---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the department of energy."
description: "relative to the department of energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 108 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1fc5835-d8bb-4160-999a-6d5f9dc243c3"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0946&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "5a0d616d2e45c11a2fc2500609330844da839f373992ec7fba1d3bba66aaa988"
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 SB 108 (2025) — relative to the department of energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2919e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2919e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard Pearl — primary (person)
- Alvin B See — cosponsor (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- James A Spillane — cosponsor (person)
- Jose E Cambrils — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Tim McGough — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 8
- **2025-02-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0550s, 03/06/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2025-0550s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0550s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 11 P. 111 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 04/14/2025 09:30 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/07/2025 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-02** Full Committee Work Session: 04/14/2025 09:00 am 302-304
- **2025-04-09** Executive Session: 04/14/2025 11:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1585h 04/14/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 22 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1585h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 8
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1585h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sen. Avard Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** President Appoints: Senators Avard, Pearl, Watters; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
- **2025-06-11** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
- **2025-06-11** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Vose, D. Thomas, Harrington, McGhee 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 172
- **2025-06-11** Committee of Conference Meeting: 06/13/2025, 09:00 am, Room 103 SH, 9:00 a.m.
- **2025-06-18** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2748c Filed 06/18/2025; As Amended by the House HJ 17
- **2025-06-26** Conference Committee Report 2025-2748c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 2
- **2025-06-24** Conference Committee Report # 2025-2748c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
- **2025-07-09** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2919e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 61
- **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
- **2025-07-18** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2919e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-08-04** Signed by the Governor on 08/01/2025; Chapter 0294; Effective 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1fc5835-d8bb-4160-999a-6d5f9dc243c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).