---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to involuntary retirement or decommissioning of electricity generators."
description: "relative to involuntary retirement or decommissioning of electricity generators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1623"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1623 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea76dc6-6b87-4e8c-a931-3221101824c3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2670&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "853eb06c3c9a5d8156fc8ecd273a8655c60d9c400f028a16ff9777830223ad50"
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 1623 (2024) — relative to involuntary retirement or decommissioning of electricity generators.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1897s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1897s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1757&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- OTPA — **184–168** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1 P. 27 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Executive Session: 02/20/2024 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-07** Full Committee Work Session: 02/20/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-23** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 02/20/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC) HC 9 P. 31
- **2024-03-07** Amendment # 2024-0782h: AA DV 182-169 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 94
- **2024-03-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0782h: MA RC 184-168 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 97 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-07** Reconsider HB1623 (Rep. Sweeney): MF DV 165-179 03/07/2024 HJ 7 P. 107
- **2024-03-13** Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Hearing: 04/16/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:20 am; SC 15
- **2024-05-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1828s, 05/16/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Special Order to Beginning of Calendar, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-1828s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2024-1897s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2024-1828s, and 2024-1897s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024, Vote 7-0; SC 20A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Special Order to 05/23/2024, Without Objection, MA; 05/22/2024 SJ 14
- **2024-05-23** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/23/2024; SJ 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-29** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1828s and 2024-1897s and Requests CofC (Reps. Vose, D. Thomas, Harrington, Bernardy): MA VV 05/28/2024 HJ 14 P. 178
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Avard Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/03/2024 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2215c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2215c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2215c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 33
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 347; eff. 10/01/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea76dc6-6b87-4e8c-a931-3221101824c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).