---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing the commission to study the assessing of power generation."
description: "establishing the commission to study the assessing of power generation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 225 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b38337b-28d3-4837-b6fb-d5f508a2c445"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0878&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "5526d1c396f273981809afda8d6c450a823439c3a9eb52ab3bf64c099ed0c95c"
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 225 (2023) — establishing the commission to study the assessing of power generation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1397h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1397h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bordes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 5 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing: 02/14/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 10
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0537s, 02/22/2023; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee Amendment # 2023-0537s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Sen. Altschiller Floor Amendment # 2023-0641s, AA, VV; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2023-0537s and 2023-0641s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/22/2023; SJ 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Special Order to when Senator Pearl returns, Without Objection; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-02-22** Sen. Bradley Withdraws Motion to Special Order; 02/22/2023; SJ 8
- **2023-03-20** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/17/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Executive Session: 04/18/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** Full Committee Work Session: 04/17/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1397h 04/18/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment # 2023-1397h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1397h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
- **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 the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0228 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-09** I. Section 2 Effective 11/01/2023
- **2023-08-09** II. Remainder Effective 08/04/2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b38337b-28d3-4837-b6fb-d5f508a2c445`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).