Sylvia Gale
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Nashua Telegraph Voter Guide, 2016
"Gale hopes to return to the House in order to continue moving New Hampshire forward in terms of expanding and repairing our state's infrastructure, in particular our state roads, bridges, and public transportation such as commuter rail"
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted in favor of allowing physician assisted suicide (HB 1325)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to ban cell phone use while driving (HB 1360)
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Union Leader Voter Guide, 2014
"The proposed constitutional amendment 'banning' a state income tax is at best a short-sighted non-solution to the very grave financial challenges we are facing in 2012 and will continue to face in the future. By not grappling with the ongoing structural deficit that has dominated NH's budget process for many years and without initiating an honest and comprehensive discussion about all current taxes in our state we will continue to blindly grasp at solutions which will likely not meet the needs of our citizens either now or in the future."
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted against a casino (HB 1633)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted for decriminalization of marijuana (HB 1625)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to broaden campaign finance disclosure laws to include more organizations, particularly nonprofits (SB 120)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted for Medicaid expansion (SB 413)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted for increasing the minimum wage (HB 1403)
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Other, 2014
Gale was rated 100% by NARAL Pro-Choice NH in 2014
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016
"Bottom line: 'Immigration has an overall positive effect on long-run economic growth in the United States.'
"Let's make Nashua NH a Welcoming City!"
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to repeal the death penalty (HB 1170)
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to give preferential treatment to transmission line projects that bury the lines (HB 569)
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Union Leader Voter Guide, 2014
"The proposed constitutional amendment 'banning' a state income tax is at best a short-sighted non-solution to the very grave financial challenges we are facing in 2012 and will continue to face in the future. By not grappling with the ongoing structural deficit that has dominated NH's budget process for many years and without initiating an honest and comprehensive discussion about all current taxes in our state we will continue to blindly grasp at solutions which will likely not meet the needs of our citizens either now or in the future."
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to consider labeling of genetically engineered foods (HB 660)
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Voting Record, 2013
Voted against 'Right to Work' (HB 323)
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Candidate's Facebook Page, 2016
"What is it about the words, 'well-regulated Militia' that 2nd Amendment fundamentalists fail to acknowledge or understand??"
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Voting Record, 2014
Voted to consider a moratorium on wind farms (HB 580)
Voting Record
HB 1633 (2014)
Authorizes one casino in New Hampshire, regulated by the Gaming Commission.
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 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 1508 (2014)
Terminates New Hampshire’s participation in the Common Core educational standards.
HB 1625 (2014)
Decriminalizes possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, with additional penalties for violators under age twenty-one.
SB 318 (2014)
Establishes the crime of domestic violence.
SB 413 (2014)
Expands Medicaid eligibility, using private insurance wherever possible.
HB 1403 (2014)
Raises the minimum wage, starting at $9 per hour.
HB 1170 (2014)
Repeals the death penalty.
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.
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 1325 (2014)
Allows physician-assisted suicide.
SB 319 (2014)
Authorizes "buffer zones" for protestors around reproductive health clinics.
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 1411 (2014)
Sends some of last year's budget surplus to the Department of Health and Human Services.
HB 1360 (2014)
Forbids cell phone use while driving, unless hands-free.
SB 367 (2014)
Increases the gas tax by four-cents per gallon and removes the toll at Exit 12 in Merrimack.
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 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 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 501 (2013)
Sets the state minimum wage at $7.25, in place of federal minimum wage.
HB 630 (2013)
Reallocates proceeds from RGGI to the low-income energy efficiency program.
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 443 (2013)
Bans prison privatization.
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 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 595 (2013)
Revises 2011 voter ID law to delay requirement that poll workers photograph voters without ID; also allows student ID at polls.
