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Votes at a glance: key committee reports, referrals and floor votes from the Feb. 12 House session
Summary
The House adopted multiple committee reports, referred dozens of bills to second committees and took recorded votes on several major measures (including HB 14-57, HB 14-58, HB 14-92, HB 16-02 and others). This roundup lists the primary bills, outcomes, and next steps.
The New Hampshire House on Feb. 12 heard committee reports across dozens of bills, adopted many committee recommendations, and referred several measures to the Committee on Finance or for interim study. Below are key votes and outcomes recorded on the floor that day.
Votes and outcomes (selected):
- HB 14-57 (Department of Energy administrative changes, concurrence adopted): Committee report adopted by voice; referred to Finance. (House vote announced as adopted.)
- HB 14-58 and HB 14-69 (licensing and inspection changes for massage/body‑work establishments; related floor amendments adopted): Committee amendments adopted by voice/division votes; both bills referred to Finance.
- HB 14-92 (towing and consumer protections; transparency measures): Committee report adopted (division vote); recorded vote announced 256 in the affirmative, 84 in the negative; HB 14-92 referred to Finance.
- HB 16-02 (battery stewardship/battery recycling program): After extended debate and competing floor arguments, the motion to adopt committee recommendation "ought to pass as amended" was adopted by roll-call 264 in the affirmative, 72 in the negative; HB 16-02 referred to Finance.
- HB 17-75 (utility ownership of small generation, including microreactors): Committee report adopted by roll-call 191–149; referred to Finance.
- HB 17-86 (nonhomestead luxury second homes tax proposal): Motion to lay on the table adopted by roll-call 189–158; bill laid on the table.
- HB 17-86 (house bill numbering clarified in record): Procedural actions and lay-on-table motions occurred throughout the day; multiple bills were tabled or recommitted when motions succeeded.
- Consent calendar: Adopted by voice vote after clerk read removed items; Representative Faulkner declared a conflict and did not participate on HB 1560.
Notes and next steps: Most bills that had committee reports adopted were referred to the Finance Committee for fiscal review; where a bill was laid on the table the sponsor may later move to recall or recommit. This roundup does not list every bill acted on during the session; it highlights measures with recorded roll-call or division tallies in the floor record.
This summary is based on the House floor transcript and recorded tallies from the Feb. 12 session.
