carol McWilliams, Rebecca Moffett, Howard Myler, Mel Pearl, Howard Pimentel, Roderick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Saunderson, George Schamberg, Thomas Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wazir, Safiya Wells, Kenneth Wolf, Dan Woods, Gary ROCKINGHAM Abbas, Daryl Abrami, Patrick Acton, Dennis Baldasaro, Al Barnes, Arthur Bershtein, Alan Bunker, Lisa Bushway, Patricia Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chirichiello, Brian Coursin, David Cushing, Robert Renny DeClercq, Edward DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Dolan, Tom Doucette, Fred Edgar, Michael Edwards, Jess Eisner, Mary Elliott, Robert Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Green, Dennis Grossman, Gaby Grote, Jaci Guthrie, Joseph Harb, Robert Hobson, Deborah Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Murray, Kate Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Le, Tamara Love, David Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Maggiore, Jim Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca McConnell, Liz McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Meuse, David Milz, David O’Connor, John Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Piemonte, Tony Potucek, John Pratt, Kevin Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine Read, Ellen Roy, Terry Pearson, Stephen Sytek, John Vallone, Mark Ward, Gerald Warner, Anne Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Cannon, Gerri Ellis, Donna Fargo, Kristina Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Hayward, Peter Higgins, Peg Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Kenney, Cam Kittredge, Mac Levesque, Cassandra Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Perreault, Mona Pitre, Joseph Rich, Cecilia Rooney, Abigail Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Towne, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet 6 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

SULLIVAN Aron, Judy Callum, John Cloutier, John Laware, Thomas Lucas, Gates Merchant, Gary Rollins, Skip Stapleton, Walter Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 29 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Sylvia, Michael Varney, Peter CHESHIRE Hunt, John O’Day, John HILLSBOROUGH Burt, John Camarota, Linda Hopper, Gary Prout, Andrew Warden, Mark MERRIMACK Marple, Richard Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Yakubovich, Michael ROCKINGHAM Abramson, Max Costable, Michael Davis, Dan Desilets, Joel Osborne, Jason Melvin, Charles Spillane, James Torosian, Peter True, Chris Verville, Kevin Wallace, Scott Yokela, Josh STRAFFORD Wuelper, Kurt and the bill was adopted and ordered to third reading. CONSIDERATION OF HB 4-FN-A-L Rep. Ley moved the adoption of HB 4-FN-A-L. Rep. Comtois spoke against and yielded to questions. Reps. Abramson and Burt spoke against. Rep. Wallner spoke in favor. Rep. Baldasaro requested a roll call; sufficiently seconded. YEAS 316 - NAYS 40 YEAS - 316 BELKNAP Bean, Harry Feeney, George Fields, Dennis Huot, David Jurius, Deanna Mackie, Jonathan Plumer, John Beaudoin, Richard Spanos, Peter Tilton, Franklin CARROLL Buco, Thomas Burroughs, Anita Butler, Edward Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry MacDonald, John Marsh, William Nelson, Bill Ticehurst, Susan Woodcock, Stephen CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Gomarlo, Jennie Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Mann, John Meader, David Morrill, David Parkhurst, Henry Schapiro, Joe Swinburne, Sandy Tatro, Bruce Thompson, Craig Von Plinsky, Sparky Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Furbush, Michael Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Merner, Troy Moynihan, Wayne Noel, Henry Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Adjutant, Joshua Almy, Susan Campion, Polly Diggs, Francesca Dontonville, Roger Egan, Timothy Fellows, Sallie Ford, Susan French, Elaine Gordon, Edward Hennessey, Erin Josephson, Timothy Ladd, Rick Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Migliore, Vincent Paul Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Osborne, Richard Stavis, Laurel Stringham, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George Weston, Joyce 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 7

HILLSBOROUGH Lekas, Alicia Alexander, Joe Bouldin, Amanda Bouldin, Andrew Backus, Robert Balch, Chris Baroody, Benjamin Barry, Richard Beaulieu, Jane Bergeron, Paul Boehm, Ralph Bordy, William Bosman, James Bouchard, Donald Chretien, Jacqueline Cleaver, Skip Cohen, Bruce Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Danielson, David Dargie, Paul Desjardin, Kathy DiSilvestro, Linda Dutzy, Sherry Erf, Keith Espitia, Manny Davis, Fred Fedolfi, Jim Freitas, Mary Gagne, Larry Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Gould, Linda Graham, John Greene, Bob Hall, Brett Hamer, Heidi Harriott-Gathright, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Hinch, Richard Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia Klein-Knight, Nicole Komi, Richard L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Langley, Diane Lascelles, Richard Long, Patrick Murray, Megan Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle Marzullo, JP McGhee, Kat McLean, Mark Mullen, Sue Murphy, Nancy Notter, Jeanine Nutter-Upham, Frances Nutting-Wong, Allison O’Brien, Michael Panasiti, Reed Pedersen, Michael Petrigno, Peter Piedra, Israel Plett, Fred Porter, Marjorie Proulx, Mark Query, Joshua Newman, Ray Rice, Kimberly Riel, Cole Rung, Rosemarie Newman, Sue Shaw, Barbara Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine Somero, Paul St. John, Michelle Stevens, Deb Lekas, Tony Smith, Timothy Telerski, Laura Toomey, Dan Ulery, Jordan Vail, Suzanne Van Houten, Constance Vann, Ivy Thomas, Wendy Whittemore, James Wilhelm, Matthew Williams, Kermit Woodbury, David MERRIMACK Allard, James Buchanan, Ryan Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Ellison, Arthur Fox, Samantha Hill, Gregory Karrick, David Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Lane, Connie Luneau, David MacKay, James Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol McWilliams, Rebecca Moffett, Howard Myler, Mel Pimentel, Roderick Richards, Beth Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Saunderson, George Schamberg, Thomas Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Soucy, Timothy Testerman, Dave Wallner, Mary Jane Walsh, Thomas Walz, Mary Beth Wazir, Safiya Wells, Kenneth Wolf, Dan Woods, Gary ROCKINGHAM Abbas, Daryl Abrami, Patrick Baldasaro, Al Barnes, Arthur Bershtein, Alan Bunker, Lisa Bushway, Patricia Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Chirichiello, Brian Coursin, David Cushing, Robert Renny DeClercq, Edward DeSimone, Debra DiLorenzo, Charlotte Dolan, Tom Doucette, Fred Edgar, Michael Edwards, Jess Eisner, Mary Elliott, Robert Gay, Betty Gilman, Julie Green, Dennis Grossman, Gaby Grote, Jaci Guthrie, Joseph Harb, Robert Hobson, Deborah Hoelzel, Kathleen Janigian, John Murray, Kate Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Le, Tamara Love, David Lovejoy, Patricia Lundgren, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Maggiore, Jim Major, Norman Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca McConnell, Liz McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Meuse, David Milz, David O’Connor, John Packard, Sherman Pantelakos, Laura Piemonte, Tony Potucek, John Pratt, Kevin Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine Read, Ellen Pearson, Stephen Sytek, John Vallone, Mark Ward, Gerald Warner, Anne Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Cannon, Gerri Ellis, Donna Fargo, Kristina Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Harrington, Michael Hayward, Peter Higgins, Peg Horgan, James Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Kenney, Cam Kittredge, Mac Levesque, Cassandra Smith, Marjorie McNally, Jody Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Perreault, Mona Pitre, Joseph Rich, Cecilia Rooney, Abigail Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Towne, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Aron, Judy Callum, John Cloutier, John Laware, Thomas Lucas, Gates Merchant, Gary Rollins, Skip Stapleton, Walter Smith, Steven Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda 8 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

NAYS - 40 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Comtois, Barbara Howard, Raymond Lang, Timothy Sylvia, Michael Varney, Peter CARROLL Comeau, Ed CHESHIRE Hunt, John O’Day, John COOS Craig, Kevin HILLSBOROUGH Burt, John Camarota, Linda Flanagan, Jack Gunski, Michael Hopper, Gary Merlino, Timothy Nunez, Hershel Prout, Andrew Renzullo, Andrew Warden, Mark MERRIMACK Horn, Werner Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Yakubovich, Michael ROCKINGHAM Abramson, Max Acton, Dennis Costable, Michael Davis, Dan Desilets, Joel Osborne, Jason Janvrin, Jason Melvin, Charles Roy, Terry Spillane, James Torosian, Peter True, Chris Verville, Kevin Wallace, Scott Yokela, Josh STRAFFORD Wuelper, Kurt and the bill was adopted and ordered to third reading. RESOLUTION Rep. Ley offered the following: RESOLVED, that HB 3-A and HB 4-FN-A-L be read by title only and that they be read a third time by this resolution, and that their title be the same as adopted, and that they be passed at the present time. Motion adopted. Third Reading and Final Passage HB 3-A, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021. HB 4-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures. MOTION TO PRINT DEBATE Rep. Ley moved that the debate on the motion to suspend House Rules and the debate on HB 3-A and HB 4-FN-A-L be printed in the Permanent Journal. Motion adopted. DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND HOUSE RULES Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: Will the member suspend for just a moment? The House will be in order. The member has a right to be heard. If you want to talk to your neighbors, please go out into the anteroom. Thank you, Representative, you may proceed. Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I apologize that I did not hear my name. Mister Speaker, I have a hard time standing here because I’m voting no on this and I want you to vote no on this because I am going to tell you why. A yes vote to suspend the rules, which is required by two-thirds, will be a vote to pass this budget, which I do not like. Mister Speaker, I signed a pledge with AFP, Americans For Property, that I will not raise taxes and this budget, there is a tax increase. There’s several of them. I cannot support that. Speaker Shurtleff: Will the member suspend for just a moment? I want to give the members as much lati- tude as I can, but I want to remind the speaker and anybody else that speaks, the question before us is not the underlying bill, but on the motion itself to suspend the rules. So, just keep that in mind without getting in to any other part that may take in HB 3. Representative Burt: Mister Speaker, may I ask a question? Speaker Shurtleff: Certainly. 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 9

Representative Burt: So I can’t talk about how bad the bill is? Speaker Shurtleff: No. That would not be appropriate for this motion. The motion is simply on the motion to suspend the rules. Representative Burt: Well, if I say that, you know, I don’t want the rules suspended because of ABC, how am I supposed to say anything? Speaker Shurtleff: Well, I don’t want to write your speech for you. I do get the extra $25 a year, but it is still not enough, but I would say the member may speak to, well if I don’t think this is appropriate to suspend the rules if we don’t need to address any underlying issues, words to that affect. But it cannot be addressing the underlying bill. If this motion passes, then the member would be recognized to speak against that. Representative Burt: Okay. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: Thank you for your cooperation. Representative Burt: Yes. Speaker Shurtleff: Will the member come down so everybody can hear the point of order? Representative Wuelper: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I don’t believe it’s possible to talk to a suspension of the rules in that manner without talking to the reasons from the underlying bill. At least some of them. Just even by just listing them. We suspend the rules for a reason and the reason we vote for or against that is because we want to do whatever it is we are suspending the rules for and if we are adamantly opposed to the reason for suspending the rules, that’s why we are against suspending the rules and think the member should be allowed to speak to it and I challenge the ruling of the Chair. Speaker Shurtleff: I thank the member for his point of order and as I told the previous speaker, if I didn’t, I should have, I’m going to try to give speakers today as much leeway as I possibly can. But to go into the merits of the bills that may be coming up later, you can’t do. But if in broad generalities, if you wanted to speak about it that would be acceptable, but without getting into the merits of the bills themselves. I want to be as fair to everybody as possible and I will be as lenient as possible. I thank the member for his point of order. As soon as the member is finished with his conference, he may continue. Representative Burt: Thank you again, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: I appreciate your cooperation. It is not the intent of the Chair to handcuff any member at the well today, but we must follow the rules and Masons and I will try to give as much leeway as possible without stepping over that gray area into the bill itself. Representative Burt: Alright so I’m assuming I can talk about anything but the bill. Speaker Shurtleff: I did not quite hear what you said so I will not make any comment. Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I will try to get through this. So, I am voting against this and I hope everybody will join me. We just received this 24 hours ago. This budget, I mean how does anybody in this room read the 800 pages plus in that short of time. We got snippets. I guess we could be like Nancy Pelosi and vote for it to see what’s in it. The other, Mister Speaker, is you know I’ve been hearing and this is the reason I am voting against suspending the rules, I’m hearing that if we don’t and this has nothing to do with budget. The fake news that sits back there. Speaker Shurtleff: The member will suspend. Representative Burt: Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: Let me say to this speaker, that may go in other places, but that’s not going to go in the New Hampshire House. The House will be in order. We will not attack anybody who is a guest in this House and the members of the media are guests in this House. You may address your motion, your opposition to this motion, but you will not attack anybody in this House. They are all our guests and will be treated as such. The member may continue. The House will be in order. Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Well sadly, Mister Speaker, you know my whole speech here is pretty much on the budget so I will just tell you voting for this suspension of the rules, even if you vote no on the budget later, is voting for the budget. I pledged to not raise taxes. I’m not going to do that and suspending the rules will do that. Mister Speaker, I do apologize if I offended anybody with the news, but bottom line, please vote no on this. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: Will the member from Goffstown yield to a question? The member from Belmont is recognized for a question. Representative Sylvia: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I think I got the answer to this question. If I want to vote against the budget, I’d probably better vote against the rules suspension first? Representative Burt: That is correct by pressing the red button. Speaker Shurtleff: Did the member from Londonderry have a question? No, no question. The Chair recog- nizes the member from Center Barnstead, Rep. Comtois, to speak against the motion. Representative Comtois: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker and fellow Representatives I too had a longer speech regarding issues. Speaker Shurtleff: Could you speak into the mic? Representative Comtois: I had a longer speech addressing issues in the budget, but I rise before you today to vote against suspending the rules. My real concern is that the budget was presented less than 24 hours 10 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD ago and New Hampshire constituents have not had a chance to read it. This isn’t fair to them or to us. Our constituents deserve better than this from us. This continuing resolution expires in five days. This would give us ample time and our constituents time to review and possibly come back on Monday, September 30th. I urge you to press the red button and vote no on suspending the rules. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: The Chair recognizes the member from Seabrook, Rep. Abramson, to speak in opposi- tion to the motion. Representative Abramson: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rules suspension. Public funds are taken from the taxpayer, federal, state and local and this almost routine budget gridlock is all the more reason why we need to stop playing this game of… Speaker Shurtleff: The member will kindly suspend. If I’m hearing you correctly, you are talking about the underlying budget bill. Representative Abramson: No, I’m speaking on the contents of the budget itself. My speech doesn’t deal with the budget, it’s whether we should continue on with the continuing resolution or whether or not we should switch to having a budget. Speaker Shurtleff: The member is on very thin ice, but proceed. As they say at construction sites, proceed with caution. Representative Abramson: I work in road construction and people ignore those signs. Speaker Shurtleff: There you go. But I know you are a law abiding fellow and you will do the right thing. Representative Abramson: We need to stop playing three-card monte with the public’s money. Local funds for local problems are better kept at the local level, not funneled through state and federal bureaucracy. I will probably be gaveled on this so I will skip over it. Mister Speaker, we are much better off and certainly in my district, remaining on the continuing resolution because it saves taxpayers money over the long run allowing March towns like both towns in my district and schools ample time to set up the warrant for the March vote using lower predictable spending figures and we have not had enough time, our constituents have not had enough time to read over the new budget, compromise and send us responses and for us to respond to them and communicate with our constituents back home. For this reason and other reasons that I’m leaving out, I will be pressing the red button and asking our other members to do so also. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion to suspend the rules to allow in HB 3 and HB 4. The Chair recognizes the member from Concord, Rep. Wallner. Representative Wallner: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise today to ask for the suspension of rules to al- low HB 3 and HB 4 to be heard. Every two years the legislature has the enormous responsibility of putting together a state budget. The budget is a central list of the state priorities for the biennium. Putting together a budget is never easy and we can never do all that we want, but we all do what we feel is best for the people of New Hampshire. Without a budget, Granite Staters will suffer. Programs that would otherwise be funded are left out under a continuing resolution. Important state deadlines that affect our constituents come and go and important money that it subject to a federal match can be lost. Having a budget is essential to the people of this state and it is why I implore you today to let HB 3 and HB 4 in for debate. If we continue without a budget our constituents will be the ones who pay the price. Please vote yes to suspend the rules and to allow the compromised budget proposal to be heard. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion to suspend the rules to allow HB 3 and HB 4. This will be a division vote. Members will kindly take their seats. A roll call has been requested. Is that significantly seconded? It is significantly seconded. This will be a roll call vote. The House will come to order. The question before the House is shall the rules be suspended to allow in HB 3 and HB 4. The Chair recognizes the member from Concord, Rep. Wallner for a parliamentary inquiry. I’m sorry, Rep. Huot will do the parliamentary inquiry. Representative Huot: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know that the State of New Hampshire has been operating under a continuing resolution since July 1st and that the resolution is scheduled to expire in less than a week. And if I know our state agencies have been negatively impacted in their ability to serve our constituents by the fact that we do not have an operating budget. And if I know that a suspension of the rules will allow a budget proposal to be introduced. And if I know that the local tax rates are scheduled to be set on October 1st and it is imperative for them to have a budget agreement in order to be accurate, would I now press the green button to allow a full disclosure of HB 3 and HB 4? Speaker Shurtleff: This will be a roll call vote. The question before the House is should the rules be sus- pended to allow in HB 3 and HB 4. If you are in favor, you’ll press the green button. If you are opposed, you’ll press the red button. Voting stations will be open for 30 seconds. Have all members present had an opportunity to vote? The House will be attentive to the state of the vote. Rep. Edwards I see…Thank you. We are all set now. Thank you for pointing that out. Have all members present had an opportunity to vote? The House will be attentive to the state of the vote. With 334 members voting Yea and 25 voting Nay, the motion is adopted. The House will be in order. 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 11

DEBATE ON HB 3-FN Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. So I think I’m allowed to speak on the budget and any- thing else on this so I will continue. What I know of the budget, I don’t like it so I’m voting no. Again, I’ve been corrected. There is not new taxes, they were fee increases. My old State of Vermont loves that. They love raising fees because they can go back to their constituents and say that there is no tax increase. Well, you have seen what happened to Vermont. It hasn’t been very well for them. They are basically bankrupt in my eyes. Mister Speaker, again I did sign that pledge with American For Prosperity and I guess what disturbs me Mister Speaker is you know we have had many you know I’ve said it you know that taxation is theft and everything else you know it just a hair over 24 hours that we’ve had this budget, I mean how can we process it? How can we go back to our constituents and say this is what’s in it? You know this is just steamrolling ahead. The other thing I want to bring up Mister Speaker is in the Concord Monitor they did a nice letter, a news story. It said House and Senate lawmakers reach budget deal with the Governor. It was very well written. They did a good job on it. What they wrote in there is it said the proposed budget would keep the current business profit tax at 7.7% through 2020 calendar year, a concession from Democrats who wanted to return to the 7.9. So that’s a good thing, but the problem Mister Speaker is it’s tied to money. If we reach a certain goal, we get the tax cut. If it doesn’t reach a certain goal, the tax cut doesn’t go through. So what happens is businesses go huh, what should we do? They aren’t going to invest if they don’t know. When we started giving the tax cuts, that’s when the business profits tax started to increase a lot in this state because businesses were investing in New Hampshire and I want to keep that going. Now, I have to be honest, I read as much as I could and I hope that I’m speaking you know somewhat on target with this next section and it’s the appeals board for, let me get it here, where did it go, housing appeals board legislation. I did get an email from Lisa Wilson of North Hampton. She is against it so when I read it, it kind of made sense. It’s going to remove local control from Goffstown, Weare and Deering that I represent and from your town. I don’t think this is the way to do it. Now, I know that there are some towns from what I understand you know just won’t let any building to go on. But is this, is this the way to do it? I don’t know because I don’t think this ever had a hearing. Now, lastly Mister Speaker, and Mister Speaker I’m sure I’m going to upset somebody and I apologize up front but I’m going to say it and hopefully I won’t get gaveled again, but there’s money in here for Planned Parenthood. With that said, Planned Parenthood does abortions. I’m against abortions. God is against abortion. You know, he’s not going to look favorable on us in whatever the time comes and he comes back down for us. You know we can’t go down this path Mister Speaker. You know, if you want to have abor- tions, you know, it’s legal. It’s legal in this country, but don’t do it with tax dollars. Speaker Shurtleff: Will the member suspend for just a moment? I want to bring to the members attention. I think you are aware, but in case you’re not, it’s my understanding that there is no money in our state budget for abortions pursuant to the Hyde Amendment. I just want to make that clear to the member. Representative Burt: Yes, thank you, Mister Speaker. I know the Hyde Amendment is there. What I look at is that you know when I told somebody in the Governor’s office that there is $3.5 million that are going to go to family planning and you know I am not against that, and I said it goes to Planned Parent- hood. He goes, “No, only $1.3 million of that is going to go to Planned Parenthood. I don’t know if that is the exact number because bottom line is, we just go this budget 24 hours ago. So what I’m looking at is they are going to receive money. Now, do they give that money away through donations, which probably won’t come to me or will it go to abortions? I don’t, you know, nobody knows because that’s the million- dollar question is if it goes to Planned Parenthood, they can use it. Yes, they have to use it for something else, but that money that they could use for a secretary, you know. Okay, so they are going to take that secretary money. Now they got this money and they are going to use it for the secretary and now they are going to use it for abortion. And, Mister Speaker, you know I just can’t stand for that so I am voting no on this and just as I did with the suspension of the rules. Again, you know, God is not going to look favorable on us, Mister Speaker and I need to make sure that everybody understands that so please vote red on this budget. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is on HB 3. The motion is Ought to Pass. The Chair recognizes the member from Concord, Rep. Wallner to speak in support of the report. Representative Wallner: Thank you, Mister Speaker. I rise to support HB 3. HB 3 represents the numbers in the budget that make the budget work. Like its counterpart, HB 4, HB 3 also represents a true compromise budget. You just received a briefing from the Legislative Budget Assistant that details what is in this budget. The compromise accomplishes a great deal and will bring meaningful relief to our cities, our towns, our de- partments and most of all the New Hampshire citizens. I urge you to vote yes and support this compromised budget. Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is on the passage of HB 3. Are you ready for the question? A roll call has been requested. Is that sufficiently seconded. It is sufficiently seconded. This will be a roll call vote. Members will kindly take their seats. The question before the House is on the passage of HB 3. The Chair recognizes Rep. Verville for a parliamentary inquiry. 12 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

Representative Verville: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, if I received a copy of these bills less than 24 hours ago and that few of us have actually had the time to thoroughly read through them, let alone understand them. And, Mister Speaker, if I know that my constituents have not had the same opportunity to read those bills to see what’s in them and then reach out to their elected representatives for input as well as the stakeholders, Mister Speaker, would I now vote no on HB3? Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is on the motion to approve HB 3. The Chair recognizes the member Concord, Rep. Wallner, for a parliamentary inquiry. Representative Wallner: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know that HB 3 represents a true compromise budget. And if I know that this budget will provide meaningful relief to Granite Staters, would I now press the green button and vote yes on this compromised budget? Speaker Shurtleff: This will be a roll call vote. The question before the House is on the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 3. If you are in favor, you’ll press the green button. If you are opposed, you’ll press the red but- ton. Voting stations will be open for 30 seconds. Have all members present had an opportunity to vote? The House will be attentive to the state of the vote. With 327 voting Yea and 29 voting Nay, the motion carries. DEBATE ON HB 4-FN-A-L Representative Comtois: Mister Speaker, thank you very much for this. Fellow representatives, I’m here again and this was going to be part of my first speech. My first concern with this bill is that there are policies in there that have not been vetted by this chamber. I know that some policies in the budget were heard in the chamber and passed with bipartisan support, however, those same policies were changed and put into HB 4 as it would not have passed this chamber as it caters to multimillion-dollar organizations and their lobbyist who represent them, not the people of this great state. I have heard from both sides of the aisle well we can try. Key word there is try to fix it. When does this chamber knowingly pass bad legislation agreed by both Democrats and Republicans? Is this the best we can do for New Hampshire? This is what is done in Wash- ington and should not become practice here in New Hampshire. Please press the red button and vote no on HB 4 so that the citizens of this state will be better served. Thank you, Mister Speaker and representatives. Speaker Shurtleff: Rep. Comtois, do you yield to a question? Rep. Horn, you may inquire. Representative Horn: Thank you, Mister Speaker and thank you to the member for taking my question. Is there policy in HB 4 that has never had a public hearing in the House and was knocked down in the Senate? Representative Comtois: There is policy in this HB 4 that has never had a chance to…The particular policy I’m referring to has never had a second hearing in the House. It was changed with definitions and numbers and you know we had hearings in our committee and a lot of people showed up and took time off from work against this and yet when it was finalized the only way this particular policy can get passed is by being at- tached to this trailer bill and it is not right that we do not have a chance to vet that. We don’t know what fiscal note it may have. We do not know a lot of things and there are other policies from what I understand that are in this bill that have never had a hearing in this House too. Is this what we do for our constituents? Thank you. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. The Chair rec- ognizes Rep. Abramson to speak against the motion. Representative Abramson: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Now I get to read the other part. All public funds are taken from the taxpayer whether it is federal, state, county or local spending. Every single dollar to pay for all of this comes from the same place. It comes from the taxpayers. We need to stop playing this game of three card monte with the public’s money. Local funds for local problems are better kept at the local level, not funneled through state and federal bureaucracy. At the local level, you can help people struggling with addic- tion, illiteracy, mental illness, homelessness, lack of job skills and the other issues that are being addressed in the state budget because you know the person and their background. You know if they’ve been through alcohol or drug treatment before. You know if they are facing emotional problems or issues at home. No one size fits all government bureaucracy and when we handle problems down at the local level, not at the state level, we are able to learn from the successes and failures of our neighboring towns and cities and from towns and cities across the country. For this reason I am pressing the red button and asking other members to do so. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. The Chair rec- ognizes Rep. Burt to speak in opposition. Representative Burt: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, with the past two votes I would like to try something different. Apparently, Mister Speaker, it doesn’t look like I’m going to change many votes today. So, would it be okay Mister Speaker if I shut up and go back to my seat and press the very warn out yet very bright red button? Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: The House will be in order. The question before the House is the recommendation that HB 4 Ought to Pass. The Chair recognizes the member from Concord for a repeat appearance, Rep. Wallner, to speak in support. Representative Wallner: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Members of the House, HB 4 is often referred to as the trailer bill and it contains the policy that goes along with the budget. Like its counterpart, HB 3, HB 4 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 13 also represents a true compromise budget. You just received a briefing from the Legislative Budget Assistant that details what is in the budget. This compromise accomplishes a great deal and it will bring meaningful relief to our cities, our towns, our departments and most of all, our citizens. I urge you to vote yes on HB 4. Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. Are you ready for the question? A roll call has been requested. Is that significantly seconded? It is significantly seconded. This will be a roll call vote. Members will kindly take their seats. The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. The Chair recognizes Rep. Verville for a parliamentary inquiry. Representative Verville: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, if I have been in possession, if I know that I have been in possession of this bill for less than 24 hours and have not had the opportunity to fully digest it. And, Mister Speaker, if I know that the people that I represent have also not had the oppor- tunity to read through and understand this proposed bill so that they could give feedback to their elected representatives. And, Mister Speaker, if I know that I do not want to pass this bill to find out what’s in it, would I now vote no on HB 4? Speaker Shurtleff: The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. The Chair rec- ognizes the member from Concord, Rep. Wallner, for a parliamentary inquiry. Representative Wallner: Thank you, Mister Speaker. If I know that HB 4 represents a true compromise budget. And, if I know that this budget will provide meaningful relief for our Granite Staters, would I now press the green button and vote yes to this budget? Thank you. Speaker Shurtleff: This will be a roll call vote. The question before the House is the motion of Ought to Pass on HB 4. If you are in favor, you’ll press the green button. If you are opposed, you’ll press the red but- ton. Voting stations will be open for 30 seconds. Have all members present had an opportunity to vote? The House will be attentive to the state of the vote. With 316 members voting Yea and 40 Nay, the motion carries. GOVERNOR’S VETO MESSAGE ON HB 1-A By the authority vested in me, pursuant to part II, Article 44 of the New Hampshire Constitution, on June 28, 2019, I have vetoed House Bill 1, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, and House Bill 2, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. New Hampshire has built a thriving economy that is the envy of the Northeast, a result of our 2017 efforts to lower the tax burden on employers and engage in smart regulatory reform. In addition, my first budget exhibited disciplined fiscal restraint by using targeted, one-time investments for the state’s most pressing needs. The legislature’s proposed budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 reverses this winning formula in a manner that both threatens the state’s economic growth and leaves the next legislature with a massive fiscal deficit. This budget takes us down the wrong path, and the people of New Hampshire will never support it. Four years ago, New Hampshire had the highest business taxes in New England and a stagnate economy. The Legislature began the process of providing tax relief by lowering the burden on our employers in a measured process. This had an immediate impact on our economy. Employers thrived and created jobs. Since we began our commitment to lifting the burden on business, almost 27,000 more New Hampshire residents – our friends and neighbors – are working. The most in state history. Today, the biggest concern of our employers is that they simply cannot find enough people to fill the many open positions. At the same time, the state has reversed a trend of watching young people leave the state. These young professionals are moving to New Hampshire because of the career op- portunities, quality of life, and strong public schools. This budget would reverse that success. Most notably, it would hurt our family-run small businesses, the lifeblood of our economy, with an immediate, and retro- active, 12.5% tax increase. This would have a chilling effect on entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting a new business or adding new employees. We need to continue to send a clear message that our state is on the side of these hard-working small business owners who give opportunities for thousands to find the career of their dreams. In addition to imposing job killing tax increases, House Bills 1 & 2 would set up the next Legislature for fiscal instability by delivering them a budget that is structurally unbalanced. In the second fiscal year of this budget, spending exceeds revenues by $93.4 million, driven by Education Trust Fund expenditures that overspend by $81.5 million. Signing a budget with this massive deficit would force the next legislature to choose between massive tax increases or major spending cuts. We have been here before and we know all too well how it turned out. When crafting the budget in 2009, policymakers built in a massive structural deficit and gambled on unrealistic expectations for future revenues. The results were nothing short of catastrophic, and the next legislature was forced to cut critical programs and layoff state employees. I will not put our State in that position again. New Hampshire families know they must live within their means and they have every right to expect their government to do the same. Unlike Washington, our state does not and should never pass unbalanced budgets. Taking out a big mortgage with a one-time bonus from work would be a terrible decision, but that is precisely what this budget does. Creating a budget with a structural deficit to expand funding streams to municipalities is a recipe for pulling the rug out from underneath these communities in the coming years. When future legislatures need to restore budgetary order, that same funding will be the first to be cut. This is in sharp contrast with the pragmatic approach 14 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD of the last two years, during which time we used surplus funds to make one-time investments to assist local governments in solving their most-pressing problems, such as road and school infrastructure. As Governor, my job is to represent the 1.35 million people of this state, and I must consider the long-term consequences of anything as critical to New Hampshire as our state budget. By putting our booming economy at risk and by building spending expectations that are unsustainable, this budget relies on bad financial management practices and therefore, I cannot support it. I stand ready to work with the Legislature to develop a budget that keeps our state on our current successful path. There is no reason to wait. My door is open – let’s get this done. For the reasons stated above, I have vetoed House Bill 1 and House Bill 2. Respectfully submitted, Christopher T. Sununu, Governor The question being, notwithstanding the Governor’s veto, shall HB 1-A, making appropriations for the ex- penses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, become law? Pursuant to the New Hampshire Constitution, Part II, Article 44, a roll call, requiring a two-thirds vote of the House for approval, was taken. YEAS 204 - NAYS 151 YEAS - 204 BELKNAP Huot, David CARROLL Buco, Thomas Burroughs, Anita DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry Ticehurst, Susan Woodcock, Stephen CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Gomarlo, Jennie Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Mann, John Meader, David Morrill, David Parkhurst, Henry Schapiro, Joe Swinburne, Sandy Tatro, Bruce Thompson, Craig Von Plinsky, Sparky Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Noel, Henry Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Adjutant, Joshua Almy, Susan Campion, Polly Diggs, Francesca Dontonville, Roger Egan, Timothy Fellows, Sallie Ford, Susan French, Elaine Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Osborne, Richard Stavis, Laurel Stringham, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George Weston, Joyce HILLSBOROUGH Bouldin, Amanda Bouldin, Andrew Backus, Robert Balch, Chris Baroody, Benjamin Beaulieu, Jane Bergeron, Paul Bordy, William Bosman, James Bouchard, Donald Chretien, Jacqueline Cleaver, Skip Cohen, Bruce Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Dargie, Paul Desjardin, Kathy DiSilvestro, Linda Dutzy, Sherry Espitia, Manny Davis, Fred Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Hall, Brett Hamer, Heidi Harriott-Gathright, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia Klein-Knight, Nicole Komi, Richard Langley, Diane Long, Patrick Murray, Megan Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle McGhee, Kat Mullen, Sue Murphy, Nancy Nutter-Upham, Frances Nutting-Wong, Allison O’Brien, Michael Pedersen, Michael Petrigno, Peter Piedra, Israel Porter, Marjorie Query, Joshua Newman, Ray Riel, Cole Rung, Rosemarie Newman, Sue Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine St. John, Michelle Stevens, Deb Smith, Timothy Telerski, Laura Toomey, Dan Vail, Suzanne Van Houten, Constance Vann, Ivy Thomas, Wendy Wilhelm, Matthew Williams, Kermit Woodbury, David MERRIMACK Buchanan, Ryan Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Ellison, Arthur Fox, Samantha Horn, Werner Karrick, David Lane, Connie Luneau, David MacKay, James McWilliams, Rebecca Moffett, Howard Myler, Mel Pimentel, Roderick Rodd, Beth 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 15

Rogers, Katherine Saunderson, George Schamberg, Thomas Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wazir, Safiya Wells, Kenneth Woods, Gary ROCKINGHAM Bunker, Lisa Bushway, Patricia Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Coursin, David Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Eisner, Mary Gilman, Julie Grossman, Gaby Grote, Jaci Murray, Kate Le, Tamara Lovejoy, Patricia Maggiore, Jim Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca McConnell, Liz Melvin, Charles Meuse, David Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Vallone, Mark Ward, Gerald Warner, Anne STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Cannon, Gerri Ellis, Donna Fargo, Kristina Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Higgins, Peg Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Kenney, Cam Levesque, Cassandra Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Rich, Cecilia Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Towne, Matthew Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Merchant, Gary Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 151 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Bean, Harry Comtois, Barbara Feeney, George Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Jurius, Deanna Lang, Timothy Mackie, Jonathan Plumer, John Beaudoin, Richard Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Tilton, Franklin Varney, Peter CARROLL Butler, Edward Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel MacDonald, John Marsh, William Nelson, Bill CHESHIRE Hunt, John O’Day, John COOS Craig, Kevin Furbush, Michael Merner, Troy GRAFTON Gordon, Edward Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Migliore, Vincent Paul HILLSBOROUGH Lekas, Alicia Alexander, Joe Barry, Richard Boehm, Ralph Burns, Charles Burt, John Camarota, Linda Danielson, David Erf, Keith Fedolfi, Jim Flanagan, Jack Gagne, Larry Gould, Linda Graham, John Greene, Bob Gunski, Michael Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard Marzullo, JP McLean, Mark Merlino, Timothy Notter, Jeanine Nunez, Hershel Panasiti, Reed Plett, Fred Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rice, Kimberly Shaw, Barbara Somero, Paul Lekas, Tony Ulery, Jordan Warden, Mark Whittemore, James MERRIMACK Allard, James Hill, Gregory Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Walsh, Thomas Wolf, Dan Yakubovich, Michael ROCKINGHAM Abbas, Daryl Abrami, Patrick Abramson, Max Acton, Dennis Baldasaro, Al Barnes, Arthur Bershtein, Alan Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Davis, Dan DeClercq, Edward Desilets, Joel DeSimone, Debra Dolan, Tom Doucette, Fred Edwards, Jess Elliott, Robert Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Guthrie, Joseph Harb, Robert Hobson, Deborah Hoelzel, Kathleen Osborne, Jason Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Love, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David O’Connor, John 16 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

Packard, Sherman Piemonte, Tony Potucek, John Pratt, Kevin Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine Roy, Terry Pearson, Stephen Spillane, James Sytek, John Torosian, Peter True, Chris Verville, Kevin Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Yokela, Josh STRAFFORD Harrington, Michael Hayward, Peter Horgan, James Kittredge, Mac McNally, Jody Perreault, Mona Pitre, Joseph Rooney, Abigail Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Aron, Judy Callum, John Laware, Thomas Lucas, Gates Rollins, Skip Stapleton, Walter Smith, Steven and the veto was sustained. MOTION TO PRINT REMARKS Rep. Baldasaro moved that the parliamentary inquiries made by Reps. Ley and Hinch be printed in the Permanent Journal. Motion adopted. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES Representative Hinch: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, if I know that the Governor was cor- rect to veto this budget that uses one-time money to grow government to an unsustainable level. And, Mister Speaker, if I know this budget bill contains spending based on unreliable revenue estimates. And, if I know Mister Speaker, that this body just passed HB 3, which is not perfect, but much better than HB 1 and HB 2. Excuse me, HB 1, that’s all we are talking about, and therefore it’s no longer needed, would I now come together united to press the red button to sustain the Governor’s veto of this unbalanced and unreliable budget? Thank you, Mister Speaker. Speaker Shurtleff: This will be a roll call vote. Rep. Ley is recognized for a parliamentary inquiry. Representative Ley: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, if I know this House previously passed HB 1 and if I know that HB 1 is an excellent budget that represents the priorities of this House, would I now press the green button to override the Governor’s veto? Thank you. GOVERNOR’S VETO MESSAGE ON HB 2-FN-A-L By the authority vested in me, pursuant to part II, Article 44 of the New Hampshire Constitution, on June 28, 2019, I have vetoed House Bill 1, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021, and House Bill 2, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. New Hampshire has built a thriving economy that is the envy of the Northeast, a result of our 2017 efforts to lower the tax burden on employers and engage in smart regulatory reform. In addition, my first budget exhibited disciplined fiscal restraint by using targeted, one-time invest- ments for the state’s most pressing needs. The legislature’s proposed budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 reverses this winning formula in a manner that both threatens the state’s economic growth and leaves the next legislature with a massive fiscal deficit. This budget takes us down the wrong path, and the people of New Hampshire will never support it. Four years ago, New Hampshire had the highest business taxes in New England and a stagnate economy. The Legislature began the process of providing tax relief by lowering the burden on our employers in a measured process. This had an immediate impact on our economy. Employers thrived and created jobs. Since we began our commitment to lifting the burden on business, almost 27,000 more New Hampshire residents – our friends and neighbors – are working. The most in state history. Today, the biggest concern of our employers is that they simply cannot find enough people to fill the many open positions. At the same time, the state has reversed a trend of watching young people leave the state. These young professionals are moving to New Hampshire because of the career opportunities, quality of life, and strong public schools. This budget would reverse that success. Most notably, it would hurt our family-run small businesses, the lifeblood of our economy, with an immediate, and retroactive, 12.5% tax increase. This would have a chilling effect on entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting a new business or adding new employees. We need to continue to send a clear message that our state is on the side of these hard-working small business owners who give opportunities for thousands to find the career of their dreams. In addition to imposing job killing tax increases, House Bills 1 & 2 would set up the next Legislature for fiscal instability by delivering them a budget that is structurally unbalanced. In the second fiscal year of this budget, spending exceeds revenues by $93.4 million, driven by Education Trust Fund expenditures that overspend by $81.5 million. Signing a budget with this massive deficit would force the next legislature to choose between mas- sive tax increases or major spending cuts. We have been here before and we know all too well how it turned out. When crafting the budget in 2009, policymakers built in a massive structural deficit and gambled on 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 17 unrealistic expectations for future revenues. The results were nothing short of catastrophic, and the next legislature was forced to cut critical programs and layoff state employees. I will not put our State in that position again. New Hampshire families know they must live within their means and they have every right to expect their government to do the same. Unlike Washington, our state does not and should never pass unbalanced budgets. Taking out a big mortgage with a one-time bonus from work would be a terrible deci- sion, but that is precisely what this budget does. Creating a budget with a structural deficit to expand fund- ing streams to municipalities is a recipe for pulling the rug out from underneath these communities in the coming years. When future legislatures need to restore budgetary order, that same funding will be the first to be cut. This is in sharp contrast with the pragmatic approach of the last two years, during which time we used surplus funds to make one-time investments to assist local governments in solving their most-pressing problems, such as road and school infrastructure. As Governor, my job is to represent the 1.35 million people of this state, and I must consider the long-term consequences of anything as critical to New Hampshire as our state budget. By putting our booming economy at risk and by building spending expectations that are unsustainable, this budget relies on bad financial management practices and therefore, I cannot support it. I stand ready to work with the Legislature to develop a budget that keeps our state on our current successful path. There is no reason to wait. My door is open – let’s get this done. For the reasons stated above, I have vetoed House Bill 1 and House Bill 2. Respectfully submitted, Christopher T. Sununu, Governor The question being, notwithstanding the Governor’s veto, shall HB 2-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures, become law? Pursuant to the New Hampshire Constitution, Part II, Article 44, a roll call, requiring a two-thirds vote of the House for approval, was taken. YEAS 205 - NAYS 151 YEAS - 205 BELKNAP Huot, David CARROLL Buco, Thomas Burroughs, Anita DesMarais, Edith Knirk, Jerry Ticehurst, Susan Woodcock, Stephen CHESHIRE Abbott, Michael Ames, Richard Berch, Paul Bordenet, John Faulkner, Barry Fenton, Donovan Gomarlo, Jennie Harvey, Cathryn Ley, Douglas Mann, John Meader, David Morrill, David Parkhurst, Henry Schapiro, Joe Swinburne, Sandy Tatro, Bruce Thompson, Craig Von Plinsky, Sparky Pearson, William Weber, Lucy COOS Hatch, William Laflamme, Larry Moynihan, Wayne Noel, Henry Tucker, Edith Thomas, Yvonne GRAFTON Abel, Richard Adjutant, Joshua Almy, Susan Campion, Polly Diggs, Francesca Dontonville, Roger Egan, Timothy Fellows, Sallie Ford, Susan French, Elaine Josephson, Timothy Maes, Kevin Massimilla, Linda Mulligan, Mary Jane Nordgren, Sharon Osborne, Richard Stavis, Laurel Stringham, Jerry Smith, Suzanne Sykes, George Weston, Joyce HILLSBOROUGH Bouldin, Amanda Bouldin, Andrew Backus, Robert Balch, Chris Baroody, Benjamin Beaulieu, Jane Bergeron, Paul Bordy, William Bosman, James Bouchard, Donald Chretien, Jacqueline Cleaver, Skip Cohen, Bruce Cornell, Patricia Cote, David Dargie, Paul Desjardin, Kathy DiSilvestro, Linda Dutzy, Sherry Espitia, Manny Davis, Fred Freitas, Mary Gidge, Kenneth Goley, Jeffrey Hall, Brett Hamer, Heidi Harriott-Gathright, Linda Heath, Mary Herbert, Christopher Schmidt, Janice Jack, Martin Jeudy, Jean King, Mark Klee, Patricia Klein-Knight, Nicole Komi, Richard Langley, Diane Long, Patrick Murray, Megan Mangipudi, Latha Martin, Joelle McGhee, Kat Mullen, Sue Murphy, Nancy Nutter-Upham, Frances Nutting-Wong, Allison O’Brien, Michael Pedersen, Michael Petrigno, Peter Piedra, Israel Porter, Marjorie Query, Joshua 18 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

Newman, Ray Riel, Cole Rung, Rosemarie Newman, Sue Snow, Kendall Sofikitis, Catherine St. John, Michelle Stevens, Deb Smith, Timothy Telerski, Laura Toomey, Dan Vail, Suzanne Van Houten, Constance Vann, Ivy Thomas, Wendy Wilhelm, Matthew Williams, Kermit Woodbury, David MERRIMACK Buchanan, Ryan Carson, Clyde Doherty, David Ebel, Karen Ellison, Arthur Fox, Samantha Horn, Werner Karrick, David Lane, Connie Luneau, David MacKay, James McWilliams, Rebecca Moffett, Howard Myler, Mel Pimentel, Roderick Rodd, Beth Rogers, Katherine Saunderson, George Schamberg, Thomas Schuett, Dianne Schultz, Kristina Soucy, Timothy Wallner, Mary Jane Walz, Mary Beth Wazir, Safiya Wells, Kenneth Woods, Gary ROCKINGHAM Bunker, Lisa Bushway, Patricia Cahill, Michael Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline Coursin, David Cushing, Robert Renny DiLorenzo, Charlotte Edgar, Michael Eisner, Mary Gilman, Julie Grossman, Gaby Grote, Jaci Murray, Kate Le, Tamara Lovejoy, Patricia Maggiore, Jim Malloy, Dennis McBeath, Rebecca McConnell, Liz Melvin, Charles Meuse, David Pantelakos, Laura Read, Ellen Vallone, Mark Ward, Gerald Warner, Anne STRAFFORD Bixby, Peter Cannon, Gerri Ellis, Donna Fargo, Kristina Frost, Sherry Gourgue, Amanda Grassie, Chuck Higgins, Peg Horrigan, Timothy Keans, Sandra Kenney, Cam Levesque, Cassandra Smith, Marjorie Opderbecke, Linn Schmidt, Peter Rich, Cecilia Salloway, Jeffrey Sandler, Catt Southworth, Thomas Spang, Judith Towne, Matthew Treleaven, Susan Vincent, Kenneth Wall, Janet SULLIVAN Cloutier, John Merchant, Gary Sullivan, Brian Tanner, Linda NAYS - 151 BELKNAP Aldrich, Glen Bean, Harry Comtois, Barbara Feeney, George Fields, Dennis Howard, Raymond Jurius, Deanna Lang, Timothy Mackie, Jonathan Plumer, John Beaudoin, Richard Spanos, Peter Sylvia, Michael Tilton, Franklin Varney, Peter CARROLL Butler, Edward Comeau, Ed Cordelli, Glenn Crawford, Karel MacDonald, John Marsh, William Nelson, Bill CHESHIRE Hunt, John O’Day, John COOS Craig, Kevin Furbush, Michael Merner, Troy GRAFTON Gordon, Edward Hennessey, Erin Ladd, Rick Migliore, Vincent Paul HILLSBOROUGH Lekas, Alicia Alexander, Joe Barry, Richard Boehm, Ralph Burns, Charles Burt, John Camarota, Linda Danielson, David Erf, Keith Fedolfi, Jim Flanagan, Jack Gagne, Larry Gould, Linda Graham, John Greene, Bob Gunski, Michael Hinch, Richard Hopper, Gary L’Heureux, Robert Ober, Lynne Lascelles, Richard Marzullo, JP McLean, Mark Merlino, Timothy Notter, Jeanine Nunez, Hershel Panasiti, Reed Plett, Fred Proulx, Mark Prout, Andrew Ober, Russell Renzullo, Andrew Rice, Kimberly Shaw, Barbara Somero, Paul Lekas, Tony Ulery, Jordan Warden, Mark Whittemore, James MERRIMACK Allard, James Hill, Gregory Klose, John Kotowski, Frank Marple, Richard McGuire, Carol Pearl, Howard Seaworth, Brian Testerman, Dave Walsh, Thomas Wolf, Dan Yakubovich, Michael 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD 19

ROCKINGHAM Abbas, Daryl Abrami, Patrick Abramson, Max Acton, Dennis Baldasaro, Al Barnes, Arthur Bershtein, Alan Chirichiello, Brian Costable, Michael Davis, Dan DeClercq, Edward Desilets, Joel DeSimone, Debra Dolan, Tom Doucette, Fred Edwards, Jess Elliott, Robert Gay, Betty Green, Dennis Guthrie, Joseph Harb, Robert Hobson, Deborah Hoelzel, Kathleen Osborne, Jason Janigian, John Janvrin, Jason Katsakiores, Phyllis Khan, Aboul Love, David Griffin, Mary Pearson, Mark Major, Norman McKinney, Betsy McMahon, Charles Milz, David O’Connor, John Packard, Sherman Piemonte, Tony Potucek, John Pratt, Kevin Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine Roy, Terry Pearson, Stephen Spillane, James Sytek, John Torosian, Peter True, Chris Verville, Kevin Wallace, Scott Webb, James Welch, David Weyler, Kenneth Yokela, Josh STRAFFORD Harrington, Michael Hayward, Peter Horgan, James Kittredge, Mac McNally, Jody Perreault, Mona Pitre, Joseph Rooney, Abigail Wuelper, Kurt SULLIVAN Aron, Judy Callum, John Laware, Thomas Lucas, Gates Rollins, Skip Stapleton, Walter Smith, Steven and the veto was sustained. MOTION TO PRINT REMARKS Rep. Baldasaro moved that the parliamentary inquiry made by Rep. Packard be printed in the Permanent Journal. Without objection, the Speaker ordered. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Representative Packard: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Before I give my PI Mister Speaker, is it alright if we send Al up more if you are going to become speechless? Speaker Shurtleff: We will press our luck. Representative Packard: Thank you, Mister Speaker. Mister Speaker, if I know the Governor was correct to veto HB 2 that would reverse a tax deduction for the current tax period, raising the BPT from 7.7 to 7.9 and the BET from .6 to .675 costing small businesses and job creators $90 million more over the biennium. And, if I know this body just passed a budget that does not raise business taxes. And, if I know Mister Speaker, this body just passed HB 4, which is not perfect, but much better than HB 2 and we no longer need HB 2, would I now press the red button to sustain the Governor’s veto? ADJOURN FROM THE EARLY SESSION Rep. Ley 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. Motion adopted. RECESS MOTION Rep. Ley moved that the House stand in recess for the purposes of receiving Senate messages, enrolled bill amendments, enrolled bill reports, and veto messages from the Governor, after which business is concluded it shall be adjourned from the 2019 Session. Motion adopted. The House recessed at 2:45 p.m. RECESS (Speaker Shurtleff in the Chair) SENATE MESSAGES CONCURRENCE HB 3-A, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021. HB 4-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures. ENROLLED BILL AMENDMENT HB 4-FN-A-L, relative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures. 20 25 SEPTEMBER 2019 HOUSE RECORD

Amendment 2019-2717EBA Amend section 292 of the bill by replacing lines 2 and 3 with the following: Leases. Amend RSA 78-B:2 by inserting after paragraph XXIII the following new paragraph: XXIV. To a lease of any term by and between the Pease development authority and any Amend section 440 of the bill by replacing paragraph II with the following: II. Section 232-233 and 389 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2019 at 12:01 a.m. Amend section 440 of the bill by replacing paragraph IV with the following: IV. Sections 92-94 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., and section 96 of this act shall not take effect. Amend section 440 of the bill by replacing paragraph X with the following: X. Sections 184-190 of this act shall take effect upon its passage. Motion adopted. RECESS (Rep. Wallner in the Chair) ENROLLED BILLS REPORT The Committee on Enrolled Bills has examined and found correctly enrolled House Bills numbered 3 and 4. Rep. Ley, Sen. Soucy for the Committee RECESS