---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board."
description: "relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 549 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea9f9bf9-c49a-43a7-93a0-2d556a1868f7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0717&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "8d29653496c2033cad57b043db28e029bc670c4ebc6482d8af8eaa54e4814677"
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 549 (2022) — relative to the system benefits charge and the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-0165s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-0165s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=722&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Adopt Amendment — **187–156** (pass) · lower
- OTPA — **343–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Bill Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Keith M. Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Public Hearing: 02/22/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: 1. To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91732382660 / 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
- **2021-09-10** Subcommittee Work Session: 09/29/2021 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2021-10-01** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2021-2158h: 10/12/2021 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2021-10-26** Executive Session: 10/26/2021 10:00 a.m. LOB302-304
- **2021-11-16** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-2205h 11/15/2021 (Vote 11-10; RC) HC 48 P. 42 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-16** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2022-01-10** Amendment # 2021-2205h: AA RC 187-156 01/06/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Amendment # 2021-2299h: AF DV 155-189 01/06/2022 HJ 1
- **2022-01-10** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-2205: MA RC 343-0 01/06/2022 HJ 1 `passage`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2022 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced 01/06/2021 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Hearing: 01/18/2022, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 3
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2022-0165s, 02/03/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2022-0165s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/03/2022; SJ 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee Amendment # 2022-0165s, AA, VV; 02/03/2022; SJ 2
- **2022-02-16** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2022-0165S (Rep. Vose): MA VV 02/16/2022
- **2022-02-23** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/16/2022); SJ 4
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled (in recess of) 02/17/2022 HJ 4
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Governor Sununu 02/24/2022; Chapter 5; Eff.01/01/22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea9f9bf9-c49a-43a7-93a0-2d556a1868f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).