New Hampshire HB 1205: prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects.

Bill Text

HB 1205 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/26/2026 1132s

2026 SESSION

 26-2591

 08/09

HOUSE BILL 1205

AN ACT prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects.

SPONSORS: Rep. A. Davis, Coos 2; Rep. Tierney, Coos 1; Rep. Durkin, Coos 1; Rep. Cole, Hills. 26

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill prohibits the enrollment of state and county owned lands in timber carbon sequestration 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/26/2026 1132s 26-2591

 08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT prohibiting state and county owned lands from participating in timber carbon sequestration projects.

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

 1 New Section; Public Land Enrollment in Timber Carbon Sequestration Prohibited. Amend RSA 79 by inserting after section 37 the following new section: 

 79:38 Public Land Enrollment in Timber Carbon Sequestration Programs Prohibited. No fee simple ownership lands owned by the state or by a county shall be enrolled in a timber carbon sequestration program.

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