HB 127-FN (2025): extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property.

HB 127-FN (2025)

extending the closing date of the OHRV trails on the Connecticut Lakes headwaters working forest property.

• Status: Signed into law
• Term: 2025-2026
• House committee: Resources, Recreation and Development
• Senate committee: Energy and Natural Resources
• Subject: Fish & Game
• Chapter law: 261

The Story

It was introduced on January 8, 2025 and referred to the House Resources, Recreation and Development committee. The committee held a public hearing on January 15, 2025, with 146 people signed in online: 128 in support and 18 in opposition. The committee met in executive session on January 29, 2025 to vote on its recommendation. The majority recommended that the House pass it, and the minority recommended that the House kill it, by a vote of 11–5. The report was placed on the regular calendar. On February 13, 2025 the House voted to pass it on a division vote 198–180. It crossed to the Senate on March 6, 2025 and was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 18, 2025. The committee voted unanimously, 5–0, to recommend that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2025-1103s), and the report was placed on the consent calendar. The committee's amendment (2025-1103s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 27, 2025, changing the text of the bill. On March 27, 2025 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote and ordered it to a third reading. On May 8, 2025 the House adopted “House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1103s” on a voice vote, on a motion by Rep. Robert Harb. The bill was enrolled on June 26, 2025 — the final check of the text before it goes to the governor — and an enrolled bill amendment (2025-2722e) was adopted on a voice vote to correct technical errors found after passage. The governor signed it on July 31, 2025, making it Chapter 261 of the session laws.

Sponsors

• Rep. Mike Ouellet (R - Coos 3) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. James Tierney (R - Coos 1)
• Rep. Lori Korzen (R - Coos 7)
• Rep. Sean Durkin (R - Coos 1)
• Rep. Richard Lascelles (R - Hills 14)
• Sen. David Rochefort (R - SD1)

Hearings and Sessions

• January 15, 2025, 10:30 AM: public hearing, House Resources, Recreation and Development, LOB 305
• January 29, 2025, 10:15 AM: executive session, House Resources, Recreation and Development, LOB 305
• February 13, 2025: floor debate, House
• March 18, 2025, 9:20 AM: hearing, Senate Energy and Natural Resources, SH 103
• March 27, 2025: floor debate, Senate
• May 8, 2025: floor debate, House

Votes

• February 13, 2025, House: Ought to Pass — yeas 198, nays 180, passed
• March 27, 2025, Senate: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-1103s — voice vote, passed
• May 8, 2025, House: House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1103s — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 215-A

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• HC 11, page 10
• SC 13
• SC 14