HB219 Relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards.

Environment & Energy Dead Auto-scored

Relative to changes to the minimum electric renewable portfolio standards.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Could slightly reduce electricity costs short-term by lowering renewable mandates, but foregoes long-term clean energy price stability.

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Your Community

Weakening renewable standards increases fossil fuel reliance, contributing to air pollution and climate impacts that harm NH communities.

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Your Freedom

Reduces regulation on utilities but does not directly affect individual freedom.

Status

Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Harrington (R)

The Short Version

Modifies NH's renewable portfolio standards for electricity, likely weakening requirements for utilities to source power from renewables. Passed House on a narrow party-line vote. Under Senate review.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Fossil fuel-reliant utilities
▲ Those opposing renewable energy mandates

Who Pays the Price

▼ Clean energy businesses and workers
▼ Communities affected by air pollution and climate change
▼ Long-term ratepayers

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 supported it ( 175 for , 1 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 151 against ) .

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

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-07

Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

175R

Voted to Pass (175)

1R + 151D

Voted Against (152)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (175)

Republicans (175)

Voted Nay (152)

Republicans (1)

Matthew Coker

Democrats (151)

Absent (42)

Adam Presa (R) , Allison Knab (D) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Boyd (R) , Cassandra Levesque (D) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Fracht (D) , David Lundgren (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Karel Crawford (R) , Larry Gagne (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Louise Andrus (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Mary Ford (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Cahill (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Sallie Fellows (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Shane Sirois (R) , Thomas Schamberg (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R) , Travis Toner (R)

Did not vote (26)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Andrew Prout (R) , Brian Cole (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Buzz Scherr (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Christopher Herbert (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , James MacKay (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Ned Raynolds (D) , Ralph Boehm (R) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Valerie McDonnell (R) , William Dolan (D)

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

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