---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to state energy performance contracting."
description: "relative to state energy performance contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 96 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad721c4b-5791-4c64-ae82-839997cf87ed"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1027&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "c95219e28076735d0af0fa8e3208463c5a7e295afb5dcc6d7ddfac209438085c"
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 96 (2023) — relative to state energy performance contracting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1846e** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1846e&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Lang — primary (person)
- Denise Ricciardi — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Michael Ammon — cosponsor (person)
- Keith R. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Infantine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Hearing: 02/21/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 11
- **2023-03-08** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0856s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Amendment # 2023-0856s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10
- **2023-03-16** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0856s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-21** Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public Hearing: 03/29/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-03-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/29/2023 (Vote 16-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-14** Executive Session: 03/29/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2023-05-04** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1846e: AA VV (in recess of) 05/18/2023
- **2023-05-25** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-1846e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/18/2023); SJ 16 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-21** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
- **2023-07-11** Signed by the Governor on 06/30/2023; Chapter 0143; Effective 08/29/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad721c4b-5791-4c64-ae82-839997cf87ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).