---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to pet vendors."
description: "relative to pet vendors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 250 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard C. Pearl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-09"
last_action: "2021-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df1389f-dcf1-43dc-a67f-ae461e4185cb"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0297&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "b5dcaaf58ee1e86e904bf8160f4fc8b1c993f73e59165a6dc45daf652e3af920"
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 250 (2021) — relative to pet vendors.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-1290s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-1290s&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Howard C. Pearl — primary (person)
- Gerald Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Anne Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Max Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Moffett — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Lang — 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 Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 40 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Public Hearing: 02/03/2021 09:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/95965527325 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout theday (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0350h (Vote 18-1; CC) HC 18 P. 10 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0350h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 17
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0350h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 17 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Reconsider (Rep. Osborne): MF VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 50
- **2021-04-07** Introduced 04/01/2021 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Remote Hearing: 04/19/2021, 01:20 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
- **2021-05-04** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-1290s, 05/13/2021; SC 23 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Committee Amendment # 2021-1290s, AA, VV; 05/13/2021; SJ 15
- **2021-05-13** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-1290s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/13/2021; SJ 15 `passage`
- **2021-06-10** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2021-1290s (Rep. Pearl): MA VV 06/10/2021 HJ 10 P. 10
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/24/2021); SJ 20
- **2021-07-12** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/24/2021
- **2021-08-17** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/17/2021; Chapter 215; Eff: 08/17/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0df1389f-dcf1-43dc-a67f-ae461e4185cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).