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Environment and Agriculture

The House Committee on Environment and Agriculture, chaired by Judy Aron.

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture to consider all matters concerning agricultural and farm problems of the state, physical land use including current use, the various agricultural organizations, the protection of the state's environment from forms of pollution other than air or water pollution, waste management issues, and such other matters as may be referred to it.

Members

Bills Referred, 2025-2026

  • HB 150: enabling homestead operations to use commercial kitchen equipment in preparing food for sale. (Signed into law)
  • HB 152-FN: prohibiting the sale and use of adhesive-based rodent traps. (Indefinitely postponed)
  • HB 153-FN: establishing a committee to study adding statewide resources to assist with the investigation, training, prosecution, and prompt response of animal cruelty. (Signed into law)
  • HB 171: establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills. (Killed)
  • HB 179-FN: relative to hazardous waste accident fees. (Signed into law)
  • HB 201-FN: prohibiting the removal of claws from cats. (Killed)
  • HB 215-FN: requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 240-FN-LOCAL: relative to nonpayment of dog licensing fees. (Killed)
  • HB 250: enabling local governing bodies to regulate the muzzling of dogs. (Signed into law)
  • HB 251-FN: allowing the ownership of certain squirrels and raccoons. (Died on the table)
  • HB 262-FN: relative to group licenses for dogs. (Killed)
  • HB 263: relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care. (Killed)
  • HB 277: relative to the use of the term "foal" and "colt.". (Signed into law)
  • HB 279: establishing a committee to study recipe and process approval for homestead foods. (Signed into law)
  • HB 304: relative to labeling requirements for food produced in homestead kitchens. (Signed into law)
  • HB 307: relative to the food production area for homestead food. (Signed into law)
  • HB 355: relative to the membership of the solid waste working group. (Signed into law)
  • HB 371: relative to the definition of occasional food service establishment. (Signed into law)
  • HB 396: relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 401: relative to animal testing funded by New Hampshire state funds. (Killed)
  • HB 424: directing the department of agriculture, markets, and food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establishing a committee to study the protection of business owners from requests to accommodate customers with fraudulent or untrained service animals. (Killed)
  • HB 479: establishing a committee to study the use and problems associated with regulating the distribution and disposal of certain solid waste within landfills and transfer centers. (Killed)
  • HB 505-FN: allowing the sale of freeze dried foods produced in homestead food operations. (Signed into law)
  • HB 566-FN: requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management. (Signed into law)
  • HB 616-FN: relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. (Died on the table)
  • HB 642: allowing the sale of dehydrated meat without a homestead food license. (Killed)
  • HB 658-FN: raising the cap on certain reimbursements from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund. (Signed into law)
  • HB 707-FN: establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee. (Signed into law)
  • HB 779-FN: allowing the sale of rabbit meat in intrastate commerce. (Became law unsigned)
  • HB 1013-FN: relative to games wherein the object is to capture a pig. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1018: prohibiting the use of certain second generation anticoagulant rodenticides. (Killed)
  • HB 1053: establishing a study committee to determine if and how the department of agriculture could receive electronically-submitted pesticide use reports. (Killed)
  • HB 1054: establishing a committee to study the decline of insect populations in New Hampshire. (Killed)
  • HB 1086-FN: creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments. (Killed)
  • HB 1092: relative to guard dogs. (Killed)
  • HB 1096: establishing a committee to study ways to manage disposal of vapes and e-cigarettes. (Killed)
  • HB 1133: defining and regulating livestock guardian dogs. (Killed)
  • HB 1138: limiting the placement of out-of-state waste going into New Hampshire landfills. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1153-FN-LOCAL: establishing a committee to study New Hampshire statutes relative to cats and dogs. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1157-FN: relative to licensure as a pet vendor. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1186: relative to the sale and labeling of eggs. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1189-FN: establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1192: exempting certain household pharmaceutical wastes from the definition of hazardous waste. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1253: exempting dogs guarding livestock or crops from nuisance dog statutes when engaged in such work. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1254: defining biostimulants, plant regulators, nutritional chemicals, and vitamin hormone products. (Killed)
  • HB 1274-FN-LOCAL: relative to dog licenses. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1275: relative to the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on agriculture, exempting certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl products from use restrictions, and relative to the definition of "drinking water standard". (Signed into law)
  • HB 1282: establishing a commission to advise the department of environmental services on food waste diversion. (Killed)
  • HB 1305: enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care. (Killed)
  • HB 1431-FN: restricting the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1478-FN: requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1488: relative to rabies vaccines for animals. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1511: relative to the membership of the agriculture in the classroom committee, the annual proclamation of "New Hampshire Day at the Big E," and repealing the repeal of the produce safety chapter. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1602-FN: creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1620: requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1621-FN: requiring a baseline environmental impact study to be completed prior to development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities. (Killed)
  • HB 1622-FN: requiring the state to develop additional solid waste disposal capacity. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1676: limiting consumer access to certain high-risk rodenticides. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1766-FN: relative to cruelty to livestock. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • HB 1780: relative to seed laws. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1789-FN: relative to extended producer responsibility. (Killed)
  • HR 10: recognizing the importance of clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment with regard to our fundamental rights. (Adopted by the House)
  • HR 13: opposing the permitting of a landfill next to Forest Lake State Park in Dalton, New Hampshire. (Adopted by the House)
  • HR 18: urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to sponsor legislation relative to, and urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adopt regulations, allowing for small scale and very small slaughter plants to use the Federal Meat Inspection Act’s Custom Exempt meat processing inspection criteria with a third-party inspector present at slaughter, so that processed beef, pork, lamb, and chevron (goat meat) can be sold as individual cuts directly from the farm producer to the end consumer. (Adopted by the House)
  • SB 50: establishing a committee to study the regulation of private animal boarding facilities. (Signed into law)
  • SB 229-FN: relative to the sale of uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat. (Signed into law)
  • SB 302-FN: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners, establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee and temporarily suspends the issuance of solid waste permits by the department of environmental services, relative to the confiscation of animals from persons suspected of or charged with abuse of animals, and establishing a committee to study the animal cruelty statutes. (Died: conferees could not agree)
  • SB 418: prohibiting municipalities from requiring licenses, restrictions, or exclusions for the production and sale of homestead food products. (Signed into law)
  • SB 442: relative to pet transfers. (Signed into law)
  • SB 445: relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction. (Signed into law)
  • SB 465-FN: classifying xylazine as a schedule III controlled drug. (Killed)
  • SB 475: relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • SB 535: defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels. (Vetoed, override failed)
  • SB 593-FN: enabling the use of solid waste management funds by solid waste management districts. (Signed into law)
  • SB 624-FN: restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances. (Signed into law)
  • SB 644-FN: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners. (Signed into law)

And 908 bills in 18 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on October 6, 2026 for an executive session on HB 1488. It also held a full committee work session on HB 1488. On HB 1488 it recommended refer for interim study, 11–2.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on May 5, 2026 for executive sessions on SB 418 and SB 475. It also held full committee work sessions on SB 475 and SB 418. On SB 418 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On SB 475 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on April 28, 2026 for full committee work sessions on SB 418, SB 442, SB 445, SB 535, SB 644-FN and SB 475.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on April 14, 2026 for public hearings on SB 442, SB 445, SB 535 and SB 593-FN. It also held executive sessions on SB 624-FN, SB 465-FN and SB 593-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on SB 475, SB 418, SB 535, SB 593-FN, SB 442, SB 445 and SB 644-FN. On SB 624-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–2. On SB 465-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 11–5, with a minority recommending ought to pass. On SB 593-FN it recommended ought to pass, 16–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on April 7, 2026 for full committee work sessions on SB 475, SB 624-FN, SB 644-FN, SB 418 and SB 465-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 31, 2026 for public hearings on SB 475, SB 418, SB 644-FN, SB 624-FN and SB 465-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 3, 2026 for executive sessions on HB 1092, HB 1133, HB 1189-FN, HB 1253, HB 1275, HB 1305, HB 1478-FN, HB 1488, HB 1620 and HB 1766-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1189-FN, HB 1305, HB 1478-FN, HB 1253, HB 1092, HB 1133, HB 1275, HB 1488, HB 1620 and HB 1766-FN. It also held a subcommittee work session on HB 1766-FN. On HB 1092 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 13–0. On HB 1133 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 13–0. On HB 1189-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–0. On HB 1253 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 1275 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–1, with a minority recommending inexpedient to legislate. On HB 1305 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 11–2. On HB 1478-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–1. On HB 1488 it recommended refer for interim study, 11–2. On HB 1620 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–0. On HB 1766-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–1.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 24, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1305, HB 1478-FN and HB 1189-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1092, HB 1133, HB 1253, HB 1275, HB 1620, HB 1766-FN and HB 1488.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 18, 2026 for a subcommittee work session on HB 1766-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 17, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1133, HB 1092, HB 1253 and HB 1488. It also held executive sessions on HB 1013-FN, HB 1018, HB 1053, HB 1096, HB 1138, HB 1186, HB 1192, HB 1282, HB 1676 and HB 1780. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1766-FN, HB 1013-FN, HB 1018, HB 1192, HB 1282, HB 1620, HB 1053, HB 1096, HB 1138, HB 1186, HB 1275, HB 1676 and HB 1780. It also held a subcommittee work session on HB 1766-FN. On HB 1013-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 1018 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 11–3. On HB 1053 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 15–0. On HB 1096 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 1138 it recommended ought to pass, 14–1. On HB 1186 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 1192 it recommended ought to pass, 14–0. On HB 1282 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 15–0. On HB 1676 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–2. On HB 1780 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 11, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1018, HB 1676 and HB 1138. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1096, HB 1192, HB 1620, HB 1282 and HB 1275.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 10, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1096, HB 1620, HB 1282, HB 1275 and HB 1192. It also held executive sessions on HB 1621-FN and HB 1622-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1621-FN, HB 1622-FN, HB 1013-FN, HB 1053, HB 1186, HB 1766-FN and HB 1780. It also held a subcommittee work session on HB 1621-FN. On HB 1621-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 16–0. On HB 1622-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–1.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 3, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1054, HB 1186, HB 1013-FN, HB 1766-FN and HB 1157-FN. It also held executive sessions on HB 1157-FN, HB 1086-FN, HB 1153-FN-LOCAL, HB 1254, HB 1274-FN-LOCAL, HB 1431-FN, HB 1511, HB 1602-FN, HB 1789-FN and HB 1054. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1431-FN, HB 1086-FN, HB 1621-FN, HB 1622-FN, HB 1274-FN-LOCAL, HB 1153-FN-LOCAL, HB 1511, HB 1157-FN, HB 1054, HB 1053, HB 1254, HB 1602-FN, HB 1780 and HB 1789-FN. On HB 1157-FN it recommended ought to pass, 14–0. On HB 1086-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–2. On HB 1153-FN-LOCAL it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 14–1. On HB 1254 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 1274-FN-LOCAL it recommended ought to pass, 14–1. On HB 1431-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–2. On HB 1511 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 1602-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 14–0. On HB 1789-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 1054 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 13–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on January 27, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1511, HB 1053, HB 1780 and HB 1254. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1086-FN, HB 1621-FN, HB 1274-FN-LOCAL, HB 1789-FN, HB 1153-FN-LOCAL, HB 1431-FN, HB 1602-FN and HB 1622-FN. It also held subcommittee work sessions on HB 1622-FN and HB 1621-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on January 20, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1274-FN-LOCAL, HB 1153-FN-LOCAL, HB 1602-FN and HB 1789-FN. It also held work sessions on HB 1431-FN, HB 1621-FN, HB 1086-FN and HB 1622-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on January 13, 2026 for public hearings on HB 1431-FN, HB 1086-FN, HB 1621-FN and HB 1622-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on November 12, 2025 for a full committee work session on HB 396.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on November 5, 2025 for a full committee work session on HB 396.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on September 9, 2025 for a full committee work session on HB 396.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on May 20, 2025 for an executive session on SB 302-FN. On SB 302-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on May 8, 2025 for an executive session on SB 302-FN. On SB 302-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on April 22, 2025 for executive sessions on SB 302-FN, SB 229-FN and SB 50. On SB 302-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–0. On SB 229-FN it recommended ought to pass, 16–0. On SB 50 it recommended ought to pass, 16–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on April 15, 2025 for public hearings on SB 302-FN, SB 229-FN and SB 50. It also held full committee work sessions on SB 302-FN, SB 50 and SB 229-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 18, 2025 for executive sessions on HB 616-FN, HB 505-FN, HB 250 and HB 707-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 707-FN, HB 250, HB 616-FN and HB 505-FN. On HB 616-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 505-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 250 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 707-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 14–1.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 11, 2025 for executive sessions on HB 424, HB 401, HB 250, HB 505-FN, HB 642, HB 251-FN, HB 152-FN and HB 262-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 424, HB 250, HB 262-FN, HB 616-FN, HB 251-FN, HB 505-FN, HB 401, HB 642, HB 152-FN and HB 707-FN. It also held a subcommittee work session on HB 707-FN. On HB 424 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 401 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 250 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 505-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 15–0. On HB 642 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0. On HB 251-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 12–2. On HB 152-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 9–5, with a minority recommending ought to pass. On HB 262-FN it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 14–0.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 7, 2025 for subcommittee work sessions on HB 250 and HB 616-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 5, 2025 for public hearings on HB 250, HB 424, HB 262-FN and HB 401. It also held a full committee work session on HB 616-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on March 4, 2025 for a public hearing on HB 616-FN. It also held executive sessions on HB 171, HB 277, HB 307, HB 779-FN, HR 13, HB 263 and HB 396. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 152-FN, HB 171, HB 505-FN, HB 707-FN, HB 263, HB 277, HB 307, HB 396, HB 779-FN, HR 13, HB 251-FN and HB 642. On HB 396 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 9–3, with a minority recommending inexpedient to legislate.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 19, 2025 for public hearings on HB 277, HB 779-FN, HB 251-FN, HB 263 and HB 152-FN. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 642, HB 505-FN, HB 396 and HB 707-FN.
  • The Committee on Environment and Agriculture met on February 18, 2025 for public hearings on HB 505-FN, HB 642 and HB 396. It also held executive sessions on HB 215-FN, HB 171, HR 13, HB 150, HB 153-FN, HB 307, HB 479, HB 566-FN and HR 10. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 150, HB 171, HB 479, HR 10, HB 215-FN, HB 566-FN, HB 153-FN, HB 307, HB 707-FN and HR 13. On HB 215-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 150 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 153-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 479 it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 13–0. On HB 566-FN it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HR 10 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0.

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