---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances."
description: "requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1620"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1620 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristine Perez"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a1e1ae8-1fd1-45e5-8981-03fe9b8e0782"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=1580&inflect=2"
source_hash: "402fa6b9e32c7a7251726f3bf35ccdb0bb8bb5d69727bd45d4790d9ccc3cc01e"
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 1620 (2026) — requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Kristine Perez — primary (person)
- Louise Andrus — cosponsor (person)
- Ron C Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Zoe R Manos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 28 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Public Hearing: 02/10/2026 01:30 pm GP 153
- **2026-02-05** Full Committee Work Session: 02/11/2026 10:00 am GP153
- **2026-02-11** Full Committee Work Session: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-18** Full Committee Work Session: 02/24/2026 10:00 am GP 153
- **2026-02-25** Full Committee Work Session: 03/03/2026 10:15 am GP 153
- **2026-03-04** Executive Session: 03/03/2026 10:15 am GP 153
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0936h (NT) 03/03/2026 (Vote 12-0; CC) HC 10 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment # 2026-0936h: AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 35
- **2026-03-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0936h: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 35 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-17** Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Hearing: 03/24/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 11
- **2026-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/23/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-17** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/14/2026); SJ 13 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 05/14/2026 HJ 13
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Governor Ayotte 06/05/2026; Chapter 122; eff.08/04/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a1e1ae8-1fd1-45e5-8981-03fe9b8e0782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).