---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards."
description: "relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 233 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2cc9b8e-97cd-485c-b1e8-13a38a73c539"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0396&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "2488828b1220db778c98baeeab2a919e2e6d02ee1a668ea93f2894c864f0d53e"
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 233 (2023) — relative to useful thermal energy under the renewable portfolio standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1321s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1321s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Fred R. Plett — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E. Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 2 P. 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/13/2023 03:30 pm LOB 304
- **2023-02-09** Executive Session: 02/16/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0576h 02/16/2023 (Vote 19-1; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment # 2023-0576h: AA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 10
- **2023-03-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0576h: MA VV 03/09/2023 HJ 8 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2023-04-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-13** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2023-1321s, AA, VV; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
- **2023-04-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1321s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/13/2023; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1321 (Rep. Vose): MA VV 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 3
- **2023-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-07-19** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
- **2023-08-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/04/2023; Chapter 182; eff: 10/03/2023 HJ 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2cc9b8e-97cd-485c-b1e8-13a38a73c539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).