Environment and Agriculture

Chairman: Judy Aron
VChairman: Liz Barbour
Clerk: Seth King
Committee Asst: Cassidy Jones
Researcher: Kristi Ausfresser
Location: GP Room 153
Phone: 603-271-3125
Bills currently in Committee
Bills originally referred to committee
Members

There are 45 bills originally referred to this committee

HB171
Title: establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new landfills.
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01/28/2025 02:00 PM
HB215-FN
Title: requiring a landfill permit applicant to submit a report listing potential harms and benefits of the project.
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01/21/2025 10:30 AM
HB396
Title: (Second New Title) relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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02/18/2025 02:00 PM
HB707-FN
Title: (Second New Title) establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
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02/04/2025 02:00 PM
HB1013-FN
Title: relative to games wherein the object is to capture a pig.
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02/03/2026 02:30 PM
HB1018
Title: prohibiting the use of certain second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
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02/11/2026 11:00 AM
HB1053
Title: establishing a study committee to determine if and how the department of agriculture could receive electronically-submitted pesticide use reports.
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01/27/2026 11:15 AM
HB1054
Title: establishing a committee to study the decline of insect populations in New Hampshire.
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02/03/2026 01:00 PM
HB1086-FN
Title: (New Title) creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments.
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01/13/2026 10:00 AM
HB1092
Title: relative to guard dogs.
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02/17/2026 01:30 PM
HB1096
Title: establishing a committee to study ways to manage disposal of vapes and e-cigarettes.
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02/10/2026 01:00 PM
HB1133
Title: defining and regulating livestock guardian dogs.
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02/17/2026 01:00 PM
HB1138
Title: limiting the placement of out-of-state waste going into New Hampshire landfills.
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02/11/2026 02:00 PM
HB1153-FN-L
Title: (New Title) establishing a committee to study New Hampshire statutes relative to cats and dogs.
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01/20/2026 11:15 AM
HB1157-FN
Title: relative to licensure as a pet vendor.
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02/03/2026 11:15 AM
HB1186-FN
Title: relative to the sale and labeling of eggs.
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02/03/2026 01:30 PM
HB1189-FN
Title: establishing a solid waste site evaluation committee.
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02/24/2026 02:00 PM
HB1192
Title: exempting certain household pharmaceutical wastes from the definition of hazardous waste.
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02/10/2026 01:15 PM
HB1253
Title: (New Title) exempting dogs guarding livestock or crops from nuisance dog statutes when engaged in such work.
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02/17/2026 02:00 PM
HB1254
Title: defining biostimulants, plant regulators, nutritional chemicals, and vitamin hormone products.
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01/27/2026 01:15 PM
HB1274-FN-L
Title: relative to dog licenses.
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01/20/2026 10:45 AM
HB1275
Title: (Second New Title) 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".
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02/10/2026 02:45 PM
HB1282
Title: establishing a commission to advise the department of environmental services on food waste diversion.
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02/10/2026 02:00 PM
HB1305
Title: enabling the use of telehealth to deliver veterinary care.
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02/24/2026 11:00 AM
HB1431-FN
Title: restricting the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
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01/13/2026 09:00 AM
HB1478-FN
Title: requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills.
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02/24/2026 01:00 PM
HB1488
Title: relative to rabies vaccines for animals.
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02/17/2026 03:00 PM
HB1511
Title: (New Title) 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.
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01/27/2026 11:00 AM
HB1602-FN
Title: creating a safe battery recycling stewardship program.
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01/20/2026 01:00 PM
HB1620
Title: (New Title) requiring the removal of residential heating oil underground after 12 consecutive months of non-use except in certain circumstances.
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02/10/2026 01:30 PM
HB1621-FN
Title: requiring a baseline environmental impact study to be completed prior to development of certain manufacturing and storage facilities.
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01/13/2026 01:00 PM
HB1622-FN
Title: requiring the state to develop additional solid waste disposal capacity.
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01/13/2026 01:45 PM
HB1676
Title:  limiting consumer access to certain high-risk rodenticides.
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02/11/2026 01:00 PM
HB1766-FN
Title: relative to cruelty to livestock.
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02/03/2026 03:00 PM
HB1780
Title: (New Title) relative to seed laws.
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01/27/2026 01:00 PM
HB1789-FN
Title: relative to extended producer responsibility.
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01/20/2026 02:00 PM
SB418
Title: (New Title) prohibiting municipalities from requiring licenses, restrictions, or exclusions for the production and sale of homestead food products.
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03/31/2026 10:30 AM
SB442
Title: relative to pet transfers.
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04/14/2026 10:30 AM
SB445
Title: relative to adjudicative proceedings where there is a council or board with jurisdiction.
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04/14/2026 10:45 AM
SB465-FN
Title: classifying xylazine as a schedule III controlled drug.
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03/31/2026 01:30 PM
SB475
Title: (New Title) relative to pet vendor foster homes, defining pet vendor foster facility, and relative to cruelty to livestock.
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03/31/2026 10:00 AM
SB535
Title: (New Title) defining residential breeder and imported animal for the purposes of animal transfers and removing references to commercial kennels.
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04/14/2026 11:00 AM
SB593-FN
Title: (New Title) enabling the use of solid waste management funds by solid waste management districts.
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04/14/2026 11:30 AM
SB624-FN
Title: (New Title) restricting access to certain hemp-derived products and establishing the offenses of criminal adulteration and distribution of adulterated controlled substances.
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04/30/2026 10:30 AM
SB644-FN
Title: requiring background checks for solid waste and hazardous waste facility owners.
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03/31/2026 11:00 AM