Ruth Ward

Sponsored bills

• SB669: relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.
• HB1644: permitting towns to unilaterally withdraw from a cooperative school district.
• HB303: relative to requiring the department of labor review and adopt workers' occupational safety requirements that are similar to OSHA standards.
• SB570: (New Title) relative to legislative ethics.
• SB501: relative to authorization of seclusion or restraint during a personal safety emergency by a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse.
• HCR11: declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.
• SB475: (New Title) relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock.
• SB434: relative to regulation of public school materials.
• HB1374: (New Title) modifying the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district and the discontinuance of elementary and high schools and requiring the review of school district operating documents by school boards.
• HB1816: (New Title) relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency and requiring the state school board to establish rules governing the vetting of school district business administrator candidates.
• SB408: relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.Â
• SB670: (New Title) establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.
• SB573: (New Title) establishing certification standards for certified public safety comfort dogs.
• SB523: (Second New Title) establishing a committee to study the implementation of a residential builder registration system. (primary sponsor)
• SB586: (New Title) requiring chartered public schools, school administrative units, and cities or school districts not audited under RSA 671:5 to be audited by an independent public accountant after the end of the fiscal year and requiring the results of such audits to be made available to the public.
• SB408: relative to health insurance coverage for prosthetics.
• SB448: (New Title) modifying the definition of veteran.
• SB453: authorizing advanced practice registered nurses and physician associates to make certain certifications.
• SB430: (New Title) relative to mandatory disclosure by school district employees to parents and legal guardians.
• SB574: establishing a commission to study the efficiency and structure of school administrative units.