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HB1722 Relative to consumer protections and energy classifications for large-use electric facilities.

Environment & Energy Dead Auto-scored

Relative to consumer protections and energy classifications for large-use electric facilities.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
💰

Your Wallet

Consumer protections would prevent large energy users from shifting their costs to residential customers' electric bills.

7
🏘️

Your Community

Ensures large industrial facilities pay their fair share of energy costs and don't degrade grid reliability for communities.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

No direct impact on individual freedoms; focused on commercial energy regulation.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 185-156 03/12/2026 House Journal 8

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Kat McGhee (D)

The Short Version

Would establish consumer protections and energy classification requirements for large electricity users like data centers, ensuring they don't shift costs to residential ratepayers. Killed ITL 185-156.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Residential electric ratepayers
  • ▲ Small businesses
  • ▲ Grid reliability

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Large energy-consuming facilities like data centers
  • ▼ Companies seeking lower industrial electricity rates

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 2 for , 183 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 154 for , 2 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-03-12
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

183R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (185)
2R + 154D
Voted to Keep It Alive (156)
29
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (185)

Republicans (183)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (156)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (154)
Absent (29)

Brian Seaworth (R) , Dale Swanson (D) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , Jess Edwards (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Thomas Buco (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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