---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects."
description: "relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 196 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H. Watters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3790345-ef8c-433f-9b76-ab00c7d531c8"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0243&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "641df8a05ccb22d866568f9a8b87c95454866c935329e476daa792b5fb31254c"
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 196 (2025) — relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2025-1568h** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-1568h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- David H. Watters — primary (person)
- Charlie G. St. Clair — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- Michael I Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Steven D Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing: 02/05/2025, Room 103, SH, 11:00 am; SC 8
- **2025-02-06** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/13/2025; SJ 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 112 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-21** Executive Session: 04/09/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
- **2025-04-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1568h 04/09/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 22 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Amendment # 2025-1568h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 5
- **2025-05-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1568h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16 `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 167
- **2025-06-18** Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0100; Effective 08/16/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3790345-ef8c-433f-9b76-ab00c7d531c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).