---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempting certain agricultural operations from certain municipal noise ordinances."
description: "exempting certain agricultural operations from certain municipal noise ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 252 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Comtois"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f3bed3-8222-42fe-820d-92793d952eff"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0358&sy=2023&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2023"
source_hash: "12f8999bfaa477982b888950b5e78d0089a557a8978dd5fe9c57c15e9d8f9f3c"
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 252 (2023) — exempting certain agricultural operations from certain municipal noise ordinances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2023-1525s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2023&id=2023-1525s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- OTPA — **266–84** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Comtois — primary (person)
- Judy F. Aron — cosponsor (person)
- Peter W. Bixby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 2 P. 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/17/2023 01:30 pm LOB 301-303
- **2023-01-25** Executive Session: 01/31/2023 10:30 am LOB 301-303
- **2023-02-09** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0186h 01/31/2023 (Vote 12-8; RC) HC 12 P. 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-09** Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0178h `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment # 2023-0186h: AA VV 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 75
- **2023-02-22** FLAM # 2023-0453h (Rep. Knab): AF DV 164-176 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 75
- **2023-02-23** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0186h: MA RC 266-84 02/22/2023 HJ 6 P. 76 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Hearing: 03/14/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
- **2023-03-13** ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 03/14/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
- **2023-03-13** ==RESCHEDULED== Hearing: 03/21/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 14
- **2023-05-01** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1525s, 05/11/2023; SC 21 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-11** Committee Amendment # 2023-1525s, AA, VV; 05/11/2023; SJ 14
- **2023-05-11** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1525s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/11/2023; SJ 14 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-18** House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2023-1525s (Rep. Aron): MA VV 05/18/2023 HJ 14 P. 2
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/08/2023); SJ 19 `enrolled`
- **2023-06-13** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/08/2023 HJ 15
- **2023-06-21** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/20/2023; Chapter 83; Eff: 08/19/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f3bed3-8222-42fe-820d-92793d952eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).