---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to administration of utilities by the department of energy."
description: "relative to administration of utilities by the department of energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 388 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e92f7d-1011-481b-b78e-34f37ebc4163"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2978&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "f478cd725239843519f7904b77c35e953dbead328d1e3e61132460b624591454"
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 388 (2024) — relative to administration of utilities by the department of energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2024-2351e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-2351e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2069&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Fred R. Plett — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D. Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** 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, 09:30 am; SC 49
- **2024-01-16** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0150s, 01/18/2024, Vote 4-0; SC 3A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Committee Amendment # 2024-0150s, AA, VV; 01/18/2024; SJ 2
- **2024-01-18** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0150s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2024; SJ 2 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-29** Introduced (in recess of) 02/22/2024 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 6 P. 139 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Public Hearing: 03/19/2024 10:00 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 with Amendment # 2024-1496h 04/15/2024 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 17 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Amendment # 2024-1496h: AA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 18
- **2024-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1496h: MA VV 05/02/2024 HJ 12 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Avard Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2351e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2024-07-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2024-2351e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-08-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-08-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 57
- **2024-08-30** Signed by the Governor on 08/23/2024; Chapter 375; Effective 07/01/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e92f7d-1011-481b-b78e-34f37ebc4163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).