---
type: "Bill"
title: "declaring the common blackberry to be the berry of the biennium."
description: "declaring the common blackberry to be the berry of the biennium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 262 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14a7a46-b980-425e-8ba2-ae1af8aeba84"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0622&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "2b06e0a7e6691bbc9281e1d4cbbda2c57b88dc7530ef5cd135063e8592786887"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 262 (2017) — declaring the common blackberry to be the berry of the biennium.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-1053s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1053s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-30** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 22 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Public Hearing: 01/19/2017 11:15 AM LOB 306
- **2017-01-20** Executive Session: 01/19/2017 LOB 306
- **2017-01-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/02/2017 (Vote 12-1; CC) HC 9 P. 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/02/2017 HJ 5 P. 5 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Election Law and Internal Affairs; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 102, LOB, 11:00 am; SC 15
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-1053s, 03/29/2017; SC 16 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Committee Amendment # 2017-1053s, AA, VV; 03/29/2017; SJ 11
- **2017-03-29** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2017-1053s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/29/2017; SJ 11 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 1053s (Rep. McGuire): MA DV 259-57 05/18/2017 HJ 16 P. 6
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled (In recess 05/31/2017); SJ 19
- **2017-06-01** Enrolled 06/01/2017 HJ 17 P. 127
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/15/2017; Chapter 114; Eff. 6/15/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a14a7a46-b980-425e-8ba2-ae1af8aeba84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).