---
type: "Bill"
title: "raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund."
description: "raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 658"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 658 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael A Edgar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e145aa22-60e0-4efb-9e22-b117d83c4f6e"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0350&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "78f805f05759bd4eb3fed913c4a7f818ef4e11b0d9a580b1697e14a9cfea3f67"
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 658 (2025) — raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2921e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2921e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael A Edgar — primary (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy A Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 21 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** Executive Session: 02/11/2025 11:45 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/11/2025 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 12 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Ways and Means 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 6 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-02-27** Public Hearing: 03/04/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/04/2025 (Vote 18-1; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 91 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Introduced 03/13/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Hearing: 04/16/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1642s, 05/01/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1642s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/01/2025; SJ 11 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-01** Committee Amendment # 2025-1642s, AA, VV; 05/01/2025; SJ 11
- **2025-05-12** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/15/2025; Vote 8-0; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1642s (Rep. J. Aron): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 9
- **2025-07-11** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2921e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2921e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 62
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 64
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 284; eff. I. Sec 3 eff 01/01/2026 II. Sec 4 eff at 12:01 a. m. on 07/01/2035 III. Rem eff 06/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e145aa22-60e0-4efb-9e22-b117d83c4f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).