CHAPTER 100
SB 196-FN - FINAL VERSION
1May2025... 1568h
2025 SESSION
25-0243
06/05
SENATE BILL 196-FN
AN ACT relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. S. Smith, Sull. 3; Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 5; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill exempts certain agency projects of not more than $1,000,000 from the department of administrative services competitive bidding requirements. The current statute exempts such projects if the estimated total cost is not more than $500,000.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
1May2025... 1568h 25-0243
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the exemption from competitive bidding requirements for certain state agency projects.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
100:1 Department of Administrative Services; Major Projects. Amend RSA 21-I:80, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) Projects for the department of fish and game, the [adjutant general's] department of military affairs and veterans services, and the department of natural and cultural resources, whose estimated total cost is not more than [$500,000] $1,000,000. The commissioner may grant other agencies an exclusion for specific projects whose estimated cost is not more than [$500,000] $1,000,000 if he or she concludes to do so is in the best interests of the state. Such projects may be done on a force account basis, by contracts awarded through competitive bidding, by short term rental of construction equipment, or by any combination of these methods. These departments are authorized to rent construction equipment for periods not exceeding 6 months at rates the departments deem competitive through the use of quotes or bids.
100:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 17, 2025
Effective Date: August 16, 2025
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| April 21, 2025 | 2025-1568h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 5, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 6, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| April 9, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
June 18, 2025: Signed by the Governor on 06/17/2025; Chapter 0100; Effective 08/16/2025
June 9, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 9, 2025: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 9, 2025: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/05/2025 HJ 16
May 8, 2025: Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/08/2025; SJ 12
May 1, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-1568h: MA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 5
May 1, 2025: Amendment # 2025-1568h: AA VV 05/01/2025 HJ 13 P. 5
April 21, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1568h 04/09/2025 (Vote 14-0; CC) HC 22 P. 9
April 21, 2025: Executive Session: 04/09/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
April 2, 2025: Public Hearing: 04/09/2025 01:30 pm LOB 306-308
March 28, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 03/27/2025 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 11 P. 112
March 6, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
Feb. 19, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025; Vote 6-0; CC; SC 11
Feb. 13, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
Feb. 6, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9
Jan. 29, 2025: Hearing: 02/05/2025, Room 103, SH, 11:00 am; SC 8
Jan. 23, 2025: Introduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 3