HB396: Relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Dead/Failed
House
Summary
Relative to the processing of cattle, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Sponsors
Barbara Comtois
R - HD-07-BEL
Primary
Judy Aron
R - HD-04-SUL
Co-sponsor
Michael Granger
R - HD-02-STR
Co-sponsor
Jim Kofalt
R - HD-32-HIL
Co-sponsor
Erica Layon
R - HD-13-ROC
Co-sponsor
Daniel Innis
R - SD-007
Co-sponsor
Howard Pearl
R - SD-017
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-01-10 Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Environment and Agriculture House Journal 3 P. 8
- 2025-02-12 Public Hearing: 02/18/2025 02:00 pm Legislative Office Building 301-303
- 2025-02-12 Full Committee Work Session: 02/19/2025 09:30 am Legislative Office Building 301-303
- 2025-02-20 Full Committee Work Session: 03/04/2025 09:30 am Legislative Office Building 301-303
- 2025-02-20 Executive Session: 03/04/2025 11:20 am Legislative Office Building 301-303
- 2025-03-10 Retained in Committee
- 2025-08-25 Full Committee Work Session: 09/09/2025 10:30 am GP 153
- 2025-10-28 Full Committee Work Session: 11/05/2025 10:00 am GP153
- 2025-11-05 Full Committee Work Session: 11/12/2025 11:00 am GP 153
- 2025-11-17 Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-3090h (NT) 11/12/2025 (Vote 9-3; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 51 P. 32
- 2025-11-17 Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- 2026-01-07 Amendment # 2025-3090h (NT): Amendment Adopted Voice Vote 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 164
- 2026-01-07 Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-3090h: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 214-119 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 166
- 2026-01-30 Introduced 01/29/2026 and Referred to Commerce; Senate Journal 3
- 2026-02-05 Hearing: 02/10/2026, Room 100, State House, 10:30 am; Senate Calendar 5
- 2026-04-29 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1719s, 05/07/2026; Vote 5-0; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 17
- 2026-05-05 Committee Amendment # 2026-1719s, Amendment Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11
- 2026-05-05 Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1719s, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11
- 2026-05-21 House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1719s (Rep. J. Aron): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/21/2026 House Journal 14
- 2026-06-17 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2155e Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess of 06/04/2026); Senate Journal 14
- 2026-06-17 Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2155e: Amendment Adopted Voice Vote (in recess of) 06/04/2026 House Journal 15
- 2026-06-29 Enrolled Adopted, Voice Vote, (In recess 06/04/2026); Senate Journal 15
- 2026-07-01 Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026
- 2026-07-16 Vetoed by Governor Ayotte 07/10/2026
Committee Referrals
2025-01-10
Environment and Agriculture
House
2026-01-30
Commerce
Senate
Calendar Events
Past Events (8)
2025-02-18
Hearing - Legislative Office Building 301-303
2025-02-19
Hearing - Legislative Office Building 301-303
2025-03-04
Hearing - Legislative Office Building 301-303
2025-03-04
Hearing - Legislative Office Building 301-303
2025-09-09
Hearing - GP 153
2025-11-05
Hearing - GP153
2025-11-12
Hearing - GP 153
2026-02-10
Hearing - Room 100, State House
Votes
OTPA
2026-01-07
Passed
Yea: 214
Nay: 119
NV: 20
Absent: 42
Individual Votes (395)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Absent |
| Alicia Gregg | Nay | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Yea | Andrew Prout | NV |
| Allan Howland | Nay | Arnold Davis | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Absent | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | NV | Bill Boyd | Absent |
| Anita Burroughs | Nay | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Nay | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Nay | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Nay | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Yea | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Brian Taylor | Yea |
| Carrie Sorensen | Yea | Bryan Morse | Yea |
| Carry Spier | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Absent | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Yea |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Nay | Charles Foote | Absent |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Absent | Charles Melvin | Nay |
| Chris McAleer | Nay | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | NV | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Yea | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Love | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | NV | David Lundgren | Absent |
| Daniel LeClerc | Yea | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel Veilleux | Nay | David Nagel | Absent |
| David Fracht | Absent | David Walker | Yea |
| David Luneau | Absent | Deborah Aylward | Absent |
| David Meuse | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Preece | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Absent |
| Dennis Malloy | Nay | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Kelley | Nay |
| Dylan Germana | Yea | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Nay | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Nay | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Yea | Donald McFarlane | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Nay | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Yea | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Trottier | Absent |
| Eric Turer | Nay | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erica deVries | Yea | Ernesto Gonzalez | Yea |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Gary Daniels | Absent |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Glen Aldrich | NV |
| Gary Gilmore | Yea | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Nay | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | NV | Harry Bean | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | Jack Flanagan | NV |
| Gregory Sargent | Yea | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Summers | Nay |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| Jaci Grote | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | Jay Markell | Nay |
| James MacKay | NV | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| James Roesener | Nay | Jeffrey Tenczar | Absent |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Yea | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | NV | Jim Creighton | Absent |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | Nay | Jim Fedolfi | NV |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Yea | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Yea | Jodi Nelson | Absent |
| Jim Maggiore | Yea | Joe Alexander | Yea |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Yea | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Yea | John Leavitt | Yea |
| John Stone | Nay | John MacDonald | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Yea | John Potucek | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Yea | John Schneller | Yea |
| Karen Ebel | Nay | John Sellers | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | Nay | John Suiter | Yea |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | John Sytek | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Kristina Schultz | Nay | Jordan Ulery | Yea |
| Laura Telerski | Nay | Jose Cambrils | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Yea | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Nay | Joseph Guthrie | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | Yea | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | Nay | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Haskins | NV | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Yea | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | NV | Karel Crawford | Absent |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Yea | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kevin Scully | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kevin Verville | Yea |
| Mark Vallone | Absent | Kimberly Rice | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Mary Georges | Yea | Kristine Perez | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Larry Gagne | Absent |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Laurence Miner | Absent |
| Matthew Hicks | Yea | Leonard Turcotte | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Nay | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Nay | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Absent | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Michael Cahill | Absent | Linda Gould | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Myles England | Absent | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | NV | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Nay | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Yea | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Louise Andrus | Absent |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Yea | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Yea | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Peggy Balboni | Nay | Mark Pearson | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Yea | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Yea | Mary Ford | Absent |
| Peter Petrigno | Nay | Mary Murphy | Absent |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Yea | Matthew Coker | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Yea | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | NV | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Absent | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Yea | Michael Harrington | Absent |
| Santosh Salvi | Yea | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Murphy | Absent |
| Stephanie Grund | Nay | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Nay | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Bordes | Absent |
| Sue Newman | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | Nay | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Susan Almy | Yea | Nicholas Bridle | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Nay | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Nay | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Terry Spahr | Yea | Peter Morency | Yea |
| Thomas Buco | NV | Peter Varney | Absent |
| Thomas Cormen | Nay | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Thomas Schamberg | Absent | Ralph Boehm | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Raymond Plante | Absent |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Yea | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Yea | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | Yea | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| William Darby | Yea | Robley Hall | Yea |
| William Dolan | NV | Roderick Ladd | Nay |
| William Palmer | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Nay | Ross Berry | Yea |
| Russell Dumais | Yea | ||
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sandra Panek | Absent | ||
| Sayra Devito | Absent | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Yea | ||
| Seth King | Yea | ||
| Shane Sirois | Absent | ||
| Sheri Minor | NV | ||
| Sherman Packard | NV | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | Yea | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Nay | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Yea | ||
| Ted Gorski | Yea | ||
| Terry Roy | Yea | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | Absent | ||
| Tom Dolan | Absent | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | Absent | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | NV | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Nay | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV