---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to permitting the public utilities commission to approve new providers for the Lifeline program."
description: "relative to permitting the public utilities commission to approve new providers for the Lifeline program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 627"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 627 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adb4cd18-e832-4034-8da7-abf3720b3bd3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0618&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "14614c7554bca3dd9afb83cbeeb9b7a3d96f09109fcb49a01203a6db322700b2"
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 627 (2025) — relative to permitting the public utilities commission to approve new providers for the Lifeline program.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Bob J. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Erica J Layon — cosponsor (person)
- Jess Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Katelyn T Kuttab — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas H Cormen — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne D. MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 19 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/27/2025 02:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-23** Executive Session: 01/28/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-01-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/28/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 10 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 7 `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, 09:40 am; SC 15
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-24** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-25** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 26
- **2025-07-08** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/07/2025; Chapter 155; eff. 09/05/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adb4cd18-e832-4034-8da7-abf3720b3bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).