Timothy Horrigan's 2012 Legislative Session page

This page contains links to various documents, etc. from the 2012 New Hampshire General Court Session, which began January 4, 2012. I represented Strafford County District 7 (i.e., Durham, Lee & Madbury), but next year (if re-elected) I will be representing the new Strafford County District 6 (Durham and Madbury, without Lee.)

I sponsored two bills in 2012:

• HB 1136: "relative to special state elections."

  • Under New Hampshire current law, it takes 18-20 weeks to hold a bye-election for a vacant legislative seat (federal as well as state.) My bill was inspired by an absurd case during the 2011 Session where Rep. Bob Mead resigned on the second day of the session: it took from December 2, 2010 till May 25, 2011 to fill the vacancy, His successor, Rep. Jennifer Daler, missed almost the entire constitutionally scheduled portion of the 2011 session. This bill passed.

• HB 1183: "relative to access to the galleries in the general court. "

  • This was inspired by an incident during the March 31, 2011 budget bill debate when Speaker O'Brien closed the visitor's gallery for two hours while the deliberations continued. If my bill became law, the House (or Senate, as the case may be) would have had to go into recess whenever the gallery is closed. My bill would also clarified that the availability of streaming video is not a valid substitute for opening the gallery.

See Also:

• My 2014 legislative page
  

• My 2013 legislative page

• November 3, 2012 This American Life story about Bill O'Brien's Speakership: "Nothing in Moderation"

• The July 2012 uproar over Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards

• DJ Bettencourt's resignation

• More information about HB 1136: "relative to special state elections."

• More information about HB 1183: "relative to access to the galleries in the general court."

• My April 2012 commentary on the unconstitutional redistricting process

• My testimony against SB 217 (and hence in favor of sustainability initiatives)

• My testimony against HB 1285-FN, a bill abolishing the state art fund (which supports the purchase and curation of art for public buildings).

• December 27, 2011: my Letter to the Editor about Redistricting & County Government

• November 25, 2011: the Birthers Implicate Me in Obama's Conspiracy!

• My November 2011 testimony against an educational-funding constitutional amendment

• My October 12, 2011 tribute to my father, Hon. James O. Horrigan (1930-2011)

• 2012 Petitions before the House Redress Committee

• October 19, 2011 Foster's Daily Democrat op-ed; "Part Time Citizen Legislature"

• Paul Mirski et al. discussing CACR 26/Question 2

• Rick Perry's November 30, 2011 Address before the New Hampshire House

• Speaker Bill O'Brien endorses Speaker Newt Gingrich for President; December 21, 2011

  • Speaker O'Brien & Speaker Gingrich address veterans in Wolfeboro, NH: January 7, 2012

• NH House web site

• My 2010 Election Page

• My 2012 Election Page

• Wayne Allyn Root's February 29, 2012 video: "A Message to Kim Kardashian"

• My 2011 Legislative Page

• My 2010 Legislative Page

• My 2009 Legislative Page

• My novel, The Forgotten Liars

• TimothyHorrigan.com