# New Hampshire SB4: relative to commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER). New Hampshire SB4, relative to commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER)., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Daniel E. Innis (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-03 (Signed by the Governor on 02/27/2025; Chapter 0001; Effective 01/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB4-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New Hampshire SB4 - State: New Hampshire - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: relative to commercial property assessed clean energy and resiliency (C-PACER). - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-12-30 - Last action: 2025-03-03, Signed by the Governor on 02/27/2025; Chapter 0001; Effective 01/01/2026 - Sponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Property owners pay upgrade financing fees: cost, low. Participating property owners bear program administration costs, and the Business Finance Authority can charge fees needed to run the program. Municipal reimbursement is limited to actual program expenses paid from amounts collected from the owner; no fee amount or cap is set. Financing principal c… - New upgrade financing for commercial properties: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, New Hampshire municipalities can adopt districts offering private financing for commercial and multifamily property upgrades. Residential properties need at least five dwelling units; eligible energy, water-saving, and resilience improvements must be permanently attached.… - Property buyers inherit upgrade repayment duties: mixed, low. Private upgrade financing is secured by a recorded property lien; buyers automatically inherit the agreement's duties and liability. Assessments require project approval, voluntary owner agreement, and every owner's signature or documented authority to sign for them. Each mortgage or deed-of-trust… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Daniel E. Innis (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tara Reardon (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (13) - 2025-03-03: Signed by the Governor on 02/27/2025; Chapter 0001; Effective 01/01/2026 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/13/2025); SJ 6 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Enrolled (in recess of) 02/13/2025 HJ 4 P. 42 (House) - 2025-02-13: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/13/2025 HJ 5 P. 32 (House) - 2025-02-06: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (House) - 2025-02-06: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/04/2025 (Vote 15-3; RC) HC 11 P. 13 (House) - 2025-01-30: Executive Session: 02/04/2025 02:30 pm LOB 302-304 (House) - 2025-01-30: Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 02:00 pm LOB 302-304 (House) - 2025-01-30: Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 01/30/2025; SJ 4 (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Science, Technology and Energy HJ 4 P. 28 (House) - 2025-01-14: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/30/2025, Vote 5-0; SC 7 (Senate) - 2024-12-30: Hearing: 01/09/2025, Room 100, SH, 01:30 pm; SC 4 (Senate) - 2024-12-30: Introduced 01/08/2025 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 2 (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-02-19: [HTML](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=991&inflession=2025) - Introduced, 2024-12-30: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=3986) - CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=9807) - Version adopted by both bodies: [PDF](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=9119) ## Related bills - HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; relative to toll rate adjustments and periodic toll reviews for the New Hampshire tu… (became law) - HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption. (failed) - HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap. (failed) - SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state. (failed) - CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present compensation per elected term for legislators is hereby abolished. (failed) - HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to fund statewide housing development programs and address housing shortages and m… (failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=991&inflession=2025) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=3986) - [CHAPTERED FINAL VERSION (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=9807) - [Version adopted by both bodies (PDF)](https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/pdf.aspx?q=billVersion&id=9119) ## Related - [HB2026: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan; rela…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB2026-2025-2026) - [HB1002: repealing the solar energy systems tax exemption.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1002-2025-2026) - [HB1834: relative to the education freedom account enrollment cap.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1834-2025-2026) - [SB101: (Second New Title) authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB101-2025-2026) - [CACR22: relating to the compensation of the legislature. Providing that the present com…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-CACR22-2025-2026) - [HB1786: relative to creating a state assessment on non-homestead luxury second homes to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-HB1786-2025-2026) - [New Hampshire bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire/bills) - [New Hampshire state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-hampshire) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NH-SB4-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).