---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities."
description: "relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 696 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Vose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26bad0d-13d0-4438-ae6e-39fb2a1c0f0f"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0533&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "84aa56976bca0ca34d5f50e74742daa7e1ba9157ddfdc400ea86e6bde529f522"
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 696 (2025) — relative to the application of utility property taxes and statewide education property taxes to electric generating facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1844s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1844s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Michael Vose — primary (person)
- Carol M McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- John C Janigian — cosponsor (person)
- John T MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan G. Ulery — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — 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`
- **2025-02-07** Public Hearing: 02/11/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-25** Executive Session: 03/03/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/03/2025 (Vote 18-0; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Ways and Means 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 88 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 88 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Public Hearing: 03/25/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-26** Executive Session: 04/01/2025 10:30 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-03-26** Full Committee Work Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- **2025-04-02** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/01/2025 (Vote 17-2; RC) HC 19 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-04-10** Lay HB696 on Table (Rep. Oppel): MF DV 27-342 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 22 `deferral`
- **2025-04-10** Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/10/2025 HJ 12 P. 22 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-04-11** Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 10 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Hearing: 04/23/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:45 am; SC 18
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1844s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1844s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1844s, 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 2025-1844s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 19
- **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 206; eff. 07/01/2027 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/c26bad0d-13d0-4438-ae6e-39fb2a1c0f0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).