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type: "Bill"
title: "defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry."
description: "defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 123 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnold G Davis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f633b3-0f24-4322-9b4e-70fc53cd60b6"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=0100&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025"
source_hash: "ec3cb4cfa8f5796650d9bc1ef5177c6485c1e7bd0a1c0e73f4c03ff95172514e"
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 123 (2025) — defining pre-sequestration timber tax revenue, establishing a moratorium on carbon sequestration and establishing a commission to study the effects of carbon sequestration in New Hampshire forests upon state and local tax revenue, effective forest management, and the health of New Hampshire’s logging industry.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment #2025-2214s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2025&id=2025-2214s&txtFormat=amend)
## Votes
- OTPA — **197–158** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Arnold G Davis — primary (person)
- Brian D Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Howard Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James W Tierney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Ouellet — cosponsor (person)
- Sean C Durkin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 6 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Public Hearing: 02/10/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-02-12** Public Hearing on non-germane Amendment # 2025-0153h: 02/18/2025 09:50 am LOB 201
- **2025-02-27** Executive Session: 03/03/2025 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
- **2025-03-05** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0654h (NT) 03/03/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment # 2025-0654h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 92
- **2025-03-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0654h: MA RC 197-158 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 95 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-03-11** Removed from Consent (Reps. Kuttab, Popovici-Muller, Boehm, Turcotte, Scully, Perez, D. Kelley, Tom Mannion, Seaworth, Granger) 03/06/2025 HJ 8 P. 2
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Ways and Means 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 95 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Lay HB123 on Table (Rep. Osborne): MF DV 171-185 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 93 `deferral`
- **2025-03-20** Referral Waived by Committee Chair per House Rule 47(f) 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 18
- **2025-03-24** Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Hearing: 05/06/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:00 am; SC 20
- **2025-05-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-2133s, 05/15/2025; Vote 4-1; CC; SC 21A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Committee Amendment # 2025-2133s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
- **2025-05-15** Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2133s, MA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-15** Referred to Ways and Means, 05/15/2025; SJ 13 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Hearing: 05/21/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:00 am, on proposed amendment # 2025-2214s; SC 22
- **2025-05-21** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2025; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 22A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2025; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-12** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-2133s (Rep. Pauer): MA DV 268-74 06/12/2025 HJ 17 P. 14
- **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 164; eff. I. Sec 4 eff 11/01/2027 II. Rem eff 07/01/2025 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/65f633b3-0f24-4322-9b4e-70fc53cd60b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).