NH State Representative Tom Cormen

My votes in the NH House session
of May 1, 2025

This was the first of a few days after crossover in which we voted on Senate bills.

Bill Motion Type of vote My vote Result of vote Notes
SB 74-FN OTP Voice Yea OTP
SB 146-FN OTP Voice Yea OTP
SB 67-FN Table Voice Yea Table
SB 169 Table Division Yea Table 313-19
SB 171 Table Division Yea Table 170-165 Motion to remove from table failed on roll call vote 168-174; I voted Nay
SB 241-FN-A OTP Voice Nay OTP
SB 228-FN ITL Roll call Nay ITL 190-151
SB 60-FN OTPA Voice Nay OTPA
SB 63-FN OTP Voice Yea OTP
SB 73-FN OTPA Voice Yea OTPA
SB 107-FN OTP Voice Yea OTP
SB 160-FN OTP Voice Yea OTP
SB 23-FN ITL Roll call Nay ITL 190-152
SB 284 OTPA Roll call Yea OTPA 197-144

SB 228-FN

This bill had four parts:

  1. Expanding net metering to allow a customer-generator (someone with solar panels who produces more electricity than they use, so that the excess goes onto the grid) to also be a member of a group that shares in net metering.
  2. Allowing a customer to be in more than one net metering group (with appropriate provisions to prevent double-dipping).
  3. Raising the annual cap on new low- and moderate-income community solar projects from 6 megawatts to 18 megawatts.
  4. Designating nonprofit educational institutions and public housing authorities as eligible municipal net metering hosts (so that the UNH system could install solar panels and net meter to offset some of their energy costs).

I gave the floor speech in favor of this bill (against the ITL motion), which you can see here. Unfortunately, we lost on almost a strict party-line vote (one Republican voted with the Democrats).

SB 23-FN

This bill was removed from the consent calendar. It would have expanded the crime of endangering a child under 18 if anyone knowingly endangers their welfare or induces them to act in harmful ways. Somehow, enough Republicans (and a few Democrats) were convinced that a parent who allows their son to play football would be liable under this bill (not true).

At the close of each session day, we have a segment called Unanimous Consent, during which House members may make speeches about any topic, as long as everyone remaining consents. Many members leave before Unanimous Consent, but many remain. If any member says that they withdraw consent, a vote is taken to determine whether the speaker may continue.

I gave my first Unanimous Consent speech. The theme was “What will it take?” I rushed it a bit toward the end because I was expecting someone on the Republican side to withdraw consent. You can listen to it here.