---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value."
description: "requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 694"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 694 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy F. Aron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc4634e-1144-4d2f-8519-ca6ea69fe2a6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0403&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "d3dfae4085b213f8378d97ecadc5c1383162b3722349f05ed0995a3154c91278"
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 694 (2025) — requiring leases of land, buildings, or space by state agencies to be at fair market value.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-0889h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-0889h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Judy F. Aron — primary (person)
- Brian M Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dale R Girard — cosponsor (person)
- John R Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret M Drye — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D Smith — 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 Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 23 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing: 02/19/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-07** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/10/2025 01:30 pm LOB 104
- **2025-03-18** Executive Session: 03/10/2025 01:30 pm LOB 104
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0889h 03/12/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 17 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment # 2025-0889h: AA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 31
- **2025-03-26** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0889h: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 32 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-27** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/08/2025; Vote 6-0; 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 152; 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/2fc4634e-1144-4d2f-8519-ca6ea69fe2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).