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HB1577 • 2026

relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Margaret Drye (R), Charles Foote (R), Nicholas Bridle (R), Jeffrey Tenczar (R), Dale Girard (R), Terry Roy (R)
Last action
2026-07-10
Official status
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2026-0733h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 35

Plain English: Amendment #2026-0733h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 35 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-10 H

    Signed by Governor Ayotte 07/02/2026; Chapter 234; eff. 8/31/2026

  2. 2026-06-23 S

    Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 14

  3. 2026-06-23 H

    Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15

  4. 2026-05-21 H

    House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1599s (Rep. Vose): MA VV 05/21/2026 HJ 14

  5. 2026-05-05 S

    Committee Amendment #2026-1599s , AA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  6. 2026-05-05 S

    Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1599s , MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  7. 2026-04-22 S

    Hearing: 04/21/2026, Room 103, SH, 09:40 am; SC 15

  8. 2026-04-22 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-1599s , 05/07/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 17

  9. 2026-03-06 S

    Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 6

  10. 2026-03-05 H

    Amendment #2026-0733h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 35

  11. 2026-03-05 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0733h: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 35

  12. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0733h 02/17/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 27

  13. 2026-02-12 H

    Executive Session: 02/17/2026 10:00 am GP 229

  14. 2026-02-05 H

    Public Hearing: 02/09/2026 09:30 am GP 229

  15. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 1 P. 26

Official Summary Text

relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

Current Bill Text

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CHAPTER 234
HB 1577 - FINAL VERSION

5Mar2026... 0733h
05/07/2026 1599s
2026 SESSION
26-2890
06/09

HOUSE BILL
1577

AN ACT
relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

SPONSORS: Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Rep. Tenczar, Hills. 1; Rep. Foote, Rock. 13; Rep. Girard, Sull. 6; Rep. Bridle, Rock. 29; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows service providers to share individual customer data with a municipality's authorized public safety officials for emergency coordination purposes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2026... 0733h
05/07/2026 1599s 26-2890
06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the disclosure of utility customer data to municipalities for emergency response planning.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

234:1 Customer Data in Emergency Situations. Amend RSA 363:38, V(b) to read as follows:
(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a service provider from disclosing a customer's individual data to a third party for system, grid, or operational needs,
coordination with a municipality's authorized public safety officials,
or the research, development, and implementation of new rate structures and tariffs, demand response, customer assistance, energy management, or energy efficiency programs, provided that the service provider for contracts entered into after January 1, 2017, has required by contract that the third party implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, use, destruction, modification, or disclosure, and to prohibit the use of the data for a secondary commercial purpose not related to the primary purpose of the contract without the express consent of the customer.
Disclosure of a customer's data to a municipality's authorized public safety officials shall be exempt under RSA 91-A:5, IV.

234:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 02, 2026
Effective Date: August 31, 2026