---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the site evaluation committee for energy facility siting."
description: "relative to the site evaluation committee for energy facility siting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 609 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f49c32c5-ca67-4a2e-93a9-1c2efee031d6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0387&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "5615cc8ba2f08998afae5ccad3a2319eef98f853ba84388a31f8ffe5db1a8f91"
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 609 (2024) — relative to the site evaluation committee for energy facility siting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-1548s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1548s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- JD Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Public Hearing: 03/07/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-02-27** Executive Session: 03/13/2023 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-03-07** ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 03/13/2023 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2023-03-14** Retained in Committee
- **2023-09-05** Full Committee Work Session: 09/26/2023 01:00 pm LOB 302-304 HC 36
- **2023-09-27** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/03/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 39
- **2023-10-03** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308 HC 40
- **2023-10-17** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 302-304 HC 42
- **2023-10-25** Executive Session: 11/06/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304 HC 43
- **2023-11-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-2368h (NT) 11/06/2023 (Vote 20-0; RC) HC 49 P. 44 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-04** Amendment # 2023-2368h: AA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 39
- **2024-01-04** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-2368h: MA VV 01/04/2024 HJ 2 P. 42 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-22** Introduced 02/21/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** Hearing: 03/19/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 11
- **2024-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1485s, 04/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-1485s, AA, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Sen. Avard Floor Amendment # 2024-1548s, AA, VV; 04/18/2024; SJ 10
- **2024-04-18** Ought to Pass with Amendments 2024-1485s and 2024-1548s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/18/2024; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-31** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1485s and 2024-1548s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 22
- **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
- **2024-07-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 212; 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/f49c32c5-ca67-4a2e-93a9-1c2efee031d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).