HB 779-FN (2025): allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.

HB 779-FN (2025)

allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce.

• Status: Became law unsigned
• Term: 2025-2026
• House committee: Environment and Agriculture
• Senate committee: Energy and Natural Resources
• Subject: Animals
• Chapter law: 54

The Story

It was introduced on January 9, 2025 and referred to the House Environment and Agriculture committee. The committee held a public hearing on February 19, 2025, with 54 people signed in online: 51 in support and 3 in opposition. The committee held a work session on March 4, 2025. The committee met in executive session on March 4, 2025 to vote on its recommendation. The committee voted unanimously, 14–0, to recommend that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2025-0647h), and the report was placed on the consent calendar. The committee's amendment (2025-0647h) was adopted on a voice vote on March 20, 2025, changing the text of the bill. On March 20, 2025 the House voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote. It crossed to the Senate on March 20, 2025 and was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. The committee held a public hearing on April 1, 2025. The committee voted 2–1 to recommend that the Senate pass it, and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On April 17, 2025 the Senate voted to pass it on a voice vote and ordered it to a third reading. The bill was enrolled on May 8, 2025 — the final check of the text before it goes to the governor — and an enrolled bill amendment (2025-1906e) was adopted on a voice vote to correct technical errors found after passage. It became law without the governor's signature. The governor neither signed it nor returned it, and the docket records it as enacted under Part II, Article 44 of the state constitution.

Sponsors

• Rep. Kevin Verville (R - Rock 2) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. Barbara Comtois (R - Belk 7)
• Sen. Keith Murphy (R - SD16)
• Rep. Keith Ammon (R - Hills 42)
• Rep. James Creighton (R - Hills 30)
• Sen. Howard Pearl (R - SD17)
• Rep. Judy Aron (R - Sull 4)

Hearings and Sessions

• February 19, 2025, 10:15 AM: public hearing, House Environment and Agriculture, LOB 301-303
• March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM: full committee work session, House Environment and Agriculture, LOB 301-303
• March 4, 2025, 11:20 AM: executive session, House Environment and Agriculture, LOB 301-303
• March 20, 2025: consent calendar, House
• April 1, 2025, 10:20 AM: hearing, Senate Energy and Natural Resources, SH 103
• April 17, 2025: consent calendar, Senate

Votes

• March 20, 2025, House: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0647h — voice vote, passed
• April 17, 2025, Senate: Ought to Pass — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 143-A:14
• RSA 143-A:16

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• SC 15
• SC 17