to ISatnjjatftre Manual General Court 1995-1^96 3 HbOa DDbbH fllSS MANUAL OF THE 1995 - 1996 NEW HAMPSHIRE HW(^ GENERAL COURT -f^tf- Concord, New Hampshire TK .ma containing listings and rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, listings of the Executive branch and the State Constitution JOSEPH L. DELAHUNTY President of the Senate HAROLD W. BURNS Speaker of the House Contents Diagram: Senate Chamber 5 Senate Leadership 6 Senate Staff 9 Senate Membership 10 Senate Standing Committees 13 Senate Rules 18 House Leadership 26 Diagram: House Chamber 28 House Staff 32 Representatives by County 34 House Standing Committees 51 County Organizations 63 House Seating by Divisions 68 House of Representatives alphabetical listing 74 Order of Business 119 House Rules 120 Press 147 Governor Stephen E. Merrill 148 Executive Department 149 Governor's Military Staff 151 Diagram: Governor and Council Chamber 152 New Hampshire Constitution 153 Senate and House Joint Staff 191 Statutory and Joint Committees 192 Joint Rules 204 Senate Leadership JOHN S. BARNES, JR. Republican Leader JOHN A. KING Democrat Leader Senate 1995-1996 Sessions PRESIDENT Joseph L. Delahunty, Salem PRESIDENT PRO TEM Eleanor P. Podles, Manchester VICE PRESIDENT - POLICY George A. Lovejoy, Rochester VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS Richard L. Russman, Kingston VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE David P. Currier, Henniker DEAN OF THE SENATE Clesson J. Blaisdell, Keene MAJORITY LEADER John S. Barnes, Jr., Raymond ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER Thomas P. Colantuono, Londonderry MAJORITY WfflP - POLICY Sheila Roberge, Bedford MAJORITY WHIP - OPERATIONS David K. Wheeler, Milford MAJORITY WHIP - FINANCE Leo W. Eraser, Jr., Pittsfield LIAISON TO STATE GOVERNMENT Leo W. Eraser, Jr., Pittsfield DEMOCRAT LEADER John A. King, Manchester SENATE LEADERSHIP ASSISTANT DEMOCRAT LEADER Burton J. Cohen, New Castle DEMOCRAT WHIP Debora B. Pignatelli, Nashua ASSISTANT DEMOCRAT WHIP Sylvia B. Larsen, Concord LIAISON TO STATE GOVERNMENT C. Jeanne Shaheen, Madbury CLERK Gloria M. Randlett, Pembroke ASSISTANT CLERK Lois E. Schmelzer, Bow SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Henry Wilson, Concord DOORKEEPER Emile Martineau, Newport Senate Staff PRESIDENT'S STAFF Arlene Burns, Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Page, Executive Assistant to Leadership Donna Morin, Administrator to Leadership Doreen Sumner, Receptionist/Secretary REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP STAFF Wilma Gouger, Executive Secretary/Administrator DEMOCRAT LEADERSfflP STAFF JacqueUne Clark, Executive Secretary/Administrator Kathe Lewis, Senate Secretary INFORMATION OFFICER David Harrington CLERK'S STAFF Brenda Mento, Journal Clerk Tammy Wright, Calendar Clerk SERGEANT-AT-ARMS STAFF Arnold Anderson, Recorder COMMITTEE STAFF Carol Fletcher, Supervisor, Committee Secretaries Secretaries: Rosalie Brooks Patch, Rachel Berger, Woody Alosa, Beth Sullivan, Laurie Morris, Susan Duncan COMMITTEE RESEARCH June Goulson, Director Susan Faretra, Research Assistant/Secretary FINANCE & CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEES Pat Waldvogel, Administrative Assistant Lou-Ann Poirier, Special Assistant to Finance 61 '" Membership The Senate District Name and Address Telephone 1 FREDERICK W. KING, r (Betty) (h) 237-87 1 Box 146 (o) 246-3321 Colebrook 03576 EDWARD M. GORDON, r (Gayle) (h) 744-2139 PO Box 1 1 2, 20 Pleasant Street (o) 524-2 1 66 Bristol 03222-0112 CARL R. JOHNSON, r (E Jeannette) (h) 279-6492 42 Dale Road (f) 279-3177 Meredith 03253-6802 LEO W. ERASER, JR., r (Patricia) (h) 435-6626 Box 5, Smith Road, (o) 225-3664 Pittsfield 03263 JIM RUBENS, r (Susan Locke) (h) 643-6059 PO Box 365 Etna 03750 GEORGE A. LOVEJOY, r (h) 332-4268 PO Box 28 (0)664-9111 Rochester 03866 DAVID P CURRIER, r (Teresa) (h) 428-3579 PO Box 926 (o) 428-7619 Henniker 03242-0926 BEVERLY T. RODESCHIN, r (Henry) (h) 863- 1 94 336 Sunapee Street Newport 03773-9043 1 SENATE District Name and Address Telephone 9 SHEILA ROBERGE, r (A. Roland) (h) 472-8391 83 Olde Lantern Road Bedford 03110 10 CLESSON J. BLAISDELL, d (Beverly) (h) 352-6210 40 Stone House Lane (o) 358-3322 Keene 03431 1 DAVID K. WHEELER, r (Joy) (h) 672-6062 523 Mason Road Milford 03055 12 THOMAS R STAWASZ, r (Mary-Ann) (h) 465-7907 Box 452 (o) 889-7600 HoUis 03049-0452 13 DEBORA B. PIGNATELLI, d (Michael) (h) 888-5245 22 Appletree Green Nashua 03062 14 THOMAS R COLANTUONO, r (h) 434-2475 PO Box 1084 (o) 434-0068 Londonderry 03053-1084 15 SYLVIA B. LARSEN, d (Robert) (h) 225-6130 153 School Street Concord 03301 16 ELEANOR R PODLES, r (Francis) (h) 627-7749 185 Walnut Hill Avenue Manchester 03104 1 12 SENATE District Name and Address Telephone 17 JOHN S. BARNES, JR., r (Frances) (h) 895-9352 PO Box 362 Raymond 03077 18 JOHN A. KING, d (Bemice) (h) 644-0263 2255 Goffs Falls Road Manchester 03103 19 RICHARD L. RUSSMAN, r (Sher) (h) 642-5904 18 Bartlett Beach Drive (o) 772-3433 Kingston 03848 20 RICHARD DANAIS, r (h) 668-4617 1 14 Bay Street (o) 644-4600 Manchester 03104 21 C. JEANNE SHAHEEN, d (William) (h) 749-3434 73 Perkins Road Madbury 03820 22 JOSEPH L. DELAHUNTY, r (Gail) (h) 893-8049 1 08 Hooker Farm Road (o) 893-7 1 55 Salem 03079 23 BRUCE W. KEOUGH, r (Jane) (h) 778-1951 36 Pine Street (o) 772-5799 Exeter 03833 24 BURTON J. COHEN, d (Patricia) (h) 43 1 -258 PO Box 208 (0)431-0066 New Castle 03854-0208 Senate Standing Committees 13 BANKS Room 103 LOB * 271-3093 Fraser, Leo W., Jr., r. Chairman Shaheen, C. Jeanne, d. Vice Chairman Danais, Richard, r Barnes, John S., Jr., r King, Frederick W., r Blaisdell, Clesson J., d Johnson, Carl R., r CAPITAL BUDGET Room 103 State House * 271-3207 Keough, Bruce W., r. Chairman Wheeler, David K., r. Vice Chairman Gordon, Edward M., r Johnson, Carl R., r Shaheen, C. Jeanne, d King, John A., d Fraser, Leo W., Jr., r ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Room 212 LOB* 271-1403 Johnson, Carl R., r. Chairman King, Frederick W., r. Vice Chairman Danais, Richard, r Pignatelli, Debora B., d Shaheen, C. Jeanne, d Rodeschin, Beverly T., r 14 SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES EDUCATION Room 209 LOB* 271-3095 Lovejoy, George A., r. Chairman King, John A., d. Vice Chairman Rubens, James M., r Roberge, Sheila, r Stawasz, Thomas P., r Gordon, Edward M., r Larsen, Sylvia B., d ENVIRONMENT Room 104 LOB* 271-3092 Russman, Richard L., r. Chairman Pignatelli, Debora, B., d. Vice Chairman Rodeschin, Beverly T., r Johnson, Carl R., r Cohen, Burton J., d King, Fredrick W., r EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS & ADMINISTRATION Room 104 LOB * 271-3091 Rodeschin, Beverly T., r. Chairman Colantuono, Thomas P., r. Vice Chairman Keough, Bruce W., r Stawasz, Thomas P., r Larsen, Sylvia B., d FINANCE Room 120 State House * 271-3207 Currier, David P., r. Chairman Blaisdell, Clesson J., d. Vice Chairman Colantuono, Thomas P., r Keough, Bruce W., r Lovejoy, George A., r Barnes, John S., Jr., r Podles, Eleanor P., r SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES 15 FISH & GAME/RECREATION Room 209* 271-3095 Roberge, Sheila, r. Chairman Cohen, Burton J., d. Vice Chairman Wheeler, David K., r Rodeschin, Beverly T., r Danais, Richard, r Pignatelli, Debora B., d Currier, David R, r INSURANCE Room 101 LOB * 271-3076 Danais, Richard, r. Chairman King, Frederick W., r. Vice Chairman Russman, Richard L., r Blaisdell, Clesson J., d Fraser, Leo W., Jr., r Shaheen, C. Jeanne, d King, John A., d INTERSTATE COOPERATION Room 209 LOB* 271-3096 King, Frederick W., r, Chairman Rubens, James M., r. Vice Chairman Russman, Richard L., r Pignatelli, Debora B., d Cohen, Burton J., d JUDICIARY Room 103 LOB* 271-3093 Podles, Eleanor P., r. Chairman Gordon, Edward M., r. Vice Chairman Lovejoy, George A., r Pignatelli, Debora B., d Cohen, Burton J., d Wheeler, David K., r 16 SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES PUBLIC AFFAIRS Room 102 LOB * 271-3092 Rubens, James M., r. Chairman Roberge, Sheila, r, Vice Chairman Stawasz, Thomas R, r Larsen, Sylvia B., d King, John A., d Barnes, John S., Jr., r PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Room 212 LOB * 271-1403 Wheeler, David K., r. Chairman Larsen, Sylvia B., d, Vice Chairman Rubens, James M., r Danais, Richard, r Podles, Eleanor P., r King, John A., d Lovejoy, George A., r RULES & ENROLLED BILLS Room 302, SH* 271-2111 Stawasz, Thomas P., r. Chairman Currier, David P., r. Vice Chairman Russman, Richard L., r Barnes, John S., Jr., r Delahunty, Joseph L., r King, John A., d Lovejoy, George A., r SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES 17 TRANSPORTATION Room 102 LOB* 271-3096 Gordon, Edward M., r. Chairman Stawasz, Thomas P., r. Vice Chairman Currier, David P., r Russman, Richard L., r King, Frederick W., r Fraser, Leo W., Jr., r Cohen, Burton J., d WAYS & MEANS Room 101 LOB * 271-3091 Colantuono, Thomas P., r. Chairman Barnes, John S., Jr., r. Vice Chairman Rubens, James M., r Fraser, Leo W., Jr., r Blaisdell, Clesson J., d Currier, David P., r Danais, Richard, r . 18 Senate Rules 1. Determination of quorum; correction of Journal. 22. Public hearings to be held and advertised. 2. Members, decorum of 23. Amended bills, printed, distributed and 3. Members, conduct when speaking disposed of. 4. Members not to speak more than twice. 24. Appropriating money, to whom referred. 5. President shall recognize whom. 25. President to sign bills, etc. 6. Questions of order, appeal. 26. Committees, appointment of. 7. Member, absenting himself. 27. Standing Committees. 8. Motions, order of preference. 28. Messages sent to House. 9. Questions postponed indefinitely 29. Messages, when received. not acted upon in same biennium. 30. Voting; division of Senate. 10. Questions, when divided. 31. Visitors to Senate. 11. Objections to reading paper, how determined. 32. Hours of meeting. 12. Roll Call, everyone must vote. 33. Rules of Senate, how suspended. 1 3. Galleries, clearing of. 34. Rules of Senate, how rescinded.