CHAPTER 43
HB 165-FN - FINAL VERSION
2025 SESSION
25-0138
02/06
HOUSE BILL 165-FN
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Terry, Belk. 7; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum annual amount of disaster relief funding a municipality may receive from the state disaster relief fund.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0138
02/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
43:1 Homeland Security and Emergency Management; Municipal Road and Bridge Disaster Relief Funding. Amend RSA 21-P:37-e to read as follows:
21-P:37-e Disaster Relief Procedures. A municipality may request infrastructural disaster relief more than once in a calendar year, but shall not receive more than [$25,000] $100,000 in grant money from this program in a calendar year. Requests shall be filed with the joint legislative fiscal committee within 45 days after the governor's declaration. Moneys shall be distributed from the New Hampshire disaster relief fund established in RSA 21-P:46-a. The joint legislative fiscal committee may decide to appropriate a lesser amount to the request based on available funding.
43:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 29, 2025
Effective Date: July 28, 2025
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 23, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 17, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 30, 2025: Signed by Governor Ayotte 05/29/2025; Chapter 43; eff. 07/28/2025
May 13, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 05/08/2025 HJ 14 P. 59
May 12, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/08/2015); SJ 13
April 17, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/17/2025; SJ 10
April 9, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/17/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 17
April 3, 2025: Hearing: 04/08/2025, Room 103, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 16
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Finance; SJ 10
March 26, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/26/2025 HJ 10 P. 32
March 17, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/17/2025 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 17 P. 18
March 14, 2025: Executive Session: 03/17/2025 01:15 pm LOB 210-211
Feb. 14, 2025: Division II Work Session: 02/24/2025 01:00 pm LOB 209
Feb. 13, 2025: Referred to Finance 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 13
Feb. 13, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 13
Feb. 4, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 01/30/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 11 P. 7
Jan. 22, 2025: Executive Session: 01/30/2025 02:00 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:20 am LOB 301-303
Jan. 6, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 8