---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board."
description: "relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 189"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 189 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50f82f0-d33d-496a-a6de-ca702d5a7e01"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0184&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "3afa443959e69c08d3a93034ec291eb568ea10818563af933658e3541ba5e5a2"
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 189 (2025) — relative to the department of energy's 10-year state energy strategy and removing references to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2140s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2140s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **206–148** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Floor Amendment — **150–204** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Douglas W. Thomas — primary (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Vose — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 2 P. 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/27/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-23** Executive Session: 01/28/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-30** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0105h 01/28/2025 (Vote 11-7; RC) HC 10 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-02-06** Amendment # 2025-0105h: AA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 37
- **2025-02-06** FLAM # 2025-0246h (Reps. McGhee, Cormen): AF RC 150-204 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 37
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0105h: MA RC 206-148 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 39 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Hearing: 04/03/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2140s, 05/15/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-2140s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2140s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2140s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 15
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 60
- **2025-07-08** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 169; eff.09/13/2025 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a50f82f0-d33d-496a-a6de-ca702d5a7e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).