---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to low-moderate income community solar projects."
description: "relative to low-moderate income community solar projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca Perkins Kwoka"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc5eace7-8c9b-4721-b5d8-9007b6631926"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0804&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "3664084686962a69d98eca94f399e2063d63ae9c63c19bd4e07579213a1a2d87"
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 161 (2023) — relative to low-moderate income community solar projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1346h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1346h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — primary (person)
- Chris Muns — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David John Preece — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Altschiller — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca J. McWilliams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: 02/02/2023, Room 103, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 8
- **2023-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0411s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9A `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0411s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee Amendment # 2023-0411s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Public Hearing: 04/10/2023 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 04/18/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1346h 04/18/2023 (Vote 18-2; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1346h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 18
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1346h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-30** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
- **2023-08-01** Signed by the Governor on 07/28/2023; Chapter 0166 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-01** I. Sections 2 &3 Effective 09/26/2023
- **2023-08-01** II. Remainder Effective 07/28/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc5eace7-8c9b-4721-b5d8-9007b6631926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).