---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to stormwater management for solar arrays."
description: "relative to stormwater management for solar arrays."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 65 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2747f7a4-258d-43c1-bc1a-65a880a22da2"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0966&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "23fbfdd0db293f98a94e3dc6e61ce1585ebe422b46f6d72cdcce2ef91c1be956"
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 65 (2025) — relative to stormwater management for solar arrays.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1594h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1594h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Hearing: 01/28/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 7
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0551s, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0551s, AF, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0738s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-06** SB 65 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Sen. Pearl Floor Amendment # 2025-0738s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 11 P. 110 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-02** Full Committee Work Session: 04/14/2025 09:00 am 302-304
- **2025-04-09** Executive Session: 04/14/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1594h 04/14/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 22 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1594h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 8
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1594h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0096; Effective 06/17/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2747f7a4-258d-43c1-bc1a-65a880a22da2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).