---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a commission to study the assessing of power generation and utility transmission"
description: "establishing a commission to study the assessing of power generation and utility transmission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 410"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 410 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy E. Merner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ffbbcbe-584c-4b15-aed0-4b3397001925"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0458&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "f5a2a83e35c7f440b9046bda2a5d9dc406ede9e0f4a5332b944101bdf56faf2d"
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 410 (2022) — establishing a commission to study the assessing of power generation and utility transmission

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-1516s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-1516s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=462&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Troy E. Merner — primary (person)
- Patrick F. Abrami — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 2 P. 46 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Public Hearing: 02/01/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/92752912485 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-23** Retained in Committee
- **2021-09-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 09/15/2021 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2021-10-26** Executive Session: 10/26/2021 10:00 a.m. LOB302-304
- **2021-11-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2216h 10/26/2021 (Vote 19-2; RC) HC 48 P. 41 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-09** Amendment # 2021-2216h: AA VV 01/05/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2216h: MA VV 01/06/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Hearing: 04/07/2022, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 14
- **2022-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-1516s, 04/21/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Sen. Avard Moved to Remove HB 410 from the Consent Calendar; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Committee Amendment # 2022-1516s, AF, VV; 04/21/2022; SJ 9
- **2022-04-21** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/21/2022; SJ 9 `passage`
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/12/2022); SJ 13
- **2022-05-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/12/2022
- **2022-05-24** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 49; Eff. I.Sec 2 eff11/1/22 II.Remainter eff 5/20/22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ffbbcbe-584c-4b15-aed0-4b3397001925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).