---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the regulation and taxation of vacation rentals and short-term rentals and relative to restrictions on the authority to regulate vacation and short-term rentals under the housing standards law."
description: "establishing a committee to study the regulation and taxation of vacation rentals and short-term rentals and relative to restrictions on the authority to regulate vacation and short-term rentals under the housing standards law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 654 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4992c4d8-aec1-428a-87f0-b37f5b2b9f7c"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0309&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "bcb0c6e4f15f4b074a1e5708296846204f7e0fccaff504e82e5130512de2d4a0"
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 654 (2017) — establishing a committee to study the regulation and taxation of vacation rentals and short-term rentals and relative to restrictions on the authority to regulate vacation and short-term rentals under the housing standards law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-2385e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-2385e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Committee Amendment 1709s — **15–7** (pass) · legislature
- Re-refer to committee — **9–13** (fail) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Public Hearing: 02/01/2017 02:00 PM LOB 302
- **2017-02-02** Executive Session: 02/07/2017 01:00 PM LOB 302
- **2017-02-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/07/2017 10:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0374h (NT) for 02/15/2017 (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 11 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Amendment # 2017-0374h: AA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 7
- **2017-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0374h: MA VV 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 7 `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Ways and Means 02/15/2017 HJ 7 P. 7
- **2017-02-21** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 03/07/2017 01:00 PM LOB 202
- **2017-02-21** ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 02/28/2017 10:00 AM LOB 202
- **2017-03-08** Executive Session: 03/15/2017 10:45 AM LOB 202
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/23/2017 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 16 P. 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/23/2017 HJ 11 P. 7 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Introduced 03/23/2017 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Hearing: 04/05/2017, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 17
- **2017-05-10** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1709s, 05/18/2017; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Rerefer, RC 9Y-13N, MF; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Committee Amendment # 2017-1709s, RC 15Y-7N, AA; 05/18/2017; SJ 17
- **2017-05-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1709s, RC 21Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 05/18/2017; SJ 17 `passage`
- **2017-06-01** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 1709s and Requests CofC (Reps. Hunt, Major): MA VV 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 3
- **2017-06-01** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Hunt, Biggie, Butler, Ohm 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 3
- **2017-06-08** Sen. Sanborn Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-08** President Appoints: Senators Sanborn, Bradley, D'Allesandro; 06/08/2017; SJ 19
- **2017-06-09** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/14/2017 10:45 AM LOB 302
- **2017-06-15** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2017-2334c; 06/15/2017
- **2017-06-22** Conference Committee Report # 2017-2334c, Adopted, VV; 06/22/2017; SJ 20
- **2017-06-22** Conference Committee Report 2334c: Adopted, VV 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 21
- **2017-06-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2385e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-06-29** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2017-2385e: AA VV 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 26
- **2017-07-03** Enrolled (In recess 06/22/2017); SJ 20
- **2017-07-05** Enrolled 06/22/2017 HJ 19 P. 27
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/18/2017; Chapter 249; I. Sec. 6-8 eff. 7/1/2017 ; II. Rem. eff. 7/18/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4992c4d8-aec1-428a-87f0-b37f5b2b9f7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).