Joe Scarlotto
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe wants to insure the right to vote and broaden voter participation. He opposes efforts to restrict it through voter identification laws or measures that are aimed at preventing students, the elderly, the disabled, or minorities from exercising their right to vote. He believes that voting is a right of every citizen of New Hampshire. Every step should be taken to ensure that all eligible citizens vote in every election. Registration should be as easy as possible and polls should be safe and accessible. No citizen should ever be denied access to the polls."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe supports the limited and carefully regulated expansion of gambling. Revenue that would otherwise be spent in other states can be put to work here funding education and other essential state services. Bringing one or two well regulated, high-end casinos to the area will create jobs. There are other factors to consider when discussing expanding gambling in New Hampshire including the impact on the community and the potential social impacts expanded gambling could have on some of our citizens. A public dialogue is appropriate."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe supports policies that address the threat of climate change and pollution."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe believes access to affordable, comprehensive health care that supports wellness and reduces the burden of illness and accident should be available to all the people of New Hampshire. He supports policies that build on the national health reform law. Joe believes in expanding access, ending coverage discrimination, and ending health insurance companies' abusive practices."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe supports the right of same sex couples to marry. The law of New Hampshire is marriage equality and he will vote to uphold it."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"He strongly supports freedom from government interference in private medical and family decisions, including reproductive health care of women, confidential access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education. He opposes insurance coverage discrimination of family planning services, including prescription drugs. He supports contraceptive coverage."
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Candidate's Website, 2012
"Joe opposes policies that jeopardize workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively for wages, benefits, and safe and fair working conditions. He will oppose measures that are anti-worker and harm public and private sector employees."
Voting Record
SB 319 (2014)
Authorizes "buffer zones" for protestors around reproductive health clinics.
HB 1403 (2014)
Raises the minimum wage, starting at $9 per hour.
SB 318 (2014)
Establishes the crime of domestic violence.
SB 207 (2014)
“Pay Equity Law,” a bill to combat pay discrimination based on gender, forbidding employers from restricting employees from discussing wages, and allowing a three year deadline to report pay discrimination to the state (current deadline is one year).
HB 1411 (2014)
Sends some of last year's budget surplus to the Department of Health and Human Services.
SB 367 (2014)
Increases the gas tax by four-cents per gallon and removes the toll at Exit 12 in Merrimack.
HB 1486 (2014)
Decreases the fine for underage drinking from $300 to $100 on first offense and from $600 to $300 on a subsequent offense.
HB 1170 (2014)
Repeals the death penalty.
HB 1294 (2014)
Requires Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to allow any health provider into their network for the purpose of participating in the online health insurance exchange.
HB 1602 (2014)
Givies the Public Utilities Commission the power to force PSNH to sell its power plants. This bill also requires the state Site Evaluation Committee to address scenic impacts, sound impacts, fire protection plans, and more when evaluating wind farm proposals.
HB 1625 (2014)
Decriminalizes possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, with additional penalties for violators under age twenty-one.
SB 413 (2014)
Expands Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible.
HB 1633 (2014)
Authorizes one casino in New Hampshire, regulated by the Gaming Commission.
HB 1325 (2014)
Allows physician-assisted suicide.
HB 1503 (2014)
Originally written to include fetuses eight weeks and older as potential victims under first and second degree murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide, and causing or aiding suicide. The House amended the bill to instead increase penalties for for manslaughter or negligent homicide causing a miscarriage or stillbirth.
HB 1508 (2014)
Terminates New Hampshire’s participation in the Common Core educational standards.
HB 1360 (2014)
Forbids cell phone use while driving, unless hands-free.
SB 3 (2014)
Removes all tolls in Merrimack.
SB 203 (2014)
Forbids the use of EBT cards or cash from EBT cards for alcohol, tobacco, lottery tickets, firearms, or adult entertainment.
HB 443 (2013)
Bans prison privatization.
HB 630 (2013)
Reallocates proceeds from RGGI to the low-income energy efficiency program.
HB 370 (2013)
Repeals the education tax credit program, in which businesses receive tax breaks for contributing to a scholarship fund for low income students that wish to attend private school.
HB 451 (2013)
Increases the length of time for which a license to carry a concealed firearm is valid, and repeals the requirement to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm.
HB 323 (2013)
Right-to-Work bill that prohibits collective bargaining agreements that require employees to join or contribute to a labor union.
SB 152 (2013)
Authorizes a casino.
SB 153 (2013)
Gives the legislature power to review collective bargaining agreements entered into by the state.
HB 501 (2013)
Sets the state minimum wage at $7.25, in place of federal minimum wage.
HB 1 (2013)
Final 2014-2015 state budget, including increased funding for higher education, increased funding for services for individuals with mental illness and/or other disabilities, no Medicaid expansion, and no gas tax increase.
HB 306 (2013)
Changes RGGI to dedicate some of the proceeds to ratepayer rebates, and lowering the cap on carbon emissions, which will raise the cost of carbon credits to utilities and utility bills to consumers.
HB 271 (2013)
Forbids NH from expanding Medicaid eligibility under the federal Affordable Care Act.
HB 573 (2013)
Allows medicinal use of marijuana, without allowing home growing.
HB 2 (2013)
Makes various appropriations related to the budget bill, and establishes commissions to study Medicaid expansion and casino regulations.
SB 1 (2013)
Increases the Research and Development tax credit.
SB 163 (2013)
Establishes a commission to recommend legislation to prepare for projected sea level rise and other coastal and coastal watershed hazards.
HB 659 (2013)
Increases the tobacco tax.
HB 135 (2013)
Limits the use of deadly force, repealing "Stand Your Ground" in favor of the "Castle Doctrine." Under this bill victims could use deadly force within their homes without retreating, but anywhere else they would have to attempt retreat before resorting to deadly force.
HB 595 (2013)
Revises 2011 voter ID law to delay requirement that poll workers photograph voters without ID; also allows student ID at polls.
