---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to reducing school food waste and addressing child hunger."
description: "relative to reducing school food waste and addressing child hunger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 500 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom J. Loughman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8a67a28-e3c8-4415-8231-f6bc1a62f375"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0778&sy=2021&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2021"
source_hash: "625a6b912d4fb6f79e6707c363be5f8d5b06d26f8cd916100167314705075fe1"
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 500 (2021) — relative to reducing school food waste and addressing child hunger.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2021-0474h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2021&id=2021-0474h&txtFormat=amend)

## Sponsors

- Tom J. Loughman — primary (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Megan A. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sue M. Mullen — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Sherman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 51 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Public Hearing: 02/23/2021 09:15 am Members of the public may attend using the following link:To join the webinar: https://www.zoom.us/j/94382337363 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2021-0474h (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 18 P. 8 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Amendment # 2021-0474h: AA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 10
- **2021-04-07** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2021-0474h: MA VV 04/07/2021 HJ 5 P. 10 `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 Education; SJ 11 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Remote Hearing: 04/13/2021, 09:10 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 19
- **2021-04-13** 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`
- **2021-05-06** 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 45; Eff: 07/16/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8a67a28-e3c8-4415-8231-f6bc1a62f375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).