---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation."
description: "relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 682"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 682 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael D Harrington"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d07a561-0956-40b5-bbbe-658d663eb4bc"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0469&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "bda1efc334d780091447d8f7af9be6e8b5b7fd144cd226cf86b014eed5a62802"
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 682 (2025) — relative to the office of offshore wind industry, the offshore and port development commission, and the office of energy innovation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1808s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1808s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTP — **206–163** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael D Harrington — primary (person)
- Aboul B Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas W. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- JD Bernardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanine M Notter — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley L Potenza — cosponsor (person)
- Linda McGrath — cosponsor (person)
- Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Public Hearing: 02/03/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-06** Executive Session: 02/03/2025 09:00 am LOB 302-304
- **2025-02-06** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2025 (Vote 9-6; RC) HC 12 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2025-02-20** Ought to Pass: MA RC 206-163 02/20/2025 HJ 6 P. 15 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Introduced 03/06/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Hearing: 04/03/2025, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 15
- **2025-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1808s, 05/08/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1808s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/08/2025; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Committee Amendment # 2025-1808s, AA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1808s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 17
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/26/2025); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2025-07-14** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/26/2025 HJ 18 P. 63
- **2025-08-11** Signed by Governor Ayotte 08/01/2025; Chapter 286; eff. 09/30/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d07a561-0956-40b5-bbbe-658d663eb4bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).