New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 3 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 159 — establishing a marine habitat fee.

Last action — Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-7N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 02/13/2025; SJ 5

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-7N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 02/13/2025; SJ 5

  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/13/2025, Vote 3-2; SC 9

  3. Hearing: 01/29/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:15 am; SC 7

  4. Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 3

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 409 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (409)

409 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Inexpedient to Legislate

Passed 16 Yea · 7 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16000
Democrat 0701
Total 16701
% of votes cast 67%29%0%4%
How each member voted (24)
Member Party Vote
Cindy Rosenwald Democrat Nay
David Watters Democrat Nay
Debra Altschiller Democrat Nay
Donovan Fenton Democrat Nay
Pat Long Democrat Nay
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka Democrat Nay
Suzanne Prentiss Democrat Not Voting
Tara Reardon Democrat Nay
Bill Gannon Republican Yea
Daniel Innis Republican Yea
Daryl Abbas Republican Yea
David Rochefort Republican Yea
Denise Ricciardi Republican Yea
Howard Pearl Republican Yea
James Gray Republican Yea
Keith Murphy Republican Yea
Kevin Avard Republican Yea
Mark McConkey Republican Yea
Regina Birdsell Republican Yea
Ruth Ward Republican Yea
Sharon Carson Republican Yea
Tim McGough Republican Yea
Timothy Lang Republican Yea
Victoria Sullivan Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 159?
SB 159 is sponsored by David Watters (Democrat), Peter W Bixby, Debra Altschiller (Democrat), Mike Ouellet (Republican), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (Democrat), and Suzanne Harvey.
What is the current status of SB 159?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 159?
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