---
type: "Bill"
title: "excluding the cost of lobbying and political activity from the rates of public utilities."
description: "excluding the cost of lobbying and political activity from the rates of public utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 206"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 206 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f3cf96-14b1-40d7-9808-9d9716f22ca1"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0984&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "1a122741d849425decf9d36fc50a666111381164a304174dc7a8f5fb42704f02"
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 206 (2019) — excluding the cost of lobbying and political activity from the rates of public utilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1474h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1474h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** ==RECESSED== Hearing: 03/05/2019, Room 103, SH, 10:30 am; SC 12
- **2019-03-06** ==RECONVENE== Hearing: 03/12/2019, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 13
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/21/2019; SC 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/21/2019; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Election Law HJ 11 P. 72 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/09/2019 01:00 pm LOB 308
- **2019-04-16** Executive Session: 04/23/2019 01:00 pm LOB 308
- **2019-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1474h for 05/08/2019 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 23 P. 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Amendment # 2019-1474h: AA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2019-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1474h: MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 3 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Science, Technology and Energy 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2019-05-08** Public Hearing: 05/15/2019 10:00 am LOB 304
- **2019-05-08** Executive Session: 05/15/2019 10:30 am LOB 304
- **2019-05-22** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 06/05/2019 (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 27 P. 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2019-06-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 11 `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Sen. Fuller Clark Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/13/2019; SJ 20
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled (In recess 06/27/2019); SJ 21
- **2019-06-28** Enrolled 06/27/2019 HJ 20 P. 53
- **2019-07-16** Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 244; Effective 09/10/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49f3cf96-14b1-40d7-9808-9d9716f22ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).