---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board."
description: "relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 610"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 610 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Berry"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50180891-feb4-48cd-bc20-0f1701b00eea"
source_url: "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/advanced.aspx"
source_hash: "2ceb35176c5d5ac66b688d6cd5ca889cf665e6c8224f8673b053cfa850caca61"
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 610 (2026) — relative to the residential ratepayers advisory board.

## Version chain

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


## Sponsors

- Ross Berry — primary (person)
- Donald S McFarlane — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joe H. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Tom D Mannion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Public Hearing: 03/05/2025 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2025-03-12** Retained in Committee
- **2025-09-22** Full Committee Work Session: 10/01/2025 10:00 am GP 231
- **2025-10-27** Executive Session: 11/05/2025 10:00 am GP 231
- **2025-11-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3076h (NT) 11/05/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 51 P. 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-07** Amendment # 2025-3076h: AA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 67
- **2026-01-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3076h: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 67 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing: 02/11/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:10 am; SC 5
- **2026-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1056s, 03/12/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Committee Amendment # 2026-1056s, AA, VV; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
- **2026-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1056s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/12/2026; SJ 6 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-05-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1056s (Rep. Layon): MA VV 04/09/2026 HJ 10 P. 8
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/23/2026); SJ 11 `enrolled`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/08/2026; Chapter 45; eff. 08/06/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50180891-feb4-48cd-bc20-0f1701b00eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).