Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Near Victory for Homeschool Freedom - HB 1580!


Hundreds of home schooling parents rallied at the State House today in support of their right to instruct their children at home. This marks a turning point in New Hampshire as parents finally pushed back against inequitable state regulation. Home schoolers were only 16 votes short of victory! The vote was 175 to 144.

Here's the break down. The representatives in
red need to be replaced in November; the others need to be thanked. The representatives in green need to be doubly thanked for their willingness to break with leadership to support homeschooling freedom.

175 + 144 = 319 (77 Not voting and 5 unfilled seats) --> Total 400 representatives

220 Democrats - 45 Republicans didn't vote = 175 Republicans
175 Republicans - 31 Democrats didn't vote = 144 Democrats

13 Republicans voted against HB 1580... in opposition to leadership
13 Democrats voted for HB 1580.... in opposition to leadership

*Rep. Emerson’s vote was changed. She filed a Motion of Reconsideration with the House Speaker.

*Rep. Winter's vote was downgraded from green to white when he opposed the Motion of Reconsideration and lost sight of the importance of our Constitutional right to due process.

Note: Voting "YEA" was a vote to ITL the bill (ie: kill it). Voting "NAY" was a vote to support the bill.

Click here for an interactive roll call list that you can click on the representatives to find their contact information.

HB1580 Roll Call

Vote Date: 03/17/2010

Question/Motion: ITL

Yeas: 175

Nays: 144

County

Vote

Abbott, Dennis

D

Rockingham

12

Yea

Aguiar, James

D

Grafton

06

Yea

Ahlgren, Christopher

R

Carroll

04

Nay

Allen, Mary

R

Rockingham

11

Nay

Allen, Peter

D

Cheshire

06

Not Voting

Almy, Susan

D

Grafton

11

Yea

Anderson, Eric

R

Merrimack

13

Nay

Arsenault, Beth

D

Belknap

04

Yea

Bailey, Clinton

R

Rockingham

03

Not Voting

Baldasaro, Alfred

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Baroody, Benjamin

D

Hillsborough

13

Yea

Bartlett, Michael

D

Merrimack

11

Nay

Bates, David

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

Batula, Peter

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Beauchamp, Roger

D

Hillsborough

17

Yea

Beaulieu, Jane

D

Hillsborough

17

Yea

Beck, Catriona

D

Hillsborough

02

Yea

Belanger, Ronald

R

Rockingham

04

Not Voting

Belvin, William

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Benn, Bernard

D

Grafton

09

Yea

Bergin, Peter

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Berube, Roger

D

Strafford

02

Yea

Bettencourt, David

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

Bickford, David

R

Strafford

03

Yea

Bishop, Franklin

R

Rockingham

02

Nay

Blankenbeker, Lynne

R

Merrimack

11

Not Voting

Boehm, Ralph

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Boisvert, Ronald

D

Hillsborough

17

Not Voting

Bolster, Peter

R

Belknap

05

Nay

Borden, David

D

Rockingham

18

Yea

Bouchard, Candace

D

Merrimack

11

Yea

Boyce, Laurie

R

Belknap

05

Nay

Brennan, William

D

Strafford

01

Not Voting

Bridgham, Robert

D

Carroll

02

Yea

Bridle, Russell

R

Rockingham

15

Not Voting

Brown, C. Pennington

D

Rockingham

09

Yea

Brown, Carole

D

Merrimack

08

Yea

Brown, Jennifer

D

Strafford

05

Not Voting

Brown, Julie

R

Strafford

01

Yea

Brown, Larry

D

Strafford

03

Not Voting

Browne, Brendon

D

Strafford

04

Yea

Buco, Thomas

D

Carroll

01

Yea

Bulis, Lyle

R

Grafton

01

Nay

Burke, Rachel

D

Strafford

03

Yea

Burridge, Delmar

D

Cheshire

03

Not Voting

Butcher, Suzanne

D

Cheshire

03

Yea

Butler, Edward

D

Carroll

01

Yea

Butterworth, Timothy

D

Cheshire

04

Yea

Butynski, William

D

Cheshire

04

Yea

Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline

D

Rockingham

16

Not Voting

Campbell, David

D

Hillsborough

24

Not Voting

Carlson, Nancy

D

Cheshire

06

Not Voting

Caron, June

D

Hillsborough

25

Yea

Carr, Daniel

D

Cheshire

04

Yea

Case, Frank

R

Rockingham

01

Yea

Casey, Kimberley

D

Rockingham

11

Yea

Cebrowski, John

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Chandler, Gene

R

Carroll

01

Nay

Chandley, Shannon

D

Hillsborough

06

Yea

Charron, Gene

R

Rockingham

07

Nay

Chase, Claudia

D

Hillsborough

02

Yea

Chininis, Alexis

D

Hillsborough

10

Yea

Christensen, Chris

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Christiansen, Lars

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Clarke, Claire

D

Merrimack

06

Yea

Clemons, Jane

D

Hillsborough

24

Not Voting

Cloutier, John

D

Sullivan

04

Not Voting

Coffey, Jennifer

R

Merrimack

06

Nay

Comerford, Timothy

R

Rockingham

09

Nay

Cooney, Mary

D

Grafton

07

Yea

Cote, David

D

Hillsborough

23

Yea

Craig, James

D

Hillsborough

09

Yea

Crisler, Margaret

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

Cunningham, Steven

R

Sullivan

02

Nay

Cushing, Robert

D

Rockingham

15

Yea

Cyr, James

D

Strafford

03

Nay

Daniels, Gary

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Davis, Frank

D

Merrimack

07

Yea

Day, Judith

D

Rockingham

13

Yea

Day, Russell

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

DeJoie, John

D

Merrimack

11

Yea

DeSimone, Debra

R

Rockingham

06

Nay

DeStefano, Stephen

D

Merrimack

13

Not Voting

Devine, James

R

Rockingham

07

Nay

DiFruscia, Anthony

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

DiPentima, Rich

D

Rockingham

16

Yea

Doherty, Shaun

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Dokmo, Cynthia

R

Hillsborough

06

Not Voting

Domingo, Baldwin

D

Strafford

05

Not Voting

Donovan, Thomas

D

Sullivan

04

Yea

Dowling, Patricia

R

Rockingham

05

Not Voting

Drisko, Richard

R

Hillsborough

05

Nay

Dumaine, Dudley

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Eaton, Daniel

D

Cheshire

02

Yea

Elliott, Nancy

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Elliott, Robert

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

Emerson, Susan

R

Cheshire

07

(Yea) *Nay

Emerton, Larry

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

Emiro, Frank

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Farley, Michael

D

Hillsborough

15

Yea

Ferrante, Beverly

R

Rockingham

05

Nay

Fesh, Robert

R

Rockingham

05

Nay

Fields, Dennis

R

Belknap

02

Nay

Flanders, Donald

R

Belknap

04

Not Voting

Flanders, John

R

Rockingham

08

Nay

Fleck, Joseph

R

Carroll

05

Nay

Flurey, Joan

D

Hillsborough

16

Yea

Foose, Robert

D

Merrimack

01

Yea

Ford, Susan

D

Grafton

03

Yea

Foster, Linda

D

Hillsborough

04

Not Voting

French, Barbara

D

Merrimack

05

Yea

Friedrich, Carol

D

Grafton

06

Yea

Gagne, Larry

R

Hillsborough

13

Nay

Gagnon, Raymond

D

Sullivan

04

Nay

Gandia, Laura

R

Hillsborough

27

Not Voting

Garcia, Marilinda

R

Rockingham

04

Not Voting

Gargasz, Carolyn

R

Hillsborough

05

Yea

Garrity, James

R

Rockingham

06

Nay

Garrity, Patrick

D

Hillsborough

14

Not Voting

Gidge, Kenneth

D

Hillsborough

24

Not Voting

Gile, Mary

D

Merrimack

10

Yea

Ginsburg, Ruth

D

Hillsborough

20

Nay

Gionet, Edmond

R

Grafton

03

Nay

Gleason, John

R

Rockingham

05

Yea

Goley, Jeffrey

D

Hillsborough

08

Not Voting

Gorman, Mary

D

Hillsborough

23

Yea

Gottling, Suzanne

D

Sullivan

03

Yea

Gould, Franklin

D

Grafton

11

Yea

Gould, Kenneth

R

Rockingham

05

Yea

Graham, John

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Grassie, Anne

D

Strafford

01

Yea

Griffin, Mary

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

Groen, Warren

R

Strafford

01

Nay

Hackel, Paul

D

Hillsborough

21

Yea

Haefner, Robert

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Hagan, Joseph

R

Rockingham

07

Nay

Haley, Robert

D

Hillsborough

14

Not Voting

Hamm, Christine

D

Merrimack

04

Yea

Hammond, Jill

D

Hillsborough

03

Yea

Harding, Laurie

D

Grafton

11

Yea

Hardy, Valerie

D

Hillsborough

27

Yea

Harris, Sandra

D

Sullivan

04

Yea

Harvey, Philip

D

Hillsborough

01

Yea

Harvey, Suzanne

D

Hillsborough

21

Yea

Hatch, William

D

Coos

03

Yea

Hawkins, Ken

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Headd, James

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Hebert, Roger

D

Hillsborough

12

Not Voting

Henson, John

D

Rockingham

13

Not Voting

Hess, David

R

Merrimack

09

Nay

Hikel, John

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

Hinch, Richard

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Hinkle, Peyton

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Hodges, Kevin

D

Hillsborough

07

Yea

Hoelzel, Kathleen

R

Rockingham

02

Nay

Hofemann, Roland

D

Strafford

06

Not Voting

Hogan, Edith

R

Hillsborough

25

Nay

Holden, Frank

R

Hillsborough

04

Nay

Holden, Rip

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

Hopper, Gary

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

Horrigan, Timothy

D

Strafford

07

Nay

Houde-Quimby, Charlotte

D

Sullivan

01

Yea

Howard, Doreen

D

Rockingham

12

Yea

Howard, Thomas

R

Sullivan

02

Nay

Hubbard, Pamela

D

Strafford

01

Not Voting

Hunt, John

R

Cheshire

07

Nay

Hutchinson, Gina

D

Rockingham

05

Not Voting

Hutchinson, Karen

R

Rockingham

03

Not Voting

Hutz, Sarah

D

Strafford

05

Yea

Infantine, William

R

Hillsborough

13

Not Voting

Ingbretson, Paul

R

Grafton

05

Nay

Ingersoll, Paul

D

Coos

04

Not Voting

Ingram, Russell

R

Rockingham

04

Not Voting

Introne, Robert

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Itse, Daniel

R

Rockingham

09

Nay

Jasper, Shawn

R

Hillsborough

27

Yea

Jeudy, Jean

D

Hillsborough

10

Nay

Johnson, Jane

R

Cheshire

06

Nay

Johnson, William

D

Belknap

05

Not Voting

Kaen, Naida

D

Strafford

07

Yea

Kappler, L. Mike

R

Rockingham

02

Nay

Katsakiores, Phyllis

R

Rockingham

05

Not Voting

Katsiantonis, George

D

Hillsborough

17

Not Voting

Katsiantonis, Thomas

D

Hillsborough

15

Not Voting

Keans, Sandra

D

Strafford

01

Yea

Kelley, John

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Kelly, Sally

D

Merrimack

07

Yea

Kepner, Susan

D

Rockingham

15

Yea

Kidder, David

R

Merrimack

01

Yea

Knowles, John

D

Hillsborough

27

Yea

Knowles, Mary Ann

D

Hillsborough

27

Yea

Knox, J. David

R

Carroll

04

Yea

Kolodziej, Walter

R

Rockingham

04

Not Voting

Komi, Richard

D

Hillsborough

12

Yea

Kopka, Angeline

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Kotowski, Frank

R

Merrimack

09

Not Voting

Kurk, Neal

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

L'Heureux, Robert

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Ladd, Rick

R

Grafton

05

Nay

Laliberte, Suzanne

D

Grafton

10

Yea

LaPlante, Roland

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Laurent, John

R

Cheshire

01

Nay

Lauterborn, Elaine

D

Strafford

01

Nay

Leishman, Peter

D

Hillsborough

03

Yea

Lerandeau, Alfred

D

Cheshire

06

Yea

Levasseur, Nickolas

D

Hillsborough

11

Yea

Levesque, Melanie

D

Hillsborough

05

Yea

Lewis, Robert

D

Strafford

06

Not Voting

Lindsey, Steven

D

Cheshire

03

Nay

Lisle, Carolyn

D

Hillsborough

26

Not Voting

Lockwood, Priscilla

R

Merrimack

06

Nay

Long, Patrick

D

Hillsborough

10

Nay

Lyons, Melissa

D

Rockingham

08

Yea

Mack, Ron

D

Hillsborough

01

Yea

Major, Norman

R

Rockingham

08

Not Voting

Mann, Maureen

D

Rockingham

01

Yea

Marshall, Seth

D

Hillsborough

23

Yea

Matarazzo, Anthony

D

Hillsborough

20

Yea

Matheson, Robert

D

Grafton

04

Yea

Maybeck, Margie

R

Grafton

08

Nay

McCarthy, Barbara

D

Rockingham

05

Yea

McCarthy, Michael

R

Hillsborough

21

Nay

McClammer, Jim

D

Sullivan

05

Yea

McConkey, Mark

R

Carroll

03

Not Voting

McEachern, Paul

D

Rockingham

16

Yea

McGuire, Carol

R

Merrimack

08

Nay

McKinney, Betsy

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

McMahon, Charles

R

Rockingham

04

Nay

McMahon, Patricia

D

Merrimack

03

Yea

Mead, Robert

R

Hillsborough

04

Nay

Meader, David

D

Cheshire

03

Yea

Mears, Lucy

D

Coos

04

Yea

Merrick, Evalyn

D

Coos

02

Not Voting

Merry, Liz

D

Belknap

02

Yea

Messier, Irene

R

Hillsborough

17

Nay

Miller, Kate

D

Belknap

03

Yea

Millham, Alida

R

Belknap

05

Yea

Mitchell, Bonnie

D

Cheshire

07

Not Voting

Moody, Marcia

D

Rockingham

12

Yea

Moran, Edward

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Movsesian, Lori

D

Hillsborough

22

Yea

Mulholland, Catherine

D

Grafton

10

Yea

Nedeau, Stephen

R

Belknap

03

Nay

Nevins, Chris

R

Rockingham

15

Nay

Nixon, David

D

Hillsborough

17

Yea

Nord, Susi

D

Rockingham

01

Yea

Nordgren, Sharon

D

Grafton

09

Yea

Norelli, Terie

D

Rockingham

16

Not Voting

O'Brien, Michael

D

Hillsborough

26

Not Voting

O'Brien, William

R

Hillsborough

04

Nay

O'Neil, James

D

Hillsborough

19

Yea

Ober, Lynne

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Ober, Russell

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Osborne, Jessie

D

Merrimack

12

Not Voting

Osgood, Joe

R

Sullivan

04

Nay

Owen, Derek

D

Merrimack

04

Nay

Packard, Sherman

R

Rockingham

03

Nay

Palfrey, David

R

Merrimack

02

Nay

Palmer, Stephen

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Pantelakos, Laura

D

Rockingham

16

Yea

Parkhurst, Henry

D

Cheshire

04

Yea

Pastor, Beatriz

D

Grafton

09

Yea

Patten, Betsey

R

Carroll

04

Nay

Pellegrino, Tony

R

Hillsborough

19

Nay

Pepino, Leo

R

Hillsborough

11

Nay

Perkins, Amy

R

Rockingham

14

Nay

Perkins, Lawrence

R

Rockingham

14

Nay

Perry, Robert

D

Strafford

03

Yea

Peterson, Andrew

R

Hillsborough

03

Yea

Petterson, Don

D

Rockingham

10

Yea

Pierce, David

D

Grafton

09

Yea

Pilliod, James

R

Belknap

05

Nay

Pilotte, Maurice

D

Hillsborough

16

Yea

Porter, Margaret

D

Merrimack

08

Yea

Potter, Frances

D

Merrimack

10

Yea

Poznanski, Brian

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Pratt, Calvin

R

Hillsborough

07

Nay

Preston, Mark

D

Rockingham

14

Not Voting

Preston, Philip

D

Grafton

08

Yea

Price, Pamela

R

Hillsborough

26

Nay

Price, Susan

D

Strafford

03

Yea

Priestley, Anne

R

Rockingham

04

Not Voting

Quandt, Matt

R

Rockingham

13

Nay

Ramsey, Peter

D

Hillsborough

08

Not Voting

Rappaport, Laurence

R

Coos

01

Nay

Rausch, James

R

Rockingham

05

Not Voting

Read, Robin

D

Rockingham

16

Yea

Reagan, John

R

Rockingham

01

Nay

Reed, Dennis

R

Merrimack

02

Not Voting

Reever, Judith

D

Belknap

04

Yea

Remick, William

R

Coos

02

Nay

Renzullo, Andrew

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Rhodes, Brian

D

Hillsborough

22

Yea

Rice, Chip

D

Merrimack

12

Not Voting

Richardson, Barbara

D

Cheshire

05

Yea

Richardson, Gary

D

Merrimack

04

Yea

Richardson, Herbert

R

Coos

02

Nay

Roberts, John

R

Carroll

03

Nay

Roberts, Kris

D

Cheshire

03

Yea

Robertson, Timothy

D

Cheshire

03

Yea

Rodd, Beth

D

Merrimack

05

Yea

Rodeschin, Beverly

R

Sullivan

02

Nay

Rogers, Rose Marie

D

Strafford

01

Yea

Rokas, Theodoros

D

Hillsborough

12

Yea

Rollo, Deanna

D

Strafford

02

Yea

Rosenwald, Cindy

D

Hillsborough

22

Yea

Rous, Emma

D

Strafford

07

Yea

Rowe, Robert

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Russell, David

R

Belknap

06

Nay

Russell, Joseph

D

Rockingham

13

Not Voting

Russell, Trinka

D

Rockingham

13

Yea

Ryder, Donald

R

Hillsborough

05

Nay

Ryder, Mark

D

Strafford

06

Yea

Sad, Tara

D

Cheshire

02

Yea

Sanders, Elisabeth

R

Rockingham

07

Not Voting

Sapareto, Frank

R

Rockingham

05

Not Voting

Scala, Dino

R

Carroll

05

Not Voting

Scamman, Stella

R

Rockingham

13

Not Voting

Scamman, W. Douglas

R

Rockingham

13

Not Voting

Schlachman, Donna

D

Rockingham

13

Yea

Schmidt, Peter

D

Strafford

04

Yea

Schuett, Dianne

D

Merrimack

07

Yea

Schulze, Joan

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Sedensky, John

R

Rockingham

08

Nay

Seidel, Carl

R

Hillsborough

20

Nay

Shattuck, Gilman

D

Hillsborough

01

Yea

Shaw, Barbara

D

Hillsborough

16

Not Voting

Shaw, Kimberly

D

Hillsborough

26

Yea

Shurtleff, Stephen

D

Merrimack

10

Yea

Silva, Peter

R

Hillsborough

26

Nay

Skinder, Carla

D

Sullivan

01

Nay

Smith, Marjorie

D

Strafford

07

Yea

Smith, Suzanne

D

Grafton

07

Yea

Smith, Todd

R

Merrimack

09

Nay

Smith, William

R

Rockingham

18

Nay

Soucy, Connie

R

Hillsborough

17

Nay

Soucy, Timothy

D

Hillsborough

25

Not Voting

Spang, Judith

D

Strafford

07

Yea

Spaulding, Jayne

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Splaine, James

D

Rockingham

16

Yea

Sprague, Dale

D

Strafford

02

Yea

St. Cyr, Jeffrey

R

Belknap

05

Nay

Sterling, Franklin

R

Cheshire

07

Nay

Stetson, William

D

Merrimack

10

Yea

Stevens, Stanley

R

Carroll

04

Nay

Stiles, Nancy

R

Rockingham

15

Not Voting

Stohl, Eric

R

Coos

01

Not Voting

Stuart, Richard

D

Belknap

04

Yea

Sullivan, Daniel

D

Hillsborough

08

Yea

Sullivan, James

R

Rockingham

01

Nay

Sweeney, Cynthia

D

Sullivan

05

Yea

Swinford, Elaine

R

Belknap

05

Nay

Tahir, Saghir

R

Hillsborough

09

Not Voting

Taylor, Kathleen

D

Grafton

02

Yea

Theberge, Robert

D

Coos

04

Yea

Thomas, Yvonne

D

Coos

04

Yea

Thompson, Robert

D

Hillsborough

09

Yea

Tilton, Joy

D

Merrimack

06

Yea

Townsend, Charles

D

Grafton

10

Yea

Tucker, Pamela

R

Rockingham

17

Nay

Tupper, Frank

D

Merrimack

06

Nay

Twombly, James

R

Strafford

01

Not Voting

Ulery, Jordan

R

Hillsborough

27

Nay

Umberger, Karen

R

Carroll

01

Nay

Vachon, Dennis

D

Strafford

03

Yea

Vaillancourt, Steve

R

Hillsborough

15

Nay

Veazey, John

R

Belknap

04

Not Voting

Villeneuve, Moe

R

Hillsborough

18

Nay

Vita, Carol

R

Strafford

03

Nay

Wall, Janet

D

Strafford

07

Yea

Wallner, Mary Jane

D

Merrimack

12

Yea

Walsh, Robert

D

Hillsborough

11

Yea

Walz, Mary Beth

D

Merrimack

13

Yea

Ward, Brien

R

Grafton

01

Nay

Ward, Kenneth

D

Strafford

02

Yea

Watrous, Rick

D

Merrimack

12

Yea

Watters, David

D

Strafford

04

Yea

Weare, Everett

R

Rockingham

14

Nay

Webb, Leigh

D

Merrimack

02

Yea

Webber, Carolyn

D

Rockingham

04

Yea

Weber, Lucy

D

Cheshire

02

Yea

Weed, Charles

D

Cheshire

03

Not Voting

Welch, David

R

Rockingham

08

Nay

Wells, Roger

R

Rockingham

08

Not Voting

Wendelboe, Fran

R

Belknap

01

Nay

Weyler, Kenneth

R

Rockingham

08

Nay

Wheeler, Deborah

D

Merrimack

06

Not Voting

White, Andrew

D

Grafton

11

Not Voting

Wiley, Susan

D

Carroll

03

Yea

Willette, Robert

R

Hillsborough

06

Nay

Williams, Burton

R

Grafton

08

Yea

Williams, Carol

D

Hillsborough

14

Not Voting

Williams, Robert

D

Merrimack

11

Not Voting

Joel Winters

D

Hillsborough

17

Nay

Yeaton, Charles

D

Merrimack

08

Yea