---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to animal cruelty involving an equine colt."
description: "relative to animal cruelty involving an equine colt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1238"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1238 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Marsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d338bb-0708-4ff6-8b5c-742650ef19d7"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2189&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "6c985270140749f3c32ddf73ee621b1a26aaaefc56197d57f423861809ff962b"
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 1238 (2018) — relative to animal cruelty involving an equine colt.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment #2018-1937e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1937e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1202&txtFormat=html)

## Sponsors

- William M. Marsh — primary (person)
- Bill G. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Edith M. DesMarais — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia O'Brien Irwin — cosponsor (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 11:00 AM LOB 303
- **2018-02-26** Executive Session: 02/20/2018 LOB 303
- **2018-02-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0691h (NT) for 03/06/2018 (Vote 11-1; CC) HC 9 P. 18 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Amendment # 2018-0691h: AA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 32
- **2018-03-06** Ought to Pass with Amendment 0691h: MA VV 03/06/2018 HJ 6 P. 32 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Introduced 03/08/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 7 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Hearing: 04/10/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:15 am; SC 16
- **2018-04-26** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2018; Vote 5-0; CC SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Sen. Giuda Moved to Remove HB 1238 from the Consent Calendar; 05/02/2018; SJ 15
- **2018-05-02** Special Order to 05/03/2018, Without Objection, MA; 05/02/2018
- **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 Bill Amendment # 2018-1937e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-15** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1937e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled (In recess 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled 05/10/2018
- **2018-06-11** Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 170; Eff. 1/1/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d338bb-0708-4ff6-8b5c-742650ef19d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).