---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to installation requirements for arc-fault circuit interrupters."
description: "relative to installation requirements for arc-fault circuit interrupters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 85 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-21"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a6e190-a7c7-47a1-82e2-0f812d77a0bf"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0036&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "8dfc534b02c86dfc58525edc8fab77500bb4d2afb1231e8b96cd3e04279656c3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 85 (2017) — relative to installation requirements for arc-fault circuit interrupters.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-1878s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1878s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Sen. Sanborn Floor Amendment 1878s — **2–20** (fail) · legislature
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **21–1** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-21** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 16 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 11:15 AM LOB 306
- **2017-02-01** ==CANCELLED== Subcommittee Work Session: 02/15/2017 09:00 AM LOB 306
- **2017-02-14** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/16/2017 03:00 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-15** Executive Session: 02/23/2017 02:00 PM LOB 305-307
- **2017-03-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0016h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 18-2; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0016h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 103
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0016h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 103 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Hearing: 04/19/2017, Room 101, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 19
- **2017-04-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1465s, 04/27/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Sen. Sanborn Moved to Remove HB 85 from the Consent Calendar; 04/27/2017; SJ 15
- **2017-04-27** Special Order HB 85 to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 04/27/2017; SJ 15
- **2017-04-27** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1465s, 05/11/2017; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** Special Order HB 85 to the next session, Without Objection, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-05-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1465s, 05/18/2017; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2017-1465s, AF, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Carson Floor Amendment # 2017-1816s, AA, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Sanborn Offered Floor Amendment # 2017-1557s; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Special Order HB 85 to the end of the calendar before HB 353, Without Objection, MA; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Sanborn Withdraws Floor Amendment # 2017-1557s; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Sanborn Floor Amendment # 2017-1878s, RC 2Y-20N, AF; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1816s, RC 21Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/18/2017; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1816s (Rep. McGuire): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 2
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled (In recess 06/08/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-13** Enrolled 06/08/2017 HJ 18 P. 9
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/28/2017; Chapter 157; 06/28/17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35a6e190-a7c7-47a1-82e2-0f812d77a0bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).