---
type: "Bill"
title: "making appropriations to the department of energy for a state emergency fuel assistance program and a supplemental electric benefit, and relative to the electric low-income program fund."
description: "making appropriations to the department of energy for a state emergency fuel assistance program and a supplemental electric benefit, and relative to the electric low-income program fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2023"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 2023 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven D. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-09-15"
last_action: "2022-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5098232d-64ee-4c76-8768-032712d77ac5"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=3136&sy=2022&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2022"
source_hash: "ac348569d862bad88d4e9f066564473faa8409112e5235978c0566d396f74aa6"
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 2023 (2022) — making appropriations to the department of energy for a state emergency fuel assistance program and a supplemental electric benefit, and relative to the electric low-income program fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2022-2134s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=2022-2134s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass: Remainder — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass: Sections — **13–10** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment — **10–13** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven D. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-15** Introduced and Adopted: MA DV 259-66 By Necessary Two-Thirds Vote 09/15/2022 HJ 15
- **2022-09-15** Ought to Pass: MA VV 09/15/2022 HJ 15 `passage`
- **2022-09-15** Sen. Bradley Moved Introduction; MA, VV; 09/15/2022; SJ 14
- **2022-09-15** Sen. Bradley Moved to suspend all rules necessary to permit the consideration of HB 2023 at the present time; 2/3 necessary, MA, VV; 09/15/2022; SJ 14
- **2022-09-15** Sen. Bradley Moved Ought to Pass; 09/15/2022; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-15** Sen. Soucy Moved to divide the Question on the Motion of Ought to Pass: The first vote on Sections 1 & 5 and then the second vote on the Remainder of the Bill; 09/15/2022; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-15** The Chair ruled the Question Divisible; 09/15/2022; SJ 14
- **2022-09-15** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2022-2134s, RC 10Y-13N, AF; 09/15/2022; SJ 14
- **2022-09-15** Ought to Pass: Sections 1 & 5, RC 13Y-10N; 09/15/2022; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2022-09-15** Ought to Pass: Remainder of the Bill, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; Read a Third Time, and Final Passage in the early session, MA, VV; 09/15/2022; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2022-09-15** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 09/15/2022); SJ 14
- **2022-09-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 09/15/2022; Chapter 346; eff. 09/15/2022 HJ 15 `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-26** Enrolled 09/15/2022 adopted HJ 15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5098232d-64ee-4c76-8768-032712d77ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).