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SB 180 · 2025 · Senate · Executive Departments and Administration Committee

Coos County distressed economy designation

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(New Title) designating Coos county as a distressed place-based economy and requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills.

Designates Coos County as a distressed place-based economy, requires state agency commissioners to consult with county commissioners before regulatory decisions affecting the county, and directs the department of environmental services to revise solid waste rules to account for health and environmental impacts.AI-generated

Status

Died — the House and Senate did not agree · June 12, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill designates Coos County as a distressed place-based economy and requires commissioners of state agencies to consult with county commissioners before making regulatory decisions that would affect Coos County. The bill also requires the department to modify rules to avoid significant harms to human health and the environment, and changes the enabling statute of the department of environmental services solid waste division to require the department to consider health and the environment when making future rules.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as amended by the House. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“"Place-based economy" means a tailored economic development response that uses a region's unique characteristics to create and sustain growth.”
RSA 162-U:1
“Commissioners of state departments shall include county government input for any Coos County decisions impacting its place-based economy.”
RSA 162-U:2
“"Distressed" means an area that has a high rate of poverty, unemployment, or outmigration and is the most severely and persistently economically distressed and underdeveloped.”
RSA 162-U:1
“Collaborative regulatory approaches with existing regional economic objectives shall minimize unintended economic impacts.”
RSA 162-U:2

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. David RochefortRPrimeChair· Health and Human Services
  • Rep. Seth KingRClerk· Environment and Agriculture
  • Rep. Mike OuelletRVice Chair· Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Also: Rep. Sean DurkinR, Rep. Arnold DavisR, Rep. James TierneyR

Public testimony

3 signed in online · 1 wrote testimony

67% support33% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“It's abundantly clear that the one size fits all solutions coming out of Concord do not work well for Coos county.…”
— Simon Berrio, Daltonsupports

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced

Hearings and debates

  • Feb 5, 2025Public hearingSenate Executive Departments and Administration53:02–58:545m 52slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Mar 6, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0507s; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0507s — adopted, voice vote; Committee Amendment # 2025-0507s — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 20, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote
  • Apr 23, 2025Public hearingHouse Executive Departments and Administration4:23:13–4:26:543m 41slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • May 21, 2025Public hearingHouse Executive Departments and Administration56:58–58:061m 8slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1748h (NT) — roll call; Executive Session
  • Jun 5, 2025Floor debateHouse floor8:02:32–8:03:401m 8slocated in the stream transcriptOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-1748h and 2024-2474h — adopted, division 323-6; Amendment # 2025-1748h — adopted, voice vote; FLAM # 2025-2474h (NT) (Rep. J. Aron) — adopted, voice vote
  • Jun 12, 2025Floor debateSenate floor32:23–33:1653slocated in the stream transcriptSen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3
  2. Feb 5, 2025SenHearing: 02/05/2025, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 8
  3. Mar 6, 2025Sen: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0507s, 03/06/2025; Vote 3-1; CC; SC 11
  4. Mar 6, 2025SenCommittee Amendment # 2025-0507s, AA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  5. Mar 6, 2025SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2025-0507s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  6. Mar 20, 2025Sen: Ought to Pass, 03/20/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 13
  7. Mar 20, 2025SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/20/2025; SJ 8
  8. Mar 27, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 112
  9. Apr 23, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 04/23/2025 02:30 pm LOB 306-308
  10. May 21, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 05/21/2025 11:00 am LOB 306-308
  11. May 21, 2025HouseMajority : Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1748h (NT) 05/21/2025 (Vote 15-1; RC) HC 27 P. 21
  12. May 28, 2025HouseMinority : Ought to Pass
  13. Jun 5, 2025HouseAmendment # 2025-1748h: AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 149
  14. Jun 5, 2025HouseFLAM # 2025-2474h (NT) (Rep. J. Aron): AA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 149
  15. Jun 5, 2025HouseFLAM # 2025-2642h(NT) (Rep. Drew): AF RC 163-166 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 151
  16. Jun 5, 2025HouseOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-1748h and 2024-2474h: MA DV 323-6 06/05/2025 HJ 16 P. 153
  17. Jun 12, 2025SenSen. Pearl Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/12/2025; SJ 16

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.