---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to including electrical storage facilities in the definition of energy facility."
description: "relative to including electrical storage facilities in the definition of energy facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 289 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D. Harrington"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edf50b63-1f6c-454f-938f-8f8e35d6a205"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0536&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "be3b8b6b90db95a05856361acb3b28e5c778a10b7943a0c22eaa0b9c72776f8d"
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 289 (2021) — relative to including electrical storage facilities in the definition of energy facility.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Michael D. Harrington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 2 P. 42 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/08/2021 11:30 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/99948693065 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 47 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 01:20 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-05-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/20/2021; SC 24A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/20/2021; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 23
- **2021-06-17** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/10/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-06-22** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2021; Chapter 87; Eff: 08/20/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edf50b63-1f6c-454f-938f-8f8e35d6a205`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).