---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to beverage vendor fees."
description: "relative to beverage vendor fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 549 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc1674d-861b-4145-9d5f-ea7ff55f5824"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0105&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "94571f28adf8f2a5ee0bc92ad40e39f57f0654a1321925fe1cb7486f18ff4078"
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 549 (2018) — relative to beverage vendor fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0153s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0153s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=105&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Committee Amendment 0153s — **14–9** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **15–8** (pass) · upper
- Ought to Pass — **18–5** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 18 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Public Hearing: 01/24/2017 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/01/2017 09:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-02** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/07/2017 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-02** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/08/2017 10:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-08** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2017 11:00 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-08** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/14/2017 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2017-02-15** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2017 10:30 AM LOB 302
- **2017-02-15** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/21/2017 01:30 PM LOB 302
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2017-0443h for 03/08/2017 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 14 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Amendment # 2017-0443h: AA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 15
- **2017-03-08** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0443h: MA VV 03/08/2017 HJ 9 P. 15 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: 03/28/2017, Room 100, SH, 01:45 pm; SC 16
- **2017-05-04** Committee Report: Rereferred to Committee, 05/11/2017; SC 22
- **2017-05-11** Rereferred to Committee, RC 23Y-0N, MA; 05/11/2017; SJ 16
- **2017-12-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/03/2018; SC 48 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-09** Ought to Pass: RC 18Y-5N, MA; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 01/03/2018; SJ 1 `passage`
- **2018-01-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0153s, 02/01/2018; SC 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Committee Amendment # 2018-0153s, RC 14Y-9N, AA; 02/01/2018; SJ 3
- **2018-02-01** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0153s, RC 15Y-8N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/01/2018; SJ 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-21** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 0153s and Requests CofC (Rep. Hunt): MA VV 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 1
- **2018-03-21** Speaker Appoints: Reps. Hunt, Biggie, Fromuth, Williams 03/21/2018 HJ 9 P. 1
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Innis Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** President Appoints: Senators Innis, French, Lasky; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-11** Conference Committee Meeting: 05/14/2018 01:00 PM LOB 302
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2018-1980c; 05/17/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-1980c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 1980c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-26** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2018; Chapter 292; Eff. 8/24/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc1674d-861b-4145-9d5f-ea7ff55f5824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).