---
type: "Bill"
title: "preempting local regulation of seeds and fertilizer."
description: "preempting local regulation of seeds and fertilizer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1233"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1233 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Darrow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962acc41-d565-40c6-aad1-9e08d809ce62"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2167&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "e74173ee849f350e1767113cf676678b9a5008f623e87b34c6c1e3c34972bca6"
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 1233 (2018) — preempting local regulation of seeds and fertilizer.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-0236h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-0236h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1180&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Table — **129–164** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephen Darrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-07** Introduced 01/03/2018 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1 P. 4 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Public Hearing: 01/23/2018 02:00 PM LOB 303
- **2018-02-07** Full Committee Work Session: 02/13/2018 01:00 PM LOB 303
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 303
- **2018-02-26** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0236h for 03/06/2018 (Vote 7-6; RC) HC 9 P. 52 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0236h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 138
- **2018-03-06** Lay HB 1233 on Table (Rep. Bixby): MF RC 129-164 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 139
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0236h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 141 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Hearing: 04/24/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 18
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018 SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/03/2018; `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/03/2018; SJ 16 `passage`
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 169; Eff. 8/7/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/962acc41-d565-40c6-aad1-9e08d809ce62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).