---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the definition of agriculture and existing agricultural uses."
description: "relative to the definition of agriculture and existing agricultural uses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 663 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1681d9bb-7a12-45e1-91e9-0075ba8bd8e9"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0827&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019"
source_hash: "77e74265132b4f2f462edb3e0fb01bda4321c1e1d7c6dfaac468f3e749235097"
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 663 (2019) — relative to the definition of agriculture and existing agricultural uses.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2019-1488s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=2019-1488s&txtFormat=amend)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 3 P. 24 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Public Hearing: 01/29/2019 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2019-01-30** Full Committee Work Session: 02/07/2019 11:00 am LOB 301-303
- **2019-02-06** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/12/2019 01:15 pm LOB 303
- **2019-02-08** Subcommittee Work Session: 02/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-26** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/05/2019 10:30 am LOB 303
- **2019-02-28** Subcommittee Work Session: 03/05/2019 09:55 am LOB 303
- **2019-03-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0751h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Amendment # 2019-0751h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 21
- **2019-03-19** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0751h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 21 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 12 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2019, Room 101, LOB, 01:40 pm; the committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. or 30 minutes following the end of session; SC 17A
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1488s, 04/18/2019; SC 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Special Order to 04/25/2019, Without Objection, MA; 04/18/2019 SJ 13
- **2019-04-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-1488s, 04/25/2019; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Committee Amendment # 2019-1488s, AA, VV; 04/25/2019; SJ 14
- **2019-04-25** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-1488s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/25/2019; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2019-05-08** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2019-1488s (Rep. Gourgue): MA VV 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 2
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled (In recess 05/30/2019); SJ 19
- **2019-05-31** Enrolled 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 51
- **2019-09-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 09/05/2019; Chapter 338; Eff: 09/05/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1681d9bb-7a12-45e1-91e9-0075ba8bd8e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).