---
type: "Bill"
title: "permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing."
description: "permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 685 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe H. Alexander"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b560d81-6ec8-4e17-b1b0-e52ef049dea1"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0474&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "4c8e30517c556455a5d509e6b7ad7b86a139f1c38565ea12fe9ff6a8c03aa2cd"
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 685 (2025) — permitting in all residentially zoned areas by right the construction of manufactured housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2005s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2005s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Joe H. Alexander — primary (person)
- Alissandra Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen D Read — cosponsor (person)
- Heath Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hope E Damon — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Grill — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Ross Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-02-26** Executive Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 305
- **2025-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0392h 02/18/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 14 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Amendment # 2025-0392h: AA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 16
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0392h: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 16 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Hearing: 04/15/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 17
- **2025-04-29** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025, Vote 5-1; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Lang Floor Amendment # 2025-2005s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2005s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2005s and Requests CofC (Rep. Osborne): MA VV 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-03** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Alexander Jr., Cole, D. Paige, Howland 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 53
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Innis Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Innis, Murphy, Reardon; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-17** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/17/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-06-16** Conferee Change: Rep. Hicks Replaces Rep. Paige 06/16/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-07-08** Conference Committee Report: Not Filed HJ 17
- **2025-06-19** Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; SJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b560d81-6ec8-4e17-b1b0-e52ef049dea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).