Ways and Means Committee, New Hampshire House of Representatives
The Ways and Means 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 Ways and Means to examine and consider the state of the treasury; to consider and report on all bills and resolutions relating to raising money by a state tax and the apportionment of same; matters relating to taxes and fees on tobacco; all dedicated funds except for the highway and turnpike funds; state fees, and all methods of raising revenue for the state; and such other matters as may be referred to it. The Committee on Ways and Means shall report to the House in the form of a resolution its estimates of state revenues on a periodic basis.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024 legislative session
House Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (10) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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Dan Hynes (Independent) left this committee on February 09, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
House Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (11) | Third-party members(0) |
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Russell Ober (R) left this committee on July 22, 2021. [Source]
Hershel Nunez (R) left this committee on August 30, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
House Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (12) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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Charlie Burns (R) left this committee on May 12, 2020.
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Ways and Means Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (12) | |||
• Robert Theberge | • Norman Major, Chair | |||
• Susan Almy | • Patrick Abrami, Vice chair | |||
• Richard Ames | • Gary Azarian | |||
• Paul Henle | • Mary Griffin | |||
• Sue Gottling | • Jordan Ulery | |||
• Mary Beth Walz | • Russell Ober | |||
• Tom Southworth | • Bill Ohm | |||
• Christopher J. Herbert | • John Manning, Jr. | |||
• Dennis Malloy | • Arthur E. Barnes III | |||
• Joelle Martin | • Marc Abear | |||
• Edith Tucker | • Charlie Burns | |||
• Timothy Lang, Sr. |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Ways and Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (13) | |||
• Mary Cooney | • Norman Major, Chair | |||
• David Karrick | • Patrick Abrami, Vice Chair | |||
• Susan Almy | • Gary Azarian, Clerk | |||
• Patricia Lovejoy | • Mary Griffin | |||
• Paul Henle | • Bob Nigrello | |||
• Gilman Shattuck | • John Manning, Jr. | |||
• Richard Ames (New Hampshire) | • Don E. Leeman | |||
• Tom Southworth | • David Hess | |||
• Donald McClarren | ||||
• Brian S. Gallagher | ||||
• Jordan Ulery | ||||
• Bill Ohm | ||||
• Joseph Lachance |
2013-2014
Ways and Means Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (11) | Republican members (9) | |||
• Susan Almy, Chair | • Norman Major | |||
• Patricia Lovejoy, Vice Chair | • Mary Griffin | |||
• William Butynski, Clerk | • David Hess | |||
• Frank Davis | • Frank Sapareto | |||
• Gilman Shattuck | • Jordan Ulery | |||
• John Kelley | • Russell Ober | |||
• Mary Cooney | • Patrick Abrami | |||
• Richard Ames | • Gary Azarian | |||
• David Karrick | • Laurie Sanborn | |||
• Thomas Schamberg | ||||
• Harry Young |
2011-2012
Ways and Means Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (5) | Republican members (16) | |||
• William Butynski | • Stephen Stepanek, Chair | |||
• Susan Almy | • Norman Major, Vice Chair | |||
• William Hatch | • Russell Ober, Clerk | |||
• Christine Hamm | • Mary Griffin | |||
• Mary Cooney | • Jordan Ulery | |||
• Gary Azarian | ||||
• Keith Murphy | ||||
• Wes Shuler | ||||
• David Hess | ||||
• Philip Osgood | ||||
• Duffy Daugherty | ||||
• Bill Ohm | ||||
• Frank Sapareto | ||||
• Patrick Abrami | ||||
• John McDonnell | ||||
• Laurie Sanborn |
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.