New Hampshire 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 705 — relative to sexual assault, sexual misconduct in institutions of higher education, and the rights of victims of crime.

Last action — Signed by Governor Sununu 07/20/2020; Chapter 24; I. Sec. 1-7 & 9-16 Eff: 09/18/2020 II. Sec 18 Eff: 01/16/2021 III. Rem Eff: 7/20/2020

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 68% · moderate confidence

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    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor Sununu 07/20/2020; Chapter 24; I. Sec. 1-7 & 9-16 Eff: 09/18/2020 II. Sec 18 Eff: 01/16/2021 III. Rem Eff: 7/20/2020

  2. Enrolled (In recess 06/29/2020); SJ 9

  3. Enrolled 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 73

  4. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-1618: AA VV 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 71

  5. Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2020-1618e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2020); SJ 9

  6. House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Cushing): MA RC 254-75 06/30/2020 HJ 10 P. 20

  7. OT3rdg; 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  8. Committee Amendment # 2020-1496s, AA, VV; 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  9. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1496s: Sections 1-10 and Sections 13-19, MA, VV, 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  10. The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  11. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1496s: Sections 11-12 and 19, RC 19Y-5N, MA; 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  12. Sen. Bradley Moved to divide the Question on Ought to Pass with Amendment: Sections 11-12 and 19: Sections 1-10, and Sections 13-19; 06/16/2020; SJ 8

  13. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-1496s, 06/16/2020; SC 23

  14. The following email will be monitored throughout the meeting by someone who can assist with and alert the committee to any technical issues: remotesenate@leg.state.nh.us or call (603-271-3043). SC 22

  15. 6. To view/listen to this hearing on YouTube, use this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBZdtrjRnQdmg-2MPMiWrA SC 22

  16. 5. Webinar ID: 921 4734 0764 SC 22

  17. 4. Or iPhone one-tap: 13126266799,,92147340764# or 19292056099,,92147340764# SC 22

  18. 3. To listen via telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): 1-301-715-8592, or 1-312-626-6799 or 1-929-205-6099, or 1-253-215-8782, or 1-346-248-7799, or 1-669-900-6833 SC 22

  19. 2. To submit your testimony to the committee, please send all documents via email to remotesenate@leg.state.nh.us SC 22

  20. 1. To sign-in and/or speak in support or opposition, please register in advance by using this link: https://www.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_06XzVPTbTGKeSq6WjiSJbw SC 22

  21. Members of the public may attend using the following links: SC 22

  22. Committee members will receive secure Zoom invitations via email. SC 22

  23. Remote Hearing: 06/12/2020, 01:05 pm, on proposed amendment # 2020-1305s; SC 22

  24. Remote Hearing: 06/12/2020, 01:00 pm; SC 22

  25. Introduced 03/12/2020 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 8

  26. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-0048h (NT): MA VV 03/05/2020 HJ 6 P. 4

  27. Amendment # 2020-0048h (NT): AA VV 03/05/2020 HJ 6 P. 4

  28. Special Order to regular place in next calendar (Rep. Ley): MA VV 02/20/2020

  29. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2020-0048h (NT) for 02/19/2020 (Vote 21-0; RC) HC 7 P. 31

  30. Division I Work Session: 01/21/2020 02:30 pm LOB 212

  31. Executive Session: 02/05/2020 10:00 am LOB 210-211

  32. Referred to Finance 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 79

  33. Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-2806h (NT): MA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 79

  34. Amendment # 2019-2806h (NT): AA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 79

  35. Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-2806h (NT) (Vote 17-3; RC) HC 50 P. 19

  36. Subcommittee Work Session: 10/16/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  37. Executive Session: 10/30/2019 10:00 am LOB 202-204

  38. Full Committee Work Session: 10/23/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  39. Subcommittee Work Session: 09/24/2019 09:00 am LOB 204

  40. Subcommittee Work Session: 10/02/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  41. Subcommittee Work Session: 09/11/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  42. ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 09/18/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  43. Subcommittee Work Session: 06/26/2019 10:00 am LOB 204

  44. Retained in Committee

  45. ==TIME CHANGE== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 11:00 am LOB 204

  46. Public Hearing: 02/20/2019 01:30 pm LOB 204

  47. Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety HJ 3 P. 27

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 415 not signed on · 80 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (415)

415 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

Concur

Passed 254 Yea · 75 Nay · 59 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16953043
Republican 252209
Democrat 56007
Total 25075059
% of votes cast 65%20%0%15%
How each member voted (384)
Member Party Vote
Abigail G. Rooney — Nay
Alan Bershtein — Nay
Alan J. Turcotte — Not Voting
Alfred P. Baldasaro — Nay
Alicia D. Lekas — Nay
Allison R. Nutting-Wong — Not Voting
Amanda Bouldin — Yea
Amanda Gourgue — Not Voting
Andrew J. Bouldin — Yea
Andrew Renzullo — Nay
Andrew S. O'Hearne — Yea
Anne L. Warner — Not Voting
Arthur E. Barnes — Yea
Arthur S. Ellison — Yea
Barbara E. Shaw — Yea
Barbara J. Griffin — Not Voting
Becky A. Owens — Not Voting
Benjamin C. Baroody — Yea
Beth Rodd — Yea
Betsy McKinney — Yea
Betty I. Gay — Yea
Bill G. Nelson — Nay
Bob J. Greene — Nay
Brett R. Hall — Not Voting
Brian K. Chirichiello — Yea
Bruce L. Cohen — Not Voting
Bruce L. Tatro — Yea
Cam E. Kenney — Yea
Casey M. Conley — Yea
Catt Sandler — Not Voting
Cecilia Rich — Yea
Charlie G. St. Clair — Yea
Charlotte I. DiLorenzo — Yea
Chris Balch — Not Voting
Chris True — Not Voting
Christy D. Bartlett — Yea
Chuck Grassie — Yea
Clyde J. Carson — Yea
Cole J. Riel — Yea
Connie Van Houten — Not Voting
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 — Yea
David B. Karrick — Yea
David Doherty — Yea
David E. Cote — Not Voting
David J. Danielson — Yea
David O. Huot — Yea
David R. Coursin — Not Voting
David R. Meader — Not Voting
David Woodbury — Yea
Deanna E. Jurius — Nay
Deb Stevens — Yea
Deborah L. Hobson — Yea
Dennis F. Acton — Nay
Dennis Green — Nay
Dennis H. Fields — Yea
Dennis M. Ruprecht — Yea
Diane M. Langley — Yea
Dianne E. Schuett — Yea
Donald J. Bouchard — Yea
Donna Ellis — Yea
Donna M. Mombourquette — Yea
Douglas A. Ley — Yea
Ed Comeau — Not Voting
Edith M. DesMarais — Yea
Edith Tucker — Yea
Edward A. Butler — Yea
Edward DeClercq — Not Voting
Edward M. Gordon — Yea
Elaine H. French — Yea
Erika F. Connors — Yea
Erin T. Hennessey — Yea
Everett P. McBride — Yea
Frances E. Nutter-Upham — Yea
Francesca G. Diggs — Yea
Frank R. Kotowski — Not Voting
Franklin T. Tilton — Nay
Fred G. Doucette — Nay
Fred R. Plett — Nay
Gary Merchant — Yea
Gary S. Hopper — Nay
George Feeney — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Heidi M. Hamer — Yea
Henry A. L. Parkhurst — Yea
Henry W. Noel — Yea
Hershel Nunez — Nay
Howard M. Moffett — Yea
Israel F. Piedra — Not Voting
Ivy C. Vann — Yea
JP Marzullo — Not Voting
Jaci L. Grote — Yea
Jack B. Flanagan — Nay
Jacqueline A. Cali-Pitts — Yea
Jacqueline H. Chretien — Yea
James B. Bosman — Yea
James C. Allard — Yea
James C. Webb — Not Voting
James F. Horgan — 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
Joe Schapiro — Yea
Joel M. Desilets — Not Voting
Joelle Martin — Yea
John A. Burt — Nay
John A. Graham — Yea
John Bordenet — Yea
John E. Mann — Not Voting
John E. O'Day — Nay
John F. Klose — Nay
John Fothergill — Not Voting
John M. Callum — Nay
John R. Plumer — Yea
John T. O'Connor — Not Voting
Jonathan D. Mackie — Nay
Joseph A. Pitre — Nay
Josh S. Yokela — Nay
Joshua Adjutant — Yea
Joshua F. Query — Yea
Joyce M. Fulweiler — Yea
Joyce Weston — Yea
Judith T. Spang — Not Voting
Julie Radhakrishnan — Not Voting
Katherine D. Rogers — Yea
Kathleen M. Hoelzel — Nay
Kathryn Stack — Yea
Kendall A. Snow — Not Voting
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 — Not Voting
Kurt F. Wuelper — Nay
Larry L. Laflamme — Not Voting
Latha D. Mangipudi — Yea
Laura C. Pantelakos — Yea
Laurie J. Sanborn — Not Voting
Lee Walker Oxenham — Yea
Linda A. Massimilla — Yea
Linda L. Tanner — Yea
Linda Rea Camarota — Yea
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 — Yea
Mary A. Eisner — Yea
Mary Beth Walz — Yea
Mary C. Freitas — Yea
Mary E. Griffin — Yea
Mary Heath — Yea
Mary Jane Mulligan — Yea
Matthew D. Towne — Yea
Max Abramson — Nay
Mel Myler — Not Voting
Michael B. O'Brien — Yea
Michael D. Abbott — Yea
Michael D. Gunski — Nay
Michael E. Furbush — Not Voting
Michael J. Sylvia — Nay
Michael P. Pedersen — Yea
Michael Yakubovich — Not Voting
Michelle St. John — Yea
Mona Perreault — Yea
Nicole Klein-Knight — Yea
Norman L. Major — Yea
Patricia J. Bushway — Yea
Patricia S. Klee — Yea
Patricia T. Lovejoy — Yea
Patrick F. Abrami — 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 — Yea
Peter T. Hayward — Nay
Polly Kent Campion — Yea
Raymond Howard — Nay
Rebecca J. McWilliams — Yea
Rebecca McBeath — Not Voting
Reed A. Panasiti — Not Voting
Richard B Beaudoin — Not Voting
Richard G. Osborne — Yea
Richard M. Abel — Yea
Richard W. Barry — Yea
Richard W. Hinch — Nay
Robert A. Backus — Yea
Robert J. Elliott — Not Voting
Robert J. L'Heureux — Yea
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 — Not Voting
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 — Yea
Steven P. Beaudoin — Nay
Sue M. Mullen — Yea
Susan GS Treleaven — Yea
Susan J. Ticehurst — Yea
Suzanne J. Smith — Yea
Suzanne M. Vail — Yea
Tamara Le — Yea
Thomas W. Laware — Nay
Timothy A. Merlino — Not Voting
Timothy Fontneau — Yea
Timothy J. Smith — Yea
Timothy Josephson — Yea
Timothy P. Lang — Yea
Timothy T. Egan — Yea
Tom J. Loughman — Yea
Tony Lekas — Nay
Tony Piemonte — Nay
Troy Merner — Yea
Walter A. Stapleton — Yea
Walter Kolodziej — Yea
Wayne T. Moynihan — Yea
Wendy Chase — Yea
Werner D. Horn — Nay
William A. Hatch — Yea
William A. Pearson — Yea
William E. Bordy — Yea
William L. Fowler — Nay
William M. Marsh — Nay
Willis T. Griffith — Yea
Yvonne D. Thomas — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Ellen Read Democrat Yea
Fred Davis Democrat Yea
Gaby Grossman Democrat Yea
Gary Woods Democrat Yea
George Sykes Democrat Yea
Gerald Ward Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Linda DiSilvestro Democrat Yea
Linda Harriott-Gathright Democrat Yea
Lucy Weber Democrat Not Voting
Marjorie Smith Democrat Not Voting
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
Pat Long Democrat Yea
Patricia Cornell Democrat Yea
Paul Berch Democrat Yea
Peter Bixby Democrat Yea
Peter Leishman Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Andrew Prout Republican Nay
Barbara Comtois Republican Nay
Brian Seaworth Republican Nay
Carol McGuire Republican Nay
Charles McMahon Republican Yea
Charles Melvin Republican Nay
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Love Republican Nay
David Lundgren Republican Not Voting
David Milz Republican Not Voting
Debra DeSimone Republican Nay
Douglas Thomas Republican Yea
Glen Aldrich Republican Not Voting
Gregory Hill Republican Nay
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
James Spillane Republican Nay
Jason Osborne Republican Nay
Jeanine Notter Republican Not Voting
Jess Edwards Republican Not Voting
Jim Fedolfi Republican Not Voting
Joe Alexander Republican Yea
John Hunt Republican Nay
John Janigian Republican Yea
John MacDonald Republican Yea
John Potucek Republican Nay
John Sytek Republican Nay
Jordan Ulery Republican Yea
Joseph Guthrie Republican Yea
Judy Aron Republican Nay
Karel Crawford Republican Not Voting
Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien Republican Yea
Keith Erf Republican Nay
Kenneth Weyler Republican Nay
Kevin Verville Republican Nay
Larry Gagne Republican Nay
Linda Gould Republican Yea
Lino Avellani Republican Nay
Mark McLean Republican Nay
Mark Pearson Republican Yea
Mark Warden Republican Nay
Michael Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Vose Republican Yea
Peter Varney Republican Not Voting
Phyllis Katsakiores Republican Yea
Ralph Boehm Republican Yea
Richard Lascelles Republican Yea
Rick Ladd Republican Yea
Robert Harb Republican Yea
Sherman Packard Republican Yea
Skip Rollins Republican Yea
Stephen Pearson Republican Yea
Steven Smith Republican Yea
Terry Roy Republican Yea
Thomas Walsh Republican Not Voting
Tom Dolan Republican Yea

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Passed 19 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14400
Republican 3100
Democrat 2000
Total 19500
% of votes cast 79%21%0%0%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Bob J. Giuda — Nay
Chuck W Morse — Nay
Dan Feltes — Yea
David J Starr — Nay
Donna M. Soucy — Yea
Harold F. French — Nay
Jay Kahn — Yea
Jeanne Dietsch — Yea
Jeb Bradley — Yea
John Reagan — Yea
Jon Morgan — Yea
Kevin Cavanaugh — Yea
Lou D'Allesandro — Yea
Martha Fuller Clark — Yea
Martha S. Hennessey — Yea
Melanie Levesque — Yea
Shannon E. Chandley — Yea
Tom Sherman — Yea
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Yea
David Watters Democrat Yea
James Gray Republican Nay
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea

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