---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the use of renewable energy funds by the department of energy."
description: "relative to the use of renewable energy funds by the department of energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 303 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f7197e-f40a-4361-bc12-1726f83e4620"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2861&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "0eeab9a7328c67739ce455c5336fcc78b416c2ced23545032548d965d34c91ad"
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 303 (2024) — relative to the use of renewable energy funds by the department of energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-0554s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-0554s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1952&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** To Be Introduced 01/03/2024 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-21** Hearing: 01/04/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 49
- **2024-02-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0554s, 02/15/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Committee Amendment # 2024-0554s, AA, VV; 02/15/2024; SJ 4
- **2024-02-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0554s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2024; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 6 P. 138 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Public Hearing: 03/19/2024 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2024-03-20** Full Committee Work Session: 03/25/2024 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-05** Executive Session: 04/15/2024 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2024-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/15/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 17 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/30/2024); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2024-06-10** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 36
- **2024-06-20** Signed by the Governor on 06/14/2024; Chapter 0079; Effective 06/14/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0f7197e-f40a-4361-bc12-1726f83e4620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).