---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis."
description: "relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 240 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey M. Conley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7478859a-4bb4-4964-a6bd-c3d724ed7d23"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0056&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "998e30aa35eb29be0bc5c35dacc4f9a9c9af88b5fba4e97ae5b16026d781bc50"
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 240 (2021) — relative to identification of cannabis strain for therapeutic cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0237h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0237h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Casey M. Conley — primary (person)
- Roger W. Dontonville — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 2 P. 40 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Public Hearing: 02/02/2021 11:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/91285911171 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0237h (Vote 21-0; CC) HC 12 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Amendment # 2021-0237h: AA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 10
- **2021-02-24** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0237h: MA VV 02/24/2021 HJ 3 P. 10 `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced 03/04/2021 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Remote Hearing: 03/17/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 15
- **2021-04-14** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 23Y-1N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 05/20/2021); SJ 17
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 104
- **2021-06-09** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/04/2021; Chapter 62; Eff: 08/03/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7478859a-4bb4-4964-a6bd-c3d724ed7d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).