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HB 334 · 2025 · House · Resources, Recreation and Development Committee

State development plan environmental provisions

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relative to the comprehensive state development plan.

Adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning the protection of natural resources and identification of environmental threats.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 13, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill adds provisions to the comprehensive state development plan concerning protecting natural resources and identifying environmental threats.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

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

“This section shall contain a set of statements which articulates the desires of the public relative to the future.”
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“It shall contain a set of guiding principles and priorities to implement that vision, with special emphasis on maximizing the smart growth principles in RSA 9-B.”
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“The section shall reference the economic development strategy and operating plan and process developed by the division of economic development under RSA 12-O:24 through 12-O:28.”
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“A regional concerns section which describes specific areas of the state with potentially unique concerns and identifies policies and actions which may reasonably be undertaken to assist in addressing those issues.”
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Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Peter LovettDPrime
  • Rep. Nicholas GermanaDDeputy Democratic Floor Leader
  • Rep. Peter BixbyDRanking Member· Environment and Agriculture
  • Rep. Jaci GroteDDemocratic Advisor
  • Rep. Heather BaldwinDDeputy Ranking Member· Resources, Recreation, and Development

Also: Rep. Will DarbyD, Rep. Rosemarie RungD, Rep. Bill BoltonD, Rep. Janet LucasD, Sen. David WattersD

Public testimony

32 signed in online · 10 wrote testimony

69% support31% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“The protection of our lakes and NH waters is of critical importance to the environment, property values, tourism. The development of sound policies is a good starting point.”
— Susan Gorman, Sunapeesupports
“Adding these environmental provisions to the State Development Plan is an important step forward. This long view approach is vital to the future of NH as they help to preserve the state we know and love today for future generations.”
— Stephen Barker, Springfieldsupports
“Important to protect our watershed and valuable ponds, lakes and riverways”
— Betsy Cetron, New Londonsupports
“The state's development plan is already more than sufficiently comprehensive and is more than adequate to protect our state's natural resources. The vague objectives stated in this bill promotes wasteful expenditures and unnecessary regulatory expansion.”
— Teresa Brooks, Manchesteropposes
“My name is Matthew Rhodes , and I am a frequent visitor and hopeful resident of NH I am here to express my concerns regarding the proposed comprehensive plan.…”
— MATTHEW RHODES, Unityopposes

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
  • Jan 29, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate9–7
    Overall
    56% yea
  • Feb 13, 2025HouseRoll callInexpedient to LegislateAdopted199–171How they voted
    Overall
    54% yea
    Party-line vote
    Republicans
    197–399% yea
    Democrats
    2–1681% yea

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 22, 2025Public hearingHouse Resources, Recreation and Development56:09–59:032m 54slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Jan 29, 2025Public hearingHouse Resources, Recreation and Development34:23–38:133m 50slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate — roll call; Executive Session
  • Feb 13, 2025Floor debateHouse floor3:16:37–3:19:152m 38slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 199-171

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

Legislative history

  1. Jan 8, 2025HouseIntroduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 2 P. 15
  2. Jan 22, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/22/2025 10:45 am LOB 305
  3. Jan 29, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 01/29/2025 10:15 am LOB 305
  4. Jan 29, 2025HouseMajority : Inexpedient to Legislate 01/29/2025 (Vote 9-7; RC) HC 11 P. 12
  5. Feb 5, 2025HouseMinority : Ought to Pass
  6. Feb 13, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 199-171 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 27

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

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