---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to forest carbon credit programs."
description: "relative to forest carbon credit programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1697"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1697 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnold G. Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170e618d-fc3b-405a-a68e-317382d4d1a8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3134&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "25935f2dbca63e95b2d250ae346924ca5a548910d141b28dfd675772f4b76c59"
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 1697 (2024) — relative to forest carbon credit programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1614s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1614s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2225&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Arnold G. Davis — primary (person)
- Corinne E Cascadden — cosponsor (person)
- Henry W. Noël — cosponsor (person)
- James W Tierney — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Ouellet — cosponsor (person)
- Seth King — 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. 30 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/09/2024 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-17** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 01/22/2024 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-22** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 01/30/2024 03:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-22** Full Committee Work Session: 01/30/2024 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-31** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-01-31** Full Committee Work Session: 02/06/2024 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-02-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0482h (NT) 02/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Amendment # 2024-0482h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 133
- **2024-02-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0482h: MA DV 356-10 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 133 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-06** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Hearing: 04/09/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2024-04-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1614s, 05/02/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Committee Amendment # 2024-1614s, AA, VV; 05/02/2024; SJ 11
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1614s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2024; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1614s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 23
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 47
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 255; eff. 07/19/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/170e618d-fc3b-405a-a68e-317382d4d1a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).