---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing a committee to study the shortage of animal slaughter and meat processing facilities in New Hampshire and the implementation of the meat inspection program."
description: "establishing a committee to study the shortage of animal slaughter and meat processing facilities in New Hampshire and the implementation of the meat inspection program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 437 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Comtois"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e9bb68-5aff-47b0-bfe0-c85da1949391"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0684&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "5754273193d2fbb425aa1056342e290c8b2cd214b0242465c7c6016e4729fa7a"
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 437 (2021) — establishing a committee to study the shortage of animal slaughter and meat processing facilities in New Hampshire and the implementation of the meat inspection program.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0404h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0404h&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Comtois — primary (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 48 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Public Hearing: 02/17/2021 01:00 pm Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/97165419816 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0404h (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 18 P. 11 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0404h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 20
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0404h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 20 `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`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/12/2021, 02:15 pm; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/22/2021; SC 20 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/22/2021; SJ 12 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled (in recess of) 04/09/2021 HJ 7 P. 102
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled RC 23Y-0N, MA, (In recess of 05/06/2021); SJ 15
- **2021-05-19** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/17/2021; Chapter 43; Eff: 05/17/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Subcommittee Work Session: 10/13/2021 09:30 am LOB 302-304

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e9bb68-5aff-47b0-bfe0-c85da1949391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).