---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities."
description: "relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 54 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b6c1d1-2a84-4fd1-b630-0b77047c847f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0881&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "d2b09c63fbeb0a4527710f13bc1fdfe5d0cdaf89350492a27e63a90ad00bbddf"
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 54 (2023) — relative to purchased power agreements for electric distribution utilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1586h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1586h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: 01/17/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 6
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1142s, 03/30/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-30** Committee Amendment # 2023-1142s, AA, VV; 03/30/2023; SJ 12
- **2023-03-30** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1142s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/30/2023; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-07** Introduced (in recess of) 04/06/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Public Hearing: 04/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-11** ==RECESSED== 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
- **2023-04-18** Subcommittee Work Session: 04/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-25** Executive Session: 05/01/2023 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2023-04-25** Full Committee Work Session: 05/01/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-05-03** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1586h 05/01/2023 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-08** Amendment # 2023- 1586h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 60
- **2023-06-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1586h 2023-1652h: MA VV [&] HJ 15 P. 62 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-16** Removed from Consent (Reps. Cormen, Vose, Caplan, Notter, D. Thomas, W. Thomas, Summers, Muns, Bernardy, McGhee) 05/16/2023 HJ 15 P. 3
- **2023-06-08** FLAM # 2023-1652h (Reps. McGhee, Vose): AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 62
- **2023-06-15** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
- **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 0204; Effective 10/03/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b6c1d1-2a84-4fd1-b630-0b77047c847f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).