---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring notice to affected municipalities of energy facility siting."
description: "requiring notice to affected municipalities of energy facility siting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 116 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244e2f6d-be0a-46fe-8c3f-d9216fa2436b"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0353&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "73d012af8e04a1b03fdd963e271c1362e106a103bb85ffd6aa85ba7e646a0e23"
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 SB 116 (2017) — requiring notice to affected municipalities of energy facility siting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-1305h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1305h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing: 01/31/2017, Room 103, SH, 11:00 am; SC 8
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2017; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2017; SJ 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Introduced 02/16/2017 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 8 P. 45 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Public Hearing: 04/04/2017 10:30 AM LOB 301
- **2017-04-04** Executive Session: 04/11/2017 10:25 AM LOB 301
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1305h for 04/20/2017 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 20 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Amendment # 2017-1305h: AA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 8
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1305h: MA VV 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 8 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Science, Technology and Energy 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 8
- **2017-04-20** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 46(f) 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 20
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled (In recess 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 127
- **2017-06-19** Signed by the Governor on 06/15/2017; Chapter 0115; Effective 08/14/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244e2f6d-be0a-46fe-8c3f-d9216fa2436b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).