Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Sandy; 4 Children: Dawn, Jenn, Casey, Rob
Birth date: 07/04/1943
Birthplace: Nashua, NH
Home City: Lempster NH
Religion: Protestant

Profession

Chair, O'Dell Simms President, O'Dell, Simms and Associates O'Dell Management

Education

BA, American University, 1966

Committees

Capital Budget
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Ways and Means

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 409 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 289 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amdt 367s Restricting Eminent Domain Petitions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

SB 409 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 289 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amdt 367s Restricting Eminent Domain Petitions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 154 Withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Repeal of Automatic Continuation Requirement for Public Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SSHB 1 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1459 Campaign Finance Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 392 Annual Public Hearing on Health Care Costs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 392 Annual Public Hearing on Health Care Costs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 1 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Religious Choice in Performing Marriage Ceremonies
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 556 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 115 Expanding Subsidized Health Care Program Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SSHB 1 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 321 Cigarette Tax Increase and Wine Discount Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SSHB 1 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 540 Health Insurance Plan for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 540 Health Insurance Plan for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 0891 to SB 530 Fully Subsidized Kindergarten Construction Program
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Constitutional Amendment to Define an Adequate Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 267 Small Loans Interest Limitation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 436 Reducing the Voting Age for Primary Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 19 Constitutional Amendment Regarding Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 802 Requiring Seatbelts in Automotive Vehicles
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 790 Extending Medical Insurance Coverage for Dependents
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 437 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 18 Adequate Education Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 176 Children's Lead Poisoning Level
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 42 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 318 Use of Deadly Force
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SCR 6 Stem Cell Research Resolution
Stage: Nonconcurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 76 Charter School Aid
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1673 Reduction of Mercury Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 345 Photo ID for Voting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 268 High School Dropout Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 343 Emergency Contraceptives Bill
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

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