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HB97 • 2026

making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Thomas Buco (D), David Preece (D), Denise Ricciardi (R), Nancy Murphy (D)
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was marked as Inexpedient to Legislate on January 7, 2026.

Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Act

This bill proposes to provide funding to the Department of Environmental Services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

What This Bill Does

  • Proposes an appropriation of $15,000,000 each year from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027 for eligible wastewater projects.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Environmental Services
  • Communities or entities with approved wastewater projects

Terms To Know

Nonlapsing funds
Money that does not expire at the end of a fiscal year and can be used in future years.
Warrant
An order from the governor to draw money from the treasury for specific purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was marked as Inexpedient to Legislate on January 7, 2026.
  • The exact amount of local expenditures is indeterminable as it varies with each project.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 175-156 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 176

  2. 2025-11-10 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/30/2025 (Vote 14-11; RC) HC 51 P. 33

  3. 2025-11-10 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-2996h

  4. 2025-10-14 H

    Executive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230

  5. 2025-09-18 H

    Division I Work Session: 10/02/2025 01:00 pm GP 230

  6. 2025-03-04 H

    Retained in Committee

  7. 2025-02-12 H

    Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211

  8. 2025-01-24 H

    Division I Work Session: 02/05/2025 10:15 am LOB 212

  9. 2025-01-15 H

    Public Hearing: 01/23/2025 10:30 am LOB 210-211

  10. 2024-12-23 H

    Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Finance HJ 2 P. 5

Official Summary Text

making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

Current Bill Text

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HB 97-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION
25-0132
08/11

HOUSE BILL
97-FN

AN ACT
making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

SPONSORS: Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Finance

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ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services for eligible wastewater projects.

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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.
25-0132
08/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

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

1 Department of Environmental Services; Eligible Wastewater Projects; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, which shall be nonlapsing, for the purpose of funding wastewater projects approved pursuant to RSA 486 on or before June 30, 2026. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

LBA
25-0132
11/14/24

HB 97-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
making an appropriation to the department of environmental services for wastewater infrastructure projects.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This bill does not authorize new positions.

Estimated State Impact

FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028

Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

Revenue Fund(s)
None

Expenditures*
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source(s)
General Fund

Appropriations*
$0
$15,000,000
$15,000,000
$0

Funding Source(s)
General Fund

*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028

County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

County Expenditures
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Revenue
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase

Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase

METHODOLOGY:
This bill makes nonlapsing appropriations of $15,000,000 in FY 2026 and FY 2027 to the Department of Environmental Services for eligible wastewater projects under the state aid grant program. The actual payback periods, annual payments, and interest rates will vary with each application. While the bill appropriates the nonlapsing funds in the coming biennium, the state aid grant payments for the projects will be over twenty years or more.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services