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Science, Technology and Energy Committee, New Hampshire House of Representatives
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee is a standing committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[1]
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Per the House Rules, committees of the New Hampshire House of Representatives are assigned by the speaker of the house after consultation with the minority leader.[2] Committees are assigned after each election.[3] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: House Rules
Function
“ | It shall be the duty of the Committee on Science, Technology and Energy to consider all matters pertaining to energy, telecommunications, air pollution, the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, the application of technological advances to the legislative process and the operation of state government, to coordinate the flow of information about technical and scientific matters to state and federal agencies and legislative committees, to monitor legislation referred to other committees in order to make suggestions for inclusion of technological improvements where warranted, and such other matters as may be referred to it.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
Science, Technology and Energy Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (10) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Science, Technology and Energy Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
Science, Technology and Energy Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Kat McGhee (D) left this committee on December 01, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Science, Technology and Energy Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (12) | |||
• Bob Backus | • Dick Barry, Chair | |||
• Jacqueline Cali-Pitts | • Herbert Richardson, Vice chair | |||
• Suzanne Harvey | • Doug Thomas | |||
• John Mann | • David Murotake | |||
• Howard Moffett | • Herb Vadney | |||
• Marge Shepardson | • Jeanine Notter | |||
• Lee Walker Oxenham | • Glen Aldrich | |||
• Peter Somssich | • Michael Vose | |||
• Kenneth Vincent | • Keith Ammon | |||
• Bill Kuch | ||||
• Gregory Smith | ||||
• William Polewarczyk |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Science, Technology and Energy Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (12) | |||
• Bill Baber | • Robert Introne, Chair | |||
• Suzanne Harvey | • Herbert Richardson, Vice Chair | |||
• John Mann | • James Devine, Clerk | |||
• Jacqueline Cali-Pitts | • Laurence Rappaport | |||
• Chuck Townsend | • Jim Parison | |||
• Marge Shepardson | • Carolyn Halstead | |||
• David Borden | • David Murotake | |||
• Bob Backus | • Jeanine Notter | |||
• Howard Moffett | • Doug Thomas | |||
• Herb Vadney | ||||
• Glen Aldrich | ||||
• Michael Vose |
2013-2014
Science, Technology and Energy Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (9) | |||
• David Borden, Chair | • Robert Introne, Clerk | |||
• Charles Townsend, Vice Chair | • James Devine | |||
• Jacqueline Cali-Pitts | • Laurence Rappaport | |||
• Nickolas Levasseur | • Lester Bradley | |||
• Beatriz Pastor | • Harold Reilly | |||
• William Baber | • Aboul Khan | |||
• Robert Backus | • Richard LeVasseur | |||
• Kenneth Grossman | • David Murotake | |||
• John Mann | • Herbert Vadney | |||
• Ian Raymond | ||||
• Marjorie Shepardson |
2011-2012
Science, Technology and Energy Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (12) | |||
• James Garrity, Chair | • Frank Holden, Vice Chair | |||
• Naida Kaen | • Sam Cataldo, Clerk | |||
• Jacqueline Cali-Pitts | • Robert Introne | |||
• Robin Read | • James Devine | |||
• Nickolas Levasseur | • William Remick | |||
• Beatriz Pastor-Bodmer | • Laurence Rappaport | |||
• Sean Cox | ||||
• Bruce MacMahon | ||||
• Bill O'Connor | ||||
• William Panek | ||||
• Jim Parison | ||||
• James Summers |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021 (Rule 31)
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021(Rule 29)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information submitted by Ryan Mahoney via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on February 5, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed March 1, 2021 (Rule 31)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.