The legislature directed the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to increase opportunities for public participation in deciding where new wind projects can be built. The DEP must also evaluate the potential scenic and wildlife impacts of wind power. The bill also protects the habitat of Bicknell’s Thrush, a globally rare bird species found at very specific high elevations.

Status:

Bill passed; signed by the Governor 

Sponsor: Roberta B. Beavers

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2013	Roll Call	101	76	0	9	186	1
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Nay Paulette G. Beaudoin Absent Michael G. Beaulieu Nay Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Paul Edward Bennett Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Russell J. Black Nay Andrea M. Boland Absent Brian D. Bolduc Yea James A. Boyle Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Nay Joseph E. Brooks Yea David C. Burns Nay Emily Ann Cain Yea James J. Campbell, Sr. Absent Richard H. Campbell Nay Michael E. Carey Yea Alan M. Casavant Yea Katherine W. Cassidy Yea Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Nay Justin M. Chenette Yea Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay John J. Cleveland Yea Ronald F Collins Nay Janice E. Cooper Yea H. David Cotta Nay Dale J. Crafts Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Nay Jarrod S. Crockett Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Matthea Larsen Daughtry Yea Paul T. Davis Nay Jennifer L. DeChant Yea Michael G. Devin Yea Elizabeth E. Dickerson Absent James F. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Absent Peter Doak Absent Ann E. Dorney Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Brian M. Duprey Nay David E. Dutremble Yea Ellie Espling Nay Jeffrey Evangelos Nay Mark W. Eves Yea Richard R. Farnsworth Yea Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Lori A. Fowle Yea Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Aaron M. Frey Yea Drew Gattine Yea Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Sara Gideon Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Nay Seth A. Goodall Yea Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Gay M. Grant Yea Geoffrey M. Gratwick Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay Scott M. Hamann Yea James M. Hamper Nay Denise Patricia Harlow Yea Lance Evans Harvell Nay Anne M. Haskell Yea Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Craig V. Hickman Yea Dawn Hill Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea Brian L. Hubbell Yea Roger A. Jackson Nay Troy Dale Jackson Yea Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Nay Christopher K. Johnson Yea Brian L. Jones Nay Erik C. Jorgensen Yea Bryan T Kaenrath Nay Roger J. Katz Nay Peter S. Kent Yea Dennis L. Keschl Nay Jonathan L. Kinney Nay L. Gary Knight Nay Victoria P. Kornfield Yea Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Karen Kusiak Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Nay Aaron F Libby Nay Nathan L. Libby Yea Lawrence E. Lockman Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Sharri K. MacDonald Nay Colleen M. Madigan Yea Joyce A. Maker Yea Richard S. Malaby Nay Donald G. Marean Nay Timothy I. Marks Yea Andrew T. Mason Yea Garrett Paul Mason Nay Anne-Marie Mastraccio Yea Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Carol A. McElwee Nay Paul D. McGowan Yea Andrew J. McLean Yea Rebecca J. Millett Yea Kimberly J. Monaghan Yea Matthew W. Moonen Yea Stephen W. Moriarty Yea Terry K. Morrison Yea Allen Michael Nadeau Nay Catherine M. Nadeau Yea Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay William F. Noon (Deceased) Yea Robert W. Nutting Nay Wayne R. Parry Nay John L. Patrick Yea Jethro D. Pease Nay Anita Peavey Haskell Nay Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Absent Joshua R. Plante Yea Gary E. Plummer Nay Matthew G. Pouliot Nay Christine B. Powers Yea Charles R. Priest Yea Jane P. Pringle Yea Helen Rankin Yea Roger E. Reed Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Deane Rykerson Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Robert J. Saucier Yea Thomas B. Saviello Nay Jeremy G. Saxton Absent John C. Schneck Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Stanley Byron Short, Jr. Yea Heather W. Sirocki Nay Stephen S. Stanley Nay Peter C. Stuckey Yea Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay Ryan D. Tipping Yea Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Thomas M. Tyler Nay Linda M. Valentino Yea Arthur C. Verow Yea Lisa Renee Villa Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Raymond A. Wallace Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay Joan W. Welsh Yea R. Wayne Werts Absent Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Alexander Reginald Willette Nay Corey S. Wilson Nay Ellen A. Winchenbach Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Stephen J. Wood Nay Richard G. Woodbury Yea Edward M. Youngblood Nay