---
type: "Bill"
title: "directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy."
description: "directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 690"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 690 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Summers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c79fc1e-b4b7-4c27-a3e4-ad64512f17a0"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0508&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "e23bd9e5dbea6ed9aa0b1f988ea8dfdc35b6b3583005a119cc53d74c42db2878"
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 690 (2025) — directing the department of energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategy decisions that impact ratepayers in relation to New England's environmental policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2906e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2906e&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **200–155** (pass) · lower
- Concur — **188–155** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Summers — primary (person)
- JD Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael D Harrington — 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 Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 03:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-12** Executive Session: 02/18/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-21** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 68 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-03-27** Ought to Pass: MA RC 200-155 03/27/2025 HJ 11 P. 98 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1810s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1810s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1810s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025; Vote 7-0; CC; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1810s (Rep. Vose): MA RC 188-155 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 17
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2906e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2906e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **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 205; eff. 07/15/2025 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/0c79fc1e-b4b7-4c27-a3e4-ad64512f17a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).