---
type: "Bill"
title: "enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators."
description: "enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 710"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 710 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76e9aaaf-c2a1-4487-befa-7a4c548c4498"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0613&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "8321a426cf634ba724c94d517c0129265584a94ec0e61187e9559f9d8652c025"
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 710 (2025) — enabling electric utilities to own, operate, and offer advanced nuclear resources, and relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities and limitations on community customer generators.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2257s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2257s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- JD Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Lex Berezhny — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-25** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-25** Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-10** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0716h 03/04/2025 (Vote 14-3; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-20** Amendment # 2025-0716h: AA VV 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 88
- **2025-03-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0716h: MA DV 259-85 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 89 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-05-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2163s, 05/22/2025, Vote 4-1; SC 22 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Committee Amendment # 2025-2163s, AF, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2025-2329s, AA, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Sen. Rosenwald Floor Amendment # 2025-2257s, AF, VV; 05/22/2025; SJ 14
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2329s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2329s and Requests CofC (Rep. S. Smith): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Vose, Harrington, Bernardy, McGhee 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-12** Conferee Change; Senator McConkey Replaces Senator Avard; SJ 17
- **2025-06-16** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/16/2025 10:30 am LOB 206-208
- **2025-07-08** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76e9aaaf-c2a1-4487-befa-7a4c548c4498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).