New Hampshire SB 150: defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.

Bill Text

SB 150-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

 25-0976

 07/08

SENATE BILL 150-FN

AN ACT defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 14

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

 This bill: 

 I. Defines electric vehicle charging station.

 II. Charges a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.

 III. Authorizes the department of agriculture, markets, and food to appropriate funds for electric vehicle charging station testing and certification.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 25-0976

 07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.

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

 1 New Paragraph; Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry; Standards for Weights and Measures; Definitions. Amend RSA 438:1 by inserting after paragraph XV the following new paragraph:

 XVI. "Electric vehicle charging station" or "charging station" means any level of electric vehicle supply equipment, which means a device or system designed and used specifically to transfer electrical energy to an electric vehicle, either as charge transferred via physical or wireless connection, by loading a fully charged battery, or by other means, that is designed and built in compliance with the requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as amended, and is approved by the National Type Evaluation Program, and delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into a plug-in electric vehicle. 

 2 New Paragraph; Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry; Standards for Weights and Measures; Fee for Licensing Commercial Devices. Amend RSA 438:10-a by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

 XVII. Electric Vehicle Charging Meter, $175 per meter to include annual testing by means of a weights and measures official. 

 3 Registered Service Technician; Duties. Amend RSA 438:14-a to read as follows:

 438:14-a Registered Service Technician. A registered service technician who tests, adjusts, repairs, certifies, rejects, adds, removes, or replaces [installs, services, repairs, reconditions, tests, or calibrates] a commercial weighing or measuring device shall state certify [seal] said device in a manner approved by the commissioner, except that electric vehicle charging stations shall only be state certified by a weights and measures official. This certification [seal] shall authorize the device owner to use a licensed device unless rejected pursuant to RSA 438:14.

 4 Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food; Positions Created. There is created within the department of agriculture, markets, and food the classified full-time position of registered electric vehicle service technician, who shall be under the direction of the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food pursuant to RSA 426:6-b. The certifier shall be responsible for certifying electric vehicle charging stations in this state in accordance with RSA 4438:10-a and RSA 438:14-a.

 5 Agricultural Products Regulatory Fund; Withdrawal. The commissioner shall withdraw $413,301 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 from the agricultural products regulatory fund established in RSA 435:20 to cover the costs associated with establishing the position of registered electric vehicle charging station service technician. Such funds shall be non-lapsing. For 2 years after such withdrawal completed, if needed, the commissioner may continue to withdraw additional funds from the agricultural products regulatory fund to cover such costs.

 6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 LBA

 25-0976

 Revised 3/14/25

SB 150-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT defining electric vehicle charging station and charging a fee for annual testing by the division of weights and measures.

FISCAL IMPACT: 

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

 Revenue

$0

$25,165

$84,061

$106,260

 Revenue Fund(s)

Agricultural Products Regulatory Fund

 Expenditures*

$0

$288,000

$125,000

$124,000

 Funding Source(s)

Agricultural Products Regulatory Fund

 Appropriations*

$0