The Chamber

Current Office: Governor
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Susan; 3 Children: Jacqueline, Julia, Hayden
Birth date: 11/25/1952
Birthplace: Waltham, MA
Home City: Hopkinton NH
Religion: Roman Catholic

Profession

Director of Admissions, Harvard University School of Business President/Chief Executive Officer, Knoll Incorporated President, The Lynch Group

Education

JD, Georgetown University Law Center MBA, Harvard Business School BA, University of New Hampshire, 1974

SB 202
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 91 Automatic Fire Suppression Sprinklers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 542 Exceptions for Objectionable Material in Public School Courses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

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SB 202
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 91 Automatic Fire Suppression Sprinklers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 542 Exceptions for Objectionable Material in Public School Courses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 380 Exempts the NH Commission on the Status of Men from Repeal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 154 Withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 57 Limits Regulation of Title Loan Lenders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 329
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 218 Repealing the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 109 Residential Fire Sprinklers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 3 Changes to the State Retirement System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 133 Relating to the Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 580 Public Employee Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 1161 Relating to Pistol and Revolver Retail Sales Licensing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 379 "Right to Know" Law Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 569 Expanding Coverage Requirements for Autism Disorders
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 53 Relative to Definition of "Public Body" under "Right to Know" Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 440 Relative to Executive Branch Ethics
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 1490 Relative to State Revenues and Financial Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 392 Annual Public Hearing on Health Care Costs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 500 Corrections Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SSHB 1 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 276 Relative to Challenges of Voters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 655 Extending Senior Active Status to Judges over 70
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 443 Related to Underground Storage Facility Operator Training
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 2 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 1 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 88 Related to the Recommendations of Marital Masters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 30 Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 1333 Post-Foreclosure Eviction Actions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 267 Small Loans Interest Limitation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 847 Speed Limitations for Vessels Operating on Water
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 1220 Study of the Taxation of Alternative Fuel and Electric Powered Motor Vehicles to Fund Highway Improvements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 540 Health Insurance Plan for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 223 Funeral Protest Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 213 establishing a comprehensive cancer plan fund, requiring master settlement agreement strategic contribution fund payments to be deposited in such fund, and establishing a comprehensive cancer plan oversight board.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 790 Extending Medical Insurance Coverage for Dependents
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 109 relative to emergency powers of the supreme court.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

SB 176 Children's Lead Poisoning Level
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 143 Relative to the apportionment of damages in civil actions.
Stage: Passage
Vote: Veto

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

SB 42 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 437 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Sign

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