Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB342

House · 2025 sessionBipartisanDied in House

Construction approval and clean energy districts

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Allows property owners to build without a variance for minimum lot size or lot coverage when proposed density conforms to the surrounding neighborhood, and modifies municipal energy efficient and clean energy district requirements.

(New Title) relative to the approval process for new construction and to the adoption of energy efficient and clean energy districts by municipalities.Official record

Zoning and PlanningProperty - Real and PersonalEnergy and UtilitiesMunicipalitiesAI-generated

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11 submissions

All 3 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Died — the House and Senate did not agree · June 12, 2025
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

11 submissions
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Bruce Buttrick
for Myself
Goffstown

This usurps local control by requiring a Town to consider situations that are contrary to their Master Plan.

Oppose
Daniel Richardson
for Myself
Nashua

With "... 10 percent most densely built properties ..." clause, this screws homeowners within 1000ft of existing cluster development, planned unit development, or village plan alternative subdivision ... by targeting his other neighbors for increase redevelopment. He may soon be surrounded by densified redevelopment, robbing him of property value and quality of life.

Oppose
Roy Schweiker
for Myself
Concord

I am opposed to this bill because it would allow the density of every p;art of a community to approach the maximum density anywhere as the 1000-foot distance from the densest area keeps moving out. Should downtown density or an ancient zoning mistake apply everywhere? There is no requirement that existing infrastructure support that density. This requires serious revision, maybe to allow the same density as the least dense 30% on the same street.

Oppose
Phillip Jasak
for NH Home Builders Association
Rochester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Senator Tara Reardon
for Myself
Concord SD 15

Position recorded without written comment.

Neutral
Selectwoman Julie Gilman
for Town of Exeter
Exeter

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Lois Cote
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Curtis Howland
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Jim Michaud
for Myself
Hooksett

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Cindy Kudlik
for Myself
Grafton

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Senator Daniel Innis
for Myself
Bradford

Position recorded without written comment.

Support