---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the implementation of the department of energy and relative to the definition of \"municipal host\" for purposes of limited electrical energy producers."
description: "relative to the implementation of the department of energy and relative to the definition of \"municipal host\" for purposes of limited electrical energy producers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1258 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D. Harrington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-11-19"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c5ebcb-f0ac-4b98-bec2-040e0f654f66"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2162&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "4df88a7656d32baaf5acc003620289f5c94e36314edb6e50d057bef9f26facf5"
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 1258 (2022) — relative to the implementation of the department of energy and relative to the definition of "municipal host" for purposes of limited electrical energy producers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2126e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2126e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael D. Harrington — primary (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-19** Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Public Hearing: 01/25/2022 03:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2022 10:00 am LOB306-308
- **2022-02-19** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/22/2022 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2022-03-01** Executive Session: 03/01/2022 10:00 a.m. LOB306-308
- **2022-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0851h (Vote 22-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Amendment # 2022-0851h: AA VV 03/17/2022 HJ 8
- **2022-03-17** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0851h: MA VV 03/17/2022 HJ 8 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Introduced 03/17/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Hearing: 04/25/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 17
- **2022-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1824s, 05/05/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-1824s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/05/2022; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Committee Amendment # 2022-1824s, AA, VV; 05/05/2022; SJ 11
- **2022-05-13** House Concurs with Senate Amendment (Rep. Vose): MA VV 05/12/2022 HJ 13
- **2022-06-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2126e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-17** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2022-2126e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-20** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 HJ 14
- **2022-06-20** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/26/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-06-23** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2022; Chapter 245; eff. 08/20/2022 HJ 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c5ebcb-f0ac-4b98-bec2-040e0f654f66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).