---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to decreasing assessment rates for entities providing VoIP and IP-enabled services, as well as certain local exchange carriers and their affiliates."
description: "relative to decreasing assessment rates for entities providing VoIP and IP-enabled services, as well as certain local exchange carriers and their affiliates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 508"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 508 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D Harrington"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a699f313-9b92-4987-8670-cf73fab951c4"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0582&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "6bc872d830f01a59773be007a36f67be01673ae3ed793598ff6497e577c857cb"
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 508 (2025) — relative to decreasing assessment rates for entities providing VoIP and IP-enabled services, as well as certain local exchange carriers and their affiliates.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Michael D Harrington — primary (person)
- James Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 13 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/28/2025 10:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-29** Executive Session: 02/04/2025 02:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2025 (Vote 18-0; RC) HC 12 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** FLAM # 2025-0269h (Rep. Harrington): AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 14
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0269h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing: 03/25/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 14
- **2025-03-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 31
- **2025-05-06** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/01/2025); SJ 12 `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/14/2025; Chapter 33; eff.07/01/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a699f313-9b92-4987-8670-cf73fab951c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).