---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to making electronic rent payments optional."
description: "relative to making electronic rent payments optional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 309 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maureen C. Mooney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14189412-377e-43c7-9809-d7e711057cdc"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0477&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "bae6a9cca1f83cc7e7daa82845113c966c3deaadd26b28f0a3ca598978ce474d"
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 309 (2025) — relative to making electronic rent payments optional.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1972s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1972s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Maureen C. Mooney — primary (person)
- Bill Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel E. Innis — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 2 P. 14 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-02-11** Executive Session: 01/21/2025 01:00 pm LOB 210-211
- **2025-02-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0342h (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Amendment # 2025-0342h: AA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 8
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0342h: MA VV 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Hearing: 04/10/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 16
- **2025-04-30** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1830s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** HB 309 was Removed from the Consent Calendar; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1830s, AF, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-1972s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1972s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1972s (Rep. Alexander Jr.): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 12
- **2025-07-03** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-07** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 59
- **2025-07-22** Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/15/2025; Chapter 176; eff. 01/01/2026 HJ 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14189412-377e-43c7-9809-d7e711057cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).