Legislative Bills

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2026HB1011

Repealing zoning restrictions on dwelling units.

2026 – HB1120

 Allowing subdivision regulations concerning water supply.

2026HB1258

Relative to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and public health data.

2026 – HB1290

 Relative to customer energy storage.

2026HB1534

Relative  to utility default service.

2026 – HB1621-FN

 Requiring a baseline environmental impact study to be completed prior to development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities.

2026HB1666-FN

Requiring capacity planning in the state 10-year energy strategy.

2026 – HB1718-FN

 Relative to authorizing energy storage in connection with net metering.

 Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0309

2026HB1722

Relative to consumer protections and energy classifications for large-use electric facilities.

2026 – HB1723-FN

 Requiring utilities and electric grid operators to assess and report the vulnerability of high-voltage transformers to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances, and to recommend mitigation measures to protect the state electric infrastructure.

 Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0310

2026HB1738

(Second New Title) relative to ratepayer benefits from the regional greenhouse gas initiative and relative to energy procurement and nuclear regulatory duties.

Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0332

2026 – HB1741-FN

 Relative to the enrollment and use of distributed energy resource aggregations by electric utilities.

2026SB111-FN

Authorizing a reliability indexing credit pilot program.

2026 – SB540-FN

 (New Title) Relative to plug-in solar generation systems.

 Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0262

2026SB589-FN

(New Title) Relative to port electrification, microgrid development, and cybersecurity standards for energy and water systems.

Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0197

2026 – SB597-FN

 Relative to utility rate increases to inflation-adjusted thresholds and performance incentive metrics for utilities.

2025 – HB63

Relative to the use of nasal spray to treat anaphylaxis.

2025 – HB95 -FN

Requiring the New Hampshire electric co-op regularly file a certificate of deregulation with the public utilities commission.

 Passed/Adopted with amendment

2025 – HB96

Requiring New Hampshire builders to use the 2021 Energy Building codes or a similar code that achieves equivalent or greater energy savings.

2025 – HB106

Establishing a commission to determine the monetary costs of climate damage to the state of New Hampshire and the best means of recouping such costs.

2025 – HB136

Extending the time period for delivery of an absentee ballot from 5:00 p.m. to the close of the polls.

2025 – HB141

Relative to campaign disclosures for limited liability companies.

2025 – HB169 -FN

Relative to a quorum of the public utilities commission.

Passed/Adopted with amendment – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0169

2025 – HB189

(New Title) Relative to the department of energy’s 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

2025 – HB199

Extending the statute of limitation on civil actions relative to damage caused by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

2025 – HB278 – FN

Relative to proxy carbon pricing in state procurement.

2025 – HB441 -FN

Relative to visible motor vehicle diesel emissions and “rolling coal”.

2025 – HB460 -FN

Relative to utility investments in distributed energy resources.

2025 – HB568

Allowing subdivision regulations concerning water supply.

2025 – HB630 -FN

Preventing the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election.

2025 – HB654 – FN

Relative to allowing small customer-generators the ability to participate in group-net metering.

2025 – HB674 -FN

Relative to non-wire alternatives, time-of-use tariffs, and multi-year rate settings.

2025 – HB681 -FN

Establishing a statewide online energy data platform.

2025 – HB692

Relative to utility companies adopting advanced meters.

2025 – HB755 -FN

Relative to the state’s electric utility market.

2025 – HB759

Relative to community energy generators.

2025 – HB760-FN

Relative to utility default service.

2025 – HB761 – FN

Relative to customer energy storage.

2025 – SB228 -FN

Relative to the limitations on community customer generators.

Passed/Adopted

2025 – SB230 -FN

(New Title) Relative to electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources.

 Passed/Adopted

2025 – SB234 -FN

Relative to the electric assistance program.

2025 – SB237

Relative to the office of the consumer advocate and the site evaluation committee.

2024 – HB1074

Relative to campaign contributions by limited liability companies.

2024 – HB1296-FN

 Relative to insurance coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0032

2024 – HB1394-FN-A

Relative to campaign contributions by limited liability companies.

Passed

2024 – HB1401-FN

Relative to the transfer of Silver Lake Park in the town of Hollis.

2024 – HB1483

Allowing subdivision regulations concerning water supply.

2024 – HB1486

Relative to proxy carbon pricing in state procurement.

2024 – HB1596-FN

Requiring a disclosure of deceptive artificial intelligence usage in political advertising.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0345

2024 – HB1600-FN

Relative to aggregation of electric customers by municipalities and counties.

 Passed

  Chaptered Law: 0372

2024 – HB1617-FN

Relative to energy procurement agreements for default service.

2024 – HB369

Establishing a task force to provide energy relief on farms.

2024 – SB320-FN

Requiring the public utilities commission to establish a gas and electric performance incentive mechanism.

2024 – SB450

Relative to the duties of the grid modernization advisory group.

2024 – SB451

Relative to an expedited track for certain applications to the site evaluation committee.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0295

2024 – SB550-FN

Relative to utility requirements for integrated distribution planning.

2023 – HB161

Relative to customer generators of electricity as group hosts under net metering.

2023 – HB233-FN

 Relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0182

2023 – HB255

Relative to campaign contributions by limited liability companies.

2023 – HB310

Requiring developers to secure hydrology analysis certifying adequate water capacity and potability when building new subdivisions.

2023 – HB523-FN

Relative to net energy metering limits for individual and business customers.

2023 – HB524-FN

Relative to regional greenhouse gas initiative funds.

2023 -HB532-FN

Relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists and other occupations and professions.

2023 – HCR5

Urging the taking of appropriate legal action against multinational fossil fuel companies for harms incurred from disinformation campaigns about the effects of fossil fuel combustion.

2023 – SB40

Relative to participation in net energy metering by small hydroelectric generators.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0141

2023 – SB166-FN

Relative to electric grid modernization.

 Conference Report Adopted

  Signed by Governor

 Chaptered Law: 0243

2023 – SB167-FN-L

Relative to green hydrogen energy and infrastructure.

2022 – HB167-FN

Relative to net energy metering limits for customer generators and the purchase of output of limited electrical energy producers.

2022 – HB172

 Establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction goals for the state and establishing a climate action plan.

2022 – HB1007

Relative to qualifications for office.

2022 – HB1012

Relative to notice for the cutting of trees by utilities.

2022 – HB1040

Establishing a commission to study revenue alternatives to the road toll for the funding of improvements to the state’s highways and bridges and their resulting improvements to the environment.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0255

2022 – HB1060-FN

Authorizing the New Hampshire Environmental Educators to issue decal plates.

2022 – HB1207-FN

Requiring an employer to provide paid time off for an employee to vote.

2022 – HB1285

Relative to the multi-use energy data platform.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0113

2022 – HB1394

Relative to the reporting of certain campaign contributions and relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.

2022 – HB1635-FN

Relative to the purchase of output of limited electrical energy producers and including qualifying storage system.

2022 – HB1645-FN

Requiring notification to renewable energy customer-generators of issues related to renewable energy credits.

2022 – HB1652-FN

Relative to the recycling of beverage containers.

2022 – HB1657-A

Establishing a New Hampshire farm to school reimbursement program.

2022 – HR16

Calling for the federal government to construct a nuclear waste repository to permanently store our nation’s nuclear waste.

 Passed

2022 – SB262

Relative to customer generators of electric energy.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0328

2022 – SB270

Establishing a low-moderate income community solar program.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0329

2022 – SB440-FN

Relative to the office of offshore wind industry development.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0177

2021 – HB61

Relative to absentee voting and allowing for partial processing of absentee ballots prior to election day.

2021 – HB64-L

Relative to renewable generation facility property subject to a voluntary payment in lieu of taxes agreement.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0031

2021 – HB105

Relative to political contributions made by limited liability companies.

2021 – HB152

Relative to the apportionment of costs in cooperative school districts.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0080

2021 – HB168-FN

Requiring the adoption of innovative vehicle emissions standards pursuant to section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act.

2021 – HB209-FN

Relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.

2021 – HB318

Proclaiming the daring jumping spider to be the state spider of New Hampshire.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0075

2021 – HB358

Relative to the installation of solar energy systems in condominiums.

2021 – HB407

Relative to the purchase of output of limited electrical energy producers in intrastate commerce and including qualifying storage system.

2021 – SB71

Establishing a commission to develop science-based emissions reduction goals for the state of New Hampshire.

Selection of bills for the Session Year 2020

2020 – HB143

Relative to disqualification of members of local land use boards.

Passed

2020 – HB412

Establishing a committee to study the long-term consequences of decommissioning nuclear power plants.

2020 – HB1115

Relative to the discharge of a firearm in the compact part of a city or town.

2020 – HB1116

Relative to the definition of “eligible facility” as it pertains to renewable generation to provide fuel diversity.

 Passed

2020- HB1173-L

Relative to the use of an official ballot in towns.

Passed

2020 – HB1186

Establishing a committee to study the filing of certain organizational income reports with the secretary of state.

 Passed

2020 – HB1228

Proclaiming Climate Change Awareness Day.

Passed

2020 – HB1237-FN

Establishing a committee to study the requirements of reporting by utility companies of information required for valuation of certain utility property for purposes of RSA 72.

 Passed

2020 – 1286-FN

Relative to the licensure and regulation of music therapists.

Passed

2020 – HB1415

Establishing a committee to study campaign finance disclosure laws and anonymous contributions, receipts, and expenditures.

 Passed

2020 – 1421-L

Establishing a commission to study the equalization rate used for the calculation of a property tax abatement by the New Hampshire board of tax and land appeals, the superior court, and all cities, towns, and counties.

Passed

2020 – HB1430

Establishing a commission to study attainment of a clean-energy electric grid by 2030.

 Passed

2020 – HB1634-FN

Relative to certain additional part-time employment of retirees in the retirement system.

2020 – HB1635

Requiring climate education in grade and secondary schools.

2019 – HB142

Relative to liability for deferred property taxes.

2019 – HB144

Relative to changes in property assessments.

2019 – HB147

Relative to appeals from recounts.

2019 – HB149

Relative to the apportionment of costs in cooperative school districts.

 Passed

2019 – HB404

Relative to a local option for liquefied natural gas storage facility sitings.

2019- HCR5

Requesting the United States Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to reverse the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

 Passed

2019 – SB123

Relative to lost and unaccounted for gas, and relative to electric distribution companies investment in natural gas operations.

Passed – Signed by Governor

Chaptered Law: 0094

2019 – SB284-FN

Establishing a statewide, multi-use online energy data platform.

 Passed – Signed by Governor

  Chaptered Law: 0286