New Hampshire 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 235 — relative to sexual harassment complaints in the general court and authorizing an independent human resources professional.

Last action — Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2019; Chapter 311; Effective 01/01/2020

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence
  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor on 08/02/2019; Chapter 311; Effective 01/01/2020

  2. Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 56

  3. Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21

  4. Conference Committee Report # 2019-2601c, Adopted, VV; 06/27/2019; SJ 21

  5. Conference Committee Report 2601c: Adopted, VV 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 5

  6. Conference Committee Report # 2019-2601c Filed 06/13/2019; Adopt New Amendment

  7. Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/19/2019, 10:30 am, Room 103, SH

  8. Speaker Appoints: Reps. Wall, Ley, Wilhelm, Nutting-Wong 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45

  9. House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Wall): MA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 45

  10. President Appoints: Senators Carson, Cavanaugh, Rosenwald; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20

  11. Sen. Carson Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20

  12. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2191h: MA RC 207-139 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 77

  13. Amendment # 2019-2191h: AA VV 06/05/2019 HJ 17 P. 77

  14. Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  15. Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2191h for 06/05/2019 (Vote 8-4; RC) HC 27 P. 18

  16. Executive Session: 05/23/2019 12:00 pm LOB 303

  17. ==TIME CHANGE== Full Committee Work Session: 05/21/2019 01:30 pm LOB 303

  18. ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 05/16/2019 10:30 am LOB 303

  19. ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/01/2019 10:15 am LOB 303

  20. ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 05/02/2019 10:15 am LOB 303

  21. Public Hearing: 04/18/2019 10:15 am LOB 303

  22. Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 11 P. 71

  23. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0857s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/14/2019; SJ 8

  24. Committee Amendment # 2019-0857s, AA, VV; 03/14/2019; SJ 8

  25. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0857s, 03/14/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13

  26. Hearing: 02/20/2019, Room 101, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 11

  27. Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 412 not signed on · 138 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Not signed on (412)

412 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

OTPA

Passed 207 Yea · 139 Nay · 51 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15091036
Republican 04708
Democrat 57007
Total 207138051
% of votes cast 52%35%0%13%
How each member voted (396)
Member Party Vote
Abigail G. Rooney — Not Voting
Alan Bershtein — Nay
Alan J. Turcotte — Not Voting
Alfred P. Baldasaro — Not Voting
Alicia D. Lekas — Nay
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Yea
Amanda Bouldin — Yea
Amanda Gourgue — Yea
Andrew J. Bouldin — Yea
Andrew Renzullo — Nay
Andrew S. O'Hearne — Yea
Anne L. Warner — Yea
Arthur E. Barnes — Nay
Arthur S. Ellison — Yea
Barbara E. Shaw — Yea
Barbara J. Griffin — Nay
Becky A. Owens — Not Voting
Benjamin C. Baroody — Yea
Beth Rodd — Yea
Betsy McKinney — Nay
Betty I. Gay — Nay
Bill G. Nelson — Not Voting
Bob J. Greene — Nay
Brett R. Hall — Yea
Brian K. Chirichiello — Nay
Bruce L. Cohen — Not Voting
Bruce L. Tatro — Yea
Cam E. Kenney — Yea
Casey M. Conley — Not Voting
Catt Sandler — Yea
Cecilia Rich — Yea
Charlie Burns — Not Voting
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Yea
Chris Balch — Yea
Chris True — Nay
Christy D. Bartlett — Yea
Chuck Grassie — Yea
Clyde J. Carson — Yea
Cole J. Riel — Yea
Connie Van Houten — Yea
Craig R. Thompson — Yea
Dan J. Davis — Nay
Dan Toomey — Yea
Dan Wolf — Yea
Daniel A. Eaton — Yea
Daniel R. Pickering — Yea
Dave Testerman — Nay
David A. Welch — Nay
David B. Karrick — Yea
David Doherty — Yea
David E. Cote — Yea
David J. Danielson — Nay
David J. Morrill — Not Voting
David O. Huot — Yea
David R. Coursin — Not Voting
David R. Meader — Yea
David Woodbury — Yea
Deanna E. Jurius — Nay
Deb Stevens — Yea
Deborah L. Hobson — Nay
Dennis F. Acton — Nay
Dennis Green — Nay
Dennis H. Fields — Nay
Dennis M. Ruprecht — Yea
Diane M. Langley — Yea
Dianne E. Schuett — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Yea
Donna Ellis — Yea
Donna M. Mombourquette — Not Voting
Douglas A. Ley — Yea
Ed Comeau — Nay
Edith M. DesMarais — Not Voting
Edith Tucker — Yea
Edward A. Butler — Yea
Edward DeClercq — Nay
Edward M. Gordon — Nay
Elaine H. French — Not Voting
Erika F. Connors — Yea
Erin T. Hennessey — Nay
Everett P. McBride — Not Voting
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Yea
Francesca G. Diggs — Yea
Frank R. Kotowski — Nay
Franklin T. Tilton — Not Voting
Fred G. Doucette — Nay
Fred R. Plett — Not Voting
Garrett D. Muscatel — Yea
Gary Merchant — Yea
Gary S. Hopper — Nay
Gates S. Lucas — Nay
George Feeney — Nay
George L. Saunderson — Yea
Gerri D. Cannon — Yea
Glenn Cordelli — Nay
Greg L. Indruk — Yea
Harrison Kanzler — Yea
Harry H. Bean — Nay
Harry H. Viens — Nay
Heidi M. Hamer — Yea
Henry A. L. Parkhurst — Yea
Henry W. Noel — Yea
Hershel Nunez — Nay
Howard M. Moffett — Yea
Israel F. Piedra — Yea
Ivy C. Vann — Not Voting
JP Marzullo — Nay
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Jack B. Flanagan — Nay
Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — Yea
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Yea
James B. Bosman — Not Voting
James C. Allard — Nay
James C. Webb — Nay
James F. Horgan — Nay
James R. Whittemore — Nay
Jane E. Beaulieu — Yea
Janice E. Schmidt — Yea
Jason A. Janvrin — Nay
Jeffrey C. Salloway — Yea
Jeffrey P. Goley — Yea
Jennie R. Gomarlo — Yea
Jennifer Bernet — Yea
Jerry Knirk — Yea
Jerry M. Stringham — Yea
Jody L. McNally — Nay
Joe Schapiro — Yea
Joel M. Desilets — Yea
Joelle Martin — Yea
John A. Burt — Nay
John A. Graham — Nay
John Bordenet — Yea
John E. Mann — Yea
John E. O'Day — Nay
John F. Klose — Nay
John Fothergill — Nay
John M. Callum — Not Voting
John R. Plumer — Nay
John T. O'Connor — Not Voting
Jonathan D. Mackie — Nay
Joseph A. Pitre — Nay
Josh S. Yokela — Nay
Joshua Adjutant — Yea
Joshua F. Query — Not Voting
Joyce M. Fulweiler — Yea
Joyce Weston — Yea
Judith T. Spang — Nay
Julie Radhakrishnan — Yea
Katherine D. Rogers — Yea
Kathleen M. Hoelzel — Not Voting
Kathryn Stack — Yea
Kathy J. Desjardin — Yea
Kendall A. Snow — Yea
Kenneth D. Wells — Yea
Kenneth N. Gidge — Not Voting
Kenneth S. Vincent — Yea
Kermit R. Williams — Yea
Kevin B. Craig — Nay
Kevin G. Maes — Yea
Kevin M. Pratt — Nay
Kimberly A. Rice — Nay
Kristina M. Fargo — Yea
Kurt F. Wuelper — Nay
Larry L. Laflamme — Yea
Latha D. Mangipudi — Yea
Laura C. Pantelakos — Yea
Laurie J. Sanborn — Yea
Lee Walker Oxenham — Yea
Linda A. Massimilla — Yea
Linda L. Tanner — Yea
Linda Rea Camarota — Nay
Linn Opderbecke — Yea
Lisa H. Bunker — Yea
Liz A. McConnell — Yea
Lynne M. Ober — Nay
Mac Kittredge — Nay
Manny Espitia — Yea
Marjorie A. Porter — Yea
Mark King — Yea
Mark L. Proulx — Nay
Mary A. Eisner — Yea
Mary Beth Walz — Yea
Mary C. Freitas — Yea
Mary E. Griffin — Nay
Mary Heath — Yea
Mary Jane Mulligan — Yea
Matthew D. Towne — Yea
Max Abramson — Nay
Mel Myler — Not Voting
Michael B. O'Brien — Yea
Michael Costable — Nay
Michael D. Abbott — Not Voting
Michael D. Gunski — Nay
Michael E. Furbush — Nay
Michael J. Sylvia — Nay
Michael P. Pedersen — Yea
Michael Yakubovich — Nay
Michelle St. John — Not Voting
Mona Perreault — Nay
Nicole Klein-Knight — Yea
Norman L. Major — Nay
Patricia J. Bushway — Yea
Patricia S. Klee — Yea
Patricia T. Lovejoy — Yea
Paul P. Dargie — Yea
Paul R. Bergeron — Yea
Paul Somero — Nay
Peg Higgins — Yea
Peter E. Torosian — Nay
Peter F. Somssich — Yea
Peter J. Spanos — Nay
Peter T. Hayward — Nay
Polly Kent Campion — Yea
Raymond Howard — Nay
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Yea
Rebecca McBeath — Yea
Reed A. Panasiti — Nay
Richard B Beaudoin — Not Voting
Richard G. Osborne — Yea
Richard M. Abel — Yea
Richard Marple — Nay
Richard N. Komi — Not Voting
Richard W. Barry — Nay
Richard W. Hinch — Nay
Robert A. Backus — Yea
Robert J. Elliott — Nay
Robert J. L'Heureux — Not Voting
Robert L. Forsythe — Nay
Robert Renny Cushing — Yea
Roderick L. Pimentel — Yea
Roger W. Dontonville — Yea
Russell T. Ober — Nay
Ryan T. Buchanan — Yea
Safiya Wazir — Yea
Samantha L. Fox — Yea
Sandra B. Keans — Yea
Sandy L. Swinburne — Yea
Scott Wallace — Nay
Sharon Nordgren — Yea
Sherry Dutzy — Yea
Sherry Frost — Yea
Skip Berrien — Yea
Skip Cleaver — Yea
Sparky Von Plinsky — Yea
Stephen J. Shurtleff — Not Voting
Steven P. Beaudoin — Not Voting
Sue M. Mullen — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Not Voting
Susan J. Ticehurst — Yea
Susan M. Ford — Yea
Suzanne J. Smith — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tamara Le — Yea
Thomas W. Laware — Nay
Timothy A. Merlino — Nay
Timothy Fontneau — Yea
Timothy J. Smith — Yea
Timothy Josephson — Yea
Timothy P. Lang — Nay
Timothy T. Egan — Yea
Tom J. Loughman — Not Voting
Tony Lekas — Nay
Tony Piemonte — Nay
Troy Merner — Nay
Vincent Paul Migliore — Nay
Walter A. Stapleton — Nay
Walter Kolodziej — Nay
Wayne T. Moynihan — Yea
Wendy Chase — Not Voting
Werner D. Horn — Nay
William A. Hatch — Not Voting
William A. Pearson — Yea
William E. Bordy — Yea
William L. Fowler — Not Voting
William M. Marsh — Nay
Willis T. Griffith — Yea
Yvonne D. Thomas — Yea
Anita Burroughs Democrat Yea
Barry Faulkner Democrat Yea
Beth Richards Democrat Not Voting
Brian Sullivan Democrat Yea
Cassandra Levesque Democrat Yea
Catherine Sofikitis Democrat Yea
Cathryn Harvey Democrat Yea
Christopher Herbert Democrat Yea
Connie Lane Democrat Yea
David Luneau Democrat Yea
David Meuse Democrat Yea
Debra Altschiller Democrat Yea
Dennis Malloy Democrat Yea
Dick Ames Democrat Yea
Donovan Fenton Democrat Not Voting
Ellen Read Democrat Not Voting
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Yea
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Yea
James MacKay Democrat Yea
Janet Wall Democrat Yea
Jean Jeudy Democrat Yea
Jim Maggiore Democrat Yea
John Cloutier Democrat Yea
Julie Gilman Democrat Yea
Karen Ebel Democrat Yea
Kat McGhee Democrat Yea
Kate Murray Democrat Yea
Kris Schultz Democrat Yea
Laura Telerski Democrat Yea
Laurel Stavis Democrat Not Voting
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Yea
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Lucy Weber Democrat Yea
Marjorie Smith Democrat Yea
Mark Vallone Democrat Yea
Martin Jack Democrat Yea
Mary Jane Wallner Democrat Yea
Matthew Wilhelm Democrat Yea
Megan Murray Democrat Yea
Michael Cahill Democrat Yea
Michael Edgar Democrat Yea
Nancy Murphy Democrat Yea
Pat Long Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Not Voting
Peter Petrigno Democrat Yea
Peter Schmidt Democrat Yea
Ray Newman Democrat Yea
Rosemarie Rung Democrat Yea
Sallie Fellows Democrat Yea
Stephen Woodcock Democrat Yea
Sue Newman Democrat Yea
Susan Almy Democrat Yea
Thomas Buco Democrat Not Voting
Thomas Schamberg Democrat Yea
Thomas Southworth Democrat Not Voting
Timothy Horrigan Democrat Yea
Timothy Soucy Democrat Yea
Wendy Thomas Democrat Yea
Aboul Khan Republican Not Voting
Andrew Prout Republican Nay
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Charles McMahon Republican Nay
Charles Melvin Republican Nay
Daryl Abbas Republican Nay
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Nay
Debra DeSimone Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Nay
Glen Aldrich Republican Nay
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
Howard Pearl Republican Nay
James Spillane Republican Not Voting
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jeanine Notter Republican Nay
Jess Edwards Republican Nay
Jim Fedolfi Republican Nay
Joe Alexander Republican Not Voting
John Hunt Republican Not Voting
John Janigian Republican Nay
John MacDonald Republican Nay
John Potucek Republican Nay
John Sytek Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Nay
Joseph Guthrie Republican Nay
Judy Aron Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Nay
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Nay
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Nay
Lino Avellani Republican Not Voting
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Nay
Mark Warden Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Nay
Ralph Boehm Republican Nay
Richard Lascelles Republican Nay
Rick Ladd Republican Nay
Robert Harb Republican Nay
Sherman Packard Republican Nay
Skip Rollins Republican Nay
Stephen Pearson Republican Nay
Steven Smith Republican Nay
Terry Roy Republican Nay
Thomas Walsh Republican Nay
Tom Dolan Republican Not Voting

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Who sponsors SB 235?
SB 235 is sponsored by Martha S. Hennessey, Dan Feltes, and Donna M. Soucy.
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