---
type: "Bill"
title: "repealing the voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reductions registry."
description: "repealing the voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reductions registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 540 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcc121db-c4f6-43f9-850c-f25ce78b60ef"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0546&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "66df3f917a91451b8abb4a7da73bc24fdfb84affbb4d28a7a520a42ccc6e3785"
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 540 (2017) — repealing the voluntary greenhouse gas emissions reductions registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2017-0539h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-0539h&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 17 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Public Hearing: 01/31/2017 02:30 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-15** ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/23/2017 02:00 PM LOB 305-307
- **2017-02-22** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2017-0539h: 02/28/2017 01:30 PM LOB 306
- **2017-02-22** ==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 03/01/2017 01:00 PM LOB 306
- **2017-03-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0539h (NT) for 03/08/2017 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 14 P. 13 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0539h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 25
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0539h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 25 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 15
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 74; Eff. 7/1/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcc121db-c4f6-43f9-850c-f25ce78b60ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).