---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy."
description: "relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 236 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin A. Avard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964b5705-3d4d-481b-94e3-2584932f5834"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0444&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "0894b1a3d6099da9a841ebe606a069116c26454955b265699d7dc10575814e7d"
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 236 (2025) — relative to transferring control of the Electric Assistance Program to the department of energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-2401e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2401e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. Avard — primary (person)
- Bill M. Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Cindy Rosenwald — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- David H. Watters — cosponsor (person)
- David Rochefort — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Long — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Tara Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Hearing: 03/04/2025, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 11
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0826s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/13/2025; SJ 7 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-13** Sen. Watters Floor Amendment # 2025-0826s, AA, VV; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-13** SB 236 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 03/13/2025; SJ 7
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 11 P. 113 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/21/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-02** Executive Session: 04/21/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-02** Full Committee Work Session: 04/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-04-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 04/21/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 22 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-30** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2401e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/22/2025 HJ 15 P. 52
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/12/2025); SJ 17 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-16** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 24
- **2025-06-24** Signed by the Governor on 06/24/2025; Chapter 0133; Effective 08/23/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-21** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2025-2401e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/26/2025); SJ 17 `amendment-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/964b5705-3d4d-481b-94e3-2584932f5834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).