HB 541 · 2025 · House · Science, Technology and Energy Committee
Energy infrastructure resiliency study committee
AI-generatedestablishing a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency.
Establishes a committee to study the survivability and resiliency of energy and telecommunications infrastructure.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 6, 2025- ✓Introduced
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Analysis
This bill establishes a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency.
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
“There is established a committee to study energy and telecommunications infrastructure survivability and resiliency.”
“Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.”
“The committee may solicit information and testimony from any agency or individual with experience or expertise deemed relevant to the study.”
“The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
- Rep. JD BernardyRClerk· Science, Technology and Energy
- Rep. Michael VoseRChair· Science, Technology and Energy
- Rep. Lex BerezhnyRAssistant Majority Leader
Also: Rep. Samuel FarringtonR, Rep. Jonah WheelerD, Rep. Jose CambrilsR, Rep. Daniel Popovici-MullerR, Rep. Matt Sabourin dit ChoinièreR
Public testimony
41 signed in online · 16 wrote testimony
7% support93% oppose0% neutral
In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted
“Please amend HB541 to replace "acts of God" with "natural disasters," keeping in mind that many of the weather-related disasters that are happening lately are "unnatural" because this science is clear that we are seeing horrific floods, fires, storms, etc. due to earth-warming carbon pollution.…”
“With the increasing severity of weather, and likelihood of fires and flooding due to climate change, please replace "acts of God" with "natural disasters".”
“Please amend HB 541 to replace "acts of God" with "natural disasters" and to study the increasingly severe weather events; and likelihood of drought, forest fires and flooding due to climate change.”
Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.
Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026
Votes
yeanay- Feb 10, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate17–0Overall100% yea
- Mar 6, 2025HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted
Hearings and debates
- Feb 4, 2025Public hearingHouse Science, Technology and Energy4:45:41–4:47:532m 12slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
- Feb 10, 2025Public hearingHouse Science, Technology and Energy4:12:10–4:17:054m 55slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
- Mar 6, 2025Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 3 P. 15
- Feb 4, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:30 pm LOB 302-304
- Feb 10, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/10/2025 01:00 pm LOB 302-304
- Feb 10, 2025HouseCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/10/2025 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 14 P. 14
- Mar 6, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2025 HJ 7 P. 21
Coverage
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Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.